Chapter 298: Uninvited Guest

As for the opponents of his younger sister and Lin Changling, their situation was a bit worse. The superior defensive Dharma artifact on their bodies had already been blasted away, and of the three layers of defensive shields, only one remained.

However, fortunately, they had risked their lives to escape a distance of five or six zhang, and they had no intention of stopping at all, clearly determined to escape this place.

Lin Zhangqing even saw them reaching into their storage bags. The things taken out of storage bags at this time were either for escaping or for a desperate fight.

Lin Zhangqing did not allow either of these two situations, and it was clearly too late for his companions to catch up with them.

So, with no other choice, Lin Zhangqing had to choose to take action himself; otherwise, they would all run away.

With a thought, the first-rank Purple Crystal Scorpions that had been scattered around the perimeter charged up as soon as they were near them.

The first to suffer was the rogue cultivator who only had one layer of defensive shield left. A Purple Crystal Scorpion pounced directly from a tree trunk onto him, and its tail needle instantly pierced the last layer of the defensive shield.

It stung his back, and a sharp, miserable scream rang out. This scream was so sudden that it gave everyone except Lin Zhangqing a huge fright.

Then that rogue cultivator fell to the ground, his whole body began to convulse violently, and he even arched his body in pain before falling heavily to the ground again.

Then a second and a third Purple Crystal Scorpion rushed up, wanting to sting him a few more times, but Lin Zhangqing suddenly had a thought and hurriedly stopped them.

It was because Lin Zhangqing had suddenly thought of something just now, so he decided to keep this live captive for now; he would still have a little use for him later.

And in his current state, he couldn't run away, so Lin Zhangqing ignored him.

The other remaining rogue cultivator didn't manage to run away either. The defensive Dharma artifact on his body could only protect one side after activation, but several first-rank Purple Crystal Scorpions attacked him from different directions and angles—from branches, tree trunks, and the ground.

The defensive Dharma artifact did indeed block the two Purple Crystal Scorpions on the tree, but there were more on the ground, and the three layers of defensive shields were broken with extreme speed.

Subsequently, two miserable and sharp screams rang out, one higher than the other, but they suddenly stopped very quickly.

Several Purple Crystal Scorpions swarmed over at once, each stinging him once, sending him off directly.

When he was stung by the first Purple Crystal Scorpion, Lin Zhangqing saw what he had taken out of his storage bag: a first-rank superior Earth Escape talisman.

This kind of spirit talisman was most suitable for running away and saving one's life. Both Lin Zhangqing and Lin Changling had such things in their storage bags, all gifted by their mother.

In fact, in this environment, one should have used a Wood Escape talisman; using an Earth Escape talisman might have been blocked by things like tree roots.

But unfortunately, he was a step too slow. If he had successfully activated and used it, he might really have been able to run away.

Unfortunately, when stung by the Purple Crystal Scorpion, he suffered a dual attack on his body and soul. In such pain, he couldn't even control his own body.

It was basically impossible for anyone to normally control the spiritual energy in their body to activate a spirit talisman or Dharma artifact, so in the end, he didn't run away.

His companions had seen the Purple Crystal Scorpions take action before and knew that Lin Zhangqing had set up some backup plans here, so they were not surprised.

Perhaps only his younger sister, Lin Changling, although very familiar with the Purple Crystal Scorpions and even often playing with them, and having seen the attack power of the second-rank Purple Crystal Scorpion,

had never seen their reaction after attacking a cultivator or spirit beast, so she didn't know they were actually so formidable.

Being stung by them once basically meant losing the ability to resist, and it looked so painful.

Listening to the few screams emitted by those two rogue cultivators, she still felt her ears were very uncomfortable even now.

If she had known that the consequences of being stung by them were so terrifying, she definitely wouldn't have dared to play with them like that. Fortunately, they had never lost control, and no accidents had ever occurred.

The time taken to kill this group of rogue cultivators was even shorter than the first time, mainly because of Lin Zhangqing's intervention.

It was equivalent to him finishing off three rogue cultivators by himself, which didn't achieve the effect of training his younger sister and companions, making him somewhat disappointed.

However, now that the dust had settled, because this place was actually only one or two hundred li away from the market, it was hard to guarantee that no one would pass by nearby. Therefore, Lin Zhangqing didn't want to stay here for too long, especially since those few screams had just been emitted, which made it even more likely to expose the location here, so they couldn't stay here for long.

