Chapter 292: Conspiracy

Song Qingming knew that Cheng Yilong, who could become the leader of these bandits, must also be a sinister and cunning person. It was just that this kind of common trick only worked on Qi Refining cultivators who were not deeply involved in the world. Now playing this set on him was a bit too much of an underestimate of him.

"I advise fellow Daoist not to waste my time. A third-tier spiritual medicine is not enough to buy your life."

Seeing that Song Qingming was unmoved by the jade box and even showed a greedy look at him, Cheng Yilong smiled with some understanding and took out a storage bag from his body.

"Half of the spiritual items on Yi are here. Adding these, it should be about enough, right? Fellow Daoist, as long as you don't block me from leaving, these are all yours."

After speaking, Cheng Yilong took the initiative to open the storage bag, pouring out thousands of spirit stones from it, as well as more than a dozen spiritual items of second-tier quality or above. These things were all glowing with spiritual light, and one could tell at a glance that they were not fake.

After placing these spiritual items in front of him, Cheng Yilong slowly stood up and took the initiative to retreat slowly, staring tightly at Song Qingming with caution while retreating.

"Fellow Daoist, why are you in such a hurry to leave? I haven't agreed yet!" Seeing Cheng Yilong about to leave, Song Qingming put away the Clear Water Bell with a wicked smile, wanting to chase after him and keep him.

But just the moment he put away the Clear Water Bell, a short blade suddenly flew out from the jade box containing the third-tier spiritual medicine that Cheng Yilong had thrown over, shooting rapidly toward Song Qingming.

"It was just as Song Qingming expected, this is a conspiracy."

Seeing the short blade already close to his side, Song Qingming hurriedly threw the Clear Water Bell in his hand to block the short blade. It was just that in this way, his other side completely lost protection.

"Haha! Kid, with just this little ability, you still want my spiritual items? You have to have the life to take so many." Accompanied by the sound of breaking wind coming from behind, Song Qingming hurriedly turned around and used the Profound Light Armor he had practiced for many years, wanting to protect this side of his body.

A green light instantly filled Song Qingming's whole body, firmly protecting him in the middle.

Song Qingming had practiced the spell of Profound Light Armor for many years and had long been very proficient in using it. Moreover, the power and defensive effect of this technique were much stronger than before.

However, Cheng Yilong, who had already killed his way to Song Qingming's front, did not pay too much attention to the defense he used, instead revealing a look of contempt.

Sure enough, facing Cheng Yilong's strike, the Profound Light Armor was quickly cut into two halves, only slightly delaying the speed of the black knife in his hand. After the black knife cut open the Profound Light Armor, it quickly fell onto Song Qingming's chest.

Just when Cheng Yilong was full of smiles, thinking that this battle had ended, the black knife in his hand slashed onto Song Qingming's chest, but it lingered and did not move forward another inch.

The opponent who should have been slashed into two halves by him suddenly revealed a strange smile at him. Afterward, following Song Qingming's shout at close range, Cheng Yilong immediately felt more than a dozen invisible spikes pierce into his body from more than a dozen positions all over his body. One of the spikes even pierced directly from his back neck into his throat, making him unable to even let out a scream.

This strike instantly caused this long-famous late-stage Foundation Establishment expert to lose his combat effectiveness, and his body also slowly fell down uncontrollably. Cheng Yilong didn't expect that his trick of calculating others would eventually lead him into someone else's trap.

Thinking that he had worked so hard to cultivate for so many years and was about to turn into a pile of yellow earth, Cheng Yilong was also very unwilling. He had clearly been cautious for all these years, but he had just taken one wrong step, and it was because of this step that he ended up in this situation.

After snatching a wave from Qinghefang and returning to Eagle Nest Ridge, Cheng Yilong also knew that Qinghefang would definitely come to retaliate. Before setting out, he had actually planned it all out. Once the spiritual items were distributed, he would leave Eagle Nest Ridge and go to another country to buy Core Formation spiritual items.

He didn't expect that so many cultivators from Qinghefang would suddenly arrive at Eagle Nest Ridge, and the insider who had traded with him several times did not send him a message again. This series of delays also led to him not being able to execute one step, and then he couldn't execute any step.

Ever since he found a storage bag from an ancient cultivation cave dwelling back then, his cultivation journey could be described as smooth sailing. Not only did he use the Foundation Establishment Pill inside to successfully establish his foundation, but he also cultivated to this realm just one step away from Core Formation.

Just as Song Qingming said, a cultivator cannot be smooth sailing forever in this life. Cheng Yilong had been a person with good luck for most of his life. Since arriving at Eagle Nest Ridge, he had luckily escaped the search and arrest of cultivators from Qinghe County and Pingyang County many times.

It was a pity that now, his good luck had finally run out. Just when he thought he had escaped the search, Song Qingming, the only second-tier formation master in the team, appeared here just right and ferreted him out, which also made Cheng Yilong close his eyes completely with some unwillingness.

Song Qingming, who was slashed at close range, also felt uncomfortable. Cheng Yilong's knife didn't directly cut him, but the force was also very great, shaking Song Qingming's chest as if it had been smashed by a giant rock, and he retreated several steps before stabilizing his figure, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Song Qingming looked at Cheng Yilong, who was already lying on the ground as a corpse, and hurriedly stepped forward to check. Seeing that he had already stopped breathing, he finally felt relieved.

He put all the spirit stones and spiritual items that Cheng Yilong had taken out earlier into his own storage bag, and Song Qingming also took the black knife magic tool that had fallen to the ground and the dagger that had sneak-attacked him.

These two magic tools were also second-tier mid-grade magic tools. The style on the outside looked very similar, like the work of a master refiner. After Song Qingming looked at them a little, he decisively put them into his storage bag.

Not long after doing this, two sword lights suddenly fell directly in front of Song Qingming. It was the Huang family duo who had come to support after discovering the movement of the battle here.

Seeing Song Qingming sitting on the ground healing his injuries and Cheng Yilong lying on the side without movement, the Huang family duo immediately knew that Song Qingming had encountered Cheng Yilong alone, and the two sides had fought a great battle.

It was just that what exceeded the two's expectations was that Song Qingming could kill Cheng Yilong so quickly by himself. This result made them somewhat unexpected. In their view, it would have been very good for Song Qingming to be able to drag Cheng Yilong until they arrived here.

Taking advantage of Song Qingming still meditating and healing, Huang Shengxin hurriedly stepped forward to check Cheng Yilong's corpse. After confirming that there was no breath, Huang Shengxin directly swung a flying sword and cut off his head with one sword.

"Three fellow Daoists, the battle over there has ended. I have brought many people over. Have you found that guy?" After this loud voice came over, Lu Yuanfeng had also fallen from the sky.

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