“I know where the Devil Cultivator base is, gentlemen Senior Brothers, please follow me.”
At this moment, Xu Long, who was standing in front, spoke, then took the lead and ran forward. Seeing this, everyone followed closely behind him.
After passing a few streets, everyone arrived at the city center. Due to the rampant Devil Cultivators in Tiger City and the intense battle just now, all the common people were hiding in their homes.
Silence enveloped the surroundings.
“The Devil Cultivator base is inside.”
After speaking, Xu Long came to a courtyard, opened a wooden board in the center of the courtyard, and beneath the board was a dark, cavernous opening.
“Everyone, follow me in and explore.”
At this moment, Xu Long spoke to the crowd. Just as Li Miaoling was about to enter, Ye Lin grabbed Li Miaoling’s arm and then looked at Xu Long.
At this time, a panel appeared before him.
Name: Xu Long
Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Initial Stage
Fate: White
Destiny: (None)
Fate: Had his cultivation raised by a Devil using a secret technique, stopped at Foundation Establishment Stage Late Phase, and was killed by Qingyun Sect’s Tenth Elder Chu Xue three years later.
Recent Opportunity: Will go to Golden City three days later and find three Mid-Grade Spirit Stones under the Sycamore tree in Golden City.
“Junior Brother, what’s wrong?”
Seeing her arm tightly gripped by Ye Lin, Li Miaoling looked at Ye Lin with a face full of confusion, her eyes filled with bewilderment.
“What’s wrong, Junior Brother Lin?”
At this moment, Shi Jian also noticed Ye Lin’s abnormality and asked with concern.
“Aren’t you going to reveal your hand yet, Xu Long?”
At this moment, Ye Lin said to Xu Long.
“Me, reveal my hand? Reveal what? The Devil Cultivator base is down there. If we go down, maybe we can find some clues.”
Upon hearing this, the panic on Xu Long’s face flashed and then disappeared. However, the next moment, he immediately calmed down.
“From the very beginning, I noticed something was off about you. You said you knew the Devil Cultivator base.”
“But, all three of you are Heaven Sword Sect Disciples. This time, you must have come to Tiger City as a group. When you said you knew the Devil Cultivator base, Xia Yu and Xu Yin both had bewildered expressions on their faces.”
“Clearly, they didn’t know about this, but how did you know?”
After Ye Lin finished speaking, Xu Yin and Xia Yu suddenly understood. The situation was urgent just now, and they had no time to think. Now that they thought about it, it was indeed true.
The three of them had entered Tiger City together. Xu Long was inseparable from the two of them. Upon entering the city, they discovered a Devil Cultivator transaction during their search, and then they were discovered.
Finally, they were besieged by Devil Cultivators, but in the end, they had never been to the so-called Devil Cultivator base; they simply didn’t know about it.
So how did Xu Long know?
“Xu Long, tell the truth, how exactly did you know? Or, have you already fallen and become a Devil Cultivator’s lackey?”
At this moment, Xu Yin’s face was serious. He drew his long sword and held it against Xu Long’s neck, questioning him.
“I didn’t expect that I still underestimated you.”
At this moment, Xu Long looked at Ye Lin with a profound gaze.
“That’s right, I have indeed become a servant of the Devil. You simply don’t know how powerful the Devil is. In the end, you will all despair, hahahaha.”
“As for you, just wait to die.”
After speaking, black Qi burst forth from Xu Long, and the dense Devilish Qi even made Ye Lin frown.
And Xu Long’s strength also rose from Foundation Establishment Initial Stage to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
“Farewell.”
After speaking, Xu Long transformed into a wisp of Devilish Qi and vanished into the distance.
“Sword Control Skill, Long Rainbow Piercing the Sun.”
At this moment, Xia Yu let out a delicate shout, pointed with her jade hand, a sword light flashed, and a long sword chased after Xu Long.
“Junior Sister, I don’t want to kill you.”
