Nine Evolutions of the True Spirit Chapter 96 – Plunder

As the power of the array formation grew weaker, the cultivators’ spirits were also lifted, and the atmosphere grew more intense.

Zhang Wei-Qing commanded the Xuan Ling Sect’s group of sixteen cultivators, stationing four cultivators at each side to protect the group’s formation. This way, they could buy time for their group members to enter the cave-dwelling before the other cultivators.

The Zhen Ling group, as well as the Hai Yan-Shui Yan group, was slowly approaching the Xuan Ling group from the sides. Zhang Wei-Qing felt a sense of danger, and he turned to give a command to the cultivators guarding the sides.

It was at that moment, a popping sound could be heard, and the cave-dwelling’s protective array formation broke like a water bubble. Before the cultivators could recall their mystic instruments, the Xuan Ling group had already rushed towards the cave-dwelling.

On both sides, the Zhen Ling group and Hai Yan-Shui Yan group were also quick to intercept Xuan Ling’s advance by separating their formation from the middle. The two groups followed closely behind Zhang Wei-Qing and became the second batch of cultivators to enter the cave-dwelling.

But unexpectedly, the eight Xuan Ling cultivators who were covering the rear of the formation suddenly stepped aside from the cave-dwelling’s entrance. Without warning, they cast their mystic instruments and attacked the cultivators around them.

Immediately, the people following behind the three groups were stimulated and the situation turned chaotic, with cultivators blindly attacking everyone around them. The battle raged right outside the cave-dwelling’s entrance.

Wei Zi-Heng, Su Zi-Peng, Lu Ping, and a few others who reacted quickly had dashed into the cave-dwelling before the pandemonium. Several cultivators from the Hai Yan-Shui Yan group entered at the same time.

The two groups, in addition to those from Xuan Ling Sect, searched everywhere inside the cave-dwelling. They didn’t hesitate to grab every useful item they saw and put it in their interspatial pouches, sweeping those that were useless to the ground, causing them to shatter into pieces.

The cave-dwelling was spacious, like a small maze. It had a front hall and many smaller cave rooms interconnected with each other.

Lu Ping moved swiftly through the cave rooms and stored anything that looked useful into his interspatial pouches. However, he noticed a lack of valuables in the cave-dwelling, or at least, he hadn’t seen any yet.

The cave-dwelling was already a mess when they entered, but not in the way that it was searched and plundered before. It seemed like the owner had packed their valuables and left during the elimination war on Fei Ling Sect. But before leaving, the owner had activated the protective array formation and sealed the cave-dwelling.

After moving into another room, Lu Ping saw a decaying wooden shelf with a dozen jade boxes on top of it. The jade boxes were sealed with Spirit Concealing Charms—they likely contained spirit herbs. Beside the jade boxes were two jade b

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