The golden cloud filaments were a top-grade spiritual treasure called Golden Cloud Armor. It had two transformation forms: one was the armor, which could withstand attacks from opponents of the same level without being damaged; the other was the cloud filaments, which combined defense, concealment, and trapping enemies, making it extremely powerful.
The square cauldron was not used by Sun Duo for alchemy, but was his unique spiritual treasure, capable of defense and offense, and also used as a flying escape tool. The materials used were all top-notch. Although this cauldron was damaged by the bone blade, it could still be repaired.
Zhang Yuanjing quickly took Sun Duo's Sumeru ring, and also took away the cloud filaments and the broken square cauldron, and approached Old Daoist Lu with Ape Thirteen.
During the battle between Zhang Yuanjing and Sun Duo, Old Daoist Lu released a green light, launching a strong attack on the Yang Refining Umbrella, intending to contain it so that it could not spare any strength to deal with Sun Duo.
When Sun Duo activated the second form of the Golden Cloud Armor and approached Old Daoist Lu, the old Daoist was actually aware of it. Therefore, he also used the ancient long sword as a guide to approach Sun Duo.
However, the momentum on Sun Duo's side subsided within a few breaths, and finally even the golden cloud filaments disappeared from the swamp.
Old Daoist Lu's heart skipped a beat, feeling ominous. He knew that if he continued to underestimate the enemy and intended to turn the tables and capture the enemy to seize the treasure, it would be a path to death. So, he took another sword from his Sumeru ring. This sword was emerald green all over, and like the ancient long sword, it was covered with mysterious runes.
With the two swords side by side, the runes reflected each other, and a mysterious aura surged forth.
The Yang Refining Umbrella felt the threat. The black umbrella surface spread out, expanding along the outline of the faint light, and enveloped Old Daoist Lu.
Old Daoist Lu's eyes burst out with bright light, and he shouted, "Hurry!" His hands continuously formed hand seals, and the mysterious aura flew out, tearing apart the faint light, knocking open the umbrella surface, and splitting towards the sky.
"Splash!"
Like a giant object parting the lake surface, a narrow gap was broken through the sand domain from bottom to top, revealing the blue sky above.
Old Daoist Lu moved, escaping from the faint light in a flash of lightning, and pretended to leap upwards.
Countless sands soaked with moisture fell like raindrops, and gravel flew horizontally, obscuring the gap in the sky.
The Yang Refining Umbrella had already released a golden light, attacking Old Daoist Lu's back.
Unexpectedly, Old Daoist Lu's action of escaping upwards was a feint. Instead, he drove the two swords to slash forward, splitting a passage through the upward surging swamp. Without any hesitation, he fled quickly.
He sighed inwardly, feeling a little regretful. He had enough confidence to break the ambush and save his life. However, his purpose was not only to protect himself, but also to capture this enemy who had been delivered to his door with great difficulty, and obtain the silver lotus.
Who would have thought that Sun Duo was so incompetent that he couldn't even last a quarter of an hour! He had no choice but to expose his strength in advance and break through the enemy's means in order to be invincible.
But in this way, it would arouse the opponent's vigilance. Once he felt that he could not win, he would definitely drill into the ground and escape far away, and it would be quite difficult to find his trace again.
Rushing out of the swamp, Old Daoist Lu stopped at the foot of the mountain slope and turned to look upwards. Yu Guangchen, who was praised by the Palace Master as a Thousand Mile Colt, was not in his eyes. If he died, then he died. A genius who cannot become a talent is always just a waste.
Two breaths later, the sand and dust disappeared, revealing a man and an ape, while Sun Duo and Yu Guangchen were nowhere to be seen.
On the mountain slope, there was an extremely deep pit, and Sun Duo's body, broken into two pieces, was lying at the bottom of the pit, but there was no trace of Yu Guangchen.
Old Daoist Lu frowned slightly, chuckled softly, and felt a little apprehensive about the Palace Master's methods.
"Zhang Yuanjing?"
