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

"Jiang Lin, you have a path to heaven but you choose not to, and you barge into hell when there's no way out." There was no one else here, and Li Mingjie didn't need to care about the persona he maintained in the outer sect.

He looked at Jiang Lin with a burning gaze, sword in hand.

Because Li Ran promised that as long as he could kill Jiang Lin in the ruins, he would guarantee Jiang Lin's advancement to the Meridian Opening Realm!

How can you guarantee that?

That must be the Meridian Opening Pill!

Although the Meridian Opening Pill is only a second-tier spiritual pill, it is the key to breaking through from the Qi Gathering Realm to the Meridian Opening Realm.

Without connections, it's impossible to buy a Qi Gathering Realm item.

Li Mingjie has also been stuck at the ninth level of the Qi Gathering Realm for quite some time.

I've been looking for an opportunity to get my hands on the Meridian Opening Pill.

Now that Li Ran has spoken up, he is naturally willing to help.

After all, Jiang Lin stole Jiang Wei from him!

Jiang Lin didn't speak, but instead put away the Cloud Edge Sword.

Seeing Jiang Lin's calm and composed expression, Li Mingjie guessed that Jiang Lin had a talisman on him.

Thinking of this, Li Mingjie secretly pinched a talisman with his other hand, which was hidden in his sleeve.

A gust of wind swept in, knocking over some stone. The sound of the stone falling seemed to be the signal to begin the duel between the two, and they simultaneously threw out their talismans.

Li Mingjie threw out a second-tier ice spike talisman, and countless icy spiritual energies condensed into ice crystal spikes in the air.

Isn't that a coincidence?

The one who used the gold coin before also used the ice spike talisman.

Jiang Lin killed him with a single sword strike to the throat.

Jiang Lin used two talismans: a second-tier tortoise shell talisman and a second-tier wind blade talisman.

Faced with Li Mingjie, a guy who had been in the outer sect of the Misty Holy Land for so long, Jiang Lin, to be on the safe side, chose the most reliable approach—to kill him with a spirit talisman.

Whoosh!

Click!

The howling wind blades collided with the cold ice spikes; the ice spikes pierced the wind blades, and the wind blades cut through the ice spikes. Neither side could gain the upper hand.

Li Mingjie smiled. This Jiang Lin was really delusional. He had only been in the outer sect of the Misty Holy Land for a few days, yet he dared to try to compete with him in terms of the number of spirit talismans.

For this trip to the ruins, Li Mingjie prepared three talismans for each of the four aspects: attack, defense, escape, and binding!

Generally speaking, it's more than enough!

He himself was only at the first level of Qi Gathering Realm.

Preparing a total of twelve second-tier spirit talismans already represents a serious over-equipment situation.

Unfortunately, he encountered Jiang Lin.

A guy whose "equipment" is even more out of standard than his.

Jiang Lin noticed the smile on Li Mingjie's face.

He didn't care at all, because he knew Li Mingjie wouldn't be laughing for long.

As one second-tier spirit talisman after another was used up.

Li Mingjie's smile faded.

Then, panic began to set in.

Finally, he looked at Jiang Lin with a surprised and uncertain expression, as if to say, "How come you still have a second-tier spirit talisman?" which amused Jiang Lin.

Li Mingjie ran out of talismans, and Jiang Lin took out five first-tier ice spike talismans without saying a word!

Although it was only at the first level, the simultaneous activation of the five ice spike runes instantly threw Li Mingjie into a panic.

Seeing that Li Mingjie was still able to jump around, Jiang Lin threw out five more Tier 1 Ice Spike Talismans without saying a word.

We have plenty of other things, but lots of elixirs and talismans!

Before Li Mingda could even beg for mercy, he was still struck by an ice spike. He could no longer hold his sword because his hands were covered in ice and frozen stiff!

Looking at Jiang Lin not far ahead, Li Mingjie was still in a daze. He had always thought that crushing Jiang Lin would be as easy as crushing an ant, but now he had been defeated by Jiang Lin...

"Senior Brother Li Mingjie, do you have any last words?"

Jiang Lin looked at the guy whose hands were frozen by the ice spike talisman with an unfriendly expression. He had wasted so many of his second-tier spirit talismans!

