Chapter Fifteen: The First Meeting with Gao Jin

  "Fu Qingxuan, your opponent is me." Fu Qingxuan moved, and Gao Jin also moved, swinging his sword towards Fu Qingxuan.

  Fu Qingxuan was one of the three great geniuses in Yanzhou City, and his cultivation had reached the ninth level of Qi Refining. At this moment, no one dared to underestimate him.

  "Despicable, High Progress, your opponent is me. Bullying a woman, what kind of skill is that?" Tao Hui stood with his sword, angrily rebuking High Progress.

  "A man who is about to die is still shouting in front of Gao Shao, I'll come and send you on your way." The young master of the Gao family heard this and angrily rebuked him, swinging his knife to slash at Tao Hui, and a group of people were fighting together again.

  "Cough, cough!" Tao Hui's chest heaved with a surge of blood and energy churning inside him. His entire right arm was almost numb, unable to grasp the long sword in his hand. As he looked at Gao Hong, an eighth-level Practitioner of the Gao family, walking towards him, a sense of despair crept up his heart, and all hope was lost. He knew that he had already suffered severe injuries, and an eighth-level Practitioner's disciple was not someone he could handle.

  Tao Hui was also a cultivator at the peak of the eighth stage of Qi Refining, and even if he knew he would die, he wouldn't wait for death to come to him. Facing the opponent's incoming long knife, he didn't dodge or evade, swinging his sword to stab, with a fighting style that sought mutual destruction. Unfortunately, his injuries were too severe, and the opponent easily dodged his attacks, while the opponent's long knife was aimed straight at his throat.

  At this moment, Gao Hong, who was less than a foot away from Tao Hui, suddenly let out a miserable cry, and fresh blood spurted out. The scarlet blood splattered all over Tao Hui's face, and a blood-red long sword was inserted into the opponent's neck...

  Blood suddenly spurted out, and a look of terror spread across Gao Hong's eyes.

  At the moment of death, Gao Hong's eyes were wide open, staring fixedly at the tree branch above.

  "Boom!"

  Gao Hong fell to the ground and died. Until his death, he did not understand who had killed him.

  Tao Hui narrowly escaped death, looking at Gao Hong who fell to the ground and couldn't get up. He knew that just now, when things were hanging by a thread, someone had saved him. Suddenly, he said in a low voice: "I don't know which senior brother lent a helping hand?"

  Gao Hong's sudden and tragic death was unexpected, the young masters of the Gao and Wang families around him couldn't help but change color in anger, without any hesitation, they jumped up and retreated backwards, pulling away from Tao Hui to a certain distance. Even Gao Jin and Wang Yanran, who were currently fighting Fu Qingxuan, were affected. They slowed down their attacks and vigilantly stared at their surroundings.

  Able to kill in one hit a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining, Gao Hong. There is a hidden expert nearby, whose strength is no less than that of Gao Jin and his peers. For a moment, the atmosphere seems somewhat chilly, with a hint of murderous intent.

  "Who is it? Who killed my family's children? Get out here!" Gao Jin shouted, his face vigilant as he stared around.

  Known dangers are not to be feared, what is fearful is the unknown. It's like a poisonous snake hiding in the dark, ready to strike at any moment. If the unknown danger is not eliminated, it's like a fish bone stuck in one's throat, unable to spit it out or swallow it. Neither side dared to make a move, and Fu Qingxuan seized this rare opportunity, her body lightly leaping into the air, appearing beside Tao Hui's side.

  "It's all right!" Fu Qingxuan lightly opened her lips, with a worried expression on her face.

  "It's all right, I'm not dead yet." Tao Hui smiled suddenly.

  The top masters of both the Gao and Wang families were on high alert, making it impossible for Fang Yan to launch a surprise attack.

  "You bunch of rats, dare to show your faces! Hiding and sneaking around, only knowing how to launch sneak attacks, what kind of skill is that?" Gao Jin shouted in anger.

  "Gao Jin, Yan Ran, long time no see!" Before the words had even fallen, a playful and teasing laugh suddenly rang out from the branches of the tree. Fang Yan appeared in a white shirt with a faint smile on his face, looking extremely sunny and handsome, appearing in everyone's line of sight.

  Wang Yanran suddenly lifted her head, and when she saw that familiar figure, her eyes instantly became a bit disordered. How could it be him?

