I Shall Be Everlasting In the World of Immortals 172

## Chapter 172: Battle on the Water Lake

After leaving Wu Qi Shan, Mu Bingyun remained vigilant, following Uncle Lu’s advice.

Pfft! Pfft!

Two figures rose from the water, carried by a pair of water waves, as they flew over a lake. They were two cultivators, both at the Foundation Establishment stage: a one-eyed, middle-aged man at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage and a female cultivator in a purple gauze dress at the early Foundation Establishment stage.

Without a word, the two Foundation Establishment cultivators attacked.

The one-eyed man summoned a gray, millstone-shaped top-grade magical artifact, which spun rapidly, engulfing him in a dark gray light and making a dull, roaring sound as it charged towards Mu Bingyun.

Mu Bingyun’s blood buzzed, and her body suddenly felt heavy, sensing that the artifact was not ordinary.

“You dare to rob a cultivator!”

She raised her hand, and a silver-colored rainbow shot out from her sleeve, taking the form of a crescent-shaped silver-light flying dagger, trailing a blade glow several feet long, sharp and frightening. It struck the gray millstone.

Pfft! ZzZz~

The silver-light flying dagger felt like it was cutting through soft, muddy mountain peaks. Under the rapid rotation of the gray millstone, the silver light on the dagger quickly dimmed, emitting a tooth-grinding friction sound.

The female cultivator in the purple gauze dress twisted her waist, and a purple silk ribbon flew from her body, releasing a hazy mist. It resembled a dragon serpent, wrapping around Mu Bingyun in circles from top to bottom.

Mu Bingyun’s face changed slightly, and she quickly retreated, dodging the circling purple silk ribbon.

She quickly realized what was happening and slapped a second-order dispel-poison talisman onto her body, blocking the mist released by the purple silk ribbon. Her mind felt a slight dizziness.

“Tsk tsk, Mu’s Bingyun Xianzi, living up to your reputation. Your beauty surpasses that of Pei Qiuying’s, making today’s journey worthwhile.”

The one-eyed middle-aged man sneered, his magic power surging, increasing the pressure on Mu Bingyun. The gray millstone spun even faster.

“You know my identity and still dare to attack? Are you not afraid of retaliation from the Mu family and Wu Qi Shan?”

Mu Bingyun fought and retreated, occasionally using a second-order talisman to relieve the pressure.

The one-eyed man’s gray millstone artifact was extremely sticky, making her body feel inexplicably heavier. Combined with the wrapping of the purple silk ribbon, it made it difficult for her to break out of the encirclement.

“The Mu family is just a common Foundation Establishment family, nothing to be concerned about. If our boss makes a move, you will be wiped out.”

“As for that turtle符师 from Wu Qi Shan, how dare he stand up for you? When you disappear without a trace, no one will seriously investigate.”

The female cultivator in the purple gauze dress giggled, trying to disturb Mu Bingyun’s mental state.

“Who are you, and what is your relationship with the ‘Black Night Fisherman’?”

Mu Bingyun’s heart sank.

Hearing the word “boss” from their mouths, she felt a sense of impending doom.

If it were just these two, she had a few chances of escaping with her talisman trump card.

But if there were another well-known, late-Foundation Establishment stage robber cultivator…

“Mu family girl, are you calling out my name?”

A hoarse, deep voice suddenly came from behind.

“Not good!”

Mu Bingyun’s feet felt cold, and her face turned pale.

A powerful, late-Foundation Establishment stage spiritual pressure, accompanied by a chilling aura, enveloped her.

A thin man in a black gauze hat appeared behind her.

His dry hand grabbed a black, long pole, transforming it into a black forest. With a gentle slap, he attacked Mu Bingyun.

Boom! Crack!

Mu Bingyun hastily summoned a top-grade defensive artifact and slapped a second-order top-grade defensive talisman on herself. The black pole shattered the artifact first, and then struck the second-order top-grade defensive shield, causing it to dim and almost shatter.

Mu Bingyun groaned and flew diagonally outward.

“The boss is different.”

The purple gauze female cultivator looked at him with awe and a slight flattery, using the purple silk ribbon to block Mu Bingyun’s lower body from retreating.

“So fast?”

The man in the black gauze hat raised the black pole again, but his eyebrows suddenly furrowed.

