Chapter 98: After Taming the Sweet Grass, Danger Awaits Again
Chapter 98: After Taming the Sweet Grass, Danger Awaits Again
Ma Guisheng was originally a rogue cultivator in a remote mountainous area of Sanjiang City. He unexpectedly advanced to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment. With his Foundation Establishment cultivation, he was already a formidable opponent among rogue cultivators, but he lacked cultivation resources on a daily basis.
In order to cultivate, one has to do things like killing and robbing.
A few days ago, Ma Guisheng unexpectedly discovered a wealthy young man whose top-quality robes cost hundreds of spirit stones each. Naturally, he couldn't resist taking advantage of him again.
After all, catching monsters and selling them at the market doesn't earn much spirit stone, but killing someone and robbing them once can make a fortune, so naturally, they have no interest in honestly catching monsters to sell.
When they lack spirit stones, they can't help but think of murder and robbery.
After snatching the young master's storage bag, Ma Guisheng discovered a considerable amount of spirit stones. Overjoyed, he felt he could enjoy a few more days of carefree living.
However, when Ma Guisheng discovered that there were still some precious spiritual herbs in the storage bag, he was immediately dumbfounded. He guessed that he must have killed some extraordinary person, so he hid in his cave for several days and dared not go out, fearing that others would come looking for him.
A few days later, Ma Guisheng found that there was no problem, so he decided to go to the market to sell the spiritual herbs and exchange them for some pills, since he didn't know how to refine pills.
Seeing that he could exchange for a lot of cultivation resources, Ma Guisheng's face was full of smiles as he flew swiftly to the market on his sword.
As Ma Guisheng was happily flying on his sword, a strange man blocked his way.
"Fellow Daoist, don't rush off. You smell of my spiritual herbs!" the stranger said with a smile.
This person was none other than Ye Xiaobai, who had returned to the White Tiger Sect from the market.
When he smelled the scent of sweet grass flowers, Ye Xiaobai was immediately alarmed, realizing that this person must be the rogue cultivator who had stolen the spiritual herbs from Miaodanfang. He thought that if he also stole from this rogue cultivator, he could easily obtain a large number of sweet grass flowers.
Thinking of this, Ye Xiaobai could barely suppress the smile on his lips.
"Fellow Daoist, don't talk nonsense, I don't have any spiritual herbs on me!" Ma Guisheng quickly retorted.
"Stop making excuses, I can smell it!" Ye Xiaobai said bluntly.
“Okay, I admit I have spirit herbs in my storage bag, but they belong to a friend of mine, definitely not yours!” Ma Guisheng denied again.
"What's your friend's name?" Ye Xiaobai asked with a smile.
"Fellow Daoist, you wouldn't recognize me even if I told you!" Ma Guisheng was speechless.
"Alright, enough joking around. Leave the spirit herb, and I can let you go!" Ye Xiaobai said calmly, putting away his joke.
"Fellow Daoist, I didn't want to cause trouble, but since you've forced me to take action, I have no choice!" Ma Guisheng knew the small talk was over. He didn't want to give up this pile of precious spiritual herbs so easily.
"Come on! Make your move!" Ye Xiaobai immediately focused his attention, after all, his opponent was also in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, so he dared not be careless in the slightest.
Ma Guisheng pulled out a top-grade flying sword and thrust it towards Ye Xiaobai. Ye Xiaobai was startled when he saw the weapon, but quickly recovered.
As expected of a rogue cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage, he didn't even have a single spiritual weapon. Ye Xiaobai couldn't help but sigh.
Despite his feelings, the fight still had to go on. Ye Xiaobai immediately took out his spirit-grade flying sword and easily shattered Ma Guisheng's flying sword with a single move, "Soaring Clouds and Breaking the Sky." The remaining sword energy continued to fly towards Ma Guisheng.
Ma Guisheng hurriedly took out several first-tier spirit talismans and water shield talismans to protect himself, attempting to block the incoming red sword energy. However, things didn't go as planned. With a "bang," the talismans shattered instantly, and Ma Guisheng's body was sent flying more than twenty feet away, spitting out a large amount of blood.
