A reincarnated girl, who begins by possessing a cultivator.

The leader of the Heavenly Blade Hall responded with a murderous look on his face.

Chapter 22 Mutual Schemes

The three strongest sects disagreed, and the four sects, including Lingxu Sect, couldn't do anything about it.

"In that case, let's rely on our own abilities and see who can break through these demonic beasts' obstruction and reach the area where the Xuanhuang Fruit is located first."

After saying that, the seven sects of cultivators took action. They united as a group of sects and used all sorts of magical artifacts to break into the ruins.

The monsters in the ruins were also awakened immediately.

The monsters in these ruins are all insect-type monsters, and the species are very diverse, including black-armored centipedes that are more than ten meters long and blood-red poisonous scorpions that are larger than water buffaloes.

Insect-type demonic beasts are generally highly poisonous. If someone with a lower cultivation level is poisoned and does not take an antidote pill in time, they will quickly die from the poison.

The Xuanhuang Fruit is a rare and precious material that almost every Qi Refining cultivator has fought over.

This place is definitely not just for cultivators from the seven sects; there are also many independent cultivators. These independent cultivators did not break in with the cultivators from the seven sects, but instead watched the show from the outside.

"Hmph! It would be best to lure all these monsters away; that would save us a lot of trouble."

"Indeed, the cultivators of the sect are still too young."

The sounds of battle from the Lingyuan Ruins echoed throughout the entire Lingyuan Blessed Land; even those on the outskirts could hear the commotion.

"Such a commotion, does it mean that the cultivators who entered the inner circle have already begun to compete for great opportunities? Senior Sister Su, you must be careful."

Meng Yu looked at the inner perimeter with a worried expression.

The attack by the disciples of the seven sects alarmed most of the demonic beasts, including some level two and three demonic beasts.

These monstrous beasts emerged from their lairs, their bloodlust palpable as they locked onto the intruders.

Level two and three demonic beasts correspond to early and mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators in humans. If the disciples of the seven sects don't have some special skills, it's impossible for them to get past them.

Therefore, if the disciples of the seven sects dared to come and force their way in, they must have made ample preparations in advance.

Several disciples of the Xuan Yue Sect at the thirteenth level of Qi Refining unleashed a variety of mid-grade and even high-grade magic weapons, covering defensive, offensive, and enemy-trapping functions.

Only by possessing such a magical artifact can one break through the defenses of these demonic beasts.

The disciples of the Imperial Sword Sect and the Heavenly Blade Hall only possessed offensive magic weapons, and they killed many level-one demonic beasts with a single move.

However, among the seven sects, the methods of Bailing Mountain are the most unique. They are skilled in beast control techniques and have the most methods for dealing with demonic beasts.

A female disciple scattered medicinal powder everywhere. The demonic insects seemed to be afraid of the powder and avoided the disciples of Bailing Mountain, instead attacking cultivators from other sects.

Therefore, they are the fastest to advance.

This is a unique drug from Bailing Mountain, an insect repellent powder. Depending on its quality, even Core Formation stage demonic insects will avoid this powder.

The seven sects of cultivators seemed poised to storm into the Xuanhuang Fruit in one fell swoop.

Seeing how fierce the cultivators from the seven sects were, the rogue cultivators outside couldn't hold back any longer.

"Damn it, as expected of the disciples of the Seven Sects, each of them has at least one mid-grade magic weapon for protection. Everyone, that's enough. We can't wait for the cultivators of the Seven Sects to break into the palace where the Xuanhuang Fruit is located, or we'll miss out."

As soon as this person spoke, the independent cultivators began to move.

They outnumbered the seven sects' cultivators by a large margin, and since the demonic beasts had all been lured away by the seven sects' cultivators, their entry into the ruins was not without its challenges, though not entirely smooth.

They quickly surpassed several sects.

However, what they didn't notice was that the seven sects of cultivators all revealed a sinister look the moment they barged in.

Just as these rogue cultivators entered the area surrounded by the seven sects of cultivators, the disciples of the Xuan Yue Sect suddenly and uniformly abandoned their fight with the demonic beasts and fled out of the ruins.

Not only the Xuan Yue Sect, but also the disciples of the other seven sects, including those from Bai Ling Mountain, all retreated immediately.

"Huh? What's going on?"

The rogue cultivators' expressions changed, and they immediately stopped advancing.

"Haha, you bunch of rogue cultivators, you still want to fish in troubled waters and take advantage of our seven sects? We may be young, but we're not idiots."

Before retreating, a male cultivator from the Heavenly Blade Hall laughed heartily and left behind a sentence.

This statement serves as a reminder to the independent cultivators that they have been deceived.

"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap! Retreat quickly!"

The rogue cultivators only realized that the demonic beasts were surrounding them belatedly.

But could the cultivators from the seven sects possibly allow them to withdraw? Obviously not.

The seven sects of cultivators launched a simultaneous attack on the retreat of the rogue cultivators, and their powerful spells forced them to stop.

By stopping just like that, they missed the best opportunity to escape.

The demonic beasts charged into the group of rogue cultivators, unleashing a bloodbath.

These independent cultivators, apart from a few who possess some mid-grade magic artifacts, most of them probably only have one low-grade magic artifact.

