After my Daoist partners broke off their engagement, they pledged their loyalty to me!

Faced with this sharp blade of light, Jiang Lin didn't even think, instinctively dodging to the side.

The blade missed its target, striking a large rock more than two meters high beside it, easily splitting the rock in two.

Can be imagined.

This strike was aimed at taking Jiang Lin's life.

"what?"

The person who unleashed the blade's edge seemed surprised that Jiang Lin could react so quickly, causing his supposedly fatal strike to miss its mark.

After letting out a surprised exclamation, Jiang Lin also looked towards the person who had drawn the knife, a one-eyed man with a scar on his left eye.

With just one glance, Jiang Lin determined that the other party was not from the three sects, but one of the rogue cultivators.

Beside the one-eyed man were two companions, a man and a woman.

Judging from this, it seems that these three rogue cultivators reached an agreement in a short time, and Jiang Lin was their target as soon as he was teleported in.

Seeing that One-Eyed had failed to strike, the other man and woman hesitated before letting One-Eyed retreat first.

One-Eyed scoffed, "What a joke! This pretty boy is the first fat sheep after we cooperate. He's an outer disciple of the Misty Holy Land. I want to see just how powerful an outer disciple of the Misty Holy Land is compared to us rogue cultivators!"

"Three against one, what are you afraid of!"

As he spoke, the one-eyed man rushed toward Jiang Lin.

It seems that the one-eyed man's words swayed the two partners.

If they could kill an outer disciple of the Misty Holy Land, the three of them would surely be able to loot a lot of good stuff, right?

So, the two of them rushed toward Jiang Lin with low-grade mortal-level spiritual treasures, their purpose obvious: to kill him and steal his treasures!

This is what ruin exploration is all about.

They don't even need to argue; they just start hacking at anyone they see.

Although this was Jiang Lin's first time exploring the ruins, he had already prepared himself mentally and was not going to be soft-hearted.

Of the three spiritual treasures that Senior Sister Gong Qingyu gave him, besides the high-grade mortal-level Shattering Star Bow, he also combined two other mid-grade mortal-level flawed pieces into finished products: a close-fitting soft armor and a three-foot spiritual sword.

He wore soft armor.

He simply named his three-foot-long spirit sword Yunfeng. The sword's blade had a graceful, cloud-like appearance, yet it was still sharp.

With a pat on his storage bag, the Cloud Edge Sword appeared in his hand.

Even if a disciple of the Holy Land is just an outer disciple, they are not someone that two or three ordinary rogue cultivators can easily frame.

Most of the spiritual treasures that independent cultivators can obtain are of the same grade as those of disciples of holy lands, but the materials used to refine them are different!

Jiang Lin made a simple slash with the Cloud Edge Sword. His spiritual power, cultivated at the seventh level of the Qi Gathering Realm, surged and covered the sword. With this slash, he unleashed the Cloud Edge Sword Light.

The one-eyed man let out a low shout and grabbed his longsword to block the attack.

The result was a sharp, metallic clang.

The longsword snapped in two, and the sword's edge cleaved the one-eyed man in two from top to bottom, leaving him covered in blood!

quiet!

When the other man and woman saw what happened to the one-eyed man, they froze on the spot, their eyes filled with terror and fear!

One sword strike, just one sword strike!

Not only did it sever the one-eyed, low-grade mortal-level spiritual treasure, but it also split the one-eyed creature in two, and a strong, pungent smell of blood wafted over.

Jiang Lin looked at the other man.

The man was decisive and straightforward; he immediately threw down the magical treasure, knelt down, his face pale, and his lips trembling: "Spare me..."

"puff!"

Without any hesitation, Jiang Lin raised his hand, and the other man's head fell.

Blood gushed out like a pillar, spraying the female cultivator next to her all over. The female cultivator felt as if her feet weighed a thousand pounds and she couldn't move at all!

"You guys are pretty brave, aren't you? Rogue cultivators trying to scam disciples of the Holy Land?"

"Do you really think 'holy land' is just a title?"

Jiang Lin's gaze held a hint of curiosity.

He truly couldn't understand the thoughts of these independent cultivators.

Why is the Holy Land called the Holy Land?

