A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

Zhou Yuan was naturally pleased to see Lin He, and then turned her gaze to Lan Chou beside her. Zhou Yuan seemed to have noticed something and couldn't help but exclaim, "It seems that this is an incarnation of Fellow Daoist Lin."

"Oh? Fellow Daoist Zhou is indeed very knowledgeable, recognizing me at a glance."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "Actually, our Miaoyin Sect also has this method of refining clones, but at most we can only refine one Foundation Establishment clone, which is not very practical, so we didn't spend time doing it. But it's truly incredible that your clone has the same cultivation level as you, the early Core Formation stage."

Lin He simply smiled and didn't intend to explain in detail. Zhou Yuan didn't press him further, after all, it was someone else's private matter.

"By the way, did Fellow Daoist Zhou invite other fellow Daoists to lend their assistance?"

Seeing that Zhou Yuan did not set off immediately, Lin He asked her a question. Zhou Yuan replied somewhat uncertainly, "There is another Fellow Daoist Ma who should arrive a little later."

However, after a while, Fellow Daoist Ma did not appear. Instead, he sent a junior disciple to inform them that he could not come. Zhou Yuan's expression turned sour.

Before even facing the Six-Hall Alliance, some of our own men have already fled without a fight. This is not a good sign.

Zhou Yuan sighed, then led Lin He and Lan Chou out of the city gate. The three of them took out their magical treasures and flew into the sky, heading towards the place they had agreed upon with Sect Master Wang.

Not long after Lin He and his companions flew away, two furtive figures emerged. One of them, a portly old man, said...

"That's the person who offended the young master, isn't it?"

Another skinny man nodded and said, "That's right, that's the one. Let's follow him."

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The three flew for quite some time before arriving at a desolate mountain to wait. Not long after, five streaks of light flew over. The one in the lead was naturally Sect Master Wang Heng, with two early-stage Core Formation cultivators standing beside him, followed by Fan Jingmei and Zhuo Ruting.

After more than thirty years, Lin He was surprised to find that Sect Master Wang had become a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator. However, Sect Master Wang looked at Lin He with even greater surprise. When they first met, Lin He was only an early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. Now, he had jumped a major realm and become an early-stage Core Formation cultivator. How could he not be surprised?

Especially since Lin He was accompanied by an avatar at the early stage of Core Formation, it caught Wang Heng's attention. Now he was certain that Lin He was not a cultivator from some small sect, but must have the support of a high-level cultivator behind him.

Lin He stepped forward. "Sect Leader Wang, this is my senior brother, Lan Chou. He also intends to help, so I brought him along."

Sect Master Wang smiled and said, "With Fellow Daoist Lin and Fellow Daoist Lan's help, it's truly wonderful! Come, let me introduce you. These two are Fellow Daoist Zhao and Fellow Daoist Meng."

The elderly man surnamed Zhao was dressed in gray robes and possessed a cultivation level of the early stage of Core Formation. He was standing next to Fan Jingmei, and his gaze kept falling on her. The two of them had an ambiguous relationship.

Another scholar surnamed Meng, who was also at the early stage of Core Formation, seemed to have a good relationship with Zhuo Ruting.

Fan Jingmei and Zhuo Ruting seemed to be at odds, each putting on a show of defiance. Wang Menzhu and Zhou Yuan observed all of this but made no attempt to stop them. In fact, they subtly encouraged the two to compete against each other.

Upon hearing that Lin He had only recently formed his core, Zhao and Meng simply nodded casually as a greeting.

Zhou Yuan walked to Lin He's side and explained in a low voice, "These two fellow Daoists, Zhao and Meng, have been on good terms with our Miaoyin Sect for a long time, and even intend to join our Miaoyin Sect. My husband values ​​them highly."

Lin He frowned. Zhou Yuan hadn't said all this without a reason; she seemed to be trying to recruit him. Seeing that Lin He remained unmoved, Zhou Yuan tried to persuade him again.