Faced with the siege of so many demonic beasts, many rogue cultivators died at the hands of the beasts at the first encounter, their screams echoing through the night sky.

"Sigh! Everyone's scheming against each other."

That's about enough, it's time for me to get started.

Su Chun felt the time was right, so she rushed into the ruins alone.

Moreover, she even used a powerful talisman.

It was a blue talisman called the Azure Light Talisman.

This talisman is a one-time consumable talisman with no cultivation level restrictions. When attached to the body, it grants the user the flight speed of a Core Formation stage cultivator for a short period.

She crossed the battle zone in the blink of an eye and disappeared into the palace where the Xuanhuang Fruit was located.

"Such speed! It's a blue light talisman! This is bad."

Although the cultivators from the seven sects reacted in time, the Azure Light Talisman was too fast, and they could only see a streak of light disappear into the hall where the Xuanhuang Fruit was located.

Not long after Su Chun entered the main hall, several more figures flew out from outside the ruins, surpassing the seven sects' cultivators and disappearing into the main hall.

These people also used some kind of magical artifact that increased their flight speed.

After they had all gone inside, the cultivators from the seven factions hurriedly rushed back into the ruins, trying to avoid the battle zone as much as possible.

However, those rogue cultivators still fighting the demonic beasts were no pushovers either. The seven sects wanted them to lure the beasts away so they could enter the inner hall, but the rogues were unwilling to be bait.

“You scum from the Seven Factions, I’ll fight you to the death.”

Some powerful rogue cultivators deliberately led their demonic beasts towards the location of the seven sects' cultivators.

Although it's impossible to keep all the disciples of the seven sects, it's still quite easy to forcibly keep some of them.

As for Su Chun, who entered the inner hall, she saw the Xuanhuang tree only a dozen meters away from her as soon as she entered, but she did not dare to approach it immediately.

Because above this dilapidated palace, there was something that looked like a beehive.

This beehive is very large.

Su Chun's entry immediately alerted the guards here. A large number of golden insects emerged from the hive. Each insect was the size of a fist and looked like a bee.

"The Gold-Eating Bee, ranked fourteenth on the list of rare insects, wasn't even available last time."

Su Chun frowned and quickly summoned his top-grade defensive magic weapon, the Azure Crystal Shield.

The gold-devouring bees all crashed into the shield, unable to break through the magic weapon's defense.

At that moment, Su Chun noticed that someone had broken in again, so she quickly looked towards the main entrance.

The first person they saw was the veiled female cultivator from Xuan Guang Pavilion.

As soon as the female cultivator entered, she glanced at Su Chun, then looked at the Gold-Eating Bee. She formed hand seals, and a dazzling golden light burst forth from her body.

The golden light devoured all the gold-devouring bees that were blocking the Xuanhuang tree.

Any living being with eyes would be forced into a state of temporary blindness by such dazzling light.

Taking this opportunity, the female cultivator from Xuanguang Pavilion flashed to the foot of the Xuanhuang tree and picked a Xuanhuang fruit. She then prepared to pick other Xuanhuang fruits.

"Fellow Daoists of Xuanguang Pavilion, don't be too greedy."

At that moment, a sword light shot in from outside the main hall, striking directly at the back of the female disciple of Xuan Guang Pavilion.

Sensing the danger behind her, the female disciple of Xuan Guang Pavilion had no choice but to withdraw her hand and turn around to block the sword.

She casually conjured a golden barrier, which blocked the sword light.

"Humph!"

The female disciple of Xuan Guang Pavilion seemed to have other matters to attend to and did not intend to linger with the other party. She directly abandoned the Xuanhuang Fruit and fled.

As soon as she left, the cultivator who had attacked her arrived at the foot of the Xuanhuang Tree. He was a white-robed swordsman, clearly a disciple of the Imperial Sword Sect.

However, after he came in, a few more people came in.

They are disciples from the other five sects; these are the strongest among the disciples of the seven sects.

They all glanced at Su Chun, each picked a fruit from the Xuanhuang tree, and left immediately without attacking her, because attacking her would attract the Gold-Eating Bees.

They have other opportunities to seize, and they can't waste time here.

Chapter 23 Returning

When the last person came in, he was taken aback when he saw Su Chun, because the person was a disciple of the Xuan Yue Sect.

She was probably wondering why someone else in her own sect had the ability to break into the inner hall where the Xuanhuang Fruit was located.

This female disciple is a prodigy of the Xuan Yue Sect, named Wang Youlan. She cultivates the Xuan Yue Sect's top-tier technique, the Jade Maiden Playing with the Moon Technique.

She was also the disciple of the Third Elder, Fan Yuting, and was at the half-step Foundation Establishment stage, or rather, she could reach Foundation Establishment at any time, but she had been stuck at the thirteenth level of Qi Refining without breaking through.

After looking Su Chun up and down, she asked a question out of curiosity.

"This junior sister looks so familiar. I've never seen you before."

When Su Chun saw that the other person greeted her and that they were from the same sect, she thought that the other person was going to help her out of the predicament, so she immediately explained.

"Oh, my name is Su Chun. After joining the Xuan Yue Sect, I have been guarding the medicine garden and rarely have contact with other disciples of the sect."

Wang Youlan was slightly taken aback.