Inside the hall.

Before everyone could come to their senses, Elder Zhuang Xiran from the main seat had already vanished in a flash of white light.

"What happened?"

"Why does it feel like the hall is about to collapse?"

"What's causing such a huge commotion outside?"

"Could it be that someone is attacking the mountain gate?"

"Let's go, we need to check it out quickly."

About a hundred Spirit Plant Masters and cultivators started rushing outside in a flurry.

Qin Ming was also shocked. The loud explosion just now was deafening, as if it were very close by.

He hurriedly ran out to take a look.

He found that outside was already in chaos.

Qin Ming looked up and was astonished to discover that the Spirit Feather Sect's Sect Defense Array had a breach in one spot.

It's important to note that this is a Tier Two High-Grade Defense Array!

"Brother, what just happened?"

Qin Ming randomly stopped a flustered disciple of Spirit Feather Sect.

"It... It seems something happened at Elder Zhuang's medicine garden." The disciple seemed unclear about the specifics and hurried towards the direction of the garden.

Qin Ming frowned deeply.

He was hesitating whether to flee far away from this troublesome place when suddenly...

"Damn, that was brutal! They even broke through a Tier Two Defense Array, like beasts!" The lean cultivator who was originally sitting behind Qin Ming came rushing back from the direction of the medicine garden.

Qin Ming was slightly taken aback and asked puzzledly, "My friend, do you know what exactly happened over there?"

The lean cultivator stopped upon hearing Qin Ming, wearing a schadenfreude expression, and laughed, "Haha, you might not believe it if I told you. Just now, a group of bandits used a High-Tier Forbidden-Breaking Talisman to break through the Spirit Feather Sect's Defense Grand Array, and while Elder Zhuang was giving a lecture, they plundered the Spirit Medicine Garden."

"They even took Elder Zhuang's Seven-Colored Heart-Cleansing Lotus, which is a Tier Two Top-Grade Spirit Plant! I just went to have a look at the scene, and many other precious spirit plants and spirit medicines were also lost."

"Elder Zhuang has now gone to pursue those bandits."

"Let's hope he can catch them."

Qin Ming understood the situation and fell into deep thought, unable to recover for the moment.

From the start to the end of the attack, it lasted only about the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, as if everything had been premeditated.

What was most shocking was that the Spirit Feather Sect let all those bandits escape.

Wait a minute!

Qin Ming recalled something. Why did it feel so familiar?

After a while.

Qin Ming asked, "Didn't other cultivators from the Spirit Feather Sect try to stop them?"

"They did. Even the Foundation Establishment Elders of the Spirit Feather Sect took action."

"However, they were defeated in just one round, hit by a spell, and are still heavily injured and unconscious in the medicine garden."

Qin Ming was again taken aback, "Ah?! Could those bandits be High-Tier Foundation Establishment cultivators?"

"They should be. Moreover, according to my guess, there must be an insider among those bandits in the Spirit Feather Sect, and their rank isn't low," the lean cultivator analyzed in detail, "otherwise, how could the bandits instantly locate the weak point of the Defense Array?"

Qin Ming continued to ask, "How many bandits were there?"

"According to the people from the Spirit Feather Sect, there were five of them, all wearing special Concealing Masks, making their identity and appearance unrecognizable. However, judging from their cultivation techniques, they seem to be evil cultivators." The lean middle-aged cultivator thought for a moment and then said, "It seems you and I are thinking along the same lines."

"Such daring and arrogant evil star bandits are likely those five cultivators sought by Golden Cloud Valley everywhere."

"Such Evil Stars should absolutely not be provoked!"

"We should avoid them as far as possible."

At that moment.

The alarm Spirit Bell of Spirit Feather Sect kept ringing.

Dong! Dong! Dong!

A large number of elite disciples began to gather continuously, riding Dharma Ships to pursue the culprits outside.

Among the crowd.

