When Ling Tian fought others, he had exposed the long spear, making many people envious. Some were even jealous. It seemed they might secretly attack them, just as Po Qiong and the others had predicted.
Ling Tian knew Yan Yun would definitely stand on his side, so he found a chance to tell him about it in private and asked him to protect him.
At first, Yan Yun didn't believe him. But Ling Tian told him that his spiritual sense was highly accurate and repeatedly stressed that someone would attack him, until Yan Yun finally believed him and agreed to protect him in secret.
Next, Ling Tian devised a plan with Yan Yun to lure those people into making their move, then wipe them all out.
It wasn't that Ling Tian had a strong killing intent. He knew those few were the bad apples in the group, and he didn't want them to make a fool of Yan Yun. Without even realizing it, he had come to regard Yan Yun as a brother.
With Ling Tian's intelligence, it was easy enough to set a trap and give those people a nasty surprise. When everyone looked for a place to rest temporarily, he made an excuse to go out alone. After all, every cultivator had private business of their own.
Not long after Ling Tian left, some others also made excuses to go out. They were fairly clever, though, and didn't brazenly head in the direction Ling Tian had gone. Instead, they went the other way, planning to travel some distance before circling around to pursue him.
Of course, when Ling Tian left, those people had secretly tampered with him, making it easier for them to track him down.
Ling Tian naturally knew they had tampered with him, but he didn't