After Lu Ping blocked the opponent's Spiritual Sense attack, Lu Ping and the cultivator simultaneously turned to look behind them. Lu Ping wore a thoughtful expression and his expression relaxed. However, the dozen or so cultivators suddenly stopped and quickly retreated towards the Eastern Sea. Cultivator 72 took out his shuttle again and after the dozen or so cultivators entered it, the shuttle flashed in the air. When Lu Ping looked again, it was already a thousand meters away.
At that moment, three powerful spiritual pressures suddenly appeared on the island. Lu Ping pretended to be out of magic power and landed on the island. The remaining thirty or so cultivators on the island all sat paralyzed on the ground, without the slightest trace of a cultivator's demeanor.
Three long roars came from afar, and there was a trace of anger in the voices. After a while, the three figures stopped on the island. The three figures emitted a vast spiritual force and Divine Sense. It was clear to everyone that these three were Core Forging Stage experts.
Lu Ping recognized the cultivator on the far left as the Li Clan's Patriarch, Li Maolin. From this, it seemed that the other two were the Patriarchs of the Zhang and Wang Clans.
At this moment, Lu Ping was already standing together with the remaining cultivators. Seeing the three Spiritual Masters arrive, it seemed that they were aware of the changes in the underground trade fair.
Some of the more quick-witted cultivators had already taken off their cloaks. Lu Ping also followed suit and took off his cloak. At that moment, several streaks of light flew behind the three Spiritual Masters. These streaks of light were the children of the three great clans. Among them were the Four Young Masters, the Wang Clan's Alchemist, and the Li Clan's Alchemist.
Lu Ping was surprised when he saw Li Xiuzhu and the others. Then, he remembered that the underground trade fair was originally organized by the three great clans. It was normal for the disciples of the three great clans to have life-saving methods in the underground cave. After the disciples of the three great clans escaped, they quickly notified their respective clans and the three Spiritual Masters arrived.
After hearing the news, everyone realized that this group of cultivators didn't leave behind any loopholes. They only knew that the dozen or so cultivators were at the peak of the Ninth Layer of the Blood Condensation Realm. They were stronger than cultivators in the same realm. Their sneak attack was well-planned and didn't leave much information for the three Core Forging Enlightened Masters.
In fact, Lu Ping had discovered something about the leader of the group, number seventy-two. However, he obviously wouldn't say it out loud. The whole sneak attack was complicated and confusing. Even the Core Forging Enlightened Masters were involved. It was obviously not the work of an ordinary force. In fact, not only Lu Ping, but the other forty or so survivors of the three clans were also wary of this sneak attack. Their suspicious gazes were all directed at the three great clans.
The news of the underground trade fair being attacked quickly spread throughout the three clans' islands. The cultivators in the three clans' cities discussed it, and all kinds of rumors and slanders spread through various channels.
The survivors of the three clans' islands quickly disappeared from the eyes of the cultivators of the three clans' islands. Even if the cultivators wanted to find out what happened, they couldn't find them.
Lu Ping was warmly invited to stay in the Li Family's manor by the Li Family's Patriarch. The Patriarch repeatedly apologized to Lu Ping for the underground trade fair. Lu Ping didn't mind. After all, the incident was too sudden. Two of the Li Family's cultivators had died in the attack.
The Li Family had already prepared the spiritual herbs needed to concoct the Seven Step Marked Pill. Lu Ping decided to start concocting the pill in the next few days. Li Maolin was naturally overjoyed. He gave the order, and Lu Ping's requests were all fulfilled.
Two days later, the rumors in the three clans' cities became more and more widespread. The spearhead was quickly pointed at the three great clans. The transmission talismans that allowed the underground trade fair were in the hands of the three great clans. Most cultivators believed that only the three great clans had the ability to send the same group of cultivators into the underground cave.
Of course, there were also cultivators who believed that it couldn't be ruled out that the culprit had been plotting against the three clans for a long time. However, the possibility of this was not high.
