Prince Chu Huang had never really placed much importance on Fang Xing and only showed concern over Xiao Xue’s battle prowess, so he grabbed towards Fang Xing the moment she stopped challenging him. He planned to capture Fang Xing and seal off his Qi before anyone else had time to react, so when Xiao Xue and the others saw what was done was already done, they’d no longer be so persistent towards how to treat this brat and it’d be much easier for him to act. When he reached over, however, a silhouette suddenly flashed in front of him to block his efforts—it was none other than Chu Ci with her arms spread wide.

　　Prince Chu Huang and Chu Ci were siblings and Chu Ci understood her brother very well. She was able to predict he’d do something like this before anyone else was able to react, allowing her to arrive here in advance and block his attack.

　　Swoosh ….

　　Prince Chu Huang’s hands paused slightly and a clear look of anger appeared on his face. “Since when did you dare to start blocking my path?”

　　Chu Ci’s tiny face was already filled with tears. She bit her lips and looked towards her royal brother before shaking her head, refusing to move.

　　“Step aside!” Prince Chu Huang didn’t wish to speak anymore and waved his sleeve in an attempt to brush Chu Ci aside. Just as he was about to do so, something came thrusting towards him filled with murderous intent, causing Prince Chu Huang to shudder and draw his sleeve back in front of him to block the black object coming his way. The black object was Fang Xing’s one-legged statue, and a loud bang rang out when the statue and sleeve collided.

　　Prince Chu Huang was forced back three small steps at once, causing his expression to change.

　　As for Fang Xing, he’d borrowed the force of Prince Chu Huang’s attack to drag Chu Ci along with him while retreating about ten feet away. He tossed her into the horse carriage and turned around to look at Prince Chu Huang with a smirk on his face. “You were asking him and her and everyone else, so why did you not ask me?” Despite the upward curve of his lips, his gaze was not so friendly.

　　Fang Xing hadn’t interrupted at all earlier and had merely watched from the side because he wanted to see what their decision would be. He’d even prepared himself for the possibility they might all agree on handing him off to the Huangfu clan, in which case he wouldn’t mind rinsing his hands in blood and killing every single one of them. In the end, however, the results turned out much better than he imagined.

　　Xiao Xue had actually tried to argue completely in his favor which had left him quite surprised. As for that halfwit of a Hou Guimen, he must’ve been thinking about the medicines he’d received from Fang Xing back at the Snowy Mountain, and so his words had been on his behalf as well. Ye Gu’yin was as cold as ever, and the only reason she spoke anything in his favor was because of that foolish Ying Qiaoqiao girl begging from the side. As for that golden turtle egg of a bastard…

　　… Fang Xing thought his decision to kill this person truly had been the correct one.

　　The collision had caused Prince Chu Huang’s expression to change because he’d been able to feel that the battle prowess of the real infamous Fang Xing was actually greater than he imagined—it seemed he wouldn’t be strong enough to capture him alone. Through the collision, it could even be said that this brat’s battle prowess was actually not much lower than his….

　　“Chu Huang, do you really think you’re the leader of the Snowy Mountain disciples? Did you ask me if you could attack?” Xiao Xue suddenly started scolding him before unsheathing her longsword and pointing it towards Prince Chu Huang.

　　Ye Gu’yin and Hou Guimen, on the other hand, showed looks of hesitation and stepped back rather than forward.

　　Behind Ye Gu’yin, Ying Qiaoqiao had already taken out her Dragon-String Guzheng and secretly activated her Qi to prepare to play. She’d been looking forward to seeing Fang Xiaojiu inside the Mysterious Domain so she could play for him during battle, and now her chance had finally arrived.

　　With this, the current situation had become two versus one, with Xiao Xue and Fang Xing against Prince Chu Huang. Prince Chu Huang’s expression turned cold—this situation was very different from what he’d anticipated….

