Mo Qi, unaware that eating a leaf had quickly propelled him to the Great Perfection of Taiyi Golden Immortal, saw that Murong Yanran had not yet finished. He released Xiao Budian to guard her and then went out to try his luck.
At this moment, Cang Shan, with Du Gujun, went directly to the spiritual fruit orchard behind the mountain. He was familiar with the Lingdu Sect, so he had a general idea of where good things might be.
However, such spiritual fruits had little effect on cultivation. Even if he picked all the spiritual fruits in the entire courtyard, they wouldn't be as effective as one of Mo Qi's Beast Soul Pills.
Normally, no one would pick them because no one dared to pick all the spiritual fruits in the courtyard.
Now was the chance!
Cang Shan, with Du Gujun, picked the fruits one by one, eating as they picked.
Meanwhile, Mo Qi observed the trends of the various peaks of the Lingdu Sect. Using a unique technique of painstakingly peeling away layers, he extracted the spiritual veins. He then sat down on the spot and began to absorb and break through.
The spiritual veins circulated madly within his body, like a giant dragon rampaging through him, rising and falling, churning the seas, causing Mo Qi to roll on the ground, his body almost exploding.
If that power were allowed to collide within his body, it would inevitably break through all restraints, shatter his physical body, and then escape. He would be dead for sure!
He would not sit idly by. He immediately circulated the Heavenly Bow and Earth Arrow within his body, generating a wave of powerful spiritual energy that enveloped the dragon, like shackles, locking it firmly. Then, he dragged it into the sea of souls, allowing it to rise and fall with the myriad of spiritual energies in the sea of souls, gradually merging into one.
After Mo Qi's spiritual veins merged, his entire sea of souls surged, propelling the spiritual energy of his whole body to circulate in the Great Zhou Tian, continuously impacting the vital Xuan Guan.
After several cycles of the Great Zhou Tian, Mo Qi's cultivation advanced to the realm of Da Luo Golden Immortal.
In fact, he could have achieved this step much earlier. He still had the old root of a branch of a先天灵宝 (Xiantian Lingbao - Innate Spiritual Treasure), which, if consumed, could increase his cultivation by a major realm.
However, he still had a wish, believing that the Shangqing Sect could rise again. If the Shangqing Sect were to rise again, then this old branch would be an important cultivation resource for the Shangqing Sect.
Therefore, unless it was a last resort, he would not use that old root.
At this moment, after the spiritual veins merged into his body, not only did his cultivation increase, but an imprint was also planted within him. This imprint automatically matched and merged with the ribbon-like phantom, giving his ribbon-like phantom technique more variables and greater lethality.
As soon as he finished his cultivation, he heard shouts and explosions from afar, continuous and unending.
Mo Qi looked in the direction of the sounds. It was in the direction where Murong Yanran was meditating, with countless figures shuttling back and forth and flashes of light.
New enemies had arrived! They were trying to deal with Murong Yanran, and Xiao Budian, to protect her, had stepped forward.
Mo Qi's heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly moved his body and sped towards the direction of the fight.
"Who are you? State your name!" To save time and distract the enemies, he shouted from a distance.
As expected, the attention of the group was interrupted, and they all looked over.
Mo Qi quickly moved forward, landing beside Xiao Budian, facing the group.
Xiao Budian jumped back into the storage bag.
Mo Qi looked closely. The faces of the group were unfamiliar; he didn't recognize any of them.
Among the group stood a person of extremely tall stature, with a very delicate face but thick eyebrows. The positions where everyone stood were all around him, like stars surrounding the moon.
It was clear that he was the leader of this group.
The person glanced at Mo Qi: "Who are you? Do you know what happened to the Lingdu Sect?"
Mo Qi said sternly, "My name is Mo Qi. I destroyed the Lingdu Sect."
The people around them changed color in unison: If he had destroyed the Lingdu Sect by himself, then were these few people here to die?
The man with thick eyebrows also changed his expression slightly, but quickly regained his composure: "I am the brother of Gongyang Hu, Gongyang Bao. You killed my brother, and I am here to avenge him today. I don't care if you destroyed the Lingdu Sect or not; I will destroy you today."
"What a boastful statement, but I must tell you that Gongyang Hu was not killed by me."
"You dare to do it but not admit it?" Gongyang Bao said angrily.
Mo Qi shook his head disdainfully: "You dare not face the truth, do you? You know perfectly well that the Earthlings did it, but you dare not seek revenge from them, so you vent your anger on me."
Gongyang Bao was at the Xuan Immortal cultivation level. At this moment, he didn't take Mo Qi seriously at all.
Earlier, a group had surrounded Xiao Budian and fought, but they hadn't gained any advantage. So, they wanted to find a soft target to bully. Seeing Mo Qi approaching, they were overjoyed: the soft target had arrived at the perfect time!
At this moment, dark clouds rolled in the sky, accompanied by lightning. All the lightning gathered from afar, forming a kind of resonance with the place where they were.
Such an anomaly immediately made Mo Qi realize that Murong Yanran was about to undergo tribulation!
What a timing!
