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He took a deep breath, brewed it for a moment, and then slowly spat it out!

Dugu Yifeng finally opened his eyes. However, his gaze was focused on the space high up in the sky. His eyes were constantly flashing with fear.

High up in the air, Dugu Yifeng's eyes were fixed on a spot, and a purple light began to slowly spread out. At first it was so weak that it was nearly undetectable, but then it instantly began to shine with a brilliant purple light, causing one's eyes to hurt!

However, there was no purple light coming from outside the house. It was as if this purple light was something that could only be detected within the house!

Dugu Yifeng slowly put down the hands he had used to cover his eyes. He looked at the purple light, which slowly condensed and floated in the air.

Suddenly, Dugu Yifeng's face became extremely ugly to behold. After looking at this purple gaze, it turned into … purple jade!

This purple jade was exactly the same as the purple jade Dugu Yifeng had seen in his sea of consciousness; even the faint bloody dot in the center was located in the same location!

Slowly regaining his calm, Dugu Yifeng withdrew his shocked expression. He then closed his eyes and began to meditate.

A moment later, Dugu Yifeng opened his eyes once again and looked at the piece of purple jade with a puzzled expression.

Just now, when he was meditating, he had actually discovered … that the purple jade in his sea of consciousness was still there!

"What is the relationship between these two pieces of purple jade? This piece of purple jade was exactly the same as the purple jade in his sea of consciousness! Just what kind of secrets is this purple jade hiding? "

"The last time I was attacked, the strength that suddenly erupted in my heart was likely due to this purple jade!"

Light flashed in Dugu Yifeng's eyes. He couldn't figure out just what was going on with this purple jade!

His intuition told him that this purple jade should be harmless, but this thing was too mysterious.

Mysterious things always make people's imaginations run wild!

After a moment, Dugu Yifeng stretched out his hand and pulled the purple jade in front of him, causing it to slowly land on his hand.

After carefully examining the purple jade, Dugu Yifeng found no other clues.

Wearing the purple jade on his waist, Dugu Yifeng didn't think anymore about it. After he recited the Ice Heart Sutra, he got up and left the room.

It was only then that Dugu Yifeng noticed that the curtain of night had fallen.

After casually asking a servant about the time, Dugu Yifeng realized that he had spent almost an entire day and night breaking through to the Pre-Sky Realm!

Dugu Yifeng was somewhat surprised. In his previous life, he had spent an entire seven days breaking through to the precelestial stage.

However, after pondering for a moment, he understood the reason.

There is a saying among cultivators: 'Cultivating is without time; the world is a thousand years old!'" Although these words were a bit exaggerated, it still took a lot of time for a martial artist to cultivate.

In his previous life, he had expended seven days of hard work in order to break through to the Houtian realm. In this life, he had spent only one day to break through to the Houtian realm.

The corner of his mouth curled up in a smile. Dugu Yifeng had his servants prepare food and hot water for him as he simply cleaned up his stomach. He was preparing to find Ling Yanran.

In the past, whenever he had a breakthrough, he would always come to find Ling Yanran at the first possible moment. Every time he broke through, if Ling Yanran went to look for him, she would be stopped by the servants. Furthermore, every time he broke through, he would go back to Ling Yanran's room to look for her.

When he arrived at the place where Ling Yanran resided in the Immortal Sword Villa, Dugu Yifeng did not find her. With some doubts, he pondered for a moment before smiling as he walked towards the place where Butler Sa was recuperating from his injuries.

Along the way, he met Han Xi. Originally, Dugu Yifeng was prepared to give her a simple greeting before heading off to find Steward Satan. However, he suddenly thought of something and stopped her immediately.

"Right, Han Xi, did you see Yanran today?"

Han Xi stared blankly for a moment before shaking her head honestly. Then, she said, "I haven't seen Miss Yanran for a whole day."

Hearing Han Xi's words, Dugu Yifeng frowned. He didn't say anything, but quickened his pace and walked towards the place where Steward Satan was recuperating from his injuries.

When they arrived at the entrance, Dugu Yifeng's expression immediately darkened. The entire room was silent and there was no sound of conversation!

This could only mean one thing - Ling Yanran was not here!

After calming himself down, Dugu Yifeng gently pushed open the door and peeked through the crack in the door.

He saw that the housekeeper was lying on the bed. No one else was in the room.

Closing the door softly, he did not disturb Steward Satan. As Dugu Yifeng instructed the servants to look for Ling Yanran, he analyzed and pondered the situation calmly.

Ling Yanran was obviously in trouble!

That was the most likely thought in Dugu Yifeng's mind. As for the ones who attacked him, naturally, Dugu Yifeng's first thought would be of the group of men in black from the last time!

Ten days had passed since the last attack. Dugu Yifeng reckoned that these people would not make a move again.

In these ten days, normal people would definitely relax their guard. Not to mention, Ling Yanran had only gone to the Green Willow River.

The ruckus in the Divine Sword Villa was already getting louder and louder, alarming quite a few people.

At this moment, a guard suddenly sent out a message. There were traces of a fight by the Green Willow River!

Dugu Yifeng immediately rushed out of the manor with Han Xi following closely behind, followed by many of the manor's guards.

Right after they left the main gate, Dugu Yifeng and the others wanted to rush towards the Qing Liu River, but —

"Rumble …"

A series of thunderous booms rang out, "Huh?" Dugu Yifeng looked up with a puzzled expression.

He saw a group of more than a hundred men on horseback, holding a flag in front of them. They were rushing from outside the village towards Dugu Yifeng's group.

Immediately, the guards behind Dugu Yifeng rushed in front of him. At the same time, he raised the sabre in his hand in front of his body and prepared to pull it out at any moment.

In the blink of an eye, a hundred and ten people surrounded the big gates of the Divine Sword Villa.

The torch illuminated the faces of Dugu Yifeng and the others. Following that, Dugu Yifeng could vaguely make out the words written on the flag.

"Fierce Demon Stronghold?" A cry rang out, and quite a few people had already seen the words on the flag.

Once this voice was heard, the guard in front of Dugu Yifeng immediately became alert. He took out the weapon in his hand and the two parties immediately went against each other.

At this time, the group of horses suddenly and unhurriedly opened up a path. Two tall men riding horses walked out.

One of them was a rather handsome man who appeared to be around forty years old. He held a seven foot long spear in his hand. As for the other person, Dugu Yifeng's eyes slanted and a brilliant light flashed through them as he frowned.

This other person was dressed in black and had a red whip wrapped around his waist. There was a scar on the right side of his face. It looked like it was made by a whip and was gray in color. It looked like the scar was aged. Moreover, this person was a one-eyed dragon.

As soon as Dugu Yifeng saw this person, some memories were pulled out from the depths of his mind. He immediately recognized this person — the Third Master of the Evil Devil Stronghold, the Whip Devil!

After a moment, Dugu Yifeng's eyes narrowed. He looked at the handsome big man and said, "This person should be the legendary Great Master of the Evil Devil Stronghold, the Spear Demon!"

At this moment, most of the people looked at the group of a hundred or so people and understood what was happening — the assault of the Fierce Demon Stronghold!