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

Lin Yan breathed a sigh of relief, slumped to the ground, and quickly took out a pill and swallowed it.

She never imagined she could kill Chu Qiuyi so easily.

He dug his own grave; of all things to do, he had to get involved with monsters.

The inner demon sensed her thoughts and made a sarcastic remark.

"You really don't know how to talk when you're not in his shoes. His lifespan is up. If he doesn't find a way to prolong his life, he can only die. What would you choose if you were him?"

Lin Yan frowned. "You're trying to pry into my thoughts?"

"No... how could that be?" the inner demon stammered. "In a sense, our consciousness belongs to the same person, so it's normal for me to know the thoughts of the main body..."

"..."

To be honest, she could accept the idea of ​​telepathy. But the presence of something in her mind, with a different consciousness, that could spy on her thoughts, was something she disliked intensely.

Although that thing is self-generated, it still feeds on one's own negative emotions.

I need to find some time to ask my master if there's any way to create a spirit that can separate from my body and still cultivate and possess magical power.

It really doesn't work...

The inner demon suddenly sensed the killing intent and immediately backed down, saying, "From now on, I... will try to perceive your thoughts less."

Lin Yan snorted, "If my lifespan is up and I haven't broken through yet, I'd rather die than have such a disgusting thing implanted in my body."

That monster was truly disgusting.

Seeing it only evokes images of bloodshed, violence, and evil slaughter...

Human beings are inherently driven to pursue and yearn for beauty, and naturally resist such things.

Seeing that the black fox had swallowed the monster, she asked, "You've been asleep for three years, why are you only waking up now?"

"Hmm? Is three years a long time? It's just a short rest."

The black fox was puzzled, yawned, and returned to the mark.

"..."

She thought three years was a long time, but it turns out that for Black Fox, it was just a short rest?

She couldn't help but wonder about the black fox's age.

Could it be some ancient demon? That's why no ancient texts record its existence.

Because it was already asleep when the human cultivators were present.

She put away her magical artifact, restored the pavilion that had been damaged by the spell, and sat inside to absorb spirit stones.

She only began to clean up the mess after she had regained some of her spiritual power.

The little ones have reverted to their juvenile form and obediently returned to the space.

They seem to have gotten used to living in the space, and after only a few days out, they find it boring and would rather stay in the space.

Sisi, on the other hand, is naturally bold and doesn't mind appearing in crowded places, so she didn't enter the space.

She was thinking that after dealing with her enemies and resolving the demonic issue with her master, she would find a place to live in seclusion and live with the little guy.

Cultivation can be more relaxed, allowing one to improve their realm as opportunities arise.

If one's lifespan ends before ascending to immortality, then it's better to turn into withered bones.

Chu Qiuyi's skin was still on the ground, and the damaged magic weapon and storage bag lay beside it.

It's unknown what dangerous items might be in the storage bags of cultivators who associate with demons; they would need to be detected using specialized magical artifacts.

She decided to tell her master about it and sent him the contents of the recording stone. Soon her master sent her a message asking where she was.

Lin Yan shared her location directly and sat in front of the pavilion waiting for her master to arrive.

The elders leading the Miaofa Sect to participate in the Immortal Sect Competition this time are Master, Venerable Rong Ce, and Venerable Liu Ruyan. The team has now settled in Xingyan Sect.

This mountain is located within the territory of the Xingyan Sect, not far from the sect. A Nascent Soul cultivator can reach it in two quarters of an hour by flying on a sword.

I thought only my master would come, but I didn't expect Venerable Rong Ce to be there as well.

She quickly stood up and said, "Disciple greets Master and Elder Rong Ce."

"Why are you being so polite? Are you alright? Let your master take a look." With that, the master reached out and grabbed her arm to check her injury.

She was relieved when she first discovered that only her meridians were slightly damaged, but she frowned when she found that her spiritual root was also cracked.

"Your spiritual root was shattered? This damned old man, instead of dying at his age, he resorts to crooked and evil methods and even injured my disciple!"

Lin Yan was embarrassed.

The meridians were indeed damaged during the battle, but they can be restored with repair pills and celestial herb.

The spiritual root was damaged during the tribulation.

The old seafood in the secret realm wanted to possess her, so it deliberately revealed her aura of undergoing tribulation, allowing the tribulation lightning to brew for a whole month before suddenly opening the barrier and catching her off guard.

To ensure the successful and perfect formation of the nascent soul, the spiritual root had to be sacrificed.

The spiritual root can be repaired later, but if the nascent soul is not formed, then the tribulation has failed.

"Elder Duan Yi, your concern has clouded your judgment. Haven't you noticed that your disciple has already formed his Nascent Soul?" Elder Rong Ce reminded him from the side.

After probing around, Duan Yi noticed that his disciple had already formed his Nascent Soul.

Knowing that her disciple had killed that old fellow Chu Qiuyi, she thought that her disciple, a Golden Core cultivator, must have paid a huge price for killing a Nascent Soul cultivator, either half-dead or unable to cultivate again.

Therefore, the first thing to do upon seeing someone is to examine their body in order to develop an appropriate treatment plan.

He didn't notice for a moment that his disciple was already a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Master, my matter is not important. Let's deal with Elder Chu Qiuyi's matter first. Those things on the ground are what he left behind. He colluded with high-level demons. I wonder if there are any shady things in his storage bag."

Seeing that Duan Yi only cared about his disciple, Rong Ce went to put the things away, including the leather.

Duan Yi coughed lightly and looked at Rong Ce.

He was speechless for a moment. "After the storage bag is inspected, anything that is safe inside will be given to your apprentice. I won't keep anything to myself."

“That’s more like it. My disciple, come back with me. I’ll have Elder Liu treat your injuries. Tell me what happened in the past three years.”

"Then...about the demon race..."

Lin Yan glanced at Elder Rong Ce and, seeing that he didn't seem to want to ask any questions, assumed that they probably didn't want to get involved.

"Hmph, my idea is to just arrest people and test them, and kill those who have been implanted with the demonic seed. Elder Rong Ce disagreed, saying that this would create too many enemies and put the Miao Fa Sect at a disadvantage, so he's been dragging it out until now. Let him handle it himself!"

"..."

Lin Yan now understands why, even before Mu Cheng confirmed that the demons were causing trouble, the situation had not been effectively controlled and had instead become increasingly dire.

Her idea was actually similar to her master's, except that she wanted to capture the person directly, remove the demon seed, and then deal with the demon seed, instead of killing them directly.

However, since they possess the ability to separate demonic seeds, and the Miaofa Sect has likely not developed a method to separate them, they are in a relatively passive position.

Especially now that the demons are invading so quickly, it seems like every sect has elders working for them.

Perhaps those elders who colluded with the demons are in the same situation as Chu Qiuyi… (End of Chapter)