While everyone was busy scavenging, Hua Zhi refrained from joining the commotion.

She had already received a transmission from Yuan Ming, informing her that there were no more treasures in this place. She immediately started refining the two Mountain River Scenic Maps with her demonic power, only to notice a figure standing in the hall and not leaving, the very Blood Realm Venerable.

"You vine demon, if you know what's good for you, hand over those two Mountain River Scenic Maps, or don't blame me for being rude," the Blood Realm Venerable said, looking at Hua Zhi, his eyes filled with a bloodthirsty glimmer, as if his desire for slaughter was rising again.

"How exactly do you plan on being 'rude'? I'm actually very curious to learn," Hua Zhi said, unwavering with Yuan Ming's support behind her.

"If that's the case, then you can die!" Bloodlust surged in the Blood Realm Venerable's eyes, and a ferocious smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

A dragon-shaped Blood Shadow shot out from the ground at Hua Zhi's feet, writhing towards her.

However, Hua Zhi seemed to have anticipated the attack coming from below. A purple light flashed in her palm, and the Purple Star Nine Dragon Spear materialized out of thin air, "clang," deflecting the dragon-shaped Blood Shadow.

The Blood Shadow dissipated, revealing its true form—a cane belonging to the Blood Realm Venerable.

The Blood Realm Venerable's face darkened, and he withdrew his cane and then vanished into thin air.

A large, viscous Blood Cloud materialized out of nowhere, almost drowning the entire hall with a nauseating odor as it lunged at Hua Zhi.

A blood-colored Light Domain enveloped the hall. The air became abnormally heavy, squeezing towards Hua Zhi from every direction.

Under the pressure, Hua Zhi's body was immobilized, and the starlight from her Purple Star Nine Dragon Spear dimmed significantly, seemingly suppressed by the blood-colored Light Domain.

"This is the Blood Spirit Great Method from the Blood Transformation Technique," Yuan Ming narrowed his eyes within the Stealing Heaven Tripod Space.

The Blood Spirit Great Method was one of the most powerful secret techniques of the Blood Transformation Sect. With the Blood Realm Venerable's strength at the Nascent Soul Mid-Stage, it might be challenging for Hua Zhi to deal with it alone.

With this thought, he immediately started casting the Golden Sunflower Beast Taming Technique, channeling a robust Mana that seeped out of the Stealing Heaven Tripod and merged into Hua Zhi's body.

Hua Zhi's demonic power surged, reaching Level 4 Middle Stage. A low roar emanated from her Purple Star Nine Dragon Spear, as nine dragon-shaped beams of starlight emerged and effortlessly tore apart the pressure from all sides.

With a flick of her arm, Hua Zhi launched the Purple Star Nine Dragon Spear like a bolt of lightning.

A glaring beam of starlight tore through the nearby Blood Cloud and struck an empty spot in the air.

In the next instant, a splash of fresh blood appeared out of nowhere, and the Blood Realm Venerable's body emerged with his right arm severed by the Purple Star Nine Dragon Spear, screaming as he was hurled backward.

The greatest strength of the Blood Spirit Great Method was its ability to conceal the caster's presence. The Penglai Immortal Palace was a place where Divine Sense couldn't unfold, which should have made it the perfect venue for using the Blood Spirit Great Method. However, the Blood Realm Venerable had terrible luck meeting Yuan Ming.

Facing the Divine Sense boosted by the Stealing Heaven Tripod, all concealment powers were futile, except for the Heavenly Escape Stone Talisman in Wulu's possession.

Hua Zhi gestured with her hand, and the Purple Star Nine Dragon Spear returned to her, bringing along the Blood Realm Venerable's severed arm.

Hua Zhi removed a blood-colored thumb ring from the severed finger, the Blood Realm Venerable's storage magic tool.

She casually took it off and stored it away.

Watching this scene, the Blood Realm Venerable's eyes bulged with rage, almost spewing fire, but he did not make another move.

