330: Chapter 330 All for naught

"You?" Yao Lan was just about to fly into a rage when the rugged man struck in time, trying to kill Ren Xia while it was injured.

Yao Lan had no choice but to first beat back the rugged man.

The rugged man was shocked inwardly. The opponent had suffered so many injuries back-to-back, yet its strength was still greater than his. If not for the man in black robes, he might have been killed as well.

Fortunately, the man in black robes was about to finish off that Qiluo. As long as that person was dealt with and they cooperated, these two people would definitely die.

While taking out a healing Medicinal Pill to consume, Yao Lan attacked the rugged man at the same time.

Ren Xia attacked simultaneously, and the two joined forces to beat the rugged man back step by step, with new wounds constantly piling up on his body.

Trash!

The man in black robes sneered with disdain, not expecting that even after he had stepped in to help several times, the three of them could still be hunted down by the opponent until only one was left.

In fact, if not for his sneak attack just a moment ago, that rugged man would also have been slain.

The man in black robes quickly finished off Qiluo and then assisted the rugged man, the two joining forces to suppress and beat the opponent.

Ren Xia had the lowest Cultivation and the weakest strength, so within a few moves by the rugged man, it was beaten until its entire body was covered in blood.

Seeing this, Yao Lan threw out the pink-skirted woman's Storage Pouch, and taking advantage of the gap when the rugged man and the man in black robes scrambled for it, injured the man in black robes with a single strike before fleeing with Ren Xia.

Because of Yao Lan's strike just then, it caused the rugged man to grab that Storage Pouch a step faster, and afterwards, he happily fled in one direction.

Dammit!

The man in black robes glared angrily in the direction where Yao Lan and the other escaped, glanced at the rugged man, and made a decision to chase after the rugged man.

Seeing this, the rugged man immediately produced several Tier 2 Low Grade Talismans to intercept the opponent, while speeding up to escape himself.

The direction the two passed through happened to be the direction Chen Lingxiu and Hong Tao had left in.

And while one was chasing and the other fleeing,

Hong Tao and the other were actually not too far away. Along the way, the two spotted them. Hong Tao smashed out a staff strike, but it was dodged by the rugged man. However, precisely because of this delay, the rugged man was caught up by the man in black robes.

"You?" The rugged man glared furiously at the two.

"Hahaha, many thanks." The pursuing man in black robes laughed heartily.

He acted swiftly, resolving the rugged man within a few moves.

After taking the opponent's Storage Pouch, he looked in the direction where Chen Lingxiu and the other escaped. Originally, he wanted to first deal with the rugged man before taking care of these two, but alas, the two of them escaped quite quickly, and he did not want to cause further complications, so he did not continue pursuing them.

He immediately glanced at the Storage Pouch that Yao Lan had thrown out earlier, swept his gaze inside, and his expression turned alternating shades of green and white.

There was nothing inside, completely empty. Black lines instantly appeared on his face, and he hurriedly chased in the direction where Yao Lan and the other had initially fled.

After Chen Lingxiu and the other fled for several hundred miles, the two finally stopped.

"That man in black robes earlier seemed to be thanking us, but in truth, if we hadn't fled just now, the opponent would have casually slaughtered us as well," Hong Tao said.

"Mhm." Chen Lingxiu nodded. While those Foundation Establishment Cultivators were fighting, the two of them had already taken the opportunity to heal their injuries. By now, their injuries had improved quite a bit, though their condition was still somewhat poor.

On the other side, the man in black robes had returned to the original spot and chased along the direction where the other party had fled earlier.

He refused to believe he couldn't catch the two of them.

Swish!

Transforming into a streak of escaping light, he rushed forward swiftly. Along the way, he saw some bloodstains, a hint of coldness in his eyes.

However, not long after continuing forward, the bloodstains found along the path had disappeared.

He stopped and looked around in all directions.

"The bloodstains disappeared from here, so where could the opponent have run?" He felt somewhat gloomy. Having managed to resolve numerous opponents with great difficulty, how could he be willing to watch the yufeng grass about to fall into his hands vanish right before his eyes?

This was no ordinary Spirit Medicine; this was a thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine, and moreover one with special abilities. A single stalk could even sell for tens of thousands of Spirit Stones on the market.

With these Spirit Stones, he would have completely no need to worry about resources next. He could entirely find a place to hide and Cultivate to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, or even the Foundation Establishment 9th Layer Perfection.

By then, he would have the hope of achieving the Purple Mansion.

Thinking of this, his eyes carried a trace of madness and irritability. He had to find the hiding place of those two people; otherwise, everything he had done before would go down the drain, and he would have offended so many people as well.

Suddenly, he headed in a certain direction.

There seemed to be movement over there.

By the time he rushed over,

At the same time, Chen Lingxiu and the other had already left the Red Maple Canyon.

Although they ultimately did not obtain that thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine yufeng grass, their objective had actually been completed long ago.

During this period of time, they had hunted several Tier 2 Monster Beasts in the Red Maple Canyon and taken them in exchange for Spirit Stones. Each person could get several thousand, so at least they wouldn't need to worry about resource issues anytime soon.

Although the Chen Family gave them quite a lot of resources to Cultivate every year, most of it also required contributions and could not be given away for free. Otherwise, how could the Chen Family develop in Tang Country?

Especially now on Tang Country's territory, there must be nearly twenty Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Chen Family who had come here, right?

Some were stationed at Chixia Mountain, some were in charge of the Chen Family's trade in Tianli City, and others went out to gain experience just like them.

Among them, the one who was doing the best should be Chen Qiling.

Chen Qiling had entered the Foundation Establishment Stage twenty years ago, right?

Although her Cultivation was similar to his, her strength was completely different. Not only did she have multiple Spirit Beasts at her disposal, but she had also earned the title of a Bailing Fairy.

Even hearing that the other party had once defeated a Foundation Establishment 5th Layer powerhouse.

Foundation Establishment 5th Layer here was different; compared to Yan Country, it was much stronger.

Of course, the other party didn't rely solely on her own strength; rather, she had a Tier 2 Spirit Beast assisting her.

And that Tier 2 Spirit Beast was no simple entity either; it was a bone python a hundred zhang long.

"Let's first find a nearby market town to rest, and then return to the Family!" Hong Tao proposed.

Chen Lingxiu nodded.

As long as they returned to the market town, they wouldn't need to worry about safety. After all, within the market town, weaker places had a Foundation Establishment Cultivator holding down the fort, while stronger ones had a Purple Palace Cultivator holding down the fort.

In this surrounding area, there were two market towns established by Foundation Establishment factions, about over a thousand miles apart from each other. There was also one large-scale market town established by the Henghe Sect, which was about three thousand-odd miles away from them.

They would look for the nearest small market town, then transmit via the teleportation array to the Henghe Market Town, and only then could they rest and Cultivate in peace.

Red Maple Canyon.

The man in black robes had already found the two of them.

Only, they happened to be fighting other Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Fighting Yao Lan and Ren Xia were Xie Jun and the other two who had fled long ago.

These three people were not very strong, almost all being in the Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

Precisely because of this, when they discovered the two heavily injured individuals, they launched an attack, yet up until now they still hadn't resolved the opponents.

The man in black robes hid in the dark and waited. He wanted to wait until the opponents decided the victor before stepping out to finish them off.

As for that Yao Lan, no matter what, he would not let them go—after all, he had been toyed with by the opponent.