: Internal Strife Among the Rogue Cultivators, a Rescue Intervention

Chapter 60: Internal Strife Among the Rogue Cultivators, a Rescue Intervention

The Red Rock Mountain Range stretches for two to three hundred miles, and apart from the Red Cliff Market, there are no other cultivator forces within it.

However, due to the existence of the market, cultivators often come and go here, resulting in almost no demonic beasts existing in the mountains.

Moreover, the closer one gets to the market town, the fewer wild animals there are.

After all, although wild animals are not very intelligent, their instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm will still keep them away from dangerous areas.

Therefore, it was really not easy for Zhou Chun to hunt enough wild animals near the market to feed the Silver Lightning Python and the Rock Tortoise.

He wandered around the market area for half an hour, only managing to catch small animals like rabbits and pheasants, barely enough for the Silver Lightning Python to eat three-tenths of its fill.

This is really unfair to him, as he had taken a special leave of absence to come out.

Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, Zhou Chun headed further into the mountains and forests.

After traveling thirty or forty miles away from the market, the number of wild animals in the mountains and forests indeed increased. Zhou Chun hunted down two wild deer and a wild boar without much effort.

This amount of meat is enough for both spirit pets to have a hearty meal.

Zhou Chun immediately released the two spirit pets so they could eat on the spot and avoid soiling his storage bag.

Just as the Silver Lightning Python swallowed a wild deer and the Rock Tortoise ate half a wild boar, the booming sounds of a battle erupted from the nearby forest.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun's expression immediately tightened, and he quickly put the Silver Lightning Python, which had just finished eating a wild deer, into his spirit beast bag.

After a slight hesitation, he gave the rock tortoise a command to speed up its eating, while he put the carcass of the other wild deer into his storage bag.

After waiting for about 15 minutes, the rock tortoise finally finished off the remaining half of the wild boar, even smashing and gnawing the boar's head clean with a single paw.

However, the commotion in the nearby mountains and forests never stopped, and a wildfire was even ignited.

Without further hesitation, Zhou Chun immediately put the rock tortoise into his spirit beast bag and started walking away.

But he had only walked less than thirty feet when a loud shout suddenly rang out from the forest, causing him to stop in his tracks.

"Liu Shiyun, if you just run away like this, do you know what will happen to your father?"

Liu Shiyun?

Is it that female cultivator?

Zhou Chun couldn't help but picture a young girl in a blue dress wearing a veil.

The profits from reselling the Red Essence Ganoderma were so great that Zhou Chun had a deep impression of the Liu father and daughter from that day, and naturally he would remember their names.

Therefore, he naturally stopped in his tracks at that moment.

"Aunt He, the things you did to my father and me will definitely be exposed to the world. Even if I, Liu Shiyun, am used as a vessel for someone else, I will make you pay for your crimes in blood!"

A clear, resentful female voice followed, echoing through the mountains and forests.

Since the girl in green did not speak that day, Zhou Chun could not determine from the voice that the person who spoke was the girl in green.

But at this moment, his curiosity was indeed piqued.

Judging from this conversation, it seems that the Liu father and daughter were ambushed by an acquaintance.

But what could a father and daughter, who were just independent cultivators, possibly possess that would warrant an acquaintance going so far as to plot against them despite their past relationship?

Zhou Chun had a flurry of guesses in his mind, and then he began to feel a little restless.

He remembered that the daughter of the Liu family was not highly skilled, only at the fifth level of the Qi Refining stage.

The fact that she, with her level of cultivation, was able to escape and even resort to underhanded tactics against the father and daughter suggests that those who plotted against them were not particularly powerful.

In that case...

With a thought, Zhou Chun immediately cast a "Wind Control Technique" on himself by making hand seals, and then quickly rushed towards the source of the sound.

A little while later, Zhou Chun saw the owners of the two voices.

He was right; the owner of that clear female voice was none other than the veiled girl in green from that day.

The other voice belonged to a somewhat alluring woman in purple robes, whose cultivation level was the seventh level of the Qi Refining stage.

At this moment, the woman in purple and the girl in green were fighting each other while wielding their magical weapons, completely unaware that a third person had arrived.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun silently reached out and patted the storage bag at his waist, summoning the [Moon Blade Meteor Wheel].

"Who's there?!"

Zhou Chun's movements with his magical artifacts did not escape the notice of the woman in purple, who became alert and hurriedly activated a blue silk scarf artifact to protect herself, letting out an angry shout in his direction.

However, the woman in purple had no idea that the enemy was not only a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, but also used a first-grade high-quality magic weapon right away.

Under the razor-sharp, silver-black circular magical artifact, the blue silk scarf was instantly torn into countless fragments, and her curvaceous body was also severed in two, creating an extremely disturbing scene.

So much so that the girl in green who had just wanted her dead let out a scream and quickly looked away, unable to bear looking at the bloody corpse on the ground.

This caused a misunderstanding for Zhou Chun, who quickly explained loudly, "Fellow Daoist Liu, please don't panic, the murderer is none other than myself, Zhou!"

Upon hearing his voice, Liu Shiyun quickly turned to look at him.

She clearly had a good memory, or perhaps Zhou Chun's young and handsome appearance was very distinctive.

