Cultivation begins with the Druid panel

Chapter 169 Kirito's Cave

The two left Fengcheng together. After confirming that no one was following them, Shen Luo asked, "Do you trust that guy at the pill shop? And what's the deal with that Kirito Escort Agency?"

Shen Luo's training was focused on finding the spark of fire. During his training, he was either fighting or on his way to fight. He didn't know what the Kirito Escort Agency was, so naturally he had questions for Lu Lin.

Lu Lin didn't hide anything from Shen Luo and told him about what happened during his training, focusing on the Kirito Escort Agency, blood cultivators, and human blood spirit plants.

After learning about this series of events, Shen Luo became somewhat worried: "Could that Kirito Escort Agency's base be part of a conspiracy? To be honest, I don't really trust that alchemist."

Shen Luo encountered countless scams and deceptions during his training. The number of people who genuinely helped him along the way could be counted on one hand. If it weren't for his formidable strength and the Heavenly Fire Seed that made ordinary methods ineffective against him, he might have perished during his training.

Seeing that some people were being so respectful to them and even offering them benefits, Shen Luo's first reaction was that it was a conspiracy and a trap.

However, Lu Lin's situation was completely different from Shen Luo's.

The people he had met along the way were all very kind; they either gave him opportunities or served as whetstones for his skills. Therefore, his interactions with the alchemist made him feel that it was a fair and proper exchange of benefits.

Hearing Shen Luo's words, Lu Lin said, "I also suspected it might be a conspiracy. But after thinking it over, I realized there's no need to..."

I'm worried about this.

"Oh?" Shen Luo leaned closer curiously.

"We are both cultivators at the seventh level of Qi Refining now, and our strength is not weak. Now that the leader of the Kirito Escort Agency is dead, the strongest person in the Kirito Escort Agency is no more than us. We don't need to be afraid of them," Lu Lin said.

"What if they're from the black market?" Shen Luo was meticulous in guarding against conspiracies and quickly discovered the loophole in Lu Lin's words.

However, Lu Lin was not careless and had already made preparations, hanging the Spirit Plant Master's token on his waist: "I am the youngest Spirit Plant Master in the past hundred years at Cliff Academy. If it is someone from the black market, they will definitely not dare to attack us. You can rest assured about that."

The title "youngest spirit plant master" might not be very intimidating to the people of Fengcheng, but those in the black market understood what it meant.

This suggests that Lu Lin may have already built a network of interests behind this name, and it is even more likely that many forces have given him a lot of benefits in order to curry favor with him.

Lu Lin has too many favors owed to him; if the black market dares to touch him, they will definitely pay a heavy price.

"Of course, this is my greatest source of confidence." Lu Lin's lips curled up slightly as he took out the Kunlun sword and unfolded it in his hand. A light blue mark flashed across the Kunlun sword.

It was the Ruoshui mark that Shi Jiayi had left on his Kunlun Fan. With this trump card, no one could threaten him unless a Foundation Establishment cultivator came out.

Seeing Lu Lin's confidence, Shen Luo didn't say anything and followed him to the Kirito Escort Agency's base.

The two set off, traversing the dirt paths through the forest. Soon after, a thunderclap boomed in the sky, and rain began to fall, turning the dirt paths muddy and hastening the arrival of night. In just a quarter of an hour, night had completely fallen, the darkness as black as ink.

Lu Lin and Shen Luo leaped through the trees and quickly reached the location marked on the map, only to find that it had already been taken by someone else.

To be precise, it wasn't that someone beat us to it, but rather that someone else got there half a step ahead of us.

Shen Luo and Lu Lin stood on the tree branch and saw the cave hidden in the night. The entrance to the cave had been destroyed, but looking down, they could still see a faint candlelight shining through it.

Shen Luo glanced at Lu Lin and said, "Their cultivation level is not low, and there's more than one of them. So, shall we make a move?"

Although Shen Luo was seeking Lu Lin's opinion, he had already taken his weapon into his hand beforehand.

Shen Luo's weapon is entirely golden, and it appears to have been tempered by heavenly fire once. Now, the quality of the weapon is very close to that of a spiritual weapon.

He named the weapon the Golden Mace.

Feeling the extremely aggressive power emanating from Shen Luo, Lu Lin was taken aback. It was no wonder that he possessed such a powerful aura, even though he was only at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Just as Shen Luo took out his golden mace, a cold light suddenly shot out from his side. Shen Luo was prepared and swung his golden mace. Immediately afterward, a dart was stuck in the ground.

"Assassination of Dao Tu Yao?" Shen Luo immediately turned his head to look at the darkness beside him, and sure enough, he saw a dark shadow flash by.

He was also an assassin cultivator at the seventh level of the Qi Refining stage.

It seems they must be from the black market.

Shen Luo said, "I'll go kill this assassin. You go to the cave first, I'll catch up with you soon."

After saying that, Shen Luo condensed a ball of flame and threw it into the forest. Under the light of the flame, the dark figure had nowhere to hide, and Shen Luo's flame was not affected by the rain at all.

The assassin's pupils contracted, realizing he had met his match, and he prepared to use his movement technique to disappear into the night and escape.

But Shen Luo wouldn't give him a chance. Holding the golden mace, he flashed and caught up with the assassin, engaging him in combat. Shen Luo clearly had the upper hand, and it wouldn't be long before the assassin was killed on the spot.

Seeing this, Lu Lin breathed a sigh of relief and stepped into the cave. The cave was dimly lit, but faint candlelight could be seen from the depths.

Using his druid's natural senses, Lu Lin quickly determined the number of people in the cave; there were three. However, their cultivation levels weren't high—one was at the seventh level of Qi Refining, and the other two were at the sixth level. Dealing with them shouldn't be too difficult.

No wonder that alchemist didn't dare come here; it turns out he couldn't win.

However, Lu Lin was very curious as to why these people had only arrived at this stronghold now.

Aren't you afraid that if the wait is too long, unexpected problems might arise?

But soon, Lu Lin realized that his five senses, enhanced by spiritual power, allowed him to detect a bloody smell in the damp and dark environment.

The bloody smell was mixed with a unique fragrance of spiritual plants.

Lu Lin's memory immediately responded, and four large characters popped into his mind: "Human Blood Spirit Plant".

There is even a human blood spirit plant here.

No wonder the black market operators, knowing there was a base here, have been unable to move it to a safe location.

It turns out that they couldn't bear to part with this sacred plant in this place.

"Since that's the case—then I have no choice but to leave you all here." Lu Lin held Kunlun, a flash of murderous intent suddenly appearing in his eyes.