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

Chapter 14 Recognizing a Father, Her forte

However, a cultivator's age cannot be judged by their appearance. A cultivator with a youthful face may actually be a hundred or even several hundred years old.

The man, dressed in a dark robe, sat cross-legged. His face was handsome and fair, yet it exuded a resolute air.

She thought to herself: The father I've recognized is quite handsome!

Lin Yan stepped forward, knelt down, and kowtowed three times. "Father, from now on, you are my only father."

The Crimson Demon couldn't bear to look and immediately moved away.

She didn't think there was anything shameful about her behavior. Throughout history, people have always been driven by profit. Although she wasn't the kind of person who was solely driven by profit, there was nothing wrong with lowering her stance when an opportunity presented itself.

Does putting on airs and acting superior demonstrate integrity? She's just a rogue cultivator now, stuck in the dangerous Ten Thousand Demon Forest, what integrity can she possibly have?

The man neither opened his eyes nor spoke, yet his voice echoed through the cave.

“Since you have acknowledged me as your father and made a vow, you are now bound to me by karma. I will pass on all my knowledge to you, and when you leave, you must avenge me.”

She swallowed hard and asked timidly, "Father, what is your enemy's current cultivation level?"

"He is Chu Qiuyi, an elder of the Xingyan Sect. He was in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm when he explored the Ten Thousand Demon Forest with me. I don't know if he has broken through to the Divine Transformation realm now."

She sensed something was amiss. Even the most gifted genius would need at least a hundred years to cultivate from the early Nascent Soul stage to the Deity Transformation stage. She wasn't the protagonist; she couldn't possibly achieve Foundation Establishment in one year, Golden Core in two, Nascent Soul in five, and Deity Transformation in ten.

"Father, how many years have you been staying in this cave?"

The man's sigh echoed through the cave, and after a long while he slowly said, "Three hundred years."

Three hundred years is not a long time for a Nascent Soul cultivator in seclusion. She tried hard to suppress her inner amazement. Her adopted father is truly amazing; he's come to the Ten Thousand Demon Forest to cultivate in seclusion.

In the world of cultivation, besides the main characters, who else has such courage?

She scratched her head in distress. It wasn't that she was unwilling to avenge him, but she was only at the Foundation Establishment stage. She already felt the constraints after breaking through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage; how many years would it take her to break through to the Nascent Soul stage to avenge him?

She knew where the protagonist group's opportunity lay, but that didn't mean she could get it just by going there first. Even if she could, she would have to spend time improving her strength first.

She won't be able to fight the Nascent Soul stage monster in a short time.

Besides, isn't he a Nascent Soul cultivator? Three hundred years should be enough time for him to heal his injuries. He can just go and take revenge himself.

"You're unwilling?" the man's voice was authoritative.

She instantly felt the pressure and hurriedly said, "I'm willing, I'm willing, but I'm not strong enough, Father."

"It's alright. You can avenge me when you have the strength. You can cultivate here until you reach the Golden Core stage before leaving."

"But I'm only at the fourth stage of Foundation Establishment." No matter how hard she tries, cultivating day and night, it will take her two or three years to break through to the Golden Core stage.

My purpose in coming to the Ten Thousand Demon Forest was to obtain cultivation resources, right? How can I obtain cultivation resources if I stay in the cave and don't go out?

Could it be that Father has prepared it for me? Her eyes lit up as she asked, "Father, cultivation is not easy, and I can't be without a magical artifact to aid my cultivation."

"You don't need to worry, I've prepared everything for you. Just stay here and cultivate in peace. You can leave the cave once you break through to the Golden Core stage."

After speaking, the man disappeared into the cave. A wisp of his spiritual thought entered his wrist, and Lin Yan felt a warmth on her wrist. Then, a bamboo leaf-shaped icon appeared on her wrist.

The man is dead; what lives in the cave is merely an illusion.

On a stone platform to the side lay a sword and a storage bag. She walked over and picked up the storage bag first. As soon as she picked it up, she sensed various restrictions on the storage bag.

If it weren't for her father's approval and the fact that his spiritual essence remained in her body, she, with only a Foundation Establishment cultivation level, would have been thrown back and severely injured the moment she touched the storage bag.

This is a Wanbao storage bag, which was deliberately made to look ordinary.

She probed inside with her consciousness and was stunned. Besides cultivation techniques, magical treasures, talismans, and spiritual plants, there were actually two hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones! To put that in perspective, she was now wealthier than a small to medium-sized sect.

With this amount of spirit stones, I can establish my own sect.

However, there were no pills or talismans available. They must have been used up during the exploration of the Ten Thousand Demon Forest.

She guessed that her father had explored the Ten Thousand Demon Forest with his enemy. When his pills and talismans were almost used up and he was about to leave the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, his enemy took advantage of his absence to launch a sneak attack and severely injure him.

Father fled here, setting up a protective barrier and an array to conceal his presence. He wanted to heal his wounds, but found that he had run out of medicinal pills and no healing plants, so he was left to await death.

In the world of cultivation, one cannot truly trust others entirely. Human hearts are unpredictable; if you are not on guard, you are very likely to be betrayed.

At this moment, Lin Yan realized something was wrong. Didn't her father say he would pass on all his knowledge to her? Why did it all disappear without him? Did he expect her to learn the techniques just by looking at them?

Did they think she was a prodigy?
Fortunately, the father he recognized didn't leave nothing; he inherited quite a lot of wealth.

She withdrew her spiritual sense from the storage bag and tucked it into her belt, then reached for the sword lying beside her. The moment she touched it, the sword moved to the side.

Huh? Was it just my imagination, or did I not actually grab the sword? She frowned and reached out again.

This time it was confirmed; the sword would move on its own. After all, the sword was already floating in front of her, emitting a childish sound.

"Don't touch me, hmph, I won't acknowledge you."

Holy crap! This sword has actually developed a sword spirit.

Generally, only Heaven-grade magic weapons can cultivate a sword spirit. A sword that cultivates and fights alongside its master will develop a sword spirit. A Heaven-grade sword with a sword spirit can cultivate like a cultivator, then advance to become a celestial sword, and finally a divine sword.

It's already a stroke of luck for a Heavenly Grade Sword to develop a sword spirit, let alone advance to a higher level. The Heavenly Grade Swords obtained by the main characters in the novel don't have sword spirits.

Her father must have been a genius and came from a good family, otherwise how could he have accumulated such wealth?

Sigh, no wonder he got stabbed in the back for having such a powerful father. His brilliance attracts jealousy.

"It's okay, I don't recognize you."

Lin Yan ignored the spirit sword, touched it at the cave entrance, and was immediately bounced back. Indeed, she couldn't get out until she advanced to the Golden Core stage.

Seeing her re-enter, the Crimson Demon hurriedly jumped onto the stone platform, pitifully making chewing motions. Her expression froze for a moment, then she clutched her storage pouch tightly: "No way! You've eaten so much, aren't you full yet?"

How can something so small eat so much?
Seeing this, the Crimson Enchantress drooped her ears and jumped down to hug her leg. The Crimson Enchantress's words immediately flashed through her mind.

"Eat, eat, eat! I saw you collecting Xuan Grass! I'm so hungry, I'm going to eat, eat, eat!"

Her lips twitched, but she still took out the mystical herb and fed it to the animal. However, she gave it only one stalk.

A single Xuan Grass has four leaves. The Crimson Demon had already eaten five Xuan Grasses and gnawed on a Spirit Fruit. For a second-tier demon beast, the spiritual energy was already overflowing.

(End of this chapter)