Immortality and cultivation begin with drawing talismans.

Chapter 331 The Xuan Yin Demonic Sect Takes the Blame
"You surnamed Lin! My Nascent Soul Ancestor of the Crimson Fire Sect will not let you get away with this!"

Inside the formation, the middle-aged man from the Crimson Fire Sect had bloodshot eyes, while the middle-aged woman in his arms was pale, with blood spreading from her abdomen, indicating that her golden core had been ripped out.

"My husband, run...run away, I shouldn't have..."

"late!"

The next moment, the middle-aged man from the Crimson Fire Sect opened his eyes wide, his chest pierced by a sharp bull horn.

"Moo!"

With a furious roar, the Green Horned Bull unleashed a frenzied attack, sending the male cultivator flying.

At the same time, a golden light flashed, and the ferocious Phoenix Cry Bird cruelly tore the man apart and swallowed the cultivator's golden core in one gulp.

"No!"

The middle-aged woman watched helplessly as her husband's body was reduced to ashes, but the next moment, the giant hooves of the Green Horned Ox trampled down.

Ice shards flew everywhere, and she was instantly turned into minced meat.

The Mysterious Five Elements Formation had already been broken, and now it has reappeared in the Mysterious Ice Formation.

"the fourth!"

Hidden within the constantly turbulent Five Elements Maze, cold voices emanated from all directions.

The three streaks of light were Lin Chang'an's three external avatars, each possessing the early stage of Core Formation.

"The mana has been depleted considerably, and the formation is currently at its last gasp."

Even Lin Chang'an was slightly out of breath after annihilating a late-stage third-tier demon and four Core Formation cultivators.

Even with the super-strong recovery of his self-healing body, his magical power was still more than half depleted.

Looking at the crumbling formation, Lin Chang'an sighed inwardly. The formation was no longer able to hold out to kill the last late-stage Core Formation cultivator.

"It's now!"

With a sudden roar, the barrier of the Xuanbing Array began to crumble instantly.

When the formation is broken.

As the clouds and mist dissipated, the true face of the sea was revealed.

Of the five Tribulation Cultivators, only this strong, late-stage Core Formation cultivator remains.

At this moment, he held three third-tier barrier-breaking talismans that had lost their spiritual light, looking at the damage marks on the ice floating on the sea, as well as the remaining bloodstains.

Then, looking again, Lin Chang'an was standing behind the Green Horned Ox, panting heavily and looking quite disheveled.

It is clearly a huge drain on resources.

"Very good! As expected of a third-tier formation master, you have actually forced me to such a point."

At this moment, Lin Chang'an raised his head, looked at the person hidden at the very back, and couldn't help but sneer:

"Fellow Daoist, you truly have a brilliant plan, using the four of you to buy time to break the formation."

This person had been searching for the key point of the formation, and then used the barrier-breaking talisman to break the formation.

In this battle, he destroyed two sets of third-tier grand formations, resulting in a significant loss.

As the formation was broken, the man cautiously flew high in the sky. After observing the situation, he couldn't help but reveal a look of relief at surviving a disaster.

"Fellow Daoist, I admit I shouldn't have provoked a formation master so easily, but since you killed my spirit pet, you'll pay for that with your life..."

However, before the words were even finished, the Green Horned Ox let out a moo.

The next moment, Lin Chang'an, without hesitation, transformed into a beam of light and fled with the Green Horned Ox.

"You think you can leave? Don't even think about it!"

Upon seeing Lin Chang'an flee, the other party roared angrily and gave chase.

As for traps, formations are not so easy to set up.

Moreover, four of them died this time, including his late-stage third-tier spirit pet, which made his heart bleed even more.

This is his strongest asset.

After losing the giant tortoise, he couldn't even imagine how much revenge he would suffer from his enemies in the future.

"Fellow Daoist, do you truly intend to fight me to the death?"

Lin Chang'an roared angrily, looking exhausted, but as he fled, he kept thinking about how to successfully kill this person.

He no longer has any extra formations on him. Defeating a late-stage Core Formation cultivator is easy, but killing him is still quite difficult.

"Fish die, net breaks? Fellow Daoist, you jest. The fish may die, but the net may not break!"

The pursuer behind him was furious. His opponent was exhausted, so why would he miss this opportunity?

However, during the chase, Lin Chang'an's injuries were visibly healing.

