Chapter Fifty-Four: Surrounded

  "Alright, Sect Master, don't say so much for now. Since the demon beast is dead, let's just take the thing. By the way, what use do you have for this Cold Spring water?" Wang Ke asked curiously, his gaze shifting to look at the location of the Cold Spring, where thick cold mist was floating above it, and with one glance, he could tell that the Cold Spring water was extremely cold.

  Qin Ke'er didn't say a word, but walked to the edge of the cold pool. A flash of light appeared in her hand, and instantly, a white jade bottle appeared in her hand. Then, with one hand pointing at the water, a column of water shot out and fell into the jade bottle in an instant.

  Seeing Qin Ke'er's indifferent expression, Wang Ke shook his head and thought to himself that Qin Ke'er must still have her guard up against him. He walked alone to the Bodhi tree covered in blood-red flowers and picked a few of them from the vines, putting them into a box he had prepared earlier.

  Of course, Wang Ke was not a greedy person and did not take any of the mature blood peaches, but even so, he still took quite a few.

  The cold pond water also seemed a bit strange, and Wang Ke was preparing to collect some without hesitation. This place would probably not be visited again in the future.

  Just as Wang Ke and Qin Ke'er were staying deep in the Blood Bat Cave, several sword lights slowly descended from the air in the distance to the cracks above the Blood Bat Cave.

  "Lingfeng Shixiong, is this the Blood Bat Cave?" The speaker was Jin Qian of the Golden Sword Sect. At this moment, the five of them were standing on a rock outside the Blood Bat Cave.

  Jin Qian stared at the Blood Bat Cave in front of him, while several others beside him also widened their eyes and looked towards the direction of the Blood Bat Cave, but did not directly enter.

  "That's right, I've been here once before, but I didn't go in. The demonic beasts inside aren't ordinary goods, even a Nascent Soul stage cultivator might not be their match. Let's wait for a while here." Ling Feng said calmly.

  "What if Wang Ke was killed by the demon beast, wouldn't his soul be wasted?" Wan Fa Men's Wan Ke frowned and said with some concern.

  "This is nothing for us to worry about, someone will be here soon, we just need to prevent accidents from happening." Ling Feng said with a confident expression.

  Just as the words had fallen, several strong spiritual power fluctuations suddenly came from afar, and soon after, several sword lights appeared in front of everyone, then quickly approached and landed from the sky.

  "Lingfeng, have you already entered the Blood Bat Cave?" Six black-robed cultivators descended, and the one standing at the front was unexpectedly Second Brother Youhunzi.

  "You're just a bunch of mid-level Nascent Soul cultivators, how did you end up with so many people?" Ling Feng said, his face slightly changing color as he saw the six Demon Gate disciples arrive at once, and sensed the astonishing aura emanating from them.

  The people from the Golden Sword Sect and the Myriad Laws Sect behind them also had a change in expression, if these demonic cultivators came to cause trouble for them, it would likely be very dangerous.

  However, for now they are cooperative, although there is some concern, it's not too scary. Only the ghost in front spoke in a cold voice: "There's more than one mid-term Nasal Qi here, Old Seven, are you sure that stinky girl is also among them?" The ghost turned his gaze to the injured Old Seven and asked.

  Lao Qi held a circular plate in his hand, gazing at it carefully for a few moments before staring at the Blood Bat Cave ahead with a resentful expression: "That's right, those stinky women are also in the Blood Bat Cave. Since both of them are from Qingmu Sect, it seems they should be together."

  "What's going on? And there are people from Qingmu Sect too. Why didn't you guys say so earlier?" Ling Feng's face sank, completely not expecting that there were two cultivators here, and both of them were from Qingmu Sect, instantly looking displeased.

  "What's there to fear? It's just a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, and with so many of us, can't we handle them? Besides, they must have already fought fiercely with the demonic beasts in the cave, and by the time they come out, they'll probably be exhausted."

  "A Nascent Soul stage cultivator!" Ling Feng's expression changed several times, his face revealing a hesitant look. After all, they were all cultivators of the Qingmu Sect, and if things went wrong and got out, the consequences would be severe, he was well aware.

  The people standing behind Jin Jian, including him, also changed their expressions. Everyone became somewhat hesitant. Youlingzi's gaze swept across the faces of Ling Feng and others, his face sank, and he said coldly: "What, now you want to go back on your words?"

  "Hmph, if you dare to go back on your words, I won't mind taking care of all of you together." The speaker was the black-robed cultivator standing beside Youlingzi, his eyes glowing with a blood-red light, his face radiating a fierce aura, and his body exuding an intense killing intent.

  "Lihun brother, you're joking, at this point in time, how can we regret? It's actually two cultivators, then let's join forces!" Lingfeng said with a change in tone upon seeing the young cultivator's unsavory expression.

  "Yes, now we are on the same line, absolutely no discord, you can rest assured" Jin Jian said with a stiff face, to the six people opposite him, although one of them was seriously injured, but the other five were all genuine Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

  "Hmph, this is more like it. As long as you follow our orders, there will definitely be benefits," said Youlingzi with a cold smile.

  "Alright, let's wait outside then. According to Lao Qi, that female cultivator is very powerful and should have no problem dealing with the demon beast." You Hun Zi said again.

  "Shao Zongzhu, here is a box of Xue Puti, you take it." Wang Ke put away the cold spring water and his expression moved slightly. He took out a small box and tossed it to Qin Ke'er, inside which were the Xue Puti he had just picked.

  Just now Qin Ke'er didn't take the blood peony, Wang Ke thought to herself that she had a lot anyway, so she decided to give some to him. After thinking for a moment, Qin Ke'er still put the box away.

