The sudden fluctuation of the array startled the overjoyed demon cultivators immersed in their spoils.

"Is this... a Tier Two Array?!"

"Who set up a Tier Two Array here?!"

"It's an ambush!"

The leader, a master at the peak of Qi Refining, stood up, eyes filled with shock and anger.

The killing power of the Tier Two Array surged in from all directions like a tidal wave.

"Block it—"

The leading demon cultivator shouted, and the dozen or so demon cultivators around him immediately acted, with talismans and magical artifacts lighting up in various colors.

However, in front of the Tier Two Array, this group of Qi Refining stage demon cultivators could not withstand at all, and screams echoed successively.

In just a moment, all these demon cultivators fell to the ground, apparently dead.

Yet the array continued to attack, battering the corpses relentlessly!

"Damn, is it necessary?!"

The corpse of the peak Qi Refining stage demon cultivator suddenly bounced up, his eyes filled with extreme anger. He had used a treasure to block the earlier lethal attack, intending to ambush the person behind the scenes when they appeared.

Unexpectedly, the opponent was so cautious, whipping the corpse repeatedly!

Unable to bear it, he suddenly cast a talisman—

A Tier Two Breaking Charm!

Instantly, the Tier Two Array became slightly unstable, with one corner being torn apart.

The demon cultivator rushed out of the array!

But what greeted him was a Bursting Talisman.

Boom!

A massive surge of energy spread outwards, causing the ground to tremble. The demon cultivator, caught in the shockwave, was terrified, hurriedly casting a Tier Two Profound Shield Talisman, while his protective treasure shimmered—

The demon cultivator staggered back a few steps, his face slightly pale. Even he couldn't hold up after using two Tier Two talismans, and he urgently turned to flee.

But he didn't make it in time; the second Bursting Talisman exploded—

"Not good!"

The demon cultivator's face changed dramatically; he had no more Tier Two talismans left and could only withstand the power of the Tier Two Bursting Talisman.

The shockwave swept over him, shredding his clothes to reveal a brass shoulder guard, which was also cracked—

But the demon cultivator felt an icy chill in his chest.

He looked down to see a sapphire blue dagger plunged into his chest!

The poison quickly took effect.

"Who... is it..."

His heart felt cold as he sensed his impending death, yet instinctively he scanned around, wanting to find the hidden person.

But in his eyes, a burst of light flashed—

A dozen or so Upper Grade Tier One Fire Talismans rained down on him like a celestial blossom.

"Damn #%..."

The demon cultivator cursed outright; his mentality was collapsing. Who the hell was this, using runes as if they cost nothing?

The most infuriating part was that, even in death, he didn't see who the attacker was!

Not even a glimpse...

Boom!

The flames descended; even with the remaining power of his magical artifact, he couldn't withstand the force of over a dozen fire talismans. His body was soon engulfed in flames, quickly turning into a charred skeleton.

The river water lapped against the shore, the night silent as death.

The Tier Two Array continued to activate, repeatedly blasting the fallen demon cultivators, stopping only after whipping the corpses over a dozen times.

In the grass by the riverside, a person covered in mud suddenly stood up.

His eyes were burning brightly; he quickly moved forward, collecting all the scattered storage bags in the field!

As he collected the storage bags, he used his Divine Sense to inspect them simultaneously.

With the aid of Divine Sense, he could clearly examine every item in the storage bags. In the demon cultivators' storage bags, two items were marked, and several items in the storage bags of the Profound Yang Sect disciples were marked as well.

This was common; demon cultivators and Profound Yang Sect disciples alike, if they had some background or connections, would have these items left on them as a precaution to track them if they rebelled or got killed.

Throwing all marked items into the surging river, Li An then cast a heap of Fire Talismans, burning all the bodies on the scene.

He also destroyed the Tier Two Array he had set up to avoid being traced.

After doing all this, he paused beside a bound man.

That man was Chen Cheng!

Chen Cheng had used a Breaking Charm to break the demon cultivators' array and even killed several of them, severely disrupting their plan.

