Wei Shangren never expected to encounter Zhou Xun here, and immediately burst into laughter:

"Truly, you have a road to heaven, yet you don't take it; no door to hell, but you barge in!"

He immediately ordered the people beside him:

"Quick, attack and kill him!"

The crowd remained motionless, their eyes turned to Wei Shangli, who was in charge of this operation.

Wei Shangli frowned, nodded, and with a wave of his hand, the cultivators charged forward to attack.

Seeing this, Zhou Xun immediately retreated violently, widening the distance.

For him, using Divine Sense to control artifacts remotely was the best tactic.

At the same time, he took out a Middle-Grade Gold Shield Talisman and activated it, attaching it to his waist.

A golden light shield immediately enveloped him.

With a thought from his Divine Sense, the Golden Cicada Mother-Child Blades, which had proven their worth, once again hovered in midair and sped towards the approaching cultivators.

The Golden Cicada Mother-Child Blades were refined according to High-Grade Spiritual Artifact standards, but due to a mishap, their grade dropped to Middle-Grade.

However, their materials were definitely of High-Grade level.

The Half-Enchanted Artifacts in the hands of those Early-Stage Qi Refining Cultivators were no match for Zhou Xun at all.

When the golden blade touched a shield, the shield was pierced through like paper by the golden blade.

The cultivator hiding behind the shield was killed in one strike.

In just a few moments, three cultivators had fallen.

The remaining people were terrified and halted their steps.

"Divine Sense Control, this... this is a Late-Stage Qi Refining Cultivator!" the crowd was shocked, and the bearded Middle-Stage Qi Refining Cultivator among them exclaimed.

This voice instantly caused panic among the people.

Late-Stage Qi Refining Cultivators possessed mana far superior in quality compared to Early and Middle stages.

The crucial factor was that Late-Stage Qi Refining Cultivators could birth Divine Sense, imprint weapons with Divine Sense, and utilize methods of weapon control that were unpredictable and hard to defend against.

It was tantamount to a dimensional reduction strike.

This is also the most distinctive mark of Qi Refining Cultivators.

Therefore, once cultivators in the Cultivation Realm break through to the Late-Stage Qi Refining, they often can battle several Middle-Stage cultivators simultaneously without falling behind.

Wei Shangli and his brother were also full of doubts.

When Zhou Xun attacked earlier, their sights were all on that distant white female silhouette; they did not witness the exact scene of Zhou Xun's attack.

Otherwise, they might not have hastily ordered the assault.

"Elder brother, Zhou Xun only has a Middle-Grade Spirit Root, how could he become a Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivator in just three years?" Wei Shangren was incredulous.

He had heard about Zhou Xun's Spiritual Root Talent directly from his third brother's mouth.

Even with an Earth Spirit Root, his speed shouldn't be this rapid!

There's certainly something suspicious about this!

Wei Shangli quickly thought things through; he absolutely did not believe Zhou Xun possessed such high cultivation.

So he spoke out:

"I know this person; three years ago, he had just broken through to the Third-Layer Qi Refining. He absolutely cannot be a Late-Stage cultivator. Everyone, rest assured!"

However, at this moment, the crowd couldn't listen to him; they had seen Zhou Xun's might firsthand.

In a matter of moments, he had killed three of their companions. They were only a handful of people in total, how many rounds of this could they endure?

"Run away!"

And so, without any hesitation, they turned and fled.

These were originally gang members with weak fighting will; they had chased the Lin Family's eldest daughter because she was already spent and the lure of huge benefits.

Now, faced with someone as fearsome as Zhou Xun, escaping for their lives was their priority.

"Elder... Elder brother, what now!" Wei Shangren panicked.

"Go!" Wei Shangli's face darkened as he decisively activated the Middle-Grade Talisman in his hand—a Ice Spike Talisman.

He hurled it towards Zhou Xun.

A dozen ice spikes formed in mid-air and fell swiftly towards Zhou Xun.

Zhou Xun had to dodge backwards while activating a Low-Grade Defense Shield to block in front of him.

"Clink, clink, clink"

A clear sound rang out,

The dozen ice spikes crashed against the outer layer of the golden light shield.

All the ice spikes were blocked, but the shield's power was exhausted as well.

At this moment, Wei Shangli had already fled far away.

As he cast the Ice Spike Talisman, Wei Shangli also took out a High-Grade Flying Talisman and activated it without hesitation.

Dragging his brother, the two silhouettes soared into the sky and quickly escaped the way they came.

"Erniu, you go assist the sister-in-law and the eldest young lady first!"

He gave a quick instruction, then took out the Cyan Light Shuttle, intending to give chase.

The Wei Brothers had always opposed him; meeting again today, it was time to settle things.

Just then, a white flash flew out from the forest ahead at incredible speed, like a rainbow crossing the sun, crashing into the airborne Wei Brothers.

With a scream, the two fell from the sky.

"Eldest Young Lady!"

Zhou Xun thought to himself.

It seemed undoubtedly to be Lin Xueying's doing.

Zhou Xun put away the Cyan Light Shuttle and, alongside Wang Erniu, quickly headed towards where the Wei Brothers fell.

Under a tree, which required the embrace of one person, Wei Shangren was clutching a young man's body, full of panic.

Turns out Lin Xueying's strike just now pierced precisely through Wei Shangli's chest and abdomen.

On top of falling straight down from dozens of feet high, despite being a cultivator with outstanding physique, he was barely alive.

Seeing Zhou Xun and the others surrounding them, Wei Shangren was utterly terrified.

He hurriedly kneeled, bowing and kowtowing repeatedly, tears and snot flowing.

"Brother Zhou, it's my fault, spare me, spare my life, I'll do whatever you want!"

"Second brother, get up!" Wei Shangli said with a pained face.

"It's the rule of winning or losing; a Spirit Talisman Luo Family member has no room for cowardly living!" His voice was weak but his tone extremely firm.

"Spirit Talisman Luo Family!" Zhou Xun naturally had heard of them, akin to the Lin Family's misfortune; once a Foundation Establishment Race, destroyed decades ago.

"Elder brother, I don't want to die!" Wei Shangren cried out.

"Do you think he will let us live?" Wei Shangli smiled bitterly, finished speaking, closed his eyes awaiting death.

Hearing this, Wei Shangren kowtowed even faster.

Right now, Zhou Xun had no intention of humiliation.

He waved his hand, and the Golden Cicada Mother-Child Blade turned into two afterimages, piercing the hearts of the Wei Brothers.

Wei Shangli, already on the brink of death, succumbed instantly to this strike.

Only Wei Shangren, unwilling to die, held his left chest tightly, trying to stave off life's ebb.

"Spare me!"

"Spare me!"

The voice grew fainter, his face full of unwillingness toward death.

At this moment, the Lin Family's eldest young lady also came over, supported by her cousin.

"This person can indeed be considered a formidable talent!"

The entire scene just now was witnessed by her; though Wei Shangli had pursued her, it was all serving his own cause.

"Indeed! This person had excellent talent and skills, mind and means were top-choice, yet hindered by an incompetent brother!"

Zhou Xun sighed.

He immediately took the Storage Bags from the waist of the Wei Brothers, then with a wave of his hand, struck a large pit in the ground, throwing their bodies in.

With another wave of his hand, yellow earth covered them fully.

Thus, they were buried in peace.

Then he handed the Storage Bag to Lin Xueying.

"If not for Alchemist Zhou's timely rescue today, I'd likely not have survived. These two Storage Bags, please accept them, Alchemist Zhou!"

Lin Xueying shook her head.

Zhou Xun, hearing this, didn't argue, and casually hung them at his waist.

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