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The late autumn season should have been the season for all living things to wilt. However, the trees in the Cloud Sky Brook were still emerald green, as if the seasonal changes outside could not affect it at all. This fact was the case too; although the Cloud Sky Brook looked like it was in the valley, it was actually a small world that Yun Tian had created himself. There was no change in season here, and the sun that hung forever outside could not be seen in the Cloud Sky Brook. The cultivators inside could only rely on the sky to distinguish between day and night. Although the Cloud Sky Brook was not large from the outside, it was actually about the same size as the Cloud State. Thus, with the flying speed of a Qi Condensation cultivator, it would take at least a year to cross the Cloud Sky Brook. In these two months, it also meant that the range of activity of the Cloud Sky Brook disciples was limited.

The entire Cloud Sky Brook was divided into five groups, and the most concentrated treasure was at the southernmost area of the Lake of Forgotten Smoke, while Lu Chen was currently in the Misty Forest, which was located in the easternmost area of the Cloud Sky Brook. However, to Lu Chen, this Dense Fog Forest was his best choice. Because the most number of Spiritual Beasts here were also the easiest places to ambush, Lu Chen spent the next two months hunting in the Dense Fog Forest.

Lu Chen walked alone in the Misty Forest. The reason the Misty Forest was called the Misty Forest was because every time it was night time, the entire forest would be shrouded in thick fog. The people in the forest wouldn't be able to see the direction, and this was also the time when the spirit beasts were at their most active. Even though Lu Chen was very confident in himself, he would still hide in a tree at night and stop walking. After all, he had once tried to feel like he was surrounded by a group of spirit beasts, so he didn't want to experience it again.

Half a month passed by in the blink of an eye. In this half a month, Lu Chen had killed quite a few spirit beasts in the Misty Forest, and there was also a faint hint of blood on his sword. On the road, Lu Chen had met a disciple at the twelfth level of the Refinement Stage from the Cloud Sky Sect. As Lu Chen entered deeper into the Misty Forest, he discovered that the fog in the forest was becoming less and less, which made him feel very strange.

"Strange, why is it that the further in we go, the thinner the fog becomes?" Lu Chen muttered to himself as he looked at the surrounding fog. "From that Cloud Sky Sect disciple, I found out that most of the Cloud Sky Sect's disciples are gathered at the Lake of Forgotten Smoke. Should I go there?" Lu Chen thought hard. After thinking for a while, Lu Chen looked up into the depths of the Misty Forest, then turned around and left.

The Forgotten Smoke Lake could be said to be the most precious and safest place in the Cloud Sky Brook. Because of the methods left behind by Yun Tian, most of the Cloud Sky Sect's disciples would be transported here every time the Cloud Sky Brook opened. In fact, it could also be said to be the treasured area left behind by Yun Tian for the disciples of the Cloud Sky Sect. The Lake of Forgotten Smoke was like its name – it forgot that the smoke remained calm. From a distance, the lake looked like a large mirror. Only the occasional breeze could cause the lake to ripple a little. Sitting by the lake at the Lake of Forgetfulness, one could feel the calmness in one's heart and help those disciples train.

"Senior brother Zheng, Senior brother Chen, why haven't you been here for so many days?" They asked worriedly. The Senior Martial Brother Chen he mentioned was called Chen Yuan, one of the five twelfth level Refinement Stage disciples from the Cloud Sky Sect. Since he couldn't be teleported to the Lake of Forgotten Smoke, he teleported himself, and he happened to be the Cloud Sky Sect disciple that died at Lu Chen's hands. Of course, Zheng Xianfeng and Quan Zouwei, who had been waiting for Chen Yuan for a long time and had already lost it at the hands of Lu Chen, could not reach the Lake of Forgetfulness.

"I don't know how to wait for another day, but if Senior Brother Chen doesn't come tomorrow, then we will have to retrieve the treasure ourselves. If we go too late, we will have to let the Wind Sect gain the upper hand again." Zheng said. The Cloud Sky Sect was not as united as they appeared to be. The Cloud Sky Sect was divided into two factions, the Cloud Sect and the Wind Sect. The disciples fought for the upper hand, and they had a request: if they failed, they would be punished.

Due to the fact that Lu Chen had obtained a Teleportation Rune from the dead Chen Yuan, the Cloud Sky Sect had specially made it for their disciples to teleport to the Lake of Forgotten Smoke at the first try. Lu Chen arrived at Lake of Forgotten in a short while using this Teleportation Talisman. As soon as he arrived, he saw that the two Cloud Sky Sect disciples had decided to start the hunt with these two disciples.

"Excuse me, are you waiting for someone?" Lu Chen walked up to him and asked.

"Who are you?" Zheng Xianzi and everyone else turned to look at Lu Chen vigilantly when they heard the voice behind them. Because every time a disciple of the Cloud Sky Sect came to the Lake of Forgetfulness, they would also eliminate those that weren't from their sect. Therefore, they were even more wary of Lu Chen who had suddenly appeared.