Just when Hua Zhi made her move, countless illusions suddenly appeared before his eyes. Had it not been for the illusions vanishing at the last moment, causing him to shift his body in time, it would have been his head shredded by the spear instead.

Considering this, the Blood Realm Venerable was drenched in a cold sweat.

"What happened?" Old Man Hei Zhu, Yuan Wuji, and others flew over.

Seeing the Blood Realm Venerable with an arm severed, anger appeared on Bing Li's face, and Lan Xiao furrowed her brows.

Yuan Wuji also frowned. They had heard the sounds of combat in the hall and had immediately flown over, spending only one or two breaths of time, which meant Hua Zhi had defeated the Blood Realm Venerable in just one or two moments.

A hint of wariness flashed in Yuan Wuji's eyes, realizing that even if he took action, he might not be able to defeat the Blood Realm Venerable that quickly.

Had the strength of this spirit pet improved? Or had Lord Nether Moon God secretly intervened?

Either reason was not good news for him.

"Blood Realm Daoist attempted to measure my abilities. I merely played along with him for a bit," Hua Zhi said lightly as she tossed the severed arm over.

The Blood Realm Venerable caught the arm, his expression gloomy, and remained silent.

"Since it was just an exchange, let's leave it at that. We now share a common enemy and shouldn't be fighting amongst ourselves," Yuan Wuji spoke up.

"Of course," Hua Zhi readily agreed.

The Blood Realm Venerable pressed his severed arm back onto his shoulder, and a writhing Blood Light appeared at the severed joint, quickly vanishing as his arm was reattached.

"Give me back my storage thumb ring!" He moved his arm, extending his hand towards Hua Zhi and said coldly.

Whether it was because his severed arm was heavily injured or some other reason, the murder in the Blood Realm Venerable's eyes had significantly lessened, and he seemed to have regained his composure.

"Since you made a move against me, you must pay the price. I'll keep this ring on my finger. If you have what it takes, chop off my arm and take both the principal and interest," Hua Zhi wore the thumb ring on her finger, transformed into a streak of green light, and shot towards the outside.

Bai Lin, Old Man Hei Zhu, and others, knowing Hua Zhi's identity as an attendant of Lord Nether Moon God, quickly followed her.

Wulu swept his gaze around the hall as if searching for something, then followed them out, leaving only the Tide-rider Alliance's four members inside.

Blood Realm Venerable's face turned ashen, but he did not make a move.

"Second brother, what exactly is going on?" Yuan Wuji asked.

Blood Realm Venerable took a deep breath, barely suppressing the rage in his heart, and roughly recounted what had just happened.

"It seems it was your fault then! I had already warned you not to engage in conflicts with the people of the Nether Moon God at will; why did you not listen?" Yuan Wuji said with a stern voice.

Upon hearing these words, the complexion of Blood Realm Venerable grew even darker, but he remained silent.

"Big brother, second brother's cultivation technique is taxing him; sometimes it's difficult for him to control the killing intent, let's not blame him for that," Bing Li tried to smooth things over.

Upon hearing this, a cold sneer flashed in Lan Xiao's eyes.

"Burdened by the cultivation technique? I think he's just greedy for the numerous Spirit Grasses that Hua Zhi had previously collected. I can't believe that after so many years, you still haven't been able to change your short-sighted greed!" Yuan Wuji huffed.

The face of Blood Realm Venerable gradually turned more ashen, as if Yuan Wuji's words had ignited his True Fire.

"Enough, you handle your own affairs," Yuan Wuji said, seeing Blood Realm Venerable like this, and added no more.

"Second brother, big brother means well for you. Is there anything we brothers can't say to each other?" Bing Li walked up to Blood Realm Venerable and whispered.

Blood Realm Venerable nodded, his expression easing a great deal.

"Second brother, are you alright?" Bing Li looked Blood Realm Venerable up and down and asked with concern.

"I only lost a bit of Primordial Qi, it's nothing significant," Blood Realm Venerable shook his head.

