Lin Qingyao quickly calculated in her mind, Shao Jingming was after all considered a friend of hers. If she were to push the blame away, she feared that Shao Jingming would be the one to suffer. Moreover, even if she did speak up, this female cultivator wouldn't believe her anyway...

  Wait... Lin Qingyao suddenly thought of Shao Jingming, and her heart slightly changed, a strange feeling arose, she vaguely understood something.

  Lin Qingyao furrowed her brow, her eyes blazing with fury. "The tripod is with Shao Jingming," she said coldly. "Don't come looking for me!"

  "Haha, joke, do you think I'd believe you? What use would a mortal have for this tripod? You'd better hand it over quickly, or suffer the pain of soul searching!" The ugly female cultivator clearly didn't believe Lin Qingyao's words.

  Lin Qingyao's heart sank, knowing that no matter what she said today, this female cultivator would think that the cauldron was already in her possession. In that case, all Lin Qingyao could do was... fight!

  Just as Lin Qingyao had this thought, the female cultivator's hands formed a strange gesture and then pushed forward, suddenly two thick vines emerged from the ground, with green thorns on top. The two vines coiled around each other, about to bind Lin Qingyao.

  Lin Qingyao poured all the spiritual energy in her body into her feet, and then suddenly moved her body to escape the attack of the ground's pincers and vines. She barely dodged the attack and before she could steady her footing, the vines came whipping towards her!

  Lin Qingyao let out a soft shout, and the Fu Yao sword emerged in response. She then swung it at the vines.

  The blue light of the Fu Yao sword flashed through the air, cutting off the vines. Lin Qingyao's energy consumption was also enormous. Just as Lin Qingyao's momentum was not connected, the cut-off vines quickly sprouted new branches!

  Lin Qingyao made a swift decision and swallowed the Buling Dan. She felt that in her meridians, a dense spiritual energy had burst forth.

  Fuyao sword accompanied by the sound of breaking through the air, cut through the air, Lin Qingyao can't use any sword techniques now, can only control Fuyao sword directly with her spiritual power. Moreover, she can't use any magic spells now. In this battle, it's clear that she's at a disadvantage, so she decided to end the fight quickly, using all her energy and then making one strike. This strike must be devastating!

  "Capture the thief first, capture the king." Lin Qingyao's spell was not intended for the vines, but when Fu Yao sword cut through the vines again, Lin Qingyao's eyes flashed with cold light as she threw two Thunder Summoning Talismans at the ugly female cultivator!

  "Rumble, rumble, rumble!"

  "Bang! Bang!"

  Accompanied by a loud noise, two bolts of lightning suddenly appeared and struck towards the ugly female cultivator!

  The ugly woman cultivator did not expect that Lin Qingyao, a poor and white loose cultivator, would actually have a talisman. It was very obvious that she was wary of this talisman, and a layer of green light suddenly floated up on her body!

  The green light was shattered by lightning, but soon rose a second green light!

  After a few more times, the female cultivator could no longer withstand it and let the remaining half of the thunderbolt strike her body.

  The female cultivator's spiritual energy controlling the vines relaxed due to her counter-curse against Lin Qingyao, causing the vines to momentarily retract. Lin Qingyao's Fu Yao sword gained an opening! In front of Lin Qingyao, she slightly paused before dashing forward at top speed.

  It seems that I have no choice but to take the nun's life!

  Lin Qingyao had never fought against the cultivators before, but Yunmen's memories were not for show, of course, he knew that the cultivators were the most vengeful. If he didn't learn to cut off the roots, the future troubles would be endless!

  Although Lin Qingyao turned the tide of battle with two talismans, she didn't relax. If this eight-layer cultivator was so easily defeated by her, a four-layer cultivator, then that ugly female cultivator was also too...

  In an instant, just as the Fu Yang sword was about to hit the female cultivator's face, the female cultivator who had just been struck by lightning suddenly moved, her feet leaving the ground, sliding back several steps, and then in front of her floated up the seeds of the iron lotus.

  Each one is about the size of a pigeon's egg, and they are covered all over with dense, downward-facing spines.

  Before Lin Qingyao could react, her body was hit by several iron caltrops!

  Lin Qingyao felt a chill in her heart, and another Spirit-Replenishing Pill went down her throat. The Fu Yao sword spun around in the air before stabbing towards the female cultivator from the side.

  At the same time, a protective shield rose on Lin Qingyao's body. Not long after, Lin Qingyao's shield was broken again! It was also at this moment that the female cultivator was finally stabbed by Lin Qingyao!

  Lin Qingyao didn't hesitate either and directly threw out another Thunder Summoning Talisman!

  The woman didn't expect that Lin Qingyao's body would have so many powerful talismans! It should be known that now is the era of declining Taoist arts, and talismans are already very rare. Talismans with such great power are all passed down from ancient times, and they are things that are used sparingly, one sheet at a time. Someone like her doesn't even qualify to receive talismans!

  Rumble!

  Another cry, and the woman fell to the ground.

  At the same time, those Tribulus terrestris launched their final sprint.

  Lin Qingyao wanted to activate the Divine Movement Symbol, quickly escaping from this place. However, before she could even reach the door, under the female cultivator's final desperate urging, it struck Lin Qingyao on her back.

  Lin Qingyao's back was in severe pain, and she couldn't use the Divine Movement Symbol to leave. She didn't have time to think much, wanting to hide in space to avoid disaster.

  Suddenly, a subtle vibration came over, causing Lin Qingyao to give up her idea of hiding.

  In the blink of an eye, another black-clad female cultivator appeared in the courtyard. It was the one she had met at the auction. Lin Qingyao's heart sank, and now that she had hidden in space, she would definitely expose the Space Ring... She could only grit her teeth and endure it, and she absolutely wouldn't reveal her biggest secret until the very end!

  The nun walked up to Lin Qingyao, picked up her storage bag, easily erased Lin Qingyao's mark, rummaged through it for a bit, then tossed the bag back down and asked coldly: "Is Gu Ding really not with you?"

  Lin Qingyao endured the intense pain on her body and hoarsely said: "Not here."

  At this moment, that ugly female cultivator moved slightly, seemingly very afraid of the black-clothed female cultivator and wanting to escape.

  The black-clothed female cultivator let out a cold snort, and the aura around her changed, her cultivation suddenly rising to suppress the ugly female cultivator.

  She turned to Lin Qingyao and said, "Today, I misunderstood you. You can rest assured that no one will come to bother you." Her voice was very cold, then her hand moved, and she sucked the ugly girl cultivator over, holding her in her hand, and disappeared into thin air.

  At the moment when the nun disappeared, a light and airy sentence floated in space: "Pay more attention to the old well behind your house."

  When the woman in black robes rummaged through her storage bag, Lin Qingyao didn't have a good impression of this woman. In the end, the woman told her that there wouldn't be any trouble, and Lin Qingyao's mood slightly eased up a bit, but she still felt uncomfortable.

  Is this the difference in strength? The weak have no power to fight back and can only be trampled underfoot?