"I'm here to send you to the man you're waiting for." A cruel smile appeared on Lu Chen's face. When he first arrived, he saw that all of them were at least at the tenth level of the Refinement Stage. Therefore, his target had been targeted.

"Flame Palm." Lu Chen said in a low voice. At the same time, he took advantage of the fact that all of them didn't have a chance to react and struck them in the stomach.

"Am I going to die just like that?" After this thought flashed through his mind, he fell to the ground and closed his eyes for eternity.

Junior brother Quan." "Ahh!" Zheng shouted in pain. You are. Your Cloudsoaring sect and our Cloud Sky Sect are cooperating! How could you kill a disciple of my Cloud Sky Sect? " Zheng Xian looked at Lu Chen's clothes and asked.

"Because there are no eternal friends in this world who only have eternal interests. Plus, my goal here is to hunt." Lu Chen said with a smile.

However, to Zheng Xian, Lu Chen's smile was terrifying.

"Which hunt are you hunting?" Zheng asked.

"My prey is you. "Clear Sky Slash." Although Zheng Xian had prepared this beforehand, he did not expect Lu Chen to make a move so quickly. Coupled with the power of Lu Chen's Cyan Cloud Slash, it was enough to injure a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator of the eleventh layer.

Zheng Xian only saw a green saber hacking down at him, while he let it cut him down like wood. Although he was unwilling, he could only fall to Lu Chen's sword with hatred.

Lu Chen went up to take a look at all the valuable things and Zheng Xian's storage pouches. Although he had a lot of spirit stones, he didn't mind having a lot of them. He didn't care as long as there was money to be made.

Lu Chen originally wanted to burn the two corpses, but after thinking for a moment and using their blood to write a few words on the ground, he turned around and left.

After Lu Chen left, only a few bloody words remained on the ground, "Hunt begins."

The wind blew their clothes and the dust on the ground, but it did not blow away the blood.

Hou Jin's face was ashen as he looked at the bloody characters on the ground. He, too, was sent to another place by the Cloud Sect. Then, he relied on the sect's teleportation talisman to arrive at the Lake of Forgotten Smoke.

"Senior Zhang, who do you think did this?" Hou Jin asked Zhang Ji, who was standing beside him.

"I don't know, but it's obviously a provocation to our Cloud Sky Sect." Zhang Ji said with a livid expression. He was also one of the 12th level Refinement Stage cultivators that came to the Cloud Sky Cave this time. Now that he saw someone killing his own fellow sect member and writing these words so openly, it was clearly a provocation.

"Senior Brother Zhang, we?" asked the money man.

"Shall we go around to look for people from the sects? Even those from the sects should temporarily put down a few." Zhang Ji sighed. It was safest to get together when they didn't know each other's strength.

Zhang Ji and Hou Jin walked along the shore of the Forgetfulness Smoke Lake. Along the way, they would occasionally find the corpses of their fellow disciples and the bloody characters "1, 2, 3", which made them even angrier. They couldn't help but speed up their pace because they realized that half of their peers had already turned into corpses. They didn't dare imagine the consequences if they didn't catch the murderer.

At this moment, Qian Yu, Gong Zhang, and a few other people in the other direction were walking in the direction of Zhang Ji and Hou Jin with ashen faces. They had also seen the miserable state of their sect disciples along the way.

Since the two of them had followed the trail of the corpse, they finally met after three days.

"Senior Brother Qian?" Zhang Ji exclaimed when he saw Qian Yu.

"Junior Zhang, you don't know anything about the two of you?" Qian Yu asked.

"That's right. It seems that Senior Qian and I have met with the same problem." Zhang Ji sighed when he saw Qian Yu's expression.

"If I catch the killer, I'll make him wish he was dead." The man who came with Qian Yu said.

Lu Chen was lying on a tree branch in a relaxed manner. He looked at the six Cloud Sky Sect disciples on the ground and smiled, "Six of you, this time you guys have enough prey. However, the net has already been thrown and you guys can't escape." As he spoke, Lu Chen extended his hand and shot a bullet into a tree trunk, triggering the killing array that he had set up earlier.

He had left behind those corpse and blood words in order to attract the disciples of the Cloud Sky Sect. He knew that the disciples of the Cloud Sky Sect would definitely follow his arrangements, because the pride of the disciples of the Cloud Sky Sect did not allow others to insult their sect like this.

After the killing array had been activated, the Cloud Sky Sect disciples had also discovered that something was wrong and wanted to leave, but could not find the exit. Lu Chen had long since studied the Cloud Sky Sect disciples' weakness in formation, and this was related to the Cloud Sky Sect not paying attention to the disciples' formation, so he had taken advantage of this.

Lu Chen stood on the tree and listened to the screams that echoed out from time to time. After four sounds, he stopped moving, "It seems like I still have to go with the other two. However, how can the person in the jar let you escape?" Lu Chen jumped off the tree and retreated, exposing himself in front of the remaining Cloud Sky Sect disciples.