The members of the Soul Breaking Sect were not divided into six groups like the Taihua Mountain, in order to search for more opportunities. All of them gathered together, with Yan Su, who had half-step Nascent Soul cultivation as their leader. When he suddenly appeared, Luo Jianqing opened his eyes and looked up at him.

Their eyes met in the air.

After a long while, Yan Su clasped his hands together and said, “Fellow Daoist Luo.”

Luo Jianqing clasped his hands in return and replied, “Fellow Daoist Yan.”

Yan Su asked, “It seems that the Taihua Mountain fellows have dispersed to search for opportunities on their own?”

Luo Jianqing smiled faintly and did not answer.

At this moment, a shrill voice suddenly came from a woman in a green dress beside Yan Su, “Senior Brother, it’s him! I saw him pick up a Flame Fruit first, and then he dug out another one from the sand!”

The fiery gazes of the disciples from the Soul Breaking Sect immediately fell on Li Xiuchen, who was beside Luo Jianqing.

Luo Jianqing also looked at Li Xiuchen with some surprise.

…Li Xiuchen had only gone out for a walk for fifteen minutes, and yet he had already picked up two Flame Fruits?!

The nine disciples of the Broken Soul Sect all looked at Li Xiuchen with burning eyes. The woman in the green dress expressed her jealousy, saying that he was just in the Qi Refining stage and did not deserve to have so many Flame Fruits. However, Yan Su waved his hand to stop her and stepped forward to ask, “May I ask, how many Flame Fruits do the two of you have now?”

As soon as he spoke, Luo Jianqing’s expression turned cold. Yan Su continued, “I have always admired the reputation of the top disciple of Taihua Mountain, but my junior brothers and sisters also risked their lives to enter the Flame Stream Valley. In the valley, killing for treasure is common, and there is a rule that all disputes in the Flame Stream Valley are considered null and void when leaving it. Taihua Mountain and my Broken Soul Sect have also signed an agreement – in the Flame Stream Valley, life and death are determined by fate, and wealth and honor are in the sky!”

“So what?” Luo Jianqing asked lightly.

Yan Su said sincerely, “That fellow seems to have great luck, and I believe he has obtained many Flame Fruits before coming here. Luo Jianqing, I promise you that if you give me five Flame Fruits, my Broken Soul Sect will not be your enemy in the Flame Stream Valley.”

Bang!

A green sword energy shot into the sky, and Yan Su quickly took out his own ghost axe to defend himself, but he didn’t even finish his sentence.

Luo Jianqing directly took out his Shuang Fu Sword and kicked Li Xiuchen far away before confronting Yan Su alone.

Yan Su quickly lifted his large axe to meet the attack, and in a matter of moments, the two of them had exchanged blows several times.

Yan Su tried to reason with him, “Fellow Daoist Luo, why do you have to make an enemy out of us for the sake of a Foundation Establishment disciple?”

Luo Jianqing suddenly laughed, “Do you think I’m making an enemy out of you for his sake?”

Yan Su nodded, “Yes.”

Luo Jianqing’s sword flashed towards him, and he said in a stern voice, “For the sake of Taihua Mountain’s reputation, I will never surrender to anyone, much less bow down to you! In this world, only Taihua Mountain can bully others, and never be bullied by others!”

The blue and black figures continued to clash in the air, with the long sword striking the giant axe and creating sparks of metal. Yan Su’s eight junior disciples all rushed to chase after Li Xiuchen, but to their surprise, Luo Jianqing swung his giant sword towards them, blocking their way.

Yan Su’s expression turned cold, “Do you really think you can take on all nine of us alone, Fellow Daoist Luo?”

Luo Jianqing stepped forward, and with a flick of his finger, his Shuang Fu Sword returned to his hand.

He smiled faintly, “Why not give it a try?”

 Under the scorching sun and the yellow sand, a figure in green appeared dazzlingly, holding a cold and shining long sword, standing in front of the nine people. The imposing aura directly suppressed the nine disciples of the Break Soul Sect, even Yan Su with his perfect cultivation at the later stage of Golden Core was also affected by the pressure of Luo Jianqing’s aura.

After a moment of silence, both sides started fighting at the same time. Luo Jianqing’s sword light directly disabled the right hands of the three Foundation Building disciples on the Broken Soul Sect side, making them unable to use them for a short time. The other three Qi Refining disciples did not join the battle, leaving only two Golden Core initial stage disciples and Yan Su, who was at the later stage of Golden Core, standing in front of Luo Jianqing.

