A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

This is more than just a bad rule; it's practically cheating! Li Huayuan thought to himself.

At the Battlefield of Jingu Plain, the six sects of the Demonic Path and the seven factions of the Yue Kingdom established a rule: during the day, Foundation Establishment cultivators would fight each other, and at night, Core Formation cultivators would engage in combat.

But Lin He was like someone with a bug in his body. He was a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, but he had an external avatar at the early Core Formation stage, possessing the combat power of a Core Formation stage cultivator.

His appearance alone in Jin Gu Yuan was like a devastating blow to the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the demonic path!

The reason Li Huayuan was so optimistic about this operation was because Lin He was there; once he made a move, the opponents would either be killed or seriously injured.

But Lin He did even better than he had imagined. In the past few days, more than two hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators had died at his hands. This number was already astonishing. You have to know that when there was a major battle every month, the number of cultivators deployed by both sides was only around a thousand.

Although Li Huayuan thought this in his heart, he naturally wouldn't say it out loud. Instead, he spoke up...

"Broken rules? No, where are the rules broken?"

Meng Fan snorted coldly, "He has the combat strength of a Core Formation stage cultivator, yet he's fighting against a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator. The two sides are not evenly matched. Isn't this bullying?"

Li Huayuan immediately retorted, "Fellow Daoist Meng, you can't say that. When both sides proposed to establish rules, you also nodded in agreement. Why are you going back on your word now? Besides, he is indeed a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and he hasn't concealed his cultivation level."

"Fine! Very well!" Meng Fan laughed angrily. "Since Fellow Daoist Li insists on saying this, then I have nothing more to say. But since you've started the first day, don't blame us for doing the fifteenth."

After saying that, Meng Fan didn't even look at the Foundation Establishment cultivators below and flew away.

As Li Huayuan watched Meng Fan's disappearing figure, he couldn't help but frown.

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Inside the seven camps of the Yue Kingdom,

Lin He parted ways with the others and returned to his residence. After three consecutive days of killing enemies, he was still somewhat exhausted. After resting for several hours, it was already night.

In the past three days, he has killed many late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, extracted a lot of their essence, and refined six level-five Soul Burning Beads.

Lin He spent an entire night making the Soul-Burning Pearl for the first time, but after successfully making it once, he was able to refine it much faster the next time. He was just about to start refining two more when he heard a knock on the door.

When Lin He opened the door, a pretty figure was standing outside; it was Senior Sister Chen.

At this moment, Senior Sister Chen was as beautiful as a flower, her face flushed, indicating that she had drunk quite a bit of alcohol, as she still smelled strongly of alcohol.

Lin He was quite surprised. In his memory, Senior Sister Chen never drank alcohol, but now she reeked of alcohol, which was naturally very strange.

Lin He helped her into the house and closed the door behind him. Senior Sister Chen's face was flushed. She looked at Lin He for a while without saying a word, which seemed rather strange.

"Senior sister, what's wrong with you today? You were so happy during the day, why did you change so much at night?"

Senior Sister Chen grabbed Lin He's hand and shook her head, saying, "I'm fine."

Lin He, being the kind of person he was, could tell at a glance that something was amiss. He helped Senior Sister Chen to sit up straight and said seriously, "I think I can roughly guess what you're thinking."

"you……"

"Don't speak yet, let me guess," Lin He continued, "Dong Xuan'er has been clinging to me lately, making you feel threatened, right?"

"I……"

"Are you afraid I'll become another Senior Brother Lu, abandoning you to pursue Dong Xuan'er in order to please Senior Aunt Hong Fu?" Lin He's tone was somewhat stern. "Do you think I'm like Senior Brother Lu? Does he even deserve to be compared to me?"

Seeing that Lin He was a little angry, Senior Sister Chen quickly said, "I never thought that way. I know you're not that kind of person, it's just..."

After thinking for a moment, Senior Sister Chen finally spoke up, "Junior Brother, ever since that night, my father has suggested that you marry into the Chen family."

"I had the same thought at first. Junior Brother, you don't have a strong family background. If you had the Chen family's support, your chances of reaching the Core Formation stage would be much greater. But later, Junior Brother's growth rate was too fast!"

Senior Sister Chen looked worried and continued, "Your strength is getting stronger and stronger. Even my father, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, can't withstand a single finger from you now. Even if you were to make Junior Brother the head of the Chen family, I'm sure he wouldn't want to. Originally, I was thinking of using the Chen family's power to help Junior Brother, but now..."

"You feel like you're no longer of any use to me, so you feel insecure and afraid that I'll abandon you at any time, right?"

Lin He pointed out what she found difficult to say, and Senior Sister Chen nodded silently. Lin He sighed, put his arm around her slender waist, and said, "You really need to learn from Dong Xuan'er in this regard. You are the young lady of the Chen family, beautiful, with dual spiritual roots, and now a Foundation Establishment cultivator. You need to be more confident. Do you know how many men outside are trying to get their hands on you?"

Am I really that sought-after?

"Of course, would the woman I set my sights on be bad?" Lin He smiled and said, "Besides, I've known you for so long, and I've never thought of getting anything from the Chen family. Do you understand?"

Upon hearing this, Senior Sister Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said, "Junior Brother, I was just overthinking things. Please forgive me, okay? I'll give you..."

As she spoke, Senior Sister Chen squatted down. Lin He quickly said, "Senior Sister, wait a minute, wait a minute! Sigh, it looks like we won't be able to get anything done tonight."

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The next day, the sun shone brightly.

Lin He and Senior Sister Chen walked out of the stone house together. Chen Qiaoshan, Liu Jing and others were already waiting at the agreed location. Everyone was preparing to go deep into the Jingu Plain battlefield again.

Lin He looked at the group and noticed that two figures were missing. One was Wu Xuan, who didn't have a good relationship with Liu Jing and the others. Now that he had offended Lin He, he was even less willing to act with Lin He.

The second is Han Li. Unlike Liu Jing and others, Han Li's benefits did not increase but decreased when he acted with Lin He. Moreover, Han Li preferred to act alone, so he left the group.

As for the others, they have all tasted the sweetness of success these past few days. After all, relying on their own abilities, venturing deep into the Golden Drum Plains is not only life-threatening, but also yields little reward. They do not have the ability to kill Foundation Establishment cultivators on their own.

However, even though Lin He gets the vast majority of the profits by following him, they can still get a share of the spoils along with him. Even just getting a share of the spoils is more profitable and safer than doing it on their own.

As a result, all these people were willing to follow Lin He. Lin He didn't care about this; leaving some soup for others was no big deal. The most important reason, of course, was for Dong Xuan'er and Senior Sister Chen.

In the past few days, with Lin He's help, Dong Xuan'er and Senior Sister Chen have killed more than a dozen demonic cultivators and gained a lot. They even obtained several top-quality magic weapons, which greatly enhanced their combat capabilities.

Dong Xuan'er has had a lot of fun these past few days, which is why Hong Fu has been praising him highly.

As for Senior Sister Chen, after resolving her inner conflict, Lin He specifically asked her to help collect rare materials for refining Soul-Burning Pearls. The materials Nangong Wan provided were only enough to refine a dozen or so Soul-Burning Pearls.

In this way, she was given something to do so that she could help Lin He, which was very important to Senior Sister Chen now.

After exchanging greetings, just as everyone was about to head to the front lines, a square-faced cultivator suddenly approached. It was none other than Li Huayuan.

"Wait a moment, Junior Nephew Lin, come with me."