So he directly said: "Everyone, let's work together and quickly clean up the battlefield. Collect all the storage bags and Dharma artifacts first.

Then pack all the corpses into storage bags and take them away together. Clear away all traces that could lead to us."

After saying this, Lin Zhangqing went to deal with the only live captive, preparing to pack him into a spirit beast bag first and take him away.

But what he feared came to pass. Suddenly, a voice came: "Truly spectacular! I didn't expect that while traveling this time, I would be able to see such a spectacular duel. Today can be considered an eye-opener! I really didn't expect that a tiny Pingyang Prefecture could produce such powerful Qi Refining cultivators. The core true disciples of the Six Major Sects might not even be a match for you!"

The sudden voice gave all six of Lin Zhangqing's group a fright, especially in the current situation where friend and foe were indistinguishable.

Lin Zhangqing hurriedly mobilized his divine sense to sweep around, wanting to find the person, but unfortunately, within his divine sense limit of one hundred zhang, there was no shadow of anyone.

Now he felt a bit regretful! Just now, in order to make that group of rogue cultivators think they had already left, he had sent First and Second ahead to mislead them.

He didn't expect that a moment of negligence would actually let someone sneak up to their side, but he wasn't too nervous.

With the Innate Merit True Eye on him, and his right eye hadn't twitched at all, it proved that either the other party had no malicious intent,

or their cultivation was actually not that high and was within the range that Lin Zhangqing and Lin Changliu could handle.

It was nothing more than relying on having a stronger divine sense than Lin Zhangqing and playing the ghost there.

After thinking everything through, he wasn't too worried. He raised his hand, signaling his companions to stay calm.

However, the few of them had already spontaneously gathered by his side. Lin Zhangqing looked up at the sky and shouted: "Which senior has graced us with their presence? Please show yourself!"

As soon as he finished shouting, a middle-aged cultivator with his hands behind his back and a superior spiritual artifact flying sword under his feet appeared in front of Lin Zhangqing and the others. He didn't land but stopped in the air twenty or thirty zhang away from them.

Lin Zhangqing looked at the spiritual artifact flying sword under his feet. That's right! It was a spiritual artifact. He had quite a few in his thunder apertures, so he definitely wouldn't recognize it wrong.

Moreover, the spiritual pressure emitted by the cultivator opposite him was about the same as the Clan Leader's, so he wasn't nervous in his heart. It was just a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, not someone he hadn't seen before.

And he had foolishly entered the encirclement of the second-rank Purple Crystal Scorpions, so Lin Zhangqing was even less afraid.

The six of them saluted in unison: "We pay our respects to the senior!"

After all, they had studied in the family academy and knew that when meeting a senior expert, they should salute and greet them first.

The man nodded, his gaze still fixed on Lin Zhangqing, and said: "I am Wan Yuanqing of the Yuling Sect. I see that the little friend has quite a talent in spirit taming. I wonder if you are interested in joining our Yuling Sect?"

Lin Zhangqing shook his head and refused: "Sorry, Senior, I already have a master. My master is Yunxia Zhenren of the Qingyun Sect. Many thanks for your kindness, Senior!"

Wan Yuanqing looked at the few people behind him and didn't quite believe it, but he didn't say anything. Letting Lin Zhangqing join the Yuling Sect wasn't his main goal.

He had taken a fancy to Lin Zhangqing's Purple Crystal Scorpions. He had seen records of this kind of spirit scorpion in an ancient book, which was why he had appeared to make contact with Lin Zhangqing and the others.

He continued to say to Lin Zhangqing: "Those purple spirit scorpions should be yours, little friend, right?

I wonder if you can transfer them to me? I am willing to pay fifty thousand spirit stones or a Foundation Establishment Pill as compensation! I wonder what you think, little friend?"

Lin Zhangqing shook his head again and said: "Sorry, Senior, they are like children I have raised since they were small. It is impossible to transfer them to others. I hope you will forgive me, Senior!"

Hearing Lin Zhangqing refuse him again, Wan Yuanqing couldn't help but frown and said impatiently: "Little friend, you must consider this clearly! I know you must have a contract with these purple spirit scorpions, so for their sake, it is not easy for me to move against you.

But these people around you don't have one, do they? Do you want me to kill two of them to wake you up?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 299 =====