Arrogance

The Nine-Lock Azure Terrace Secret Realm.

A group of Demon Beast lay leisurely in the grass, occasionally licking each other's fur.

Suddenly, a Demon Beast looked up at the sky. The azure sky had been torn apart at some point, with spatial rifts resembling a spider web.

"Waaaaah..."

A series of roars rang out, and the previously leisurely Demon Beast became alert, some letting out frightened howls towards the sky.

Suddenly, black dots appeared in the air, growing larger and larger until they transformed into silhouettes.

The figures scattered in all directions, among which five figures came towards this side.

One after another, the Demon Beast roared, their Demon Power gathering and transforming into streaks of wind blades that were about to shoot into the sky.

Suddenly, a flash of cold light appeared, passing by a Demon Beast.

The Demon Beast's roar abruptly ceased, its enormous head fell to the ground, spraying blood across the entire grassland, and the wind blades that were about to take shape beside it vanished.

"Hiss hiss hiss..."

A cold glint appeared and disappeared as it flashed past the Demon Beast. Wherever it passed, the Demon Beast were either beheaded or pierced through the body. In the blink of an eye, dozens of Demon Beast were all subdued.

At the same time, five figures approached and revealed themselves, standing suspended in the air. The leader was a young man less than five feet tall. He held a sword finger in his hand, and with a slight movement, a cold light shone and appeared in front of him, revealing a flying sword that was curved like a snake.

"Senior Brother Wu's Spirit Snake Sword is truly formidable; it certainly lives up to its reputation as a top-grade Spirit Artifact!"

Xu Junting's gaze towards the Spirit Snake Sword was filled with envy and jealousy. Both of them had reached the Qi Refining Perfection, but he was merely an outer disciple, and all he had ever used was a top-grade magic Law Artifact.

And this ' Wu Youtian ' whom he personally introduced to the sect became inner disciple as soon as he entered, and even became the disciple of Nascent Soul Elder, and was directly bestowed with a high-grade Spirit Artifact, the Spirit Snake Sword. How could anyone not be envious?

"Senior brother's swordsmanship is extraordinary. Dealing with these first-tier Demon Beast is truly effortless for him. Even second-tier Demon Beast could be killed with a single strike!"

Wu Kongqing, who was standing to the side, immediately echoed his sentiment.

Following this, Qingwu and the other two Qi Refining Late Stage cultivators also offered their compliments.

Wu Tianling nodded and stood there, a look of enjoyment and smugness on his still-growing baby face. "You can divide up all these Demon Beast corpses!"

"Thank you, senior brother!"

The four were overjoyed and rushed forward to collect the corpses of the first-tier Demon Beast, which were also very precious to them.

Suddenly, a violent surge of Law Power came from afar.

"Senior brother, it looks like a second-tier Demon Beast!"

"Where there are second-tier Demon Beast, there will surely be precious second-tier spiritual materials such as the Gold Jade Lingzhi!"

"Walk!"

Wu Tianling said something and immediately headed towards the direction from which the fluctuations came.

A moment later, the five arrived at a mountain range and saw a group of cultivators besieging a second-tier Demon Beast in the distance. Not far from the Demon Beast, there was a Gold Jade Lingzhi mushroom.

Xu Junting looked at the small group, his expression grave, and said to Wu Tianling, "Senior brother, they are disciples of Giant Spirit Mountain. Let's go somewhere else!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Tianling immediately snorted coldly and said, "So what if it's from Giant Spirit Mountain? Once we enter the secret realm, we'll each rely on our own abilities. I want this second-tier Demon Beast, and I want the Gold Jade Lingzhi too."

"Ah!" Xu Junting exclaimed, advising, "Senior brother, I think we should forget it. Killing the disciples of Giant Spirit Mountain will definitely cause a lot of trouble. Let's avoid the limelight for now and go somewhere else. Anyway, there are other places with this Gold Jade Lingzhi Mushroom."

"Let me avoid their sharp edge!" Wu Tianling snorted coldly, as if he had been insulted. He made a sword-finger gesture, and a cold light shot towards the group.

"Who goes there, daring to... ah..."

A disciple from Giant Spirit Mountain had already noticed Wu Tianling and his group. Seeing that they dared to make a move, he immediately shouted angrily, and the next moment his neck was severed.

Seeing that Wu Tianling had already made his move, Xu Junting and the others exchanged glances and followed him, charging Wu Tianling. "Senior brother, calm down, we're all fellow disciples..."

