Chapter Thirty-Four: Flame Snake

  A faint crimson glow appeared, and a second-order flame snake with a pale brown body slithered over. Its light brown eyes glanced at Luo Yu before staring intently at the fire crystal.

  Luoyu was about to make a move when the Flame Snake suddenly stood up and spat a mouthful of flames at Luoyu.

  A wave of heat came, and Luo Yu hastily pinched her fingers to spray out a stream of water, extinguishing the flames. Luo Yu was relieved that she had been prepared in advance, otherwise she would have been caught off guard.

  One plan failed, the flame snake flew up and struck at Luo Yu's neck. Luo Yu dodged to the side and grabbed the snake's tail with her hand.

  The flame snake bit Luo Yu's hand, but unexpectedly didn't break the skin. Its usually effective move was defeated by Luo Yu's physical training.

  Luoyu swung with force, and the flame snake fell to the ground. Unexpectedly, an iron thorn instantly grew larger, tightly wrapping around it.

  Luo Yu drew out his flying sword, pouring all his spiritual energy into it, and slashed fiercely at the Flame Snake's head. The Flame Snake's head fell to the ground, and with that, its life was extinguished. The Iron Thornbush also slowly withered and died.

  Luo Yu sat on the ground, panting, although she didn't practice martial arts diligently, fortunately, she often used medicinal baths to soak and temper her body, and every day she would use half of her spiritual energy to refine her physique. Her hands were the most resilient part of her body; otherwise, the Flame Snake's attack would have succeeded, and she would have had to rely on her brother to save her.

  "Bang!"

  Luo Yu was shocked and jumped up, turning her head to see that 10 meters away, a gold brick the size of a palm was pressed on top of another Flame Snake's head, this Flame Snake had already been smashed into a pulp.

  Looking at Zi Ye's dark face, Luo Yu immediately picked up the fire crystal on the ground and then bowed her head to examine it: "After killing the flame snake, I forgot to pick up the fire crystal." This was what Zi Ye had instructed beforehand.

  "You shouldn't have used up all your spiritual energy at once, what if something unexpected happens? What's even more infuriating is that you're just sitting on the ground without any defensive measures, and another Flame Snake has already approached within 10 meters of you, it can bite your neck with just one jump." Zi Ye was both shocked and frightened.

  Luo Yu touched her neck, and a chill ran from the soles of her feet to the top of her head. Her neck was no match for the snake's venomous fangs, and if no one came to her rescue, she would surely die from the remaining poison. Luo Yu was truly frightened now, and began to deeply reflect on herself. If it weren't for her brother by her side, she wouldn't have made such a foolish mistake. This kind of reliance on others must be changed!

  Zi Ye looked at her sister's face, which was flushed with excitement, and knew that she had really listened this time.

  "Alright, no more next time. Now sit down and adjust your breath, replenish your spiritual energy."

  Luoyu nodded heavily and sat down to meditate and cultivate, with the surrounding spiritual energy quickly gathering around her.

  Zi Yun couldn't help it, this fluctuation was just like the foundation-building cultivators' cultivation, and in the outer periphery of the trial forest where spiritual energy was thin, it was easy to attract others' attention. He hastily set up a second-grade Spirit Concealment Array.

  A moment later, his sister had not yet woken up, but saw 7 or 8 monks walking towards him. Zi Ye knew that the spiritual energy fluctuation just now still caught someone's attention.

  "Fellow Taoist, did you just discover some treasure?" asked the middle-aged cultivator in green clothes who was leading the way.

  Everyone who comes is a loose cultivator in the middle and late stages of Qi Refining, with disheveled clothes. The highest cultivation among them is a young man in green clothes who has reached the 12th layer of Qi Refining. At this time, he still hasn't built his foundation, not because he wants to build it perfectly (meaning he doesn't take foundation-building pills and builds his foundation on his own), but simply because he can't afford to buy foundation-building pills due to a lack of spirit stones.

  Everyone's eyes flickered, it seems like they're going to resort to force if no treasure is brought out.

  He took out a piece of identity jade in front of everyone, then put it away: "I am an inner disciple of Huoyun Peak of the Tianxuan Sect. I accompanied my junior sister to hunt for the flame snake in the outer periphery. Just now, after my junior sister killed the flame snake, she was meditating and should have entered a state of unity with heaven and man, so she attracted spiritual energy fluctuations."

  As he spoke, Zi Ye put away the Ling Yin formation, revealing Luo Yu inside.

  An eight or nine-year-old girl sat cross-legged in the center of her spiritual energy, which slowly calmed down. Her eyebrows and eyes were as beautiful as a painting, wearing a Lingcang robe, her cultivation had reached the later stage of the fifth layer of Qi Refining, and was about to break through to the sixth layer of Qi Refining.

  She's indeed a pampered princess, no wonder she has a senior brother who has cultivated to the 10th layer of Qi Condensation following her around for protection, and there might even be Foundation Establishment cultivators secretly protecting her.

  Pingdi broke out in a cold sweat. The middle-aged monk who led the group cupped his fists and said, "It seems to be a misunderstanding. Fellow Taoist, sorry! We'll leave now, we'll meet again someday."

  There were some ignorant people who didn't understand the situation and didn't know why Lao Da gave up on these two fat sheep, so they were still unwilling, but were quickly pulled back by others.

  At this time, the girl opened her eyes, swept a glance at everyone, stood up and stared at Zi Yun: "Brother, why are there so many people around? Why didn't you chase them away!"

  Luoyu carried her hands behind her back, raised her head and puffed out her chest, but didn't even glance at the scattered cultivators with the corner of her eye.

  Seeing this woman's arrogant and domineering attitude, everyone was furious, but it also confirmed that there must be a senior figure secretly protecting her. Taking down these people would be a piece of cake for him.

  "Hmm!"

  "This fellow Taoist, I suppose your days in the sect haven't been too smooth either?"

  Facing Zi Ye's bitter smile and pleading face, the middle-aged cultivator couldn't help but say a piercing sentence before turning around to leave. The younger brothers naturally followed behind him, their hearts filled with resentment, yet they didn't dare make any further movements.

  Luo Yu put down the airs of a cultivator and exchanged a smile with her brother before they both set off.

  That excellent Heavenly Silkworm robe, impervious to water and fire, capable of withstanding the full force of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator's attack, was given by Lin Xiao to Luo Yu before they departed. The Lin family had a long heritage, although it had declined to the point where only Lin Xiao remained, there would still be some things passed down, and this robe was one of them.

  Luoyu wore it on her body before entering the forest for safety. Previously, Luoyu was frightened by the second flame snake, which was actually unnecessary, but at that time, she had been frightened repeatedly and forgot about it. As for her brother, he must have understood, but took the opportunity to teach her a lesson, so that she would be more careful in the future.

  Zi Ye's identity jade card, of course, was an outer door one, but it only had some slight changes in pattern compared to the inner door ones. Generally, loose cultivators couldn't tell them apart, and besides, Zi Ye had put it away in a flash. Those loose cultivators naturally didn't have the guts to ask an inner door disciple to hand over his identity jade card to outsiders.

  What if you were an outer sect disciple?

  A middle-aged cultivator naturally tells you through actions - kill people and rob money, destroy corpses and eliminate traces!