Chen Mobai left Nanxi Market and arrived at a desolate mountain.

Just as he was about to rest, two beams of sword light suddenly attacked from behind, glaringly bright and impossible to ignore.

“Who’s there!”

Chen Mobai was no longer a novice in combat. Two wooden shield talismans flew out from his sleeve, instantly transforming into two green light shields, blocking the path of the sword light.

With a “bang”!

To his surprise, the two beams of sword light pierced through the wooden shield talismans without any hindrance.

“Two experts!”

Upon seeing this, Chen Mobai’s expression changed, and he dared not delay any longer.

The Water Element Shield moved with his thoughts, transforming into two whirlpools, appearing in the path of the sword light, enveloping it, and dissipating its sharp spiritual power.

However, at that very moment!

The hum of the sword resonated.

The sword light split into two. While the Water Element Shield blocked two of them, the other two curved around and aimed for the shoulder blades of Chen Mobai.

“Did they not aim for my vital points because they don’t want to kill me? Or are they hesitant?”

This thought flashed through Chen Mobai’s mind in the midst of the action.

He activated the wooden armor talisman and the golden light talisman in his palm.

With a wave of his other hand, a green handkerchief flew out from his sleeve.

Three defenses were launched simultaneously, finally blocking the two beams of sword light that were flying towards him.

Amidst the booming sounds.

Chen Mobai involuntarily took two steps back.

The spiritual power contained within these two beams of sword light was so strong that even his three defenses couldn’t completely dissipate it.

Compared to the combat test during the Immortal Gate’s entrance exam, these were opponents on a completely different level.

Chen Mobai compared them to the strongest opponents he had faced, Gong Xiangyu and Yan Feng.

He found that even if these two were to attack him together, they wouldn’t pose as much of a threat as the two beams of sword light just now.

This wasn’t to say that the two beams of sword light were stronger than the “Heavenly Heart Sword Talisman’s” Heavenly Sea Sword Qi, but rather, the person who made the move had far surpassed the students of the Immortal Gate in terms of combat experience, insight, timing, and control of sword techniques.

Chen Mobai felt calm and confident when facing opponents from the Immortal Gate, but when facing these two beams of sword light, he had to exert all his energy.

“Who dares to attack a disciple of the Shenmu Sect!”

Chen Mobai thought about it and realized that if the opponent had any reservations about him, it could only be because of his newly acquired identity.

“Hmph, in this wilderness, who would know if we killed you.”

Two cultivators, one tall and one short, both thin, wearing bamboo hats and black cloth masks, revealing only a pair of eyes, appeared before Chen Mobai, each holding a long sword.

“Thank goodness they’re just two paupers.”

Chen Mobai sighed in relief when he saw that they were not using flying swords, but holding long swords.

If they had used flying swords against him, his defensive talismans and magical instruments wouldn’t have been able to withstand more than a few hits.

“Esteemed seniors, I am just a lone cultivator. I have 20 spirit stones on me. If you need money to let me pass, please take them, but spare my life.”

Even without flying swords, from the prowess of the two beams of sword light just now, it was clear that these two unsightly cultivators were at least in the late stage of Qi Refining.

Moreover, they were sword cultivators, known for their strong combat power among cultivators.

Chen Mobai felt that he was not their match, so he first thought about reaching a consensus through words.

He untied a cloth bag from his waist, opened it, and threw it onto the grass in front of the two men.

With a clinking sound, spirit stones rolled out from the opened bag, their crystalline spiritual light instantly attracting the attention of the two cultivators.

However, they quickly regained their senses, raised their long swords, and pointed them at Chen Mobai’s right hand.

“Esteemed seniors, what do you mean by this? Do you want one of my hands?”

Chen Mobai couldn’t accept this. If that was the case, he would have to fight for his life.

“No, we want the Sword Casting Ring you’re wearing!”

The taller cultivator spoke, pointing with the long sword in his hand at the brass ring Chen Mobai was wearing.

“Sword Casting Ring?”

Chen Mobai lifted his hand and looked at the brass ring on his finger. So this magical instrument had this name.

Is it a famous magical instrument?

“Esteemed seniors, I can give you the item, but please give me a guarantee. After taking the item, you absolutely cannot harm me, not even a single hair.”

Although Chen Mobai was reluctant to part with the brass ring he had only used once, compared to his own safety, this item could be given up.

“Fine, we can promise you that, but you also have to promise us one thing.”

“Please speak.”

“After we take the Sword Casting Ring and leave, you can’t pursue us for our identities because of this matter. Even if you find out, we three cannot harm each other.”

This was something the two brothers had discussed beforehand.

The best method was to rob and kill.

But the two brothers also had ambitions. With the Sword Casting Ring, they had a good chance of being accepted into the Golden Cliff.At Golden Light Cliff, there was a Sword Tomb Heart Test. If one had ever done anything harmful to the Golden Light Cliff, they would fail the test.

The relationship between Golden Light Cliff and Shenmu Sect was well-known throughout the Eastern Wilderness.

Killing and robbing were definitely wrong. Once exposed, Golden Light Cliff would kill them to protect its reputation, so they didn’t want to kill the disciples of Shenmu Sect.

Moreover, there was a genius with an excellent spiritual root, who had the potential to inherit the true teachings in the future.

However, if they didn’t kill this genius, Chen Mobai, once he achieved great cultivation in the future, they, as brothers, might be retaliated against.

So they also needed a guarantee from Chen Mobai.

“Alright, let’s make a heart oath to each other.”

Although Chen Mobai didn’t know the twists and turns in the hearts of these two brothers, he grasped their reluctance to kill the disciples of Shenmu Sect.

While marveling at the usefulness of the big sect’s influence in the Eastern Wilderness, he also took off his own brass ring.

The three of them looked at each other, about to raise their hands to swear, when a faint thunder suddenly sounded.

“Goodness, there are accomplices. Indeed, everyone here is a cunning villain!”

Chen Mobai thought these two loose cultivators were deliberately confusing him, waiting for him to take off his ring before making their move.

But then he saw the lightning that burst from the distance indiscriminately falling on all three of them.

What!?

Just as he was surprised, the faces of the two brothers across from him also changed, thinking that Chen Mobai had known the news long ago and had prepared reinforcements.

The two combined their swords, the sword energy flowing, completely dissipating the blue lightning to the side of the road, leaving black scorch marks on the grass.

“I’ve been in the Eastern Wilderness for thirty years, and I’ve never seen the likes of you.”

He Qun came out with his two sworn brothers, his face strange, obviously shocked by the scene of Chen Mobai persuading the two with words just now.