　　Just as the atmosphere began to grow tense, someone within the Chaotic Stone Valley shouted from the top of their lungs, “Hurry, hurry, that little demon has been trapped within the swamp! He won’t be able to last long; hurry and go capture him!”

　　Outside the Chaotic Stone Valley, everyone who hadn’t entered yet were all surprised. Someone let out a loud shout and everyone suddenly began pouring forth towards the valley like a tidal wave. The little demon “Fang Xing” had been appearing and disappearing unpredictably earlier, and although everyone knew he was definitely still inside the valley, no one was able to grasp even his shadow. Unexpectedly, it seemed someone had finally managed to block him off and his capture was in sight.

　　It had to be said this person was equivalent to a summons allowing entry to the Sword Mound; now that he was at the end of his rope, who wouldn’t want to try to capture him?

　　The balance was disrupted and everything fell into chaos, and even those from the Nine Songs Tribe guarding the entrance didn’t have enough time to hand out plates to verify each and everyone’s identity. In the end, however, they decided they wouldn’t stop anyone anymore. The reason they’d been so strict before was because they were worried this little demon would sneak out, but now that he’d been trapped without any hope of escape, there would no longer be a need to worry about him borrowing someone else’s identity to get out. The fact so many cultivators were rushing towards the Chaotic Sonte Valley to offer their strength to the Nine Songs Tribe was also a demonstration of the Nine Songs Tribe’s influence, which ended up cowing the Snowy Mountain.

　　“He’s been trapped?” Hearing that yell, Ye Gu’yin’s expression changed and she dashed towards the Chaotic Stone Valley as well—it could even be said nothing else mattered once Fang Xing had been mentioned.

　　Prince Chu Huang and the others also didn’t want to let this opportunity slip away, so he waved his sleeve and coldly commanded, “Capturing that little demon is top priority. All internal disputes of the Snowy Mountain will be resolved after this!” After he finished speaking, he sent his cold gaze towards Fang Xing before flying off towards the Chaotic Stone Valley. Beneath his feet were actually glimmers of a thunderous light that allowed him to travel as fast as lightning.

　　Fang Xing became excited and wanted to rush inside as well. “Let’s go inside and check it out, too.”

　　Xiao Xue grabbed onto him with a serious expression. “Shidi Fang, it would be best for you to use this chance to leave the Mysterious Domain….”

　　Fang Xing turned and smiled at her. “Why do you not ask me why I came to this Chaotic Stone Valley?”

　　Xiao Xue was slightly taken aback. Many things had happened since they’d met up again, and she really hadn’t had the time to ask.

　　Fang Xing smiled and winked at her. “I’m here to rob the Sword Mound!” He then let out a loud laugh and reached out, causing the Flag of Ten Thousand Spirits to fly into his hands before he rushed into the Chaotic Stone Valley.

　　Behind him, Ying Qiaoqiao anxiously yelled out, “Big Brother Xiaojiu! Wait for me, Big Brother Xiaojiu….”

　　“Girl, help me look after the other girl. I’m going to be busy, but I’ll speak to you afterwards,” Fang Xing replied with a smile, only to vanish from view the moment those words were spoken.

　　After running dozens of feet without catching sight of him again, Ying Qiaoqiao looked towards that black horse carriage with some resentment. ‘Big Brother Xiaojiu arrived with that little princess and he’s been protecting her all along. When he saw me, he didn’t even say much to me and just wanted me to look after that little princess on his behalf. Is he… is he some kind of womanizer? No, I must ask him properly who he treats better… I’ll just take the little princess with me as well!’

　　Inside the Chaotic Stone Valley, everyone was rushing towards a single direction, and it was so obvious there wasn’t even a need to seek out any information. Everyone was heading towards where “Fang Xing” had been trapped, so simply following all the frantically dashing cultivators was good enough to get there as well.

　　“Oi oi, you bandit, wait for me….”

