Xiao Fei carried Jiang Xian outside the city to a desolate mountain, where the auras of several powerful cultivators were already closing in on him.
"Fellow Daoist Xiao, may I be put down now?"
Jiang Xian, who had been held in his hand, had already regained consciousness.
But Xiao Fei seemed not to hear, still gripping Jiang Xian's vital points.
Just then, Jiang Xian's face contorted in struggle, then quickly returned to normal. In his hand, a short sword had appeared.
"Fellow Daoist Xiao, you must be careful. Among the approaching cultivators are several Void Refining realm experts."
"Our Jiang family is finished!"
As Jiang Xian spoke, he raised his hand, and the short sword in his grasp shot towards Xiao Fei.
"Clang!"
The short sword struck Xiao Fei's abdomen, but it produced a sound like metal clashing against metal.
Jiang Xian hadn't expected that Xiao Fei, who looked so frail and handsome, would possess such formidable body-refining cultivation.
At this moment, Xiao Fei casually grabbed the blade of the short sword, looking at Jiang Xian with a mocking expression.
The blade in his hand began to crumble and melt, turning into various fragmented materials that fell to the ground.
A spatial fluctuation occurred around Xiao Fei's hand, and soon Jiang Xian vanished from his grasp.
He had sensed something was amiss when he was carrying Jiang Xian out of the city.
Since they were already outside the city, he decided to play along and see what tricks the other party had up their sleeve.
Soon, several more cultivators caught up, surrounding Xiao Fei in the center.
"I recognize all the experts from the Jiang family. You are not Jiang clan members?"
Xiao Fei had initially intended to escape on his flying fish, but after seeing the lineup of the approaching enemies, he became unhurried.
Only one Void Refining realm cultivator and three Soul Transformation realm cultivators? Who were they looking down on?
Last time, he had to jump into the sea to escape a Void Refining realm expert from the Three Mountains Sect. Now, facing a Void Refining realm expert, he wanted to test his strength.
If he was outmatched, he could still release the flying fish to escape later.
"Of course, all the Jiang clan members are dead! Surrender immediately if you know what's good for you, and honestly reveal the source of the Marrow Cleansing Pills to avoid suffering."
The leading Void Refining realm expert spoke, clashing a pair of purple-gold great hammers in front of him, producing a deafening sound.
This person was ten feet tall, broad-shouldered and stout, with bulging muscles. He was clearly a body-refining cultivator, similar to Ji Wudi.
"You are too cruel! The Jiang family never made enemies with anyone, yet you are so brutal..."
Xiao Fei, like a naive white lotus, was incessantly denouncing the crimes of the approaching cultivators.
At the same time, a intoxicating floral fragrance began to spread around them.
The tall and sturdy Void Refining realm cultivator mockingly watched Xiao Fei still standing there, eloquently criticizing them from a moral standpoint.
He found it amusing; it was rare to encounter someone so foolish and innocent in this era.
He couldn't fathom how Xiao Fei had survived this long, but upon recalling that Xiao Fei was an excellent alchemist, he felt somewhat relieved.
The Void Refining realm expert even felt a flicker of appreciation and wanted to recruit Xiao Fei.
"Kid, stop the nonsense! Let's see if your head is harder than this mountain!"
"Boom!"
The burly cultivator said, unleashing a hammer strike towards a nearby mountain, causing half of it to collapse.
"I'll give you one more chance. Honestly reveal the source of the Marrow Cleansing Pills."
The burly Void Refining realm cultivator was still threatening Xiao Fei, but a floral fragrance had been unknowingly inhaled by all of them.
They all felt wonderfully refreshed and in high spirits, quite willing to banter with Xiao Fei for a while longer.
Xiao Fei was naturally happy to oblige.
"Seniors, please spare me. This junior will tell you everything!"
Xiao Fei retrieved a Soul Cleansing Pill from his spatial dimension, directly swallowed it, and took a small sip of spiritual wine to moisten his throat before speaking.
"This matter is a long story. Seniors, please listen as I narrate it in detail."
"Six months ago, it was a stormy night..."
Xiao Fei spun a convoluted and bizarre tale. The four listeners were utterly relaxed, listening intently.
In the end, they simply lay down on the grass around Xiao Fei, their faces displaying blissful smiles.
"When that senior left, he said he valued me greatly and casually gave me a bottle of Marrow Cleansing Pills."
Xiao Fei, transforming into a storyteller, kicked a Soul Transformation realm cultivator when he got animated.
The Soul Transformation realm cultivator was sent tumbling several times on the ground, yet his blissful smile remained.
Xiao Fei delivered two more kicks, sending the remaining two Soul Transformation realm cultivators rolling as well.
The three were kicked without any reaction, their auras completely extinguished. They were clearly dead.
The tall, burly man, indeed a Void Refining realm expert, had managed to hold on until now.
"Villain! How dare you!"
The Void Refining realm expert leaped up, intending to swing his purple-gold hammer at Xiao Fei.
However, he found his limbs weak and soft, unable to muster any strength.
Xiao Fei drew a black demonic blade and slashed towards him.
"Boom boom boom!"
"Bang bang bang!"
Xiao Fei's "Wind Thunder Battle Body" at the fifth level was equivalent to mid-stage Soul Transformation realm strength.
This Void Refining realm expert was also a body-refining cultivator, but currently poisoned, his steps unsteady, his limbs weak. The strength he could exert was less than a tenth of its usual.
Furthermore, as the poisoning symptoms worsened, his strength continued to decline.
Strike while the iron is hot!
Xiao Fei pressed his attack relentlessly, giving the opponent no room to breathe.
"Ah~"
The Void Refining realm expert only managed to let out a half-scream before Xiao Fei beheaded him with a single sword strike.
A thousand-holed phantom flew out from the headless corpse, fleeing towards the distance.
Xiao Fei took out the Demonic Dragon Bow and arrows, drew the bowstring taut, and the surrounding spiritual energy surged in. He pulled the bow back like a full moon.
"Whoosh!"
An arrow was shot out, hitting the phantom's back.
"Boom!"
The escaping Void Refining primordial spirit was blown into fragments, dissipating into the ambient spiritual energy.
Xiao Fei collected the corpses on the ground into his spatial dimension and picked up the scattered items one by one.
He found that the burly man's pair of purple-gold hammers were quite heavy in his hands, perfectly suited for his current use.
Since cultivating the Wind Thunder Battle Body to the fifth level, his strength had greatly increased. Ordinary weapons felt too light in his hands, unable to unleash his body-refining power.
After clearing the battlefield, Xiao Fei quickly left the small mountain. He flew for another two days, found no one tracking him, and then dug a temporary cave dwelling.
Inside his spatial dimension, Jiang Xian, whom he had confined, still lay motionless.
He went to check and discovered that Jiang Xian had actually died long ago and was now merely a puppet crafted by someone.
This suggested that the annihilation of the Jiang family was likely true.
He hadn't expected that simply selling ten Marrow Cleansing Pills would lead to the extermination of the entire Jiang family.
Marrow Cleansing Pills could directly improve a cultivator's aptitude, allowing those who were originally unable to cultivate to do so.
They could allow cultivators whose progress was hindered by insufficient aptitude to continue advancing.
And they could accelerate the cultivation progress of those with good aptitude.
In short, it was a pill that was beneficial to all cultivators and had miraculous effects, its value immeasurable by spirit stones.
His previous sale of ten pills for a billion spirit stones was indeed too cheap.
Unfortunately, the Jiang family's fate was too fragile to bear such great fortune; instead, it led to their demise.