Chapter 660 - - 520 First Encounter with a Qi Refiner_3

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Duge and his companions did not wait too long.

Past the second watch of the night.

Three streaks of swordlight suddenly approached from afar and descended straight into Dragon Willow Villa.

Although Duge had the best vision, it wasn’t until they had landed that he could clearly make out their appearance.

Two men and a woman.

The one leading was a middle-aged man with a long beard, wearing a blue robe, and carrying a longsword on his back. His face was solemn. Behind him, a young man and woman who looked to be in their early twenties—the man in a black robe and the woman in a green dress—were also each carrying treasured swords on their backs.

They had arrived as three streaks of swordlight and did not employ the sword flight technique where one stands on the sword, as used in the first Alien Battlefield.

Duge sighed silently. Merging with the swordlight for Sword Flight was probably the orthodox method of sword control. Using the sword like a skateboard to fly was indeed somewhat lowbrow.

The moment they appeared, Duge quietly unleashed his Dark God Power, concealing Long Yichen and the others in darkness.

Unaware that Duge had already hidden them, they all clamped their mouths shut, not daring even to take a deep breath for fear the sound of breathing would startle the Qi Refiners on the other side. The sudden appearance of swordlight and three additional people had already terrified them.

Duge paid them no mind but instead focused intently on the three Qi Refiners from Dragon Willow Villa.

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Gag!

The young woman, apparently unaccustomed to such a scene, couldn’t help but retch upon landing, then covered her mouth with her hand.

“Junior sister, why don’t you step outside? Master and I are enough for this,” said the young man, his complexion not looking great either, but still comforting his fellow disciple with concern.

“No need.” The junior sister glanced at him, shook her head stubbornly, and averted her gaze from the corpses before asking, “Master, did Evil Demons commit all these murders?”

Without speaking, the middle-aged man frowned and surveyed Dragon Willow Villa. Then, his gaze fell upon the yellow talismans under the eaves. With a beckon of his hand, several talismans fell into his palm.

“Master, what are these talismans?” the young man asked.

“Soul Suppressing Talisman, Soul-Attracting Talisman, Soul-Trapping Talisman,” the middle-aged man said as he looked at the talismans in his hand and then at the corpses around him, his frown deepening. “Ziming, Ziyun, Dragon Willow Villa is perhaps not as simple as we imagined.”

“Not Evil Demons, but an Evil Cultivator?” The junior sister named Ziyun widened her eyes. “No wonder so many people are dead, and I haven’t sensed even a whisper of living souls.”

“But isn’t this Prince Duan’s estate?” the young man said. “Master, how could Prince Duan be involved with an Evil Cultivator?”

“That’s why I say this matter is troublesome,” the middle-aged man huffed. With a flick of his hand, the three Spirit Talismans spontaneously ignited without wind, turning to ash in the blink of an eye. He glanced at the ground and said, “Let’s go. With so many deaths, we should see what this Evil Cultivator is up to.”

“Master, we came out to slay the Evil Demons of a chaotic world. Is it really okay to get involved in the affairs of a prince?” the young man hesitantly said. “What if Prince Duan ascends to the throne someday…”

“Colluding with an Evil Cultivator, once this rumor spreads, his entire life will be devoid of any chance for the throne,” the middle-aged man said. “Moreover, Dragon Willow Villa doesn’t seem like the work of an Evil Cultivator. It’s very likely that Evil Demons are also mixed in.

“Evil Demons don’t practice cultivation techniques; it’s possible that the Magical Treasures refined by the Evil Cultivator are still in the villa, absorbing so many resentful souls. The power of these treasures is not to be underestimated. It’s better for these treasures to fall into our hands than to let the Evil Cultivator take them to harm the Mortal Realm.”

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