Cultivation: I can see the proficiency level

Just as Wang Mian and Su Fuyao got up to chase after the escaped Qi Refining Level 6 cultivator, they heard a scream from outside the valley, followed by a series of sounds of trees breaking.

As several large trees crashed down, the fleeing Qi Refining Level 6 cultivator crashed into a thick tree trunk, then slid down slowly as if he had no bones, leaving a layer of blood on the trunk.

His chest was sunken, revealing a dozen or so holes the size of a thumb, from which blood gushed out, quickly staining his clothes red. Violent coughing could be heard, accompanied by blood mixed with fragments of internal organs.

He looked into the distance, and under the moonlight, a female cultivator holding a spiked club walked slowly towards him. Blood dripped from the club, and her limbs were unusually thick, with a triangular body and bulging muscles.

"The Su family... body cultivator!" He only had time to finish this sentence before his head turned to the side, and he breathed his last.

She did not speak.

He simply reached out again, grabbed the other man's neck, and with a gentle twist, snapped the neck of the cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining, causing him to gradually lose his life.

Wang Mian and Su Fuyao had just gotten up in the valley when they heard a scream, and a rough voice rang out from not far away: "Young Master, are you alright?"

A tall, imposing figure approached Su Fuyao. Wang Mian noticed that a female cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining had appeared beside Su Fuyao. He quietly took a few steps away, keeping a watchful eye on her.

However, the gentle-looking female cultivator did not look at him. Instead, she scanned Su Fuyao from head to toe to make sure she was not injured before she breathed a sigh of relief.

Having witnessed the immense power of the explosion, both of them were terrified and worried that Su Fuyao might be in danger, so they immediately rushed down into the valley.

"Sister Su." Su Fuyao shook her head to indicate that she was alright. She then introduced, "This is Fellow Daoist Wang Mian, and this is my sister Su Wenrou."

Wang Mian bowed to acknowledge the greeting.

She simply nodded, her attitude neither warm nor cold.

"Sister, did you come alone?" Su Fuyao asked.

Su Wenrou pointed outside the valley, where a burly, tall figure was walking out, carrying a spiked club on his shoulder and a corpse in his hand: "Your sister Shengnan is here too."

As they spoke, the tall figure approached, and Wang Mian could clearly see the other person's striking square face. Standing six feet tall, he exuded a fierce aura.

It is also the aura of the sixth level of Qi Refining.

She tossed the corpse aside, a smile playing on her lips. "Young Clan Leader, Huo Lei was dangerous. Was he injured?"

Even though she knew Su Fuyao had many protective measures, the fierce lightning and fire just now still made her heart pound for a long time. She only felt relieved after realizing that her aura was unharmed.

He immediately went after the murderer and sent him to the underworld with a single blow.

"It was all thanks to Fellow Daoist Wang's protection that I was able to escape the lightning and fire unharmed." She introduced him to Su Shengnan, "Sister, this is Fellow Daoist Wang Mian."

Unlike the gentle-looking female cultivator from before, Su Shengnan immediately gave Wang Mian a kind and grateful smile after hearing Su Fuyao's words.

Su Shengnan bowed again and said, "Thanks to your protection of my young clan leader, fellow Daoist, I am very grateful."

Wang Mian felt that the two female cultivators were completely different in appearance and personality. The one with a gentle appearance was aloof, while the one with a rough appearance was gentle.

You really can't judge a book by its cover.

"Fellow Daoist, you are too kind. Fellow Daoist Su helped me a great deal beforehand, and half of my escape from danger was also due to her own efforts. I only did a small part. Fellow Daoist Su is too kind. There is no need for you to be so polite in your thanks."

Wang Mian actually didn't want to get involved with the rest of the Su family. The attitude of that female cultivator just now actually represented the attitude of a part of the Su family.

He was a free spirit, a rogue cultivator who neither coveted anything from the Su family nor wanted to get involved in any trouble. His friendship with Su Fuyao was purely platonic.

"Fellow Daoist Wang is indeed an upright person." Su Shengnan could tell from his words that he was trying to distance himself from the matter.

She understood that while Su might not think highly of Wang Mian, Wang Mian might not think highly of Su either.

Before Su Fuyao could speak again, Wang Mian took his leave: "Fellow Daoist Su, I will now resign from my post. I will remember your kindness in staying in this spiritual land and your assistance in searching for spiritual herbs, and I will repay you in the future."

Now that this matter is settled and the elixir is in hand, he is looking for a place to break through to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

A fourth-level Qi Refining cultivator, relying on the power of sword intent, can slay a sixth-level Qi Refining cultivator, but may not be able to slay a seventh-level Qi Refining cultivator. With the Lü clan still watching from the sidelines, Wang Mian always felt a sense of crisis hanging over his head.

