In the mountains of Jiaotu, there was a demonic beast. The strongest species was the Xiāntiān Jiǎo Hǔ (Roaring Heaven Angle Tiger). At this time, on a winding and rugged small road ahead, two Roaring Heaven Angle Tigers were rushing forward.

  "Roar......" A thick tigers roar came from afar.

  Two giant tigers stopped in their tracks, a hint of confusion appearing in their copper bell-sized eyes, before turning and leaving.

  They were all low-ranking first-class demon beasts, patrolling the outskirts of their territory every day. After sensing an energy explosion nearby, they rushed over quickly.

  The golden beast wrapped Qin Lingyun around its back and let out a loud roar towards the sky. To the two Sky Roar Tigers, this was a declaration of ownership by one of their own kind. Since one of their own had arrived first, they didnt need to check again and turned their heads to continue patrolling in another direction.

  The Golden Beast transformed into a Whirlwind Tiger for Qin Lingyun and eliminated a disaster.

  Then, on the back of the Ao Tianjiao Tiger transformed from the Golden Beast, two golden lights lit up. In the golden light, a pair of pale golden wings unfolded with a whooshing sound. The Golden Beasts sturdy front paws slapped the ground forcefully, creating a huge pit in the grassland, and its body rose into the air.

  Two wings flapped, rushing towards the sky.

  Soaring in the high sky, Qin Lingyuns confusion deepened even more. This strange golden beast was called Golden Bewilderment Beast by that foundation-building cultivator. Mu Rong Hen Hais memory seemed to have a description of the Golden Bewilderment Beast.

  The Golden Deluder can transform into anything to deceive the world, it is a very rare monster, only recorded in classics, and no one has ever seen it in reality. The appearance of the Golden Deluder should be a golden human-faced snake body shape, with an extremely ferocious appearance. Moreover, everything transformed is just an illusion after all, and cannot become a real entity.

  The appearance of the Golden Beast is not a ferocious human-faced snake body, and this time the transformed Xiao Tian Jiao Hu is actually a physical entity. Is it not the Golden Delusion Beast, but another unknown demon beast?

  Qin Lingyun couldnt understand why the foundation-building cultivators called it the Golden Delusion Beast, so her mind was shrouded in thick fog, unable to unravel it.

  The golden beast spread its wings and soared, leaving behind only a faint white light in the air. After more than an hour, it landed on the ground. This was exactly Qin Lingyuns cave mansion.

  The golden beast did not stop but plunged into the fog illusion array.

  The illusion array had no lethal power and could also protect Qin Lingyun from being discovered. The Golden Beast used a whirlwind to put Qin Lingyun on the ground, then transformed into the Xiao Tian Jiao Tigers body shook, in a burst of golden light contracted, re-transformed into the Golden Beasts appearance.

  Qin Ling sat down on the ground with her legs crossed, which was more conducive to the circulation of spiritual energy. The little golden beast jumped onto her shoulder and narrowed its big eyes, starting to doze off.

  On the second day, Qin Lingyun finally managed to suppress the injuries in her body with great difficulty, and her bright eyes slowly opened.

  The little golden beast felt Qin Lingyuns awakening and immediately jumped down from her shoulder, with its two front paws gesturing and making "bo bo... zhi zhi..." sounds, its big watery eyes blinking non-stop.

  Qin Lingyuns cheeks, which had a faint rose-colored flush, revealed a hint of a smile. She understood the meaning of the golden beast. With a wave of her slender hand, a white jade bottle appeared in her palm from her storage bag.

  As soon as the cork was pulled out, a strong and unique medicinal fragrance immediately emanated, and the golden beasts face showed an abnormally excited expression, its mouth constantly watering, as if it were about to drool.

  Qin Lingyun poured out a Qi-increasing pill, flicked her finger to send it flying, and the pill transformed into a yellow light beam that shot towards the golden little beast.

  The little golden beasts paws came together, grasping the Qi-enhancing pill. It then tossed it into its mouth and started crunching away, a look of bliss spreading across its small golden face as if in a state of intoxication.

  Qin Lingyun stood up, her fingers pinched together in a seal, and a beam of spiritual light shot out onto the illusory array.

  A path suddenly appeared in the midst of the clouds and mist. Qin Lingyun thought to herself, "This cave is no longer safe, and neither is this entire mountain range. The cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage was wearing clothes with a faint red long sword embroidered on them - thats the emblem of the Jiuyang Sword Sect. The Jiuyang Sword Sect is the leader of the righteous sects in the Jiaohu Mountain Range, and its power is extremely formidable. If I stay on the outskirts of the Jiaohu Mountain Range, Ill eventually be found out."

  After passing through the illusion array, looking at the familiar clear stream, the lush bamboo forest, the rugged mountain rocks, and the green grassland, all of this was so familiar. Qin Lingyun had been in this cave for a very long time, and in some sense, this place had become her second home.

  Now forced to leave the cave, Qin Lingyuns heart was filled with resentment. Although she didnt know the name of that Foundation Establishment cultivator, Jiuyang Sword Sect had already been etched into her memory.

  "One day I will return, and when I do, anyone who dares to provoke me shall be killed."

  Through the bamboo forest, she arrived at the cave mansion. Qin Lingyun was busy, first changing into a light blue long dress with a purple waistband that accentuated her gradually maturing figure. Then, after collecting all the valuable herbs inside the cave, she came to the stone gate.

