288: Jin Dan ambushed Yue Li, leaving her severely injured.

"The person who came is named Hu Caiping, a regular female Disciple of our Southern Branch. She only emphasized that Guanghui Tower is Senior Sister Yunxi's business. Apart from investigating the truth of the matter, she has no other demands."

Qin Mo thought for a moment. Liu Xuan's son, Fourth Young Master Liu Daocheng, had been taken as a Disciple by Senior Sister Yun Xian and was currently working under him. The Liu Family also usually showed him respect with gifts.

Moreover, Liu Xuan was acting in the name of Junior Sister Yun Xi; there was truly no need to create enmity over a small profit.

"Just find an excuse to send her away, but promise to deliver the goods for Guanghui Tower as usual."

It was merely a trivial matter. True Person Qin Mo waved his hand to dismiss the Disciple and picked up his Formation analysis to continue studying.

Beneath the thunder beast flying ship, Hu Caiping was carefully observing the scenery of White Crane Lake.

It was said that this was where Liu Xuan had made his fortune, and everything here had been built by the Liu Family. She was quite interested in this.

Lake Heart Island was now controlled by Liu family members, but since the Liu Family had relocated to the Red Pine Sect, it was now primarily managed by the Family of Liu Xuan's father-in-law.

On the surface, she was a subordinate of Senior Sister Yunxi and a member of the Beast Taming Sect, but in secret, she was Liu Xuan's Concubine, which allowed her to mobilize the Merchant Alliance forces here to a certain extent.

"Miss Hu, I am not very clear about the matter of the Feiyu City goods being intercepted, so you can investigate it slowly. However, we can guarantee that the goods for Guanghui Tower will be delivered as usual from now on."

"Then many thanks, Senior Brother!"

Hu Caiping felt a surge of joy; with this guarantee, most of her task was complete.

There was actually nothing to investigate regarding the truth; it was nothing more than internal conflicts within the Heavenly Sword Sect, colluding with people from the Beast Taming Sect to conveniently divert the goods to other cities.

The truth was easy to uncover. On the Heavenly Sword Sect side, it was the people of True Person Heng Yuan, while on the Beast Taming Sect side, it involved several Immortal Masters; True Person Qin Mo had merely tacitly approved of it.

The difficulty lay in finding evidence. However, Liu Xuan did not need evidence; it was useless to him. The one who needed evidence was True Person Feiyu!

...

On the other side.

True Person Yue Li was not as fortunate as Liu Xuan. She lacked connections with the Beast Taming Sect, and her investigation was hindered at every turn.

It was unknown what price the side of True Person Heng Yuan had paid, but the people from the Beast Taming Sect just kept fobbing her off, and she had no way to deal with it.

The goods for the border battlefield involved the supply of Materials for Alchemy, Artifact Refining, Talismans, Formation Plates, Formation Flags... If they were cut off for a long time, the losses would not be as simple as the profit on the surface; the collateral losses would be even greater.

'Revered Master is held up by an important matter; I must handle the trouble in Feiyu City for her!'

A few days later.

Yue Li decided to go out personally to ensure the transport of goods. She would just have to work hard for a while; as soon as Revered Master was free, she would certainly be able to resolve this small matter.

"Hum~"

A second-tier top-grade Zaiyue Flying Boat led the way, with over a dozen cargo Flying Boats forming a transport fleet, flying from Feiyu City toward the border battlefield.

With a False Core True Person personally overseeing, there were indeed no issues. After spending a day, countless goods were successfully transported back to Feiyu City.

The transport of goods for the Liu Family's Guanghui Tower also resumed, as if everything had returned to normal.

Half a month later.

To be safe, Yue Li still personally led the team to transport goods to the border battlefield.

Huge Yao Beast carcasses, various Ores, spirit wood, wreckage of damaged Flying Boats, fragments of Magical Artifacts, war weapons transported by the Demon Court... they were all good things. After some refining, they could be turned into valuable goods to sell to the Beast Taming Sect.

After everything was loaded onto the cargo Flying Boats, the transport fleet set off toward Feiyu City.

