From a country cook to a master chef

Faced with such a sensual scene, Lin Jue couldn't help but swallow.

Hearing the commotion, Zhao Shuhui suddenly sank to the bottom of the water and asked in surprise, "Senior Brother Lin, what brings you here?"

"I apologize, Miss Zhao. I was just testing the effect of a teleportation talisman and didn't expect to be teleported here."

Lin Jue turned around awkwardly and explained, "If Miss Zhao doesn't believe me, I can demonstrate the talisman again."

After saying this, Lin Jue took out a teleportation talisman, and his body disappeared from the spot in the blink of an eye.

Sensing Lin Jue's disappearance, Zhao Shuhui slowly surfaced, her face filled with surprise.

"A teleportation talisman that can teleport you over long distances?"

Zhao Shuhui's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately got up and dressed. Just as she was about to go out to find Lin Jue, her expression suddenly changed drastically, and she hurriedly went to find her younger sister, Zhao Shuying.

At this moment, outside Lingyunwu.

Three arrogant Qi cultivators arrived on flying swords, looking down at the protective array surrounding the Xingxiu Sect.

"Uncle-Master, the Starry Constellation Sect's protective mountain formation is nothing special."

The young man in purple robes looked disdainful and sneered as he bowed to the middle-aged man beside him, "Please wait a moment, Uncle-Master, I will break this formation immediately."

Upon hearing this, the man in red robes reached out to stop him, saying, "The Starry Constellation Sect was once a major sect of cultivation, and it has produced Core Formation cultivators. Although the formation here is not fully activated, it should not be underestimated. Nephew, please do not be careless."

"It's just a partial formation activated by two Qi Refiners. Martial Uncle is overestimating them."

The young man smiled slightly, patted the storage bag at his waist, and a beam of azure light flew out, transforming into an ancient bronze bell in his palm.

"The Heaven-Covering Bell?"

The man in red robes was startled and said in astonishment, "I didn't expect that Senior Brother Chen would even entrust you with the Heaven-Covering Bell. No wonder you are confident in breaking the formation."

The Heaven-Covering Bell is a top-grade magic weapon with immense power, making it more than capable of dealing with the incomplete formations here.

"In that case, nephew, please feel free to make your move."

The young man nodded, and the Heaven-Covering Bell in his hand shone brightly, instantly flying out and releasing bursts of spiritual power as it smashed towards the Starry Sky Sect's protective array.

Bang!Bang bang!

In an instant, the entire Xingxiu Sect was affected by the formation, and the earth shook violently.

Zhao Shuhui and her younger sister Zhao Shuying appeared together, wielding their flying leaf magic artifacts, and bowed to the three uninvited guests who had appeared outside the mountain, saying:

"I was unaware of the presence of the three senior members of the Yanxia Sect. I apologize for not welcoming you properly."

Seeing that it was the only two remaining female disciples of the Xingxiu Sect who flew out, the man in red immediately ordered the young man to stop for the time being. He stared at the Zhao sisters and smiled, "My two junior disciples, I am Xu Gong, an outer sect steward of the Yanxia Sect. I have come here today to take over the Lingyunwu of the Xingxiu Sect."

"Senior, according to the agreement, isn't there still four days before your sect takes over Lingyunwu?" Zhao Shuhui asked in confusion, and then showed the jade slip containing the agreement with Yanxia Sect.

Unexpectedly, after reading the jade slip, Xu Gong casually crushed it into pieces.

Upon seeing this, the Zhao sisters immediately sensed that something was wrong; these three people clearly had ill intentions.

As the young man surnamed Xu was admiring the two women, he suddenly sensed with his divine sense that there was another man in Lingyunwu. He couldn't help but jokingly say, "Hahaha, I didn't expect that my two self-righteous junior sisters would actually hide a mortal martial artist in the village."

"If my two junior sisters are interested in matters of love and sex, why not become cultivation partners with me and ascend to the pinnacle of immortality together? It would be far more pleasant than having secret rendezvous with mortal martial artists."

Faced with the sarcastic remarks of the young male cultivator from the Yanxia Sect, Zhao Shuhui felt ashamed and angry, but dared not retaliate.

Seeing the two women's attitude, the young man became even more smug. Just as he was about to speak, the mortal martial artist suddenly appeared in front of the two women, as if he had teleported there instantly.

"Teleportation? You're a Nascent Soul cultivator?"

The three members of the Yanxia Sect narrowed their eyes, their faces showing disbelief, and they all became tense.

It is rumored that teleportation is a supernatural ability that only Nascent Soul cultivators can perform.

"This junior is Xu Gong of the Yanxia Sect. I was unaware that a Nascent Soul senior was here. Please forgive me."

The red-robed man, who had been indifferent, immediately became obsequious. Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator like himself, who was at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, dared not act presumptuously in the face of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Looking at the three cultivators from the Misty Clouds Sect who mistook him for a Nascent Soul cultivator, Lin Jue couldn't help but wonder, could teleportation really have such an amazing effect?

Just as Lin Jue was about to speak, he saw dark clouds rolling in the sky, and a fat man, covered in black energy and resembling an evil cultivator, appeared out of thin air.

