Chapter 164: Arch-Enemy

A day later, beside a high mountain shrouded in mist in the northwest corner of Pingyang County, Song Qingming, Lu Yuanfeng, and several other Foundation Establishment cultivators were carefully observing this ordinary spirit mountain.

This mountain was originally the ancestral land of a small Qi Refining family in Pingyang County. More than a decade ago, during the spirit beast turmoil, this spirit mountain was breached by spirit beasts, and most of the cultivators and mortals who remained on the mountain died in the mouths of the spirit beasts.

After the spirit beasts retreated later, this spirit mountain suddenly became ownerless land and was finally occupied by a group of rogue cultivators who came from elsewhere.

In a place like Pingyang County, which is close to the Fuyun Mountain Range, although resources are much richer than in a small county like Qinghe County, the replacement of various forces is also faster. Almost every time after a spirit beast turmoil, many spirit mountains here will change owners.

"Senior Brother Lu, this place looks normal. Are you sure it's here?" A young woman in a purple palace dress looked at the ordinary spirit mountain in front of her and asked Lu Yuanfeng on the side.

Lu Yuanfeng looked at the glowing spirit talisman in his hand again and said with a smile, "The direction indicated by the Soul-Chasing Talisman is indeed in this vicinity. This is also a place where Yang Wuqi could hide. It shouldn't be wrong."

Since obtaining Yang Wuqi's whereabouts from Gu Liangshan, Lu Yuanfeng immediately notified the Xiaoyao Sect. Chen Xuanxin, who had been tracking Yang Wuqi's news, soon brought several Foundation Establishment cultivators to Qinghefang. After meeting with Lu Yuanfeng and Song Qingming, they followed the Soul-Chasing Talisman in Lu Yuanfeng's hand and came here.

Yang Wuqi, this demon, had not shown his face in the State of Wei for nearly twenty years since his great battle with Liu Xingfeng in the Fuyun Mountain Range last time. Chen Xuanxin, the Xiaoyao Sect cultivator who had been tracking him, also thought that this demon had long since left the State of Wei.

He didn't expect that after twenty years, he would find traces of this demon again. When he received the news from Lu Yuanfeng, Chen Xuanxin was also exceptionally excited.

In recent years, because of the spirit beast turmoil, Pingyang County had lost many cultivators, and many spirit mountains had become empty, which also created many opportunities for those wandering rogue cultivators. Suddenly, many more rogue cultivators from elsewhere appeared in Pingyang County.

Among these rogue cultivators, there were also some bandit cultivators who used to kill and loot. In order to compete for those ownerless spirit veins, these people often fought, which also caused the chaotic situation in Pingyang County in recent years.

Yang Wuqi, this demon, was likely hiding in Pingyang County, taking advantage of the chaotic state of Pingyang County after the spirit beast turmoil and the fact that the major Foundation Establishment families were too busy to take care of themselves.

To ensure that this operation would not alert the enemy and scare Yang Wuqi away, leading to a fruitless return, Chen Xuanxin and the others did not choose to notify the Foundation Establishment family cultivators in Pingyang County after arriving in Qinghefang, nor did they bring other low-tier cultivators to help. This operation was very secret, and only the five of them, Foundation Establishment cultivators, came.

Chen Xuanxin carefully looked at this spirit mountain and smiled knowingly, "There should be a phantom formation set up on this mountain. What we see is just the appearance of this place."

After speaking, Chen Xuanxin stepped into the air directly, his spiritual light moved, and a red flying sword appeared in his hand. His left hand attached a barrier-breaking spirit talisman to his magic sword and swung a sword at the entire high mountain with force.

Chen Xuanxin's cultivation base had improved significantly compared to twenty years ago, reaching the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment, and he was also a sword cultivator. The power of this sword swing could be imagined.

Only to see a sword Qi follow the sword light and slash directly at the mist, instantly cutting a gap several zhang wide in the mist, and only then did the crowd see the true scene on this spirit mountain.

At this moment, this spirit mountain, which looked full of immortal Qi on the surface, was a different scene under the mist. The entire spirit mountain was filled with black Qi everywhere, and even the trees, flowers, and plants on the mountain had mostly withered and died.

The mountaintop was even more like a graveyard, with incomplete bones everywhere. The entire spirit mountain looked like a dead land, and not a trace of life could be seen.

With the swing of this sword, Yang Wuqi, who was hiding inside, immediately reacted. Before long, he jumped out from inside in a rage.

"Chen Xuanxin, it's you old thing again. Why aren't you dead yet?" As soon as Yang Wuqi saw Chen Xuanxin, who had just broken the formation he had set up, he was immediately furious. When enemies meet, both sides are exceptionally jealous.

Seeing Yang Wuqi, this demon, emerge, Song Qingming and the other four Foundation Establishment cultivators also hurriedly surrounded him.

Seeing five Foundation Establishment cultivators surround him instantly, Yang Wuqi said calmly, "Old thing, don't think that only you can find helpers."

After speaking, Yang Wuqi took out a black spirit talisman from his body, and with a movement of black mist in his hand, this spirit talisman directly ignited itself.

Subsequently, two rays of spiritual light flew over one after another from the spirit mountain below, and they were two more Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators.

Seeing this, the few people surrounding Yang Wuqi's expressions changed drastically. They didn't expect that this demon had hidden reinforcements here.

"Fellow Junior Brothers, leave this demon to me to deal with; you go and stop those two demons."

As soon as Chen Xuanxin finished speaking, two sword Qis flew out from his sword, transforming into two sharp sword lights that went straight for Yang Wuqi's face from two directions.

Seeing this, Yang Wuqi snorted coldly without haste. Black mist instantly rose from his body, and a pitch-black magic knife more than a foot long quickly appeared above his head. The magic knife spun rapidly in the black mist, turning the black mist into two black snakes with wide-open bloody mouths, which swallowed the sword light released by Chen Xuanxin directly.

After swallowing Chen Xuanxin's sword Qi, these two black snakes seemed somewhat unsatisfied and rushed toward Chen Xuanxin not far away. However, before they had even reached halfway, they were slashed into several pieces by four stronger sword lights from Chen Xuanxin and vanished in the air.

"Old Demon Yang, it seems that in these twenty years, you have made quite a bit of progress. You are qualified to fight me."

"Hmph! Old thing, now that my magic knife has been perfected, since you arrived here today, it's just right to use you to sacrifice the knife to avenge the blood feud of those disciples of mine who were killed by you back then."

Compared to twenty years ago, Yang Wuqi's strength had improved significantly today. Not only did he break through to the seventh layer of Foundation Establishment, but the magic knife he had refined with the lives of hundreds of cultivators had also been completed. Now his strength seemed to be no less than that of Chen Xuanxin, who was at the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment.

Although Yang Wuqi, this demon, had strength far exceeding that of back then, Chen Xuanxin had not made no progress in these twenty years. As a sword cultivator, he was now one of the top experts among all Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Xiaoyao Sect. Everyone naturally would not doubt his strength.

After hearing Chen Xuanxin's words, Song Qingming and the others shifted their shield lights and quickly left this battlefield, stepping forward to stop the other two demonic cultivators who had rushed over from the mountain, leaving Yang Wuqi to his arch-enemy, Chen Xuanxin.

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