Immortal Sect

"Su Wan!" Moon Slave Fairy Zhao Si'er's pupils tightened slightly, and the fingers pinching the talisman turned faintly white.

"How did someone from the Wind Riding Sect end up mixed in with the Green Vine Sect?"

The girl Su Wan gave a sweet smile.

"The Four Sects share the same breath and branch. But when it comes to something like Spirit Spring Seeds, your Plum Blossom Sect wants to keep them all for yourselves. No wonder I had to stick my foot in."

"Our sect naturally has no such intention. You are overthinking it." Moon Slave Fairy's pretty face grew colder still.

"Hahaha, I happened to run into Miss Su Wan on the road. When she heard that Spirit Spring Seeds had appeared, and that the Plum Blossom Sect had not informed the other three sects, she decisively came all the way here. She happened to want to see how Moon Slave Fairy would explain herself..."

As Zhuang Tianci spoke, his gaze involuntarily fell upon Su Wan's pert, rounded backside. Su Wan wore a black dress, tightly fitted despite being long. The wind blew from behind, pressing the skirt against her hips and legs and outlining their clear, enticing curves.

Gulp...

Zhuang Tianci could not help swallowing softly. He had played with quite a few women, but this sort of tender, delectable type was rare. Once this was over...

"Have you seen enough?" A gentle voice suddenly sounded by his ear.

Zhuang Tianci's expression changed sharply, and the green mist around his body surged thicker with a boom.

But a fair, slender hand was faster than the mist. It pierced straight through the green fog and struck his chest with a vicious slap.

Bang!

The green mist before Zhuang Tianci instantly collapsed. His chest visibly caved in, revealing a slender palm print.

"Su Wan, what are you doing?!" he roared in shock and fury.

"Of course, I'm killing you! Hahaha!" Su Wan burst into a crazed laugh. With a leap, she lightly pounced toward Zhuang Tianci like a younger sister throwing herself into her older brother's embrace.

"What the hell are you trying to do?!" Zhuang Tianci could not understand it at all. He had just negotiated terms with this demoness, yet in less than half an hour she had turned on him!

"Intercepting Current Palm." Su Wan's right hand drifted out lightly. A complex black symbol twisted into existence in her palm, glowing with a faint black light.

"Now that you have led me here, you are no longer useful. Why not die?" Su Wan smiled, but her eyes were exceptionally cold.

"Don't think I'm afraid of you!" Zhuang Tianci immediately flew into a rage. The green mist around him swelled wildly, engulfing Su Wan as well.

Outsiders could not see what was happening inside, but Moon Slave Fairy Zhao Si'er's face was frosty as she led Lin Zhiwen and the others several more steps back.

"Th-this... what exactly is going on?" The two young men and women of the Plum Blossom Sect, experts who had come to lend their strength this time, leaped to Zhao Si'er's side and asked in low voices, their faces filled with alarm.

Zhao Si'er shook her head slightly.

"Su Wan is temperamental and unpredictable. Though the Wind Riding Sect is one of the Four Sects and considered a righteous, famous sect, its core lies in controlling flow. Wind is merely one kind of flow; all flowing liquids fall within it as well. Their cultivation arts are the most unorthodox. I do not know what is happening either."

"Perhaps the two of them already had some ugly business between them," the female Plum Blossom Sect expert sneered.

"Perhaps. Su Wan was molested by her adoptive father in childhood, so her temperament is biased and extreme..." Hiss!

Before Zhao Si'er finished speaking, her right hand suddenly clawed forward and scattered a stream of transparent air that had shot at her face.

"Sister Moon Slave, don't go exposing other people's wounds behind their backs~~" Su Wan's voice drifted over from afar.

Zhao Si'er's expression changed slightly.

"That demoness has grown stronger again..." She had suffered at Su Wan's hands before. Now she kept silent and did not speak further.

At this point, none of them dared say another word, afraid Su Wan might suddenly launch another attack.

In the distance, Zhuang Tianci and Su Wan were already close to deciding the victor.

Zhuang Tianci was struck on the shoulder by a palm from afar. An enlarged, gigantic black rune appeared behind him and vanished in a flash.

With a boom, he smashed through a wall of his own accord, evading the follow-up pursuit. The green mist around him also dispersed, and he was supported by the Bamboo Hat People wielding Green Vine Sabers who rushed over.

