You think I have mixed spiritual roots? I became an immortal through a spirit gourd, so what are you

"Collect!" Chen Huai'an put the armored corpse into his storage bag, and then quickly fled the place.

After killing the man in black, Chen Huai'an had a bad feeling.

He had personally witnessed a group of men in black chasing after Senior Sister Qin, and this guy in front of him was trying to kill him. His accomplices might still be nearby and would continue to cause him trouble. He needed to find a safe place to recover his magic power first.

Chen Huai'an used the Wood Release technique, and after several leaps, he sensed with his divine sense that there was no one else nearby, and then flashed into the space.

Chen Huai'an didn't know if the divine imprint on his body had disappeared. If the man in black's accomplices discovered it, there would inevitably be another fierce battle.

Senior Sister Qin, a core inner disciple, was being hunted down by this person. He was just a menial disciple; for them, killing him was as easy as waving a hand.

Inside the space, Chen Huai'an meditated to recover his depleted mana. Then, he began to take stock of his spoils. Holding a black waist token in his hand, he frowned, "This guy is actually an outer disciple of the Yin Sha Sect."

"Senior Sister Qin is being chased by disciples of the Yin Sha Sect, and there are also Yin Sha Sect disciples infiltrating the Qingyun Sect market. It seems that something big is about to happen in this cultivation world." Chen Huai'an stared blankly at the black waist token in his hand.

"I've struck it rich! Are all the disciples of the Yin Sha Sect this wealthy?" Chen Huai'an finished counting the spoils in his black storage bag. He was a little excited. He had almost been killed by his opponent in this battle, but his gains were truly enormous.

Or is it that only those who have reached the Qi Refining Realm can command such a high price? In this battle, Chen Huai'an gained over 200 low-grade spirit stones, 10 mid-grade spirit stones, and some pills.

That's not all; there's also the low-grade bone shield magic weapon and the armored corpse.

The Ironclad Corpse is a puppet crafted by the Yin Sha Sect using secret techniques, and its strength is equivalent to the first level of the early stage of the Qi Refining Realm.

Chen Huai'an estimated that the items in the storage bag were worth over a thousand low-grade spirit stones.

As for the Yin Sha Sect's techniques, Chen Huai'an only glanced at them briefly and had no intention of cultivating them. The Yin Sha Sect absorbed Yin Sha Qi, and the members of the sect had pale complexions and a feminine appearance that made people shudder at first glance.

Chen Huai'an had no intention of cultivating such a demonic technique.

After taking stock of the spoils, Chen Huai'an put the pills and spirit stones into the gourd space to allow them to advance on their own. He also began to review the gains and losses of this battle.

His opponent's cultivation was clearly much higher than his own, and he was not entirely useless either. His magical power was more abundant than his opponent's. He possessed the five elements of spiritual roots and the five kinds of spiritual power. If he could use them perfectly, with their mutual generation and restraint, this battle would be very easy for him.

Originally, Chen Huai'an only wanted to master the basic wood-attribute spells. But now it seems that he not only needs to master the basic wood-attribute spells, but also the basic earth, water, fire, and metal-attribute spells, and he needs to integrate them.

Although this is a huge and difficult project, it is a life-saving trump card in critical moments.

Especially Chen Huai'an, his final attack, without the earth spike technique he had laid in ambush to catch the opponent off guard, would not have been as easy as it is now to kill the man in black.

Because this guy still has some Rejuvenation Pills, once the opponent's mana is restored, he simply won't be able to withstand it.

Another reason is that this guy underestimated his opponent from the beginning. If he had gone all out and used the armored corpse to entangle him, and acted decisively, relying on the opponent's strange Yin Sha attack, he wouldn't be standing here unscathed.

Killing enemies far above your level sounds awesome, but it's actually quite dangerous.

Furthermore, Chen Huai'an also discovered an advantage: during battles, casting basic wood-attribute spells was smoother than when he cultivated alone in the space.

His wood-elemental spiritual power was completely exhausted, so he used wood spirit stones to restore his mana, which made his wood-elemental vortex grow even stronger.

"Next, what I need to do is keep hunting monsters and improve my strength through actual combat." Chen Huai'an's gains from this battle are indescribable; it is a valuable asset of experience.

In the following days, Chen Huai'an was not idle either. Apart from managing the space, he spent a large part of his time casting basic Five Elements spells.

He hasn't made any major breakthroughs in the basic spells of the Five Elements, but he has already mastered the simple attack and defense spells of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. What he needs to do next is to practice his skills in actual combat so that he can improve quickly.

After finishing his cultivation, Chen Huai'an discovered that he had actually spent a month in this space, but it felt like only a few days had passed.

"Counting the time, more than a month has passed since I accepted the sect mission, and I haven't finished it yet. Perfect, I'll use these demonic beasts in the Qingyun Mountains to test the results of my cultivation over the past month."

After Chen Huai'an finished speaking, he flashed out of the space.

He didn't have much time left; he had to complete the sect's mission as soon as possible.

Having completed this sect mission, he can now apply to become an outer disciple.

Chen Huai'an's last mission was to hunt down the Ironhide Beast, while this time his mission is to hunt down the Gale Wolf.

Although the Gale Wolves are not first-tier demonic beasts, they are pack animals. Without the assistance of a team, it is simply impossible to kill a single Gale Wolf in a pack.

Even a Qi Refining Realm Immortal Master wouldn't dare to rashly attack these Gale Wolves, because these beasts are extremely vengeful.

Chen Huai'an also devised a corresponding strategy, which was to kill them one by one, preferably by finding a lone Gale Wolf to test his skills.

Chen Huai'an wasn't very confident about completing this task before, but now that he has mastered the basics of the Five Elements spells, all that's left is to integrate and apply them. In addition, he has also done a simple refinement of the armored corpse, which will give him a much better chance of winning this battle.

"Damn it, we've already sealed off the Qingyun Mountains. Qin Muyao didn't escape back to the Qingyun Sect. She's so badly injured, there's no way she'll recover anytime soon. You guys need to find her right now, alive or dead. The Qingyun Sect is starting to notice. If they get involved in the investigation and ruin the Young Sect Master's plans, we'll both be in deep trouble." Just as Chen Huai'an had settled down, a curse rang out nearby.

Upon hearing this, Chen Huai'an dared not make the slightest move.

He had been in seclusion in his spatial realm for over a month. Logically, the Yin Sha Sect members should have already withdrawn from the Qingyun Mountains. However, these demonic cultivators did not leave; instead, they were searching for Qin Muyao in a grand manner.

"The Qingyun Mountains are blocked? How is that possible? How could the Yin Sha Sect have such great power? Also, Senior Sister Qin is being hunted down. Wouldn't she send a signal to the sect for help?" Chen Huai'an's mind was full of questions. He didn't know if he was lucky or unlucky.

If what the other party said is true, and the Qingyun Mountains have been sealed off by the Yinsha Sect, then he should head deeper into the Qingling Mountains. That would be absolutely safe. If he were to return to Qingyun Market, he would definitely encounter the Yinsha Sect again. With his Qi Refining Realm Level 1 cultivation, would he be able to break through their blockade?

"They're gone. Didn't they notice me?" The voice gradually faded into the distance. Chen Huai'an frowned, but he dared not make the slightest move and remained where he was.