A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

Inside the bamboo forest,

When Emperor Yue and the man in blue saw Nangong Wan appear, their expressions changed drastically. Their first reaction was to run away, but the next moment they were dumbfounded. No matter how they flew, they were stuck in the same place within the formation and could not escape at all.

Emperor Yue's face was extremely gloomy. He looked at his Fiend Core clone, as if he had made up his mind.

"Only by uniting as one might there be a glimmer of hope!"

Emperor Yue was about to absorb the power of the Demonic Core clone when a flash of emerald light appeared, followed by a burst of emerald green flames. These flames were extremely strange, and Emperor Yue dared not touch them. He took a few steps back, and in that delay, he lost his chance forever.

The Emperor of Yue was furious and glared at Lin He, but the latter watched the show with composure and did not make a move, just like the man in blue robes before.

Emperor Yue was startled, and then he sensed an unusually terrifying high temperature. He quickly looked up and saw that a circular magic weapon had appeared in mid-air. The ring spun around, bringing with it a sky full of sparks. After these tiny sparks left the ring, they immediately expanded, and each tiny spark turned into a fireball the size of a wheel. Countless fireballs rushed towards him, and a terrifying fluctuation of spiritual energy followed. The power of this magic weapon was simply astonishing!

The Yue Emperor had never witnessed such a scene before. He roared and hurriedly tried to summon the blue-robed man to defend him, but there was no response.

Emperor Yue was taken aback and quickly looked up. He noticed that the blue-robed man had put on a fiery red ring, which was none other than Nangong Wan's natal magic weapon - the Vermilion Bird Ring!

The man in blue robes tried to help, but he was firmly trapped by the Vermilion Bird Ring and could not move at all.

Seeing this, the Yue Emperor felt a chill in his heart. At this moment, countless fireballs were already flying towards him, one after another, attacking relentlessly until they quickly engulfed the Yue Emperor's figure.

The Vermilion Bird Ring is a support-type magic weapon, but even so, it is not something that a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator like Yue Huang can withstand. Even though his strength is far superior to that of an average late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, he could not escape unscathed. This is the difference between a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator and a Core Formation cultivator.

With just one strike, the Yue Emperor was killed, but Nangong Wan showed no surprise and immediately put away the Vermilion Bird Ring.

Without the control of the Yue Emperor, the man in blue robes became a walking corpse, holding the black blood blade, just standing there blankly.

Lin He couldn't wait to run over and loot the loot box. Although Emperor Yue was dead, the fragment of the Void Heaven Map had not been burned, and the jade slip containing the simplified version of the Profound Yin Scripture was also lying there. In addition, there was a pitch-black alms bowl and the two Blood Spirit Diamonds that Emperor Yue had painstakingly condensed, all of which were given to Lin He.

Lin He quickly examined the jade slip and found the method for refining an external avatar. It was a method of splitting the soul that only those with a cultivation level of Foundation Establishment or above could master. It was not complicated, and Lin He could implement it after a little study. But now was obviously not the time to do it.

At this moment, Xin Ruyin had already put away the Reversed Five Elements Formation, while near the bamboo forest, twenty or thirty Black Fiend Sect disciples were preparing to charge in.

Upon seeing this, Lin He's expression turned cold. He immediately took out the pair of black dragon knives and the pair of red throwing knives. Two streaks of black light and two streaks of red light flew over quickly, like tigers entering a flock of sheep, easily slaughtering them all.

After collecting all their storage bags and destroying the evidence, Lin He ran back to the palace, collected the storage bags of the four blood servants, burned the bodies, and used wind blade magic to blow away all the remaining traces before finally coming to Nangong Wan's side with satisfaction.

Nangong Wan showed no interest whatsoever in the storage bags of these Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators. She simply looked at the blue-robed man and asked him a question.

"Is everything taken care of? What about him?"

Lin He said nonchalantly, "Easy. I'll train him into my avatar, and that way I'll have an extra late-stage Foundation Establishment combatant."

Seeing this, Nangong Wan didn't say anything more, and then took out a fiery red flying sword magic weapon.

"Come on up, I'll use my magic weapon to take you away, that way we'll save time."

Lin He naturally had no objections. He pulled the man in blue robes onto the flying sword, while Nangong Wan pulled Xin Ruyin up. Then, a red light shot into the sky and quickly disappeared without a trace.

The disappearance of the Yue Emperor naturally caused a great uproar. The seven major sects naturally sent people to investigate, but they couldn't find anything at all. Unless they sent Nascent Soul stage cultivators, they might be able to find some clues, but that was obviously impossible.

When the Yue Emperor died, the seven major factions simply installed a new one. None of the seven factions truly wanted to avenge the Yue Emperor, and as time went on, the matter was left unresolved.

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Several days later, Lin He and his companions arrived at high speed on their flying swords and magical artifacts, landing near a mine.

Lin He looked at the fiery red flying sword and sighed. The flying speed of this magic weapon was simply unbelievable. Compared to it, the Divine Wind Boat, which he was originally quite satisfied with, was much inferior.

Nangong Wan seemed to see through his thoughts and smiled, saying, "Don't be discouraged. Once you reach the Core Formation stage, you'll be able to use magic weapons, and your escape speed will naturally be far superior to what it is now."

Seeing the encouragement from the stunning beauty beside him, Lin He felt a warmth in his heart. He took her slender hand and said, "Don't worry, I'm quite confident about reaching the Core Formation stage."

This wasn't just empty talk. With the help of the teleportation array, he could go to the Chaotic Star Sea to buy Snow Spirit Water and Heavenly Fire Liquid, and even find a way to get Dust-Reducing Pills. With the help of these three essential items for Core Formation, his chances of successfully forming his Core far exceeded those of ordinary cultivators.

Lin He was unaware that his actions were a bit too intimate. Nangong Wan blushed and couldn't help but mutter under her breath, "What are you doing? Ruyin is still here."

Upon hearing this, Lin He reluctantly withdrew his hand, while Xin Ruyin obediently turned away.

"How gentle and considerate she is!" Lin He exclaimed upon seeing her.

Nangong Wan then regained her composure and coughed, saying, "Based on your information, I spent quite a bit of time finally finding this place. Next, we'll use an earth escape talisman to enter."

Nangong Wan gave each person an Earth Escape Talisman, and even the man in blue robes received one. He had now been refined by Lin He into an external avatar, and could activate the Earth Escape Talisman immediately with just a thought from Lin He.

Of course, to avoid being discovered, all four of them used the nameless concealment technique to hide their aura.

Nangong Wan was the first to activate the talisman and disappear underground, followed closely by Lin He and the others. After a while, Nangong Wan, who was stealthily moving ahead, suddenly stopped, and the group followed her into a huge stalactite cave.

Lin He spotted the ancient-looking hexagonal teleportation array at a glance and couldn't help but smile.