A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

After Wang Tiangu's Nascent Soul escaped, Wen Min and Linghu Laozu landed on the ground. When everyone saw the two mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators appear together, they dared not look directly at them and respectfully bowed.

Linghu Laozu waved his hand, glanced at Lin He with some surprise, and then lingered on Lan Chou for a moment.

Wen Min then looked at the Yan family patriarch, "Fellow Daoist Yan, for Ru Yan's sake, let this matter rest, but Wang Chan must be killed!"

Faced with Wen Min, the Yan family patriarch had no right to refuse. He sighed, but said resolutely, "The Ghost Spirit Sect injured many cultivators of my Yan family; their deaths are not a pity. Ru Yan, immediately kill Wang Chan!"

Yan Ruyan no longer hesitated. Seeing this, Wang Chan roared and cursed the Yan family, but was ultimately beheaded by Yan Ruyan with a single blow, dying a horrible death.

Wen Min was satisfied upon seeing this; Yan Ruyan's strike was the Yan family's pledge of allegiance to the Hidden Moon Sect.

As long as Wang Chan is killed, the Yan family and the Ghost Spirit Sect will never be able to maintain any ties, and will be bound to the Hidden Moon Sect's ship wholeheartedly.

The Yan family patriarch even very considerately handed over Wang Chan's storage bag, which Wen Min accepted without hesitation. Only then did her tone soften somewhat.

"Fellow Daoist Yan, the Yan family has offended the Ghost Spirit Sect this time. We must immediately shrink our power, and the Yan Family Fortress must also relocate to the territory of the Hidden Moon Sect as soon as possible to ensure our safety."

The Yan family patriarch nodded in agreement. Of course, the Yan family would handle such a trivial matter through the Hidden Moon Sect, and Wen Min would certainly not concern herself with it.

Wen Min walked up to the Li brothers, grabbed one of them, and began to search his soul. Linghu Laozu did the same to the other one.

After a long while, Wen Min shook her head and said, "These two are inseparable from Wang Chan. I thought they would know more information."

Linghu Patriarch shook his head and said, "They are only early-stage Core Formation cultivators, and their knowledge is limited. I never expected to get any valuable information from them."

After the two were subjected to soul-searching, they foamed at the mouth and appeared to be out of their minds, causing everyone's expressions to change, and they secretly thought that this soul-searching technique was truly terrifying.

Wen Min took out a large flying boat and placed the Li brothers on it. Then Yan Ruyan, Nangong Wan, Fairy Ni Chang, and the disciples of the Hidden Moon Sect who came to participate in the treasure hunt also boarded the boat.

Wen Min greeted Linghu Laozu and then piloted the large flying boat away.

After Wen Min left, Ancestor Linghu also took out a disc, which transformed into a huge golden disc. Lin He, Dong Xuan'er, and other cultivators from Huangfeng Valley stepped onto the golden disc. With a wave of his hand, Ancestor Linghu sent the golden disc flying towards Huangfeng Valley.

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Two months later, at Jingu Plain,

Lin He stood at the door of a stone house, looking at his own position protected by the forbidden array.

"Is this Jingu Plain?"

Jingu was originally located at the border between Cheqi Kingdom and Yue Kingdom. Since the fall of Cheqi Kingdom, it has become the front line for the battle between the seven factions of Yue Kingdom and the six sects of the Demonic Path.

A few days ago, Lin He received a mission from the sect and was sent here to become a high-level cannon fodder in the Foundation Establishment stage.

Among the people sent here with him were many familiar faces, such as the beautiful Senior Sister Chen, Senior Sister Chen's elder brother, Chen Qiaoshan, who was in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, Dong Xuan'er, who had gone to Yanjiabao with him, and several of Li Huayuan's disciples.

At this moment, Senior Sister Chen and her brother Chen Qiaoshan walked over together. As soon as Senior Sister Chen arrived, she automatically took Lin He's arm, as if to assert her ownership.

Lin He smiled and was about to say something when another red figure strode over—it was Dong Xuan'er.

Dong Xuan'er didn't care at all. Instead, she walked to Lin He's side, grabbed his clothes, and they looked like they were going to fight each other.

Senior Sister Chen raised an eyebrow. "It's you again! What brings you here?"

Dong Xuan'er, however, refused to budge an inch. "If you can come, why can't I?"

The two women refused to back down. Chen Qiaoshan, standing beside Lin He, gave him a deep look before pulling his seventh sister back. After all, Dong Xuan'er was the disciple of Master Hong Fu and was quite favored, so she couldn't be easily offended.

Senior Sister Chen snorted coldly and glared at Lin He, while Dong Xuan'er lowered her head and behaved unusually well in front of Lin He.

Clearly, in this confrontation, Senior Sister Chen was far inferior to Dong Xuan'er.

"Ahem..." Lin He coughed, about to say something, when a disciple from Huangfeng Valley came to deliver an order.

"Fellow disciples, Grandmaster Li and Grandmaster Hongfu have arrived. We must go and pay our respects immediately."

Upon seeing this, everyone adopted serious expressions and followed the man into a much larger stone house.

The restrictions inside this stone house were clearly much stronger than those in their living quarters; it was obviously the residence of a Core Formation stage cultivator.

Lin He and the others entered the hall, where several Foundation Establishment cultivators were already waiting.

"Senior Brother Lin!"

One of the young men, who had an ordinary appearance and dark skin, was also taken aback when he saw Lin He, and immediately bowed respectfully.

Lin He also cupped his hands in greeting, saying, "So it's Junior Brother Han. I didn't expect to meet you here."

Han Li simply nodded upon hearing this. To be honest, he and Lin He hadn't interacted much, let alone had any friendship. It was just that Lin He's cultivation breakthrough was too fast, which caught Han Li's attention.

Han Li was already at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, he met a Core Formation stage cultivator named Lei Wanhe by chance. He exchanged two spiritual herbs for two Foundation Establishment stage pill formulas from Lei Wanhe, which allowed his cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds, reaching the mid-Foundation Establishment stage in just four years.

Standing beside Han Li were several cultivators: Song Meng, Liu Jing, Wu Xuan, and Zhong Weiniang, all of whom were disciples of Li Huayuan.

Song Meng smiled and said, "Our Yellow Maple Valley is now full of talented people. Junior Brother Lin has cultivated from the eleventh level of Qi Refining to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment in just eight years. Now we have Junior Brother Han. Hehe, it looks like those demonic cultists on the other side are going to be in big trouble."

Upon hearing Song Meng's words, Lin He simply smiled slightly, while Han Li gave a seemingly shy smile before looking at Lin He's side.

At this moment, Lin He had the alluring Dong Xuan'er standing to his left and the charming and lovely Senior Sister Chen standing to his right, which was truly enviable.

Not to mention Han Li, even Song Meng, Liu Jing and the others were secretly full of admiration. Seeing this, Zhong Weiniang quickly grabbed Liu Jing's arm, as if afraid that someone would snatch her away. After all, Dong Xuan'er's seductive skills were famously powerful. This posture made everyone feel amused, and Liu Jing himself also showed a bit of embarrassment.

As for Wu Xuan, he showed a hint of hostility because he had taken a liking to Dong Xuan'er.

The crowd gathered together in a lively atmosphere. Before long, an old man with a square face and a beautiful woman in red walked over. They were Li Huayuan and Hong Fu.

Li Huayuan glanced at everyone, his gaze lingering on Lin He for a moment, before he spoke loudly.

"The situation at the front is critical, and the demonic path is rampant. The reason I have summoned you here is to curb the arrogance of those demonic bastards."