After getting the approval of his own leader, the rugged middle-aged man of the Three Fierce Wumeng immediately bribed the servant at Zhou Xun's inn, using him to mark Zhou Xun with a tracking mark.

The middle-aged man kept a Wingless Bent Leaf Spirit Butterfly.

This type of Spirit Butterfly has no other ability and is only extremely sensitive to the pollen of the Bent Leaf Flower, making it challenging for anything within a thousand miles to escape its tracking.

The pollen of the Bent Leaf Flower is colorless and tasteless, making it difficult for even a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to detect.

The servant sprinkled this pollen in Zhou Xun's room, causing Zhou Xun to unknowingly get stained with it.

Therefore, no matter how much Zhou Xun tried, he couldn't shake off the middle-aged man's pursuit.

That day, Zhou Xun left the Celestial Terrace Ridge Market less than an hour ago when the middle-aged man, with seven subordinates, also went in pursuit.

Due to the existence of the Spirit Butterfly, the rugged man was not in a hurry to catch up.

Firstly, they did not expect Zhou Xun to have a Middle-Grade Flying Spiritual Artifact in hand which was faster than their Spiritual Boat.

Secondly, they didn't want to make a move near Celestial Terrace Ridge to avoid leaks of information.

However, they didn't expect that it would take until the fifth day before they caught up with Zhou Xun.

In the following days, the chase continued with Zhou Xun repeatedly managing to escape thanks to his quick escape speed.

However, due to their numbers, they could take turns piloting their Spiritual Boat, allowing them to pursue day and night without rest.

On the other hand, Zhou Xun, being alone, had to stop periodically to meditate and recover.

At this rate, it would take only a few more days for them to catch up with Zhou Xun.

...

On this day, under the sensing of the Spirit Butterfly, Zhou Xun finally stopped running.

Gazing at the distant canyon, the rugged man smiled.

"That kid is hiding in that canyon, thinking he can evade by this. Pity he doesn't realize I have the Spirit Butterfly, and he'll never escape!"

"Still, Third Young Master is wise!" praised a gray-clad middle-aged person.

"Third Young Master, I never understood, this kid is just at Middle-Stage Qi Refining, we alone could handle him. Why trouble yourself to act personally, not to mention mobilize our entire team?" the blue-clad youth asked the middle-aged man with confusion on the Spiritual Boat.

The middle-aged man smiled slightly, showing an expression of 'you're still too young'.

"In our line of work, the worst is arrogance!"

"In those years, I, as Third Young Master, could escape the Cloud Light Sect's pursuit by being cautious!"

"Even the lion puts in full power to hunt the rabbit, let alone a bright Cultivator!"

"Furthermore, this individual's wealth is impressive, highly likely to be a Middle-Grade or even High-Grade Alchemist. You've heard of Alchemists' abilities to earn Spirit Stones, right?"

"It would be too much of a waste to just kill him directly!"

"What Third Young Master means is to capture him alive and have him refine pills for us constantly, that's the long-term approach!" realized the long-faced middle-aged man on the other side!

"Correct!" the middle-aged man nodded.

"Third Young Master's wisdom is outstanding!" his subordinates praised.

"Third Young Master's realm is vastly beyond ours!" complimented the blue-clad youth.

Laughing and chatting, they closed in above the canyon.

"Alright, that kid is just down there. Be careful when making a move, try not to kill him!" the middle-aged man instructed.

"Rest assured, Third Young Master, he's just some kid still wet behind the ears!" the blue-clad youth sneered.

Just as the words fell, their Spiritual Boat had flown within a hundred zhang of the canyon.

Zhou Xun, upon seeing this, his gaze tightened.

He infused mana into Master Yun Lei on his right hand, targeted the direction of the Flying Ship, and hurled hard.

The power of Master Yun Lei was restrained, even when activated, the spiritual power fluctuation was extremely weak, only during the moment of eruption, did the powerful spiritual qi burst forth, startling people.

Zhou Xun was a Body Refining Cultivator, and his strength was enormous.

Once Master Yun Lei left the hand, it turned into a residual shadow.

"What is that?"

However, after all, there was still some spiritual power fluctuation, and coupled with the Cultivators' strong six senses, someone on the Spiritual Boat noticed it.