They had just flown less than a hundred miles outside the border between the Peach Blossom Sect and the Heavenly Sword Sect, in a desolate and uninhabited secluded area.

Suddenly, a large-scale, semi-transparent circular grid of light lit up in the sky, covering the entire fleet like a spider web.

"Boom!!!"

A powerful force intercepted and stopped all the Flying Boats, and a tremendous roaring sound echoed within the 'spider web'.

Yue Li reacted extremely quickly. Her False Core Divine Sense instantly spread across the entire fleet, and the Flying Boat Formations were activated one after another.

A gigantic ice sword condensed and formed, carrying terrifying might as it thrust toward the semi-transparent spider web.

"Clang!!"

A black claw resembling an eagle's claw appeared out of thin air. The giant ice sword collided head-on with it. After a moment of stalemate, the eagle claw remained completely undamaged, while the giant ice sword shattered into a burst of cold air, which instead froze half of the leading second-tier top-grade Zaiyue Flying Boat.

Yue Li's heart sank; the enemy was terrifyingly powerful, at least at the Mid Golden Core Stage!

The Flying Boat shook, and the cold air freezing the hull dissipated. Yue Li stood atop the Flying Boat, and a mysterious golden Talisman appeared in her hand.

The Talisman turned into a stream of light and merged into her body. Her aura instantly surged, no weaker than an ordinary Golden Core Cultivator.

"Clang!"

A snow-white Flying Sword appeared in her hand, and a layer of frost aura spread throughout the space.

Without a word, she channeled the Flying Boat Formation to bolster herself. Yue Li swung the Flying Sword, and the frost filling the sky gathered into a single beam, thrusting directly at a point on the spider web.

"Puchi~"

This time, the pitch-black eagle claw did not appear. The frost Sword Qi successfully pierced a gap, revealing the azure sky outside.

However, the semi-transparent spider web at the gap flickered and squirmed frantically, recovering at an exaggerated speed.

Yue Li had no time to hesitate. She quickly swallowed a Medicinal Pill, a flush flashed across her pretty face, and her aura rose by another notch.

Her body followed the sword's movement. She, along with her natal flying sword, turned into a streak of sword light and escaped through the gap.

Just as she flew out of the spider web, a cyan blade light slashed down at her head. The frost sword light instantly dimmed, and Yue Li appeared in a sorry state, her face pale as paper, blood spilling from the corner of her mouth.

Swallowing another Medicinal Pill, she turned back into a snow-white sword light and disappeared after a few flickers.

...

A few breaths later.

The semi-transparent spider web continuously shrank. A bewitching woman in white appeared, followed by another woman beside her, two men in black robes, and a handsome youth.

There were a total of five Golden Core True Persons. Among them, the bewitching woman in white and one of the men in black robes had auras like the ocean; they were not merely at the Early Stage of the Golden Core.

"Fellow Daoist Li, why didn't you chase after her? After all that effort, wouldn't it be a loss to let her run away?"

The one speaking was the other woman in white beside the bewitching woman in white. Her voice sounded like a young girl's, carrying a sense of innocence.

Li Xuanxuan's mouth twitched, and he smiled, saying: "She used a forbidden Talisman beyond her level and repeatedly consumed explosive Medicinal Pills; she is already seriously injured, so there is no need to continue the pursuit."

"Fine!"

"Then what we promised you has been done. Farewell!"

The escape lights flashed one after another, and the four Golden Core True Persons disappeared, leaving only Li Xuanxuan and the dozen or so fallen Flying Boats.

Li Xuanxuan looked in the direction where Yue Li had escaped, suppressing the unwillingness in his heart. Although the people from the Beast Taming Sect had agreed to cooperate, they would not personally kill members of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Yue Li's cultivation was only at the False Core, but he was not confident in taking her down easily. If he pursued her with all his might, there was also the risk of exposing his identity and being injured by her self-detonating her False Core, so he could only let her go.

A moment later, Li Xuanxuan also turned into an escape light and disappeared. Subsequently, a group of mysterious people in black appeared and took the fallen Flying Boats along with the cargo in another direction.