"Retreat!" Zhuang Tianci shouted through gritted teeth. The clothes over his right shoulder had been torn apart, and a black character was clearly visible on his skin, burrowing deeper beneath it like an insect.

"I, Zhuang Tianci, will remember today's gift! Su Wan, just you wait!!"

The Green Vine Sect members withdrew swiftly. Before long, the entire group had rapidly retreated through the surrounding streets and vanished.

Su Wan merely returned to the courtyard with a smiling face, without giving chase.

By the shattered wall, Lin Xin and An Ying emerged from around the corner, their expressions grave as they watched the departing Green Vine Sect group.

"I am willing to offer the Spirit Spring Seeds to the two fairies!" Lin Zhiwen's voice came from inside the Lin Family compound.

Lin Xin grabbed An Ying's hand, a trace of determination flashing through his eyes. He strode through the gap in the broken wall.

The courtyard before them was a complete mess. The artificial hills, pond, and flowerbeds all looked as though they had been corroded by some highly toxic gas, faintly yellow-green. Great swathes of flowers and grass had withered and yellowed.

"Xinru!" Lin Zhiwen called out loudly when he spotted Lin Xin and An Ying from afar.

Following the voice, Lin Xin saw Lin Zhiwen and the rest of the family standing behind a beautiful Daoist nun, looking at him with concern.

"Father." He hurriedly called out and headed toward them, while sizing up the cold-faced beautiful Daoist nun from the corner of his eye.

He had actually arrived long ago, only he had been observing the situation inside the walls from outside. He had also heard that this beautiful Daoist nun was Moon Slave Fairy from the Plum Blossom Sect.

Only after quickly pulling An Ying behind Lin Zhiwen and standing with the rest of the Lin Family did Lin Xin finally let out a slight breath of relief.

The Lin Family's crisis today had been temporarily resolved. Now it depended on Moon Slave Fairy and Su Wan.

"Brother... are you all right?" His cousin Lin Xinyuan squeezed over and whispered, "Today was truly dangerous. If Moon Slave Fairy of the Plum Blossom Sect and Fairy Su Wan of the Wind Riding Sect had not been here, our Lin Family would really have been doomed. I have never seen anyone as beautiful and powerful as these two fairies. Today has truly opened my eyes."

Though young, she was worldly and quick-witted. Though speaking softly, she deliberately flattered the two fairies, clearly guessing that they might be able to hear her.

Clearly, Moon Slave Fairy had no reaction to her flattery.

Lin Xin sighed inwardly. He understood his cousin's intentions, but this display was far too obvious and deliberate. Rather than appreciate it, they would likely find it distasteful.

At this time, Lin Zhiwen had already sent someone to bring out the Spirit Spring Seeds he had kept hidden away. He respectfully presented them to Moon Slave Fairy Zhao Si'er.

"Three Spirit Spring Seeds?" Opening the mirrored case, even Moon Slave Fairy had not expected the Lin Family to possess as many as three. A trace of delight immediately appeared between her brows. Coming to Red Pine City this time had truly been the right choice.

Three black lotus seeds lay flat in her palm. Apart from their black color, they looked no different from ordinary lotus seeds, utterly unremarkable. No one would have guessed that these things were the source of three sects' immortal masters traveling a thousand miles to come here.

"Sister, there are three Spirit Spring Seeds. How should we divide them this time?" Su Wan drifted over from afar, lightly landing to everyone's right.

At this point, apart from the Lin Family, there were basically no outsiders left in the entire Lin Family courtyard. The guards and soldiers had all secretly fled during the earlier battle. The Lin Family did not even dare breathe loudly, only whispering among themselves. The whole courtyard was deathly quiet.

Lin Xin stood at the back with his head lowered beside Lin Xinyuan and An Ying. He heard Moon Slave Fairy in front of him ponder for a moment before speaking.

"Younger Sister Su Wan, you drove away Zhuang Tianci. Originally, the three families could have divided them equally, but among everyone present, your realm is the highest and your strength the greatest. You ought to take two Spirit Spring Seeds."

"Sister is too courteous... Zhuang Tianci had intended to violate me in the first place. Along the way, he secretly released Bewitching Incense, thinking I had not noticed. If he had not possessed a spirit artifact for protection this time, that palm of mine would not have been easy to endure." Su Wan smiled sweetly.