  Then Wang Ke ran to the side of the blood bat's corpse, and with a flash of sword light, he cut off the two crimson fangs and claws of the beast, carefully storing them in a small bottle.

  "What a pity, such a demon beast doesn't have an inner elixir." The only useful things on the Blood Bat Demon Beast's body were these two teeth and claws, which were good materials for refining equipment. As for the rest, there was nothing of value left.

  "If it has an inner elixir, do you think we can easily kill it?" Qin Ke'er said calmly. Wang Ke thought to himself that this was indeed the case. If a demon beast had cultivated an inner elixir, its strength would be at least at the foundation-building stage, and basically, they wouldn't be able to handle it anymore.

  "Alright, let's go." They had almost finished collecting everything. Wang Ke scanned the cave with his eyes and then swiftly entered the passageway, Qin Ke'er was already walking ahead of him.

  "Shaoshi Zhu, how did you end up here? And what's with the cold spring water?" Wang Ke was somewhat curious. After parting ways with Qingmu Sect, he had rushed straight to Xueyashan without stopping for a moment. He hadn't expected to run into Qin Ke'er here, and thinking about it now seemed almost unbelievable.

  "Some people have been poisoned by the Blood Bat, and need the Cold Spring water to detoxify." Qin Ke'er remained indifferent, saying a sentence before ignoring Wang Ke and continuing to walk forward.

  Wang Ke looked at Qin Ke'er's back, his expression becoming somewhat complicated. At this moment, he was considering whether or not to tell Qin Ke'er about the conversation between Qingmu Zhenren and Hei Mu Zhenren that he had overheard.

  However, after careful consideration, Wang dispelled this idea. Qin Ke'er had helped him in the past, but if this little favor would put his life in danger, he didn't think it was worth it. Moreover, even if he told Qin Ke'er about it, given their current relationship, she definitely wouldn't believe him.

  "Whatever, I hope the young master's luck will turn around and foil his own plot." Wang Ke let out a sigh in her heart, feeling a bit stifled. Just then, Qin Ke'er suddenly stopped in her tracks ahead of them.

  Wang Ke was taken aback, just about to speak, but saw Qin Ke'er raise her right hand and make a silencing gesture. Wang Ke then noticed that they were already approaching the exit, his expression changed, and he quietly opened up his spiritual sense, suddenly eleven auras appeared in his spiritual sense.

  "An ambush!" Wang Ke's heart skipped a beat, among these auras, six of them were cold and eerie, obviously demonic auras, while the other five auras seemed slightly familiar, Wang Ke's heart moved, and he guessed it.

  "Alas, I didn't expect to be drawn into trouble again." With a hint of helplessness, Qin Ke'er's delicate eyebrows furrowed as she sensed the auras outside, among which one was particularly familiar - it was the escaped Demonic Gate cultivator.

  "It seems you've found quite a few helpers." A cold glint flashed in her eyes as Qin Ke'er began to transmit a message to Wang Ke: "After we get out, you just escape and don't worry about me, this matter has nothing to do with you."

  A voice came from beside him, it was Qin Ke'er's. Wang Ke's face froze for a moment, his heart filled with inexplicable emotions. He turned around to look at Qin Ke'er and replied in a low tone, "They're here looking for me, it has nothing to do with you."

  Qin Ke'er was also stunned, turned her head to look at Wang Ke, both of their eyes were filled with confusion, then they fell silent for a moment before Qin Ke'er slowly said: "Let's go, let's go out together".

  "Be careful, they're coming out." Suddenly standing in front of the Blood Bat Cave from a distance, Yougui's expression solidified, having already sensed two auras approaching, and immediately warned.

  At this time, the eleven people had already formed a united front, standing in their respective positions, surrounding the Blood Bat Cave exit from the inside. They were all on high alert, staring at the cave entrance, each person releasing their own spiritual energy.

  Soon Qin Ke'er and Wang Ke's figures appeared at the exit of the Blood Bat Cave, and with a glance, they had already taken in the situation outside the cave.

  "Shao Zongzhu!" A cry of surprise escaped from Lingfeng's mouth, and at this moment, Lingfeng saw the face of the monk at the door clearly. His complexion suddenly turned pale.

  "What? Lingfeng is your Young Wood Sect's Junior Master!" Jin Jian looked at Qin Ke'er with some shock, sizing her up before asking.

  This was Qin Ke'er's first time leaving the sect, and naturally, the cultivators of Jin Jian Men and Wan Fa Men, as well as those from Mo Men, did not know that she was the Young Sect Master of Qing Mu Zong. However, Ling Feng Ke was very clear about it, having seen Qin Ke'er more than once within the sect.

  "What, this stinky girl is the Young Master of Qingmu Sect! Lingfeng, you're not joking, right?" The demonic cultivator who was severely injured by Qin Ke'er stared with wide eyes, looking shocked. Even Youguizi and several other demonic cultivators were shocked, all of them fixing their gaze on Qin Ke'er, sizing her up carefully.

  "Hmph, no wonder you could severely injure Old Seventh. So you're the Young Master of the Qingmu Sect!" After a moment of shock, Youlingzi quickly calmed down, his voice low and menacing as he stared at Qin Ke'er with cold, glinting eyes.

  "You are a disciple of Qingmu Zong, how did you get mixed up with the Mo Men cultivators?" Qin Ke'er also noticed Ling Feng standing not far away and asked with a furrowed brow.

  Seeing Qin Ke'er staring at him, Ling Feng's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't respond. He lowered his head, not daring to look at Qin Ke'er again. The other few Orthodox cultivators also looked gloomy, with an uneasy expression.