99: Chapter 99 Dragon's Den and Tiger's Lair

Rare spirit plant bloomed everywhere, treasure fish glowing with seven-colored light swam in the spirit spring, and Medicinal Pills and Talismans were casually piled on the table...

Every single item here kept the Black-Robed Man's nerves taut, the greed in his eyes nearly overflowing.

Qi Refining Families are truly too wealthy!

He risked his life outside for a single bottle of Medicinal Pill, yet the young men and women living in the Family could enjoy luxury from childhood, with so many Medicinal Pills they could just pile them up carelessly.

Why?!

Why can these people enjoy enormous Cultivation resources from birth, while they, the Loose Cultivators, have to trade their lives for resources?

If he had been born into such a Family, why would he have walked the Demonic Path?

It was only because Cultivation resources were hard to find that he saw no hope for longevity, forcing him to step onto the Demonic Path—a shortcut that required a much greater price to exchange for that sliver of faint hope for immortality.

The Black-Robed Man's psychological resentment toward the wealthy erupted completely at this moment. His breathing grew heavy, and his figure, merged into the darkness, became indistinct.

Su Xuanheng, who was currently looking after the child with his wife, suddenly glanced over.

The Black-Robed Man instantly froze, hurriedly concealing his aura, fully activating his escape technique to merge into a dark corner, not daring to leak the slightest sound.

He saw me?

Facing the gaze cast by Su Xuanheng, the Black-Robed Man's heart tightened, but he immediately dismissed the thought.

Absolutely impossible!

He relied on this escape technique to escape countless dangers, even evading the pursuit of some Foundation Establishment Cultivators. How could a mere Qi Refining Cultivator detect him?

Wait! Why is he drawing his sword?

The Black-Robed Man's pupils suddenly shrunk to pinpricks.

Immediately following, a sharp Sword Qi swept out!

He didn't even have time to cry out; the Sword Qi was like the world-burning fierce sun falling from the Nine Heavens. Where it passed, the air twisted, carrying a sharp whistle as it shot straight toward him!

A fatal threat pierced his marrow like an ice spike. Every pore on the Black-Robed Man's body screamed wildly, and his hair stood on end!

Just as the Sword Qi was about to pierce his body, his figure suddenly burst apart, transforming into a mass of pitch-black, dense fog.

The Black-Robed Man fled in the opposite direction without hesitation, like a black hurricane sweeping through the darkness, moving so fast it was almost impossible for the naked eye to capture.

Cold sweat soaked his back. If it weren't for this ultimate life-saving escape technique, he would have died the moment they made eye contact!

"Damn it! The Su Family actually has a Cultivator who can sense me!" The Black-Robed Man's face was so gloomy it looked like it could drip water.

He had originally planned to thoroughly plunder the Su Family before leaving, but before the plan could be executed, his tracks were exposed first! Now, not only was the robbery plan ruined, but even his intention to lie low until tomorrow and sneak away quietly was completely dashed.

Just as he was fleeing for his life, a sound of breaking air struck from above him, like a flash of lightning suddenly splitting down!

Boom!

The Lightning Spear, carrying immense thunder, smashed down heavily. The black fog that the Black-Robed Man had transformed into was torn open by a rift of violent electrical current, accompanied by a shrill scream.

"This is the first time some petty thief dared to sneak into our Su Family. Truly courting death!"

Su Xuanxiao arrived, stepping on lightning, his young face as cold as frost, emanating powerful killing intent.

The Black-Robed Man's liver and gallbladder were split with terror, and he urged his secret technique again.

The black fog exploded into dozens of afterimages, shooting off in different directions.

At this moment, he had no thought left for plundering or lingering; his entire mind was focused only on escaping this cursed place.

The strength of these people did not match their apparent cultivation levels at all!

He was only in the Mid-stage Qi Refining, yet anyone here could crush him. Was this really an Eighth-Rank Qi Refining Family?

Just as the Black-Robed Man thought he could seize this chance to escape, a zither sound suddenly echoed in his ears, and immediately, the vision before his eyes vanished...

The fleeing afterimages were still scattering, but the true body, blinded, crashed straight into the rockery.

