Forced to become a pure and innocent female pharmacist in order to cultivate immortality.

"Ah!" This time it was a scream of agony.

The Blood Demon Sect leader was sent flying dozens of feet away by this attack, crashing into the dense forest outside.

The cultivators who were lying on the ground to avoid being struck by lightning were also awakened by the sound, and they quickly looked at Lin Aoxue.

Even though no more lightning struck, they didn't immediately discuss their combat capabilities.

Ye Liuyun immediately retrieved his Myriad Medicines Cauldron and then came to Lin Aoxue's side.

"Hehe, Aoxue, how was that? Was my shot accurate?" Ye Liuyun said smugly.

"Hehe, luckily you reacted quickly, otherwise that old guy would have gotten away." Lin Aoxue praised Ye Liuyun, and then hurriedly rushed to the area where the Blood Demon Sect leader had fallen.

At this moment, the leader of the Blood Demon Sect had just gotten up.

If this guy knew that the weapon that just hit him on the head was a celestial artifact, he would probably feel that the blow wasn't in vain.

Of course, an unactivated immortal artifact is really just a hard lump of iron.

"Damn it, who ambushed me?" The Blood Demon Sect leader, after regaining his senses, became even angrier. He touched his head; his forehead was swollen, giving him a somewhat imposing look.

Ye Liuyun immediately took an invisibility pill and hid himself, not showing himself in front of the Blood Demon Sect leader. He was preparing to help Lin Aoxue ambush the old man.

"Old man, you still want to run away?" Lin Aoxue landed in front of the Blood Demon Sect leader and sneered.

After realizing that the lightning had stopped striking overhead, the Blood Demon Sect leader immediately knew that he must have escaped the formation's range.

"Hahaha, so what if you can't escape? You brat, now that there's no lightning to interfere with me, killing you is a piece of cake for me." The Blood Demon Sect leader was about to unleash his full power.

Ye Liuyun is no longer refining medicine, so if a fight breaks out, it will be a fierce battle.

Although this old guy has suffered serious injuries, as long as he hasn't lost his fighting ability, he is still an extremely dangerous person.

However, just when Lin Aoxue thought this guy was going to fight to the death, something unexpected happened.

"Blood Shield!" the old man roared, and his body was immediately enveloped in blood-red light.

This scene looks familiar. Isn't that the move Yang Qing used when he was escaping? Is this guy trying to run away?

"Trying to run away?" Lin Aoxue realized that this method looked familiar, and knew that this guy was from the same evil sect as the red-robed evil cultivator she had met not long ago.

"Falling Flower Palm." Ye Liuyun simplified the name of his Falling Leaf and Flying Flower Palm.

Just as the old man's body was about to be enveloped in bloody light, a delicate hand slapped heavily on his back. This slap was extremely powerful, instantly stopping the Blood Demon Sect leader's attack.

The main problem was that the palm strike was also filled with a strong electric current, which paralyzed his entire body. At the same time, a strange force penetrated his flesh and raged inside his body.

Don't be fooled by his seemingly unstoppable aura. The reason he unleashed such power was purely to scare Lin Aoxue, preventing her from advancing rashly and forcing her to use a secret technique to escape.

His physical condition was terrible; if he didn't leave, he would surely die. Escaping might offer him a glimmer of hope.

"Who...who is it?" The Blood Demon Sect leader convulsed as he turned around with difficulty to look behind him. He clearly sensed someone behind him.

"Hehehe, sorry, you can't leave. You think the same trick will work twice? I've been watching you the whole time." Ye Liuyun's figure appeared.

This time, Ye Liuyun was much better prepared than when he ambushed Yang Qing last time. He took a Lightness Pill, a Wind God Pill, a Vajra Pill, and an Electric Shock Pill, and then used the penetrating effect of his Falling Leaf and Flying Flower Palm to inject the power of electricity into the guy's body.

The electric current was raging through his body, making it impossible for him to gather power.

The Blood Demon Sect leader's expression changed, and he began to struggle desperately, trying to force Ye Liuyun back, but he couldn't use his power at all, as if it were sealed.

However, a second-level Dao Palace cultivator is still a second-level Dao Palace cultivator. This guy was still resisting, and the blood-red golden core in his body began to operate wildly.

Just as he was about to struggle, Lin Aoxue appeared in front of the old man.

"Floating Cloud Palm." Under the old man's terrified gaze, Lin Aoxue struck the Blood Demon Sect leader's golden core in the abdomen with a palm strike. This palm strike directly shattered the golden core within his body, damaging it and causing a large amount of blood energy to spread out from it.

"Ah... my golden core!" The Blood Demon Sect leader let out a painful wail before fainting.

Lin Aoxue crippled this guy with a single slap. His golden core was damaged, and repairing it would come at a great cost. No ordinary Dao Palace Level 2 cultivator would have such a price tag.

Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the old man faint. They then simultaneously withdrew their slaps. The Blood Demon Sect leader was finished.

Actually, if Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue hadn't encountered Yang Qing, that old guy might have been able to escape.