He had never met this person before, and although the Profound Serenity Palace had some grudges with him, it was not enough to specifically inform the late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators in the sect about his portrait.
Seeing that Zhang Yuanjing did not immediately escape, but stayed to talk to him, Old Daoist Lu couldn't help but feel happy. Obviously, this person had not given up on dealing with him after he showed his hand. Wasn't this in line with his thoughts!
"This old man is Lu Gong, a devotee of the Profound Serenity Palace!" Old Daoist Lu said with a smile, "Is fellow Daoist Zhang Yuanjing of the Profound Sky Sect?"
Seeing that he greeted him with a smile, Zhang Yuanjing felt very strange. You know, he had just killed Sun Duo, and although Yu Guangchen escaped by relying on strange methods, he was also seriously injured. This person didn't seem to care at all. Recalling the Yang Refining Umbrella's judgment on his soul before, he felt even more suspicious of this person.
"That's right! Do you know this poor Daoist?" Zhang Yuanjing asked with feigned surprise.
Lu Gong did not answer directly, but asked again, "This old man has no grievances with fellow Daoist, why ambush me here? Could it be that you have a grudge with Sun Duo?"
Zhang Yuanjing sneered, "Your Profound Serenity Palace are all running dogs of the Heavenly Dao Sect, why do you need a reason to kill you!"
Lu Gong shook his head: "That's wrong. My Profound Serenity Palace is engaged in alchemy and has always stood in the middle, not belonging to any sect. Fellow Daoist is probably mistaken!"
Zhang Yuanjing shook the Yang Refining Umbrella in his hand, secretly instructing it to be careful and vigilant, in case the person had any helpers.
"Is that so? Then I don't know why that Sun Duo, True Person Sun, wanted to act as a special envoy of the Enforcement Hall and inquire about my sect's True Person escorting the Tiannan Immortal City flying boat?"
Lu Gong asked in confusion, "Is there such a thing? This old man doesn't know. I think it's just to deal with the Enforcement Hall."
Zhang Yuanjing sarcastically said, "Fellow Daoist Lu speaks lightly! The two super sects of the Central Domain and the Eastern Domain are besieging my Profound Sky Sect, why did your palace send several Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivators? I heard that even your palace master went!"
Zhang Yuanjing did not see the Profound Serenity Palace Nascent Souls in Tianque Mountain, but he did know when eavesdropping on Sun Duo's speech that the Heavenly Dao Sect had transferred Nascent Soul cultivators from the Profound Serenity Palace.
Lu Gong pondered for a moment and said, "This, this old man is not very clear. If fellow Daoist Zhang can agree to one thing for this old man, this old man can persuade the palace master to withdraw the Nascent Souls sent to the Southern Domain."
"What is it?" Zhang Yuanjing's heart moved, knowing that this person could not restrain himself and was about to reveal his true intentions.
"This old man heard from a disciple in the sect that fellow Daoist Zhang obtained a silver lotus in the Hengduan Mountains. I wonder if there is such a thing?" Lu Gong's expression was calm, as if he didn't care, but the expectation in his eyes revealed his inner thoughts.
Zhang Yuanjing immediately shook his head: "This poor Daoist did not get any silver lotus?"
"Oh, what the disciple said seems to be that a companion who was with fellow Daoist got it." Lu Gong pretended to have misremembered and probed again.
Zhang Yuanjing still shook his head: "There is no such thing. This poor Daoist has never seen a disciple of your palace in the Hengduan Mountains."
Lu Gong's face sank: "My palace has a Core Formation disciple surnamed Qin, who was said to have been killed by fellow Daoist Zhang and his companions. Many people have seen this. Does fellow Daoist Zhang still deny it?"
Zhang Yuanjing still shook his head: "This person has another cause of death, which has nothing to do with this poor Daoist."
Lu Gong was quite annoyed, and fierce light shot out from his eyes, but it disappeared in just a moment.
He said with a kind face: "It doesn't matter whether that disciple was killed by fellow Daoist or not. What matters is, is that silver lotus in fellow Daoist's hands, or in fellow Daoist's companion's hands?"