"I know that Fellow Daoist Lin comes from an extraordinary background and is unwilling to join the Miaoyin Sect, but it is acceptable for you to be a guest elder. You don't need to do anything normally, just lend a hand in times of crisis."

Lin He declined, saying, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, let's talk about this later. Right now, we have more important business to attend to."

Seeing this, Zhou Yuan didn't say anything more.

At this moment, Sect Leader Wang took out a golden cicada bee and explained.

"Those thieves took the goods, but they didn't expect that we had tampered with them. I followed this golden cicada bee and found their lair, but it is guarded by a Core Formation stage cultivator, so it is not easy to deal with. Therefore, our sect invites everyone to help resolve this matter. Jingmei and Ruting, your cultivation levels are too low, so you should return to the sect and not risk going there."

Zhuo Ruting and Fan Jingmei quickly agreed and flew towards Tianxing City.

The other five followed Master Wang for hundreds of miles and finally arrived at a desolate mountain. There was a row of houses built on the mountain, so it seemed that the gang of thieves was in there.

Sect Leader Wang waved his hand and said, "Make your move!"

These six people came with great momentum and made no attempt to conceal themselves, quickly attracting the attention of many cultivators on the desolate mountain.

Sect Master Wang took the initiative, taking out his jade flute magic weapon. With a gentle whistle, invisible sound waves were emitted, instantly killing the three Foundation Establishment cultivators below.

Lin He and Lan Chou were not idle either. Since they had agreed to help, they couldn't just do nothing. Lan Chou took out the blue flying sword magic weapon that he had obtained from Xu Chong and quickly killed three Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Lin He then took out the skull-shaped magic weapon and sprayed out purple poisonous mist, enveloping the three Foundation Establishment cultivators. Before long, the three of them died from the poison.

Everyone used their skills to deal with the group of Foundation Establishment cultivators, which was naturally easy, and they quickly achieved many victories.

However, Lin He frowned. They had been fighting for quite a while, but the opponent's Core Formation stage cultivator had not appeared. At first, it could be said that they had taken the opponent by surprise, but to say that they hadn't reacted yet was a bit unreasonable.

Lin He quickly released his divine sense to investigate. He had already completed the third level of the Great Evolution Technique, and his divine sense was much stronger than that of a typical mid-stage Core Formation cultivator. He quickly discovered the anomaly.

Deep beneath this desolate mountain lies a hidden formation, which appears to be about to be activated.

"Retreat quickly! There's a formation underground!"

Lin He quickly gave a reminder, and he and Lan Chou retreated rapidly. However, at this moment, four streams of light came together and attacked to block them.

Two throwing knives suddenly appeared behind Lin He, and it looked like they were about to succeed in their sneak attack. Just then, Lan Chou, who was next to Lin He, quickly released a blue shield. The two throwing knives landed on the blue shield and could not break through it at all.

Just as Lin He was about to break through, he was attacked by two more magical artifacts and had to use the skull artifact to defend himself.

But this delay allowed the formation to be activated, and Lin He and Lan Chou fell into it.

After being reminded by Lin He, Sect Leader Wang and the others also retreated hastily, but their reaction was half a beat slower than Lin He's, and they were also interfered with by various attacks, so they were unable to escape the formation.

At this moment, a blood-red light screen appeared, completely enveloping everyone, and a nauseating stench filled the formation.

Sect Leader Wang glanced at the surrounding crimson expanse, seemingly realizing something, and his expression changed drastically.

"Not good! This is the Blood Refining Corpse Formation! Quickly destroy the corpses of those Foundation Establishment cultivators!"

Upon hearing this, no one dared to hesitate any longer and prepared to destroy the body and cover up the evidence, but it was too late!

Once the formation was activated, dozens of blood-red rays of light flowed into the bodies of the deceased Foundation Establishment cultivators. The forty or fifty Foundation Establishment cultivators who had just been killed by the group came back to life and became mindless corpses!