Reaching the fifth level of Qi Refining will provide more resources for survival. In addition, Bai Jiuniang is about to break through the second minor barrier, and there are likely still many follow-up issues here, so it is not advisable to stay for long.

After listening, Su Fuyao did not reply but pulled him aside.

"As you guessed, fellow Daoist, these two are close neighbors. In that spiritual land..."

Wang Mian interrupted her, saying, "Fellow Daoist Su, that is your family's sacred land. Whatever spiritual objects are inside belong to your Su family and have nothing to do with me."

Wang Mian was already very grateful that the elixir had been found for him. He didn't want anything else, and he simply didn't want to get involved in the matter.

I just want to cultivate in peace and achieve a breakthrough as soon as possible.

"Are you trying to sever ties with me again?"

Wang Mian shook his head: "That's not the case. You are you, and the Su family is the Su family. They cannot be confused."

He simply didn't want to get too involved with the Su family, not because of the Su family that he distanced himself from Su Fuyao. After several interactions, he considered Su Fuyao a friend, or at least a friend, if not a close friend.

Upon hearing this, she smiled and handed the storage bag containing all the items from the sixth level of Qi Refining to Wang Mian, then whispered, "I've sent people to search the spiritual lands thoroughly. If there are any discoveries, you'll definitely get a share."

Wang Mian used up a lot of talismans in this battle, and because of the Su family's medicine garden, he suffered an undeserved disaster. Even in the moment of crisis, he did not abandon her and escape. Su Fuyao wanted to make it up to him.

The storage bag counts as one item, and any gains from the herb garden also count as one item.

"There's no need for that..."

"I'll tell you, Fellow Daoist Wang, please don't be so wishy-washy." She cut off Wang Mian's words before asking, "I don't know where Fellow Daoist is planning to go. Keep this Thousand-Mile Talisman safe. If I send you a message, remember to reply to my message."

Without saying a word, she stuffed the Wanli Fu into Wang Mian's arms.

Knowing that she meant well, Wang Mian did not want to dwell on these trivial gains and losses, so he accepted the talisman, bid farewell to her first, and then to Su Shengnan.

As for the cold-faced female cultivator, she merely gave a slight farewell bow, as a sign of good manners.

Watching the white dog take off and Wang Mian's figure disappear into the mist, Su Shengnan finally laughed out loud: "Young clan leader, your friend is quite interesting, at least he distinguishes between gratitude and resentment very clearly."

I'd rather give a warm welcome than accept a cold shoulder.

Su Fuyao didn't talk much about this matter, lest it hurt the sisters' feelings. When she talked to them about the spiritual land, she pointed to the six-layered hole of the Qi Refining Platform and said, "This is the Liu family head on the ridge. Most of what he is after is in the medicine garden."

The two composed themselves and solemnly inquired about the details. They then returned to Snake-Entwined Pass, planning to investigate the mystery in detail the next day.

The body of the mid-grade Azure Scale Python was still in the hollow, with its skin and bones intact, only missing the small portion of snake meat and fangs that Wang Mian had taken.

"Some people seem to have forgotten the group's teachings." Su Shengnan looked at the snake's body and said with a sneer, "The ancestral teachings were to make only good friends, not to offend people everywhere with a cold face."

Su Wenrou: "..."

She only resented that Wang Mian had taken the young clan leader into danger and led him astray, feeling that he was not a good match for the young clan leader and that they should not spend too much time together.

What's wrong with that?

"Yes, yes, yes, you're so enthusiastic, so eager, why don't you just tie him up and bring him back to the young clan's bed? That way, the relationship will be much deeper, and you'll know him inside and out."

"Su Wenrou, you're vulgar, frivolous, and wanton." Su Shengnan couldn't stand these explicit words.

"It's better than you trying to match the young clan leader with a rogue cultivator. Is the young clan leader going to cut off his Heavenly Essence? He wants to befriend just anyone. Doesn't he realize that the person he's trying to marry is a troublemaker?" Su Wenrou retorted.

The two argued back and forth, giving Su Fuyao a headache. She pointed to the door and chased them out of the small wooden building before she finally felt some peace and quiet.

Su Fuyao was only taking a short nap when she opened her eyes and saw that there was light in the room.

She summoned the spirit farmers, uprooted the spirit herbs, and excavated the spirit land.

After a long time, a reddish-brown stone about the size of a little finger was unearthed and handed to Su Fuyao. She stared at the reddish-brown stone in her hand with some surprise.

"It's actually Phoenix Bloodstone... Fellow Daoist Wang is quite the lucky star!" Su Fuyao guessed that if Wang Mian knew it was this thing, he would probably regret it to the core.