Gao Wu: Oh no! Young Master Zhen is a cultivator!

Once the mountaintop was quiet, Lin Ran suppressed his smile and began to heal the wounds of his family members.

Xuanjiao and his two demon servants were seriously injured, and he was slowly treating himself, which would probably take a long time.

With seventh-grade pills at hand, and combined with the Rejuvenation Technique, the seriously injured were quickly healed.

The merfolk who were more seriously injured also received treatment from Lin Ran and returned to the cave one by one.

In the main hall of the Qingxuan Sect, Lu Wangchuan and the Nascent Soul elder from before took their seats.

"Grandmaster, that junior has so humiliated my Qingxuan Sect, why don't you punish him...?"

"Don't mention this matter again!" Lu Wangchuan interrupted directly: "He has the Heavenly Sword Sect's token and possesses a supreme treasure from his cave, so he must be a core disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect."

"The reason why my Qingxuan Sect has been able to establish itself in Cangyan Continent for thousands of years is fundamentally due to its stability."

"Perhaps you've lived too comfortably these past few years, forgetting the cruelty of the cultivation world. Facing an existence like the Heavenly Sword Sect, the slightest carelessness could lead to utter annihilation!"

The Nascent Soul elder was still unwilling to give up: "Our grandmaster and the sect leader of the Heavenly Sword Sect are old acquaintances, why should we care about a mere Golden Core disciple like him?"

"Hmph!" Lu Wangchuan didn't answer but instead asked, "Ordinary disciples are one thing, but what if someone killed your personal disciple? What would you do then?"

"This..." The Nascent Soul Elder was finally moved: "Yes, disciple understands."

Lu Wangchuan nodded: "Good that you understand. However, he is not a disciple of our sect after all. If he stays in our sect's territory for an extended period of time, we still need to keep an eye on him."

Soon, several figures left the Qingxuan Sect's mountain gate and headed in the direction of Lin Ran.

Lin Ran sent Ao Zheng and the two demon servants back to the Nine Heavens Cave, leaving only the Xuan Jiao transformed into a Xuan Snake, which coiled around his wrist.

Because the Xuanjiao is about to break through to the eighth level, it may not be able to break through again after entering the Nine Heavens Cave.

"You keep saying you're going to break through, the little phoenix is ​​about to transform, but you still haven't broken through," Lin Ran couldn't help but complain.

Xuanjiao retorted, quite unconvinced: "She recovered her cultivation, while I improved my realm. How can they be compared?"

"I'm almost at the late stage of the Golden Core realm, so what are you saying now?"

"Don't you know your own situation?"

Lin Ran looked slightly smug: "The more you cook, the better!"

Just as he was arguing with the Xuanjiao, he suddenly sensed several faint divine senses coming from around him.

If Lin Ran's divine sense hadn't been so powerful, he probably wouldn't have been able to detect this subtle anomaly.

It seems that Lu Wangchuan deliberately arranged for people to monitor his every move.

"Hehe, looks like you're still not at ease?"

Xuanjiao casually replied, "How can I allow others to sleep soundly beside my bed?"

"That makes sense, but his behavior still really annoys me."

Lin Ran said seriously, "So, I've decided that once Zhu Wanwan successfully transforms into human form, I must pay her a visit."

A transformed demon is equivalent to a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

Li Zhu Wanwan, with her phoenix bloodline, was already stronger than ordinary demons; after transforming into human form, she would undoubtedly be even stronger.

When the time comes, he will definitely make the Qingxuan Sect feel the arrogance of those in power.

Lin Ran raised his hand and gently stroked the Nine Heavens Pendant, then took out the storage bag that Lu Wangchuan had given him as a gift.

Five hundred high-grade spirit stones are worth nearly 500 billion Chinese yuan.

With the crystal cores and spirit stones he had accumulated, it was almost enough for him to use until the late Nascent Soul stage.

This attempt to leverage someone else's power was a huge success.

The array on the surface of the stone house alternated between light and darkness, slowly absorbing and releasing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, always maintaining a critical state for breakthrough.

He simply sat cross-legged, took out the crystal core, and began to circulate his cultivation technique.

As dawn breaks and dusk falls in the mountains, the clouds gather and disperse repeatedly.

Two whole days passed quietly.

For the past two days, the surveillance divine sense in the shadows has never stopped, always keeping a firm grip on the movements on the mountaintop, but never daring to approach even half a step closer.