"Ah! It's finally done. This guy should be no threat now, right?" Ye Liuyun breathed a heavy sigh of relief after watching the Blood Demon Sect leader faint.

"Don't worry, I shattered his golden core, he's ruined. Luckily you're quick-witted, otherwise he would have run away again," Lin Aoxue said.

"He's just unlucky. The evil cultivator from the Dao Palace we encountered earlier is probably of the same ilk as him, so I naturally have to be wary of him," Ye Liuyun said with a smile.

Lin Aoxue quickly took out a silk ribbon and tied the old man up. Not only that, she also placed three seals on him to prevent him from escaping.

After finishing everything, he gave Ye Liuyun a word of advice and rushed back into the stronghold. After all, Yun Xin was still fighting with three Dao Palace cultivators inside, and he didn't know if she had won. The others hadn't recovered from the lightning strikes and were basically unable to move.

As for Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue, after they entered the stronghold, she took out a Heavenly Thunder Tempering Pill.

"This is the only way." Ye Liuyun swallowed hard, looking at the pill, and then swallowed it. The next moment, a bolt of lightning struck, and Ye Liuyun was also struck by lightning. She collapsed to the ground, spitting out black smoke.

She had no choice but to do this, otherwise people would become suspicious.

Looking at the situation inside the stronghold, Lin Aoxue originally wanted to come in to help, but after entering, she found that almost all of those evil cultivators had been killed, even the three evil cultivators at the Dao Palace realm.

It seems Yunxin has won. She is meditating to heal her injuries, but she also has several new wounds on her body.

After all, facing three desperate Dao Palace Level 1 cultivators, even with her combat power severely suppressed, it would be difficult for her to kill them without getting injured.

Not only that, Yunxin was also struck by lightning. It's estimated that during the battle, she couldn't completely avoid the lightning, so she was also covered in dust.

"Hey? Senior Brother Yunxin, are you alright?" Lin Aoxue asked immediately after entering and seeing Yunxin healing his injuries.

Upon hearing Lin Aoxue's voice, Yunxin immediately opened her eyes and glanced at Lin Aoxue.

"That Dao Palace Level 2 cultivator escaped?" Yun Xin asked.

"Don't worry, he didn't run away. I caught him alive," Lin Aoxue replied.

Yunxin was surprised but also relieved to hear this.

"Here, this is my special healing medicine. It should be more effective than yours." Lin Aoxue handed Yunxin a pill.

Yun Xin was taken aback, but she still took the pill and swallowed it. Sure enough, the pill's effects were very obvious, and her damaged body was repairing itself at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"This pill? Junior Sister Ye refined it?" Yun Xin's eyes lit up after she finished eating it, and then she asked.

"Oh, right, are there any living enemies?" Lin Aoxue didn't want to dwell on this question any longer.

Yunxin herself wasn't the talkative type, so she just asked a question and let it go when the other person refused to answer.

“There might be some hiding. I’ve already taken care of all the ones in the open. Go and find the people they’ve imprisoned,” Yunxin said.

Lin Aoxue nodded and then went to find Song Shuwen and the others. However, as soon as she arrived at the place where Song Shuwen and the others were being held, she sensed someone attacking her.

Lin Aoxue quickly dodged, preparing to retaliate, but when she saw who had attacked her, she breathed a sigh of relief; the other person was equally stunned.

"Eh? Senior Sister Lin?" Xia Yuxin looked at Lin Aoxue with a disheveled expression and called out in surprise.

"Phew! It's Junior Sister Xia! I'm so glad you're all alright. Don't worry, we're safe now. The evil path has been extinguished." Lin Aoxue said, lowering her guard.

Xia Yuxin also breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

"Great! The sect's reinforcements have finally arrived. We thought we were doomed!" Xia Yuxin said happily.

"Let's not talk about anything else, let's release all the cultivators they've captured first," Lin Aoxue suggested.

Xia Yuxin quickly led Lin Aoxue to release the cultivators from the stone prison. It wasn't just the group from yesterday who were imprisoned here; there were also some rogue cultivators and those captured at other times, totaling several hundred cultivators.

Even the Dao Palace cultivators numbered more than a dozen.

After recovering from her injuries, Yun Xin also came here and quickly sensed the stone cell where He Zhi Qiu was. She went inside with great interest.

Upon entering, one immediately sees He Zhi Qiu suspended in mid-air, his body emitting blue smoke.

"Oh! Senior Brother Yunhe, tsk tsk, you look quite disheveled." Yunxin looked at He Zhi and mocked him without any politeness.

Chapter 172 Eliminating the Branch Headquarters

Yunhe is the Daoist name He Zhiqi received after being promoted to deacon.

He Zhi Qiu vaguely heard a voice he hated. He opened his eyes listlessly and saw a familiar face standing in front of him with his arms crossed, mocking him.

"Li Jianxin? How is it you? Did the sect send you to rescue us? Or were you captured as well?" He Zhiqi asked weakly.

The Daoist cultivators who were suspended in the air had almost completely withstood the lightning, and were now unable to take care of themselves after being struck by it.