"Your Blood Transformation Technique has already achieved great success, yet that Vine Demon, merely a Fourth-level Lower Stage, managed to injure you. Could it be she used some sort of underhand tactic? If she really resorted to despicable methods, we of the Tide-rider Alliance will not let her get away with it easily; we must make her pay the price!" Bing Li said with righteous indignation.

Blood Realm Venerable remained silent for a moment, then carefully recounted the details of his battle with Hua Zhi.

"It looks like the Vine Demon didn't use any underhand tactics after all; she must have relied on the power of the Nether Moon God," Yuan Wuji said.

"These people only know how to rely on external forces, how utterly shameless," Bing Li spat with disdain.

"Whether it's one's own power or an external one, the ability to hold it in your hand is real strength. The Nether Moon God seems to be quite fond of this girl. Before we clarify the details of that god's cloak, let's avoid getting into disputes with that Vine Demon in the future," Yuan Wuji admonished.

The other three people agreed upon hearing this.

"Big brother, the Nether Moon God has appeared so frequently, it must mean he's definitely in the Three Immortals Island Secret Realm. Could one of these people be pretending to be him?" Lan Xiao asked.

Yuan Wuji also harbored such suspicions. Shadows of the vanished Yuan Ming and Xi Ying flickered through his Sea of Consciousness, suspecting that one of them could be the Nether Moon God, although he had no evidence at the moment.

He decided not to worry further and to wait and see how things would unfold, walking towards the outside, with Bing Li and the others hurrying to follow.

Blood Realm Venerable watched Yuan Wuji's retreating figure, a chilling gaze flashing briefly in his eyes but vanished just as quickly.

After searching the hall clean, they proceeded along the stone path behind the house and soon came to a stop.

In front of the stone path appeared three forks in the road; beside each fork stood a Stele, bearing the names: Evergreen Garden, Gold-plated Hall, and Black Cloud Tower, respectively.

At the end of the three paths, one could vaguely see a garden estate, a golden hall, and a black tower.

Here, Divine Sense could not be extended either, preventing them from scouting ahead.

"All three places don't seem ordinary, and they should contain treasures. We will take our leave first," Yuan Wuji said and led the way down the road towards the Black Cloud Tower with Blood Realm Venerable and the others.

Inside the Stealing Heaven Tripod, Yuan Ming remained silent.

The Penglai Immortal Island was shrouded in mysteries, and it was relatively safer for people to move together.

However, since the Tide-rider Alliance was not his Believer, and there had been many unresolved grievances from before, he had no right to stop them when they chose to leave.

"Let's go to Evergreen Garden," Hua Zhi said under Yuan Ming's direction.

Old Man Hei Zhu and the others had no objections and walked towards it while Bai Lin Master, Queen Ming Kong, and the sturdy man from the Water Ape Clan did not follow.

"Fellow Daoist Bai Lin?" Old Man Hei Zhu asked.

"Since there are three places here, let's split up. The three of us will go have a look at the Gold-plated Hall," Bai Lin Master said.

"Fellow Daoist Bai Lin, this Penglai Immortal Island belongs to the Undead Tree Demon; it may seem safe for now, but it's certainly not a peaceful place. We should still move together for safety," Old Man Hei Zhu eagerly advised.

"Old Man Hei Zhu, we appreciate your kindness, but we've come to the Three Immortals Island to seek treasures; how could we not take some risks," Bai Lin Master refused directly.

"Are you really going to split up?" the voice of the Nether Moon God echoed in the Sea of Consciousness of Bai Lin Master, Queen Ming Kong, and the sturdy man from the Water Ape Clan.

"Lord Nether Moon God!" The faces of the three of them changed.

Seeing the reaction of Bai Lin Master and his group, Old Man Hei Zhu and the others realized something. Although they did not hear the message from the Nether Moon God, they still showed respectful expressions.

"Lord Nether Moon God, it's not that we are unwilling to travel together. Your Vine Demon servant is too adept at collecting treasures; if we follow her, we're afraid we'll end up with nothing," Bai Lin Master said, glancing at Hua Zhi, responding in his Sea of Consciousness.

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