The Kidnapper's Death
While busy untying the man and setting him on the ground, Lin Xiao glanced at him and said:
"Alright, join my sect and I'll teach you."
Mo Yuanjiao didn't notice that he said 'my sect,' and only excitedly said:
Where is your sect located?
The fortune teller hadn't lied to him after all! There really was fortuitous opportunity here! He felt a surge of joy; this fortuitous opportunity had finally arrived!
Lin Xiao didn't say it directly, but after thinking for a moment, he only said:
"Just keep walking east. If you can get there, it means we're destined to meet."
Hearing him say that, Mo Yuanjiao was not anxious at all; on the contrary, he became even more excited!
"Alright! You just wait for me at your sect! Hahaha!"
Lin Xiao put everyone down, and then had those who still had the strength to carry the dying people out of the hole and into the passageway.
Mo Yuanjiao cheerfully hoisted the weak person on his back and strode briskly into the passageway with great energy.
Lin Xiao also carried someone over on his back. After putting the person down, he took out the Storage Bag that Sun Yigao had left with him.
He knew that Yigao would refine some pills every day. Anyway, he had enough herbs brought from the Green Field Mystic Realm. He usually kept the refined pills in his Storage Bag.
Given the urgency of the situation, Yigao probably wouldn't blame him for opening his Storage Bag without permission.
He opened his Storage Bag, rummaged through it, and found the Rejuvenation Pill and the Essence-Solidifying Pill. He took them out and distributed them to everyone so that they could be given to those who were weak.
Seeing that everyone's complexion had improved and their breathing had gradually stabilized after taking the pills, Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.
Yigao's medicine is really effective!
Then he told everyone to wait for him there, and that he would be right back.
Lin Xiao turned around and went back into the large cave.
The man in black robes remained frozen in place.
Lin Xiao had no arrogant idea of using him to practice his fighting skills. He immediately took out the Two Aspects Life and Death Formation Disk, activated it, and placed the formation directly at the feet of the black-robed man.
After taking out one hundred Spirit Stone from his private treasury, Lin Xiao's Spirit Stone reserves were reduced to single digits.
However, he didn't feel any remorse and directly threw the Spirit Stone into the array plate.
The Two Aspects Life and Death Formation was activated immediately after receiving the money!
Having gained experience from the first operation, Lin Xiao skillfully activated various powerful killing moves of the Two Aspects Life and Death Formation. In the blink of an eye, he tore the black-robed man in the formation to shreds, shattering his soul.
Lin Xiao didn't look away; he stared intently at the black-robed man in the formation who had just been unsealed and hadn't even had time to react before being killed.
This was the first person he had killed in both his lifetimes.
This feeling is not good at all.
He just wanted to cultivate immortality in peace and quiet.
He didn't want to become a cold-blooded killer.
Although it seems that the world of cultivation is full of killing, he still yearns for a truly ethereal and otherworldly cultivation experience.
However, this can be considered as ridding the people of a scourge...
well.
I still have to be careful. On the long road of cultivation, one careless step can easily leave my hands stained with blood and my eyes blinded.
Lin Xiao remained silent.
No matter what the current social rules are, they cannot change my nature.
No matter the Principle of survival, they cannot corrupt my principles.
This is the kind of cultivation he wanted.
[Ding--Congratulations, host, your comprehension has improved! The "Original Essence Heart Sutra" has been upgraded to an SS-level cultivation technique!]
!
The cultivation technique can even be upgraded!
Lin Xiao was very surprised.
The Original Essence Heart Sutra was originally an S-rank cultivation technique, which, according to the Immortal Cultivation Realm, is equivalent to Heaven Rank cultivation technique. However, it has now been upgraded to SS-rank, meaning it has become a mid-grade Heaven Rank technique!
I never expected to have this kind of gain on this trip.
Lin Xiao suppressed his urge to immediately peruse the upgraded "Original Essence Heart Sutra" and began to worry about how to seize this Spirit Stone mine for himself.
Leaving it here is too risky. Today it's this black-robed cultivator, but what if someone else discovers it next time?
To be honest, this Spirit Stone mine couldn't have been formed in a short time.
But it's amazing that it's been left here for so long without anyone noticing. I only accidentally fell in after entering that spatial portal, so there must be something preventing Spiritual Qi from leaking out.
It's just unclear whether it's natural or man-made.
If it was done by human hands, does that mean this place is owned...?
Probably not. After all, that black-robed cultivator has been kidnapping people here for so many days. If he had a master, he would have discovered it long ago.
Let's just pretend it's unclaimed!
Since it was unclaimed, he decided to accept it without hesitation!
[Ding--A low-level Spirit Stone mine has been detected. The sect possesses a Initial-Tier Spirit Vein that has not yet formed Spirit Stone mine. Would you like to bind this Spirit Stone mine to the sect's Initial-Tier Spirit Vein?]
The system was offering a helping hand, how could Lin Xiao refuse such a gift? He decisively chose yes!
[Host confirms connection binding. The connection will open in one minute. Because the connection binding involves spatial displacement, please ensure that no one else is present in this Spirit Stone mine. Otherwise, the connection will be displaced back to the sect along with the space. The connection duration is one hour. Please be aware.]
One hour!
Lin Xiao was startled, but he himself didn't care. He could just go back to the sect with them and come out again later.
But there are forty-nine other people in this mine!
He can't take these people back with him!
Thinking it over, he immediately went out and gathered everyone, saying:
"Everyone, there's danger here! Get out of here immediately!"
Clearly, Lin Xiao's words carried weight after he had just saved people. The young men and women, without a second thought, immediately got up and ran outside.
Lin Xiao used his Spiritual Power to push them forward, and as they hurried, the group finally reached the area below the entrance.
Without time for words, Lin Xiao picked up two people, one in each arm, and used his Air-Stepping Technique to rush forward.
After throwing the person out, they immediately turned back and brought two more back up.
After going back and forth twenty-four times, they finally got rid of everyone else, leaving only one person behind.
At this moment, Mo Yuanjiao was staring intently at Lin Xiao with shining eyes.
"You're so young, yet so amazing! Your sect must be extraordinary!"
Lin Xiao didn't have time to waste words with him; it would be almost an hour.
He immediately stepped forward to carry Mo Yuanjiao up, but unexpectedly, Mo Yuanjiao opened her arms to him excitedly and said:
"Brother! Come on!"
Lin Xiao:... What should I do if I don't really want to hug you?
If it weren't for the anxious and exhausted guard, he wouldn't have wanted to take him out at all.
What's the point of such a chuunibyou (delusional) teenager even going out?
I'll just go back to the sect with him.
Lin Xiao dodged his outstretched arms, bent down, and hoisted him up horizontally.
"Hey, hey, hey! Don't do that, brother! How can you treat people differently!"
Ignoring his resistance, Lin Xiao rushed towards the cave entrance at top speed.
Outside the cave, a group of young boys and girls shivered in the dark, dense forest.
Guard Mo watched them emerge one by one, he noticed he couldn't spot his young master, and a sense of unease crept into his heart.