Even if they are just outer disciples, the cultivation techniques, martial arts, spiritual treasures, elixirs, and talismans used by the outer disciples of the Holy Land are better than those used by most rogue cultivators!

"I...I..." Looking at the seemingly harmless Jiang Lin, the female cultivator was so frightened that she couldn't even speak. Her two partners, who had just been working together, were now dead.

One was split in two, and the other was decapitated!

This doesn't fit her usual fighting logic.

They are all at the Qi Gathering Realm. With three Qi Gathering Realm experts on our side, even if they are at the eighth level of Qi Gathering Realm, we can put up a fight.

result……

Two of them died before they could even get out of the first round!

Jiang Lin glanced at the female rogue cultivator again.

There was also a notification above the opponent's head: "[20 points of Chaos Energy]".

She's also quite good-looking and has a decent figure.

As Jiang Lin was examining the area, he suddenly smelled a foul odor, which made him frown and step back.

Upon closer inspection, Jiang Lin's gaze suddenly widened.

"Holy crap, seriously, sis? You peed?"

"Fine, fine, I'll give you a quick death."

Swish!

One sword strike and it's over!

Shouldn't rogue cultivators be willing to risk their lives? How come they were so easily scared? Jiang Lin was just considering whether to obtain the chaotic energy from the other party. What bad luck!

The three opposing cultivators were all at the sixth level of the Qi Gathering Realm.

They were just unlucky to have chosen Jiang Lin as their opponent.

Jiang Lin has been consuming second-tier Qi-Nourishing Pills and second-tier Marrow and Blood Pills lately. How could a first-tier cultivator not have a solid foundation when using second-tier spiritual pills for cultivation?

If they had been disciples of the seventh level of Qi Gathering from another holy land, their fate wouldn't have been so tragic; at least two of them would have escaped.

He casually searched the three people and found several dozen taels of silver notes, a few low-grade spirit stones, a beginner-level mortal-rank sword technique, and a first-grade cultivation technique.

It's better than nothing, Jiang Lin casually tossed it into his storage bag.

A rogue cultivator is a rogue cultivator; their cultivation techniques and martial arts are recorded in animal hide books, while the holy land uses jade slips!

Of course, there are advantages to having martial arts recorded in animal hide books. Although they are not as easy to cultivate as jade slips, you can still sell the martial arts recorded in animal hide books to make a profit after you have learned them.

Jiang Lin then had time to take in his surroundings.

This is a dilapidated mountain pavilion, and next to it is a stone tablet with three mottled characters engraved on it, bearing the marks of time.

You can vaguely make out that the three characters are "Shanshui Pavilion".

Then look into the distance.

Everywhere there were dilapidated stone buildings, and it seemed that this ruin must have once been a... sect!

An ancient sect that has been in ruins for who knows how long in this space, with traces of the passage of time visible everywhere.

"Ancient sects should have some good stuff!"

Jiang Lin's eyes brightened, a glimmer of hope in his heart: "Ideally, I'd find a treasure that can enhance my cultivation talent!"

Jiang Linxing rushed down from the mountain pavilion and headed towards the tallest building in the distance. The tallest building was inside the sect, so even if it wasn't the best place, it wouldn't be too bad.

You can't go wrong there!

Many people share Jiang Lin's thoughts.

And somewhere.

A female cultivator wearing a bamboo hat to cover her face and dressed entirely in black was also teleported in.

Her spiritual energy fluctuations were rather strange; they appeared very strong, but in reality, they were controlled within the Meridian Opening Realm.

It's as if someone originally possessed very strong spiritual power, but used some unknown special method to forcibly suppress their spiritual power to the Meridian Opening Realm, successfully entering this sect's ruins.

"I hope I can find what I need in this ruin!" the female cultivator murmured to herself, then chose a direction and quickly left, so fast that she left only a black afterimage in her wake.

If Jiang Lin were here, he would definitely recognize who this is.

Even though the female cultivator had changed her entire outfit, the bright [500 points of chaotic energy] above her head didn't lie.

The female cultivator dressed in black is clearly Xu Hongxi, the powerful temporary female steward!

By using a special method to suppress her spiritual power cultivation, she temporarily suppressed it to the Meridian Opening Realm and successfully entered this sect ruins that only allowed Qi Gathering Realm and Meridian Opening Realm cultivators to enter!