"Besides, our Four Sects share the same breath and branch. How could a treasure within our territory possibly fall to the Green Vine Sect's grasp?"

"Younger Sister is right," Moon Slave Fairy agreed.

"However, since we have accepted the Lin Family's Spirit Spring Seeds, and there happen to be two promising seedlings here, why not fulfill a good deed, Younger Sister Su Wan? Recommend them into the sect?"

"The sect? I came here to investigate something, not to take disciples and bring along two burdens." Su Wan replied casually. "If Sister is interested, do as you please."

Hearing this, Lin Xin's heart began pounding wildly.

Two promising seedlings? Could they mean him and An Ying? But he did not dare raise his head, remaining respectfully bowed. From the battle he had just witnessed, it was clear that these immortal masters were far beyond ordinary people like them, who could only use Inner Qi to enhance speed and strength.

Moon Slave Fairy fell silent for a moment.

"Inner Qi has been born. I never expected two Inner Qi seeds to emerge from the Lin Family in such a remote place."

Lin Xin immediately felt a distinct gaze fall upon him. It was strange—clearly only a person's eyes, yet it felt as if an icy chill were sweeping over his body from top to bottom.

By now, he knew exactly which two people she meant. Amid his wild delight, he heard Lin Zhiwen call out loudly.

"Xinru, Miss An Ying, the immortal master wants you to come out."

Lin Xin hurriedly pulled An Ying forward. He slightly raised his head and caught sight of the envious look in his cousin Lin Xinyuan's eyes, as well as the nearly undisguisable jealousy in Lin Xinguang's gaze beside her.

He tried hard to calm himself, but his emotions still churned like boiling water. In his previous life, he had been extremely interested in martial arts and Dao cultivation. Whenever he encountered a martial arts game, no matter how difficult it was, he could play it with great relish. He had never expected that now he would have a chance to truly come into contact with it.

"Raise your heads." Moon Slave Fairy's voice came.

Lin Xin and An Ying hurriedly raised their heads. An Ying looked somewhat dazed, while Lin Xin was exceptionally tense.

They stood less than two meters before Moon Slave Fairy, facing her directly.

The beautiful Daoist nun was studying them with an appraising gaze.

She looked at An Ying first.

"To achieve Inner Qi at such an age, not bad, not bad." Her tone grew gentler toward the end. Clearly, she was very satisfied.

Then she looked at Lin Xin.

"Inner Qi has only just formed. Mm, that is not bad either. At this age, though you are somewhat old, you can still enter the sect."

"Fairy, may I ask whether the rest of my Lin Family might have a chance to enter your honored immortal sect?" Lin Zhiwen seized the chance and climbed the pole with the snake. Knowing this opportunity was rarer than a thousand-year encounter, and that once missed it would never return, he forced himself forward despite his thickened skin.

Moon Slave Fairy pondered.

"To enter our immortal sect, one first cultivates Inner Qi. Once Postnatal Realm Inner Qi reaches great mastery, it transforms into the Innate Realm. Once that too reaches great mastery, one may cultivate Qi Refinement. In the end, everything is for Foundation Establishment. Thus, Inner Qi is the foundation of all foundations. At your ages, you must first develop Inner Qi, and many people require decades merely to cultivate it. With aptitudes like yours..." She shook her head slightly and did not continue.

Lin Zhiwen was somewhat disappointed, but he knew this could not be forced. Behind him, Lin Zhiwu and the other young members of the Lin Family likewise could not hide their disappointment.

"It is not entirely hopeless. I have heard that certain small sects have developed a Blood Pill Method. By swallowing living pills containing live insects with blood, one can stimulate the body's potential and generate a thread of Inner Qi, thus entering the path. It is also highly concealed, and ordinary methods cannot detect it." Not far away, Su Wan casually spoke while twirling a braid around her finger.

"This is a wicked path. Even if it stimulates Inner Qi, one's future potential will be poor. This method was long ago listed by our Four Sects as a low-grade taboo. Once discovered, having one's cultivation crippled would be the least of it." Moon Slave Fairy said sternly.

"Sister, do not be so serious." Su Wan smiled.

Hearing this, Lin Xin's heart trembled. This so-called Blood Pill Method was actually identical to the way he refined and consumed the Returning Origin Pill!