This attack severely injured Ma Guisheng.
Ye Xiaobai was also greatly shocked. He seemed to have never fought such an easy battle before, ending the fight in one move?
Ye Xiaobai couldn't believe his eyes, but looking at the bloodstains on Ma Guisheng's lips and his pained expression as he clutched his chest, he had no choice but to accept the fact.
Ye Xiaobai slowly walked to Ma Guisheng's side and said calmly, "You've lost. Leave the spirit herb behind, and I can still let you go!"
"Since you are more skilled than me, I am willing to offer you the spiritual herbs!" Ma Guisheng said slowly, enduring his severe injuries. After speaking, he began to take out some spiritual herbs from his storage bag.
Ye Xiaobai initially sensed something was amiss, but seeing a number of spiritual herbs slowly being taken out of Ma Guisheng's storage bag, Ye Xiaobai lowered his guard and jokingly said, "If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have attacked me. Now you're all injured!"
As they were speaking, a sudden streak of cold light flew rapidly toward Ye Xiaobai. Ye Xiaobai was immediately alarmed and frantically activated his Flowing Wind and Snow Steps, barely managing to dodge the attack. Ye Xiaobai showed no mercy and unleashed another move, "Nine Heavens Grasping the Moon," directly slashing at Ma Guisheng.
"Alas!" A sigh of regret came from Ma Guisheng's mouth, followed by a flying red sword aura that slashed at him.
Seeing Ma Guisheng completely dead, Ye Xiaobai finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had almost fallen for the trick when facing a cultivator whose equipment was far inferior to his own.
After this battle, Ye Xiaobai never dared to underestimate any cultivator again.
Underestimating the enemy is to disregard one's own life, which could lead to death at any moment.
After disposing of the corpse, Ye Xiaobai was sorting through the spiritual herbs and checking his harvest when an uninvited guest unexpectedly appeared.
"So the disciples of the White Tiger Sect all love to kill and plunder! I've seen it all today!" an old man with a three-inch-long beard mocked.
"Who are you?" Ye Xiaobai stared at the old man, carefully observing him. He didn't recognize him, but realizing that the old man was a Core Formation stage cultivator, Ye Xiaobai immediately felt a great deal of pressure.
"The one who will kill you!" the old man said calmly.
"I don't think I know you, senior, and I certainly haven't offended you, have I?" Ye Xiaobai asked back.
"You haven't offended me, but you have offended our Qingyun Sect!" The old man laid his cards on the table, wanting Ye Xiaobai to die knowing why.
"Oh, so you're a senior from the Qingyun Sect!" Ye Xiaobai finally understood that he had indeed offended the Qingyun Sect long ago, and now he was in big trouble.
"Alright, now you don't have to be a fool anymore!" The old man said, taking out a green flying sword to kill Ye Xiaobai.
"Then I should thank you, senior?" Ye Xiaobai said with a wry smile.
"No need, prepare to die!" After saying that, the old man controlled his green flying sword, which drew a hundred-zhang-long green sword light and flew rapidly towards Ye Xiaobai.
Ye Xiaobai cursed inwardly, this was bad. The old man was using a magic weapon, so he couldn't be careless. He immediately gathered his sword intent and unleashed a "Cloud Roll Dragon Soaring" attack, but his sword light was quickly dispersed.
So Ye Xiaobai disregarded his worries and struck again with his sword, barely managing to block the old man's ordinary attack.
The old man was slightly surprised to see that Ye Xiaobai had actually blocked his attack. He said, "Not bad. To be able to block a strike from my Green Shadow Sword with only a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation level, you've got some skills! It's quite impressive that you, young man, can make me show my true strength!"
"You flatter me, senior!" Ye Xiaobai was helpless. He had barely managed to deal with that ordinary attack, so what should he do next? Ye Xiaobai was at a loss!
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