After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 13 Kowtowing and Recognizing Father? A Skill
Since the Nascent Soul Venerable and the Nascent Soul Ancestor jointly sent by the sect and the aristocratic family perished in the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, the Nascent Soul Venerable has rarely come to the Ten Thousand Demon Forest.

It's important to understand that in the cultivation world depicted in this novel, to highlight the talent and power of the main characters, everyone else is portrayed as quite weak. Those with Nascent Soul cultivation are powerful figures, or sect leaders and peak masters. Those at the Deity Transformation stage are at the level of ancestral masters, who are usually in seclusion and rarely appear in the world.

After cultivating herself, she understood that it wasn't that the other characters were portrayed as weak; it was that they didn't have the same cheat codes as the main characters, whose cultivation levels skyrocketed like rockets. The main characters were all given cheat codes by the author, making them even more talented than geniuses, with their abilities multiplied—who could compare?

Lin Yan's expression turned serious. She had no chance of winning against a Golden Core cultivator! She had no divine favor, nor any powerful magical treasures to rely on. In a battle against someone of a higher realm, she would only be crushed.

In novels, the kind of protagonist who can win against higher-level challenges and escape unscathed is a privilege reserved for the main character.

The Crimson Demon sensed the danger and leaped to her side, clutching the fruit. It munched on it, and the Crimson Demon's words echoed in her mind.

"Come with me quickly~"

She looked at the twenty or so Xuan grass plants, disregarded everything else, and took all of them with her. She even uprooted the ones that had just sprouted from the soil, and didn't spare the Xuan grass plants whose leaves had been eaten by rabbits.

After erasing all other traces, she quickly followed the Red Enchantress deeper into the cave.

After walking for a while, they reached the bottom; there was nothing there except a cold pool and flowing water. The Crimson Demon finished the fruit and gestured for her to enter the cold pool.

She leaped into the icy pool, clutching the Crimson Demon, using her spiritual power to shield herself from the chill. Possessing the spiritual roots of water, fire, and earth, she could naturally manipulate water with her spiritual energy. Though she couldn't swim, she could still use water as her power to propel herself forward.

There is no such thing as water and fire clashing in this world, or cultivation harming oneself. The five elements generate and restrain each other; even water and fire can coexist as long as one pays attention to the flow of spiritual energy during cultivation.

Most cultivators believe that having multiple spiritual roots is not as good as having a single spiritual root because cultivating with a single spiritual root is faster.

A single spiritual root requires little effort to guide spiritual energy, and cultivation demands less spiritual energy, much like a straight path. A person traveling in a straight line is faster than taking a winding path.

The pool was very deep. After diving down, I followed the direction of the current and soon saw the exit.

She eagerly used her spiritual power to push herself out. But instead of rebirth, she was met with a waterfall. Before she could even scream, she was swept away.

Lin Yan, holding the little rabbit, plunged into the rushing river. The water transformed into a giant hand, carrying her to the shore.

She hurriedly performed a magic spell to dry herself and the Red Enchantress.

This was a valley, yet it gave her an invisible sense of oppression. She didn't like this feeling, but since her spiritual power could be used normally, she could bear it.

"Where is this?" she asked the Crimson Enchantress.

The Crimson Enchantress shook her head. Her words echoed in her mind.

"I don't know."

The Crimson Demon had only come here by chance while playing around, and was subsequently chased by a giant roc, so she hurriedly returned the way she came.

Lin Yan's lips trembled, and she was speechless for a moment.

It's dangerous no matter where you are in the Wan Yao Sen. She needs to find a relatively safe place to stay as soon as possible and make plans after she has rested.

She looked around, but because the fog was much thicker, her spiritual senses were more severely restricted, and she could only see within a few meters with her naked eyes. At that moment, a demonic beast emerged from the fog and attacked her; she didn't even have time to dodge.

She took out her spirit umbrella and held it to her side, channeling her spiritual energy to sweep it out, the force of which dispersed the mist ahead like a gust of wind. Before long, the mist gathered again, as if nothing had happened. She knew this would happen! The mist barrier of the Myriad Demon Forest couldn't be dispelled, and with her divine sense and vision blocked, she could only rely on her perception, hearing, and smell to discern danger.

She walked cautiously towards the passage close to the mountain wall, each step carefully taken, afraid of accidentally losing her life there. When she saw the Red Enchantress bristling, she quickly stopped and poured her spiritual power into the umbrella, shielding herself and the Red Enchantress.

A spider larger than her head hung down and spun silk towards her umbrella.

It used its spiritual power to scare away the spider and its silk, then threw a fireball to knock the spider down. Still not satisfied, she conjured another fireball and threw it.

The spider was burned to ashes. Lin Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, it was just an ordinary spider with weak combat power. If it had been one of those giant, multi-tiered venomous spiders, it would have been a fierce battle.

She hadn't walked far when she found a hidden cave. The entrance was only half a person's height and was hidden by weeds and vines, so it was hard to see unless you looked closely. Seeing that the red demon in her arms wasn't bristling, she poked it inside with a stick.

The wooden stick was instantly flung away, startling her so much that she stumbled and quickly used her magic umbrella to shield herself. Once she was sure she was alright, she moved the umbrella away again and cautiously observed the cave entrance.

The cave entrance was likely protected by a restriction, but her strength was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, so she couldn't detect the restriction at all, nor could she sense any fluctuations in power. This level of skill would require at least a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

Even though the Nascent Soul cultivator's divine sense was blocked in the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, he could still sense her when she approached the cave. He should have attacked her when she poked the wooden stick into the cave and the stick was knocked away.

A Nascent Soul cultivator would be instantly killed by a Foundation Establishment cultivator. The fact that she remained unharmed suggests two possibilities.

The first scenario: The cultivator was severely injured and, after setting up a restriction, was unable to care about anything else.

The second possibility is that the cultivator left a restriction at the cave entrance, but was too severely injured and died because he could not receive effective treatment.

Either way, it would be beneficial to her. She needed this cave as a refuge in the Ten Thousand Demon Forest. The restrictions left by the Nascent Soul cultivator meant that if she encountered a demonic beast she couldn't defeat, she could quickly retreat back into the cave, ensuring her safety.

As for other deeper considerations, we'll have to wait until we're inside the cave.

After much thought, she knelt down in front of the cave entrance with great sincerity and kowtowed three times. Just as she was about to speak, a voice entered her mind.

"Would you be willing to become my disciple?"

She nodded eagerly. "I'm willing, I'm willing. I'd be willing to take a senior as my teacher, or even as my father." She spoke sincerely, without a trace of flattery.

The red-haired demon, placed on the ground, silently covered her eyes with her short hands: she couldn't bear to look.

"Then swear to acknowledge me as your father."

As a cultivator, one really cannot make oaths casually. Because if one's heart is not sincere or one breaks an oath, one will truly be punished by heaven. A cultivator who is not sincere will be struck by lightning before the oath is even finished.

She was very sincere and made a solemn vow.

Having gained permission, she carried the Crimson Enchantress into the cave. The Crimson Enchantress had a master-servant contract with her; harming her master would result in immediate retribution, and thus she was also granted permission to enter the cave.

She walked along the narrow passage of the cave for a short while, and then her view suddenly opened up. The structure here was similar to that of the Crimson Demon's cave, but there were no spiritual springs or spiritual plants. In the very center sat a handsome man who looked to be in his early thirties.

(End of this chapter)