Xiao Fei's clone had already ascended to the border of the demon realm, so he decided to take a look around the demon territory.
In the entire Immortal Realm, there were two who harbored the deepest hatred for Xiao Fei.
One was the master of Xiao Hei – the Heavenly Demon Guard, and the other was the demon, Jiao Yin.
These two fellows and their backing forces had been pestering Xiao Fei like sticky rice cakes, intent on hunting him down.
For this reason, several worlds had been implicated and destroyed.
Currently, he was absolutely no match for them. At their level, plucking a single leg hair would be thicker than his waist.
However, if he had the chance, he would never give up the idea of setting them up.
After observing the surrounding terrain, Xiao Fei's figure began to twist and distort.
A single horn grew from his head, his eyes turned crimson, and he opened his mouth to exhale, instantly transforming into a ball of flames.
Looking at his current appearance, he indeed had some of the traits of a demon.
Xiao Fei circulated the "Hun Yuan Gong," fusing and converting the five strands of immortal power within his body, generating a wisp of dark, almost imperceptible demonic energy, before flying towards the demon realm.
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In Qing Qiu City, over the years, Xiao Fei had earned more and more immortal stones by selling his poisoned spiritual wine. They were stored in his storage bag, accumulating to over twenty thousand immortal stones.
His net worth was a colossal fortune to any Earth Immortal, and even True Immortal powerhouses would covet it.
In recent years, he had noticed more and more prying eyes. He had moved his rented temporary cave dwelling several times, and it seemed his location had been discovered again in the past few days.
He could sense several faint immortal senses sweeping over his cave dwelling from outside.
It was unavoidable. Although there were several others selling such spiritual wine and making a fortune, the others all had backing forces, while he remained a lone wolf.
Moreover, although the other families had mastered the formula, they lacked sufficient "Zhu Yan Bai Gu" materials, resulting in limited output and earning fewer immortal stones than Xiao Fei.
Business was becoming increasingly difficult, and it was time to withdraw.
"Fei Yu, let's pull off a big one today, and then we'll leave!"
"Alright! Master, what do you plan to do?"
Fei Yu immediately became spirited upon hearing this. He had been cautiously hiding like a turtle for years, and it was truly unbearable.
"First, we do this..."
The two of them plotted for a long time, occasionally letting out sinister, cackling laughter.
Half a day later, Fei Yu went out and made a large circuit around Qing Qiu City, purchasing a considerable amount of spiritual items, before leisurely returning to the cave dwelling.
He and Xiao Fei had gained some notoriety in Qing Qiu City. Fei Yu's trip naturally attracted a lot of attention.
When he returned, Xiao Fei's newly acquired cave dwelling's location was once again completely exposed.
Xiao Fei could clearly sense that several more immortal senses were lingering outside the cave dwelling.
That evening, several cultivators quietly infiltrated the vicinity of the cave dwelling.
The protective formations of these rented temporary cave dwellings were generally quite simple.
An Earth Immortal who appeared to be a formation master quietly operated near the entrance, and a gap was opened in the protective formation.
"Go!"
"Hurry inside!"
"Keep the noise down!"
Figures stealthily slipped through the gap.
Not long after these individuals entered, several more groups also made their way to the cave dwelling entrance and slipped in one after another.
Inside the cave dwelling at this moment, five beads of different colors were placed in five positions.
These five beads respectively contained the power of the five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. Now, the five beads were connected by their aura, and through the interplay of their strengths and weaknesses, they had become an inseparable whole.
Now, the first batch of guests to enter the cave dwelling had arrived.
As a group of five people squeezed into Xiao Fei's cave dwelling, they saw a raging fire erupt around them.
Before the five could react, they were engulfed by the scorching flames.
"Ah! My hair is all burnt off!"
"My body hair is also singed away!"
"Help me, my skin is all scorched!"
Moments after these five were plunged into the sea of fire, three more cultivators sneaked into the cave dwelling.
However, these three encountered not flames, but a blinding white light. The white light was so intense that people couldn't open their eyes, and their skin burned.
Countless fine golden needles, as thin as cow's hair, drilled into the bodies of the three...
Subsequently, those who broke into the cave dwelling encountered the laws of wood, earth, and water.
After they finally broke through one elemental barrier, the next elemental barrier awaited them.
Some people were repeatedly tormented by Xiao Fei within the five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. A few with shallow lives and little fortune died on the spot, while the remaining survivors were left with only half their lives.
The five lotus seeds in Xiao Fei's possession, after being refined by him, had become a set of immortal artifacts.
They could be used individually, or all five could be unleashed simultaneously to form a formation, equivalent to five Earth Immortals joining forces.
The power unleashed when Xiao Fei used all five simultaneously was even greater than when the five people led by Elder He joined forces in the Nine Yang Cave back then.
Now, he had arranged the five lotus seeds within the cave dwelling, and all cultivators who broke into the cave dwelling had to pass through his Five Elements Grand Formation first.
Only after passing through this grand formation would they have a chance to meet Xiao Fei and Fei Yu.
"Fei Yu, get ready!"
Xiao Fei and Fei Yu were already waiting by the exit of the Five Elements Grand Formation.
At this moment, a cultivator, exhausted, emerged from the exit. He realized he had finally broken out of that damned grand formation.
However, before he could even sigh in relief, a golden gourd vine had already fallen upon him, binding him tightly.
Xiao Fei and Fei Yu stood before him, looking at him with smiles.
Fei Yu's hand had transformed into a wing, aimed like a blade at his neck.
"Fellow Daoists, let's talk!"
Unfortunately, Fei Yu and Xiao Fei had no intention of talking.
With a sweep of Fei Yu's wing, the cultivator was decapitated.
There was only one gourd vine, and it could only restrain one person at a time, waiting to bind the next person.
Moreover, Xiao Fei's entire strength was used to maintain the operation of the five lotus seeds, which was already difficult, leaving him no time to be distracted.
The two had planned long ago for Xiao Fei to control the formation and Fei Yu to guard the exit, dealing with one intruder at a time.
After this cultivator died, his original form was revealed – he was a large snake.
Fei Yu retracted the gourd vine, collected the snake's corpse into his storage bag, and prepared for the next lucky victim.
As Xiao Fei loosened his control over the formation, a lucky individual was immediately freed from the Five Elements Grand Formation.
He was greeted by the same routine: bound by the gourd vine, head chopped off...
Next!
There was no novelty in what followed. Xiao Fei poured all his strength into controlling the Five Elements Grand Formation, sweating profusely.
Fei Yu, numb and mechanical, repeated the same actions, like a screw on an assembly line.
Until the very last moment, the Five Elements Grand Formation was empty. Xiao Fei collapsed on the ground, exhausted, while Fei Yu mechanically severed the last head. All the cultivators who had infiltrated this time were dealt with.