Chapter 81

Yuan Zhi didn't know he had been targeted by a troublemaker and came out with his injuries to check the situation. Seeing the sky filled with yellow toxic smoke and the disciples suffering, he hurriedly tried to save them.

Just as he was about to form a larger spirit shield to block the toxic gas, he pulled at his wound. The place where he was injured by his master couldn't heal so quickly, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, clutching his wound with his brows knitted tightly.

Not only could he not help the disciples, but he was also in danger and needed others to take care of him. A Golden Core cultivator saw him and quickly told him to go to the side and not to join in the commotion.

He had no choice but to step back, only able to take care of himself. However, just sitting there was too conspicuous and would make people think he was useless.

"Who turned off the spirit protection array and let this toxic smoke in? This is sheer nonsense." At this moment, the hall that Lu Xiaodi had been paying attention to opened, and a man in a dark golden robe with a sullen face came out.

This man looked to be under forty, wearing a jade bone hairpin, with half-black and half-white beard and already gray hair. His eyes were so cold that they chilled the heart, clearly showing that he had absorbed too much yin energy and lacked yang energy.

"Headmaster Zhenjun, the spirit protection array is not damaged. I don't know where this smoke came from. Many disciples are seriously injured and need to quickly disperse the toxic smoke," a Golden Core cultivator reported.

"Useless! Someone must have broken in and dared to cause trouble in our Ghost Spirit Sect. We must find them and tear them to pieces," Headmaster Zhenjun cursed fiercely, immediately releasing his divine sense to search the entire Ghost Spirit Sect, not missing any place.

Lu Xiaodi and Kong Xincai stayed in place, watching him through the leaves. Despite his divine sense sweeping over them, the two had already entered the Spirit Stage, and a Nascent Soul cultivator's divine sense couldn't detect them.

But if it were a Deity Transformation cultivator, even if Kong Xincai returned to his original form, he would still be detected. Someone like Xiaodi, who couldn't return, would be caught and beaten to force a confession.

"Have you retracted the aura from your sword? Don't let him discover that there's a Mystic-grade treasure here, or he'll definitely rush over immediately," Lu Xiaodi suddenly thought of this and quickly said.

Kong Xincai said indifferently, "You underestimate me. My previous owner was a ruthless evil cultivator who did all sorts of bad things. This small scene is nothing to me. How could I make such a mistake? In his divine sense, I am no different from a branch."

"That's good. Can you help me watch the ding for a moment? I'm going to steal something," Lu Xiaodi nodded and negotiated with him.

"I really envy you. You can move away from the ding. Is it really okay to leave it behind?" Kong Xincai said enviously. Any spirit would envy her freedom, thinking she had to carry her original form to move, but she could actually leave it.

Lu Xiaodi shrugged, "It's not as good as you think. There's a distance limit. I spent several years continuously improving the ding's quality, and now I can leave it for a short distance, but not too far."

She wanted to demonstrate how far she could go, but realized she had never measured it. To describe it, it would be the distance from the Heavenly Pill Hall to the first medicinal field, but Kong Xincai had never been there, so she didn't bother to explain further.

"That's great. Hearing this, I feel much better," Kong Xincai finally heard some good news and smiled slightly.

"You are so sinister and petty. You must be a treasure used by an evil cultivator, naturally making people hate you," Lu Xiaodi didn't expect this spirit to have such a character and wondered if his previous owner was the same.

Someone as gentle and kind as herself, the previous owner must have been... She paused, realizing how foolish she was. The spirit's character had nothing to do with the owner. She sighed, "Help me watch for a moment. I'll be back soon."

Now, the Headmaster's divine sense was everywhere. Although it couldn't detect her, it could see the ding. Suddenly finding an unremarkable broken ding moving on its own would be very strange.

It was best for her to act on her own. Anyway, Kong Xincai couldn't leave and could only help her guard the ding.

She made a wide circle and sneaked to the back of the hall, sticking to the wall and running in amidst the chaos. Entering the door, she found a spacious hall, with living quarters at the back. Running through a side door, she reached a beautiful small garden, and then the living area.

The alchemy room and similar places were very conspicuous, and she didn't enter to collect items. To her, pills were like wild grass on the ground, and she wouldn't waste time on them. Finally, in a cultivation room, she saw a large egg on a soft cushion.

The eggshell was incredibly vibrant, with seven colors flowing like a rainbow, and a faint sound could be heard from inside. Fortunately, she arrived just before the egg hatched. Putting the egg in a spirit pet bag would make the newborn spirit pet feel abandoned, making it untrustworthy and useless. The Headmaster didn't take it when he went out but was worried it would be stolen, so he used a restriction to protect it.

