There were eight cultivators in this group, two at the Outworldly level, five at the Golden Core level, and one True Immortal.
Seeing two Golden Core quickly leaving, everyone exchanged glances and nodded, "Trail them!"
A cultivator at the Golden Core Sixth Layer executed this plan. Although the other side had a Golden Core Eighth Layer, he wasn’t afraid, since in Golden Core battles, winning and losing is common, and life and death is hard to determine. He had sufficient confidence in himself.
However, even though he was trailing from a distance of nearly a hundred miles, how could he hide from a peak True Immortal’s perception?
Yi Jue couldn’t help but frown, "Is there really soone so blind?"
In such a small place, the chance of sothing like this happening is at least fifty percent with ill intentions, and even under the Jinwu’s control in Honggu, if it were sowhere else, the chance with ill intentions would be more than eighty percent, even if not reaching ninety percent.
However, Yi Jue didn’t mind, even though she discovered there was another True Immortal behind them, "Just activate the formation, if they have ill intentions, I will show no rcy in taking them down."
"I’m almost reluctant to activate the formation," Feng Jun sighed, casually throwing out a Hidden Formation for activation, "This formation, you may see it, but the others, I really don’t want them to."
Yi Jue’s lips slightly curled upward, then she asked with a bit of surprise, "Activate the formation here?"
"Let’s first see what they intend to do," Feng Jun sighed, "Maybe they’re adversaries; I’ve traveled in the mortal world long enough to conclude... There are no coincidences without reason."
Both of them harbored resentnt, highly alert to whether there would be a second ambush, their emotions were quite unstable.
As Feng Jun stepped into the Hidden Formation, the Golden Core Sixth Layer behind him got anxious, quickly shooting forward, loudly shouting, "Stop! I’m the town inspector... State your origin, or face the consequences!"
Yi Jue turned her head, expressionless, and spoke, "What consequences are you referring to?"
She was in a rather bad mood; Immortal Yi Jue’s temper was never good—one ambush was forgiven, but planning a second one, are they underestimating my intelligence, or thinking a Lingzhi Sect Elder can be easily bullied?
She knew what the town inspections were, temporary security tasks taken by cultivators, sotis not even Jinwu Disciples.
The Jinwu Disciples are called town enforcers, so such inspections have a high possibility of being fake.
Upon seeing her harsh words, the Golden Core Sixth Layer instead laughed, "As an inspector, understanding your identity... that’s not excessive, right? Please cooperate."
Yi Jue was almost ready to explode in anger, but considering the Nascent Soul behind, she decided to remain patient, planning to bait them out—she didn’t believe they had ti to set up a big formation here.
So she pulled out a Waist Token, waved it at the other party, and said expressionlessly, "Spirit Plant Master, here to gather Spirit Plants."
In the Hidden Formation, Feng Jun pursed his lips, you are a Spirit Plant Master, am I just a Spirit Plant Apprentice?
Both Spirit Plant Master and Spirit Plant Apprentice are recognized by the Lingzhi Sect; with this Waist Token, one can freely traverse various major segnts. Without certification, no matter how high one’s skill in Spirit Plants, they have no authority to freely enter and exit each segnt.
The Golden Core apparently knew the rules as well, he maintained a safe distance of a mile to inspect the Waist Token, then spoke with a smile, "Looks authentic. Where is your companion?"
"You as a re inspector shouldn’t ddle too much," Yi Jue said expressionlessly, "If you persist in making things difficult, would you believe I can report to the Lingzhi Departnt?"
The Lingzhi Departnt holds considerable influence across all segnts of Tianqin, after all, everyone needs to eat and use pills for cultivation.
The Golden Core Sixth Layer dared not be overly oppressive, and solemnly said, "I have the duty to inspect, where is the difficulty? West City lost a fire seed, your companion’s whereabouts are mysterious, shouldn’t I inquire?"
Lost sothing? Upon hearing this, Yi Jue was first stunned, then recalled so rumors, and coldly smiled to herself, such small tricks, dare to perform in front of , who do they think they’re looking down on? "Are you implying that a Spirit Plant Master would steal a Spirit Fire?"
A Spirit Plant Master is not only a professional level but a respected secondary occupation. Such words could be seen as an insult to the entire industry—what would a Spirit Plant Master do with a fire seed, burn a mountain?
However, the Golden Core Sixth Layer refused to back down and spoke solemnly, "Is your companion also a Spirit Plant Master? The Jinwu Sect wants to investigate, you’d best hand him over, lest you bring trouble upon yourself."
"Noisy!" Yi Jue snorted coldly, extended her hand, and coldly said, "First show your inspector’s task order!"
Upon hearing this, the Golden Core Sixth Layer’s face changed, he retreated two miles away before transmitting Divine Sense, "True Immortal Dou Po, there is sothing suspicious here."
Yi Jue noticed his actions but did not stop him, rely watching coldly.
"What’s the matter?" The Nascent Soul True Immortal crossed over two thousand miles in a blink, arriving nearby.
The Golden Core Sixth Layer pointed to Yi Jue, and angrily spoke, "This person is holding a Spirit Plant Master’s Waist Token, refuses to explain her companion’s whereabouts, and claims I slandered Spirit Plant Masters as thieves, threatening to report to the Lingzhi Departnt."
