Lin Bai treated his wounds in the forest, taking many healing pills.
Three days later, Lin Bai's injuries had recovered by seventy to eighty percent.
Ji Xiang stood beside Lin Bai like a piece of wood.
"Let's go, Ji Xiang... Senior Brother." Lin Bai smiled faintly.
Ji Xiang shook his head. "There's no need to call me Senior Brother. I've already been expelled from the sect. Just call me Ji Xiang."
Lin Bai smiled. "But you were still Master's disciple once, and you entered the sect before me. It's only right that I call you Senior Brother."
Upon hearing this, Ji Xiang could only give a bitter laugh.
Lin Bai looked at the three headless corpses of the Black-Robed Men on the ground and asked curiously, "Who exactly were these people? Why would three Human Core Realm experts be sent to kill me?"
Lin Bai walked over, picked up the three men's Storage Bags, and inspected them. They were spotlessly clean, without the slightest flaw.
Ji Xiang opened the clothing over the three men's chests.
Only then did Lin Bai suddenly notice that each of the three men had a scorpion tattoo on his chest.
All three tattoos were exactly the same.
"What does this scorpion tattoo represent?" Lin Bai asked, puzzled.
Ji Xiang said, "The Five Venoms Sect's Scorpion Altar."
Lin Bai asked curiously, "Senior Brother Ji Xiang, you recognize this tattoo?"
Ji Xiang said, "A hundred years ago, the Five Venoms Sect was the strongest Devil Dao Sect in the East Ridge Seven Hundred Kingdoms. Most of its disciples were Poison Cultivators, and their strength was terrifying. Their methods were ruthless, and they often slaughtered martial cities throughout the East Ridge Seven Hundred Kingdoms."
"Divine Relic Ridge sent experts into the East Ridge Seven Hundred Kingdoms countless times,