Not far away, Zhao Wanqing witnessed with her own eyes the Black-Robed Evil Cultivator, engulfed in blood qi, pounding Guan Quan's head into pulp with punch after punch.

The senior's prediction was indeed correct!

That group of evil cultivators really sent someone to the dock, and Guan Quan must have had secrets he hadn't revealed!

To keep it all under wraps, the evil cultivator chose to kill him!

At this moment, Zhao Wanqing turned back, relying on Chu Xingchen's willingness to help, to capture this possible evil cultivator.

After all, nothing would be more convenient than prying open the mouth of this evil cultivator.

Zhao Wanqing was still at a distance, but she was merely the bait to attract attention.

At this moment, Senior Chu Xingchen had already circled around.

She could only hope for the best from the senior!

Soon, Chu Xingchen, whom Zhao Wanqing had high hopes for, charged out from one side.

The spirit sword in his hand suddenly burst into a brilliant light.

Even from a distance, Zhao Wanqing could clearly feel the pressure unique to a Core Formation Stage expert.

That pressure, at the very least, belonged to a late Core Formation Stage expert!

No wonder Yaoqin recommended him! Truly impressive!

Chu Xingchen's longsword transformed into a rainbow radiance, striking down fiercely at the Black-Robed Evil Cultivator!

Boom!

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The power of that strike was immense!

Dust instantly flew up, obscuring Zhao Wanqing's view.

Then, a violent and frenzied blood qi suddenly surged out!

It seemed they exchanged several moves in the dust!

The intense spiritual energy light pierced through the dust! A few more loud explosions stirred up the dust again.

The mere aftershocks of the spiritual energy from the clash of these two top cultivators were enough to be terrifying!

The violent aftershocks made Zhao Wanqing realize that this was not a battle she could participate in or change the outcome of, and she might not even qualify to join the fight.

At this moment, Zhao Wanqing was slightly worried, as the dust obscured her view, and she didn't know who had the upper hand.

However, this worry didn't last long.

From within the dust, the figure of the Black-Robed Evil Cultivator was the first to retreat, fleeing frantically towards the southeast.

Immediately, Chu Xingchen, holding his spirit sword, quickly pursued.

Seeing this, Zhao Wanqing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

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Chu Xingchen followed closely behind the Black-Robed Man for about two quarters of an hour.

The Black-Robed Man suddenly stopped, turned around, and pulled down the hood, revealing an evil ghost mask beneath the black robe.

His hoarse voice changed, "Master, this is far enough."

Hearing this, Chu Xingchen also stopped, spread his spiritual sense to confirm no one was around, sighed, and sheathed his spirit sword.

Then he casually sat down on a large rock.

Li Xingtian also removed the evil ghost mask from his face, took two steps forward, and stood before his master.

He looked at his master and asked, "Did it go smoothly? Did she suspect anything?"

"Smoothly, at least she didn't suspect anything," Chu Xingchen looked at Li Xingtian, "Your acting is quite impressive."

"In cultivation, having many skills is beneficial," Li Xingtian replied calmly, then cupped his hands, "Master, I'll go help Senior Sister wrap things up."

There were still some arrangements that needed to be finalized, and time was not abundant.

Chu Xingchen nodded lightly and stood up, "Alright, but make sure to keep everything in check, don't go overboard."

"Rest assured," Li Xingtian nodded in agreement.

Watching Li Xingtian's departing figure, Chu Xingchen sighed and headed towards the dock where Zhao Wanqing was.

Today's plan, starting from finding Zhao Wanqing, was well thought out.

But it wasn't purely to frame the Qingfeng Sect.

All the clues Zhao Wanqing knew were actually true.

The purchase of the Supreme Profound Stone was real, the evil cultivators coming from Central State was real.

Even the evil cultivators planning to sacrifice the sect was true.

Since Zhao Wanqing was seriously injured yesterday, Chu Xingchen and Li Xingtian went to investigate together.

After all, if a late Foundation Establishment Stage person was left to clean up, it was highly likely that there were Core Formation Stage cultivators among the evil cultivators.

Although his disciple had a protective talisman, it was too dangerous to let him wander around without knowing the situation.

Moreover, his disciple's suggestion was quite reasonable.

Investigating the situation first and then figuring out how to act was necessary.

The formation rituals drawn by Li Xingtian all required a large amount of foundational stones.

So Chu Xingchen's target from the start was the smuggling docks of the cultivators.

Li Xingtian's cultivation technique allowed him to manipulate blood qi, making it easy to pretend to be a blood qi evil cultivator.

Chu Xingchen ensured Li Xingtian's safety from the outside.

With identities established, finding a few docks to gather information was not too difficult.

Locking onto a few names and using their identities to stage a scene wasn't too hard.

After all, Guan Quan deserved his fate.

In short...

Everything was going smoothly.

Chu Xingchen returned to Guan Quan's dock.

At this moment, the rogue cultivators in Qi Refining scattered like birds and beasts after Guan Quan's head was smashed.

Only Zhao Wanqing seemed to be searching the dock for any remaining clues.

Chu Xingchen spoke, "Sorry, someone was there to assist, I couldn't catch him."

Zhao Wanqing wasn't too disappointed, "As long as you're safe, senior."

"Did you find any clues?" Chu Xingchen asked.

"There are some clues," Zhao Wanqing took out a blood-red spirit stone from her waist pocket, "I found this on his body."

Chu Xingchen frowned at the spirit stone in Zhao Wanqing's hand and reached out to touch it.

This spirit stone was not something Chu Xingchen and Li Xingtian had arranged.

It belonged to Guan Quan.

This blood-red spirit stone was similar to those in the Qingfeng Sect Mine, but the blood qi inside was purer.

The Qingfeng Sect used the blood qi of cultivators at the second or third level of Qi Refining to condense it, and even so, the blood qi was a level lower than the blood-red spirit stone in Zhao Wanqing's hand.

Chu Xingchen frowned and said, "They probably succeeded once, a sect might have been sacrificed."

This was likely the secret Guan Quan was hiding.

He probably used the evil cultivators' method to reach the Foundation Establishment Stage, no wonder Li Xingtian gained his trust so quickly.

However, the evil cultivators were fast and greedy, even after succeeding once, they didn't retreat and continued under the pressure of the Demon Suppression Bureau.

Now the situation was entirely different, this time the evil cultivators were likely coming with full force.

Zhao Wanqing looked at the blood qi spirit stone in front of her and nodded heavily.

"Let's return to the Demon Suppression Bureau and send people to investigate the small sects."

"I'll head back first, if you need anything, come find me at the courtyard house," Chu Xingchen sighed and advised, "Be careful and act within your limits."

With the situation developing like this, Chu Xingchen had to readjust his plans.

Zhao Wanqing clenched the blood qi spirit stone in her hand.

The more she investigated, the more shocking it became.

From initially thinking the evil cultivators attacked the Demon Suppression Bureau, to discovering they blood-sacrificed an entire village.

Finally, realizing their true intention was to blood-sacrifice a sect.

And they had succeeded at least once.

Even the smallest sect had a Golden Core to guard it.

The situation developed too quickly, far beyond Zhao Wanqing's ability to handle.

Even the battle between the senior and the evil cultivator was beyond her reach.

At this moment, only a sense of helplessness weighed on Zhao Wanqing's heart.

At this moment, Zhao Wanqing could only softly reply:

"I understand, don't worry, senior."