Who gave you permission to refine demons like this?

Upon seeing the furnace-shaped bottle formed by flames in the sky, Cao Xing immediately recognized it as his master Su Ren's True Refining Furnace Fire Talisman.

She also instantly became aware of Lin Sheng's presence.

When the furnace and the hurricane exploded, and the aftershocks roared, he did not stop, but went against the current and found the injured Lin Sheng.

"Junior brother!"

Cao Xingyi quickly helped him up.

Lin Sheng's gaze darted around, and before him were several figures of Cao Xingyi.

He coughed and said, "Senior brother, what are you doing here...?"

Looking at Lin Sheng's injuries, Cao Xingyi took out a bottle from his pocket and poured the medicine into his mouth.

"Escort the medicinal herbs from the Song family's medical clinic."

"Don't speak yet. Your injuries are severe. Your vital energy is in disarray, and your meridians are exhausted."

"Drink the medicine. There are other people around right now."

Lin Sheng drank the medicine, and his injuries improved somewhat. He pointed in one direction and said, "No, hurry over there. I've already shot down that demon that can summon wind."

"Fellow Daoist Zhao from the camp has already gone there; don't let it escape."

Cao Xing glanced at the location, then threw out a puppet. The puppet grew larger in the air and landed on the ground.

"This is a mechanical puppet with the strength of the Pure Blood Realm. It's enough to protect you. Stay here and recuperate. Don't move around anymore." With that, it rode away on the wind.

Looking at the motionless doll beside him, Lin Sheng could only marvel at how many good things his senior brother had.

When Cao Xingyi arrived at the scene, besides Zhao Fengnian, all he saw was a pool of blood.

The two revealed their identities and purposes to each other, both having come for the demonic figure that had fallen from the sky.

At the same time, Cao Xingyi also told Zhao Fengnian that the demon was actually a cultivator in disguise.

Zhao Fengnian cursed, "Damn that demonic path!"

The two looked at the bloodstains on the ground without any clue. They used magic to explore their surroundings, but found nothing but blank spaces, not a single bloodstain.

"Even if it flies, there should be some trace, right? It can't just be that some demon picked it up and swallowed it whole."

Zhao Fengnian scratched his head, unsure of what to do.

He's good at fighting, but he struggles with probing details.

Cao Xing frowned: "Collect the bloodstains first, and then report the details to the Martial Virtue Division when we arrive at the camp."

"I reckon only the Wude Division has the ability to handle this matter."

"Just that blood bead you mentioned, which uses the blood of demons and the life force of humans to create a follower, this matter is not simple."

Zhao Fengnian nodded, indicating his agreement with Cao Xingyi's view.

He never expected that a rescue mission would encounter these problems; the demonic methods were truly terrifying.

Zhao Fengnian thought of Lin Sheng and looked at Cao Xingyi: "Fellow Daoist Lin, he..."

"My junior brother is fine; he's already been given his medicine, but we'll have to go back to the camp to check on him for more details."

The two then gathered up the bloodstains and headed towards Li Zhenyu. When they arrived, they found Li Zhenyu standing in front of a pool of blood, his fist surging with power, seemingly at a loss.

Cao Xing stepped forward and asked, "Fellow Daoist, did you utterly destroy that demonic cultivator?"

Li Zhenyu realized what had happened, stopped what he was doing, and quickly explained what had just occurred.

He had just fought his opponent, and both of them had been injured, but his opponent, thanks to the blood on his clothes, had the upper hand.

Seeing that he would lose if the fight dragged on, Li Zhenyu decided to unleash his full power, hoping to inflict serious injury on his opponent even if he couldn't kill him.

But just as he made a move, he saw the person he was fighting with scream and wail, fall to the ground, and his blood-stained clothes wriggle and were eventually swallowed up, leaving only a patch of foul-smelling blood.

Looking at the marks on the ground, Zhao Fengnian took out another puddle he had just collected, compared the two, and said, "There is no difference in color, taste, or anything else."

"The blood on the ground should be the same type as what we just saw."

"Damn it, they really were devoured alive."

As a body-refining cultivator in the Pure Blood Realm, Zhao Fengnian possesses exceptionally keen senses, making his judgments naturally credible.

