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The sudden turn of events left Lin Xuan in shock. 

“I see…you planned this all out… looks like I am wrong about you. You want to keep the treasure don’t you?”

“Yes.” Zhou Yan’s charming voice made Lin Xuan’s blood run cold.

“Master, you are good to me, but treasures like this can arouse jealousy. You should understand that, and you should just be grateful that I will leave your body whole.”

Listening to the conversation, Lin Xuan’s curiosity made him wonder, just what kind of treasure would make a disciple break the taboo of killing one’s own master. Although in his heart he truly wanted to know, he couldn’t afford to act rashly.

The senior sister was ruthless. Facing a person with a cultivation far higher than his, Lin Xuan did not want his curiosity to put him into a dangerous situation.

“Ahh!”

As the angry scream rang out, blood burst everywhere, and Lin Xuan saw through the gap in the bushes that Zhou Yan had pierced her master’s chest, and a faint yellow light had emerged from his body, trying to escape.

“Soul Separation, not going to happen!” Zhou Yan, who was already prepared, stretched out her hands and catches the light.

The light struggles in her hands to no effect, and then begins to cry for mercy, “Yan-er, you won’t actually kill your master, won’t you….”

Zhou Yan didn’t hesitate, and with a small amount of force, she crushed the little ball of light, causing it to dissipate into the air. Seeing this, Lin Xuan felt a sudden chill, since he could tell that this senior sister knew that for all creatures if the soul was separated from the body and destroyed, it would be unable to enter the cycle of rebirth, and forever die. Among cultivators, even when they hold a grudge, the soul would normally not be destroyed, but this Zhou Yan did such a thing to her master.

After killing her master, Zhou Yan’s appearance returned to normal, and after a while, she began to look around. A short while later, her face brightened.

“Found it!.”

Ignoring the risk, Lin Xuan finally lost his patience and quietly stuck out his head. He saw Zhou Yan holding a fist-sized box carved of what seems like fine ebony. Just at that moment, a rabbit runs past Lin Xuan’s bush, and it draws Zhou Yan’s attention.

“Who?” Zhou Yan’s expression quickly became ugly.

Lin Xuan could only blame his luck!

With his heart thundering, Lin Xuan’s face clouded over, as he had just witnessed her killing her master. Lin Xuan didn’t bother trying to beg for mercy or try to trick her; instead, he decided to act decisively and quickly ran forward, quickly throwing his right arm. Countless cold lights flew towards her.

With a grunt, Zhou Yan quickly formed a red shield around her body after seeing his hand movements. With a small banging noise, a few small ice balls fell onto the ground.

Defending against the attack with her shield, a trace of a smile flashed across her face as she found the power of the earlier attack was weak. She deduces that the attacker was an early-level Spirit Condensation Stage disciple.

After sending his attack, Lin Xuan did not stay to see the result, but rather, he ran away and began to create a distance between them. He knew he had no chance of winning.

Thankfully, among the few spells he learned, there was a movement skill called the Light-Wind technique. Although it only lasted for several short seconds, he managed to run several hundred meters. Moreover, Lin Xuan didn’t just walk in a straight line, to prevent himself from being found very easily, he took several curves and often hidden paths, relying on his familiarity with the terrain to increase how long it would take her to find him. Even though she could use her Spiritual Sense to find him, the road was long and twisting. To find him she would have to spend a lot of energy.

After running ahead for a while, Lin Xuan suddenly stopped. He crouched down and began to search the ground.

Without a doubt, his actions were very strange, puzzling Zhou Yan who was chasing him, as Lin Xuan had stopped moving.

But apparently, it was all part of his plan, because after searching for a few moments. Lin Xuan softly mutters: “Hmmm.” the frown on his face quickly disappears, replaced by a calm appearance.

With the sound of rushing footsteps, Zhou Yan finally arrived at this location, and as he stood up, Lin Xuan’s face became one of panic…but she failed to notice that this time it was fake.

“You wanted to run?” Her mocking voice rings out, looking at Lin Xuan’s appearance, it really was a disciple of the outer sect, but his skills were too weak… Spirit Condensation of the second layer. Looking at Lin Xuan’s cultivation level, Zhou Yan suddenly realized that he was very easy to kill and wouldn’t need to expend too much effort.

Seeing the look of contempt in her eyes, Lin Xuan has no anger in his heart. Because she was looking down on him, it would also mean that she was being careless, which raised the success rate of his plan. Of course, Lin Xuan did not reveal his true emotions yet gave off a worried look.

“Senior sister, please…..don’t kill me!”

Begging for mercy in a stammering voice, Lin Xuan showed her a panicked look, his acting was perfect as he slowly began to move two steps to the left.

“Hmph, you saw my secret and you want to live?”

Zhou Yan could absolutely be compared to snakes and scorpions, even going as far as killing her master. If she would even go that far, how could he ever expect her to show mercy to a young outer disciple?

Raising her right hand, a small sword quickly cut across the wind, sending 10 long flashes of light flying toward Lin Xuan.

Seeing the sword energy, Lin Xuan’s face quickly becomes serious.

The so-called Spirit Tool, which was a simpler version of a Magic Artifact, was designed for low-level cultivators to use, but one shouldn’t underestimate its power. Although it was not great, it served its purpose well, possessing the ability to let its wielder use flying techniques.

After getting to the fourth layer of the Spirit Condensation stage, you were able of using Spirit Tools, but that was only in theory. Spirit Tools, despite being far weaker than Magic Artifacts, were just as rare and were generally only given to Foundation Establishment disciples. The only Spirit Condensation disciples who may have one were rare and probably inherited it from their clans or were rare geniuses valued by the sect.

Zhou Yan was one of those geniuses, and even after seeing how low Lin Xuan’s cultivation was, she came at him at full power, intending to quickly kill him.

Translated by: James1kd2

Edited by: Summit