A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

Throughout the entire forbidden area trial, people can be roughly divided into three categories.

The first category consists of disciples from various sects at the tenth or eleventh level of Qi Refining, who are at the bottom level and have to enter the forbidden area for trials due to certain special reasons.

The second type of people, with cultivation levels of twelfth and thirteenth, are more powerful than the first type of people, but their strength is inferior to the top experts of each sect. Naturally, they are at a disadvantage when entering the central area to seize spiritual herbs, so they set their sights on the first type of people, attempting to kill them and steal their treasures.

The third type of people are the top disciples of each sect. Although they are few in number, they are at the very top of the pyramid. Their goal is the spiritual herbs in the central area, but they also hope to eliminate those who try to take advantage of the situation before they do so. Therefore, they set their sights on the first and second types of people.

Therefore, after entering the forbidden area, the third and second types of people will start a large-scale purge targeting the first type of people, just like Senior Sister Chang at this moment.

A burly man from the Giant Sword Sect and a Taoist priest from the Qingxu Sect were looking at Senior Sister Chang with unfriendly expressions.

"What do you two mean by this? I discovered this Yinling Grass first. There's a proper order to things, isn't there?"

Senior Sister Chang pointed to eight spiritual herbs nearby that emitted a chilling aura. Although these Yin Spirit Herbs were not materials for refining Foundation Establishment Pills, they could still be exchanged for rewards within the sect.

Senior Sister Chang arrived first and was about to pick some when she ran into the two people opposite her.

Upon seeing this, the burly man from the Giant Sword Sect's face darkened. "First come, first served? In this forbidden area trial, there's only a difference in size, not a question of who came first!"

The Taoist priest from Qingxu Sect agreed with his friend's opinion and stepped forward, saying, "This humble Taoist also thinks so, but since Benefactor Hu doesn't like killing women, I'll play the villain."

The burly man from the Giant Sword Sect remained silent, seemingly acquiescing to the matter. The Taoist chuckled, casually took out a pair of high-grade flame forks, and with a simple flick of his finger, the forks sped away, trailing a string of sparks.

Senior Sister Chang frowned and quickly took out a high-grade ring. The ring immediately enlarged and was placed in front of her to block the flaming flying fork, producing a series of rumbling sounds.

"Huh, it's actually a high-grade magic artifact. It seems I'm having good luck today."

The Taoist priests of Qingxu Sect were not alarmed but delighted. They frantically activated the powerful magic power of the peak of the twelfth level of Qi Refining. The flaming flying fork that was entangled with the giant ring in mid-air suddenly shone with spiritual light as if it had taken a great tonic, and the giant ring was pressed down with loud bangs.

At the same time, a burst of intense heat emanated from the flying fork, causing Senior Sister Chang to feel parched and her face to turn pale.

Senior Sister Chang naturally had more than just these tricks up her sleeve, but because she was mindful that the giant swordsman from the Giant Sword Sect hadn't made his move yet, she held back a third of her strength and couldn't unleash her full power.

"Damn it, I can't gain any advantage against two opponents. It seems I have no choice but to give up on these Yin Spirit Grasses."

Senior Sister Chang quietly pulled out an Earth Escape Talisman from behind her back, preparing to activate it to escape.

Just then, the burly man from the Greatsword Sect, who had been silent all along, suddenly roared, "Who's there? Get out here now!"

The Taoist priest from Qingxu Sect was startled upon hearing this and quickly looked in the direction the giant swordsman from the Giant Sword Sect was looking. He saw a handsome young man in a yellow robe suddenly emerge from the overgrown weeds. It was none other than Lin He!

The Taoist priest spotted Lin He and immediately used his Heavenly Eye Technique to look at him. He then revealed a look of wild joy, while the burly man from the Giant Sword Sect also breathed a sigh of relief, clearly having seen through Lin He's cultivation level of the eleventh level of Qi Refining.

"Junior Brother Lin!"

When Senior Sister Chang saw Lin He, she was initially delighted, but then seemed to remember something and frowned.

The Taoist priest from Qingxu Sect and the burly man from Giant Sword Sect were both at the peak of the twelfth level of Qi Refining, while she herself was at the middle level of the twelfth level, and Lin He was only at the eleventh level. The gap between the two sides was quite large.

Following the map provided by the disciple of Spirit Beast Mountain, Lin He successfully captured another twenty Frost Toads. After two successful captures, Lin He was preparing to head to the next location when he encountered Senior Sister Chang on the way.

Lin He wouldn't bother with anyone else, but this Senior Sister Chang was Senior Sister Chen's close friend, so of course he couldn't just stand by and watch her die.

Lin He approached Senior Sister Chang and, without trying to hide his voice, said, "Senior Sister Chang, if a fight breaks out, just protect yourself. Leave the rest to me."

"What?" Senior Sister Chang thought she had misheard and stood there stunned, not yet reacting.

The Taoist priest and the burly man opposite them could hear clearly, but the burly man just sneered and didn't care at all.

The Taoist priest retorted angrily, "A mere eleventh-level Qi Refining cultivator dares to play the hero and save the damsel in distress? I bet you can't even protect yourself, yet you're spouting nonsense. You…"

The Taoist priest wanted to say some more boastful things, but Lin He on the other side had already made his move.

He immediately chanted an incantation and used the Wind Control Technique, which greatly increased his speed, allowing him to quickly approach the Taoist priest.

"Hmph, you're asking for it!"

Lin He's arrogant behavior made the Taoist's face darken. He quickly recalled the pair of flaming flying forks and sent them flying towards Lin He.

Seeing this, Senior Sister Chang hurriedly activated her ring to block, but the two on the other side seemed to be working together before, and their coordination was excellent. The giant swordsman from the Giant Sword Sect immediately produced a black giant sword, which actually arrived first and blocked the ring.

Upon seeing this, Senior Sister Chang's expression changed, but the strength of that giant swordsman was still above that of the Taoist priest, and she no longer had the strength to support Lin He.

At the same time, the flaming flying fork was shining brightly red, clearly indicating that the Taoist priest had activated it with all his might in his anger. The flying fork was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it was behind Lin He, and it looked like he was about to successfully launch a sneak attack.

Seeing this, Senior Sister Chang couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, but Lin He didn't turn around at all. He simply took out a shield and blocked it behind him. With a thud, the pair of flaming forks spun several times in mid-air before being easily blocked by the shield.

The Taoist priest was taken aback, never expecting such a situation. He was afraid that Lin He would take the opportunity to quickly approach him and launch a close-range sneak attack. However, strangely enough, after blocking the attack of the flaming flying fork, Lin He stood still in place.

He stroked the shield and stared at him with the look of someone looking at a dead man.

"Get out of the way!"

The giant swordsman from the Giant Sword Sect, who was fighting with Senior Sister Chang, seemed to have sensed something and hurriedly tried to warn her, but it was too late!

A thick water arrow shot out from the bushes where Lin He had just appeared. The Taoist priest was completely focused on dealing with Lin He and did not notice such a tricky sneak attack. By the time he reacted, he did not even have time to activate the talisman. The water arrow pierced his chest, leaving a huge bloody hole. He then fell to the ground and never came to life again.

After the Taoist priest fell to the ground, the form of the first-level peak demon beast, the Azure Water Crocodile, was finally revealed.

Senior Sister Chang stared in disbelief at the suddenly appearing Azure Water Crocodile, while the giant swordsman opposite her felt an unprecedented chill rise in his heart.