Thus, the demon cultivators left him, intending to slowly torture him to death!

He was seriously injured and unconscious.

Li An felt utterly calm as he made a swift slash, severing Chen Cheng's neck. With a quick cast of a Fire Talisman, Chen Cheng's corpse was gradually burned away.

"This cause and effect ends here; from now on, I, Li, will not pursue vengeance against your wife and daughter—"

Having said this, Li An swiftly turned and disappeared into the darkness.

...

Leaving the Masha ferry, Li An withdrew according to the route he had already planned, washing up in a mountain stream and changing into a new set of clothes, transforming into a rough-looking burly man.

He bypassed all the places where he might encounter Demon Sect cultivators and quickly made his way to Moon Tempering Valley.

...

Seven days later.

Li An finally entered Moon Tempering Valley. After closing the Tier Two array in the valley, he let out a long breath.

Finally at ease!

Immediately, he took out a large pile of storage bags he had on him.

For convenience in carrying and utilizing space, he consolidated all the supplies into about a dozen storage bags.

Opening them one by one, Li An felt extremely excited.

He hit the jackpot; this harvest was immense!

With so many slain disciples of the Profound Yang Sect and what was taken from the demon cultivators, there were over fourteen thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones alone, along with twenty-six Middle Grade Spirit Stones!

One Middle Grade Spirit Stone is equivalent to a hundred Low Grade Spirit Stones.

So, he effectively gained seventeen thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones.

In addition, the total worth of runes, magical artifacts, pills, materials, etc., in the hands of these people wasn't less than ten thousand Spirit Stones.

Notably, in the storage bag of that peak Qi Refining demon cultivator, Li An also found two Bursting Talismans and one Ice Talisman!

This sent a chill down Li An's spine; fortunately, during the battle, he never showed his face, ensuring the opponent didn't discover him. Otherwise, with two Bursting Talismans and one Ice Talisman, the outcome was truly uncertain.

"Safety that's not absolute is absolutely unsafe!"

He murmured again, reminding himself that in such life-and-death struggles, one must ensure their own safety before taking action.

Simultaneously, he cautioned himself internally. Despite today's great harvest, he should not lose his mind because of it.

After tasting the sweetness, it's easy to walk the path of a robber cultivator from then on.

That path was not favored by Li An, nor suited him, as the constant fighting and killing consume one's life too quickly.

He adhered to his principle: unless absolutely necessary and without absolute certainty, do not act. Don't be like those reckless robber cultivators, living a life licking blood off the blade.

Apart from this haul, he also brought over two thousand Spirit Stones worth of talisman resources, as well as four sets of high-grade array materials from Qingyang's market.

He calmed his mind and sorted the various resources.

First, the magical artifacts he kept for his own use, totaling five: a pair of bracers, a pair of cloud boots, a Firelight Sword, a Profound Iron Shield, and a wrist crossbow, all of them Upper Grade Tier One.

These items could arm Li An from head to toe.

Additionally, there was a new high-grade talisman pen, a pile of materials for making Tier Two talismans, and two Bursting Talismans and one Ice Talisman.

Four sets of high-grade arrray materials.

A bottle of Primordial Spirit Pill, two bottles of Recovery Pill.

And three Second Grade Spirit Medicines!

To Li An's disappointment, out of these three Second Grade Spirit Medicines, only one could be used as an auxiliary ingredient for Foundation Establishment Pill, while the other two could only be kept for now as strategic resources.

The rest of the items were either redundant or of lower quality, not of much use to Li An at the moment.

He would gradually find opportunities to sell them off in the future.

Outside, the morning light was already shining in as Li An stood up and stretched.

Just sorting through them had taken him the whole night!

...

Meanwhile, at the riverside of Liuyang River market.

"What's going on here!?"

The Foundation Establishment stage demon cultivator went straight mad!

No one was there; the scene only had some charred bones and ashes, clearly cleaned up after a murder.

"Who, just who is it!"

He was so angry he was spitting blood; who the hell was so bold to dare rob the Demon Sect like this??

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