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Then, just as Shi Ling finished his sentence, a series of soft sounds came from behind him. With his eyes wide open, Shi Ling stood up abruptly and looked towards the source of the sound. Soon after, he saw more than ten figures walking out from the forest not far behind him.

When Shi Ling saw this, his brows furrowed. Immediately, he grabbed the Mystic Wood Sword and became alert. Could it be that someone else was hiding in the vicinity?

While pondering, Shi Ling's footsteps couldn't help but slightly retreat. It wasn't because Shi Ling was afraid of them, but mainly because he was currently at a weak point in his life. Whether it was his magic power or physical strength, he had expended a great deal of energy.

As he thought of this, Shi Ling's eyes slightly narrowed as he tightened his grip on the black wooden sword in his hand. However, in the next moment, he saw many heavily injured people. From their appearances, it was clear that they had just been engaged in an intense battle.

As if they were ordinary disciples, every single one of the disciples became cautious when they saw Shi Ling. It was as if they were afraid that Shi Ling would suddenly attack them.

At this moment, a young man walked out. On his abdomen, there was a large pool of blood that was gushing out, as if injured by the sword qi. His strength could be considered the strongest amongst them, being at the early stage of Body Tempering, whereas the rest of them were mostly at the great circle of Spirit Accumulation, or even at the early stage of Spirit Accumulation.

The youth cupped his fist at Shi Ling and said, "Senior brother, we have no ill intentions. We are only here to enter the temple and recover our injuries, we will leave soon, and we will definitely not disturb senior brother. I hope senior brother can do something convenient and let us pass."

As they spoke, their gazes involuntarily turned to the temple behind Shi Ling, and the young man then said, "Of course, if senior is interested in our Jade Announcement, after we enter the temple and replenish ourselves, we will definitely hand it over with both hands. I hope senior does not make things difficult for us."

However, no one objected, because they had seen the battle between Shi Ling and Qian Ziming earlier. They knew that Shi Ling was very powerful, and even if all of them were to join forces, they would still not be Shi Ling's match. Therefore, they could only admit defeat.

However, after the current Shi Ling understood the situation, he stabbed the black wooden sword in his hand into the ground and looked around at these people. He said, "Which faction are you from?"

It was still the same young man from before. He said, "This one is Qiu Ran. We are all ordinary disciples of the Spirit Sword Sect and have not joined any faction."

As Qiu Ran spoke, one hand was covering his abdomen. As Shi Ling looked over, he noticed that more and more blood was flowing out from that place, and the other party's face was turning paler and paler as well. Shi Ling let out a sigh of relief as he turned around to look at the temple behind him and said, "There are already people in this temple, so you'll have to wait a while before you can enter."

Shi Ling's words were tantamount to telling these people that he wouldn't make things difficult for them. Delighted, she cupped her hands towards Shi Ling and said, "Thank you, Senior Martial Brother."

However, after he finished speaking, his aura had reached its peak, and immediately, he closed his eyes before falling to the ground. At this time, the group of disciples surrounding him all surrounded him, and they all revealed worried expressions as they all shouted: "Senior Brother Qiu Ran, Senior Brother Qiu Ran."

When Shi Ling saw this, a thoughtful expression appeared on his face. Then, he walked over, and immediately pulled open Qiu Ran's shirt, revealing the bloody wounds underneath. At this moment, some of the disciples around them wanted to stop him when they saw his actions, but Shi Ling's words were transmitted over, "Find some cloth for me."

When the disciples heard his words, they naturally guessed that he was trying to heal their senior brother and revealed grateful expressions on their faces. Soon after, they saw that some of their disciples had ripped off their clothes and passed them over to him as cloth belts.

After Shi Ling received the belt, he pressed his fingers against the acupuncture points on Qiu Ran's body to stop his bleeding. Then, he took out a white healing pill from his own storage ring and crushed the pill into powder. He then smeared the powder on Qiu Ran's wounds and bandaged his wounds.

After that, Shi Ling took out a small medicine bottle. Inside the bottle was a green medicinal liquid that was filled with a refreshing medicinal fragrance. Shi Ling placed the bottle next to Qiu Ran's mouth and poured the liquid into his mouth.

After doing all of this, Shi Ling helped him up and sat down cross-legged with him. Immediately, he placed his hands together with his own. Then, Shi Ling sent a surge of Fa Li into his body to catalyze the pills in his body.

