This night, the group rested by the banks of a river called "Nine Bends River," ready to gather their strength and make a full push to Flaming Sun City the next day.
As night fell, Fang Bai found an excuse to slip away from the resting spot and darted into the dense forest on the left side of the riverbank.
At the sa ti, a figure thousands of ters away was also rapidly approaching them under the moonlight, concealing its presence.
In the moonlight, the features of the figure could be discerned. Wasn’t it Elder Shen Zhenhai of the Nine Heavens Palace?
"That girl from dicine King Mountain is not only an Innate Spiritual Root but also a virgin, truly a gift from the heavens! If I can capture her and cultivate with her for a ti, my advancent to the perfection of the Foundation Establishnt realm is just around the corner," Shen Zhenhai thought.
Thinking of Tong Yaoyao’s delicate face and petite figure, Shen Zhenhai’s eyes shone with excitent and greed like a Hungry Wolf seeing delicious prey, eager to indulge.
Ever since eting Tong Yaoyao, who possessed an Innate Spiritual Root, in that previous town, Shen Zhenhai had been unable to forget her and wanted to make her his Martial Dao companion. However, at that ti, disciples from Lingxu Palace were present, appearing very close with the disciples from dicine King Mountain, so Shen Zhenhai forcibly suppressed his impulse to snatch her directly.
Though Shen Zhenhai’s side was strong, the combined strength of disciples from Lingxu Palace and dicine King Mountain was not to be underestimated. Moreover, he did not wish to create another formidable enemy for the Nine Heavens Palace by conflicting with Lingxu Palace disciples.
After Tong Yaoyao and the others had left the town, Shen Zhenhai arranged to et the disciples from Nine Heavens Palace in Flaming Sun City and then pursued alone, waiting for an opportunity to strike. However, he did not expect Tong Yaoyao and the others to be highly vigilant along the way, making it impossible for him to find a suitable chance to act.
Seeing that Tong Yaoyao and the others were about to enter Flaming Sun City the next day, with their vigilance significantly lowered, Shen Zhenhai was overjoyed and decided to make his move that night.
Shen Zhenhai was confident in his abilities, believing he could effortlessly abduct Tong Yaoyao while the vigilance of disciples from dicine King Mountain and Lingxu Palace was lax.
However, Shen Zhenhai had no idea that his entire so-called stealth pursuit was under the control of Fang Bai.
Noticing Shen Zhenhai’s signs of making a move, Fang Bai had broken away from the group to confront Shen Zhenhai, ready to quietly eliminate this vile old man.
Fang Bai had another reason to kill Shen Zhenhai—he had heard that the Nine Heavens Palace had a legacy spanning nearly ten thousand years, with imnse depth, and Shen Zhenhai had a terrible character, often abducting martial artists from other sects and taking their Cultivation Resources.
From this, Fang Bai deduced that Shen Zhenhai likely carried a significant amount of Cultivation Resources, and his actions against him could be seen as "robbing the rich to help the poor."
Of course, the "poor" referred to Fang Bai himself.
Although he had obtained tens of thousands of Spiritual dicines and so Spiritual Springs from the Green Tail Wolf’s den, it was rely a drop in the bucket for Fang Bai, who required vast Cultivation Resources for even a single closed-door cultivation.
Fang Bai was a Chaos True Body, containing seven types of Spiritual Energy within him, thus requiring several tis more Cultivation Resources than martial artists of the sa level for each breakthrough.
Of course, Fang Bai would never stoop to Shen Zhenhai’s level, wantonly killing and plundering others’ Cultivation Resources. But when dealing with villains like Shen Zhenhai, he had no qualms about taking the treasures from them.
Shen Zhenhai moved like lightning, swiftly and silently moving through the dense forest, drawing closer to where the disciples of dicine King Mountain and Lingxu Palace rested.
Once he leapt over the ridge ahead, he could soar through the air and, like an eagle swooping on a rabbit, seize Tong Yaoyao and whisk her away.
Shen Zhenhai had already envisioned the entire process in his mind, confident that with his speed, he could capture them before the few Stewards from dicine King Mountain and Lingxu Palace could react, leaving them no opportunity to intervene.
"Hmm?"
At about a kiloter from the ridge, Shen Zhenhai seed to see sothing terrifying, causing his pupils to suddenly contract, and his swift figure ca to an abrupt halt.
"Who are you?"
Shen Zhenhai looked at the figure blocking his path, shocked and horrified, and after taking a deep breath, asked in a low voice.
The figure seed to have been waiting for Shen Zhenhai all along, and Shen Zhenhai hadn’t sensed his presence at all, which made him feel a bit wary.
"Elder Shen, you don’t recognize ?"
The figure slowly turned around to face Shen Zhenhai.
Shen Zhenhai focused his eyes, discovering that the other party was a martial artist in his early twenties. Judging by the sensed aura, his Cultivation Level was only at Half-Step Foundation Establishnt, and his attire indicated he was just an External Courtyard disciple of Lingxu Palace.
"Lingxu Palace disciple?"
Shen Zhenhai was stunned, feeling he had seen this person sowhere but couldn’t rember.
Fang Bai chuckled and said, "It seems Elder Shen has no interest in anyone but won!"
"I rember now..."
Shen Zhenhai pointed at Fang Bai, eyes gleaming fiercely, and said in a hostile tone, "You were one of those Lingxu Palace disciples in Qingyang Town, mingling with the dicine King Mountain disciples!"
Qingyang Town was the small town where Shen Zhenhai encountered the disciples from dicine King Mountain and Lingxu Palace. Shen Zhenhai rembered that this young martial artist was there among the Lingxu Palace disciples, but he had only glanced at him casually and didn’t pay much attention.
"Indeed, I am Fang Bai, an External Courtyard disciple of Lingxu Palace."
Fang Bai did not hide his identity and said with a smile.
For a martial artist about to fall, there was nothing to conceal.
Hearing Fang Bai reveal his identity, Shen Zhenhai secretly relaxed, the apprehension in his heart vanished.
Just a re Half-Step Foundation Establishnt disciple from Lingxu Palace’s External Courtyard, what was there to be afraid of? The fact that he couldn’t sense Fang Bai’s aura must be due to so fortuitous encounter allowing him to temporarily hide his presence.
Yes, that must be it!
Shen Zhenhai reassured himself.
"Elder Shen, sneaking around like this, where are you headed?"
Fang Bai ignored Shen Zhenhai’s murderous gaze and squinted his eyes as he asked.
"Where to? I’ve taken a liking to that girl from dicine King Mountain, naturally, I’m going for her! Heh heh, I originally planned to grab her and leave without killing anyone. But since you’ve run into , you’re just unlucky!"
Shen Zhenhai gave a sinister laugh, his figure shifted, suddenly charging forward. In an instant, he stood before Fang Bai, swinging his right fist to strike Fang Bai’s chest.
This punch carried the force of tens of thousands of pounds, enough to smash even a human-shaped piece of steel into pieces. Shen Zhenhai thought that a re Half-Step Foundation Establishnt martial artist like Fang Bai was an ant-like existence, that he could smash into dust with a single punch.
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