The woman's expression turned slightly aggrieved as her delicate hand cautiously pointed at the spiritual treasure longsword in Wang Lin's hand:
"I'm not here to fight... why are you holding such a fearsome weapon?"
Wang Lin looked surprised, as if only just snapping out of it. He quickly retracted the spiritual sword in his hand, speaking somewhat incoherently:
"I... I'm here to find my teammates."
Li Xingtian glanced at Wang Lin's performance... which was somewhat exaggerated and clearly inexperienced.
But the advantage was that the woman also seemed inexperienced with men, and her movements seemed somewhat affected.
The woman gently covered her mouth, her expression softening as she asked cautiously:
"Your teammates... have gone missing here?"
Li Xingtian instantly revised his assessment—this woman's performance was even worse than Wang Lin's.
A painful sight of novices facing each other.
If it were their own master... hmm...
But then again, it was fine for novices to spar. At least the plan could still proceed smoothly.
"Oh... yes, my two poor disciples seem to have gotten lost here. Might I ask this beautiful immortal if you've seen them?"
"There were indeed three people fighting here just now, two of whom seemed to be wearing clothes similar to yours..."
"That's right! We're wearing the same clothes. Might I ask immortal where you saw them?"
Li Xingtian forced himself to endure the cringeworthy conversation between Wang Lin and the woman as his gaze quickly searched below, while his blood qi, unaffected by the illusion, secretly probed the surroundings.
The blood qi slightly expanded, feeding back the most truthful situation.
After all, pure blood qi wouldn't be lured by this bewitching spiritual energy.
Just as he, Li Xingtian, would no longer be bewitched by women!
But with just a slight probe, Li Xingtian understood why Wang Lin's acting was so poor yet the woman was still willing to perform along with him.
The flower tree continuously emitted a strange energy that quickly blended into the spiritual power.
The effect was likely charm.
The woman probably thought this charm effect could penetrate the multiple protective shields around them, with the longer one stayed, the higher the probability of penetration.
From this, it seemed the woman also thought time was on her side.
But unfortunately, this woman probably didn't understand the value of the Eighteen Immortal Sects of Zhongzhou.
The blood qi searched and quickly found two spiritual power fluctuations being hidden near the large tree.
Without a doubt, they were two Tianyan Sect disciples, though the blood qi could only sense the strange spiritual energy fluctuations from afar from the two Tianyan Sect disciples.
Besides the spiritual power fluctuations of the two Tianyan Sect disciples, no third person's was detected.
Based on the situation, it could be inferred that the third person had already been affected.
"You're such a kind person, but the fighting over there is dangerous. I'm worried it might be dangerous for you to go over."
"No matter how dangerous, I have to go! After all, this is what a senior disciple should do, just like protecting..."
Halfway through his sentence, Wang Lin's expression almost cracked. Even just thinking of such disgusting words made him feel uncomfortable.
Wang Lin's tone suddenly shifted. He still didn't say the disgusting words, only speaking:
"In short... you understand."
The woman nodded gently, as if thinking what a good man he was, then her expression showed some fear as she pointed toward the flower tree, her voice artificially sweet:
"Over there... the Flower God Tree is persuading. Someone as good as you at a glance is such a fine person. Everything is in your hands."
Hearing this, Li Xingtian suddenly clenched his fists, his gaze turning vicious as he looked at Wang Lin.
Wang Lin noticed his gaze and met eyes with Li Xingtian, instantly understanding the meaning. A smile also appeared on his face.
His gaze was free and wanton as he looked at the woman, making her face flush slightly as she shyly turned her head away.
"Leave it all to me." Wang Lin leaned forward slightly, raised his hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, and his smile began to turn sinister as his voice became ambiguous:
"But fairy, it seems you have something on your left cheek."
The woman's expression became even more shy, but she still pretended to show her flawless left cheek, her voice still affected:
"Where is it..."
Wang Lin's expression instantly turned ferocious as spiritual light blossomed from his fist, and a terrifying aura emerged from his fist.
"It's on my fist! I'll add it for you right now!"
Without hesitation, this fist smashed directly toward the woman's beautiful face.
With just one punch, the beautiful figure was violently smashed into the flower tree.
The fist wind surged, scattering countless flowers.
Without any hesitation, Wang Lin summoned his spiritual treasure longsword and unleashed the Shen Tai Qing Sword at the woman.
Li Xingtian's expression instantly became delighted. This joy was far greater than when he had picked up an unclaimed spatial ring earlier.
The branches of the flower tree quickly extended, blocking the incoming Shen Tai Qing Sword.
Countless branches were shattered by this swift sword strike.
This sword still struck the woman who had been smashed into the tree pit.
Her aura instantly surged.
Wang Lin asked Li Xingtian beside him with a look of satisfaction:
"Lixing brother, what's the situation?"
Li Xingtian's gaze looked toward the tree: "Good news, they're still alive."
Wang Lin's expression fell: "I'm guessing there's still bad news..."
"You guessed right."
"What's the bad news?" Wang Lin gripped his spiritual treasure longsword as he saw two figures fly toward them from behind the tree, his tone instantly helpless:
"Alright... I don't need to be told."
The two Tianyan Sect disciples had icy expressions, purple mist in their eyes, and stood in mid-air holding their spiritual treasures.
"You're quite something..." a charming voice came from behind the tree, "Hitting my face... that's more painful than taking my life."
"I don't ask for much. I'll take your lives to compensate! Of course, you can also take the lives of your fellow disciples, your teammates!"
The woman's charming voice instantly turned sharp:
"Kill them!"
As the words fell, the two Tianyan Sect disciples' spiritual power surged as they flashed toward Wang Lin and Li Xingtian.
Li Xingtian didn't hesitate to grab the transmission talisman his master had given him, preparing to escape with Wang Lin if the situation turned bad.
Wang Lin's expression turned slightly serious as he raised his spiritual treasure longsword, slightly lifting his hand. A Dao rhythm pierced through from the long sword, rushing straight toward the two Tianyan Sect disciples.
"You're such a cruel person... to even attack your own junior disciples. No wonder you dared to hit me, truly heartless..."
The woman's taunting voice sounded, but the next moment, her eyes widened.
She saw that the two Tianyan Sect disciples who had been pressing forward to attack instantly froze upon feeling the Dao rhythm.
Without any thought, as if by reflex, they began to activate the spiritual treasures on their bodies and the one-time talismans they carried.
Soon, the number of shields around them was about the same as Wang Lin's.
Then they formed hand seals, and their spiritual power surged into the sky.
Their movements were surprisingly in sync as they shouted in unison:
"Concentrate Spirit, Break Illusion!"
The purple mist in their eyes was instantly shattered.
Wang Lin sneered: "I thought it was some mind-controlling art, and wondered how you could break Tianyan Sect's Heart-Protecting Mantra. Turns out it was just an illusion."
"It seems only after leaving the mountain gate... one realizes the outside world is full of self-important trash."
Li Xingtian pursed his lips, feeling offended.
But Wang Lin quickly noticed and added:
"Except for the sect of my Lixing brother here."
This was something Wang Lin said sincerely. A sect that could be looked upon favorably by Elder Bai was undoubtedly strong.
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