"Jiang Lin, if I tell you who ordered me to kill you, will you let me go?" Li Mingjie stared at Jiang Lin, his previous arrogance long gone.

Is there someone behind this?

Jiang Lin nodded casually and said, "Okay, go ahead."

Seeing that Jiang Lin had agreed, a look of joy appeared in Li Mingjie's eyes. This Jiang Lin is still young after all!

They don't even know the principle of eliminating the root of the problem.

When he gets back, he must come up with a brilliant plan. Jiang Lin has so many talismans; he must have some unspeakable secret!

With that thought in mind, Li Mingjie didn't hesitate to betray Li Ran, saying that Li Ran was the mastermind behind it all.

Li Ran promised to help him advance to the Meridian Opening Realm, but that was just someone else's promise. If Li Mingjie could figure out the secret behind Jiang Lin's many second-tier spirit talismans, he probably wouldn't have to worry about getting the Meridian Opening Pill!

Jiang Lin wasn't surprised to hear that Li Ran was the mastermind.

He nodded: "Okay, I understand. You go ahead first, and I'll have him come find you soon."

"Okay, I'll go first... uh... what do you mean?"

Li Mingjie nodded subconsciously, then realized what he was doing and looked sharply at Jiang Lin.

However, what awaited him was Jiang Lin's casual sword strike!

"laugh!"

He slashed Li Mingjie's neck with a single sword stroke.

Blood flowed down the blade to the tip.

"Tick-tock~"

A drop of blood fell to the ground and spread out in a radial pattern.

Li Mingjie's pupils also began to dilate.

Jiang Lin wiped his body with his sword, then used the sword to take the storage bag hanging from Li Mingjie's waist.

With Li Mingjie dead, the weak spiritual restriction in his storage bag naturally disappeared as well.

"Two mid-grade mortal-level spiritual treasures, and three second-grade spirit talismans for escape?"

Previously, Jin Yuan and the others didn't even have storage bags. Zhang Zishuang did have a storage bag, but Jiang Lin had used up all of her second-tier spirit talismans. Now, Jiang Lin has recovered some health with Li Mingjie.

In a good mood, Jiang Lin hung the storage bag on his waist, looked at the three spirit beasts on the ground, and after examining them, he understood the reason.

The three lucky guys must have swallowed some rare and precious herbs, and their bodies were rich in medicinal power.

ponder for a moment.

Jiang Lin searched the bodies of the other dead outer disciples of the Misty Holy Land, used a first-tier ice-attribute talisman to freeze the three spirit beast corpses to prevent the smell of blood from escaping, and then quickly left the area with the three spirit beast corpses.

Since there are three first-tier spirit beasts, there might be second-tier spirit beasts nearby. The bloody smell here is too strong, and it would be bad if it attracted second-tier spirit beasts.

Jiang Lin left not long ago.

Six first-tier spirit beasts and two second-tier spirit beasts arrived. Seeing no other targets, they pounced on the corpses on the ground and began to feast.

Half an hour later, Jiang Lin entered a dry cave with no trace of spirit beasts. He threw the three spirit beast corpses aside, took out a fire-attribute spirit talisman, and began to work.

These three spirit beasts must have drunk something wonderful; the medicinal fragrance emanating from their blood came from their bodies.

Jiang Lin is neither a weapon refiner nor an alchemist, and he has not refined the primordial fire necessary for these two secondary professions.

Therefore, he could only use fire-attribute talismans to extract the medicinal power from the three spirit beasts.

After some maneuvering, he obtained a dark-colored object about half the size of a baby's fist.

Instead of swallowing the item immediately, Jiang Lin tossed a scroll out of his storage bag and placed ten low-grade spirit stones around it.

Inside the scroll is a second-tier concealment array, capable of blocking the detection and sensing of those at the Meridian Opening Realm. It uses ten low-grade spirit stones as energy, and the second-tier concealment array should last for two hours.

"go!"

Jiang Lin tore open the scroll to activate it.

He quickly concealed his entire body.

The energy is starting to grow!

At the same time, not far from the cave, Tang Yu and his group were confronting the people of the Wangyue Sect.