"Lord Su! This is bad!"
"robber cultivators have appeared at Dujiang Peak, north of the Xingluo Market!"
Xu An descended from the sky in a hurry.
As soon as she landed, she reported the contact she had received to Su Bai, her face full of anxiety.
Previously, she had been patrolling outside.
Su Bai, who wanted to relieve some fatigue,
was currently patrolling the Market with her people.
Upon hearing this situation,
Su Bai's expression became serious.
She said to the others behind her:
"You continue patrolling. Xu An, take me there."
"Yes, Lord Su."
Hearing that there were robber cultivators, the righteous Patrol Team manager naturally could not sit idly by.
Su Bai directly boarded Xu An's flying boat, letting her take her to the place where the robber cultivators were reported to have appeared.
Xu An didn't think much after hearing Su Bai's command.
She took Su Bai and flew out of the Market.
An hour later,
the two finally arrived at the location where the robber cultivators were reported to be.
Xu An was still searching for where the robber cultivators had made their move.
Then, Su Bai pointed to a low-lying forest below.
"Over there."
When Xu An piloted the flying boat over,
Su Bai jumped directly from the flying boat and observed the surroundings.
Meanwhile, Xu An, who had been flying at full speed for a long time, was now kneeling on the flying boat, slowly descending, sweating profusely and panting heavily.
Only some traces of fighting were left at the scene.
"This... Lord Su, is it already over?"
Looking at the mess around them,
shattered stones, fallen trees, and deep pits in the ground.
Xu An nervously wiped the sweat from her forehead.
She seemed a bit lost.
As a Cultivator who grew up in a Family since childhood,
although Xu An's Cultivation Technique was good and she knew many offensive Spells,
her experience in fighting was limited to sparring with her own Clan members.
She had never truly fought for her life.
Now she was very nervous.
Holding her Magical Artifact sword, she looked around anxiously.
Su Bai looked at the battle traces at the scene and, without turning back, said directly:
"No need to look, they've all left."
"Is that... is that so?"
Hearing Su Bai say that it was safe here, Xu An breathed a sigh of relief.
Then she realized something was wrong.
She was part of the Patrol Team!
How could she feel fortunate for not encountering robber cultivators directly!
So she quickly said:
"I'm sorry, I flew too slowly!"
"Otherwise, we definitely would have arrived in time!"
Seeing Xu An's somewhat guilty look, Su Bai said directly:
"Even if you flew faster, you probably wouldn't have found them."
"When those robber cultivators made their move, they set up a Formation. Unless you were very close, you wouldn't have detected the fluctuations of the fight."
"I'm afraid by the time the Patrol Team received news about the robber cultivators, the fight here was already over."
After comforting Xu An,
Su Bai looked around.
They had done a very clean job.
Most of the traces of fighting around were caused by Talisman.
No bodies or other clues were left at the scene.
The Formation also disturbed the Spiritual Qi here,
making subsequent tracking impossible.
Truly experienced.
She had learned something new again!
After circling the area, Su Bai asked Xu An,
"Do you know who contacted the Patrol Team?"
"To answer, Lord, it was Captain Song Ying who, while patrolling and passing by this place, noticed something unusual and came to investigate, but he was no match for the robber cultivators and was injured, so he quickly returned to get reinforcements."
"I see."
After Su Bai nodded,
she released her flying boat and stepped onto it.
"I'll take you back. You look so tired. If you really encountered any combat, you'd probably only be a burden."
Hearing Su Bai's words, Xu An's face flushed.
She secretly decided to work hard to Cultivate and Breakthrough to the Qi Refining Stage - Late Phase as soon as possible.
However, Xu An looked around and asked with some confusion:
"Lord Su, are we not continuing the investigation?"
Su Bai shook her head.
"There are no clues. Finding those robber cultivators is like searching for a needle in a haystack. Let's go back and check on Song Ying's injuries first."
"Yes."
With that, the two returned.
After a long period of calm, these robber cultivators suddenly made a move,
catching the Patrol Team off guard.
Upon returning, Su Bai immediately issued an order.
Increase patrol personnel.
All team members who were resting were called back and sent out.
After increasing the personnel,
they indeed found several hidden Immortal Cave.
They destroyed them and killed several robber cultivators with suspicious behavior.
After that, there were no further gains.
So, within two days, the deployment of patrol personnel returned to its original state.
...
In Xu Changge's study.
Su Bai placed a Storage Pouch on the desk, weighing down a calligraphy copybook.
"Inside are five hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stone."
Xu Changge looked at the Storage Pouch.
"It seems like a good haul if you can give me this much."
Hearing Xu Changge's words, Su Bai shrugged.
Shan Xiao had many connections; after snatching items, whether they were Cultivation Technique, Medicinal Pill, or Magical Artifact, they could all be sold on the black market.
Su Bai had also had several such gains before.
She could only pick out a portion that she could use, and the rest she had to destroy completely.
Xu Changge was quite satisfied with Shan Xiao's performance.
At least he was very proactive in making offerings.
"I've given you the items, so I'll head back now."
After delivering the Spirit Stone, Su Bai prepared to leave.
Xu Changge was a little disappointed, and she mumbled softly:
"Why don't you stay a bit longer?"
Given Su Bai's cultivation level, she naturally heard the mumbling.
However, she didn't respond and continued to walk out, merely raising a hand and waving it to Xu Changge with her back turned.
"Medicinal Pill have been selling quickly recently, and the Spirit Medicine in the shop isn't enough. I need to go back and get some, and also go out for procurement."
Su Bai gave a reason.
However, Xu Changge was still not satisfied.
"There are so many Spirit Medicine shops in Xingluo Market. Wouldn't it save more time to buy in bulk from them?"
Xu Changge still wanted Su Bai to stay longer.
But Su Bai had already walked out the door at this point.
Only a voice reached Xu Changge's ears.
"No, their Medicinal Pill are all acquired from Loose Cultivator. Although the quality isn't bad, I don't care for them."
Su Bai returning to Ebony Island to get Medicinal Materials was just an excuse.
After so many years of Cultivation,
she had never stopped Body Refining.
It was now time for her to Breakthrough.
Normally, when going out, she could put a few sections of Qingyun Thunder Bamboo in her Storage Pouch, which would be enough for Cultivation.
However, Breakthrough required a large amount of thunder-attribute Spiritual Qi.
Clearly, a few sections of Thunder Bamboo would not be enough.
So she had to go back and retrieve the Qingyun Thunder Bamboo from Great Martial World to Breakthrough.
As for the Patrol Team, Su Bai had already spoken with the four captains.
She would be temporarily away for a while on business.
She was going out to secretly investigate the whereabouts of robber cultivators, and told the Patrol Team to continue as usual.
After everything in Xingluo Market was arranged,
Su Bai returned to Ebony Island.
She moved the Qingyun Thunder Bamboo from Great Martial World back to the Immortal Cave she had opened up under Sea Corner Cliff.
Then she began her Breakthrough.
This time, after her Breakthrough,
her Body Refining strength would reach the Middle Stage of the Second Layer.
Moreover, she had obtained some second-order Materials from Shan Xiao.
Su Bai could continue to improve the Formation protecting her home.
She could even arrange another set of this Formation, one set outside on Sea Corner Cliff and another in the underground Immortal Cave.
The Qingyun Thunder Bamboo could also continue to be cultivated here.
After all, Lu Hong had already gone to the Market.
There were no outsiders at her Dao field.
Spiritual items like Qingyun Thunder Bamboo are still suitable for growing in places with high Spiritual Qi concentration.
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