　　Amidst all the dashing, someone suddenly started calling out to Fang Xing nonstop while chasing over. Fang Xing turned and saw a person who was thin and short flying towards him, and although he wore a silk robe that covered every inch and prevented him from being recognized, Fang Xing knew who he was the moment he looked to the top of his head and saw that ponytail shooting straight upwards in a way nobody else could fake.

　　“Why the hell did you also come here, ghost kid?”

　　It was none other than Ghost Prince Li Ying, who’d increased his speed to travel alongside Fang Xing. “I’m sure our purpose is the same,” he messaged over, “Dammit, who would have thought that bastard of a Fang Xing would be trapped? I originally wanted to use him to take all the blame for us and came to see if I could find a chance to set him free. Did you also have the same thought?”

　　Annoyed, Fang Xing picked up his statue and prepared to smack Li Ying upside the head. “You’re the bastard….”

　　Startled by this, Li Ying retreated over ten feet away before sending over a hateful message, “You’re just a crazy madman! Why do you always want to hit me for no reason? Let me tell you, when I take back the Ghost King Banner from my stupid bi*ch of a sister, I’ll make sure to teach you a good lesson!”

　　“Heh? Do you want me to teach you a good lesson right here and now?”

　　“I’m warning you, don’t do anything stupid now! We’re temporarily allies, right right; we’ll fight it all out after we get our Sword Embryos….”

　　“But what if I just don’t like the look of you?”

　　“Bullsh*t, you think I like looking at you?”

　　The pair argued and would send out strikes at each other from time to time, all the while continuing to follow the crowd.

　　Within the Chaotic Stone Valley was a place covered in heavy smog and tattered surroundings, with dried trees, unwanted weeds, and a swamp. There was also a somewhat broken formation that had been rumored to house the remnants of a rare weapon, but the formation had already been broken through and the weapon had been taken, leaving only this empty formation behind. Right now, the little demon “Fang Xing” had been trapped inside this foggy swamp while borrowing on the remaining protection of the formation to have a moment of breath.

　　A few groups of people were already outside the formation and were loudly shouting orders at the disciples who understood and were working on the formation. “It’s nothing more than a broken formation, so why is it still holding up? How long do we have to wait?”

　　The person trying to break the formation had beads of sweat along his forehead as he replied, “The formation was originally extremely mysterious and difficult to break through. It was broken through by someone before and a single path was left going to the center, but that little demon is extremely sly and patched up the path after entering this foggy swamp. Right now we are trying to calculate how to resolve his formation flags. Rest assured, Shixiong, he ultimately cannot escape and it’s only a matter of time….”

　　“Quickly, quickly, you have to hurry! Someone leaked the news not long ago, and who knows how many more people will come to fight for this little demon? We have to hurry!”

　　“Rest assured, Shixiong. Even if he wanted to forcibly break the outer walls of the Chaotic Stone Valley, he has already been injured by Sir Lei Jiu and is currently at his weakest point. As long as we break open the formation, we’ll have him in our grasp….”

　　The cultivators outside the formation were incredibly anxious, but they could do nothing but try to their best to solve the formation.

　　Within the formation, a somewhat weak but very arrogant voice rose up, “Haha, you group of bastards, you think this would be enough to catch me?Cough , you all wait, when I recover, you’ll be the first I come and tear into pieces. Killing all the men, ra— cough … raping all the women….”

　　Such words caused the cultivators outside the formation to become even more anxious. “Increase the speed at any cost. I heard this little demon has methods to recover quickly, and we won’t have another chance to capture him again if he manages to recover before we finish….” After this person rushed those who were trying to solve the formation, he turned to a woman to the side and said, “There is a poison smog over the swamp and we need a detoxifying pellet to ensure all our safety. Shimei Linyun, have you finished the detoxifying pellets I asked you to craft?”

　　Around eight feet away from the man was a white-clothed woman sitting in front of a red cauldron. Her face was pale without any color and her eyes were filled with worry as she looked towards the direction of the swamp, all while sitting in front of a cauldron that wasn’t even on….