Lin Ran ignored the whole thing, focusing on stabilizing his late-stage Golden Core cultivation while guarding the stone house, waiting for the breakthrough to complete.

After two days of rest, all of his subordinates had fully recovered from their injuries, were full of energy, and had returned to their peak combat strength.

On the morning of the third day, as dawn broke, the first rays of sunlight pierced through the clouds and fell upon the mountain peaks.

The ancient stone house suddenly trembled violently, and the array of spiritual light around it burst forth, dazzling and brilliant.

hum!

The clear and pure cry of the phoenix broke through the stone house and resounded throughout the mountains for miles around; the sound waves were gentle yet extremely penetrating.

Crimson rays of light burst forth from the cracks in the stone house, staining the entire sky red, and the oppressive aura of the ancient phoenix bloodline slowly spread out.

As the rosy light shifted, all the violent spiritual energy subsided and returned to calm.

Boom!

The stone house and its stone door slowly opened, and wisps of white mist rose, creating an atmosphere of spiritual energy.

A petite and delicate figure in red slowly emerged from the white mist.

The girl looked to be no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, with a petite figure. She wore a bright red dress that clung to her body and was light and graceful, with delicate and beautiful features.

Her skin was snow-white and translucent, and her phoenix eyes were clear and bright.

Li Zhu Wanwan shed her Phoenix Clan form, her Daoist aura becoming more restrained, completely devoid of her previous violent aura.

Stepping out of the stone house, her gaze locked onto Lin Ran, and a smile instantly spread across her face.

She skipped lightly to Lin Ran, her voice soft and clear: "How am I? Isn't this princess beautiful?"

"Hehe..." Lin Ran chuckled and shook his head: "It is indeed very pretty, but it looks a bit small."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Wanwan retorted rather indignantly, "Where is it small?"

"Hmm..." Lin Ran paused slightly, "He looks a bit young."

Li Zhu Wanwan raised her neck: "That's because my Phoenix Clan has a long lifespan."

As she spoke, she sensed a disturbance in the distant mountains and forests, and frowned slightly.

"There's someone over there, they seem to be watching us!" She looked at Lin Ran. "Should I take care of them?"

Lin Ran waved his hand: "No need, we still have to pay a visit, how can we just kill someone?"

At this moment, he seemed to have forgotten that he had already killed dozens of people from the Qingxuan Sect.

"A visit at your door?" Zhu Wanwan looked puzzled. "Don't the people of this realm have a grudge against you?"

She personally killed that Nascent Soul cultivator back then, so there's no way she could have made a mistake.

"I know I have a grudge against them, but they don't know I have a grudge against them!" Lin Ran said with a playful smile.

Zhu Wanwan frowned slightly: "That's a bit convoluted, whatever you want."

After transforming into human form, she possessed combat power at the level of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Although it is still at the eighth rank, it is vastly different from an eighth-rank beast that has not yet taken human form.

In this world where the highest combat power is only at the Nascent Soul level, she already has the power to do whatever she wants.

Lin Ran sized up the girl in front of him and casually asked, "Can you change back now?"

"Why do we want to change back?" Li Zhu Wanwan tilted her head, her phoenix eyes filled with confusion.

"We always need to keep some of our cards hidden."

"Only those lacking sufficient strength need to conceal their trump cards," Li Zhu Wanwan said arrogantly, her crimson hair fluttering in the wind. "Now that I am the strongest force in this world, why should I hide anything?"

Lin Ran sighed helplessly: "The key question is, how many can you take on by yourself?"

Li Zhu Wanwan thought for a moment: "Does the Qingxuan Sect have many Nascent Soul cultivators?"

"There might only be one, but we can't rule out the possibility that there's another one hidden in secret." Lin Ran said seriously, "It's always better to keep a low profile."

"I can handle both of them, don't worry!" Zhu Wanwan patted her chest confidently.

"Okay." Lin Ran nodded. "Then you still have to call me master in front of others."

Li Zhu Wanwan's expression stiffened, and her face fell: "Then I'd better change back."

After saying that, she immediately transformed into a small, fiery red bird, fluttering her wings and landing on Lin Ran's shoulder.

Lin Ran shook his head and chuckled, then leaped towards the Qingxuan Sect's mountain gate.

His purpose in coming here was very clear: to prevent the people of Cangxuan Realm from discovering Blue Star.

Since the spatial rift appeared within the territory of the Qingxuan Sect, his first priority was naturally to guard against the Qingxuan Sect.

Only by stabilizing the Qingxuan Sect can we plan for the future.