Therefore, Cao Xingyi and Li Zhenyu also agreed with Zhao Fengnian's statement after reading it.

After wiping up the bloodstains on the ground, Zhao Fengnian said, "Although one of the demonic cultivators escaped, we now understand the situation. I think we should hurry back to the camp."

He looked at Li Zhenyu and said, "I apologize, Fellow Daoist Li, for failing to protect your alchemy materials. The corresponding losses..."

Li Zhenyu waved his hand generously: "Why is Fellow Daoist Zhao saying all this? Who could have known we would encounter such strange demonic cultivators?"

"The greatest blessing is that the person was saved. The materials are a minor matter; they were originally intended for alchemy, so we can just replenish them later."

"Let's go, pack our things, and head back to the camp. I need to get some rest after this. It's really a tragedy that something like this could happen to my old bones."

Then Li Zhenyu grinned, clutching his back, and limped along, looking exactly like an ordinary old man, with no trace of the heroic posture he had displayed earlier.

After giving a few instructions, Cao Xingyi turned back and brought Lin Sheng back. He helped his junior brother up and said, "I'll settle you in first, then I'll go back to the escort team. I'll inform Master after I deliver the things into the city, and then I'll come see you again."

"I'm really lucky today. I ran into my senior brother on the same day as him escorting goods. I went to look for you this morning but you weren't there. I was thinking how unlucky it was."

"When will you come to me, junior brother? If it's because of the current campsite issue, then I really haven't thought things through. I should have given you a few more tricks up your sleeve."

Lin Sheng waved his hand: "No, senior brother, it's something else. I accidentally obtained a treasure and thought it might help you increase your cultivation level."

After saying that, he took out the Blazing Fire Heart and showed it to Cao Xing.

"I've noticed that you usually use flames, so you must have some kind of cultivation technique related to that attribute. This Blazing Tree Heart is perfect for you."

"Junior brother, I can't use it all. Give this extra to senior brother to break through to the next level. Once you reach the Jade Life Realm, our punches against those dojos will be even harder."

Cao Xingyi was amused by Lin Sheng's words: "Junior Brother still remembers what you said when you first came to Liuyun Pavilion?"

"Of course, I'm looking forward to the day when I'll give them a couple of punches."

Hearing about his junior brother's actions, Cao Xingyi felt a warmth in his heart. He never thought he would have such a day.

Brotherly love and respect are truly like this.

"I don't need the Blazing Tree Heart right now, but you should keep it, junior brother. You might find it useful for your recovery later."

Will I need it?

Thinking about the strange sensation of using the Blazing Tree Heart, and feeling his current state, Lin Sheng felt as if the pain had intensified.

Cao Xingyi kept sharing interesting stories about joining the escort agency with Lin Sheng, trying to distract his junior brother from the pain.

Lin Sheng also shared his recent situation at the camp, and the two walked to the transport team while chatting and laughing.

"How is Fellow Daoist Lin?" Wan Sha stepped forward, his eyes filled with exhaustion.

"It's alright, I can still walk, but I'll need to recuperate for a while."

Zhao Fengnian pulled over a horse, helped Lin Sheng onto it, and said loudly to him, "When we get back to the camp, there will be a place for recuperation and healing, where skilled cultivators will treat you."

"Although you are not a monk from the camp, your achievements this time are considerable, and you deserve this treatment."

He looked at Lin Sheng and said with certainty, "If it weren't for you and your magic talisman, this battle would not have been so easy, and we might all be buried here."

He sincerely bowed and expressed his gratitude: "I thank Fellow Daoist Lin for saving my life!"

Lin Sheng immediately returned the greeting: "If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Zhao's help, I would have died long ago. If we're talking about the debt of saving my life, Fellow Daoist Zhao owes me no less than that."

After confirming that everything was intact and broken, Li Zhenyu helped the alchemist onto the carriage road: "Don't stand on ceremony, it'll be dawn soon if we don't leave now."

"You are still young, but this old man stayed up all night and can't take it anymore."

Only then did everyone realize that dawn was breaking on the horizon.

Its daybreak.