Xiao Fei left Star Moon City and immediately took out his Black Feather artifact to travel.
He had used this Black Feather artifact many times before in the sect, and many people could recognize it.
On his way here, to hide his identity, he had used the Light Body Technique instead of the flying artifact.
After he purchased the Five-Colored Spirit Lotus from the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild, his identity was most likely exposed, and there was no need to hide anymore.
Not long after he flew out, he stopped in a deserted area.
"Come out. You've chased for so long, it must have been difficult for you."
As Xiao Fei's voice fell, a black-robed cultivator emerged from a pile of rocks behind him.
Xiao Fei recognized the person, having glimpsed him in the hall of the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild earlier.
"Can you tell me which faction you belong to and who wants to kill me?"
"A dying man doesn't need to know so much!"
The black-robed cultivator clearly didn't take Xiao Fei seriously, approaching him with a sneer.
According to the intelligence, this person was a genius alchemist, but his combat ability was abysmal, nothing remarkable, a pushover.
If he could capture Xiao Fei alive, it would be a great achievement.
Seeing that the opponent had already summoned his artifact and was about to strike, Xiao Fei drew his long saber, moved his feet, and in the blink of an eye, appeared before the black-robed cultivator.
The black-robed cultivator only felt a blur before his eyes, Xiao Fei's figure appearing in front of him. Almost simultaneously, he felt a sharp pain in his thigh, and both his legs were severed at the root.
"Ah!"
The black-robed cultivator toppled to the ground, clutching his severed legs and crying out in pain.
What he had anticipated as a fierce battle, with himself emerging victorious, did not materialize. The fight had already reached its conclusion before it even began.
Intelligence can be misleading. Judging by this speed and the ruthless, decisive strike, how could he not be skilled in combat!
"I'll give you another chance. Tell me who is behind this."
Xiao Fei, holding the dripping Azure Dragon Crescent Blade, asked coldly.
"If I tell you, will you let me go? Only if you swear an oath!"
"You are not in a position to negotiate."
As Xiao Fei spoke, he severed one of the black-robed cultivator's arms with a slash.
"Ah! Ahhhh!"
Another scream echoed.
Xiao Fei held his saber, poised over the remaining arm, contemplating where to strike.
"Only this arm is left. Should I be economical with my cuts?"
At this moment, a sinister and cruel smile appeared on Xiao Fei's face, appearing like a demon in the eyes of the black-robed cultivator.
Before the black-robed cultivator could respond, the great saber descended again, severing four of the black-robed cultivator's fingers.
"I'll talk! I'll talk! Just give me a quick end."
In the face of torture, the endurance of low-level cultivators was not much stronger than that of ordinary people.
"We were sent by the young master of the Lin family, Lin Yang..."
The black-robed cultivator revealed all the information as it was.
It turned out that Lin Yang of the Lin family had successfully established his foundation and was designated as the young master, the successor to the current family head.
Initially, the Lin family did not pay much attention to the matter of killing Xiao Fei's second sister and offending a minor rogue cultivator.
After all, as a cultivation family with a thousand years of history, they were deeply entrenched. They simply did not care about oppressing a few minor rogue cultivators.
This was a common occurrence for every family, every day, nothing unusual.
If they were to remember every rogue cultivator they offended, their divine senses would likely explode.
However, with Xiao Fei's sudden rise to become a generation's alchemy genius in the Dan Xin Sect, various forces began to court him.
The Lin family was no exception; they wanted to befriend this alchemy genius and foster a relationship.
Before preparing to court him, they naturally had to investigate the background and origins of this cultivator.
As the Lin family investigated, they discovered that this genius had had quite a few dealings with their Lin family when he was in Star Moon City.
He was one of the many rogue cultivators they had oppressed.
Furthermore, Lin Dagou and Lin Xiang, who had dealt with Xiao Fei more extensively, had both died successively.
After the Lin family's higher-ups learned of this situation, they deeply regretted it. Who could have known that Xiao Fei would reach this point?
If they had known, they should have established a good relationship back then.
But such a thing was almost impossible; no family would establish a good relationship with a poor rogue cultivator.
There were tens of thousands of rogue cultivators in the world, and only a tiny fraction could successfully join one of the Four Great Sects.
Even if rogue cultivators entered the Four Great Sects, it was nothing special. Each sect had thousands of Qi Refining disciples.
These disciples from rogue cultivator backgrounds lacked backing and resources, making them mere anonymous members within the sect. Those who managed to enter the rankings were already rare exceptions.
Therefore, even if Xiao Fei offended tens of thousands of rogue cultivators, he might not have encountered such a situation.
Now that things had come to this, regret was useless for the Lin family. Attempting to court him again was clearly not feasible.
Apologize and admit their mistakes? That was even more impossible. Not only would it shatter the prestige of the Lin family, which had stood for a thousand years, but the other party might not be willing to let it go.
The only option was to cut the grass and eliminate the roots, to stifle Xiao Fei before he could grow.
Thus, the scene of selling a murder contract in the Dan Xin Sect occurred.
However, what the Lin family did not expect was that Xiao Fei would be favored by True Person Guang Ling and taken as a disciple.
The mastermind behind the underground hunter organization was unwilling to offend True Person Guang Ling for this matter and withdrew the pursuit mission against Xiao Fei.
Because Xiao Fei had gained the favor of True Person Guang Ling, the Lin family became even more anxious.
Especially after Xiao Fei displayed his alchemy talent, the Lin family deeply regretted their past actions and fell into even deeper fear.
They became even more desperate to kill Xiao Fei, absolutely unable to let him grow.
Given Xiao Fei's current displayed talent, his future in the Dan Xin Sect was limitless.
Even if his cultivation aptitude was slightly lacking, the Dan Xin Sect would undoubtedly support him with abundant resources.
The Lin family's regret was purely about profit, not a matter of conscience. They never felt that oppressing a minor rogue cultivator was anything significant.
After Xiao Fei obtained the information he needed, he beheaded the black-robed cultivator.
At that moment, the Soul Nurturing Bead, which had been hanging on his chest without any movement, stirred slightly. A black light entered the corpse of the black-robed cultivator.
"Hmm? Could it be that Second Sister needs to devour the remnant souls of Lin family cultivators to awaken?"
Xiao Fei murmured to himself. Last time in Dragonfall Abyss, it was also after killing Lin Xiang and his group that Second Sister awakened.
This time, it was also because he killed a Lin family cultivator that she awakened. This should not be a coincidence.
However, Xiao Fei soon discovered something unusual.
At this moment, the corpse of the black-robed cultivator was visibly withering, quickly becoming like a desiccated corpse that had died many years ago and been air-dried.
Previously, Xiao Lan, transformed into a vengeful spirit, only devoured remnant souls and did not absorb the essence and blood of the physical body.
This time, however, she had drained all the essence and blood from the black-robed cultivator.
This was the technique of the bald man from the second level of Dragonfall Abyss.
The bald man had killed dozens of top Qi Refining cultivators with this method at that time.
Xiao Lan had devoured a large amount of red blood threads then; had she inherited his ability from that moment?