The colorful-clad clown ignored this, opened his mouth wide into a grin at both cheeks, revealing a very sinister smile, and made a bow to the crowd outside.

This scene did not at all resemble the aftermath of having just killed several cultivators, but rather the conclusion of a juggling performance.

Moreover, he seemed to greatly enjoy the sensation of being watched by the crowd.

Especially since most of the spectators looked on with eyes full of surprise and horror, their faces also carrying the utmost expression of fear.

After bowing to the onlookers, the colorful-clad clown turned around leisurely, raised a hand, and shot out a serpentine golden light from his palm, pulling the storage magic tools of the black-robed elder and Wula towards him.

Outside the Longevity Immortal Tower, Yuan Ming saw this scene, curled the corners of his mouth upwards, and without a word, turned around and blended into the crowd on the street.

The clown's divine sense delved into the two storage magic tools, but his smiling face instantly stiffened and a hint of surprise flashed through his eyes.

Wula's storage magic tool was fine, but the black-robed elder's storage bag contained only a few dozen Spirit Stones, not even a single mid-level Spirit Stone.

The black-robed elder, as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, was so poor! It was unheard of.

The colorful-clad clown looked at the black-robed elder somewhat sympathetically.

"People from White Dragon Island are all..." Suddenly, the colorful-clad clown shouted, "paupers?" His divine sense erupted completely, enveloping the crowd outside the Longevity Immortal Tower.

The onlookers, who hadn't dispersed in time, saw darkness before their eyes, their divine souls struck as if by a heavy blow, and some with weaker cultivations passed out on the spot.

At this moment, Yuan Ming was far from the Longevity Immortal Tower and was not covered by the clown's divine sense, but he also felt the oppressive sensation it brought with it and quickened his pace even more.

Just then, a tall woman in white appeared out of nowhere beside the clown, with a flash of yellow light on the ground nearby.

The woman had raven waterfall-like hair, was barefoot, and radiated a spotlessly holy aura all over, but regrettably, her face was covered with a fierce evil ghost mask, concealing her features.

"What are you going crazy for! The city's enforcer team is on its way. Stop talking nonsense and leave!" the woman in white said in an urgent tone.

The woman in white flicked her slender, onion-white fingers, and five pillar-shaped beams of yellow light touched down around the two, striking the ground.

Array patterns emerged from within the yellow beams, interweaving like living things, and in an instant formed a round array about a zhang in size.

The colorful-clad clown reluctantly suppressed his anger, realizing he had lost out on this deal.

The woman in white's fingers fluttered, and seven or eight earth-attribute Spirit Stones flew out, embedding themselves into various nodes of the array patterns.

The yellow array burst forth with a powerful surge of spiritual power, whirling into rapid action.

"Wave Hand Array!" exclaimed an unknown cultivator from the crowd outside the store.

Wave Hand Array is a realm of cultivation in array formation, a vast and complex study involving scrutinizing various array maps and patterns, comprehending the movements of the celestial bodies and geography, and connecting with the earth vein spiritual powers. It is recognized as one of the most abstruse and difficult to learn among the divine skills in the cultivation world.

Many array masters study hard for a lifetime and can only set up minor arrays and each time they need to spend a lot of time meticulously inscribing the patterns, taking perhaps ten days to half a month to complete.

However, in the vast world, geniuses abound, and some people are naturally talented in the ways of the array, with an understanding of arrays reaching a level incomprehensible to ordinary people, capable of simplifying the complex, instantly forming an array with a wave of their hands using their own mana.

Such experts are one in ten thousand, without exception, all of them Array Masters, and this young-looking woman in white turned out to be an Array Grandmaster!

"Don't leave!"

An explosive shout like thunder came from afar, and a silver sword shadow, fast as lightning, sped forward, piercing through the doors of the Longevity Immortal Tower and quickly approaching the yellow array.

The woman in white acted as if she saw none of this, once again sweeping out with her sleeve.

Dazzling yellow light exploded from the array, and both the woman in white and the colorful-clad clown shimmered and vanished into thin air.

The silver sword shadow passed through where their bodies had been, but struck emptiness.

After the silver light flashed, a sturdily built man in a purple robe appeared, who slowly touched down to the ground with an ashen complexion.

He turned his head to look at the stairs in the hall; with a series of heavy footsteps, the plump deacon Zhuo Linlin was coming down the stairs quickly, still looking panicked as she ran towards him...

Gu Yue's cultivation was shallow, but since he had been standing further away, he was not rendered unconscious by the colorful-clad clown's potent divine sense.

After his senses returned, he saw the man's complexion and immediately turned, saying, "This man is from the City Lord Mansion, quick..."

Gu Yue suddenly stopped speaking, belatedly noticing that Yuan Ming was nowhere to be seen.

He looked around, but there was no sign of Yuan Ming. With no choice, he supported his still somewhat dizzy head and left on his own.

The other clear-headed onlookers also scattered like birds and beasts, steering clear of trouble.

No one noticed the tiny hole in the ground beneath the elder.

The rest of the marketgoers were unaware of the major incident that had occurred, and the earth-shattering 'Beggar, huh?' attracted many onlookers, creating an exceptionally chaotic scene.

Gu Yue hurried away, not slowing down until he had completely left Longevity Immortal Tower behind and began searching for Yuan Ming.

A shout came from up ahead where Yuan Ming, now dressed in Southern Border attire, stood by the roadside.

"Brother Yuan Ming, where did you go just now? I had a hard time looking for you," Gu Yue rushed over and complained.

"I had some urgent matters to attend to and had to leave briefly; I saw everything at the Longevity Immortal Tower. Was that purple-robed robust man from the City Lord Mansion?" Yuan Ming asked.

