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

Chapter 59 In the Far North 1
The red demon was pouting and insisted on eating. Unable to do anything else, she took a new bowl, picked out two spirit mushrooms and some spirit vegetables, and placed the bowl in front of it: "Eat up. I have no experience raising spirit pets, so I don't know if you can eat this, and therefore I can't give you much."

The Crimson Demon ate until her mouth was covered in red oil, then let out a satisfied burp. Unable to bear seeing the White Rabbit dirty, she flicked her sleeve, and it became spotless.

After she finished eating, she put the food back into her storage bag. Just then, a series of noisy footsteps suddenly came from outside the cave, particularly clear in the howling cold wind.

Lin Yan wasn't in a hurry. She had used her divine sense to check the cultivation level of the people approaching. It was a ten-person team, the highest cultivation level being the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. They were wearing mink fur robes, thick fur hats, and carrying large swords as they rushed towards the cave.

Their cultivation level isn't as high as hers, so I'm relieved! If they harbor any malicious intentions towards me, I'll have another windfall. This group of people must be weary from their journey, having encountered quite a few setbacks in the far north.

The footsteps grew closer, and in no time, ten figures appeared at the cave entrance, each holding a blade and peering into the cave.

She put on her veil and walked to the cave entrance.

"Boss, there's a female cultivator in this cave!"

The man with the highest cultivation level sized her up, his eyes full of calculation.

Lin Yan displayed her cultivation level as Qi Refining in front of others, and only cultivators whose cultivation level was a whole realm higher than her could discern her true cultivation level.

Before they could even ask, he spoke first: "Excuse me, I was here first. Please find another place to rest, fellow Daoists."

“Fairy, it’s snowing heavily outside and it’s getting late. Please have mercy and allow us brothers to heal our wounds here.”

A frigid land, a dark and windy night... it doesn't seem like a time for anything good to happen. These people have probably turned their schemes on themselves.

"Yes, fairy, we brothers are injured and can't walk. We are being chased by monsters. Please take us in."

She didn't see any monsters chasing after her, but she did see the covetous look in the eyes of these people. How to describe their eyes? Like a scumbag of disgusting mud, their eyes darting around and probing her, giving her an urge to gouge out all their eyes.

She coldly refused, "What's it to me?"

In such an environment, no cultivator would be capable of helping others. To encounter an injured cultivator and not think of taking advantage of the situation to steal their treasures would be considered a great act of kindness.

The group of people didn't expect this female cultivator to be so audacious. She only had the cultivation of the Qi Refining stage and dared to come to the far north. Could she be a young lady from a noble family who came here for training and had a high-level guard protecting her? Otherwise, it would be inexplicable who set up the barrier at the cave entrance. They couldn't break it even if they wanted to.

"Saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-story pagoda. Does the fairy intend to just stand by and watch?"

Oh dear, the way you're saying this makes it sound like these people are some kind of virtuous individuals who have saved countless lives.

No, she didn't want to let these people go; they insisted on throwing their lives away, and she had no choice but to accept them.

Seeing that the female cultivator remained unmoved, the leading cultivator's face turned ugly. He attempted to use moral pressure: "We are all cultivators, shouldn't we support each other? How can you talk about morality when you just stand by and watch someone die!"

Lin Yan sighed and said helplessly, "Since you have such a strong request, then I have no choice but to let you in to escape the pursuit of the monsters." As she spoke, her tone became casual and nonchalant, as if she had no defenses.

After she finished speaking, she opened the barrier, and after they all entered the cave, she closed the barrier again.

Once inside the cave, their true intentions were revealed. The leader's eyes gleamed with undisguised greed. He gave the others a signal, and they slowly surrounded Lin Yan, no longer bothering to pretend. Seeing them all closing in, her face, hidden by her veil, showed no panic, but rather a shrewd glint.

“Young lady, we brothers have something we’d like to talk to you about…” The leading cultivator rubbed his hands together, revealing a lewd expression.

"Tsk? So eager, you don't even want to pretend anymore?"

The monks didn't notice anything amiss in her words; some had even started loosening their belts. Besides wanting to rob her of her treasures, they obviously had other plans.

A female cultivator at the Qi Refining stage wearing third-grade protective gear and appearing in the far north must be some arrogant young master from a noble family who's out for training. They sensed the absence of other people's presence upon entering, thus deducing that she came alone without guards.

They had originally planned to probe her for information after entering, to find out how many guards she had brought, before deciding whether to make a move. But upon learning that she was a female cultivator alone, they immediately revealed their true intentions...

"Sigh, you're all so eager to die, so I'll kindly send you on your way. No need to thank me too much!" Lin Yan finished speaking and released the pressure of a Golden Core cultivator.

The group of people felt the overwhelming pressure and their faces showed fear. Before they could even unleash their power, they were choked by this pressure and overwhelmed by fear. They uncontrollably knelt down on the ground.

The leading cultivator then realized what kind of being he had provoked due to his momentary lapse in judgment and miscalculation.

"Merciful Master, please spare us! We were blinded by greed and failed to recognize your greatness. We have offended you. Please have mercy and let us go..." The leading cultivator kowtowed and begged for mercy, pleading for the other party to have mercy and let them go.

"We dare not do it again. Please, Your Excellency, have mercy on our lowly lives."

The others also kowtowed and begged for mercy, "Please spare our lives, please spare our lives, please have mercy..."

Lin Yan looked at the group of people kowtowing without any pity. If the person present were truly just a female cultivator at the mid-stage of Qi Refining, would these people have let her go? No, they wouldn't!

In a short while, the cave returned to silence. Ten corpses lay outside the cave, their eyes still open, their deaths unresolved, and their cultivation had been completely absorbed.

The Crimson Demon has successfully advanced to the fifth tier. Its shrunken form gives it a slightly more heroic look, but it's not as cute anymore.

Lin Yan wasn't worried that the corpses of cultivators would attract demonic beasts, and leisurely warmed herself by the fire in the cave.

She took out her communication jade disc, clicked on the latest celestial news, and found a post about the far north. She clicked to browse it. The most popular post was about the unusual phenomenon of radiant light.

The post was made by an anonymous cultivator of unknown cultivation level, with an image transmitted from a recording stone as proof, although the image was blurry and unclear.

The post claimed that he had personally witnessed a radiant phenomenon in the far north, indicating the appearance of a rare treasure. He chose to share the news because his cultivation level was limited, and he wanted to accumulate good karma so that more capable cultivators could compete for it.

Many cultivators in the comments section said that it's better to believe it than not, and that they could form a group to go and investigate. Even if it's not true, they could consider it a training opportunity.

The shopkeeper said that several groups of cultivators had already gone into the far north to investigate, and the first group had been there for more than half a month and had not yet returned.

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