Gongyang Bao had initially come for Mo Qi, but when he descended from the clouds, he was immediately captivated by Murong Yanran's beauty!
He suddenly had improper thoughts, so he led the group to surround her.
However, unexpectedly, they were blocked by a pet demonic beast.
Just as he was worried about a breakthrough, the main target, Mo Qi, arrived.
Gongyang Bao also suppressed his lustful thoughts and prepared to deal with Mo Qi with all his might.
But the others didn't think the same way.
The beauty below was as beautiful as a flower, with jade-like skin and delicate features, making people's hearts throb and almost break. And at this moment, this beauty was about to undergo tribulation. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Not only could they seize her fortune, but they could also seize her beauty!
The more these people thought about it, the more excited they became. The more excited they became, the more they continued to think.
Meanwhile, Mo Qi was contemplating how to capture all these people in one net. He could not allow Murong Yanran to be affected in the slightest.
At this moment, Gongyang Bao made his move. He formed a hand seal, and a flying sword shot out. Amidst lightning and thunder, it flashed with dazzling light and struck towards Mo Qi. Mo Qi was stunned on the spot.
Everyone saw it and thought he was scared, so scared that his limbs went soft and he couldn't move.
They couldn't be bothered with him; their gazes were more fixed on that peerless beauty!
At this moment, Cang Shan and Du Gujun walked over. They saw Mo Qi standing there, dumbfounded, facing Gongyang Bao's flying sword, seemingly unable to resist.
Cang Shan was anxious. He hurriedly moved his body and transformed into a black mist, charging towards Gongyang Bao.
At this moment, the dark clouds in the sky gradually parted to the sides, and dazzling lightning flashed, forming a continuous white torrent that poured down from the sky, roaring and surging.
Those people's eyes were fixed!
They were waiting!
Waiting for the lightning power to strike Murong Yanran's head. When she was unable to resist or was barely holding on, these people would go up and do as they pleased!
The thought alone was thrilling!
Many people drooled on the ground.
At this moment, Gongyang Bao's eyes were only on Mo Qi, and in his eyes, Mo Qi was already a dead man.
Because the flying sword was almost upon him, and he was still in a daze!
If he wanted to dodge, he couldn't. If he dodged, it would pursue him!
If he wanted to block it with a magical treasure, it was probably too late.
Therefore, he was doomed!
A bloodthirsty smile appeared in Gongyang Bao's eyes.
However, the next moment, the smile froze on his face.
Before the smile faded, his face was instantly filled with terror, as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.
What did he see?
He saw Mo Qi catch the flying sword he had thrown with his bare hands. Immediately, he saw Mo Qi throw the flying sword back without hesitation.
He instinctively wanted to dodge, his legs and feet not obeying him, but with his life at stake, he still erupted with an extraordinary will to survive and forcefully shifted his body to dodge.
However, it was useless. As he had predicted, the sword could pursue. It instantly pierced through his chest.
Gongyang Bao's vision went black, and he fell to the ground, dead.
The others, however, hadn't even noticed the change here. They had all flown up and pounced towards Murong Yanran.
After the flying sword pierced Gongyang Bao's body, it didn't stop. It continued forward, pierced through another person's body, and then continued forward, piercing through another person's body.
"Puff puff puff puff..." The people who flew up fell to the ground one after another, dying one by one.
But as the flying sword passed through their bodies, the last person gained time. He still pounced towards Murong Yanran.
At this moment, Murong Yanran was fully exerting her spiritual power, forming a torrent from bottom to top to meet the heavenly tribulation. She was completely unable to deal with the sudden attacker from the side. She saw it with the corner of her eye but could only watch helplessly.
If she were to be distracted even slightly, she would be shattered by the heavenly tribulation.
She could only place her hope on Mo Qi saving her. However, at this moment, Mo Qi was using the flying sword to hack at the second to last person, and he felt he had miscalculated.
He hurriedly flicked a finger, and with a "duang" sound, an arrow of energy shot out, striking the person who was triumphantly rushing towards Murong Yanran.
Just then, a black mist came through the air and pierced through that person's body.
The person continued to charge forward for a while, and then an arrow of energy pierced through his body, and he fell to the ground.
The black mist circled in the air and gradually condensed into human form. It was Cang Shan.
He had originally pounced towards Gongyang Bao, but halfway there, he saw that Gongyang Bao had been killed by Mo Qi. So, he changed direction and took the opportunity to attack other enemies, luckily saving Murong Yanran's life.
However, Murong Yanran was still in grave danger!
The tidal wave of lightning surged towards her like a mountain, pressing down on her, almost causing her body to collapse.
She could barely breathe!
She felt like she was going to die.
Mo Qi then flew directly into that torrent of lightning, propping himself up with both hands, like a giant holding up the collapsing sky.
Du Gujun watched, dumbfounded!
The strength Mo Qi had displayed before had never allowed him to see clearly. But at this moment, he could truly feel his strength. To resist heavenly punishment with his physical body was definitely not something a person below the Golden Immortal realm could do!
What had this guy experienced over the years?
And at this moment, Murong Yanran suddenly felt a sense of relief, as if a drowning person had suddenly been pulled up.
She was saved!