After agreeing to split the profits, both parties began searching for treasures together.
Once the search was completed, there was no issue with everyone equally sharing the celestial materials and natural treasures.
The problem arose when, just as they were preparing to leave, everyone discovered a white jade box.
The white jade box had an ancestral restriction, and although they could not open it with their strength, they knew very well that anything related to an ancestral restriction...
Was highly likely to be an immense and unexpected wealth.
For example, there could be an ancient treasure inside, or even a spiritual treasure with consciousness!
"Either take what's inside, or leave your lives here today. You choose."
Another cultivator from the Fire Spirit Sect impatiently urged them.
Cultivators from the Fire Spirit Sect, due to their mastery over fire arts, usually had bad tempers, and at that moment, all of them were in a very bad mood.
"The box may be yours, but you must give us two-thirds of the profits obtained earlier as compensation. If you accept, what happened today will be forgotten. If not, I will destroy this box and no one will get anything!"
Li Wangsheng, of course, was not willing to just hand over the box, and proposed his own conditions.
If they kept fighting like this, he would not be able to hold on much longer.
Moreover, that place was closer to the Fire Spirit Sect; if they were not careful, the enemy's reinforcements would arrive first.
The three cultivators from the Fire Spirit Sect stopped their attack, with grim and hesitant expressions.
While they were thinking...
Tang Yu, who was hiding off to the side watching the scene, immediately realized that this was clearly a typical fantasy plot where someone steals the treasure at the right moment, right?
The protagonist goes to a certain place where two major forces are fighting over a treasure...
And then a nobody arrives and takes advantage of the situation, and even manages to escape successfully!
Of course, since he was also in the Soul-Nurturing Realm, Tang Yu did not consider himself exactly a nobody.
They were all disciples of the seven great sects; who was nobler than whom?
So he took a jade pearl from his storage ring and placed it on his face.
The pearl turned into a spiritual glow that covered his face, making him resemble Lin Xuan.
But being a good-hearted man, Tang Yu felt that doing bad things with someone else's face wasn't very appropriate.
So he took out another jade pearl and placed it on his face.
Building upon the previous one, his face now transformed into that of a middle-aged man.
Once he had done all this, the negotiations between the two parties in the center of the battlefield were about to conclude.
The three from the Fire Spirit Sect handed over the celestial materials and treasures they had obtained.
Li Wangsheng also took out the white jade box.
Both parties carefully exchanged the items at the same time...
A lightning bolt suddenly struck and reached Zhang Yu of the Fire Spirit Sect.
At the same time as seizing the white jade box, he threw a punch imbued with terrifying pressure that forced Zhang Yu to retreat more than a hundred zhang (about 300 meters).
"Elder Li, you did great. The sect master ordered me to take this item. Elder Wang and the others are on their way. Don't let these three escape!"
After sending the cultivators of the Fire Spirit Sect flying with one blow, Tang Yu let out a loud laugh and turned to leave.
"Ten Thousand Laws Sect, you're asking for death!"
Tang Yu's sudden attack made the other two cultivators from the Fire Spirit Sect erupt in fury.
Without further hesitation, they spat out a mouthful of essence blood and, using an exclusive secret technique, summoned two more Generals of the Fire Department.
The four Fire Department Generals went toward the four cardinal directions — east, south, west, and north — to form a formation, establishing a flame barrier in a radius of ten li (about 5 km).
Zhang Yu, who had been repelled, was also furious.
Severely injured, he took out a red tiger-shaped talisman and crushed it immediately.
A true essence of fiery color, extremely powerful, soared into the sky and merged with the barrier.
Then the barrier began to tremble.
Dozens of fire phoenixes emerged from the barrier and charged toward Tang Yu and his group.
Seeing that the three from the Fire Spirit Sect began to risk their lives,
the two from the Ten Thousand Laws Sect, including Li Wangsheng, were momentarily stunned.
When he regained his senses, Li Wangsheng shouted angrily:
"You three idiots, that person is not from my Ten Thousand Laws Sect!"
The Ten Thousand Laws Sect has a unique secret technique
that allows its members to sense the presence of others from the same sect.
And that bastard who suddenly appeared claiming to be from the same sect, evidently came to stir up trouble on purpose.
However, the three from the Fire Spirit Sect were no longer willing to believe Li Wangsheng's lies.
Once bitten, one learns the lesson.
Being tricked once is no problem.
But being tricked twice... even the Dao heart becomes stained!
Seeing that the three weren't listening and that the damned bastard was trying to break the barrier and escape,
Li Wangsheng had no choice but to risk it too, imitating the three from the Fire Spirit Sect.
He burned a mouthful of essence blood and formed seals with both hands.
Immediately, the ground began to shake, and numerous stone and earth fragments rose into the air, condensing into three giant swords of one hundred zhang that charged directly toward Tang Yu.
Only by killing that person could he prove his innocence today.
Otherwise, not only would he bear the blame, but even the two sects might go to war over it!
It would be like another man sleeping with the favorite courtesan, and he would have to help push her hips and even pay the bill!
Tang Yu, who was trying to break the barrier, received the three swords head-on and was thrown into the air more than a hundred zhang.
Falling heavily to the ground, Tang Yu spat out a mouthful of blood.
The middle-aged face he had been wearing began to crack and disappeared, revealing Lin Xuan's face.
"It's a Hundred Faces Pearl!"
Upon seeing Tang Yu's face suddenly change,
the three from the Fire Spirit Sect also reacted immediately.
That kid, maybe he really wasn't from the Ten Thousand Laws Sect!
At that moment, the five put aside their previous grudges and began focusing their attacks on Tang Yu.
Just as they were about to launch themselves at him, Tang Yu no longer hesitated, decisively taking out the Sun and Moon Shuttle, which transformed into a beam of light and broke the barrier, disappearing without a trace.
The five said nothing and immediately gave chase.
After chasing him for over a thousand meters, seeing that they had completely lost track of him, the five, frustrated, could only stare at each other.
Li Wangsheng had already stored the celestial materials and treasures obtained in the previous exchange inside his storage ring, and with a serious face, said:
"We've completed our deal. If you didn't take care of the item, it's because you fell into the trap. We've already done enough by helping to pursue him."
"I know."
Zhang Yu, who was severely injured, did not insist further.
More than the lost materials and treasures, what worried him most was the white jade box they had been robbed of.
That bastard dared to deceive his Fire Spirit Sect!
Filled with rage, the three turned around and quickly returned to the Fire Spirit Sect.
After reporting the situation to their sect, they began issuing a search order to capture that person.
Tang Yu, who had already fled several thousand meters, realizing that he was safe,
finally took his time to change his face back to Lin Xuan's.
After all, a child of destiny doesn't die, so if he had to bear the blame, so be it.
After storing the white jade box in his storage ring,
Tang Yu let out a sinister laugh and took a long detour to return to the Hehuan Sect.
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