Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

Lin Xuan, holding Lin Qingluo's hand, took the opportunity to break free from the lock-on of the five late-stage Qi Refining cultivators behind them and blended into the chaotic crowd.

The aftershocks of the array explosion caused her blood to surge, and a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.

"Sister Xuan, is this really not a good thing?" Lin Qingluo looked at the horrific scene of people killing each other for the goods around her, her face pale.

Lin Xuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes calm to the point of being cold: "In this game of chess, we are all pieces. The most important thing for a piece is to survive."

She paused, then said, "Only by surviving can you talk about anything else."

The massive commotion and scattered wealth from the self-destruction of the fifth formation attracted even more cultivators from the surrounding area, much like a magnet.

The scattered caravan members and the bandits, and even the bandits themselves, engaged in an even more bloody and chaotic battle for wealth and survival. Lin Xuan and Lin Qingluo were forced to struggle amidst this chaos, searching for a chance to escape.

Just as this chaos reached its peak,

hum!

An invisible yet immense pressure suddenly descended upon the edge of the battlefield!

Immediately afterwards, to everyone's astonishment, more than seventy figures emanating powerful spiritual energy suddenly rose into the sky outside the battlefield! They hovered evenly a hundred meters in the air, forming a huge encirclement that enveloped the entire battlefield.

Flying! Among Qi Refining cultivators, only those in the late Qi Refining stage can briefly fly using their abundant spiritual power!

These seventy-odd people were all late-stage Qi Refining cultivators!

On the ground, the remaining caravan members and the late-stage Qi Refining cultivators among the robbers numbered no more than fifty.

What's even more despairing is that the spiritual pressure emanating from the twenty-odd figures at the front is particularly terrifying, in no way inferior to the giant axe-wielding giant from before. They are all experts at the eighth level of Qi Refining!

"Run!" someone shouted, and the cultivators completely collapsed, scattering and fleeing in all directions.

However, the hunt had already begun. More than seventy late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, like tigers among sheep, unleashed a barrage of colorful spiritual light from the sky, launching a merciless massacre against the cultivators on the ground.

Those twenty-odd Qi Refining Level 8 cultivators precisely targeted the late-stage leader among the Tribulation Cultivators who was attempting to resist.

The gap between the elite members of the family and the rogue cultivators was now clearly evident. Whether it was exquisite spells, powerful magical artifacts, or tacit cooperation, the family cultivators far surpassed their opponents.

Lin Xuan's father, Lin Tianze, was among them. He was surrounded by four radiant spiritual pearls:

The yellow orb was heavy and solid, radiating earth-elemental spiritual light, constantly replenishing his depleted spiritual energy.

The cyan orb was light and agile, and the wind-elemental aura supported him, allowing him to maintain flight with minimal energy expenditure.

The blue jewel rippled with water, transforming into a constantly flowing azure barrier that protected the body.

The crimson orb blazed fiercely, transforming into a ferocious fire dragon that coiled and charged wherever his sword pointed.

Each of these four elemental magic beads is a first-grade high-quality magic weapon on its own. When the four beads are combined, their power is comparable to that of a top-grade magic weapon. At this moment, the four beads resonate with each other, evolving into a profound four-elemental magic array that envelops one Qi Refining Level 8 cultivator, two Qi Refining Level 7 cultivators, and more than ten Qi Refining Level 1 cultivators.

No matter how they charged left and right, all sorts of spells and magical artifacts bombarded the four-colored flowing light barrier, but they only stirred up ripples and could not break through at all.

Lin Tianze single-handedly trapped a group of powerful enemies and controlled the battle situation.

Lin Qingluo breathed a sigh of relief, her face filled with the joy of surviving a disaster: "I'm finally alive."

"No, now is the most dangerous time." Lin Xuan's voice was calm, almost icy. She grabbed Lin Qingluo's wrist. "Let's go!"

In the center of the battlefield, hundreds of late-stage Qi Refining cultivators were locked in fierce combat, with raging spiritual energy turbulence sweeping outwards like tangible waves.

A massive, veerging wind blade grazed past them, carving a deep furrow in the ground; the aftershocks of a fireball exploding on the other side, carrying a scorching wave of air, rushed towards them, causing Lin Xuan's throat to taste sweet and a trickle of blood to spill from the corner of her mouth, even from a distance.

Lin Qingluo turned pale with fright at the horrifying sight and asked in a trembling voice, "They...aren't they the people who came to rescue us? Why?"

"Rescue," Lin Xuan said with a mocking smile. The soft white light emanating from the jade ring on his left hand guided them through the chaotic gaps.

They moved north with a clear direction. "Within the market, we can't make a move due to the rules. But in this lawless wilderness, who would hesitate to take advantage of any opportunity to legitimately weaken other families?"

She pulled Lin Qingluo away from a bolt of lightning that struck from the sky. The lightning exploded on the ground, and the flying debris, crackling with electricity, made their protective aura flicker.

"They won't directly kill us juniors." Lin Xuan's voice came intermittently amidst the roar of the spells, but every word was clear. "But if we are 'unlucky' enough to be crushed by the aftershocks of the battle, then we can only blame ourselves for our lack of skill and that it is our fate."

The experience Lin Xuan gained at the Flowing Cloud Chamber of Commerce over the past two years has thoroughly tempered her, inside and out. Her grasp of timing, her ability to anticipate danger, and her profound understanding of the cruel rules of the cultivation world are far beyond what the girl who once needed the protection of her family could ever achieve.

After an unknown amount of time, the two finally broke out of the innermost battle zone and arrived at a relatively peripheral area.

The shouts of battle and explosions behind me continued to shake the heavens and the earth, and a flash of light illuminated half the sky.

Ahead, a deep, eerily silent black forest came into view, a stark contrast to the bustling battlefield behind them.

The trees and leaves in the forest were all jet black, so dark that even the light seemed to be swallowed up when it got close.

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Xuan grabbed Lin Qingluo, and in a flash, plunged into the dense darkness.

Seeing Lin Xuan's figure safely disappear into the distant black forest, Lin Tianze's tense mind finally relaxed a little.

His gaze returned to the three late-stage Qi Refining Tribulation cultivators trapped in the Four Elements Formation, his eyes flashing with a cold light.

The dozen or so Qi Refining mid-stage Tribulation cultivators had long since turned to ashes under the continuous attacks of the Four Elements Formation.

Previously, he had been distracted by Lin Xuan's safety and had not exerted his full strength, which was why Lin Xuan was able to leave the battlefield. This time, the members of the chamber of commerce who did not have the opportunity to leave had no chance and were certain to die.

At that moment, he had no more scruples.

"Combine!" Lin Tianze made a hand seal and shouted in a low voice.

The four precious orbs surrounding the body—yellow, cyan, blue, and red—suddenly stopped spinning and converged towards the center with four-colored light! A dazzling burst of spiritual light erupted, and the four orbs merged into one, transforming into a brand-new orb the size of a fist, radiating a breathtaking pure white light!