Chapter 105: Chapter 105: The Death of the Kidnapper
As Lin Xiao busied himself untying and helping the captives down, he glanced at Mo Yuanjiao and said, "Sure, join my sect, and I'll teach you."
Mo Yuanjiao didn't catch the fact that Lin Xiao had said my sect and excitedly responded, "Where is your sect?"
That fortune-teller wasn't lying after all! There really was an opportunity here! His heart leaped with joy; this was the chance he had been waiting for!
Lin Xiao didn't give a direct answer, instead saying, "Just keep heading east. If you make it there, it means we're destined to meet."
Hearing this, Mo Yuanjiao only grew more excited instead of anxious. "Alright! You wait for me at your sect! Hahaha!"
After Lin Xiao had freed all the captives, he instructed those with enough strength left to carry the weaker ones out of the cave and into the passageway.
Mo Yuanjiao cheerfully picked up a weak child and energetically hurried toward the passageway.
Lin Xiao also carried someone out and, after setting the person down, took out Sun Yigao's storage pouch. He knew that Sun Yigao regularly refined medicinal pills, and with the abundant herbs they had gathered from the Green Wilderness Secret Realm, he kept these pills in his storage pouch.
Given the urgency of the situation, Lin Xiao figured Sun Yigao wouldn't mind him opening the pouch without permission.
After rummaging through the storage pouch, Lin Xiao found some Rejuvenation Pills and Essence Stabilizing Pills, which he distributed to the group, instructing them to administer the pills to those who were still weak.
Once everyone had taken the pills, their complexions improved, and their breathing gradually steadied. Lin Xiao let out a sigh of relief.
Sun Yigao's pills were indeed effective!
Lin Xiao then told the group to wait there for him, as he would be back soon.
He turned and headed back into the cavern.
The black-robed man was still frozen in place, unable to move.
Lin Xiao had no intention of testing his combat skills on him. He immediately took out the Yin-Yang Life and Death Array disk, activated it, and set up the array beneath the black-robed man's feet.
After pulling out one hundred spirit stones from his personal stash, Lin Xiao's spirit stone reserve dwindled to single digits.
But he didn't care. He directly placed the spirit stones into the array disk.
The Yin-Yang Life and Death Array immediately activated upon receiving payment!
With the experience from his first time using it, Lin Xiao skillfully unleashed the array's powerful killing techniques. In the blink of an eye, the black-robed man was torn to shreds, his soul completely destroyed.
Lin Xiao kept his eyes on the scene, watching intently as the black-robed man, just freed from the seal, was killed before he could even react.
This was the first person Lin Xiao had ever killed in his two lifetimes.
It didn't feel good at all.
He had only wanted to peacefully cultivate.
He didn't want to become a cold-blooded killer, indifferent to taking lives.
Though it seemed that the world of cultivation was filled with violence, he still yearned for a path of cultivation that was truly ethereal and serene.
Still, this could be considered eliminating a threat to society…
Sigh.
He would have to be careful. The long road of cultivation could easily lead to hands stained with blood and a heart blinded by violence if one wasn't cautious.
Lin Xiao silently reflected.
No matter what the rules of society dictated, he wouldn't let them change his true nature.
No matter the law of survival, he wouldn't let it disrupt his inner peace.
This was the kind of cultivation he aspired to.
Ding! Congratulations, host, for gaining insight. The quality of the "Original Essence Sutra" has been upgraded to SS-grade!
!
Heart techniques could be upgraded?
Lin Xiao was surprised.
The Original Essence Sutra had already been an S-grade technique, equivalent to a low-grade Heaven-tier technique in the world of cultivation. Now, it had upgraded to SS-grade, which meant it had become a mid-grade Heaven-tier technique!
Who would have thought this journey would yield such a reward?
Suppressing his eagerness to immediately delve into the upgraded Original Essence Sutra, Lin Xiao turned his attention to how he could claim this spirit stone mine.
Leaving it here felt too risky. Today, it was this black-robed cultivator who found it. What if someone else discovered it next time?
Come to think of it, this spirit stone mine likely hadn't formed overnight.
But for it to have remained hidden for so long without being discovered meant there was likely something that prevented the spiritual energy from leaking out—either something natural or something man-made.
If it was man-made, did that mean someone owned this place…?
Probably not. After all, the black-robed man had been here for days, doing as he pleased. If someone owned this mine, they would have intervened by now.
So, he might as well assume it was unclaimed!
And if it was unclaimed, he wouldn't hesitate to accept it!
Ding! A low-grade spirit stone mine has been detected. The sect currently has an unlinked low-grade spiritual vein. Would you like to link this spirit stone mine to the sect's spiritual vein?
Lin Xiao was delighted by this system prompt. Of course, he would accept such an offer! He immediately chose "yes"!
Host confirmed. The linking process will begin in one minute. As the connection involves a spatial transfer, please ensure no one else is present within the mine, as they will be transported along with the mine to the sect. The transfer will take one hour. Please be aware of the timing.
One hour!
Lin Xiao was startled. While he himself didn't mind being transported to the sect, he couldn't take these forty-nine people with him!
He had to get them out of here!
Rushing back to the group, Lin Xiao urgently shouted, "Everyone, this place is dangerous! You need to leave now!"
Having just been saved by Lin Xiao, the children were quick to trust him. Without hesitation, they got up and ran toward the exit.
Lin Xiao used his spiritual energy to push them along, hurrying them as fast as he could until they reached the area beneath the entrance.
There was no time to waste. Lin Xiao grabbed two of them and used his air-walking technique to rush them up to the entrance.
After tossing them out, he immediately turned back to grab two more.
He repeated this process twenty-four times until everyone else was out, leaving only one person behind.
At that moment, Mo Yuanjiao was staring at Lin Xiao with glowing eyes.
"You're so young yet so powerful! Your sect must be extraordinary!"
Lin Xiao, however, had no time for small talk—the transfer was almost complete.
He moved forward to grab Mo Yuanjiao and carry him up, but Mo Yuanjiao spread his arms wide and excitedly said, "Come on, brother!"
Lin Xiao: …I really don't want to hug you, but what can I do?
If not for the anxious and exhausted guard waiting outside, Lin Xiao wouldn't even bother taking him out.
Such a dramatic kid—why bother taking him back?
Dodging Mo Yuanjiao's open arms, Lin Xiao bent down and slung him over his shoulder.
"Hey, hey, hey! No, brother! Don't treat me differently!"
Ignoring his protests, Lin Xiao rushed toward the exit as fast as he could.
Outside the cave, the group of children huddled together in the pitch-black forest, shivering with fear.
Seeing all the children come out, except for his young master, Mo the guard grew increasingly anxious.
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