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

Tao Zhizhi wasn't a truly kind person to begin with, so she naturally agreed without hesitation.

Master needed to absorb cultivation energy, yet he didn't harm her—he spoiled her too much! Isn't this showing her special treatment? Master has always spoiled her…

It's all because of those damned bastards that Master has become like this!
Tao Zhizhi harbored deep resentment towards Lin Yan, and once again she blamed all her misfortunes on Lin Yan.

She had a vague feeling that if it weren't for Lin Yan, her life would be wonderful, and it wouldn't be like this at all.

For the sake of the greater good, she pitifully sought out an inner disciple to help her clean up the things her master had left behind.

Tao Zhizhi was quite clever; when she looked for lone inner disciples, she made sure to do so when no one was watching. She was also very skillful in her speech, saying that her master had fallen, but no one was willing to help her clean up her master's belongings.

Seeing that people were moved, she then said that the good stuff she had compiled could be split in half.

People are averse to demons, but they are not averse to good things. When he heard that Venerable Lingyun was a Nascent Soul Venerable before, he thought that there must be many good treasures among his relics, so he became greedy and went with him.

To avoid being asked to share the prize, the disciple asked, "Junior sister, you didn't ask any other disciples for help, did you?"

Tao Zhizhi pretended to be sad and said, "No. You know everyone is against demons. I was afraid of offending everyone, so I didn't dare to tell anyone else."

He was delighted to hear this and quickly agreed, saying, "Junior sister is right. We'd better go secretly and not let anyone see us, so as not to cause any bad misunderstandings."

In this way, Tao Zhizhi easily took away an inner disciple for her master to absorb.

That inner disciple never imagined that he would lose his life because of a moment of greed.

After consuming the essence of an inner disciple, Ling Yun's condition improved somewhat, and he allowed his own disciple to join the sect.

His voice was gentle and seductive as he pulled the person into his arms, looking at them with affection.

After a short while, he went inside to rest and instructed his disciple to find another disciple the next day.

Because of the secret realm trials, the Xuan Tian Sect was quite busy, and no one even noticed that one or two inner disciples were missing.

Tao Zhizhi wasn't foolish enough to openly ask for "help" in front of others; she always waited until someone was alone before acting, so no one noticed what she was doing.

In the blink of an eye, the trials and competitions began.

Lin Yan received her number plate and bracelet and stepped into the entrance of the secret realm.

With a sudden flash of light and darkness, she was teleported into a secret realm. Her landing point was random; looking around, she saw trees all around, with a few clumps of bushes interspersed among them.

Has she been teleported into the jungle?

Just as the thought crossed Lin Yan's mind, she heard a rustling sound coming from not far away.

She became alert, took out her sword from her storage bag, drew it, and cautiously approached the source of the sound.

Because secret realms have the effect of compressing the range of divine sense sweeps, she only used her divine sense to guard her surroundings and prevent sneak attacks.

Some cultivators possess special magical treasures that allow them to evade divine sense sweeps. In such cases, the inner demon is needed to act as a second pair of eyes.

Parting the bushes, she saw two demonic beasts fighting fiercely in the distance. Both were at the third rank and of similar strength. The reason for their fight was a struggle for a Ganoderma lucidum (spiritual mushroom).

A hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum can increase the strength of demonic beasts and is also a very good material for alchemy.

Lin Yan wasn't in a hurry to secretly pick the Ganoderma lucidum. Instead, she hid in the shadows, waiting for the two demonic beasts to finish their fight before she came out to clean up the mess. Once the two demonic beasts had almost finished fighting, she flashed forward and launched a swift attack. Before the demonic beasts could react, they were already dead.

She activated the bracelet, scanned the screen, and her score increased by eighty points.

The bracelet could only automatically absorb beast cores, not store the corpses of demon beasts. She had to take out the bottle that stored the corpses of demon beasts herself, put them all in, and then go to dig up the hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum.

Sensing someone approaching, she quickly threw the Ganoderma lucidum into her spatial storage and concealed her presence.

A short while later, a small team of twenty people passed by; it was a joint team from two minor sects.

If she eliminates all these people, wouldn't that mean she'll gain 200 points?
Among these people, the highest level is only the early stage of Golden Core, and the rest are all Foundation Establishment cultivators. If I launch a sneak attack first, taking on twenty of them at once is not a problem at all!

She acted in an instant; she thought it and she did it, giving no one time to react!

She acted swiftly, first launching a sneak attack on the leading Golden Core cultivator.

This strike, imbued with her profound spiritual power at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, instantly pierced through the opponent's defenses and struck his shoulder blade, causing him to stagger forward several steps.

He let out a painful roar, and the others immediately took cover, with two of them surrounding him.

When they saw that the person who came was Lin Yan, they couldn't help but take a few steps back!

She remained incredibly popular in Jade Disc Square throughout the competition, and many people recognized her. Her performance during the award ceremony, in particular, propelled her to unprecedented heights of fame.

To be so oppressed in the Xuan Tian Sect and still cultivate to such a level is terrifying!
Lin Yan subdued the leader with a sneak attack, so the others naturally dared not make any rash moves.

She calmly replied, "I don't need to lift a finger; I can simply erase the numbers on the license plate myself."

That's outrageous! She surrounded twenty people all by herself and said such arrogant things; it's practically defying the natural order.

"I...we..." The others looked at each other, and no one made a move for a moment.

They thought, why not just abandon the leader and run? They'd only been in there a short time, and to be eliminated without a single point would be so embarrassing.

Seeing their hesitation, Lin Yan forcefully snapped the hostage who was trying to make a move, breaking his arm and leaving it hanging precariously from his arm.

She didn't play any tricks; she simply snatched his number plate and, with a little spiritual power, erased the numbers on it. The hostage she had been controlling vanished from the spot, leaving only the number plate.

The team leader is gone, and the smart ones have already started running.

Team leaders who couldn't lead their nineteen members were eliminated. The secret realm had been open for less than an hour when the leader left, making them the first eliminated player.

Lin Yan faced twenty people alone without any fear; that's the exhilarating feeling of crushing them with superior cultivation.

Ultimately, she eliminated these people. With twenty number plates and two third-tier monsters, her score had already surpassed that of the others.

The number plates are part of the moving points. If someone can eliminate her and take all the number plates she has, it's equivalent to taking away 210 points. However, she is good at hiding her tracks and goes alone, so no one can find her.

The group of Nascent Soul experts stationed at the entrance of the secret realm were speechless as they looked at the score ranking screen built of spirit stones and the disciples who had been eliminated.

Although their opponents are at the mid-to-late stage of the Golden Core realm, there are twenty of them. With their combined efforts, surely they can't all be eliminated? (End of Chapter)