"Trivial tricks, nothing more than a little thing not even considered a Half-Enchanted Artifact!" jeered another Tribulation Cultivator.

"Yeah, I think this kid is at the end of his rope, to pull out this kind of child's play, I can dismiss it with a flick!" said the blue-clad youth, forming a seal.

A faint light shield emerged in front of the Spiritual Boat.

Only the middle-aged man vaguely felt something was wrong,

But at this moment, Master Yun Lei had already collided with the light shield.

In an instant, the restrained power of Master Yun Lei erupted.

A dazzling white light spread out.

"Not good"

Just as the thought flashed through the brain, the blue-clad man at the forefront was the first to be engulfed, with his body and bones melting completely, and even his clothes and storage bag at his waist turning to ash.

Next was the long-faced middle-aged man next to him.

The third among the Wumeng Three Fierce tried to retrieve a defense artifact from the storage bag at the moment of Master Yun Lei's explosion.

However, before his hand could reach the storage bag, that powerful force had already arrived.

The magic robe he wore automatically triggered a protective shield.

The light shield equivalent to a Tier One High-Grade Technique shattered like paper in an instant.

The middle-aged man's eyes revealed terror and despair.

The next moment, he was completely engulfed.

From the time Zhou Xun threw out Master Yun Lei to the entirety of the Tribulation Cultivators on the Spiritual Boat perishing, it was merely a short span of two breaths.

Zhou Xun was left stunned, his eyes wide in shock at the scene.

He genuinely didn't expect Master Yun Lei's power to be so immense, wiping them all out with one strike.

Soon after, a look of regret appeared on his face.

The power of Master Yun Lei was indeed too overwhelming, not only killing all these people but also causing their storage bags to disintegrate entirely.

Even the Flying Ship was left with only some wreckage.

Perhaps there were still some broken magical artifacts that would fall from the air.

Zhou Xun slowly descended to the ground and picked up a piece of magical artifact debris.

If a Tier Two Refiner were to handle this, perhaps some materials could be refined from it.

"A waste of effort!"

He then tossed it back on the ground.

A Tier Two Refiner possesses such wealth, even if someone is willing to help, the materials refined might not be enough to compensate their fee.

Suddenly, Zhou Xun's gaze fell on the distance.

A round gear-like artifact was quietly lying on the ground.

The previous strike hadn't damaged it.

Zhou Xun picked it up and examined it closely, finding the right side smooth, while the left side had a regular indentation.

"Could this be a component of a certain artifact?" Zhou Xun speculated.

In the Cultivation Realm, there is also a type of Combined Spiritual Artifact that can function as individual entities when separated.

Immediately, Zhou Xun spread out his Divine Sense, searching everywhere within more than ten miles, but found nothing.

Zhou Xun had no choice but to give up.

Injecting mana, the round wheel trembled slightly, but it didn't activate successfully.

"It's actually a High-Grade Spiritual Artifact!"

Zhou Xun then spent about an hour successfully imprinting his Divine Sense on the artifact.

Subsequently, he injected mana again.

"Buzz"

A buzzing sound arose.

The round wheel floated in midair before Zhou Xun.

"Go!"

Pointing to a nearby one-zhang-sized bluestone.

The round wheel turned into an afterimage, instantly slicing through it as if without obstruction!

"What a fine artifact, in terms of power, it slightly surpasses my Armor-Piercing Cone!" Zhou Xun mused.

But the mana consumption was too large, with his current cultivation level, controlling a High-Grade Spiritual Artifact was still somewhat beyond his capability.

If used as a trump card, it was still feasible.

"Looks like there was a master on that Spiritual Boat!" To have an artifact like this, their mana and Divine Sense must have been extraordinary, otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to control a High-Grade Spiritual Artifact.

Zhou Xun was fortunate due to his strong Divine Sense.

Luckily, he used Master Yun Lei to annihilate them entirely.

Otherwise, when facing off directly, he might not have been able to defeat the original owner of this artifact.

Stashing the artifact into the storage bag, he took a Qi Recovery Pill and began to meditate and recover.

A few hours later, a cyan light soared into the sky, speeding towards the direction of Qingyue Square.

(To be continued later!)

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