"Hehe! Don't worry, do I look like I've been arrested? Oh dear, how pathetic, so embarrassing." Yun Xin mocked, then raised her hand and cut the chains in several swift sword strikes, causing He Zhi Qiu to fall heavily to the ground.

"Damn it! You did this on purpose, didn't you? Don't you know I have no strength left?" He Zhi Qiu's face made intimate contact with the inside, which made him extremely angry.

"What's it to me? I'm leaving." Yun Xin was too lazy to waste words with him.

Just then, Yun Yun, leading a group of sect experts, finally arrived at the place. However, upon arrival, they found disciples everywhere covered in charred soot, a scene that seemed strangely familiar.

"Huh? Were they all struck by lightning?" a cultivator from the Cloud Mist Sect asked in surprise upon seeing this scene.

"I feel like this is similar to the lightning strike that happened to the sect a few years ago. Although we were both struck by lightning, we didn't seem to be seriously injured. At most, we only suffered superficial wounds," Yun Hui said.

Some cultivators from other sects couldn't understand what the Yunxia Sect members were saying.

"Where are the disciples of the Zixia Sect?" Zi Lan, now a man, shouted coldly.

His voice was quickly heard and responded by disciples of the Zixia Sect.

"Sect Master, we are all here. However, not long ago, lightning suddenly struck this place, immobilizing us all. We don't know what's going on inside the stronghold."

Upon hearing this, Zi Lan and the others immediately flew towards the entrance of the stronghold to rescue the people.

By this time, Ye Liuyun had almost recovered, and she also noticed that Yun Yun and the others had arrived.

"Sect Master, Sect Master, come here quickly!" Ye Liuyun, his body charred black, stood somewhere and called out to Yun Yun and the others.

Yun Yun and the others glanced at the direction from which the voice came, and there they saw a female disciple dressed in their Yunxia Sect's disciple robes calling out to them.

So the cultivators from the Yunxia Sect hurriedly flew over, only to discover that the disheveled person was Ye Liuyun.

"It's you? Ye Liuyu, what are you doing here?" Yun Yun was stunned.

Ye Liuyun gave an awkward smile and then casually explained his situation.

Although she didn't explain clearly, Yun Yun knew her background and naturally understood that Lin Aoxue's trip wasn't for cultivation at all, but rather an excuse to accompany Ye Liuyun.

However, this is not the time to say these things.

"Oh, is that so? Eh? Who is this person? He seems to have the cultivation of the second level of the Dao Palace." Yun Yun glanced at the unconscious Blood Demon Sect leader.

"Him? It seems to be the leader of this evil organization. Ao Xue captured him," Ye Liuyun explained.

The moment those words were spoken, the entire audience was stunned.

"What? The leader of the heretical organization was captured by Ao Xue? Are you sure it was her? This is a cultivator at the second level of the Dao Palace realm!" Yun Hui and the others were dumbfounded.

This is hard to believe, after all, Lin Aoxue is only at the Spirit Pattern Realm.

"Ah? Well, this disciple doesn't know. Ao Xue entered the stronghold ahead of time, drove this guy out, and finally defeated him. She has already gone back to clean up the remaining evil forces. Oh, right, this guy is still alive, so he has been handed over to the sect for disposal," Ye Liuyun explained.

Yun Yun raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, her expression clearly showing anger. She had told Lin Aoxue not to go in, but it seemed her disciple had disobeyed and gone in anyway.

Although it's unclear how Lin Aoxue defeated a Dao Palace Level 2 cultivator, it should at least be relatively straightforward.

She then left a few people to guard the Blood Demon Sect leader, while she led Yunhui and the others into the stronghold to check the situation.

Unfortunately, they were practically just there to see the results; they didn't get the chance to participate in the battle.

As soon as they entered, they saw Lin Aoxue and the others who were about to come out.

Looking at her grinning apprentice, Yun Yun didn't know whether to praise or scold him.

She went into such a dangerous place against her will, but she survived and became the leader of the Blood Demon Sect. This is a great achievement, so scolding her is definitely not an option.

They began cleaning up the stronghold. Zi Lan was the angrier because the body of their sect's disciple, whose head had been cut off, was still lying on the altar.

"Damn you fiend!" Zi Lan was furious.

They began to clean up the place, which was mostly filled with human skeletons. There were at least a thousand corpses of cultivators they had harmed.

Lin Aoxue was no longer needed here, so she quickly returned outside to Ye Liuyun's side.

"Huh? What's wrong with you? How did you get struck by lightning too?" Lin Aoxue was stunned when she saw Ye Liuyun like this.

"Nonsense, if I hadn't been struck by lightning, wouldn't I have been discovered? By the way, is everything alright inside?" Ye Liuyun asked in a low voice.

Lin Aoxue sighed heavily, then explained the details. When Ye Liuyun heard that the Blood Demon Sect had killed over a thousand cultivators, his expression immediately turned grave.

"Is he really that ruthless? Should we interrogate this old guy? I have some Truth Pills here; I'm sure he'll tell us his secrets." Ye Liuyun suggested.

“Of course. Let’s take advantage of this time and interrogate this guy.” Lin Aoxue agreed to Ye Liuyun’s suggestion.