Chapter 538 - 300: The Power of a Single Sword, Arrival of the Great Cultivator!

However, the mere wisp of aura exuding from the middle-aged man at the moment caused many people to show signs of suffocation.

"Is there anything unusual at Bai Jiao Mountain?"

"Reporting to the Second Ancestor, there is none."

While inquiring, the middle-aged man’s peripheral vision overlooked the earth with a condescending gaze, yet his calm eyes were more arrogant than those haughty people like Tao Xinglie and Song Jingyuan.

In Tao Jiang’s perception, there were several special auras beneath that were resisting his pressure. He half-closed his eyes and looked down.

"People of the Li Family?"

Among the Li Family, Li Changshan and Li Yao were both surrounded by a similar aura protecting them at the moment, evidently the power left by Li Heng, not surprising.

Tao Jiang’s attention naturally scanned over the people of the Li Family and the surrounding people, to avoid the traitor mixing into the Li Family crowd.

"Not good..."

The scholar’s right eyelid twitched violently, inwardly thinking it was bad to be implicated by the Li Family people, and while his thoughts turned quickly, he felt as if he was plunged into an ice cellar but could not think of a way out.

The Small Faceless Transformation Technique he cultivated was not perfect, it was an incomplete art.

He wasn’t confident he could deceive a great cultivator of the Upper Three Grades, let alone right under the eyes of a great cultivator.

But if he were to use that sword at this moment...

As the scholar’s mind was in a tumult, Tao Jiang’s spiritual power quickly swept over the Li Family crowd, and after spreading out, his eyes quickly narrowed.

"Oh?"

"This is the aura of a Life Character... and there are two different Life Characters."

Tao Jiang’s gaze first fell on the extraordinary siblings Zhong An, and after sweeping over them, it landed on the scholar.

"Hmm?"

Another light questioning sound seemed to explode in the scholar’s mind, making his scalp tingle, the life and death crisis had intensified to nearly a tangible state.

At this moment, another streak of startling light hovered in the sky, revealing Tao Yang’s figure within.

"Second Ancestor, the secret technique can be performed at any time to search for the Blood Seal!"

With a flash of light in Tao Yang’s hand, a bronze compass densely covered with complex array patterns appeared. In that instant, the Blood Seal deep in the scholar’s heart, not yet completely obliterated, suddenly started to act up.

With a great cultivator’s spiritual power probing from the front and a bronze compass tracking from behind!

The area at the scholar’s heart felt hot, as the fish-shaped jade pendant was on the verge of activating.

"Roar——!"

At the shadowy side of Bai Jiao Mountain, the sea of clouds surged.

"The aura is incorrect, not the same Life Character... does the traitor think he can still escape from my hands today?!"

Seeing the phenomenon triggered at Bai Jiao Mountain, Tao Jiang instantly withdrew his spiritual power inspection from the scholar, then his figure flickered, and he swept away with overwhelming momentum, transforming into a streak of light chasing the shadowy side of Bai Jiao Mountain.

Seeing the Second Ancestor chasing the phenomenon at Bai Jiao Mountain, after descending from midair, Tao Yang issued a few instructions before his gaze fell on the Li Family crowd.

Without hesitation, he directly bit his fingertip and began to activate the bronze compass, today’s matter must not have any slip-ups.

The bronze compass suspended mid-air shone with a large expanse of green light, with complex ancient scripts floating out, then congealed into a human silhouette in mid-air.

But before the silhouette could fully form, it abruptly shattered.

Tao Yang quickly looked around, and after not noticing anything unusual, the suspicious look on his face faded; it must have been the Second Ancestor and Li Family’s person’s aura interference disrupting the pursuit.

This also indicates that the person indeed attempted to escape from the other three sides of Bai Jiao Mountain.

"Gentlemen, I, Lin Mou, have some matters to attend to, how about another day?"

After speaking, the scholar departed in large strides, no one noticed that within his sleeve, a mysterious Taoist talisman ignited spontaneously, turning into a pile of ashes.

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In Donglai County City, the matter of the grand competition had not yet fully spread into the city, but dense dark clouds loomed over the commandery city.

A storm is brewing.

The citizens in the city felt an inexplicable oppression, a heaviness in their hearts, as if something drastic was about to happen.

At an old noodle stand in East City Market, a man in a plain gray robe sat down.

"Two bowls of omelette noodles, one with extra scallions."

Soon, two steaming bowls of noodles were served. The elderly couple running the wonton stand looked up at the oppressive dark clouds over the commandery city and advised.

"Young man, it looks like it’s going to storm, you should leave quickly after eating, we’ll be closing up today."

"Alright."

The man responded, placing one bowl of omelette noodles across from him, and he diligently slurped up the noodles with extra scallions, eating all the noodles in the bowl in three bites, then drank half a bowl of soup in one gulp before picking up the omelette and putting it into his mouth.

After chewing, he finished the remaining half bowl of soup, lightly exhaled, and put down the bowl.

Only then did someone finally come over to the opposite side of the table, the newcomer slowly picked up the noodles and ate, as a voice transmission passed through the market’s hustle and bustle into his ears.

"You owe me a favor... the person is at the deserted temple in the city west."

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