Swoosh!

A rapid, splitting sound came from the direction of Wu Qi Shan behind them, accompanied by two Foundation Establishment stage auras.

Slap! Pfft!

Mu Bingyun’s talisman shield was struck by the purple silk ribbon, its light flickering on and off, almost completely extinguished.

“It’s almost time! We’re about to capture her!”

The purple gauze female cultivator was overjoyed.

It seemed as though Mu Bingyun’s body was about to be wrapped and trapped by the purple silk ribbon.

She gritted her teeth, secretly summoning a second-order top-grade talisman from one of her sleeves, a talisman given to her by Uncle Lu.

Whoosh!

A line of water swept across the surface of the lake beneath her.

A sharp, dark yellow blade, flashing past, sliced through the purple gauze female cultivator.

“妍儿, be careful!”

The man in the black gauze hat, who was the first to notice, shouted to his companion, but it was too late.

“Ah…”

The purple gauze female cultivator screamed as the dark yellow blade sliced through her from bottom to top, splitting her beautiful body in two.

She fell into the water, with a look of death on her face.

“Second-order late stage! Di Yan Shu! How could it appear here…”

The man in the black gauze hat whispered, his voice filled with disbelief.

He was startled by the pursuers behind him and didn’t expect a rat demon to be lurking nearby.

After the purple gauze female cultivator was killed, the pressure on Mu Bingyun was greatly reduced, creating a breach.

“Di Yan Shu!”

She exclaimed in surprise, taking advantage of the situation to fall into the lake and reunite with her familiar and friendly spirit pet from Xiao Gui Feng.

However, the Di Yan Shu ignored her.

With a “bang,” it shot out of the water like a cannonball, accompanied by a gust of yellow sand, and attacked the man in the black gauze hat head-on.

At the same time,

A second-order top-grade flying boat, carrying Shi Manrong and Lu Changan, arrived.

…

“Retreat!”

The man in the black gauze hat waved the black pole, transforming it into a black forest, with overlapping shadows and rumbling sounds, suppressing the Di Yan Shu.

吱吱!

The Di Yan Shu dodged flexibly, fighting back with its teeth and claws, clinging to the man in the black gauze hat despite being wounded.

“Good job!”

Shi Manrong smiled approvingly, revealing her jade-white wrist, on which a naturally sculpted jade bracelet appeared.

咻! 嗡!

The jade bracelet flashed across the sky in a blurred trajectory, transforming into a dazzling white ring ten feet in diameter, locking onto the man in the black gauze hat from above.

“Hiss! This is…”

The man in the hat, whose cultivation had reached the peak of the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment stage, felt a surge of anxiety, dry mouth, and his whole body felt like it was being roasted, extremely uncomfortable.

“A strange treasure?”

Lu Changan was surprised. The strange treasure summoned by Shi Xianzi was at least a quasi-third-order treasure.

The man in the hat had to use magic power to protect his entire body, or he would spontaneously combust.

The Di Yan Shu seized the opportunity to launch the “Raging Sand Technique,” and a violent, twenty-foot-wide yellow sand vortex enveloped the man in the hat, creating a grating sound as it collided with his protective shield.

Lu Changan didn’t rush to attack. He controlled a second-order mid-stage flying bird puppet, hovering above the man in the black gauze hat from the other side, to prevent him from escaping.

“Come and help me!”

The man in the hat’s hoarse, angry voice came through, summoning a black umbrella top-grade magical artifact, creating a black flame fire shield.

The middle-aged man with one eye, who was at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, showed fear. He dared not disobey because he had been given a restriction.

He roared loudly and controlled the gray millstone artifact, attacking Shi Xianzi on the flying boat.

How could Lu Changan let him have his way? He summoned the top-grade artifact, the Golden Bell.

The huge golden bell rang loudly, “Dang,” blocking the gray millstone artifact.

“Uncle Lu, I’ll help you.”

Mu Bingyun emerged from the lake, her wet blue dress outlining her graceful and delicate curves.

A silver-light flying dagger, with a crescent-shaped blade glow of cold light, attacked the one-eyed man from the side, forming a joint force with Lu Changan.

Suddenly, the previously fierce and powerful one-eyed man was overwhelmed by the two, in danger and struggling to breathe.

