102: What is this?

Their strength isn't bad; the weakest among them has Spirit Refinement cultivation. Combined with the Zhao Dynasty's joint attack formation, they are invincible below the Entering Profundity!

"Brother Yi, you go first, I'll cover the rear!"

Realizing something was wrong, Xie Qingzhou's expression stiffened. He had thought the matter was resolved, but unexpected complications arose; his group had been ambushed.

"No wonder it was so smooth all the way. I was too naive..."

With a bitter smile in his heart, Xie Qingzhou shielded Xu Xi behind him, knowing that a choice had to be made at this moment.

Since he was the one who dragged Xu Xi into this, then he would be the one to end everything.

With a resolve to die, he told Xu Xi to take Roufu and retreat. Xie Qingzhou played his jade flute, and the sound waves reverberated through the inn, instantly disrupting the ambushers' formation and leaving it in disarray.

Having grown up in Ying Province, Xie Qingzhou was well-versed in various joint attack formations and had some experience in dealing with them.

"Retreat?"

"The word 'retreat' isn't in my dictionary."

"The environment is right, the people are right, so I won't hold back anymore."

"Remnant Heart!"

Looking at Xie Qingzhou, who was full of internal drama, Xu Xi didn't know what to say.

Why are you so quick to act now? I didn't see you this active when we were with Luan Ji.

Rushing forward quickly, Xu Xi indicated that since they weren't acting human, he would use his cheat.

Dark purple Cán Xīn Sword Qi soared into the sky. Since the inn had already been set up with formations by the Zhao Dynasty's people, Xu Xi wasn't afraid of his combat aura being exposed.

The powerful Sword Qi instantly broke through the coordinated formation of the Zhao Dynasty's ambushers and simultaneously ended their lives. The scene immediately became silent once more.

All the commotion dissipated at this moment.

At this point, Xu Xi looked at the black-clad man he had deliberately left alive for questioning and said faintly,

"I told you, it's steady."

"Honestly, tell me, where are the Zhao Dynasty's people, especially those arranged by your Prime Minister? Confess early and suffer less torture."

The sudden turn of events came and went quickly. Xie Qingzhou, who had almost died there, was somewhat dazed by Xu Xi's unexpected strength. "What year is it? Are young people this strong nowadays?"

This was Sword Qi! The standard for an Entering Profundity expert!

"This... Entering Profundity!"

The black-clad man, who had been smug and confident of victory, thinking he could capture Xu Xi and claim a reward from the Prime Minister, never expected such an anomaly. "You're making me look very awkward, aren't you?"

Standing dumbfounded, still not having processed the current situation, the black-clad man thought he was dreaming. However, the pain from Xu Xi's next action made him clearly realize that this wasn't a dream; this was real!

"Slap!"

A slap across the face instantly left a red mark. Xu Xi looked at the dazed black-clad man and wondered if he had failed to control his strength just now, making the guy brain-damaged with his Sword Qi.

"Speak. Don't play dead, and don't think about suicide. I have enough pills to pull you back from the gates of hell."

Simple and brutal. Xu Xi was growing impatient. Time was already tight; if they wasted any more, those Purple Cloud Sect disciples might not survive.

"They... I don't know..."

Despite being slapped by Xu Xi, the black-clad man remained tight-lipped, revealing no information. Of course, it might also be that he couldn't reveal anything.

These people were all death warriors, long since bound by restrictions that prevented them from revealing any information.

"..."

"It seems I'll have to use some harsh methods."

Silently watching the black-clad man, Xu Xi said no more. Knowing that the other party wouldn't easily reveal anything, he directly pulled out various torture instruments from his storage bag.

"Brother Yi, don't bother trying. These are death warriors specially trained by the Prime Minister; they won't reveal any information. It seems fate wants to destroy my junior brother..."

With the jade flute still at his lips, everything had happened too suddenly, and Xie Qingzhou hadn't fully recovered his senses yet.

However, seeing the black-clad man lying on the ground in agonizing pain, being tormented by Xu Xi, he advised Xu Xi to give up the idea.

Death warriors usually don't care about such torment.

"Then forget it. There's still one method, though it's a bit awkward, but I think..."

Hearing Xie Qingzhou's advice, Xu Xi stopped his actions. His sharp blade was unsheathed, and he took the black-clad man's head.

He then looked at Xie Qingzhou's bewildered face, about to tell him about the parasitic worms, when a sudden sound interrupted Xu Xi's words.

"Get out of my way! How dare you block this young master? Do you know who I am? You're getting too big for your britches!"

On another floor of the inn, four people suddenly appeared in what was supposed to be an empty corridor. They were impatient and didn't hide their arrogance in their words.

As they spoke, the four had already beaten up the inn's waiter, then went upstairs and encountered Xu Xi's group.

At this moment, the bodies of the Zhao Dynasty's death warriors still lay scattered on the ground at Xu Xi's feet.

"You all are..."

Looking at the four approaching people with a bewildered expression, Xu Xi recognized them. Weren't these the remaining four from the Purple Cloud Sect!

Tang Wan had shown Xu Xi their portraits, and Xu Xi couldn't possibly be mistaken!

Wait, what about the story that they were captured? Aren't they perfectly fine?

Xu Xi cast a suspicious glance at Xie Qingzhou, having reason to believe he had been greatly deceived.

"This..."

"I haven't figured out the situation either. I clearly saw them being captured."

"And you also saw those storage bags in the Absolute Peak Mountain Range."

Stared at by Xu Xi, Xie Qingzhou was also a bit dumbfounded.

But the facts were laid out before him, and Xie Qingzhou couldn't refute them at this moment.

He couldn't imagine how these four had escaped from three Entering Profundity experts.

"Our storage bags are on you? Hand them over!"

Speaking aggressively, the scene was chaotic, yet the four Purple Cloud Sect members' goal was exceptionally clear: to reclaim their storage bags. They contained everything they owned, enough to make all who had humiliated them pay!

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"They can still sense the location of the storage bags, that's something. In that case..."

Seeing the four demand the storage bags, Xu Xi didn't think of anything else. Although the situation was a bit off, Xu Xi just wanted to quickly resolve this matter and then return.

His mind was too cluttered; Xu Xi needed to sort things out properly.

"What more nonsense is there to say? Just act! To have gotten our storage bags, it can't be simple. I observe that this place is difficult to judge, and there was a big battle just now."

However, Xu Xi hadn't finished speaking when one of the four, a rebellious youth with torn clothes, immediately couldn't hold back and was already preparing for battle.

A flame appeared in his hand. Inside the room, the blazing fire caused the temperature to rise sharply, scorching everyone's faces, making them feel hot.

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"Are you Purple Cloud Sect members really alchemists? You love fighting so much, are you sure you're not just idiots?"