  "Fang Yan?" Fang Yan jumped down from the tree trunk, his body as light as a clear breeze, and landed beside Gao Hong's corpse. With incredible agility, he pulled out the long sword from Gao Hong's throat. The cold system voice echoed in his mind once again: "Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully killing an enemy of a higher level, 10 points of merit value have been obtained!"

  Fang Yan moved his hands slightly and then walked towards Fu Qingxuan.

  At this moment, Fang Yan still had some reluctance to meet Fu Qingxuan in his bones.

  "Fang Yan, you're not dead." Among the people present, the most shocked were Gao Jin and Wang Yanran. Gao Jin was the one who personally stabbed a long sword into Fang Yan's chest, and Wang Yanran witnessed it with her own eyes. At this moment, the person who was supposed to be dead with absolute certainty suddenly appeared in front of them, how could they not be shocked.

  Shocking, yet unbelievable. The waste material of the Fang family actually had the power to instantly kill a cultivator in the eighth layer of Qi Refining, Gao Hong. Just over a month ago, Fang Yan was only in the third layer of Qi Refining, and now, after just one month, he has reached the seventh layer of cultivation.

  "Thanks to you, I'm not dead yet." Fang Yan sneered, the murderous intent in his eyes was completely unhidden as he continuously scanned Wang Yuer and Gao Jin.

  "Qigong sevenfold, you'd better hide in the dark and not show up, or you might still be able to escape. I can finish you off once and for all with just one move, so you'd better resign yourselves to your fate." Gao Jin said with a faint smile after his initial shock.

  Fang Yan had previously killed Gao Hong, it must have been Gao Hong's carelessness that led to his ambush. With so many people on their side, two 9th-level Qi Refining cultivators and three 8th-level Qi Refining cultivators were enough to kill him.

  The snake is feared because it hides in dark corners, ready to strike its enemy with a deadly blow at any moment. But now that the snake has been exposed to the air, it no longer inspires fear.

  "Xuan sister, later you and Tao big brother retreat to the woods, there's someone inside who can save your lives. I'll cover your backs." Fang Yan looked at Wang Yannan and Gao Jin's expressions before rushing towards Fu Qinxuan and Tao Hui.

  "What? There's still someone in the woods, wasn't it Fang Yan who just made a move?" Fang Yan's conversation with Fu Qingxuan was not a secret, and naturally reached the ears of Gao Jin and Wang Yanran. Upon hearing this, Gao Jin and others involuntarily turned their gaze towards the woods where Fang Yan had spoken.

  "Fall back." Fu Qingxuan and Tao Hui were injured, she knew that staying here would only put herself in danger. Although Fu Qingxuan had a thousand words to say, she knew this wasn't the time to ask questions. With a light rebuke, she led Tao Hui into the forest to retreat.

  "No good, there's no one inside the forest at all, let's chase quickly, can't let them escape."

  Fang Yan did not move, and Gao Jin and others also did not make any rash moves. It wasn't until Fu Qingxuan and Tao Hui had disappeared from view that they realized they seemed to have been deceived. Suddenly, there was a burst of anger, and Gao Jin and others rushed towards Fang Yan, while Wang Yannian led people to chase into the forest.

  "King Yan, how is it her." Entering the forest, Fu Qingxuan immediately saw King Yan tied to a tree trunk.

  Fu Qingxuan's mind was quick and agile, and she immediately understood what Fang Yan meant. He wanted to use Wang Yan as a shield to escape this disaster.

  "Soul shattered."

  Gao Jin let out a loud shout, and his Tiger Soul Knife Technique was unleashed, with the knife energy overflowing like a storm, attacking Fang Yan.

  "Open mountain."

  Facing Gao Jin's sharp attack, Fang Yan didn't hold back, unleashing the Collapse Mountain Fist, with one punch crashing into the incoming knife curtain.

  "How is this possible, you've actually cultivated the Fang family's Collapsing Mountain Fist to the realm of a One-Generation Master!" With one strike not succeeding, Gao Jin's Tiger Soul Knife was unexpectedly repelled by Fang Yan's Collapsing Mountain Fist with just one punch. Gao Jin flashed a hint of unbelievable expression and involuntarily exclaimed in surprise.