  The two major formations were also to be taken away, first of which was the Small Seven Stars Killing Formation. Apart from the formation flags, there were also seven top-grade spiritual swords combined in a heptagram shape.

  Qin Lingyuns fingers continuously pinched the seal, forming a complex spiritual imprint in mid-air. With a slap of her palm, she slapped the spiritual imprint into the ground, and soon the scenery in front of her changed, the ground twisted, and finally seven pale blue small flags appeared, floating on the ground, emitting a faint glow.

  On the pale blue small flag, seven identical long swords were still suspended, which was a set of magic treasures called Xia Qi Xing Jian. They could form a powerful Xia Qi Xing Jian formation.

  Qin Lingyuns fingers flexed and extended, her left foot took a step forward, a faint blue spiritual light flew out from her fingertips, condensed into a thin thread in mid-air, and arrived at the center of the Seven-Orifice Small Seven-Star Sword. The thread suddenly split into seven strands, flying towards the Seven-Orifice Small Seven-Star Sword.

  Seven strands of silk wrapped around the hilt of the seven-star sword, then slowly pulled them to Qin Lingyuns side.

  These seven small Qixing swords have been arranged into a small Qixing killing array, and even the master cannot easily approach them. The murderous intent that continuously seeps out from within the sword bodies is thick and perilous.

  To re-open the killing array and obtain the Xiao Qī Xīng Sword, a special technique is required to engrave many array patterns onto the spiritual energy using hand seals, then condense the spiritual energy into strands. Only with the spiritual energy threads filled with array patterns can one manipulate the Xiao Qī Xīng Sword without being attacked by it.

  Qin Lingyun was very cautious, concentrating her mind on every pull, not relaxing for a moment. Half an hour later, the Xiao Qixing Sword was finally pulled completely to her side.

  Seven long swords with seven azure-blue Blue Phantom Stones on the hilt, which are treasures that enhance the efficiency of magical artifacts. At the same time, the sword body is forged from thousand-year-old Crystal Frost Iron, and some rare metals have been infused into it. The craftsmanship is exquisite, making the Little Seven Star Sword a rare treasure.

  The high-grade spiritual artifact is already a very advanced magic treasure, unfortunately, the Qi Refining stage cultivators cant use it at all, otherwise Qin Lingyun would have taken out the Xiao Qixing Sword to defend and attack.

  Qin Lingyun snapped her fingers, and the Small Seven Star Sword transformed into seven rays of light that entered the storage bag.

  With another wave of her sleeve, the seven flagpoles of the Small Seven Star Killing Array also transformed into seven rays of light and entered the storage bag. With these things, Qin Lingyun could set up a new Small Seven Star Killing Array in front of the new cave at any time.

  The Little Dipper Formation has been put away, and next its the turn of the Bamboo Forest Five Elements Reversal Formation.

  The most important thing about this formation is the various mysterious changes within it, and the core of the formation hidden in between. As long as the core is taken away, this bamboo forest will become a very ordinary bamboo forest, and there will be no more killings and changes. Originally, these bamboos were just ordinary green bamboos.

  If it were another cultivator, wanting to find the array core in the formation would be extremely difficult. Qin Lingyun, however, understood every change within it, so she only needed to take a few steps into the bamboo forest and saw the array core hidden under a single bamboo leaf.

  With a slap of the palm, a ray of spiritual light struck the nucleus of the array, drawing the disk-like nucleus over. This nucleus had five colors on its surface, namely red, blue, yellow, gold, and green. The five colors flowed and changed from time to time, presenting an unusual splendor.

  She put the array core into a storage bag, Qin Lingyun took one last look at the cave, turned around and walked out without hesitation.

  She cant stay here for long, the cultivators of the Jiuyang Sword Sect will arrive at any time, and leaving early is safer.

  Upon arriving outside the Illusory Array, Qin Lingyun patted her storage bag and a dark light flew out. The black umbrella transformed into a half-zhang-long shape, and Qin Lingyun stepped onto it. Her entire body was enveloped in a pale blue escape light as she flew towards the sky.

  Qin Lingyuns Qingling Sword had been crushed by He Taichengs sleeve, so she could only use the Wū Zhēn now. This Wū Zhēn from Bà Shǔ was black and shiny, its entire body forged from Xuán Tiě and some rare treasures, with extraordinary power, far surpassing the quality of Qingling Sword. So Qin Lingyun didnt feel sorry about it either.

  "Now the Jiaohu Mountains are no longer habitable, for safetys sake, I will return to the secular world and buy a secluded house in Luoyang City, cultivate for half a year, and then go find Mei Han San You."

  Ordinary masters are unwilling to stay in the secular world, because the spiritual energy in the secular world is too little, which hinders their cultivation. In order to make progress in their cultivation, cultivators would often spare no effort.

  Qin Lingyun, on the other hand, relied entirely on elixirs to enhance her cultivation. The abundance or scarcity of spiritual energy in the outside world had little impact on her, so temporarily cultivating in the mortal realm for a period of time was not a problem at all.

  As her cultivation grew, Qin Lingyuns flying speed was much faster than before. The Acceleration Pill couldnt be taken casually, and at her current speed, it would take more than two hours to reach the sky above Lishui City.

  With a thought, he took out a stealth talisman from his storage bag and slapped it on himself. His body slowly disappeared, but this stealth could only deceive the mortal eye, unable to block the cultivators divine sense scan.

  After hiding, Qin Lingyun found a secluded alley in Liyang City and landed.