This level of restriction was useless to Lu Xiaodi but effective on the egg. She could reach into the restriction but couldn't take the egg out. It seemed that to take the egg, she would have to break the restriction by force.

She took a step back, and a pale green light flashed on her hand. She summoned all the soul power from the Sleeve Technique and struck the restriction with great force.

The fist hit the restriction, instantly creating a strong wave of air, and with a loud explosion, the entire room was destroyed. Only Lu Xiaodi, who was thrown back several feet, and the egg, which was still protected by the broken restriction, remained.

"Great." Seeing the restriction dissipate and the egg unharmed, she picked up the egg and ran out.

The commotion was too loud, and all the cultivators helping the lower-stage disciples heard it. They all looked in the direction of the explosion, which was where the Headmaster lived.

"Such audacity, to act so recklessly here." The Headmaster's divine sense swept over, and he felt the egg he wanted was moving. The egg couldn't move on its own, so someone must be carrying it, but his divine sense couldn't detect them, which made him very angry. In a flash, he flew toward the egg.

Kong Xincai looked back a few times, not expecting Lu Xiaodi to use a spirit technique. He didn't know how much soul power she would lose. Knowing it would harm her, she still dared to use it recklessly.

Lu Xiaodi ran with the egg, her hand that struck the restriction aching. The power generated by using all her soul power surprised her. If the Sleeve Technique were not small, that power would have damaged her original form.

She felt fortunate that she had repaired the ding many times over the past few years; otherwise, her body wouldn't have withstood such power. If she could refine the ding back into a treasure or a spirit treasure, she could use soul power without any hesitation.

"An ordinary person, daring to come here to steal an egg, are you crazy?" The Headmaster arrived in just a few breaths and was stunned to see a human girl carrying the egg. He had never seen such a bold human. Not only was this an evil sect, but there was also the Heavenly Spirit Sect outside. How could anyone think of coming here to steal? He couldn't understand the current state of humans.

Lu Xiaodi glanced at him and ran away without a word, a fool would stop to talk.

"It seems you have an accomplice. Do you think you can escape from my palm?" The Headmaster, like a cat watching a mouse, flew in the air, looking down at her with a contemptuous gaze, not yet making a move.

Killing an ordinary person who could be crushed with a finger was very easy, but he wanted to see who came with her. That person could release poison and break his restriction, so they must be a Nascent Soul cultivator.

He shouted loudly, "As a Nascent Soul cultivator, you send an ordinary person to steal. To do such a despicable and shameless act, I am truly impressed. Please show yourself and let me see who you are."

No Nascent Soul cultivator appeared, no matter how harshly he spoke. While he was waiting for the enemy to show up, Lu Xiaodi had already run back to the hiding place in the bushes and put the egg into the ding, pressing it onto Ge Pi's body.

The Headmaster watched her run in, and the divine sense surrounding the egg suddenly broke. He raised his hand, and a gray mist shot out from his palm, striking the bushes. The mist passed, and the trees withered and the rocks cracked, clearly a highly yin energy.

The trees instantly withered and turned to ash, revealing Lu Xiaodi and Kong Xincai. Seeing Kong Xincai, the Headmaster and the other cultivators gasped in shock. This was a spirit.

"Run quickly." Lu Xiaodi picked up the ding and grabbed the ground, dragging it down the mountain. Kong Xincai looked back at Yuan Zhi, somewhat dissatisfied, "What a mess. I just want to choose a satisfactory sword master. Where are you dragging me?"

"Shut up. If this madman catches you, you won't have a chance to choose and will only serve him," Lu Xiaodi cursed while running.

Kong Xincai didn't want to follow a Nascent Soul cultivator and sighed, reluctantly flying away behind her.

The long sword, if unseen by everyone, would mean they were all blind. Everyone's gaze fell on the sword, a Mystic-grade treasure with a spirit.

"That's the Yinxian Sword. I have been searching for it for so long, and it's here." The Headmaster stared at Kong Xincai's original form and suddenly burst into a mad laugh.

This is the Yinxian Sword...

Yuan Zhi was using spirit energy to protect himself from the toxic smoke. Hearing this, he opened his eyes and saw Lu Xiaodi running down the mountain. The long sword in her hand, shaped like fish bones, deeply attracted his attention.

The Yinxian Sword was a famous sword among evil cultivators long ago, said to be extremely yin and capable of absorbing yin energy from the heavens and earth, immune to all poisons. It had disappeared, and he never expected it to be in the Ghost Spirit Sect.

But... Yuan Zhi looked at the person carrying the ding, speechless. How did this guy come again?