“Young master, is that guy at the fourth level of Qi Condensation Li Tiancheng?” Cheng Qi leaned into Li Tianyan’s ear and asked softly. He only heard of Li Tiancheng’s name before, but never saw him in person.

However, people in Jincheng praised Li Tiancheng so much that he was described as a rare genius. Cheng Qi was a little disappointed when he saw him today.

“Yes.” Li Tianyan nodded, then glanced slightly at Li Tiancheng. “I have severed ties with the Li family, and I have nothing to do with you. What qualifications does a fourth-level cultivator like you have to intercede for me?”

Li Tiancheng’s face flushed when he heard that. He peeked at the faces of several inner disciples and then quickly said, “Don’t be ignorant. If you listen to me obediently, I and several senior brothers promise that you won’t suffer much. But if you continue to be stubborn, you will face consequences in the future…”

Before he could finish speaking, Li Tianyan’s whip struck. No one expected him to attack so suddenly, and they were a little caught off guard. Li Tianyan managed to knock Li Tiancheng and the seventh-level cultivator off the spiritual sword.

Li Tiancheng, lying on the ground, felt a burning tingling sensation on the left side of his face. He reached out and touched it, and sure enough, there was a whip mark on his face.

Li Tianyan disposed the most annoying person, then turned and pointed a whip at the ninth-level cultivator who had been leading the group. “Let’s settle your misappropriation of the spirit gathering formation first.”

Hearing Li Tianyan’s overly confident tone, the two eighth-level cultivators next to him looked to Xiao Zhengqing inquisitively. They were responsible for searching the villa together with Senior Brother Xiao. However, after finding that there was no one there, Xiao Zhengqing sent them away and stayed in the villa for a long time. He did not leave until the sect withdrew the mission.

No wonder Xiao Zhengqing often went into seclusion after returning to the sect and improved his cultivation from the middle of the ninth level to the peak of the ninth level in three years. It turned out that he had discovered valuable resources and kept them to himself. Practicing in the sect’s spirit gathering formation required significant contribution points deducted based on usage time.

Sensing the focused looks from his two fellow juniors, Xiao Zhengqing said with a tense face, “Junior brothers, don’t let him confuse you. Li Tianyan is no more than a wild cultivator. He was only at the fourth level of Qi Condensation back then. How could he have a spirit gathering formation? He is just trying to distract you.”

Then Xiao Zhengqing stared at Li Tianyan fiercely. “It’s pointless to argue. I will escort you two back to the sect today. If you dare to resist, you will be injured by mistake, and there’s nothing we can do about it.”

After saying that, Xiao Zhengqing took out a spiritual sword and flew towards the two of them. In his opinion, Li Tianyan’s foundation must be unstable if he improved too quickly. Additionally, he was a small step higher at the peak of the ninth level of Qi Condensation. Xiao Zhengqing didn’t consider the other party a threat at all and instead thought about taking the opportunity to kill him.

When the other cultivators saw him attacking, they also used their spiritual weapons against the two of them.

Li Tianyan sensed the murderous intent from the ninth-level cultivator and raised his eyebrows slightly. He swung the hand holding Cheng Qi upwards, and the long whips in their hands intercepted the incoming spiritual swords and weapons. As he encountered these spiritual weapons, Li Tianyan twisted his wrist a few times to wrap up the long whip, and several spiritual weapons instantly fell into his hands.

Seeing Li Tianyan putting the spiritual weapons into the storage bag, several cultivators present were in disbelief. After they reacted, they glared angrily at him. “Return the spiritual weapons immediately.”

“Didn’t I learn this from you? Just because you can grab anything, doesn’t mean I can’t. Now you have six fewer spiritual weapons. No wonder people say, ‘Those who kill and set fires earn misfortunes.’ I am not misled,” Li Tianyan said to the group with a proud expression.

Cheng Qi glanced at the long whip in his hand, his eyes sparkling. He secretly thought the whip could still be used in this way.

“Junior brothers, let’s take them down together.” Xiao Zhengqing took out a spiritual weapon again, a scimitar. This time he did not dare to let the spiritual weapon leave his hand and flew to attack Li Tianyan.

In order to get back their spiritual weapons, several other cultivators had no choice but to take action together, but they targeted the weaker shuanger.

Seeing they getting close, Li Tianyan no longer held back this time and swung his whip at the cultivators. Except for Xiao Zhengqing’s scimitar, which could withstand the long whip, none of the others escaped Li Tianyan’s whip. The other spiritual weapons were either lost or, if of low grade, destroyed by the whip.

Seeing the ninth-level cultivator approaching, Li Tianyan threw several eighth-level cultivators away, then released Cheng Qi’s hand and took out the spiritual sword he had just collected to counter the opponent’s attack.

Cheng Qi saw Li Tianyan fighting with the ninth-level cultivator and stepped back slightly. Then he glanced at the cultivators who was whipped by Li Tianyan and noticed that all of their faces were covered with whip marks. He secretly laughed to himself. Li Tianyan struck without holding back, and the cultivators was all injured.

Xiao Zhengqing, who was fighting with Li Tianyan, wasn’t laughing. As a Qi Condensation level, they hadn’t yet managed to imprint spiritual weapons, refining them into their own magic weapons. Now that Li Tianyan was wielding a spiritual sword against him, Xiao Zhengqing was stunned and nearly spat blood.

As if that wasn’t enough, Li Tianyan continued to focus on striking Xiao Zhengqing’s scimitar with the spiritual sword in his hand. Soon, the two spiritual weapons showed signs of wear and tear, which distressed Xiao Zhengqing, but he couldn’t do anything to stop Li Tianyan.

A cultivator who reached the peak ninth level of Qi Condensation faced off against another ninth-level cultivator in what seemed like a simple battle. But the residual power of spiritual energy was enough to seriously injure people, forcing many who were watching to retreat outside Fenglong Mountain.