At dawn, the sky was filled with the glow of m light.

  Last night, Lin Hao was quite satisfied with his abundant gains.

  Stepping out of the cave dwelling, he stretched zily, then practiced a set of unstructured punches. His forehead was covered in a fine sweat, and as the mountain breeze brushed against his face, he felt pletely refreshed.

  With Li Xunran's help over the past few days, he finally broke through from the sixth level of Qi Refining to the seventh level st night!

  Li Xunran leaned against the cave entrance, her legs weak, supp herself with a slender sword.

  She looked at the young man's back with a plex gaze.

  Whoosh-!

  A streak of light flew down from above, h like a kingfisher in front of Lin Hao. It was a small, delicate sword with a letter tied to it, exuding a faint fragrahat lingered in the air.

  Seeing the tassel on the small sword, Lin Hao murmured, "A letter from Senior Sister..."

  He reached out, took the small sword, removed the letter, and carefully read it. It turned out that Senior Sister was inviting him to participate in the Demo Hunting petition and wanted him to e over.

  He had thought that Senior Sister would be in seclusion to break through to Foundatioablishment and wouldn't participate in this petition.

  "Master, the Demo Hunting petition is about to start. Will you participate?"

  tally, Li Xunran also asked him about the petition at this moment.

  "Of course, I'll participate!"

  " I go with you, Master?" Li Xunran's eyes sparkled with anticipation.

  A cold glint fshed in Lin Hao's eyes. Senior Sister invited him to participate, and she also wao follow him.

  Was this a ce?

  It robably pnned all along, wasn't it?

  "Sure," Lin Hao said expressionlessly.

  Hearing Lin Hao's agreement, Li Xunran was delighted.

  "Master, I'd like to go down the mountain for a bit. With the petition approag, I want to buy some pills."

  Buying pills retense; inf others was the real iion! Lin Hao snorted coldly in his heart but remained calm as he said, "Go ahead, choose carefully."

  "Yes, Master."

  After watg the woman leave, Lin Hao climbed the steps, reag six hundred feet, passed through a grove of purple bamboo, and arrived at Senior Sister's cave dwelling, where he respectfully requested an audience.

  Yueming inteo make a move against Senior Sister, and he repared to discuss termeasures with her.

  Yueming was at the Great Perfe of Qi Refining and was exceptionally beautiful. If he could seize the opportunity to capture her and absorb her Primordial Yin, his strength would surely see a signifit boost!

  A fragrant breeze blew by, and the stone door opened. A gentle voice came from inside.

  "e in."

  Lin Hao walked in slowly. On a jade ptform carved from cold jade sat a graceful beauty.

  The woman's beautiful eyes sparkled like autumn water, her brows were like distant mountains shrouded in mist, her skin like peach blossoms with a smile, and her hair cascaded like a waterfall, making one want to draw closer.

  The intoxig fragrance of the beauty filled the not-se stone chamber, further stirring one's emotions.

  Even though Lin Hao had just finished his m practid was in a sage-like state, he couldn't help but secretly gaze at the jade-like beauty. Despite having seen her many times, his heart still raced wildly every time he saw Senior Sister.

  He bit his tongue lightly to calm himself.

  "Senior Sister, Yueming has pnted a spy by my side, and it seems they are plotting something."

  Li Qiushui frowned, a cold glint fshing in her eyes, and said, "That vile woman's cws have reached this far?"

  "What is the background of this spy?"

  Lin Hao expined his suspis and emphasized Li Xunran's iion to follow him to the Demo Hunting petition.

  "Junior Brother, keep her hanging and see what they are pnning. Remember not to alert them."

  "Uood, Senior Sister."

  After discussing Li Xunran's matter, Lin Hao also sought advi some cultivation issues.

  Li Qiushui was at the Great Perfe of Qi Refining, just a step away from breaking into the Foundatioablishment stage, suidance was more than suffit.

  ******

  Half a month ter, the Demo Hunting petition began!

  It's worth mentioning that during the preparation for the petition, with Li Xunran's es, Lin Hao traded with several virtuous female cultivators and had already broken through to the eighth level of Qi Refining, reag the mid-stage!

  The Demo Hunting petition was held in the vast wilderness forest a thousand miles away from the Xuan Yi. It was a hunting ground specifically established by the sect, with both wild a-bred demos.

  There were no special rules for the petition; it was simply about killing demos to obtain demon cores, with rankings based on the number of cores collected. The higher the rank, the richer the rewards, leading to iable petition among disciples.

  Therefore, disciples participating in the petition would seek partners before entering the hunting ground, usually familiar fellow disciples. If that wasn't possible, they would have to go solo.

  After leaving the sect, the two of them began flying on their swords towards the gathering pce outside the wilderness.

  As outer disciples, they couldn't fly on their swords within the sect, but they could ohey were outside.

  Whewo arrived at the gathering pce outside the wilderness, thousands of people had already gathered there.

  Seeing others in groups of three or five, Li Xunran softly said, "Master, is it just the two of us?"

  "What, are you scared?" Lin Hao said calmly, "If you think my cultivation is too low, you find someone else to team up with."

  Li Xunran shook her head repeatedly, her face slightly pale, "Master, that's not what I meant. I'm worried about your safety."

  "Junior Brother Lin!"

  Li Qiushui and her group flew over on their swords, nding beside Lin Hao.

  She was wearing a pioday, looking as elegant and graceful as a lotus emerging from water.

  "Senior Sister."

  Lin Hao cupped his hands iing, then g the people beside Li Qiushui. They were all familiar faces, her trusted fidants, with whom he had ied frequently before.

  After a brief exge of pleasahey waited for another quarter of an hour until most of the partits had arrived. The elder in charge of hosting the petition stepped onto a high ptform on his flying sword.

  "Everyone, since you are here to participate, you must already know the rules.

  I won't say more than necessary, just remind you that you must not pce demon cores in your ste bags beforehand, or it will be sidered cheating, resulting in disqualification aion of monthly wages!"

  "Now, I annouhe official start of the Demo Hunting petition!"

  As soon as the elder finished speaking, various groups rushed into the dense forest, eager to find areas with more demos.

  Even teams with grudges would temporarily set aside their enmity to focus on hunting demos.