Some people said that it was the Zhang Family's doing. They wanted to unify the three clans' islands and push aside the other two clans. However, this theory was obviously not accepted by everyone. The Zhang Family had always followed the lead of the Northern Alliance. They wouldn't do anything to Enlightened Master Bi. Moreover, the Zhang Family didn't have the power to fall out with the Northern Alliance.
Some people said that it was the Li Family's doing. However, this was even more unlikely. The Li Family was the weakest in the three clans' islands. They were usually the most cautious. The Li Family's disciples never caused trouble or participated in it. They acted as a neutral party on the three clans' islands, staying between the Zhang Family and the Wang Family.
Then, the biggest suspect was the Wang Family. The Wang Family had always been at odds with the Zhang Family for the position of the number one family on the three clans' islands. However, the Northern Alliance had always supported the Zhang Family. This caused the Wang Family to always be at a disadvantage in the battle between the two clans. Presumably, the Wang Family had a lot of complaints about the Northern Alliance.
What was more coincidental was that not long ago, a group of cultivators from the Crystal Palace set up a secret stronghold on a small island attached to the three clans' islands. Not only did the cultivators from the Crystal Palace who had their hands in the Northern Alliance's territory not let the matter rest, they even sent a group of cultivators to investigate the cause of their cultivators dying in the Northern Alliance's territory.
After this pair of cultivators came to the three clans' islands, they were warmly received by the Wang Family. The disciples of the Wang Family accompanied the cultivators from the Crystal Palace in and out of the three clans' islands' market. It could be said that the cultivators from the three clans' islands had witnessed this. Lu Ping almost had a conflict with these people in the market that day.
It seemed that because the Wang Family was dissatisfied with the Northern Alliance's favoritism of the Zhang Family, after getting the support of the Crystal Palace, they disrupted the trade fair to attack the reputation of the Zhang Family and the Northern Alliance behind them. This made sense.
Only one day after this message was spread, the cultivators from the Wang Family who went out to the three clans' islands were attacked by an anonymous cultivator. Two Wang Family disciples died.
This seemed to be a signal. Another day later, the cultivators from the Wang Family who went out to hunt with the cultivators from the Crystal Palace were attacked by an unknown force again. The attacker even gave up on the cultivators from the Wang Family and turned to attack the cultivators from the Crystal Palace. When the reinforcements from the Wang Family were about to arrive, the attacker killed the two cultivators from the Crystal Palace.
After the two attacks, the Wang Family seemed to be identified by all the cultivators from the three clans' islands as the participants of the underground trade fair attack. The mastermind behind the attack was naturally the cultivators from the Crystal Palace who were in cahoots with the Wang Family.
The Wang Family naturally tried to defend themselves. At the same time, they announced that they would severely punish the people who slandered the Wang Family and hunt down the murderers of the two attacks.
However, the development of the situation was beyond the expectations of the Wang Family. The cultivators who survived the underground trade fair appeared one after another and questioned the Wang Family. Because these cultivators were either the leaders of some small forces or had quite a reputation among the cultivators, otherwise they would not have been allowed to participate in the trade fair by the three clans' teleportation talismans. Therefore, these people's doubts made the situation of the Wang Family even worse.
The cultivators from the Wang Family and the cultivators from the Crystal Palace frequently met with danger outside.
On this day, the coercion of a Core Forging Enlightened Master once again descended on the three clans' cities. The Master of the Li Family and the others were alarmed. Li Xiuzhu and the others returned after a while, but Li Maolin went to the Zhang Family. Lu Ping found out that Enlightened Master Bi, who was schemed against by someone with a magic weapon in the underground trade fair, was sent to the sea thousands of miles away. He brought a group of cultivators from the Northern Alliance and returned to the three clans' islands angrily. There were also two Core Forging Enlightened Masters from the Wind Cicada Hall and the Fire Cicada Hall from the Northern Alliance. At this time, the three clans and some famous forces and cultivators from the three clans' islands gathered at the Zhang Family to discuss the attack on the trade fair.
The entire three clans' cities became jittery because of Enlightened Master Bi's return.
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