Too Brutal

Faced with Zhou An's relentless pressure, Su Li had no choice but to use his small purple shield to block and his spirit sword to defend, while slowly retreating.

However, after a short while, Su Li, whose spiritual power was almost depleted, lost control of the purple shield and was knocked away by Zhou An's sword.

Upon seeing Su Li open the gate, Zhou An leaped into the air and shouted, "Die!"

Zhou An Zhou An his sword with all his might, Su Li with nowhere to retreat. He frowned and had no choice but to take the full force of Zhou An's attack head-on...

"Puff!"...

Zhou An was pierced through to the bone and fell to the ground swaying like a withered leaf.

Zhou An stared at the sword's edge before him, then turned his head away unwillingly. "You... how could you...?"

Chen Hongling walked over calmly, brought the spirit sword back to her hand, and beheaded Zhou An with a single stroke.

It turns out that the pill that Tang Tianshu gave Chen Hongling had taken effect, and Chen Hongling was now able to move freely and had come to seek revenge.

Chen Hongling looked around, then at Su Li, who had already activated the small purple shield in front of him, and said coldly, "Su Li, have you seen a member of the Demonic Sect wearing a ghost mask?"

"It seems his cultivation level is only at the sixth level, and his age and appearance are somewhat similar to yours?"

"No," Su Li said nervously. He didn't understand what Chen Hongling meant, and he wasn't sure if Chen Hongling would resent him for not intervening in time.

"Senior Sister Chen..."

My cultivation level is lower than Zhou An's, please forgive me for not responding in time...

"Stop talking..."

If a person doesn't look out for themselves, they'll be punished by heaven and earth.

"I'm asking you, were you already lying in wait in the cave just now?" Chen Hongling asked coldly.

Her cultivation level was also at the Qi Refinement Ninth Layer Refining. Now that Su Li's spiritual power was almost depleted, she was fully capable of killing Su Li.

"No, I heard your voices nearby, which is why I sneaked into the cave. I had just entered the cave when you arrived immediately."

"Fortunately, it seems that Su Li entered the cave later than I did, which means he didn't discover me. And the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation's hint that a cultivator was approaching was correct..." Tang Tianshu, hiding behind a big tree, breathed a sigh of relief.

"Did you know that there was another man in the cave at the time, a disciple of the Demonic Sect..." Chen Hongling stared at Su Li.

"Senior Sister Hongling, I truly don't know. Could it be that this Demonic Sect disciple is after you..."

"He did nothing, but he gave me a pill that allowed me to move freely."

"But he took something from me, something that mortal women value highly, a sachet..." Chen Hongling still wanted to be clear to avoid Su Li making wild guesses. "Su Li, don't worry."

After all, you did help me out today, although that damned demonic sect disciple also deserves credit.

Zhou An's spirit sword is called the Silver Snake Sword. It's a top-grade Spirit Artifact, and it's yours now.

I will explain to the sect afterwards that Zhou An betrayed them, turning against his own sect. His sword, flag Talisman Treasure, and the contents of his Storage Bag are all yours, except for this Foundation Establishment Pill in his Storage Bag, which is mine...

Giving Su Li the gift served as a way of silencing him.

"Senior Sister Hongling, don't worry, I will keep what happened today to myself."

"All I can say is that Zhou An tried to steal my Purple Spirit Shield, and it was my senior sister who saved me," Su Li said nervously.

"Um...

You shall chop Zhou An into mincemeat and forbid him from being cremated or buried; let him die a violent death in the wilderness!

I still need to chase after that Demonic Sect disciple. If you encounter him, be sure not to kill him. Hand him over to your senior sister, and I'll give you a Foundation Establishment Pill!

"This disciple of the Demonic Sect, though not highly skilled, is extremely cunning. Otherwise, he could have hidden in the cave without anyone noticing," Chen Hongling said coldly as she turned and left.