“Infernal Soul-Crushing Axe!”

“Thunderous Sword Draw!”

This battle was mainly between Luo Jianqing and Yan Su. Even though Sir Hao Xingzi said that Luo Jianqing was invincible below the Nascent Soul stage, Yan Su had already reached the half-step Nascent Soul stage. Moreover, there were also two Golden Core cultivators beside him who occasionally launched sneak attacks. Even Luo Jianqing was injured quite a bit and gradually fell behind.

Black light gathered on the large axe in Yan Su’s hand, and countless ghosts flew out of the axe. The sky gradually became dark, and the eerie wind blew, and the ghosts screamed and flew towards Luo Jianqing at a rapid speed. Luo Jianqing’s pupils shrank, and he stomped his foot.

“Steal the Spring and Autumn!”

“One sword transforms into nine lotuses!”

Nine blue sword lights formed a large lotus formation and pierced towards the countless ghosts. After a brief struggle with the ghosts, Yan Su gritted his teeth and spewed out a burst of blood, causing the aura of the ghosts on his ghost axe to soar.

Just then!

Two other Golden Core stage disciples from the Broken Soul Sect approached Luo Jianqing from both sides.

Luo Jianqing’s forehead gradually became covered in sweat, but he had no energy to deal with the sneak attacks from others. Just as he was about to use up all his spiritual power and make the second move of the “Nine Seizing Heavn Records” at all costs, a burst of spiritual power broke through the wind from afar.

“Ah! It hurts!”

“Who is it?”

A red blood whip pierced through the shoulder of a Golden Core early stage disciple and through the palm of another Golden Core early stage disciple. Accompanied by a soft laughter, the blood whip was retrieved by its owner, and only a blood-red figure slowly walked out from the dancing yellow sand. The person spoke in a low voice, “Nine people ganging up on one person, how interesting.”

The Broken Soul Sect disciples shouted, “Who are you? Don’t interfere in our Broken Soul Sect’s affairs!”

Hearing this voice, Luo Jianqing’s pupils contracted, and Yan Su’s face turned cold. Yan Su quickly put away his giant axe and flew to the middle of the other Soulless Sect disciples, watching the suddenly arrived blood-clothed man warily.

“Me? Who I am, you don’t have the qualifications to know yet.” Mo Qiu lightly laughed and covered his lips. He walked a few steps to Luo Jianqing’s side and said, “I just saw a few of you bullying one person, and I really couldn’t bear to watch it anymore.”

The disciples of the Broken Soul Sect protested, “Fellow Daoist Luo injured three of our Foundation Establishment stage disciples!”

Mo Qiu responded in a strange tone, “I don’t mean to offend, but within the Flame Valley, life and death are determined by fate, and wealth and honor are bestowed by heaven. If you can’t match up to others, do you still have the face to live?”

“You!” the Broken Soul Sect disciples retorted.

Luo Jianqing turned to Mo Qiu and clasped his hands, saying, “Thank you for your help, Fellow Daoist Mo.”

Mo Qiu waved his hand, “It was just a small matter. I’ve always had a dislike for the people of the Broken Soul Sect.”

Luo Jianqing was surprised and asked, “Do you have a history with the Broken Soul Sect? Have you been to the Thirty-six Provinces?”

Mo Qiu suddenly narrowed his eyes, “Have you investigated my background?”

Luo Jianqing remained silent.

The atmosphere between Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu immediately became tense. Seeing this, Yan Su tightened his grip on his large axe and was about to launch a sneak attack, but suddenly, a burst of blood-red light erupted in the eastern sky. An overwhelming force swept in like a landslide or a tsunami, causing the sand and dust to swirl and the wind to howl.

Luo Jianqing, Mo Qiu, and Yan Su glanced at each other.

“A precious treasure has appeared!”

The three of them suddenly turned into streams of light and went straight towards the center of the pressure.

Luo Jianqing had the fastest flying speed, but to his surprise, Mo Qiu was right behind him, leaving Yan Su far behind. Luo Jianqing quickly increased his speed, but Mo Qiu still kept up, and soon Yan Su was left behind and out of sight.

When encountering such a treasure, everyone acted on their own, just like Yan Su leaving his own junior brothers and sisters behind.

When Luo Jianqing arrived, he happened to see Li Xiuchen being slashed by a foundation-building cultivator. Luo Jianqing’s gaze didn’t stop on Li Xiuchen for a second, and he looked directly at the blood-red fruit in the center of the sand pit.

