A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

"Hmph! Let's see where you run now!"

In a dense forest, a stunningly beautiful girl dressed in white was desperately fleeing, pursued by three Foundation Establishment cultivators in the attire of the Ghost Spirit Sect. One of them had even reached the late Foundation Establishment stage, while the other two were at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, far surpassing the girl who was only at the early Foundation Establishment stage.

As the girl cast the Wind Control Technique along with a mid-level talisman, she inwardly felt frustrated.

"If flying weren't a threat of being attacked by aerial monsters, I would have already used the Purple Cloud Banner to escape. How hateful!"

The three people behind them kept chasing closely, and the leader, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, even spoke up to persuade them.

"Miss Yan, you don't need to struggle anymore. You can't escape. You might as well come back with us obediently. Considering that you have a Heavenly Spiritual Root, we won't kill you."

"Hmph! Don't think I don't know what you're up to. You want to use my life to blackmail the Yan family and the Yanyue Sect? Don't even think about it."

Yan Ruyan herself possessed various top-tier magical artifacts and mid-level talismans bestowed upon her by the Yan family's patriarch, as well as some talismans and magical artifacts given to her by Nangong Wan. Although the cultivation levels of the three behind her far surpassed hers, they were not yet capable of defeating her in the short term.

A mid-level dungeon talisman was activated, and a thick rock surrounded the three people behind. The three were taken aback and hurriedly used various magical artifacts to break the rock. Yan Ruyan took the opportunity to create some distance between them.

In this way, every once in a while, when the distance between the two sides closed, Yan Ruyan would use a mid-level talisman to block them and widen the distance again.

However, mid-level attack talismans are limited in number. Before long, Yan Ruyan had very few of these talismans left, and she couldn't help but look worried.

"Am I really going to be captured by them and humiliated by them? No, I would rather die than suffer their humiliation. I have no choice but to use that secret technique."

Thinking of this, Yan Ruyan's face became resolute, as if she had made up her mind. She suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at the three people behind her. Before her magic power was completely exhausted, she prepared to take a gamble.

The three people behind were also getting anxious. After all, Yan Ruyan was an elite disciple of the Hidden Moon Sect. If she encountered cultivators from the six sects of Yue Kingdom, they might help her, which would be troublesome for the three of them.

Seeing Yan Ruyan preparing to fight desperately, they breathed a sigh of relief. The three of them were about to say something when their pupils shrank and their bodies tensed up, looking as if they had encountered something extremely terrifying.

Yan Ruyan was taken aback, and then seemed to sense something. She quickly looked behind her, and at that moment a man and a woman walked over.

The man, dressed in blue, looked calmly at the three Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators opposite him, showing no sign of panic.

The woman, dressed in red, was looking at Yan Ruyan with a curious expression.

"It's you!" Upon seeing Lin He, the three men's expressions changed drastically, and they fled frantically without saying a word.

The three of them used their Wind Control Techniques and various speed-enhancing talismans, wishing they had an extra leg, and frantically fled back the way they came.

Lin He did not immediately give chase, but instead looked at Yan Ruyan beside him, "Miss Yan, I didn't expect to meet you here."

In fact, Lin He had never had any dealings with Yan Ruyan, but he did meet her once at Yan Family Fortress. At that time, Yan Ruyan was forced to kill Wang Chan, a scene that Lin He remembered vividly.

Yan Ruyan looked at Lin He with a complicated expression. It was this man who stopped Wang Chan from escaping, and it was this man who severely injured Wang Chan. It can be said that if it weren't for Lin He, the chaos in Yan Family Fort might have unfolded differently. As for whether the outcome would have been good or bad, Yan Ruyan didn't know, because such a hypothesis was meaningless. The fact was that Yan Ruyan killed Wang Chan.

Recalling the chaos at Yan Family Fortress, a hint of sadness flashed across Yan Ruyan's beautiful face. She shook her head, temporarily setting aside the past, and solemnly expressed her gratitude.

"Thank you for your help, Senior Brother Lin. Otherwise, I would have been in serious trouble. By the way, with Senior Brother Lin's strength, you should be able to defeat those three, right? Why did you let them go? If they had gathered other Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators to attack us, I'm afraid..."

Although Yan Ruyan has been cultivating in seclusion at the Hidden Moon Sect for the past few years, Lin He has caused too much trouble in Golden Drum Plain. His affairs have been publicized by the Seven Sects to boost morale. Yan Ruyan has heard some of this, but she doesn't know much about the specific details.

The propaganda from the seven sects was quite meticulous, including all the Core Formation stage cultivators from each sect. However, as the story spread, it began to distort, becoming that this Senior Brother Lin, with his mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation, single-handedly killed more than a dozen Core Formation stage cultivators.

When Lin He first heard this rumor, he thought it was an exaggeration. How could he possibly kill so many Core Formation stage cultivators on his own?

At that time, he clearly relied on the strength of the seven Core Formation stage cultivators, including Nangong Wan, Hong Fu, Li Huayuan, and Fu Yunzi. If they hadn't worked hard to hold off his opponent, how could Lin He have succeeded?

Later, for some reason, the story spread that he had killed more than a dozen Core Formation stage cultivators by himself. The story became more and more bizarre, but people just liked this narrative style and talked about it with great interest.

Yan Ruyan was even more dumbfounded when she heard this. Of course she didn't believe it, since rumors are often exaggerated. But since Lin He was so powerful, he must have some skills, after all, it was a fact that he severely injured Wang Chan back then.

Lin He wasn't worried at all when he heard her say that. "That's even better. It saves me the trouble of looking for them one by one. Right now, the three of them must be trying to gang up on me. They will definitely try to contact other Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators. It's a good opportunity to wipe them all out in one fell swoop."

Yin Xue'er was alright, having witnessed Lin He's powerful methods before, but Yan Ruyan was somewhat surprised. Her gaze shifted back and forth between Yin Xue'er and Lin He, seemingly harboring considerable doubts.

"Miss Yan, please speak frankly if you have any doubts."

Yan Ruyan asked cautiously in a low voice, "Senior Brother Lin, do you...do you know who she is?"

"Her name is Yin Xue'er, and she is the leader of the Hehuan Sect. I naturally know that."

"Then why...?"

Yan Ruyan found it even stranger, but Lin He didn't explain further. He simply said, "Miss Yan, if you suspect that I'm in cahoots with the Hehuan Sect, you're free to leave now. However, if you encounter danger again, I won't be able to help you."

"this……"

Yan Ruyan was indeed a little worried, after all, the matter of Spirit Beast Mountain had already spread, and there might be other spies among the seven sects.

However, upon further reflection, it seemed impossible. After all, Lin He had killed so many demonic cultivators in Jingu Plain. If he were an undercover agent, the price of this self-inflicted injury would be far too high.

Yan Ruyan ultimately decided to follow Lin He, because it would be dangerous if she encountered the Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators again.

So Lin He and his two companions followed the three Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators ahead at a leisurely pace.