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

They thought this way, but they forgot that Lin Yan was once a direct disciple, and how was she treated?
Lin Yan had secretly recorded the incident with a recording stone long ago. It wasn't her who started the trouble; she had legitimate reasons for beating them up.

It's normal for her to be scared and run away when faced with so many people, right? Thinking this, she immediately ran away in fear.

Gu Zhu was furious: "What are you standing there for? Chase them!"

In the mountains of the sect, in order to provide cultivators with a quiet cultivation environment, a part of the forest will be preserved, but it will be checked regularly to see if there are any large, dangerous monsters or beasts.

Lin Yan hurriedly ran into the woods. She didn't use her sword, and neither did the others, who didn't want to cause any disturbance.

As Gu Zhu watched the man run into the woods, he thought fiercely: Perfect, I'll kill him in there and destroy the evidence!
When they caught up with Lin Yan, they all had sinister expressions on their faces. Gu Zhu, in particular, looked terrifying; he no longer resembled a cultivator at all!

His eyes were filled with malice and murderous intent. "Run! You bitch, you've made me lose face time and time again. Today I'll tear you apart! Back on Wenxin Peak, you were nothing but trash. Did you think you could change things by getting some opportunities outside? Trash is trash. You only deserve to be trampled under my feet!"

Not satisfied with just saying that, he revealed a nasty expression.

"You slut, kneel down and beg me, crawl between my legs, and I'll let you die a little easier, okay? You lowly thing, it's already a great blessing for you that Master accepted you as his personal disciple. You should be our slave and let us bully you!"

With that wretched person's aptitude, he was never going to become a direct disciple.

It was only because of Master's great kindness that she had this opportunity. Shouldn't she repay such an opportunity by working like a slave?

So what if I get bullied a little? Why are you being so dramatic? It's all because of this slut's restlessness that she caused all this trouble!
Gu Zhu felt incredibly relieved after uttering these venomous words! This is how it should be; this bitch deserves this fate!
He doesn't seem like a cultivator of immortality; he seems more like a cultivator of demonic arts!

Lin Yan silently turned off the recording stone and moved it back into her storage bag. There was no trace of fear in her eyes.

"Tsk, so that's what you were thinking. How vicious. That old man Lingyun even said you were respectful to your teachers, gentle and humble. Does he know you're really vicious?"

As she spoke, she threw out the array plate, completed the hand seals, and sent the group into the illusion array.

She then appeared within the illusion array. Confident enough, she didn't scatter the people, but instead gathered them all together!
They wanted to send a message out, but found they couldn't.

Lin Yan wasn't afraid of being discovered after killing these people; what she was afraid of was that someone would come to their rescue halfway through the killing process.

Once they're all sent into the illusion array, there's no need to worry about them calling for help; they'll simply die silently.

What if Elder Lingyun discovers later that I was the one who killed them? The footage I just recorded wasn't for nothing. They came looking for trouble, and the attack happened during the Immortal Sect competition; they were the ones who chased me all the way into the forest…

She killed him in self-defense, so there's nothing wrong with that, right?

Lin Yan appeared in the illusion array, standing on a high place, with a pile of third-grade weight-bearing talismans in her hand. With her spiritual power, the talismans flew towards the group of people.

When their movements were restricted, she took out her crimson bow, drew it, and shot an arrow! Just like hunting, watching her prey being confined in a cage, while she simply stood outside the cage and shot arrows.

With no cover in the open space around them, would they use their companions as shields from arrows if they found themselves surrounded?

Affected by the weighted talismans, these people were forced to dodge, only able to use their spiritual energy to create protective shields to defend themselves. However, their cultivation levels were all lower than hers, and their defenses were quickly broken. What did it matter if they possessed life-saving magical treasures? This was her illusion array; they had no idea where she was hiding. After firing a series of arrows, she immediately shifted to another position and continued shooting.

The arrows converged from all directions, making it impossible for them to catch her.

Lin Yan shot arrows as if hunting, while simultaneously throwing talismans, making it impossible for them to defend against her attacks.

Despite the magic weapon being shattered, it still couldn't stop the arrows coming from all directions.

Gu Zhu was also a heartless person. He stood alone in the middle, with the other disciples standing around him, thinking that this would make him safe!

Seeing that one of his disciples had been shot in the heart and needed to be pulled to the center so that the others could take healing pills, he made a snap decision and used the man as a shield to block the incoming arrows.

The others were reluctant to do it, but Gu Zhu threatened, "It's a good deal to use his life to protect us, isn't it? We can pray for him when we get out!"

The severely injured disciple: ...

Before the disciple could say anything, he was killed by his own men, who twisted his neck and beat him to death. His body, in the mid-to-late stage of Foundation Establishment, was used as a shield to block the constant stream of arrows.

Meat shields are indeed useful. Even if an arrow hits the body and pierces through, the bones will hold it in place, so there's no need to worry about the arrow going straight through the body and piercing the person behind you.

Having gained a sense of security from his first human shield, Gu Zhu naturally wanted more to survive. He didn't believe his surviving disciples would protect him from the incoming arrows!
He might even have to pull him out to shield him when he's about to be shot! If that's the case, he'll strike first!

Seeing countless arrows flying towards him, he grabbed one of his disciples to shield him. The disciple turned around in disbelief and saw Gu Zhu's distorted expression!

The disciple's eyes were wide open; he died with his eyes wide open, unable to close them in peace!
"It would be your honor to die for me!" Gu Zhu said viciously, completely disregarding the image she usually maintained.

The remaining disciples were terrified and tried to get away from him, but Gu Zhu wouldn't give them the chance! He couldn't retaliate against the flying arrows, but he couldn't defeat these few useless inner disciples?

They were all dead, so he used their corpses as a shield to protect himself from all sides and see how those arrows could hurt him!
Spiritual energy is limited, so he just waited until the opponent's spiritual energy weakened and revealed a weakness, at which point his chance to break through this place would come!

With that thought in mind, Gu Zhu made a swift and decisive move.

Those disciples weren't on guard against him to begin with, and with two disciples dead, they were more than enough to act as a shield. Their continued existence would be even more effective against him.

Who knew that it was this mentality that caused them to be killed before they even had a chance to defend themselves, becoming one of the human shields for protection!

Lin Yan's gaze grew increasingly cold as she watched Gu Zhu's wicked deeds. Such an extremely vicious person, yet still unable to restrain himself—this wasn't stupidity, this was sheer evil!

Seeing that people were using the corpses as shields, she sheathed her crimson bow, drew her sword, and flew down.

Gu Zhu killed the several Xuan Tian Sect disciples who had entered, leaving him barely clinging to life.

He wouldn't feel a single pang of sadness at using other people's bodies to shield him from danger... (End of Chapter)