Seeing that Gu Xiaoqing, who had long been besieged by two cultivators, was suffocatingly oppressed, she didn’t miss such a chance.
Taking advantage of the tall, thin man in black being fully occupied with defending against Chu Ning’s attack.
The flying sword followed in attack and directly sliced the head off the tall, thin man in black.
Instantly, the situation reversed, and the Cyan Creek Sect’s members, who were originally at a disadvantage, suddenly gained an absolute upper hand.
The last man in black tried to flee by flying escape when he saw the situation, but was directly surrounded and slain by Shen Zhengquan and Lu Miaoying.
Only at this point did everyone’s faces relax a bit.
Lu Miaoying then, with a cry of "Wah," began to cry out loud.
Evidently, this Outer Disciple from the Spirit Beast Room has never experienced such a scene before, narrowly escaping death, and was so frightened that she cried out.
Yet, as she cried, her voice turned to sorrow.
"Senior Brother Luo, he..."
Chu Ning also walked over to Luo Yiping’s corpse together with a few others.
Looking at Gu Xiaoqing and Lu Miaoying’s grieving faces, he sighed slightly in his heart.
If Luo Yiping hadn’t fallen so far behind earlier, and let himself run ahead.
Those red and black flashes just now might have attacked Gu Xiaoqing and Shen Zhengquan instead of himself.
Whether the later black light was attacking him or Luo Yiping, it wasn’t clear either.
In the end, he shielded the attack for the three in front, allowing them to survive.
Luo Yiping, on the other hand, who was alone in the rear, was struck dead by the red and black light.
Perhaps it’s just fate.
Seeing Gu Xiaoqing still comforting Lu Miaoying, and Shen Zhengquan standing aside without any action, Chu Ning frowned slightly and sighed:
"Senior Sister Gu, we should hurry back to the Market, it’s not safe here if these people are really from the Yin Demon Sect."
Gu Xiaoqing, startled by Chu Ning’s reminder, came to her senses abruptly.
"Junior Brother Chu is right, we should leave immediately."
With that, she supported Lu Miaoying to leave.
Seeing this, Chu Ning quickly reminded:
"Wait a moment, shouldn’t we tidy up here a bit?"
Without waiting for a response, he picked up the storage bag of the gray-robed man he killed closest to him and opened it directly.
He had long suspected their identities, and it was time to verify them.
Soon, Chu Ning solemnly took out an iron token from inside.
"Yin Demon Sect!"
Seeing the item in Chu Ning’s hand, the other three exclaimed in surprise.
Months ago, everyone had seen the iron token at Lin Changqing’s place, so they recognized it at a glance.
Chu Ning now had a furrowed brow, indeed he had guessed correctly, they were indeed from the Yin Demon Sect.
"Why do people from the Yin Demon Sect appear, and even attack us?"
Gu Xiaoqing’s face showed a mix of shock and anger.
Chu Ning shook his head, without responding to her question.
Instead, he walked to the others, searched through the belongings of the slain, and collected their magical artifacts and storage bags.
Then, he set the corpses on fire one by one.
Only then did he walk back to the group.
Gu Xiaoqing and the others looked at Chu Ning’s actions, completely stunned.
Seeing the proficiency as if Junior Brother Chu seemed quite familiar with it.
Seeing their expressions, Chu Ning sighed again internally and said inadvertently:
"You Senior Brothers and Sisters are from the Outer Sect, unlike me, who comes from being a Servant Disciple, so I asked others for advice on outdoor matters more often."
While speaking, Chu Ning sorted the items in his hands.
He kept the magical artifacts and storage bags of the three he personally killed, and handed the items of the two killed by Gu Xiaoqing and Shen Zhengquan to them respectively.
Seeing this, Gu Xiaoqing hesitated slightly.
Chu Ning reminded: "Even if Senior Sister doesn’t want them, they need to be shown to the Sect upon return.
At least it helps confirm the identities of these people from their belongings."
Upon hearing this, Gu Xiaoqing nodded slightly and accepted the items.
While Shen Zhengquan accepted them without hesitation, his gaze towards Chu Ning was filled with a complex meaning.
"It’s quite surprising that Junior Brother Chu can kill three bandits alone."
Gu Xiaoqing finally regained her composure, the gentle eyes like water looked at Chu Ning.
"Indeed, if not for Junior Brother Chu, we might have all died here today."
Earlier, everyone’s heart spirit was still a bit tumultuous, but after calming down slightly now, they found that Chu Ning, with the lowest cultivation, turned out to be the key figure in this battle, everyone’s startled.
Chu Ning knew they would be puzzled long ago.
He shook his head and smiled wryly:
"Just luck, thanks to the Intermediate Defense Magical Artifact given by Steward He Changyou from the Spirit Plant Room before leaving the Sect.
Additionally, I bought several Intermediate Lower Grade Defense Talismans at the Market.
But now, they’ve all been damaged."
While speaking, he took out his Silver Crystal Frost Bamboo Shield.
Currently, the Intermediate Defense Magical Artifact had a hole in the center and the spirit charm was completely gone, clearly unusable.
Chu Ning continued:
"In the gray mist, fortunately, I had many talismans, throwing them out hit the bandit just right.
Otherwise, I might have perished here too."
Then, he took out his Divine Wood Longbow from the storage bag.
"Lastly, credit to this Advanced Magical Artifact purchased from Cloud Sea Pavilion just earlier."