I became the Open Source Saint Ancestor in the Cultivation World

Two days passed in a flash. Xue Wenzhou felt that the other party probably wouldn't stay here for so long, so he cautiously got up.

Even so, he did not remove his straw hat to reveal himself, but instead carefully made his way back in the direction he had come from, following the fallen, thick trees around him.

He reasoned that the other party would never expect him to return the way he came.

"Finally, they've moved." Ma Ke chuckled, indicating that Xue Wenzhou believed the enemy was gone and there was no danger.

Since that's the case, it's time to wrap things up, so he started chasing after Xue Wenzhou in the direction he was heading.

Xue Wenzhou fled back to the place where the battle had taken place and soon found Zhou Rumei's body, which was split in two and being devoured by a group of finger-sized ink-blade ants.

Upon seeing this scene, Xue Wenzhou was immediately horrified and felt an involuntary unease throughout his body, as if ink-blade ants were about to crawl up on him. He quickly stepped back.

Fortunately, he decisively abandoned the woman and fled; otherwise, he would probably have become the Ink Blade Ant's meal.

Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, Xue Wenzhou felt his hair stand on end. He quickly retreated while simultaneously summoning his Crimson Flame Fan to block in front of him.

With two soft "poof" sounds, the two rockets struck the fan surface and were blocked.

But another arrow was aimed straight at the bottom lane. Xue Wenzhou could only barely twist his body before the arrow pierced through his thigh.

"Ah..." A piercing burning pain came, and he couldn't help but let out a scream.

But he knew that now was not the time to worry about his injuries, so he quickly formed hand seals to deal with this despicable sneak attack.

"What's going on?" Xue Wenzhou felt that the flow of true qi in his body was intermittent, which made it impossible for the spiritual power required for casting spells to flow smoothly.

Before he could figure out the reason, he felt a tremor in the ground. His expression changed and he tried to fly away to avoid it.

However, after only ascending one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) in height, he began to fall rapidly again due to a lack of spiritual energy.

Just then, several spikes rose from the ground, and Xue Wenzhou watched helplessly as his body was propelled towards them.

"Ah...ah..." First came a weak scream, followed by a long, piercing scream.

Xue Wenzhou felt a sharp pain in his lower body, and then his whole body was lifted into the air again.

This was not because his spiritual energy had been replenished, but because he was forcibly lifted into the air by the thick earth spikes.

The spikes passed through his lower body, through his abdomen, and out of his mouth.

Xue Wenzhou's limbs slumped limply, his mouth was forced open by the ground spikes, his eyes were wide open, and blood flowed down the ground spikes.

However, his perfected Qi Refining cultivation level prevented him from dying immediately; his body was still trembling slightly.

He seemed unable to believe that after escaping with his life from such a formidable opponent and carefully making his way back, he had encountered an enemy ambush here again.

Moreover, they were killed in such a humiliating way without being able to fight back, and didn't even see where their opponent was.

Ma Ke slowly walked out and looked at Xue Wenzhou, who was skewered like a meat skewer. He wanted to step forward and reveal his true face, so that Xue would know the consequences of making an enemy of him, and thus make him die with his eyes wide open in anger.

But thinking about it, I decided to let it go. There's no need to argue with a dying person; we should be kinder.

With this, the feud between him and the Xue family was finally over.

Immediately, Ma Ke quickly picked up the jade fan that had fallen to the ground, took the storage bag from Xue Wenzhou's waist, and even stripped him of his outer robe, which represented him as an inner disciple of the Ziyang Sect, and removed his mask before disappearing from the spot.

Before long, one after another, the black-bladed mosquitoes, attracted by the smell of blood, climbed up from the tall spikes and quickly covered Xue Wenzhou's entire body.

Xue Wenzhou tried to shout and struggle, but to no avail, leaving only silent terror.

In the end, he died next to his betrayed senior sister Zhou, becoming food for the Ink Blade Ants.

Ma Ke quickly found a secluded place, concealed his presence, and began to refine the true energy gifted by Xue Wenzhou.

Compared to Zhou Rumei, Xue Wenzhou received far more gifts, as he was among the first to cultivate the "Open Source Limitless Skill".

Moreover, his ability to break through from the ninth level of Qi Refining to the peak of Qi Refining before entering the secret realm and secure a spot was also due to the "Open Source Limitless Skill".

Now all this true energy belongs to Ma Ke.

Because the process of extracting and refining spiritual energy from the world is skipped, directly refining this pure true energy is many times faster.

In less than an hour, Ma Ke had completely refined and absorbed all the true energy, and his cultivation level had reached the ninth level of Qi Refining as he had hoped.

Afterwards, he refined several magical artifacts.

In this way, as long as you're not too unlucky, you should be able to protect yourself without much trouble.

Given this situation, and having entered such a treasure land by chance, anyone would want to gain something, and Ma Ke was no exception.

"However, since the sect leader has come in person, it's best to use Ziyang Sect's techniques sparingly if you want to continue to hide your identity and avoid being noticed by him."

After careful consideration, Ma Ke decided that since he was going to do something, he might as well go for something big.

However, this naturally increases the risks as well.

Therefore, it is best not to reveal your identity as a disciple of the Ziyang Sect and instead impersonate a disciple of another sect for greater security.

If it really works, Sect Master Lu won't investigate the disciples of the Ziyang Sect, at least not the outer disciples.

As for other sects, even if they wanted to investigate the Ziyang Sect, they wouldn't dare to act recklessly without concrete evidence, especially with Sect Master Lu present.

However, if that's the case, I won't be able to use my fire attribute cultivation at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and the highest of the other attributes is earth attribute at the seventh level of Qi Refining, which is not enough.

"While there's still time, let's find a way to enhance our earth attribute cultivation." Ma Ke quickly made a decision.

He quickly came up with an idea, and he could do it openly and legitimately by using his identity as a member of the Ziyang Sect.

So he quickly put on Xue Wenzhou's outer robe, put on a mask, and then stealthily headed towards the direction of the group he had seen the day before.

A day later, Ma Ke's expression turned slightly serious: "They really are after this Ziyang Sect team."

He initially thought it was a coincidence, but as the other party kept changing direction and got closer and closer to the Ziyang Sect team, now less than a hundred miles away, he realized that the other party was not looking for treasure, but was coming for the people of the Ziyang Sect.

Since that was the case, Ma Ke did not rush to make a move, but continued to follow quietly until the other party met up with another group of people.

"No wonder they were able to keep track of the Ziyang Sect's direction at all times; it turns out there was another team secretly monitoring them."

"Four are at the peak of Qi Refining, and three are at the ninth level of Qi Refining." Although they were some distance apart, Ma Ke easily detected their respective cultivation levels using the "Open Source Limitless Technique".

With such a lineup on the opposing side, Ma Ke naturally wouldn't make any rash moves, so he continued to spy from the shadows, looking for an opportunity to pick up the scraps.