Seeing their teammates killed, the Giant Spirit Mountain team abandoned the second-tier Demon Beast and fought against Wu Tianling and the others.

"Take this sword!"

"You dare block my way with a mere low-grade Spirit Artifact!"

"Run! Let's see where you run!"

"Ahhhh..."

"..."

In just a short while, several members of the Giant Spirit Mountain team were killed, and the rest scattered and fled, allowing Wu Tianling's flying sword to kill several more before turning his attention to the second-tier Demon Beast.

A moment later, Wu Tianling killed the second-tier Demon Beast with a single sword strike. He then used his flying sword to pry open the Demon Beast's corpse and retrieved a second-tier Inner Core.

"Senior brother, the Gold Jade Lingzhi!"

Xu Junting and the others had already arrived near the Gold Jade Lingzhi, their eyes gleaming with excitement. However, none of them dared to pick it rashly, and they all looked at Wu Tianling.

Wu Tianling put away his Inner Core, walked closer, and plucked the Gold Jade Lingzhi mushroom. He laughed heartily, "I didn't expect to have such a harvest so soon after entering the secret realm! Let's go and see other places!"

The five-person team then headed off to other areas in search of other spiritual materials, Demon Beast, and other fortuitous opportunity.

*****

' Earth-Binding Teng!'

Zhang Zhonghu thought to himself, made a hand Hand Seals, and cast Law Technique, condensing several vines to temporarily trap a first-tier Demon Beast, taking the opportunity to leave.

He only breathed a sigh of relief after getting far away from that first-tier Demon Beast.

"This secret realm is far too dangerous; it's teeming with Demon Beast!"

"I wonder where that Gold Jade Lingzhi grows?"

As Zhang Zhonghu flew close to the ground, he observed his surroundings and searched for spiritual materials such as the Gold Jade Lingzhi.

More than half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and Zhang Zhonghu became somewhat anxious. The secret realm was only open for one month, and now half a month had already passed, yet he still hadn't found any trace of the Gold Jade Lingzhi.

Suddenly, a violent fluctuation of Spiritual Qi came from afar. Zhang Zhonghu turned his head and saw various colored Law Technique lights flashing in the distance, and flying swords crisscrossing with cold light. It must be that someone was fighting, and it must be those inner disciple.

"Such intense fluctuations in spiritual energy must mean someone is vying for precious spiritual materials; they might even be fighting over the Gold Jade Lingzhi!"

Zhang Zhonghu subconsciously touched his Storage Bag, hesitating whether to go and take a look. It might really be the Gold Jade Lingzhi. He had two Spirit Artifact, and as long as it wasn't a disciple like Wu Tianling who had Nascent Soul master, he could defeat them all. However, he was just a menial disciple. If he robbed those disciples with powerful backgrounds, he would definitely have a lot of trouble in the future.

"Wu Tianling, you wait! My Sword Pavilion will not let this go!"

"Hahaha, you think you can escape!"

Just then, the intense fluctuations of spiritual energy spread towards them, and a streak of light rushed towards them, arriving nearby in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, five streaks of light also caught up. A sword light, as sharp as a bolt of lightning, flew out, piercing through the protective aura of the person in front, and fell from the sky, landing right in front of Zhang Zhonghu.

Zhang Zhonghu subconsciously took a few steps back and looked at the figure of Wu Dao landing opposite him.

With a flick of his hand, Wu Tianling brought the Storage Bag at the figure's waist into his hand, from which he then took out a Gold Jade Lingzhi.

"Senior brother is mighty! He killed an inner sect prospect with the back of his hand and seized a Gold Jade Lingzhi."

Xu Junting immediately stepped forward and offered a compliment.

Wu Tianling put away the Ganoderma lucidum and laughed heartily, "Now I have five Gold Jade Lingzhi. Once I hand them over to my master, I will surely be granted Foundation Establishment Pill. I will give one to each of you then."

"Thank you, senior brother!"

"Senior brother is so kind!"

"..."

Xu Junting and the others offered a few words of flattery before glancing at Zhang Zhonghu. "Senior brother, this person seems to be Zhang Zhonghu. He previously contributed 10 contribution points to you, so he's practically one of us. Although he saw you kill a disciple of the Sword Pavilion lineage, a warning is all it takes, and he certainly won't dare to say anything after he leaves."

Upon hearing this, Wu Tianling immediately gave Zhang Zhonghu a cold look, "10 contribution points? Are they treating me like a beggar!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Junting immediately understood and looked at the others, "Kill him!"