“Using the same top-grade artifact, Uncle Lu effortlessly manipulates it. The Pure Fire Furnace, Qing, is far more powerful than what I can achieve.”

Fighting together, Mu Bingyun realized the gap between herself and Uncle Lu and learned a lot from him.

If they were fighting individually, Uncle Lu would easily win against the one-eyed man. The one-eyed man, as a seasoned mid-Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, was still a level above Mu Bingyun.

Lu Changan knew that this kind of practical combat opportunity was rare for Mu Bingyun.

But Shi Xianzi and the Di Yan Shu on the other side hadn’t gained a decisive advantage, and he didn’t want any problems.

While the one-eyed man struggled desperately,

Lu Changan found an opening, pinched a spell, and aimed it at the lake.

Whoosh! Boom!

A column of water several feet tall erupted from the lake beneath them, releasing a powerful force like a torrent, forcing the one-eyed man into a desperate situation.

Under the three-pronged attack, the one-eyed man roared and screamed, swallowed by the giant waves of the two top-grade artifacts and water magic, and after a few screams, he died quickly.

“Leveraging the environment, effortless water magic, the power increases by several times, trapping the enemy.”

Mu Bingyun saw it, and her understanding of combat experience and techniques improved.

…

The purple gauze female cultivator and the one-eyed man died one after the other.

Only the man in the black gauze hat, who was suspected to be the “Black Night Fisherman,” remained.

“This person has profound magic power, not like a散修.”

Lu Changan looked at him.

Shi Xianzi suppressed him with the strange treasure and summoned another top-grade artifact. Working together with the Di Yan Shu, they still hadn’t broken through the black gauze man’s defense in a short time.

“Two Peak Masters, I will admit defeat today.”

The man in the black gauze hat’s hoarse voice came.

“If you are willing to stop here, I swear to stay away from the area around Wu Qi Shan, and I will never come to seek revenge.”

“What if we’re not willing?”

Lu Changan smiled slightly.

“I will pay the price, but I will carve a bloody path out of here.”

The man in the black gauze hat’s voice was low and confident, enduring the burning discomfort caused by the strange treasure.

“Then let’s try it.”

Lu Changan pointed with his finger, and a six or seven-foot tall golden copper bell was placed on top of the Black Night Fisherman.

“Lu Changan, you will regret this.”

The man in the black gauze hat’s voice was cold, and his body trembled as his magic power suddenly boiled, bursting with several times more strength than a late-Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.

Pfft!

The clothes on his chest tore open, and a simple, baby-sized golden bucket flew out.

As soon as it appeared, it frantically absorbed magic power, releasing a terrifying spiritual pressure almost on par with a real treasure.

“Treasure雏形!”

Shi Xianzi and Lu Changan were both surprised.

Lu Changan immediately sent a voice transmission to Mu Bingyun, telling her to retreat a distance.

Just as he finished talking,

The golden bucket treasure雏形 in front of the man in the black gauze hat released a glaze golden pattern.

In the void, a golden light flashed by.

Dang! Crack!

Lu Changan’s top-grade artifact, the Golden Bell, was knocked away, its light instantly dimmed and a crack appeared on its surface. It fell to the ground.

After this blow, the golden bucket treasure雏形 dimmed by two or three percent.

The golden light struck Shi Xianzi’s top-grade artifact again, causing it to shatter and fall to the ground, its light dimming by four or five percent.

Pfft!

The man in the black gauze hat spat out a drop of blood, which landed on the golden bucket treasure雏形, and then he frantically poured magic power into it, restoring half of its light.

Lu Changan was wary and pulled back a distance.

The man in the black gauze hat didn’t even look at him.

Swoosh!

The golden bucket treasure雏形 transformed into a golden light and crashed into the white bracelet strange treasure that was the greatest threat in the sky.

“Go!”

A large blue talisman appeared on Shi Xianzi’s jade hand, on which a lifelike ice spear was engraved.

“Treasure talisman.”

Lu Changan’s heart was certain. Shi Xianzi’s methods were indeed powerful and she could be considered the main force.

Treasure talismans are extremely rare in the world of cultivation compared to treasure雏形.

Chapter 13 will be updated later, the update will be delayed.

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