Chapter 334 - 147: The Delicate Master and the Fierce Disciple

Xu Lei saw this and immediately understood. The middle-aged male Cultivator had probably used the Jade Pendant to sense some mechanism he had left inside the cave dwelling.

That was why the man now knew that the Treasures inside the cave dwelling had been completely cleaned out.

"Young lady, I have guarded this cave dwelling for three years!"

Sure enough, he immediately turned to Qing Lian and said in a cold voice, "And now you’ve just taken everything?

"Isn’t that a little unprincipled?

"I don’t want to fight you to the death, either!

"After all, we are all just trying to attain the Dao.

"If we fight to the death, we’ll both suffer losses. That doesn’t benefit either of us.

"How about this: you give me two Magical Artifacts, and we’ll call it even. What do you say?"

After all, Xu Lei looked far too young.

The middle-aged male Cultivator didn’t believe Xu Lei was the one in charge.

He assumed it was Qing Lian, who stood beside him.

And his tone was far from polite.

After all, Qing Lian looked far too young.

A budding maiden who looked to be thirteen or fourteen would not normally have a very high level of Dao Practice.

"Go."

Of course, Xu Lei and Qing Lian didn’t waste any time talking nonsense with the middle-aged Cultivator.

They jumped directly onto the Thousand-Mile Clouds and fled.

While the middle-aged man had been talking, Xu Lei had sent a mental transmission to Qing Lian, telling her to activate the Thousand-Mile Clouds and get them away from there, fast.

At that moment, the Thousand-Mile Clouds shot forward with a WHOOSH.

Xu Lei and Qing Lian sped away to the left.

The instant they moved, a Dharma Seal slammed into the spot where they had just been standing.

It struck the ground, leaving a crater and shattering several rocks.

It was a ruthless attack from the middle-aged male Cultivator.

He had only spoken that way to see if he could successfully deceive them.

After all, he had no idea what kind of Treasures the two young Cultivators, Qing Lian and Xu Lei, had found in the cave dwelling.

He worried that even if their personal Dao Practice wasn’t impressive, they might be able to fight him using powerful Magical Artifacts they had acquired.

Even if they couldn’t kill or defeat him, they could still drain a significant amount of his Power.

So from the start, his plan was to use coercion, intimidation, and trickery.

’It would be good to get even one Magical Artifact from them first.’

Of course, he had no intention of letting Xu Lei and Qing Lian go if they handed over the Magical Artifacts.

That was impossible.

After all, Xu Lei and Qing Lian were simply too young.

The moment the middle-aged male Cultivator saw them, he was already plotting to kill them.

He had stood guard here for three whole years!

Now, everything had been taken by Xu Lei and Qing Lian!

How could he possibly stand for that?!

If Xu Lei and Qing Lian had been a bit older, he might have been more cautious.

But seeing how young they were, he immediately felt they were well within his grasp.

That was why he wanted to kill them both and take all the Treasures for himself.

Thus, even as he spoke, he had actually been preparing a killing blow for a sneak attack!

He never expected, however, that Xu Lei and Qing Lian would be even more decisive!

They completely ignored his ruse and fled on their Magical Artifact without saying a single word!

Seeing his sneak attack fail, the middle-aged man’s expression changed.

Then, he hastily mounted his Flying Sword and gave chase.

But even though his Cultivation was higher than Qing Lian’s, her Thousand-Mile Clouds were incredibly fast!

It was much faster than even Xu Lei’s Locust Leaf Flying Ship.

Since they were escaping, Qing Lian pushed her current Power to its limit, urging the Thousand-Mile Clouds to its maximum speed.

They left the middle-aged male Cultivator far behind.

Aboard the Bai Yun, Xu Lei turned to look back at the middle-aged man.

He saw the man’s face was dark, even contorted with fury.

"Senior, I don’t think that man can catch us!"

Qing Lian, also on the Bai Yun, glanced back and asked, "But... can you not defeat him?"

"Of course not."

Xu Lei said, "I just don’t want to fight him and waste my Magical Power."

He was right. It wasn’t that Xu Lei couldn’t defeat the middle-aged man.

Judging from his aura, he was only at a level comparable to the Bodhisattva Core Realm.

He wasn’t as strong as Xu Lei.

However, Xu Lei didn’t have any explosives on him, so he didn’t want to clash directly with the middle-aged Cultivator and expend his Magical Power.

After all, even if he did kill the man, Xu Lei would certainly use up a great deal of his own.

Xu Lei was a full Great Realm higher than the man; he could definitely kill him.

But it was also possible that the man had some powerful techniques up his sleeve.

And even if the man had no such tricks, killing him by force would still cost Xu Lei a considerable amount of power.

Xu Lei didn’t want to waste a significant amount of his Magical Power and hinder his own cultivation progress just to kill some unfamiliar Loose Cultivator who had appeared out of nowhere.

After all, if he really wanted to kill the middle-aged Cultivator, Xu Lei could just go make his explosives first and then wait for the right opportunity.

There was no need to use up his Magical Power to kill him right now.

That was why Xu Lei had immediately sent the mental transmission to Qing Lian, telling her to flee.

Fortunately, Qing Lian was very obedient.

Even though Xu Lei hadn’t used his Contractual Power to issue the command,

Qing Lian hadn’t asked a single question and had immediately done as he said.

Qing Lian also understood Xu Lei’s desire not to waste Magical Power.

However, she voiced her concern: what if the middle-aged Loose Cultivator refused to give up?

Would he hunt them relentlessly afterward?

After all, the man had seen their faces.

"It doesn’t matter."

Xu Lei said, "Let’s head into the city first.

"Once the conditions are right, I’ll take care of him.

"If he’s really that foolish."

Qing Lian nodded. She said nothing more and continued to pilot the Thousand-Mile Clouds, flying for some distance.

After a while, they had completely shaken off the middle-aged male Cultivator.