His disheveled appearance was merely a disguise.

"The greatest strength of a self-healing body lies in its ability to wage a war of attrition."

As Lin Chang'an flew away at top speed, he glanced back at the figure that had been relentlessly pursuing him from the Ghost Realm all the way to the Tongtian Mist Sea, and a cold smile crept onto his lips.

"A war of attrition! Let's see who wears out the other first!"

A high-grade spirit stone appeared in his hand. The strength of the self-healing body lies not only in its rapid recovery but also in its fast absorption and conversion speed.

Ordinary cultivators who want to restore their magical power with spirit stones usually need to meditate.

Recovering mana while escaping is extremely slow.

However, at this moment, in Lin Chang'an's palm, the spiritual energy of this high-grade spirit stone was being rapidly devoured by the naked eye.

……

The two chased and fled for two days and three nights, venturing deep into the Tongtian Mist Sea.

"It's almost over! The opponent's magic power won't last much longer!"

Although Lin Chang'an's speed did not decrease much during the two days of pursuit, the dissipation of his escape light clearly indicated that he was at the end of his rope.

This made the burly late-stage Core Formation cultivator who had been pursuing them all the way behind them beam with joy.

"Alright, come on if you dare!"

A tearing sound came from ahead, clearly revealing a sense of madness in his tone.

"A ghost!"

The Tongtian Mist Sea is extremely vast, and during the past two days of pursuit, Lin Chang'an has been trying his best to shake him off within it.

The aura of the Yin Spirit Beast King appearing on the island ahead caused the burly man, a late-stage Core Formation cultivator chasing behind, to grin ferociously.

My initial wariness actually eased considerably.

It's clearly at its last gasp; it's actually trying to take a gamble by using the Yin Spirit Beast King. If it can be used to attack him...

Then the other party will naturally have a chance to escape.

If the enemy attacks him, they will inevitably divert this malevolent spirit to him, and perhaps he will have a chance to survive in the ensuing chaos.

"Since you've come here to die, don't blame me!"

As Lin Chang'an's escape light rushed straight towards the deserted island, the Yin Spirit Beast King on the island seemed to sense something, and couldn't help but raise its head to look at the flying cultivator, letting out a tiger's roar.

"Roar!"

As the Yin Spirit Beast King drew closer, Lin Chang'an turned around and roared furiously:
"Fellow Daoist, if you have the guts, come and fight!"

"Trying to use the Yin Spirit Beast King to buy yourself a chance to escape? No way!"

Seeing Lin Chang'an's appearance, the burly cultivator laughed menacingly and raised his hand, the golden knife in his palm aimed straight at Lin Chang'an.

"Roar!"

The Yin Spirit Beast King on the island roared and pounced directly at Lin Chang'an, much to the burly man's delight.

Now he couldn't afford to give the other party a chance.

However, despite the roar of the two-headed tiger-shaped Yin Spirit Beast King, Lin Chang'an was completely unprepared, even under the astonished gaze of the burly man behind him.

However, before he could think any further, a chilling sense of crisis came down his spine, and the next moment his soul suffered a severe blow.

The sudden, excruciating pain in his soul caused him to let out a scream and fall directly from the sky.

【Mystic Soul Thorn】

In his dazed state, he vaguely saw that this man surnamed Lin had turned around and unleashed a sword beam at him, completely disregarding the Yin Spirit Beast King with its gaping maw behind him.

"You surnamed Lin, are you insane?!"

Realizing what was happening instantly, the burly man endured the pain and channeled his magic power to unleash a blade of light.

However, the next moment, before he could even react, he saw a scene that he could not understand.

Instead of attacking, the Yin Spirit Beast King leaped over and blocked his attack.

"How can it be!"

However, beneath Lin Chang'an's mocking smile, he directly made a hand seal, and instantly a protective array appeared on the island.

"Roar!"

The array barrier reappeared, and now that he was trapped inside, the burly man's eyes widened in fury and he exclaimed in shock and anger:

"Shameless scoundrel! He actually left an ambush and formation here..."

He racked his brains but still couldn't figure it out. The other party couldn't possibly have planned this beforehand; otherwise, with just one more array formation at the Five Dragons Island border, they could have easily captured him. But if it wasn't premeditated, then the Yin Spirit Beast King of the Sky-Piercing Mist Sea must have had an array barrier.

He doesn't understand!