He immediately looked at Zhou Chun with surprise and doubt and asked, "Are you the young manager of the Spirit Beast Shop?"

"It is indeed Zhou!"

Zhou Chun nodded, then looked at her seriously and explained, "I was hunting nearby when I heard Fellow Daoist Liu's voice and realized that an old friend was in danger, so I stepped in to help."

Without waiting for Liu Shiyun's response, he looked gravely in the direction Liu Shiyun had fled from and asked, "Was your father fighting someone over there? Who is the enemy? What is their cultivation level?"

When he asked about her father, Liu Shiyun suddenly realized what was happening.

She immediately knelt down on the ground with a "thud," repeatedly kowtowing to Zhou Chun and pleading, "Please, Manager Zhou, save my father! I am willing to serve you like a slave to repay your kindness!"

Seeing this, Zhou Chun quickly stepped forward and pulled the man up, saying, "Fellow Daoist Liu, what are you doing? Get up first!"

After saying that, he asked the same question again.

Saving people is certainly not a problem, but the premise is that it is possible to save them.

He didn't want to rush up to rescue people without even knowing how many enemies there were or what their cultivation levels were.

Don't end up losing your own life instead of saving someone else.

Fortunately, Liu Shiyun's answer reassured him.

It turns out that there are only two people besieging Liu Qingshan now. One is a Qi Refining Stage 10 cultivator, and the other is a Qi Refining Stage 9 cultivator. Both of them are rogue cultivators like Liu Qingshan.

Since that's the case, Zhou Chun has nothing to hesitate about.

He immediately waved his sleeve and summoned his flying artifact, rushing towards Liu Qingshan's location at top speed.

The flying artifact was naturally much faster than the "Wind Control Technique," and Zhou Chun arrived at the battle scene in no time.

He arrived at the perfect time, because Liu Qingshan was now at his wit's end and about to be killed.

At this moment, Zhou Chun appeared as if by divine intervention, instantly protecting Liu Qingshan behind him. He then reached into his spirit beast pouch and released the Rock Tortoise.

Then he immediately said something to reassure Liu Qingshan.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, do not worry. Your daughter has been rescued by Zhou. Zhou was also entrusted by her to come and rescue you."

Upon hearing this, Liu Qingshan's face showed relief, and his gaze towards Zhou Chun was filled with gratitude.

However, the two men who were besieging Liu Qingshan suddenly changed their expressions.

One of the burly, bald men, with a large belly, immediately glared at him, his eyes wide as copper bells, and roared, "What did you say, brat? What did you do to Third Sister?"

"Of course, we kill them!"

Zhou Chun replied calmly.

This answer immediately made the bald, burly man's eyes widen in fury, turning them bloodshot and red in an instant.

"Aaaaah! You deserve to die, you deserve to die, you deserve to die!!!"

The bald, burly man roared and howled wildly, as if his wife had died. He immediately summoned a crimson axe and swung it fiercely at Zhou Chun.

At the same time, he didn't forget to reach into his storage bag, grab a handful of magic talismans, and without even looking at them, he activated them all and threw them at Zhou Chun.

This change left Zhou Chun somewhat bewildered, not understanding why he reacted so strongly.

However, the rock tortoise quickly released the "Stone Wall Technique" to protect itself and Liu Qingshan behind it, and summoned a black iron shield magic weapon that flew around it.

Then he quickly formed hand seals and unleashed the secret technique of the Five Elements Spirit Armor Technique.

The bald, burly man seemed to have truly gone mad at this point.

Although the stone wall in front of Zhou Chun was high, he could still use his magic weapon to bypass the wall and attack Zhou Chun.

But he was actually wielding an axe and hacking away at the stone wall in front of him.

The other middle-aged man who was originally attacking Liu Qingshan with him did not join him in attacking Zhou Chun. Instead, he took advantage of the opportunity when Liu Qingshan was holding back Zhou Chun and turned around to escape.

"Oh no! Guo Dahu is trying to escape! Fellow Daoist, we mustn't let him get away!"

Upon discovering this, Liu Qingshan hurriedly shouted a reminder to Zhou Chun.

"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Liu, he won't get away!"

Zhou Chun responded and immediately had the rock tortoise protect Liu Qingshan while dealing with the bald, burly man.

He then swiftly unleashed the [Moon Blade Meteor Wheel] and pursued the fleeing Guo Dahu.

Unexpectedly, the moment he moved, the bald, burly man turned his axe around with red eyes and attacked him, seemingly to cover Guo Dahu's escape.

But judging from his crazed appearance, it seemed that he was purely focused on killing Zhou Chun to avenge He Sangu.

Zhou Chun had been in the cultivation world for several years, but this was the first time he had encountered someone like this.

Unwilling to get entangled with the other party, he directly used the black iron shield magic weapon to take a blow from the axe head and continued to chase after Guo Dahu.

At this moment, the rock tortoise slammed its paw into the ground, and sharp rock spikes burst forth from the soil, knocking the bald man to the ground. Then, it opened its mouth and spat out a stream of earth-yellow spiritual light, which instantly transformed into a boulder the size of a wheel and crashed down on the bald man.

Thus, under the relentless onslaught of the rock tortoise, the bald giant, despite his deep hatred for Zhou Chun, could only watch helplessly as Zhou Chun left.

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