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

She wasn't angry because the boy had concealed his identity.

She takes spirit stones to do things for the employers, and her only responsibility is to deliver the people safely to their destination.

Once out of the sea, head to the Sun City Auction House and have the manager in charge of her auction promote it. Jiao Sha should be able to fetch at least tens of thousands of high-grade spirit stones.

Hundreds of thousands of high-grade spirit stones...

Escorting an individual can earn so many spirit stones. Even if he's royalty and doesn't want to reveal his identity, he could be the Sea God and not want to reveal his identity.

Thinking this, she smiled and said, "Of course you don't have to answer. No matter who you are, I will deliver you safely."

"Fairy sister, you are so kind~" The boy was moved and reached out to hug her, but she dodged him.

She took out some food from her storage bag and handed it to him: "Here, have something to eat to replenish your energy."

The boy's cultivation level hadn't reached the point of abstaining from grains yet, and fearing he might be hungry but dared not tell her, she offered to give him food.

When food was mentioned, even the tortoise cried out in her mind that it was hungry, so she went over and put down the spirit fruit and spirit stone.

The boy was disappointed when he didn't get a hug, but when he was given snacks and spiritual fruits, he was happy again.

It's okay if he can't hug her, his sister cares if he's hungry.

Upon seeing that the tortoise received the same treatment, he pouted and became unhappy.

Lin Yan didn't notice his rich inner monologue; she found a place to sit and absorb the spirit stones.

She felt it was about time and came out of the array.

Only when she felt that the outside temperature was no longer so cold did she move the turtle and the boy out.

They boarded the sea turtle and continued their journey to the next city in the Central Region.

The sea turtle suggested that they could rest in the city for the night.

The city walls isolate the city from the sea, and the temperature doesn't drop significantly at night, making it more comfortable to live in the city than outside.

There are no sea monsters that will come out to attack the city, so the level of safety is relatively high.

She thought about it for a moment and agreed, but the boy was clearly a little reluctant.

Seeing this, Lin Yan comforted her, "Don't be afraid. If someone comes to kill you, I'll help you deal with it."

"No... I'm afraid my whereabouts will be exposed."

Based on the locations he has been to, it is easy to determine that he is returning to the deep sea; he does not want others to know that he is going back.

The employer's wishes are the most important; if he doesn't want to live in the city, then so be it.

Lin Yan instructed the guide tortoise to continue onward, and to find a place to rest when the temperature suddenly dropped.

The sea creatures chasing the boy assumed he would settle in a city, so they probably had already laid in wait there. Apart from the group that chased him out of the city to ambush him, they didn't encounter any other assassination attempts along the way.

She even felt that this escort mission was too easy, and the spirit stones she earned were a little uneasy.

Just as I was thinking that, a group of sea creatures surrounded me.

They were dragging a huge octopus carcass, seemingly a small team that had just hunted a sea monster and returned to the city.

"Hey? A human cultivator?" The leading sea creature held a trident and sized up the person sitting on the guiding tortoise.

Human cultivators rarely pass by here, but they never expected to run into one.

They had never been to land, but they had heard that the sea creatures who went to land would transform themselves into human cultivators.

When human cultivators come to the sea, why don't they transform into the appearance of sea creatures?
They felt it was unfair, so naturally they didn't have a good attitude towards human cultivators.

The trident was brought horizontally. "Those passing through here have to pay a toll!"

His tone was aggressive, almost like that of a highway robber.

The tortoise turned its head uneasily, but its neck was too short to see the expression on the face of the person sitting on its back.

Its mind reminded it: "Master, it's better to avoid trouble. Just pay some spirit stones and that's it?"

Lin Yan lifted her eyelids and asked, "How many spirit stones?"

Seeing how sensible she was, they burst into laughter. The leading cultivator tried to gesture with his hands but found he didn't have enough fingers. "Five hundred high-grade spirit stones!" he announced.

"so little?"

She looked disappointed, but said in a generous manner, "Fine, I see you've had it tough too, five hundred it is."

The leader of the sea creatures then realized that she was actually making them take out spirit stones.

"This is outrageous! You want us to pay a toll?"

Lin Yan shrugged and asked matter-of-factly, "What's the problem?"

They can collect tolls, and they can collect them themselves.

It's simply a matter of who has the bigger fist and who makes the other party "voluntarily" hand it over.

"You bastard, how dare you play tricks on us! A human cultivator dares to run wild on our territory!" he roared, signaling the crowd to attack.

Lin Yan jumped off the guiding tortoise and used her spiritual power to carry it to a farther place so as not to affect her performance.

As they attacked, she casually blocked, the spell striking the barrier and exploding into a kaleidoscope of colors.

Those people thought she was doomed, but to their surprise, a surge of powerful spiritual energy erupted from the center of the explosion and rushed straight towards their faces.

They were shocked to see that she was still unharmed and even cast powerful spells.

How could so many attacks fail to destroy her?

Before they could recover from the shock, they had no choice but to activate their magical artifacts to defend against the attack.

However, as she made hand seals with her fingers flying, waves surged and rushed towards her.

Wave after wave crashed down, leaving them utterly defenseless.

Her combat capabilities in the sea remain strong, and she is even more adept at controlling water.

They suffered repeated defeats and were forced to kneel down and beg for mercy.

Why don't they just stay out of trouble and head straight for the city with their prey? It's not as simple as just giving them spirit stones anymore.

"I can let you go, but leave your storage bags and prey behind."

"..."

Everyone looked at each other in disbelief, not expecting her to be so ruthless, not only demanding spirit stones but also snatching the entire storage bag.

"Please forgive us this time, sir. We were blind and disrespectful to your greatness. We have elderly parents and young children to support, and we rely on these spirit stones to live in the city..."

The team leader was the first to kowtow, trying to gain sympathy by playing the victim.

He was the one who arrogantly demanded protection money just now, and now he's kneeling down begging for mercy and playing the victim. He really is a master of changing roles.

Seeing this, the other sea creatures in the group also kowtowed, repeatedly saying how pitiful their families were, and even how their seriously ill cubs lacked spirit stones to treat their illnesses.

Lin Yan sneered: "You don't look pitiful at all. At first, you were all fierce and bullying, but now it seems you're just bullying the weak and fearing the strong."

Seeing that begging for mercy was futile, they secretly exchanged a hand gesture, and then launched a surprise attack, hoping to seriously injure her while she was not paying attention.

No sooner had they begun than the leader's head was severed.

The other sea creatures were so frightened that they turned pale and dared not move.

Still trying to ambush? Lin Yan looked contemptuously at the other kneeling people, "Hand over your storage bags if you want to live!"

She wasn't the kind of cruel and bloodthirsty person; she would still save a life if she could spare someone's life.

Thinking about it this way, she felt kind again.

The sea creatures still on land dared not cause any trouble and obediently offered up their storage bags.

She used her spiritual power to take the storage bag away, letting them leave, and even kindly allowed them to drag away the sea beasts they had hunted.

The storage bag hadn't been tampered with. After checking it, she erased the mental imprint on it and headed towards the guiding tortoise. (End of Chapter)