I became the Open Source Saint Ancestor in the Cultivation World

Having grown accustomed to being outdoors, the sudden arrival in this dark and eerie place made everyone feel somewhat uncomfortable, and they all remained cautiously on guard.

"Ma Ke, hurry up and stop dawdling. You can't afford to delay Senior Sister Zhou's affairs."

Although he was being very careful, Xue Wenzhou kept urging Ma Ke on.

"Junior Brother Xue, it's only the first day, so don't be too hasty. It's better to get used to it first," Zhou Rumei said, frowning slightly.

After all, this is not a matter for one person alone. In such a dangerous place, a single mistake could lead to serious consequences. Is it suicidal to rush forward from the very beginning?

Only Ma Ke knew that it wasn't that Xue Wenzhou didn't understand this principle, but rather that this guy wanted him to die quickly.

Xue Wenzhou realized he had been too hasty and quickly replied, "Senior Sister is absolutely right."

Just then, Ma Ke's expression changed, and he flew backward, shouting, "Snake! What a huge snake!"

Everyone stopped in their tracks, and the outer disciples shrank back even further.

Zhou Rumei and Xue Wenzhou indeed saw a giant snake, over a foot thick, with two sharp horns on its head, leap out of the forest and pounce on Ma Ke from behind.

Xue Wenzhou's expression was slightly cold, and he remained motionless.

Zhou Rumei did not hesitate for long, and just as Ma Ke was about to be caught up, she darted out.

It wasn't that she particularly valued the life of an outer disciple, but rather that she knew that if she stood by and watched someone die, morale would crumble, and there was a possibility that people would run away or even betray her.

With a flick of her left hand, she tossed Ma Ke aside, then with her right hand, she pulled out a fist-sized, fiery red bead and blew on it forcefully.

call……

A fan-shaped wave of fire swept out and rushed straight towards the giant snake.

The giant snake hissed and spat out a glob of green slime.

With a hiss, the moment the fire wave touched the slime, a cloud of green mist immediately billowed up. Zhou Rumei knew that the mist was highly poisonous, so she quickly flew away.

On the other side, Ma Ke, who had just gotten up from the ground, fled even further away in a disheveled state.

Seeing that Zhou Rumei had saved Ma Ke's life in time, Xue Wenzhou felt a pang of regret but did not hesitate and immediately leaped forward.

He unleashed a fiery red jade fan, its surface expanding several times in size in mid-air before he swung it fiercely at the giant snake, instantly unleashing a hail of fireballs that rained down upon it.

The giant snake writhed and twisted its massive body in an attempt to dodge, but fireballs still occasionally struck it, emitting a sizzling sound.

Taking this opportunity, Zhou Rumei pushed the bead in her hand forward and made a series of hand seals. The bead grew to the size of a head at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Her figure suddenly darted forward, and as her palm brushed against the bead, she pulled hard, and a wave of fire, as if forcibly pulled out of the bead, then rapidly swelled to more than ten feet wide and seven or eight feet long.

"Go!" Zhou Rumei shouted, and with a flick of her two fingers in the air, the fire waves seemed to come alive, surging rapidly toward the giant snake.

The giant snake seemed to realize the danger as well. Forgetting about dodging the fireball, it twisted its body and tried to turn around and escape.

But it hadn't gone far when it was caught up by a wave of fire, which swept over and engulfed its massive body.

hiss……

The giant snake instantly transformed into a fiery serpent, writhing wildly and emitting painful screams.

Not long after, it finally gave way and crashed to the ground with a loud thud.

"Senior Sister Zhou is indeed skilled. This late-stage Tier 1 demon snake is no match for you. Junior Brother is far inferior to you," Xue Wenzhou immediately flattered.

Zhou Rumei chuckled lightly: "I'll accept this demon core for now, the other junior brothers can do as they please."

"That's how it should be."

Zhou Rumei dug out the demon core, while Xue Wenzhou quickly divided up the snake skin, snake horns, and other parts.

"Ma Ke, what are you waiting for? Go scout ahead!" Xue Wenzhou urged immediately.

Zhou Rumei said, "He did quite well just now, why don't we switch to someone else?"

Xue Wenzhou waved his hand and said, "No need, he's very clever."

Zhou Rumei had just obtained the most precious demon core, so she didn't say much.

The other nine outer disciples selected by Xue Wenzhou along with Ma Ke were not happy at all. On the contrary, they were secretly lamenting that they would not be the ones sent out next time. It was clear that they were going to be used until they died.

The group continued on their journey, with Ma Ke still leading the way as the explorer.

But after walking about a mile, Ma Ke suddenly cried out in alarm and fell to the ground, being dragged uncontrollably into the depths of the forest.

Zhou Rumei once again charged forward, and with a sudden wave of her hand, a curved fire blade shot out, slashing towards a spot not far behind Ma Ke.

With a soft "plop," Ma Ke's figure finally came to a stop.

Just then, vines lunged at her menacingly. Zhou Rumei casually waved her hand, sweeping Ma Ke behind her, and then quickly summoned the bead.

Before long, the vines were engulfed in flames, emitting eerie and terrifying sounds like screams.

Zhou Rumei didn't even glance at him, nodded to Xue Wenzhou who had rushed over, and then said to Ma Ke not far away, "You kid, the late-stage first-order demon snake didn't kill you, but you almost fell into the hands of the mid-stage first-order demon vine."

As he spoke, he waved his hand and cut off the demonic vines wrapped around Ma Ke's ankle with several fiery blades, but Ma Ke's foot was already covered in blood, and the wound was so deep that the bone was visible.

"Alas, what a pity. How can we continue our journey like this? We can only leave him here for now." Xue Wenzhou looked very regretful.

Ma Ke hurriedly pleaded in a "terrified" tone, "Senior Sister Zhou, Senior Brother Xue, don't leave me behind..."

Zhou Rumei was no saint either, and naturally she didn't want to take Ma Ke, this burden, with her. Did she expect her to send someone to take care of him?

So he comforted her, saying, "It might be safer for you to stay. I'll take you to the place where the serpent was killed; no other monsters will dare to go there."

"You just wait there for a month, and take the opportunity to recover from your injuries. When the time comes, the locator will automatically send you out."

In fact, she herself didn't believe this. After all, it was only the first day, and leaving an outer disciple alone in one place was undoubtedly leaving him to fend for himself.

So as soon as she finished speaking, without waiting for Ma Ke's reply, she reached out and swept him away from where she stood.

Soon, he returned alone and said calmly, "Let's go."

Xue Wenzhou sneered inwardly, "What a pity I didn't kill that brat myself."

Meanwhile, Ma Ke, sitting not far from the mangled corpse of the demonic serpent, showed no sign of disappointment or fear, for this was part of his plan all along.

He had already planned ahead, intending to find a suitable opportunity to break away from the group and act alone, so that he could remain in the shadows while still being able to utilize his abilities.

Otherwise, one will easily be constrained in every way.

If it weren't for the fact that this venomous snake was extremely poisonous, and Ma Ke was afraid he wouldn't be able to withstand it, he would have wanted to be bitten by it so that he could legitimately leave this group.

So when he encountered that demonic vine, he deliberately reacted slowly, thus successfully getting injured and being abandoned as he wished.

With the objective achieved, the first step now is to recover from the injuries. Such injuries would be fatal to other outer disciples, but they are no challenge for Ma Ke.

Because the wood element has several good healing spells, and his wood element cultivation is at the fifth level of Qi Refining, he can use two of them.

After moving his body into the forest to hide, he quickly made several hand seals and pointed them at his ankles.

A wisp of green light enveloped the wound, slowly nourishing it.