"Moo!"

However, Lin Chang'an would not give the other side a chance. With a tap of his storage bag, the Green Horned Ox and the Phoenix Bird appeared on the battlefield.

"Since you are pursuing me so relentlessly, I will send you on your way."

Without wasting words, Lin Chang'an, after trapping the opponent in the formation, raised his hand and conjured nine sword beams.

In the ensuing chaos, the enemy had no chance to break through the formation.

"A third-tier Yin Spirit Beast King! A mutated spirit beast, and a savage alien species! Who exactly are you!?"

At this moment, the burly man roared angrily, knowing that his opponent was definitely not an ordinary Core Formation cultivator.

Even the so-called third-tier array master Lin Chang'an from Five Dragons Island, at this moment, he thought it was all fake.

It's even possible that he was the target from the very beginning.

With this wealth and that soul attack just now, you'd say a rogue cultivator doesn't have this kind of foundation?

"Fellow Daoist, I have a tremendous secret..."

Although he was a late-stage Core Formation cultivator, he had not recovered much from the exhaustion of breaking the formation and the relentless pursuit.

Currently trapped inside the formation and facing attacks from the three spirit pets, they are already overwhelmed and unable to defend themselves.

The speed of the phoenix and its terrifying flames terrified him.

"Fellow Daoist, you should continue on your journey!"

Amidst the chaos, Lin Chang'an seized the opportunity and let out a cold shout. Three avatars instantly appeared around him, each unleashing their own natal magic treasures.

The gleaming Bao Guan Ri Divine Sword transformed into a golden light.

The opponent roared and released three layers of magical shields in front of him in one breath, while his own defensive magic treasure was used to defend against the spirit beast, the Phoenix Cry Bird.

After all, given the battle, the Phoenix's speed and ability to counter the protective aura made it significantly more threatening.

However, to his surprise, the four sun-piercing divine swords that attacked from all directions, surrounded by flames, easily pierced through his magical shield.

"Pfft!"

Blood splattered everywhere, his face filled with disbelief as the four sun-piercing divine swords swept past, severing him in half at the waist.

Its lower body was swallowed whole by the Phoenix Bird.

"What a plan!"

Throughout the entire ordeal, Lin Chang'an remained at a distance, coldly observing everything.

"If I hadn't been wary of your defensive magic treasures, I wouldn't have kept this Sun-Piercing Divine Sword hidden until now!"

The opponent possessed a fire-attribute defensive magic item, which was what he feared most.

If the Sun-Piercing Divine Sword cannot kill in one strike, then the opponent will be on guard.

……

Three days later.

Two spirit ships appeared on the border of the waters around Wulong Island.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, you truly deserve to be called a third-tier array master. You have indeed benefited us greatly."

There were two pseudo-Core Formation cultivators and one early Core Formation cultivator on the spirit ship, who were very polite to Lin Chang'an.

Lin Chang'an chuckled and waved his hand, saying:

"You're too kind, fellow Daoists. I just happened to be coming from Haiyuan City. On the way, I found an injured early-stage third-tier demon beast. I never expected to encounter you three."

The four of them chatted happily. The spirit ship belonged to the Seven Kingdoms Alliance, so they could be considered fellow countrymen.

Furthermore, since the goods were destined for Xuan Yin Pavilion on Five Dragons Island, Lin Chang'an was allowed to board the ship.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, unfamiliar cultivators would not be allowed to board the spirit ship.

Just as the spirit ship sailed to the site of the great battle a few days earlier, the sea became turbulent, and low-level sea beasts swam around.

The others remained completely unfazed, while Lin Chang'an maintained a calm smile on his face.

"The biggest advantage of the Monster Abyss is that the traces of battle will be quickly swallowed up."

At this point, there was no trace of the battle left on the sea.

Even if there were some incomplete fragments of the formation, they had sunk to the bottom of the sea, and even if they were discovered, it would be irrelevant to him.

He did leave something on the seabed.

Moreover, he was just an ordinary sword cultivator in the mid-stage of Core Formation. Although he was proficient in formations, did he have the ability to kill five Core Formation cultivators?

There were no injuries whatsoever.

"Of these five, only the two from the Crimson Fire Sect are a bit troublesome; the rest are easy to deal with."

Although the Crimson Fire Sect is isolated overseas, it has been getting closer to demonic forces in recent years, which has long displeased the Azure Sea Palace.

