78: Spiritual creatures of heaven and earth!

Immediately following, over a dozen terrifying Auras pierced through the clouds, even causing the strange white flames to flicker weakly.

“So many Blood Refinement Martial Artists!”

“I never thought that I, a Lao Jiahuo (Old fellow) with only half a life left, could make the Blackbird Guard of Baidao Prefecture City come out in full force to hunt me down.”

“Li Chengfeng!”

“Lao Jiahuo (Old fellow), should I feel honored?”

The emaciated old man looked towards Li Yanran. Beside Li Yanran stood a man of about sixty or seventy years old, dressed in a dark green Blackbird Guard robe.

“Your Li family is truly a good dog of Empress Xia Mingyue of Tianwu!”

“The things she has done, I’m afraid even those aristocratic families like your Li family can no longer sit idly by.”

“Heh heh!”

“The current drastic changes in the world, with the frequent appearance of transcendent oddities and Yao Beasts, are all her doing.”

“Lao Jiahuo (Old fellow) wants to see how much longer your Blackbird Guard can last!”

The emaciated old man's words were filled with madness, seemingly trying to provoke the man in the green robe.

Because he knew the strength of Li Chengfeng before him—a powerful Inner Energy Major Achievement Realm expert.

He, a Martial Artist with Minor Achievement Inner Energy, and without his accompanying White Lotus Blood Infant, was simply no match for Li Chengfeng.

His only way to escape was to provoke Li Chengfeng, so he could seize the opportunity to flee.

“Spreading heresy!”

A white Sword Qi several zhang high sliced through the air at an extremely fast speed, cutting through several White Lotus cultists midway before shooting towards the emaciated old man.

“Startling Swan Sword Art!”

When the emaciated old man saw this Sword Qi lock onto him, his expression changed drastically, and a look of apprehension filled his aged face.

The good news was that he had provoked the other party.

But the bad news was that Li Chengfeng, that Lao Jiahuo (Old fellow), showed no mercy from the start, intending to kill him.

“Jie jie jie!”

The emaciated old man's eyes flickered with strange white light, and white energy coiled around his hands. He seemed unafraid of death as he met the Sword Qi.

Boom!

As the two collided, a strong gust of wind swept outwards, and dust billowed.

The White Lotus cultists at the center of the storm instantly fell, both men and horses, letting out screams.

As the dust settled, a gully extending deep into the ground appeared on the earth, and the emaciated old man stood within it, a strange smile on his face.

A complete cut ran from head to toe on his body, with strange liquid flowing from the incision—deep red blood intertwined with white liquid.

However, this wound, which would instantly kill an ordinary person, did not cause the emaciated old man's death.

At the wound, tiny blood sprouts began to slowly move, and the wound was rapidly healing.

The emaciated old man struggled to lift his head. He showed no sign of pain, but rather a strange smile of relief.

“Li Chengfeng!”

“Hmph, evil Dao!”

Li Chengfeng showed no fear upon seeing this strange scene.

He did not give the emaciated old man time to heal. The sword in his hand was swiftly raised again.

In an instant, several white Sword Qi, carrying an Aura that could destroy everything, struck the emaciated old man again.

The emaciated old man's body was instantly cut into several pieces, and the terrifying Sword Qi wantonly destroyed his flesh and blood body.

Li Chengfeng narrowed his eyes; he had already sensed that the emaciated old man was dead.

However, Li Chengfeng seemed to remember that this Lao Jiahuo (Old fellow) also had an accompanying White Lotus Blood Infant.

“Hmm?”

“Strange?”

“Where is this Lao Jiahuo (Old fellow)'s White Lotus Blood Infant?”

“Could it be a feint?”

Li Chengfeng suddenly thought of something and immediately said to Li Yanran: “Yanran, you will temporarily take command here. Lead them to eliminate the White Lotus cultists here.”

“I have something to attend to and must leave first!”

“Yes, Uncle Feng!”

Before Li Yanran could finish speaking, Li Chengfeng's figure had already vanished into the night.

“Kill!”

Li Yanran looked indifferently at the remaining White Lotus cultists and gave the order without mercy.

“Yes!”

.........

The next day!

Shen Mansion!

Zhao Sheng, Qian Hao, and Li Daren, who had lost an arm earlier, were all in the Shen Mansion hall at this moment.

Of course, not only them, but Shen Yunwei, Shen Yuan, and Lu Qingqing were also present.

In the Shen Mansion hall, several large wooden boxes were neatly placed on the ground.

Except for one box containing silver, the other large wooden boxes contained the highly nourishing medicinal ingredients that Lu Xuan needed.

“Senior, this is a small token of our appreciation—oh, no, I misspoke.

It's not just our appreciation; it's also the appreciation of the people of Dengfeng County, to thank Senior for your help.”

Zhao Sheng said to Lu Xuan with a respectful expression.

“Hmm!” Lu Xuan nodded with satisfaction. The performance of these few people, Zhao Sheng, greatly pleased him.

Therefore, Lu Xuan spoke kindly to these helpful and benevolent individuals, Zhao Sheng and the others.

“Then I thank you, sirs. I will accept this small token of appreciation.”

“You're too kind, too kind. Please, Senior, take a look.”

As soon as Zhao Sheng finished speaking, Qian Hao and Li Daren, who were beside him, immediately opened the large wooden boxes on the ground.

“What a grand gesture!”

Shen Yunwei, sitting to the side, couldn't help but exclaim when he saw this scene.

Shen Yuan and Lu Qingqing were also surprised by the pile of items on the ground.

The highly nourishing medicinal ingredients in those boxes, with Shen Yunwei's experience, he recognized their origin at a glance.

They were basically extremely precious highly nourishing medicinal ingredients, containing rich medicinal power, which had a very significant effect on Martial Artists.

Even his Shen family's pharmacy couldn't produce such a large quantity of highly nourishing medicinal ingredients at once.

Shen Yunwei had heard from Xiao Xuan that these individuals were Blackbird Guard from Baidao Prefecture City.

No wonder they could so easily produce these priceless items and even give them to Xiao Xuan.

However, what Shen Yunwei didn't know was that this expensive pile of items on the ground did not belong to Zhao Sheng and the others.

Instead, under the persuasion of Zhao Sheng and the others, County Magistrate Zeng Fan had willingly offered them.

Of course, whether it was truly voluntary, only County Magistrate Zeng Fan himself knew.

Zhao Sheng and the other two remained in place, waiting for Lu Xuan's confirmation.

Because Zhao Sheng had come with a little scheme today.

“Senior, we few seem to notice that you are in great need of highly nourishing medicinal ingredients?”

“Oh?”

Upon hearing Zhao Sheng's words, Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow and looked at him, speaking directly: “That's right, I indeed need these things. What, do you have more?”

If Zhao Sheng and the others still had these highly nourishing medicinal ingredients, Lu Xuan indicated that he would accept them without hesitation.

“No, no, no.”

“Senior, you're joking. We certainly don't have any more of these things.”

Lu Xuan's words startled Zhao Sheng, making him repeatedly deny.

“Senior, what I wanted to say is this.”

“Although these highly nourishing medicinal ingredients have a great effect on Martial Artists, their effectiveness is still far from comparable to another item.”

“Oh?”

Lu Xuan looked at Zhao Sheng with interest, wanting to hear what he would say next.

“Heavenly Spiritual Objects!”