He and Shui Ling'er practiced a stealth teique taught by the guardian elder. This teique was quite mysterious, making their presence almost uable, even to mountain mosquitoes.

  The two of them stealthily approached the temple.

  Lin Hao gently drew out the Fire Spirit Swripping it tightly with one hand.

  He felt that Ning Qingxue was ag suspiciously and might be as dangerous as a wolf; it was wise to be cautious.

  Holding the swave him a slight sense of security!

  The temple was rge aively well-preserved. The pque on the main hall was still there, though the characters had been eroded by time, making them unreadable.

  Lin Hao had excellent eyesight and could see from afar that the altar in the main hall housed a giant stoatue, depig a fox-headed human body.

  However, this "god" fox was likely female.

  Because Lin Hao noticed the statue was draped in tattered gauze, and its fox-like face seemed to have been smeared with abar red paint, making it appear extremely seductive.

  Especially, he felt that the statue's eyes were stantly watg him, which was quite eerie.

  After for a moment, Lin Hao quickly shifted his gaze and began sing the main hall.

  Sure enough, he saw Ning Qiting opposite a burly middle-aged man.

  Lin Hao sensed a hint of demonic aura from the man, clearly indig he was the transformed white tiger.

  Sect Leader Ouyang's beloved disciple was meeting with the Demon !

  Lin Hao's pupils tracted, and his heart was in turmoil!

  Could it be that Ning Qingxue y for the Demon ?

  Haviricked by Li Qiushui and Cui Qing'er before, Lin Hao found it hard not to associate Ning Qih the Demon .

  If she wasn't a spy, why would she meet with the Qingqiu demon secret?

  And judging by the looks of it, their versation seemed quite harmonious.

  Lin Hao's expression grew increasingly grim.

  He drew the long sword Bluebird from the sword sheath, attached a rec stoo the bde, and then i with spiritual energy.

  Bluebird sloroached the main hall at aremely slow pace.

  ...

  About the time it takes to burn a stick of inse ter, as the human and demon were about to clude their versation.

  Lin Hao quickly recalled Bluebird, the with Shui Ling'er, running over a hundred miles before stopping.

  "Lin Hao, Ning Qingxue, as the Sect Leader's beloved disciple, is secretly plotting with the Demon . What should we do?" Shui Ling'er asked, her face filled with righteous indignation.

  "Don't rush, let's first see what they talked about," Lin Hao replied with a grim expression, taking down the rec stone. After infusing it with power, a light proje appeared.

  After listening to the versatioween Ning Qingxue and the demon tiger, the two were shocked.

  Ning Qingxue was indeed a spy for the Demon , or rather, calling her a traitor to humanity was more fitting!

  This woman had spired with the Demon to devise a vicious pn to wipe out the talented disciples of various sects, thus severing the roots of these sects, allowing the Demon to retaliate against humanity using their own tactics.

  As a human, she colluded with the Demon , betraying and killing her own kind. Her heart was truly malicious!

  Although Lin Hao didn't have a strong sense of belonging to the sect, there were people he cared about within it—his master, Shui Ling'er, and others he knew, like Leng Feng and Elder Han...

  How could he stand by and watch them fall into the hands of the Demon ?

  "This matter must be reported to the sect's higher-ups to expose Ning Qingxue's spiracy!"

  Though filled with rage, Lin Hao didn't act recklessly but carefully analyzed the situation.

  If he reported this to Little Bamboo Peak's Venerable Murong Qihere was no guarantee she wouldn't leak it to Sect Leader Ouyang.

  Lin Hao didn't fully trust the Sect Leader either, given that Ning Qingxue was her beloved disciple.

  After careful sideration, he decided to inform Elder Liu Mei, who was leading their group.

  This woman had a good retionship with his master, and he could entrust her to unicate with his master.

  Having made up his mind, Lin Hao began searg for other teams and uedly entered Uncle Bck, whose face was even darker.

  "Lin Hao, we wouldn't dare rob you anymore."

  "If you don't rob me, does that mean I 't rob you? Enough talk! I just o borrow something from you."

  Lin Hao searched one of them and found a talisman.

  This was a life-saving talisman issued by the sect to its disciples. Once used, an elder would rush over, potentially saving a life, but it would also disqualify one from the petition.

  So Lin Hao didn't use his own.

  The three were unsure of Lin Hao's iions wheivated their talisman, but they didn't dare resist.

  His luck was good; the elder who arrived was Liu Mei.

  Liu Mei was surprised to see the talisman in Lin Hao's hand.

  Then she saw Uncle Bd the others looking pitiful.

  She instantly uood.

  The talisman in Lin Hao's hand wasn't his own.

  This little thief was truly despicable, not only robbing others but also breaking their life-saving talisman.

  Wasn't this f them to withdraw from the petition?

  Truly shameless!

  Sensing a hint of sympathy in the elder's gaze, Uncle Bck looked aggrieved.

  Exactly!

  Robbing us wasn't enough.

  We didn't even provoke him.

  Yet he came and took our life-saving talisman!

  This was too much bullying!

  Liu Mei frowned; breaking someone else's life-saving talisman wasn't in lih the rules!

  She was about to reprimand him when she heard Lin Hao's voice transmission.

  "Elder Liu, I've discovered a shog secret."

  Liu Mei's smooth forehead furrowed. A shog secret? What was this kid up to!

  She transmitted back, "What secret?"

  "There are too many people here; it's not suitable to discuss this matter."

  Elder Liu Mei's brows furrowed tighter. With a wave of her hand, a white ribbon ed around Lin Hao's waist, and in the blink of ahey were ten miles away, where she set up a barrier.

  "There's no one here; you speak now."

  Lin Hao, grateful for Liu Mei's formidable strength, began, "Elder Liu, Ning Qingxue is a spy for the Demon ."

  "Ning Qingxue..." Liu Mei's eyelid twitched, her voice turning sharp.

  "Are you saying Ning Qingxue is a spy for the Demon ?"

  "How is that possible? She's the Sect Leader's beloved disciple!"

  "Lin Hao, you must know that falsely acg a fellow disciple is a grave crime. You 't make such cims lightly."

  Seeing Liu Mei's disbelief, Lin Hao didn't waste words and directly presehe rec stone.

  After watg the tent of the rec stone, Liu Mei still found it hard to believe.

  Ning Qingxue, who had been in the sect since childhood, turned out to be a spy. It was truly hard to accept.

  But the tent of the rec stone couldn't be faked.

  This Golden Elixir seed was indeed secretly iating with the Demon d had devised a pn to kill the sect's talented disciples.

  Liu Mei's pretty face turned grim as she put the rec stone bato her ste bag.

  "I will immediately report this to the sect's higher-ups ahem decide."

  Lin Hao feared that there might still be Demon spies among the sect's higher-ups, or perhaps there was some unspeakable secret between the Sect Leader and the Demon .

  Therefore, he chose to give the rec stoo Liu Mei rather than Murong Qinxue.

  "Elder Liu, I have an unreasonable request."

  Liu Mei, still not fully recovered from the shock of Ning Qingxue being a Demon spy, absentmindedly said, "Speak freely."

  "I hope you inform my master about this matter first."

  Liu Mei hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Do not spread this matter. Focus on the petition, and if you enter danger, crush the life-saving talisman. An elder will e to your rescue."

  Peerjun