After tossing the spiritual herbs and walking out of the cave, Lu Ming controlled the Weapon Vault to descend from the sky.
“Boom...”
The massive roar pierced the clouds, alerting the nearby cultivators.
Lu Ming then looked left and right. Seeing no one around, he draped the cloak of invisibility over himself once more.
Just because he couldn't kill that guy himself right now didn't mean he couldn't borrow some outside help!
If it worked, it would save him a lot of time and effort.
Hehehe...
A smirk played on his lips.
For a moment, Lu Ming felt like he was a total arch-villain.
But then he shook his head. An illusion, it's all an illusion.
I have the Protagonist Halo over my head. How could I possibly be a villain?
I am absolutely the embodiment of justice, a good person through and through.
Besides, they had no prior grudge, yet that guy was the one who attacked him first.
A moment later.
Lu Ming saw three figures rushing toward the location at breakneck speed.
“Eldest Senior Brother, look! There's a 3rd-rank spiritual herb here, a Pure Yang Gold Vine!”
Hearing his junior brother's words, Liu Lang's eyes lit up.
The Pure Yang Gold Vine was the primary ingredient for a 3rd-grade pill, the Xuanhuang Pill.
And the Xuanhuang Pill was a necessity when attempting to break through to the Golden Core stage.
With a Xuanhuang Pill, the success rate of breaking through to the Golden Core stage would increase by thirty percent.
After putting away the Pure Yang Gold Vine, Liu Lang looked toward the cave.
“Come on, let's go inside and take a look...”
With that, the three of them excitedly charged inside.
Moments later, the sounds of battle echoed from within.
Right at that moment, even more people discovered the cave.
They all rushed in after them.
Seeing this, Lu Ming slipped away quietly, just as quietly as he had arrived.
He waved his sleeve, sweeping away the spiritual herbs, and had even claimed a grandfather in the process.
...
“Boom...”
The spiritual lake was dense with spiritual energy, and various spiritual artifacts flew through the air.
On the clearing by the lakeshore, two groups of people were locked in a battle thick with killing intent.
Every move was ruthless, causing the sky and earth to change color as water mist filled the air.
Yet no matter how fierce the battle became, both sides maintained a tacit understanding not to affect the Star Snow Lotus in the middle of the lake.
Of the two fighting groups, one was dressed in luxurious clothing, and their spiritual artifacts were gold-trimmed staffs.
The other group wore ordinary clothes, their movement techniques elegant, and their weapons small and nimble.
However, once they started fighting, both sides aimed exclusively for the groin.
Their strikes were underhanded and brutal. One careless mistake, and they would be sterilized, fit to serve the Emperor as eunuchs.
“You thieves from the Thousand Hands Sect! We of the Xiaoyao Sect discovered this Star Snow Lotus first. I advise you to have some self-awareness!”
The leader of the Xiaoyao Sect shouted, his eyes filled with mockery as he pointed his staff at the leader of the Thousand Hands Sect.
The leader of the Thousand Hands Sect sneered.
“Hmph, you stinking beggars! You're only fit to pick up the garbage others throw away. You don't deserve to own the Star Snow Lotus.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the leader of the Thousand Hands Sect flickered.
A flying claw suddenly appeared, aimed straight at the crotch of the Xiaoyao Sect's leader.
The Xiaoyao Sect's leader raised his staff to block the attack, and the two clashed furiously.
Hiding in the shadows, Lu Ming couldn't help but twitch his lips as he listened to their exchange.
His lips twitched even harder when he looked at the leader of the Xiaoyao Sect.
This was the very same guy who had begged him for food when he first arrived outside the secret realm, only to end up giving him a spirit stone instead.
He never would have imagined that someone who dressed in rags while begging would now look so glamorous.
Were beggars really this wealthy?
Look at them—each of them held a gold-trimmed beggar-beating staff.
At the same time, Lu Ming realized that this guy was also the one who had been pretending to be dead on the floor of the main hall when Lu Ming was looting corpses.
He was also one of the people who had chased him the hardest after he left the hall.
The other person who had chased him relentlessly was none other than the leader of the Thousand Hands Sect.
He had nearly run his lungs out back then just to shake those two off.
No wonder those two could run so fast!
It turned out their professions were perfectly suited for it!
With a flicker in his eyes, Lu Ming looked at the Star Snow Lotus in the lake.
Then he looked at the weapons flying wildly in midair.
Wearing his cloak of invisibility, he quietly summoned the Weapon Vault.
Clatter, clatter...
In a flash of light, all the weapons flying in midair were sucked into the Weapon Vault.
Lu Ming quickly put the Weapon Vault away.
Both fighting parties instantly froze.
Taking advantage of their confusion, Lu Ming moved right next to the Star Snow Lotus.
At that exact moment, a disciple of the Thousand Hands Sect, utilizing their sect's ultimate stealth technique, was just about to pluck the Star Snow Lotus.
Lu Ming beat him to it and snatched the Star Snow Lotus away first.
The Thousand Hands Sect disciple, who had been poised to pluck the lotus, was left completely dumbfounded.
He stared at the empty lake surface, then looked down at his own hand.
Did I not pluck the Star Snow Lotus yet?
But where is the lotus?
Where did it go?
As his breathing faltered, his stealth technique broke, revealing his figure.
At the same time, cries of alarm erupted on the shore.
“Holy crap... where's my beggar-beating staff?”
“Where's my short sword?”
“Where's my flying claw?”
Everyone realized their weapons had suddenly vanished into thin air.
“The Star Snow Lotus is gone too!”
Right then, the disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect also noticed that the Star Snow Lotus in the lake had disappeared.
Both groups turned their heads to look at the lake simultaneously. Sure enough, it was completely empty; the Star Snow Lotus was gone.
Only a single Thousand Hands Sect disciple stood there in a daze.
“You thieves are going too far! Stealing the Star Snow Lotus is one thing, but you actually stole our spiritual artifacts too...”
Fuming with rage, the leader of the Xiaoyao Sect pointed at the leader of the Thousand Hands Sect and cursed.
The leader of the Thousand Hands Sect retorted with equal fury.
“Nonsense! We didn't steal your beggar-beating staffs!”
At this moment, the members of the Thousand Hands Sect were so angry they felt like they were going to have a heart attack.
They stole from others every day, yet today, someone had actually stolen their weapons!
And right under their very noses, no less.
This was not just a slap to the face; it was a sheer humiliation and a direct provocation.
“If it wasn't you, then who was it? In the entire cultivation world, tell me, who could possibly steal from you?”
“This...”
The leader of the Thousand Hands Sect choked on his words.
It seemed... indeed, no one should be able to steal from them, right?
After all, their sect specialized in this very trade.
But they had indeed been stolen from!
Besides, even they didn't have the ability to steal so many weapons all at once!
“Senior... Senior Brother, I didn't steal the Star Snow Lotus either,” the Thousand Hands Sect disciple still standing in the lake called out in a small voice.
“What? You didn't steal it?”
The leader of the Thousand Hands Sect cried out in shock.
Instantly, everyone's gaze locked onto that disciple.
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