One of the elders was at the Peak of Qi Refining Ninth Layer, another at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, and the last at Qi Refining Seventh Layer!

"That's right, I am the Patriarch of the Dugu Clan, Dugu Cheng!"

"Grand Alchemist Zhang, you refine pills for the Wang and Jiang Families, but refuse to refine for my Dugu Clan. Are you looking down on us?"

The leading elder in a blue robe glared at Lin Chang'sheng, his expression gloomy.

"I take spirit stones for my work. They pay me a monthly wage to refine pills. It's fair business. You didn't even try to trade with me, and now you're here to challenge me?"

Hearing the elder's words, Lin Chang'sheng sneered coldly.

This Dugu Clan really has no shame.

"Trade?"

Dugu Cheng narrowed his eyes. "You refining pills for Wang and Jiang Family disrupts the Celestial Lake Marketplace's rules and heavily damages my Dugu Clan's interests!!"

"I advise you to come back now and refine pills for my clan for ten years, to make up for the losses you've caused!"

"We won't treat you badly!"

As soon as the blue-robed elder finished, with a single look, the other two cultivators slowly approached, surrounding Lin Chang'sheng and cutting off his escape routes.

"And if I refuse?"

Lin Chang'sheng glanced at the three Dugu Family cultivators closing in, completely unafraid, and spoke calmly.

"Zhang Han!"

"Don't mistake my politeness for weakness!"

Hearing Lin Chang'sheng, Dugu Cheng's face instantly dropped, his eyes flashing frostily. With a wave of his hand, an Upper Grade Spiritual Sword appeared.

"You're the ones looking for death. You can't blame me!"

Lin Chang'sheng snorted, flicking his hand!

The Immortal Slaying Saber appeared!

Whoosh!

Guided by Lin Chang'sheng's divine sense, the Immortal Slaying Saber streaked like lightning through Dugu Cheng's dantian, then pierced through the chests of the other two cultivators!

"Ahhhh~~~!"

"Foundation... Foundation Establishment! You... you hid your cultivation!"

Dugu Cheng felt stabbing pain in his chest. Staring in disbelief at Lin Chang'sheng's blade control, terror flashed in his eyes.

At that moment—

Dugu Cheng realized—the pill refiner who looked like a Qi Refining Eighth Layer was actually emanating Foundation Establishment aura!

This Alchemist Zhang had hidden his cultivation base!

Dugu Cheng felt his whole body go limp, his strength draining quickly, eyes filled with regret as he crashed to the ground!

Thud!

Thud!

The other two Dugu clan disciples also collapsed instantly!

"You lot bully and extort the marketplace—it's obvious you've done lots of evil. Let's collect your souls!"

Lin Chang'sheng's eyes flashed as he took out the Myriad Souls Banner, casting three spells and instantly absorbing Dugu Cheng and the two clan members into the banner!

"Murong Tian, you've got guests!"

Lin Chang'sheng tossed the three into the Myriad Souls Banner and called out.

"More and more guests turning up in this place, Fellow Daoist."

Inside the Myriad Souls Banner, Murong Tian saw three new souls arrive. His eyes brightened—as things stood, only that little demon cultivator Qi Hui was any company. Now, with three more souls, he could have a lot more fun.

"Awesome! As expected from a major clan's patriarch, what incredible soul energy!!"

Lin Chang'sheng's eyes shone as he collected three storage bags. Inside Dugu Cheng's bag, he found a huge pile of spirit stones!

The other two bags also had several hundred each. This was a bountiful haul!

"The Dugu Clan still has an old bastard at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment!"

After stashing the loot, Lin Chang'sheng shot out a fireball to destroy the traces, punched a giant hole to cover it up, and then headed directly for the Dugu Clan.

This Dugu Clan dared to ambush him—he had to wipe them out!

Lin Chang'sheng planned to set up arrays near the Dugu Clan, lure the Foundation Establishment old freak inside, then kill him there for safety's sake.

Although—

Lin Chang'sheng had just advanced to the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, and had a Level 1 Copper Corpse that matched that stage, this was his very first battle against a Foundation Establishment cultivator, so he preferred to play it safe.

He first went to the Celestial Lake Marketplace to buy some array materials.

To set up these arrays, he'd have to refine Array Banners. He intended to use the Tiger Killing Death Array, the Illusionary Stone Collection Array, the Five Elements Array, and the Cloud Mist Array—all of them, placed around the Dugu Clan. Then he'd pose as a Peak Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivator to lure out their old monster!

He'd layer the Illusionary Stone Collection, Five Elements, and Cloud Mist Arrays atop the Tiger Killing Death Array, have his Foundation Stage Copper Corpse launch a sneak attack, and take action himself on the side—this way, nothing could go wrong.

.......

Night fell.

Moonlight bathed Celestial Lake City.

Rear hall of the Dugu Clan.

A black-robed elder hurried toward the back hall. At the center of the great hall, he pressed a button on the left armrest of a tiger-hide throne, and the chair slid aside, revealing stone stairs leading down!

The black-robed elder moved quickly inside.

At the bottom, lay an underground great hall.

It was a hundred yards wide, with dragon-carved pillars. In the center stood a white jade stone dais, where a gaunt, gray-haired elder sat cross-legged.

"Greetings, Ancestor!!"

The black-robed elder hurried forward, knelt, and kowtowed before the gray-haired man.

"Ning, what is it?"

The gray-haired elder slowly opened his eyes, sparks of electricity flickering within them.

"Ancestor, my elder brother went yesterday to capture a Qi Refining Eighth Layer alchemist, but hasn't returned. I've felt uneasy and went searching—in the wild outside the city, I found traces of something burnt by Fireball Technique!"

Dugu Ning looked at the old ancestor, eyes brimming with grief.

"What?"

Hearing this, Dugu Yun shot to his feet. "Show me!"

"Yes!"

Dugu Ning immediately led the old ancestor out of the Earth Hall.

"Who's skulking around my Dugu Clan!?"

Suddenly, Dugu Yun glanced at a corner of the great hall, swiped his storage bag, and a Spirit Sword shot out, slashing toward the dark spot!

Boom!

A loud bang!

The great hall burst open with a huge hole. At a distance of 20-plus yards, a middle-aged silhouette appeared!

"Just a Peak Qi Refining Ninth Layer dare to cause trouble in my Dugu Clan!"

"Courting death!"

Upon seeing this, Dugu Yun's face turned even darker, and he rose skyward in sword flight, immediately giving chase!

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