Translator: Cinder Translations
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Su Xiuyong raised his hand and waved, sending a wave of spiritual energy into the loose cultivator's body, helping to disperse the chaotic energy within him.
The loose cultivator slowly descended to the ground, his complexion noticeably improving.
He leaned against the wall and sat down, glaring at the burly cultivator, his eyes filled with resentment.
Su Xiuyong said, "My friend, my clan member was reckless just now and has offended you. Please forgive us."
The loose cultivator widened his eyes, seemingly unsure of what to say.
"Stop pretending; you're all cut from the same cloth."
Su Xiuyong remained calm and continued in a friendly tone.
"I am Su Xiuyong, the fifth elder of the Su family, responsible for all matters in the North District Market. I assure you, in the name of the Su family, that this kind of incident will not happen again. Just tell me where the Yellow Essence Mushroom is, and I can offer you five thousand spirit stones."
Upon hearing this, the loose cultivator's eyes gleamed with excitement, clearly tempted.
Five thousand spirit stones were undoubtedly a significant fortune for a loose cultivator at the seventh layer of Qi Refinement.
"Is what you say true?"
"Of course! Does the Su family's reputation not warrant five thousand spirit stones?"
The loose cultivator's eyes flickered, and after a moment, he climbed to his feet.
"No, five thousand spirit stones are too little; that's for over a thousand seventh-tier spiritual herbs."
"Eight thousand…"
"No! Ten thousand…"
"You give me ten thousand spirit stones, and I'll take you to get the Yellow Essence Mushroom."
The loose cultivator realized that those seventh-tier spiritual herbs should be quite valuable and boldly asked for a high price.
Su Xiuyong smiled, "Alright."
Upon hearing this, the loose cultivator was overjoyed and continued to push his conditions.
"You have to give me the spirit stones first."
"Sure!"
Su Xiuyong turned to the attendant beside him. "Get a bag with ten thousand spirit stones."
A moment later, the attendant walked over with a storage bag.
Su Xiuyong gestured for the attendant to hand the storage bag to the loose cultivator.
The loose cultivator took the storage bag and probed it with his spiritual sense, immediately breaking into a wide smile.
After tucking the storage bag into his clothes and arranging them so that it couldn't be seen, he lifted his head and said to Su Xiuyong.
"Let's go; I'll take you to get the Yellow Essence Mushroom."
Su Xiuyong didn't respond to the loose cultivator but looked toward the burly cultivator next to him.
"Su You, go with him."
The burly cultivator named Su You was about to step outside when the loose cultivator shouted.
"No, he can't go."
Then, the loose cultivator pointed at Su Xiuyong, saying, "You come with me. I'm afraid he will take revenge on me."
Su Xiuyong fixed his gaze firmly on the loose cultivator, remaining silent as an overwhelming pressure surged forth.
"No way, that will raise his suspicions," the loose cultivator thought to himself, realizing he couldn't do that.
This loose cultivator was actually Song Wen in disguise; he originally wanted to lure Su Xiuyong out of the market and then take action.
However, this person was too cautious, insisting that a clan member accompany him to get the Yellow Essence Mushroom.
Since the other party harbored suspicions, he could only take action.
With a thought, two green-faced, fanged zombies suddenly appeared.
They were a false third-tier silver corpse and a long-unused early-stage copper corpse.
As soon as the two corpses appeared, the entire store filled up with a surge of corpse energy, and a malevolent aura howled.
The copper corpse lunged at the burly cultivator Su You, while the silver corpse shot toward Su Xiuyong like lightning.
A flicker of panic flashed in Su Xiuyong's eyes as a red silken ribbon flew out from him, curling and twisting like a sea dragon, wrapping around the silver corpse.
Su Xiuyong remained vigilant against this suddenly appearing loose cultivator at the second layer of Qi Refinement.
He had anticipated that the opponent was concealing their cultivation, but to find that they possessed a false third-tier silver corpse was far beyond his expectations.
Fortunately, he was well-prepared.
Four foundation-building cultivators were positioned in the courtyard behind the shop, using hand seals as four flying swords soared like shooting stars, slicing toward Song Wen, who was just a wall away.
The first to suffer was the shop.
The walls, specially reinforced by the Su family, were easily penetrated by the four flying swords, causing the wall to collapse instantly, followed by the roof.
A tall Top-grade Ghost Banner appeared abruptly in front of Song Wen.
A red-faced ghost general sprang out from the ghost flag; it was the late-stage ghost general.
The ghost general summoned a howling wind as it charged toward the four flying swords.
Blood mist erupted from Song Wen's body as his figure suddenly vanished, darting toward Su Xiuyong like a ghost.
Knowing that the red silken ribbon wouldn't hold off the silver corpse for long, Su Xiuyong hurriedly made his way toward the building in the courtyard.
The building had protective formations; as long as he could hold out for a moment, reinforcements from Qingping Mountain would arrive.
"Great Cave God Thunder, fall!"
As Song Wen flew, he suddenly uttered a light command.
Clouds swirled in the sky, layers of dark clouds accumulating, and a brilliant silver light pierced through, rushing toward Su Xiuyong.
A flying sword appeared above Su Xiuyong's head, its sword light flickering as it slashed toward the descending thunder.
"Boom!"
The thunder struck the flying sword.
The flying sword was sent flying, plunging into the ground below.
Song Wen's cultivation was indeed somewhat lacking; the power of the Great Cave God Thunder was not very strong. After striking the flying sword, the lightning energy was nearly exhausted.
Su Xiuyong, still focusing on rushing toward the building's entrance, suddenly stumbled as he was about to reach the door, spitting out a mouthful of blood, causing his speed to plummet.
Behind him, a sound of something breaking through the air rushed in: it was the third-tier silver corpse!
The mid-grade spiritual silk ribbon only held up for a breath or two in the hands of the silver corpse before being forcefully torn to shreds. With the spiritual silk destroyed, Su Xiuyong suffered severe internal injuries.
The silver corpse, faster than Song Wen, caught up to Su Xiuyong.
Su Xiuyong's heart raced with fear as he shouted, "Help me!"
In front of him, five shadowy figures were dashing forward, showing no intention of stopping to help, and directly rushed into the building.
Immediately, a transparent barrier rose up, enveloping the entire building.
It turned out that the four foundation-building cultivators, seeing the situation turn dire, temporarily repelled the ghost general with their flying swords before turning and racing into the building.
Su You was in a similar situation; the early-stage copper corpse was no match for him. After fending off the copper corpse, he saw the fierce silver corpse and disregarded any clan ties, turning to flee into the building.
Su Xiuyong was plunged into despair.
A chilling light pierced through before the silver corpse, piercing into Su Xiuyong's chest.
Startled by the silver corpse, Su Xiuyong didn't even notice the sneak attack from the Cold Moon Blade until it struck.
The powerful force of the Cold Moon Blade sent him flying several meters, landing just outside the building's entrance.
Su Xiuyong looked up at the five clan members behind the formation barrier, his eyes filled with reluctance.
A figure enveloped in lightning flashed past; Song Wen seized Su Xiuyong, recalled the two corpses and the Top-grade Ghost Banner, and used his sword to escape outside the market.
Having already scattered his Sacred Gu throughout the market, he received news that reinforcements from the Su family were on their way.
As Song Wen flew into the air, he noticed a figure racing toward him from over ten miles away, moving faster than even Song Wen using his Thunder Escape technique.
The approaching figure was the head of the Su family, Su Anqing.
(End of the Chapter)
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