Yunmeng Immortal Clan

In the dense forest surrounding the Hall of Merit, under the cover of darkness, two figures engaged in a chase. The pursuer was Song Linyu, a Golden Core True Disciple of the Bamboo Creek Sect at the third level of Qi Refining, while the pursued was Lin Ye, an outer disciple at the fourth level of Qi Refining.

Lin Ye relied on a escape technique he had comprehended called Wood Escape Technique, which allowed him to escape through the dense forest rich in wood elemental energy with incredible speed, reaching the pinnacle of the technique.

The escape technique that Song Linyu comprehended, like that of his uncle Song Daoxuan, was the Dangqiu Technique, a family heirloom of the Qinglian Song Clan. This Dangqiu Technique was of the same grade as the Wood Element Escape Technique and the Dangqiu Technique that Lin Ye comprehended, both being high-grade Yellow Rank escape techniques.

However, the Wood Element Escape Technique has an extremely high limit. In the cultivation world, it is divided into Wood Element Escape Technique, Water Element Escape Technique, Earth Element Escape Technique, Fire Element Escape Technique, and Metal Element Escape Technique. These five escape techniques are derived from the fragments of the Five Elements Escape Technique from ancient times. As for the core Five Elements Unity Technique, it has long been lost.

The complete Five Elements Escape Technique is a mid-grade Earth-rank technique that once caused quite a stir in the entire Great Li cultivation world.

The Song family's ancestral technique of "Dangqiu Jue" is highly effective in complex and rugged terrain, but in the face of flat land and dense forest, the "Dangqiu Jue" loses its so-called advantage compared to the "Wood Escape Technique".

Soon, Lin Ye was about to distance himself from Song Linyu.

However, Song Linyu acted on impulse. As he flew away, he moved his hand and instantly activated a second-tier, low-level talisman, the Swiftness Talisman, which immediately attached itself to his leg. In an instant, a spiritual light appeared on Song Linyu, which instantly increased his speed.

With the help of this talisman, Song Linyu quickly reached a level where he was on par with Lin Ye.

"A second-tier, low-level talisman, a speed talisman! Damn it, this Song Linyu is no ordinary person. He casually throws out a talisman of this rank. Is it really necessary? I, Lin Ye, am just a mere fourth-level Qi Refining cultivator. To kill me, he doesn't even hesitate to use a talisman worth hundreds of low-grade spirit stones. What a waste!"

The second-tier beginner speed talisman instantly boosted Song Linyu's escape speed to a level comparable to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. This talisman was a second-tier beginner talisman bestowed upon him by Song Daoxuan.

With the blessing of the second-tier talisman, the Divine Speed ​​Talisman, even though Lin Ye had reached the limit of speed using the Wood Element Escape Technique, he could not escape Song Linyu's pursuit no matter what. Seeing a jade-colored blade of light slashing towards him, Lin Ye suddenly swayed and dodged the extremely sharp blade technique. However, a bead of cold sweat dripped down Lin Ye's forehead, and his expression showed that he was very nervous.

"So you're just a mere Qi Refining Level 3 brat? I didn't come looking for trouble, but you've relentlessly pressed your advantage, trying to kill me. I refuse to believe that a Qi Refining Level 4 cultivator like myself would be afraid of a Qi Refining Level 3 cultivator like you!"

Lin Ye immediately stopped fleeing, his magical power surging. He swung his halberd at Song Linyu. As the saying goes, "an inch longer, an inch stronger." Although the jade knife in his hand was a top-tier magical weapon, he himself only possessed the magical power of the third level of Qi Refining, so he could not unleash the full power of the magical weapon.

Unable to defend himself in time, Song Linyu took out another first-tier talisman from his sleeve, a protective shield talisman. Although the protective shield talisman was not as good as the second-tier talisman Golden Light Shield Talisman, it was more than enough to block the full force of the Qi Refining Level 4 cultivator's attack.

Song Linyu shone brightly, and a protective light shield immediately appeared.

"Clang!" With a loud impact, Lin Ye's expression suddenly froze.

Song Linyu seized this opportunity, his magic knife brimming with sword energy. The instant the halberd was deflected, a streak of emerald green sword light slashed horizontally.

The next moment, Lin Ye's mind went blank, blood mist spread out, and a corpse fell to the ground. Lin Ye, who was at the fourth level of Qi Refining, had died!

Song Linyu approached the corpse, took out his storage bag, and upon examination, quickly discovered the image-recording bead that Lin Ye had copied. With a quick probe of his divine sense, he learned the contents of the image-recording bead, and Song Linyu was immediately filled with lingering fear.

"Fortunately, my uncle reminded me. It was also Lin Ye's bad luck that I discovered it. Otherwise, if the contents of this recording bead had fallen into the hands of the higher-ups of the Bamboo Creek Sect, even with my special status as a Golden Core disciple, I probably wouldn't have been able to protect myself. As for the entire Qinglian Island family, they would likely have been implicated!"

"Fortunately, Lin Ye was killed, and we obtained the formula for the Foundation Establishment Pill. This second-tier, low-level Swiftness Talisman is truly useful!"

"Lin Ye's storage bag is incredibly poor. Not only are there no second-tier talismans, but he only has some low- and mid-tier first-tier talismans. He also has less than a hundred spirit stones, and his cultivation techniques are practically commonplace. Only this Wood-based Escape Technique is superior to my family's Shaking Hill Technique. Make a copy and have someone send it back to the family. It can be added to my family's scripture pavilion, and all members of the Song family of Qinglian Island can learn it!"

Song Linyu muttered something, and a fireball extinguished the corpse. After it turned into nothingness, he fled from the place.

Lin Ye was just a nobody in a cultivation sect like the Bamboo Creek Sect, and it seemed that no one cared about the life or death of a nobody.

Furthermore, Song Linyu did this extremely discreetly, leaving no trace whatsoever.

After this incident, aside from Lin Ye's cousin, Lin Zhu initially had some doubts, but upon deeper reflection, he realized that even if his cousin Lin Ye was killed by this person, he couldn't do anything for his cousin. After all, Lin Ye was of no value to him; a mere fourth-level Qi Refining cultivator, his death was nothing to worry about.

After returning to Purple Bamboo Peak, Song Linyu used a sound transmission talisman to inform Song Daoxuan that the matter had succeeded, and secretly entrusted someone to pass on the Foundation Establishment Pill formula to Song Daoxuan.

On the surface of Qingfeng Lake, Song Daoxuan held a scroll in his hand, his face showing surprise: "Mystic Ice Flower, Heavenly Spirit Grass... it really is a second-tier low-grade pill formula, the recipe for Foundation Establishment Pill. I didn't expect this nephew to act so quickly..."

"In a second-tier pill formula, besides the extremely rare Mystic Ice Flower as the main ingredient, the Heavenly Spirit Grass is another key ingredient. However, while the Heavenly Spirit Grass is expensive, it's not as rare as the Mystic Ice Flower. Major cultivation sects have introduced and cultivated it, and it's also sold in the Yunmeng Market. Obtaining the so-called Heavenly Spirit Grass seeds shouldn't be too difficult!"

However, just as Song Daoxuan continued to browse the formula for the Foundation Establishment Pill...

He couldn't help but frown slightly.

"However, the key problem is that the steps for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill are far more complicated and difficult than those for refining a first-tier pill. My alchemy skills are still stuck at the bottleneck of a peak first-tier alchemist, and I have no opportunity to refine second-tier pills. Even with the Mystic Ice Flower, refining it would probably be an extremely difficult task!"