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

Chapter 64 In the Far North 5
Of course, I can't go with them out of the far north. Traveling alone makes me vulnerable to robbery and ambush...

Her newly discovered method for acquiring cultivation resources was to be ambushed and then counterattack. In this way, other people's cultivation resources became hers.

Before the captain could speak, Lin Yan said, tears welling up in her eyes, "Thank you all for your kindness, but my companions are still missing. I want to find them first before we go out together."

They just said they wanted to leave the far north, but now they want to find their lost companions. Their words are contradictory and unbelievable. A team leader responsible for the group certainly wouldn't take someone who contradicts themselves. Saying this is a good way to get rid of them.

After Lin Yan finished speaking, she wanted to leave alone, but a tall, thin cultivator in the group stood up and spoke up for her.

He said to the captain, "It's too dangerous for her to go out alone to find her companions. Let her come with us."

Ah... I don't actually need anyone to stand up and say things like that!

Lin Yan's gaze pierced through the gauze curtain, glancing at the tall, thin cultivator. Though he was speaking to the captain, his eyes lingered on her. There was a hint of inquiry, a hint of covetousness… that sticky, unsettling gaze was unsettling.

Could this person really think that by standing up for her, he would earn her gratitude, or even be offered himself in return? Lin Yan was quite speechless. Even among cultivators, there are always a few who are exceptionally "different" from others, and no one can understand them.

Lin Yan didn't dare linger. She thanked the cultivator who had come to inquire first, and then quickly walked away.

The captain didn't try to stop them and continued leading the team away. He felt that a female cultivator who was in the far north holding a rabbit and whose story didn't match up couldn't be simple.

Although the female cultivator is only at the Foundation Establishment stage, she might possess some life-saving magic treasure; otherwise, she wouldn't be able to stay safely in the far north. Leaving her with the group might bring unexpected changes.

After walking a distance, Lin Yan found the snow too thick to walk on, so she had to brave the cold wind and fly on her sword. The wind howled, and without the protective barrier, she would have been cut by the wind blades long ago.

She waded across the frozen lake and saw a huge skull in the water. Because the lake was frozen, the thick ice layer acted like a solid glass dome, protecting the "skull" artwork.

The "skull" stood with her hands clasped in front of her, and in her palms grew an ice lotus. She was overjoyed, but quickly faced a dilemma. To obtain the ice lotus, she needed to break through the thick layer of ice on the lake. The powerful force poured in would cause aftershocks that would damage the ice lotus.

In the next second, Lin Yan understood. So what if it's damaged? At worst, she could just stop using the Ice Lotus and prevent her water spirit root from mutating. If she took the Ice Lotus away, the female lead wouldn't be able to mutate, right?

Perhaps it's petty of her to do this, but does she feel ashamed? Not at all! Back in the Xuan Tian Sect, she had taken the blame for the female lead many times and been punished because of her, so it's not unreasonable for her to ask for some compensation, is it?

I remember once, the female lead fell ill, and her fellow disciples sent her to the sect's medicine valley to fetch medicine and brew it. The others surrounded her, offering words of comfort and concern. Because she was still injured and moved slowly, causing some delay, they claimed that they did it on purpose, that they were jealous of their junior sister and wanted her to suffer for longer.

For this reason, they conspired to throw him to the bottom of the Black Cliff of Wenxin Peak to reflect on his actions. Below was the gap between the two peaks, where some low-level, venomous demonic beasts dwelled. They were sealed above and could not escape, and the smell of blood stimulated them, causing them to attack him frantically.

When Venerable Lingyun returned afterward, she was released, and the two disciples who injured her and threw her into the Black Cliff were not punished.

The Ice Lotus is a naturally grown spiritual plant, and the female protagonist's name wasn't mentioned. Since the novel gave this treasure to the female protagonist as a small stroke of luck, taking it now is a way of seeking some compensation for myself.

Several white, fluffy flowers grew on the frozen lake. These flowers were similar in shape to the carnivorous plants I had seen before, except they were not in bloom. The petals were covered with pale red fluff, as if the petals were wearing fluffy coats.

The flower was surrounded by colorful fluorescent light, clearly visible even outside of night. These shimmering lights would surely be even more beautiful at night. There were no insects or other demonic beasts crawling around the flower, saving them a lot of trouble by avoiding a direct battle. Lin Yan summoned her spirit sword, preparing to imbue it with powerful spiritual energy and strike the ice, causing it to shatter.

The spirit sword is a heavenly-level magic weapon, and with its own spiritual power, splitting through ice is no problem.

She channeled her spiritual power into the sword, preparing to unleash a powerful sword move. Just then, the velvet flowers seemed to sense the danger and began to bloom.

Pollen was released from the flower's stamen, and beams of beautiful light gathered from the flower's center to form pillars of light. Insects emerged from the snow outside the lake and converged on the velvet flower.

I had this feeling that the glowing light and the ice lotus were connected, and now I know what that connection was!

Watching the disgusting insects continue to gather, Lin Yan took out a fifth-grade sword from her storage bag and soared into the air. Why are birds the natural enemies of crawling monsters? It's because birds can fly, leaving these insect-like beasts helpless.

While hovering in mid-air on her sword, her spiritual energy was being depleted rapidly. She quickly took out three high-grade spirit stones and absorbed their energy to replenish it.

The Crimson Demon, clinging to its own shoulders, bristled at the sight of the wriggling insect-like beasts. Contracted beasts can sense their master's emotions and gradually align their aesthetic preferences with their master's.

If its owner finds something ugly or disgusting, the animal will also find it ugly, and may even develop feelings of disgust.

"Cuckoo~"

Lin Yan heard its words in her mind: "My master told me to get rid of these bugs!"

"Let's take a look first."

I don't know much about the insects and beasts of the far north. In the collection of monsters, most of the insects and beasts I've seen are crustaceans, and I've never actually seen this thing that looks like a maggot or a caterpillar before.

In my memory, the fifth tier of insect beasts is already quite high. The lower-tier insect beasts are all fourth or fifth tier, I don't know if it's because of the region or the flower.

—Pfft!
A disgusting sound suddenly rang out, and a white insectoid beast spat out slime towards her location. The slime didn't spray straight out, but rather spread out after being sprayed out, like rain.

Lin Yan hadn't expected the insect beast to have such a disgusting skill, so she quickly flew away on her sword to prevent the slime from getting on her robe.

The slime emitted a foul, fishy odor that made one's head ache and want to vomit. She took out five Thunderstorm Talismans and Weight-Bearing Talismans from her storage bag and threw them to the ground. At the same time, she took out her spirit umbrella and covered her body.

——Crack!
When the thunderstorm talisman was peeled open, the clustered ones were all electrocuted, and the air was filled with not only a foul stench but also the smell of burning protein.

He conjured several small water balls in his hand, which turned into ice balls in the extreme cold, and flung them toward the heads of the insect beasts.

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