At this moment, Xu Long’s voice came from afar. With a loud bang, the Flying Sword that had just flown out instantly broke. Xia Yu’s face immediately changed, and she clutched her chest, her expression extremely pained.
That was her life-bound Flying Sword. With the Flying Sword shattered, she was not feeling well either.
“This scoundrel.”
Xu Yin gritted his teeth and said, Xu Long had entered Heaven Sword Sect with him. Now that Xu Long had become a Devil’s lackey, he was not feeling well inside either.
“I’ve made Senior Brother and Senior Sister laugh. I will report this matter to the Sect elders immediately. We will take our leave first. As for this Devil Cultivator base, it is probably fake and very likely a trap. Please be careful, Senior Brother and Senior Sister.”
Xu Yin cupped his fists in salute to Ye Lin and the other two. After glancing at the cave entrance, he pulled Xia Yu and flew away on his sword.
“Junior Brother, are we still going down?”
At this moment, Shi Jian looked at the cave entrance and then at Ye Lin.
After what just happened, Shi Jian had gradually come to respect Ye Lin.
“That Xu Long wants to lure us down, so there must be a trap below. However, since Xu Long is confident in luring us down, it means this trap requires someone to activate it.”
“I’ll take the lead in a moment, and you two follow behind me.”
After Ye Lin finished speaking, he jumped down. Seeing this, Shi Jian followed behind Ye Lin, and Li Miaoling walked at the very end.
Following a dark, cavernous opening, they walked for a while, making a few turns, before arriving at a small underground cave.
All around, various corpses, severed limbs, and broken arms were scattered, looking terrifying.
“These scoundrels, dying a thousand times wouldn’t be enough.”
Seeing this situation, how could Shi Jian not know what was going on? This was clearly the place where the Devil Beads were refined.
Ye Lin searched the surroundings but found nothing suspicious.
“This is not the Devil’s base at all; it’s just a place for refining Devil Beads.”
After looking around, Li Miaoling came to a conclusion.
“Let’s go.”
After searching fruitlessly, Ye Lin said softly.
“All right, let’s go.”
After the three of them came out, Ye Lin gathered all his Spiritual Qi and fiercely punched the entrance of the cave several times. The entire passage immediately collapsed, and the ground trembled slightly.
“Let them rest in peace.”
To be honest, Ye Lin’s mood was not very good at this time. The Devil was so cruel; he must be killed.
“Since that’s the case, our mission is complete. Let’s return to the Sect.”
At this moment, Shi Jian cut off all the marks on the shoulders of the surrounding Devil Cultivators to collect rewards back at the Sect.
Any Devil Cultivator who had undergone the baptism of Devilish Qi would have a black mark appear on their shoulder. This was where the Devilish Qi resided.
The Devilish Qi from the Devil’s body was incompatible with humans, so it would transform into a mark and appear on the shoulder.
“Junior Brother, Junior Sister, I’ll go collect the rewards first. We’ll split them evenly then.”
After Shi Jian finished speaking, Ye Lin and Li Miaoling both nodded. Upon arriving at Du Peak, Ye Lin sat cross-legged at his residence.
Placing the Spirit Gathering Formation Plate in front of him, the surrounding Spiritual Qi immediately began to gather towards Ye Lin.
“Phew, Xu Long’s panel and Senior Sister Li’s panel both point directly to Golden City. Could Golden City be the true Devil Cultivator base?”
“And as a Devil Cultivator base, it must be infested with Devil Cultivators.”
“Moreover, Xu Long’s panel states that he will be killed by Master three years later, which means my previous guesses were all correct.”
“Three years later, Heaven Sword Sect will attack Qingyun Sect, which is the war instigated by the Devil.”
After clarifying everything, Ye Lin took out a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone and began to Cultivate.
Now, only rapidly improving his own strength was the proper way.
Only by increasing his strength could he overcome all difficulties.
Time spent Cultivating always passed incredibly quickly. In the blink of an eye, an entire night had flown by.