Holy crap, I only touched it a few times and took a personal jade pendant that cultivators wouldn't care about at all. Is it really necessary to issue a kill order with a Foundation Establishment Pill as a reward?!

Seeing that Chen Hongling had already gone far away, Su Li indeed chopped Zhou An into minced meat as instructed.

Zhou An had over a hundred Spirit Stone in his Storage Bag.

This disciple of the Kun Origin Sect is indeed wealthy.

But now, even if Su Li doesn't have much spiritual power, Tang Tianshu isn't confident he can successfully launch a sneak attack.

Tang Tianshu could only watch silently as Su Li cleaned up the scene and calmly left.

Damn, I've been busy all this time, and all I got was the thrill of playing with my hands.

Tang Tianshu pursed his lips and walked eastward dejectedly—he didn't want to encounter either Chen Hongling or Su Li again...

On the seventh day, Tang Tianshu gradually approached the central area of the Spirit Sunflower Secret Realm. Along the way, he didn't dig up many spiritual herbs, but he did see quite a few corpses of cultivators.

However, most of the corpses were mutilated, and most of them were disciples of the Demonic Sect. It seemed that the killers only killed for pleasure and were clearly humiliating the Demonic Sect.

Many of the Demonic Sect disciples were severely injured and then nailed to large trees, bleeding to death.

Seeing this, Tang Tianshu also felt a chill run down his spine, and spent most of his time using Invisibility Talisman: after all, the effect of an Invisibility Talisman can last for thirty-six hours.

However, fearing for his life, Tang Tianshu gradually slowed his pace. Although the main ingredient of the Foundation Establishment Pill smelled delicious, he only had one life.

If I don't reach the Qi Refining Eighth Layer within a year, I might as well become a menial disciple...

... Tang Tianshu was eating and resting on a big tree when suddenly the Gu worms in his body sensed something.

The fellow disciples are in trouble, and facing a crisis.

Should we go rescue our fellow disciples?

With my current level of cultivation, I probably wouldn't be able to offer much help if my fellow disciples were in danger.

Tang Tianshu, who was just about to ignore it, suddenly frowned, because the information he received was about fifteen Gu worms.

Are the fifteen fellow disciples together?

But who else could make all fifteen of their fellow disciples feel threatened at the same time?

Wang Shan, the leader of Group A, is at the Qi Refinement Ninth Layer.

Group B leader, Gu Linglong, Qi Refinement Ninth Layer.

Group C leader, He Tao, Qi Refining Eighth Layer.

According to the Blood Yin Sect's intelligence, the highest cultivation level among those who arrived at the Spirit Sunflower Secret Realm was only the ninth Qi Refinement Ninth Layer. Moreover, with fifteen fellow disciples together, they were more than capable of facing a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator. How could they possibly have made all fifteen of their fellow disciples feel threatened?

Tang Tianshu frowned, but still decided to go and see: since they were fellow disciples, he would help if he could, and if he couldn't, he had Invisibility Talisman and could escape anyway.

What if I manage to snag a bargain...?

As they advanced, Tang Tianshu gradually felt more at ease: the distress signals from his fellow disciples' Gu worms were decreasing. This meant that his fellow disciples were out of danger.

Now that the danger is over, I'll definitely have to make a grand entrance soon...

Straightening his clothes, he flew on his sword and arrived at the gathering place of his fellow disciples in no time. He descended gracefully from the sky and laughed Tang Tianshu, "Fellow disciples, in the end, it's still your father who's here to save you..."

vomit..."

Before he could finish speaking, Tang Tianshu nearly tripped over the stench of blood at his feet.

Composing himself, Tang Tianshu looked around: corpses lay everywhere, blood flowed like a river, the incomplete bodies of seven or eight of his fellow disciples were scattered all over the ground, and three more of his fellow disciples were nailed to a large tree.

Holy crap!

Who the hell did this?! That's incredibly brutal!

Even more so than the Demonic Sect!