Qin Ming actually saw Jiangg Kun, who was at this time beside a stern-faced elder of the Spirit Feather Sect, constantly being reprimanded, looking disheveled and embarrassed.

Soon, under the elder's leadership, Jiangg Kun also followed the group in pursuit of the culprits.

"Tsk tsk tsk, even the elites from the Punishment Hall have been deployed. Spirit Feather Sect is serious this time," the lean cultivator remarked as he watched the large number of cultivators flying in that direction.

"Friend, this place isn't suitable to stay for long. Who knows what else might happen next."

"With such an upheaval in Spirit Feather Sect, Elder Zhuang probably won't be in the mood to give lectures or accept disciples anymore."

"Ah... Might as well hurry back to Qingyang Market. Would you like to journey together?"

Qin Ming hesitated for a moment, then politely declined, "Thank you for your kindness, but I plan to observe a bit more."

"If that's the case, I'll take my leave first," the lean cultivator said, then quickly departed on his Dharma Ship.

Qin Ming stood there pondering for a while, then took out the Spiritual Light Shuttle from his storage pouch.

He chose another direction and used his mana to fly towards Qingyang Market at the highest speed.

...

Three hundred miles away from the Spirit Feather Sect, in a swampy area.

Inside a subterranean cavern.

Five masked cultivators in black robes were hiding here.

One bandit wearing a pig-head mask held a Seven-Colored Spirit Lotus in his hands and said excitedly, "With this Seven-Colored Heart-Cleansing Lotus, big bro, your skills can advance further!"

The other two cultivators in black robes, wearing monkey-head and dog-head masks, were also very excited.

"Exactly! Who would've thought we'd score an unexpected gain this time, also plundering quite a few Tier Two spiritual materials, and along with the spirit stones and spiritual materials we extorted from Golden Cloud Valley before, it's enough for us brothers to cultivate to the late-stage Foundation Establishment. We're rich now!"

"Hahaha, who knew Old Zhuang's Spirit Medicine Garden was so bountiful!"

"By the way, should we deal with the person from Spirit Feather Sect who passed us the message..."

The tall figure in the center, wearing a Buddha Mask, spoke calmly, "After this matter concludes, none of you should show up again, temporarily leave Yunhuang Marsh, find a place to cultivate, and let the rest be."

"Big brother, bu what's the chances of Old Man Zhuang finding us here?" the bandit with the pig-head mask asked cautiously.

"Relax, I've set up a Tier Two Illusion Array above, ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators can't see through it," the black-robed cultivator with the Buddha Mask said nonchalantly as he took the Seven-Colored Heart-Cleansing Lotus.

As soon as he finished speaking.

Above the marsh, suddenly, a white Escape Light flashed by and stopped abruptly in the air.

The person who arrived was none other than Elder Zhuang Xiran, his face distorted in anger as he gazed down at the marsh, shouting furiously, "You vile creatures! How dare you target me! Once I force you hiding rats out, I'll let you taste the agony of Soul Extraction and Soul Refining!!"

After saying this, he immediately sent a Communication Talisman back to the sect.

Then began unleashing magic, bombarding the swamp wildly.

In an instant, the power of Foundation Establishment Stage spells descended.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Inside the cavern.

"Big brother! How did Old Man Zhuang know we were hiding here?" the bandit with the pig-head mask asked anxiously.

The black-robed cultivator with the Buddha Mask showed no signs of panic upon hearing this, instead, he took out the Seven-Colored Heart-Cleansing Lotus and coldly said, "The problem must be here. It seems Old Man Zhuang had a backup plan and placed a special mark on it."

"However... even if he catches up, so what?"

"I want to see what this Spirit Feather Sect's Foundation Establishment strength is worth!"

"You four go first, meet up at the usual place, I'll handle him."

With that, the cultivator wearing the Buddha Mask looked upwards, turned into a black Escape Light, and dashed towards the sky.

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