"What Nascent Soul cultivator? He's just a mortal martial artist at the Divine Power Realm. Junior Brother Xu is being far too tense; he can't even detect that."

Upon hearing this, Xu Gong focused his divine sense and immediately said with a dark expression, "Hmph, as expected, you are just a mortal martial artist. You dare to embarrass me in front of Senior Brother Tang. Today, I will use you as a sacrifice for my newly refined magic weapon, the Hunyuan Banner."

After speaking, Xu Gong waved his hand and immediately raised the Hunyuan Banner. A skull formed from condensed magical power flew out of the banner and pounced towards Lin Jue.

"Be careful, Senior Brother Lin!"

Zhao Shuhui was shocked and quickly flew to Lin Jue's side, taking out the mid-grade magic treasure, the Azure Spirit Seal, from her storage bag to block the menacing magic skull.

With a loud bang, the Azure Spirit Seal blocked the skull, but it also shattered into several pieces and was completely destroyed.

"Hmph, overestimating themselves!" Xu Gong put away the Hunyuan Banner and coldly ordered, "My two junior disciples, quickly capture these two women."

The two young men, who had been waiting impatiently, immediately took the order and launched their attacks on the two women with their magical weapons.

Lin Jue's expression turned cold as he stared at Xu Gong, who was hovering in the air on his sword, and said in a deep voice, "The Yanxia Sect is a reputable and righteous sect. If word gets out that you have acted this way today, it will likely damage the reputation of the Yanxia Sect."

Upon hearing this, Xu Gong laughed sharply, "As long as the three of you are killed, how could outsiders know what happened here?"

Looking at the unreasonable cultivators of the Misty Cloud Sect—one a pseudo-Core Formation cultivator, one a Foundation Establishment peak cultivator, and two Misty Cloud Sect disciples at the thirteenth level of Qi Refining perfection—Lin Jue's heart sank. He sighed inwardly, thinking that if the True Treasure Talisman were still there, it would surely make these four people hesitate to act recklessly.

Because the Zhao sisters cultivated a special technique and were of one mind with each other, although their cultivation level was not as high as that of the two male cultivators from the Yanxia Sect, their strength lay in their proper teamwork. When fighting against the two, they were not at a disadvantage at all.

Seeing that his two junior disciples were unable to subdue the two women, Xu Gong snorted coldly and immediately waved the Hunyuan Banner, which instantly produced two skulls that firmly trapped the two women, preventing them from escaping.

Seeing that he, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, had actually ambushed two Qi Refining cultivators, Lin Jue was taken aback. Sure enough, there are villains everywhere, even in major cultivation sects.

Seeing that the two women were trapped, Lin Jue immediately took out three different talismans. As the blue, green and white light gradually intensified, the three talismans instantly transformed into streams of light and flew out.

One of them summoned a sky full of black demonic winds, which instantly covered the entire Lingyunwu.

Secondly, the intense flames were from a talisman, which flew towards a male cultivator from the Yanxia Sect.

Thirdly, Lin Jue's only remaining giant sword talisman is currently condensing into a giant sword and slashing at another disciple of the Misty Cloud Sect.

Faced with the sudden attack of the imperial edict talisman, the two disciples of the Misty Clouds Sect dared not be careless and quickly used their respective magical artifacts to resist the power of the talisman.

Lin Jue knew that he could not win this battle by force and had to risk everything to try to escape. Almost the instant he released the three talismans, he took out another handful of talismans.

This time, however, his target was a Foundation Establishment Peak cultivator in the sky.

Seeing that Lin Jue wanted to attack him, Xu Gong's expression turned cold, and he shouted sharply. Just as he was about to make a move, he saw Lin Jue throw a token at him.

"This is the identity token of a direct disciple of an inner sect elder. Why do you have this?" The moment Xu Gong took the token, his expression suddenly hardened, and he hesitated before saying, "Since you have quite a connection with the Misty Cloud Sect, you can leave, but the two of them must stay."

"Why? This junior would like to know the reason."

Seeing that the token given by Zhao Xiaoyao had taken effect, Lin Jue calmly asked after some thought, his hand, hidden behind his back, silently tightening its grip on a stack of imperial edict talismans.

To deal with a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Misty Clouds Sect while under the watchful eyes of the fake Core Formation cultivators overhead, a single Fire Order Talisman would not be enough to threaten the opponent.

Lin Jue firmly believed that mass production would lead to qualitative change. If he were to simultaneously unleash a stack of fire-generating talismans, he did not believe that the man could escape unscathed.

But he didn't know that his every move was being observed by Xu Gong's divine sense. However, the latter's face was expressionless at the moment, revealing his emotions.

Upon seeing Lin Jue possessing the token of an inner disciple of the Yanxia Sect, both Xu Gong and the Yanxia Sect steward at the Pseudo-Core Realm level lost their previous arrogance and disdain.

They were well aware of the importance of a token for an inner disciple of the Yanxia Sect.

Behind each of these tokens lies a powerful Core Formation cultivator.