"So what if the news got out in advance? I walked through here with my head held high, and the road was smooth sailing. Who knows what your people encountered?"

With a cold laugh, Lin Chang'an learned the identities of the five people through the fragmented memories of their corpses.

"If we don't find any clues at all, we might be in trouble, but if we investigate carefully, we will find clues sooner or later."

As the spirit ship sailed by, Lin Chang'an scanned the area with his divine sense and saw some fragmented traces of battle floating on the dark seabed.

It was brightly lit, yet contained fragments of magical artifacts and traces of battle.

These are some treasures we obtained from those cultivators during the attack on Li Huo Island with Yun Yao, which we haven't dealt with all these years.

It turns out that it came in handy today. Although some treasures were lost, a perfect substitute was created.

"One is an ordinary array master, and the other is a member of the Xuan Yin Divine Sect. Everyone knows who to suspect."

These were five Core Formation cultivators, one in the late Core Formation stage and two in the mid Core Formation stage. With such strength, they didn't even have a chance to escape.

It's easy to guess who did it.

Lin Chang'an created perfect evidence, and the spirit ship entered the waters of Wulong Island without any major incidents.

"This harvest was quite good, especially the magic treasures of the Crimson Fire Sect couple and this late-stage Core Formation cultivator."

After talking with everyone, Lin Chang'an returned to his cabin on the spirit ship with a smile on his face and began to take stock of his spoils.

Magical artifacts, spirit stones, pills for restoring mana and healing injuries, some loot from the robbery, and even the three Divine Essence Fruits that the Crimson Fire Sect couple had previously possessed were all there.

The most valuable item was undoubtedly the giant tortoise demon material at the late stage of the third tier. Whether it was the demon core, the essence blood, the flesh, or the tortoise shell, they were all top-quality materials.

"These magical treasures will be melted down when we get back. It's a bit of a pity, but they absolutely cannot be exposed."

In the end, Lin Chang'an focused his attention on several magical artifacts. Three of them were obviously damaged, but the others were still of good quality.

But if it flows outside, who knows if it will leave any traces and cause trouble for itself.

"It just so happens that my third-tier weapon-refining skills have a rare opportunity to practice with a magic weapon. As for the other materials, most of them can be used, so I won't sell the ones I don't need..."

"Especially the essence blood of this third-tier great demon, it is enough for me to temper my body and break through to the third tier."

After tidying up a bit, Lin Chang'an decided on the fate of the materials and his next goal.

The sword servant was about to form his core, and he had also honed his body refinement for a long time, finally reaching that bottleneck in this great battle.

……

half a month later.

A Core Formation cultivator from the Crimson Fire Sect arrived at this sea area with a grim expression.

"This is where life has been lost."

"Elder, we've discovered these things at the bottom of the sea." Several Foundation Establishment cultivators emerged from the seabed and presented what they had found.

Upon seeing this, the Core Formation cultivator was instantly enraged.

"Good! What a Xuan Yin Demonic Sect! No wonder the five Core Formation cultivators are all gone, while the array master surnamed Lin from Five Dragons Island is completely unharmed."

His anger was boundless, and perhaps someone had framed him, but it could absolutely not be that Lin from Five Dragons Island.

Even if a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator, with the backing of the Azure Sea Palace, is a third-tier array master, it's quite an achievement for them to escape from five people.

Not to mention the counterattack, leaving no survivors.

there is only one truth!
If it's not the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect, then it must be related to the Xuan Yin Demonic Sect.

"Let's go! We'll go back and report this to the Ancestor!"

"Yes!"

　I'm not asking for tickets today. I came to the hospital to watch the military parade with my elderly father. The last one to appear was "My Country is Awesome".

　　Take hospitalization as an example. If it weren't for the country's technological advancements and the effective medical insurance system, ordinary people really wouldn't be able to afford heart stents.

　　Last month, my father was hospitalized with an acute myocardial infarction. Two blood vessels were blocked. Two stents were placed in one of them. He is scheduled to have surgery this afternoon, a month later, to remove the second blood vessel.

　　Ten years ago, a relative of mine did the same thing, and it was incredibly expensive, using only imported products. Now, they use domestically produced ones, and the prices are much more affordable.

　　I wish our country prosperity and strength, and I am fortunate to live in a peaceful and powerful nation.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)