Luo Jianqing widened his eyes and even held his breath for a moment.

A voice of teasing from Mo Qiu came from the side: “The person in front seems to be a disciple of your Taihua Mountain too. He has been slashed and is critically injured. You have time to save him, why not go save him?”

Luo Jianqing said calmly, “Fellow Daoist Mo, you are mistaken. I didn’t see any disciples of my Taihua Mountain.”

Mo Qiu raised his eyebrows in surprise and didn’t say more.

This was a sand dune that had sunken down, with a radius of up to ten miles!

Luo Jianqing’s gaze remained fixed on the blood-red fruit, but he did not make any moves. He knew that despite the friendly words from Mo Qiu, if he made a move, Mo Qiu would definitely use his whip to stop him. Conversely, if Mo Qiu made a move, he would immediately draw his sword.

In order to repay the kindness of the Mo family senior from his previous life, Luo Jianqing would never use lethal moves against Mo Qiu, but that didn’t mean he would simply give up such a valuable treasure.

Both sides were momentarily deadlocked.

The foundation-building stage wandering cultivator who had been guarding nearby suddenly saw two Golden Core cultivators and was shocked, becoming even more hesitant to act. But soon enough, Yan Su also flew over, shocked as he looked at the blood-red fruit and exclaimed, “Could it be a seventh-grade or higher spiritual medicine?!”

Spiritual medicines in the world are divided into nine grades. Spiritual medicines of the seventh grade and above mostly develop their own consciousness, eighth-grade medicines may have innate abilities, and ninth-grade medicines can even take human form. In recent millennia, no one had seen a medicine of this grade!

What’s strange is that although this blood-red fruit had a terrifying aura, it didn’t seem to have any consciousness. But there was no doubt that such a horrific power was at least a sixth-grade spiritual medicine, far beyond the level of an ordinary Flame Fruit.

Just now, the commotion caused by the appearance of this fruit was too great, and many cultivators had gathered around.

Luo Jianqing finally understood why he had no idea about this fruit’s existence in his previous life. Such a terrifying fruit was actually on the fourth level of the Flameflow Valley, not the innermost layer! In his previous life, he had gone to great lengths to enter the eighth layer of the Flameflow Valley, so how could he have known what happened on the fourth level?

In this life, he finally saw it for himself.

Mo Qiu was right just now, Luo Jianqing could indeed save Li Xiuchen, but he simply didn’t do it.

Li Xiuchen’s only role on this journey has ended. Now that the spiritual medicine has been found, it’s not a big deal if Luo Jianqing stabs him with a sword. This is simply to save face for Heaven’s protection, and has nothing to do with Luo Jianqing anymore.

In the book, it was said that Li Xiuchen was the one who found the treasure. However, this time, Luo Jianqing won’t give him a chance.

Hundreds of cultivators gathered around the sunken sand dune. The cultivators at the Golden Core stage were all flying in the air, while those at Foundation Building and Qi Refining stages were staying close by, hoping to find an opportunity to snatch the treasure. At first, Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu were evenly matched, but with the addition of Yan Su, the three of them were at a standstill.

After half a day of stalemate, three Gold Core stage disciples from the eight major families arrived, and Ming Hua Fairy, a Gold Core stage master from the Fei Hua Sect, also came to the scene.

There were six Gold Core stage cultivators in total, plus Luo Jianqing. Seven people watched each other warily, unwilling to make the first move.

Thus, the seven factions and hundreds of independent cultivators were at a stalemate at the sand dune for three full days.

On the morning of the third day, the blood-red fruit suddenly moved lightly, then flew towards Mo Qiu and fell into his arms. It seemed that Mo Qiu was prepared for this and he quickly turned around to run.

Luo Jianqing was closest to Mo Qiu, so he immediately drew his sword and chased after him, intercepting him before he left the sand dune.

The next moment! Countless spiritual energy attacks directly hit the red-clothed Mo Qiu.

“Infernal Heaven Axe!”

“Hundred Flower Melody!”

“White Snow Dustless Spear!”

“Phoenix God Jade Kill!”

“Pierce Through the Clouds and Break the Sun Arrow!”

Suddenly realizing that so many attacks were coming towards Mo Qiu, Luo Jianqing’s pupils shrank. In just a second of hesitation, he actually turned his direction and went straight towards the five Golden Core stage cultivators, wielding his sword.

“Seize the Spring and Autumn!”

“Seize the Law and Righteousness!”

“One Sword Transforms into Nine Lotuses!”