Fearing the people from the City Lord Mansion might trace things back to him, he pulled Gu Yue along, talking as they walked.

"Yes, his name is Lei Bao, a late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator with Thunder and Lightning Divine Power. He ranks in the top five within the City Lord Mansion. It's a pity those two fled so quickly; otherwise, had they confronted him, it would have most likely been an unprecedented great battle," Gu Yue said, his excitement inexplicably rising.

Yuan Ming nodded silently.

Gu Yue, who had just experienced the incident, grew more and more excited as he thought about it. Speaking of the colorful-clad clown and his companion, he said, "Judging from the last words exchanged between the woman in white and the clown, it seems they specifically came to assassinate the Young Master of White Dragon Island. I must say, those two are bold, daring to act so openly in Black Rock City and still managing to escape from the hands of the City Lord Mansion's people so easily..."

"Indeed, those two are formidable. One kills without a trace, while the other is an Array Master capable of creating formations with a wave of his hand. They must have significant backgrounds. Brother Gu Yue, can you guess who they are?" Yuan Ming asked.

He had stolen items from the Black Robed Elder's storage ring and made a significant enemy of the colorful-clad clown, so he was keen to find out their identities for his own protection.

"Brother Yuan, don't joke with me! I'm just a minor broker in Black Rock City; how would I know the backgrounds of those two masters? However, they must have some backing to dare to do such a thing, perhaps members of the Scatter Alliance of assassins," Gu Yue suggested.

"Scatter Alliance? Do you mean one that specializes in assassination missions?" Yuan Ming asked.

"Exactly, but that's just my guess," Gu Yue replied.

"Would the major sects of the Southern Border allow them to exist?" Yuan Ming asked, quite surprised.

He had originally thought that the Scatter Alliance only took on tasks like hunting Fierce Beasts, gathering materials, and escorting bodyguards; to think they also undertook assassination missions brazenly surprised him.

"The major sects of the Southern Border naturally have no jurisdiction over it. The Scatter Alliance operates in secrecy, and offending them would result in heavy losses for the sects. As long as they do not harm their own interests, the major sects are too lazy to deal with such desperate miscreants. Now that the Elder and Young Master of White Dragon Island have been assassinated, and within Black Rock City no less, White Dragon Island won't let this go. Black Rock City will be busy for a while," Gu Yue said, pondering for a moment before speaking confidently.

Yuan Ming wasn't worried about this. Once matters in this place were settled, he would immediately return to Biluo Cave to cultivate in seclusion for a few months. No matter how powerful Black Rock City and White Dragon Island were, it was unlikely they would be able to track him down.

"Brother Yuan Ming, where will you go next?" Gu Yue asked, suppressing his emotions.

"Now that I've obtained the Frost Spiritual Material, there's no need for you to guide me further. I'll operate on my own from here on out," Yuan Ming decided after thinking for a moment.

"Okay, if you come to Black Rock City Market again in the future and need someone to show you around or gather information, you can look for me at the Songfeng Tavern in West Market. When I'm not working, I'm mostly there," Gu Yue offered, then hurriedly took his leave.

The fact that the Scatter Alliance took action to assassinate the Elder and Young Master of White Dragon Island was big news, worth a lot of money, and he had to sell it quickly. Otherwise, it would be meaningless!

Yuan Ming watched Gu Yue walk away, then found an inn to stay in, securely closing the door before eagerly taking out the storage ring.

He had not had a chance to closely inspect the items he transferred from the Black Robed Elder's belongings due to the urgent circumstances. Now, he intended to thoroughly investigate.

Infusing the ring with his Divine Sense, his face couldn't help but light up with joy.

The Black Robed Elder had a considerable collection of items. The first thing detected by his Divine Sense was a small pile of Low Grade Spirit Stones, amounting to over five or six hundred, among which were exactly seven Mid-grade Spirit Stones. The total quantity of Spirit Stones exceeded a thousand.

Yuan Ming had previously struggled desperately, and only after finding someone willing to pay a high price for Master Hei Mu's runes did he manage to scrape together just over six hundred Spirit Stones, almost all of which had been spent; now, to suddenly acquire nearly double that number, how could he not be overjoyed?

However, considering that the other party was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, having so many Spirit Stones was normal.

"The wealth of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator is indeed substantial," Yuan Ming thought to himself, then moved his Divine Sense to inspect the other items.

Four pieces of spiritual materials, a black token, a water blue Small Banner the size of a palm, a pristine White Jade Box, and two medicine bottles, one large and one small.

The four pieces of spiritual materials were a chunk of earthy yellow carapace, a yellow spirit wood, a fist-sized blue egg, and a gray object the size of a human head, tightly bound by numerous fine threads.

Although he didn't recognize what they were, all four objects exuded an unusual spiritual power fluctuation, and judging by the standard of spiritual materials, they were all Mid-grade, possibly even higher.

"This yellow carapace looks like the shell of some turtle-like Fierce Beast... I'm not sure what variety this yellow spirit wood is, but I can grind it into powder later and make it into incense sticks to see the effect... I don't know what kind of Beast Egg this blue egg is, but given the intense spiritual power fluctuations, the beast's level should not be low. As for this gray silk bundle..." Yuan Ming picked up the gray silk bundle, felt that it was soft yet firm, and very elastic, like a cocoon.

He pinched a gray thread and pulled, but it wouldn't budge.

Yuan Ming, whose Cultivation had reached the Qi Refining Ninth Level and who had repeatedly nourished his Physical Body with Mana, had greatly strengthened his bodily strength. Even without using the Fur Cloak Skill, he could snap a rope with his bare hands, yet he couldn't break this tiny gray thread.

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