The zither music rapidly intensified, and the changing melody formed crimson-gold array patterns around the Black-Robed Man, as a small confinement Formation quickly took shape beneath his feet.

"Slash!"

Three beams of Sword Qi simultaneously pierced into the Formation!

Song Baiqing's Sword Qi covered the area like a dense net cast down; Su Xuanheng's Sword Qi pierced toward the Black-Robed Man's heart like a long rainbow; Wei Yan's Sword Qi entangled like silk threads.

"No--"

The Black-Robed Man, facing utter doom, let out a roar of unwillingness. He transformed into black fog again, attempting to flee, but was violently bounced back by the golden light of the Formation wall. Countless streaks of Sword Qi poured down like a torrential rain, and dull thuds of flesh tearing came from within the fog.

Su Xuanxiao descended from the sky holding the Lightning Spear, like a thunderbolt piercing heaven and earth, plunging into the Formation with his person and spear, causing rolling thunder to roar and spread!

When the sound of thunder and the Sword Qi dissipated, Qin Jiangmei gently slid her jade finger across the zither strings, and the confinement Formation vanished.

What came into view was the corpse of the Black-Robed Man, his eyes wide open in death. Su Xuanxiao used the Lightning Spear to lift his Black Robe, revealing an ugly face that looked neither human nor ghost.

"What is this fellow's origin, and what was his purpose in breaking into the Su Family?" Su Xuanxiao frowned.

Su Xuanming rushed over upon hearing the commotion and murmured, 'I knew it,' upon seeing the scene.

"Once you few move, there's no way to leave anyone alive," Su Xuanming said with a wry smile, shaking his head.

Since they couldn't ascertain the opponent's identity, they should have left him alive for questioning!

Whether they could get answers was one thing, but at least they wouldn't be like this now, not even knowing who they had killed.

Su Xuanheng squatted down, took the Black-Robed Man's storage ring, and then cast a Fire Spell, saying lightly, "This person's aura is bizarre, and his escape technique is almost undetectable."

As he spoke, he probed the storage ring with his Divine Sense, his eyes suddenly flashing. He took out three pieces of withered yellow paper.

"Night Roaming Divine Movement..." Su Xuanheng softly read the words on the yellow paper, his spirit immediately lifting: "This is this person's escape technique Dao method, but the content on these three papers is only a fragment."

A mere fragment possessed such a strange effect, allowing him to slip past the Su Family's external surveillance and successfully enter the manor. If it were the complete version of the escape technique, wouldn't he be able to roam freely across the world?

"Let me see!" Su Xuanjing also ran out from the house, snatching the three yellow papers and glancing over: "Night Roaming Divine Movement. This escape technique is most effective at night or in dark environments. Is it an escape technique exclusively for thieves?"

"No! The complete Night Roaming Divine Movement is only half of the escape technique." Someone suddenly spoke.

Everyone looked toward the source of the voice and found that the speaker was none other than Song Baiqing!

He walked over with a solemn expression: "This escape technique is called 'Day and Night Roaming Divine Movement,' originating from a forbidden zone in the Qi State. It is divided into two parts: 'Day Roaming Divine Movement' and 'Night Roaming Divine Movement.'"

"If the complete 'Day and Night Roaming Divine Movement' is gathered, its speed rivals the 'Great Five Elements Escape Technique' while also possessing extremely strong concealment effects."

"When this escape technique first appeared, many great powers fought fiercely over it, eventually scattering into fragments that circulated in the world."

Song Baiqing's words greatly shocked the Su Family members.

The Great Five Elements Escape Technique was one of the strongest escape techniques in the Cultivation World, capable of going to heaven, burrowing into the earth, or traversing the sea.

Even if the world exaggerated the claim that 'Day and Night Roaming Divine Movement' could rival the Great Five Elements Escape Technique, it was enough to prove that it belonged to the top tier of escape techniques in the Cultivation World.

"How do you know?" Su Xuanjing asked curiously.

Although the Su Family had not ventured beyond the Great Wei, they had consulted many books. This was the first time they had heard of the Day and Night Roaming Divine Movement escape technique.

Yet, Song Baiqing not only knew about it but also understood it particularly clearly. Could it be that he had a similar Opportunity?

Song Baiqing replied truthfully: "Because I am from the Great Qi!"