"Spirit Plant Division?" Dou Po, the True Immortal, sneered dismissively. Though he couldn’t afford to offend the Spirit Plant Division, he just happened to know acquaintances in the nearby sections of the division, so he bluntly declared, "Go ahead and file a complaint, you really frightened !"
Then his expression darkened, "Surrender obediently, or wait for to capture you and conduct a soul search?"
"Soul search the Spirit Plant Master?" Immortal Yi Jue couldn’t hold back any longer, her face fell, "Let soul search you instead!"
She raised her hand slightly without even projecting any aura and pointed toward him from a distance, "Green Vine Prison!"
Almost in an instant, a sea of green vines erged around Dou Po, the True Immortal, engulfing him completely.
That’s right, covering not only the ground, but also the sky, many of the vines seed to grow out of thin air, their roots suspended in the void, while their tips plunged toward the ground, firmly trapping Dou Po.
Unfortunately for him, being only at the Nascent Soul Second Layer, when she attacked, he finally cried out in alarm, "You are Nascent Soul!"
There was no ti to say anything else, as the next mont, the countless green vines tightly wrapped around him.
It’s no surprise that Immortal Yi Jue underestimated the loose cultivator; in a battle between Nascent Souls, he was taken down in a single move.
Truth be told, Dou Po, the True Immortal, was weak, but not overly so. It was simply... he underestimated his opponent, thinking she was rely at the Golden Core level, posing no threat to Nascent Soul, and besides, he was hit by a Divine Sense Attack.
At the mont Yi Jue shouted "Green Vine Prison," she unleashed a thousand Divine Consciousness Spikes. The shout was not for show, but rather to disguise the subtle fluctuations of her divine sense through the sound waves.
Her divine sense was originally formidable, otherwise, the big bosses wouldn’t have been so wary of her; attacking from Nascent Soul Ninth Layer to Second Layer, she would assuredly succeed easily.
Considering these factors, Dou Po’s downfall was inevitable, and as a loose cultivator, his cultivation technique was not strong, without any formidable true artifacts, it was normal for him to be swiftly captured.
The Golden Core Sixth Layer cultivator, witnessing the scene, was utterly shocked, even forgetting to flee— the opponent was a True Immortal? Even Dou Po was captured in one move; if he dared to run, wouldn’t he be annihilated in re monts?
Immortal Yi Jue paid him no mind, instead transforming into a giant hand, directly reaching out to grab at the six individuals over two thousand miles away.
The six individuals, upon seeing the giant hand, so wanted to flee, others sought help.
Yet at that mont, the opponent without condensing any aura, induced a congelation sensation among all six, rendering them helplessly watching the giant hand descend, unable to muster any thought of resistance.
Yi Jue captured the six in one grasp and then sneered coldly, "Ha, re loose cultivators... dare to act arrogantly?"
It’s not that she was deliberately looking down on loose cultivators, but in her past experiences, most loose cultivators were indeed this vulnerable.
Just like that grab earlier, if they were sect disciples, their minds might not be so easily intimidated; if they had cultivated the Jinwu Esoteric Heart Technique, their thoughts of resistance might be absent, but those with firm determination might still attempt to escape.
This capture was also to test the quality of the opposition; if there were Jinwu disciples among them, they wouldn’t escape her grasp, though ultimately, it would present a slight increase in difficulty.
Enforcing restrictions on the seven, she casually sealed Dou Po as well, then swiftly drew several talismans in the air, lightly commanding "Go," directly concealing the aura.
Next, she thoroughly erased the traces of herself and Feng Jun’s presence, then tore through the void, heading straight for a location tens of thousands of miles away.
Shortly after she left, a Nascent Soul True Immortal arrived, looked around, calculated with fingers, then wore a bewildered expression, "Was this... a True Immortal intervening to obscure the celestial chanisms?"
By now, Immortal Yi Jue had brought the prisoners into a cave.
Rather than a cave, it was more like the bottom part of a half-open cliff; she released an array plate then raised her hand to cast a series of restrictions, creating a false scene that externally looked unchanged from before.
She then placed the True Immortal down, sneered coldly, and raised her hand toward his head, "Dare to soul search the Spirit Plant Master, quite bold!"
"Spare my life, Immortal," Dou Po screeched uncontrollably; at this mont he knew he had encountered a major mishap. Just by the Green Vine Prison, it was evident that this True Immortal, if not of the Spirit Plant Sect, was also of the Lingmu Sect.
He deeply regretted, thinking, my mouth is really foul, "I was just talking, trying to intimidate, truly didn’t dare to act."
Immortal Yi Jue did not believe he lacked the courage, "There are many each year who dare to attack Spirit Plant Masters. Now that I’ve captured one, you tell ... you lack the guts?"
Actually, the number of Spirit Plant Masters dying each year isn’t large; the most dangerous ones are Spirit Plant Apprentices, as the spirit plants they collect are quite valuable. In public, few dare to casually murder for treasures, but in deserted wilderness, the danger is hard to predict.
In essence, valuable spirit plants are typically in remote areas, and their inherent dangers are self-evident.
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