In the eyes of the crowd, Qiu Ran's injuries were recovering at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye. In that instant, everyone's faces filled with joy. At the same time, their eyes were filled with gratitude when they looked at Shi Ling.

Not long after, Shi Ling activated all the medicinal powers in his body and made him lie down. Then, Shi Ling gave all these disciples a bottle of healing pills. Although it was only the lowest grade, it was still equivalent to a life-saving pill for these disciples.

At that moment, all of you knelt down in front of Shi Ling, some even kowtowing, but Shi Ling simply walked away, refusing to accept their worship. When he reached a large tree, he crossed his legs and sat down once again before speaking to them, "If any of you are slightly injured, then spread out and observe the surroundings to see if there are any movements in other directions. When the time comes, no one will come near us."

At this moment, the disciples looked at Shi Ling as if they were looking at their new parents. They did not reject Shi Ling's words at all. They all stood up and spread out to all directions of the temple, observing their surroundings while healing their wounds.

When Shi Ling saw this, a knowing smile appeared on his face. This was exactly the effect he wanted. Immediately, he closed his eyes and threw another White Spirit Pill into his mouth, starting to recover.

After that, basically no one approached Shi Ling anymore. With the help of the White Spirit Pill and Qing Shi, Shi Ling was able to recover most of his strength in this period of time. At this time, even if he met a few initial Body Tempering stage experts, he would still have the strength to fight them.

As for the severely injured disciples, under the healing pill given to them by Shi Ling, their injuries had also healed quite a bit. However, they did not have much combat strength, and in the end, they still needed to enter the temple to recuperate.

The materials inside seemed to be inexhaustible. No matter who entered the temple, they would be able to absorb a large amount of Star Origin Fruits, Spiritual Beads and White Spirit Pills. However, the same person would not be able to enter the same temple twice within a week.

At this moment, Shi Ling opened his eyes and looked at the temple. He felt a little strange. Why were Night Spirit and the other girls still inside, weren't they afraid that the temple would reject them?

As he thought of this, he saw Qiu Ran walk towards Shi Ling. Judging from his complexion, he had obviously recovered quite well. When Qiu Ran arrived in front of Shi Ling, he immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "Many thanks for saving me, senior brother. I am extremely grateful."

These people were really interesting, kneeling down when they had nothing to do. At once, he waved his hand towards Qiu Ran and said, "We are all fellow disciples, it is only right for us to help each other. Moreover, we are all ordinary disciples, and we don't have any factions, so we must work together, right?"

When Qiu Ran heard these words, he solemnly nodded his head. However, when he looked at Shi Ling, the gratitude in his eyes did not fade at all. Perhaps, in his eyes, it was just a simple act of saving his life.

Qiu Ran was someone who distinguished kindness and grudges. He was also someone who revered strength. Therefore, at this moment, his face was filled with reverence when facing Shi Ling.

However, at this moment, Shi Ling's gaze was directed towards the temple. Qiu Ran turned to look, only to see a group of women walking out from the temple with extraordinary auras, especially the two girls in the middle. Although their childish looks had yet to recede, their actions were filled with the aura of a person in power, giving others the urge to bow down and pay their respects.

At this moment, Shi Ling stood up. When Ye Ling saw Shi Ling, she immediately walked towards him. At the same time, she looked around and asked, "Where's the money?"

Shi Ling shrugged with a smile and said, "He saw that I was scared, so he ran away."

When Ye Ling heard this, she rolled her eyes at Shi Ling and poked his chest with her lily-white hand, saying, "You're the one who likes to boast."

Even though Ye Ling did not believe what Shi Ling said, and that Qian Ziming would scare her away, Ye Ling did believe that if it weren't for Shi Ling, Qian Ziming would not have left like this. Although Ye Ling did not believe what Shi Ling said and that Qian Ziming would be scared off, Ye Ling did not believe what she would be scared off, but she did believe that if it wasn't Shi Ling, Qian Ziming would not leave like this.

At this moment, Qiu Ran walked over and clasped her hands at Ye Ling. She bowed and said, "We pay our respects to Miss Ye Ling."

Afterwards, the scattered disciples also hurried over to pay their respects. After all, Ye Ling's status and position in the Spirit Sword Sect were very high, and if they still wanted to stay in the Spirit Sword Sect, they absolutely could not offend someone like her.

Ye Ling glanced at these disciples and asked with some curiosity: "Who are you?"

At this time, Shi Ling spoke up, "They can be considered as my new brothers."

After hearing this, Ye Ling waved his hand at the group and said, "Alright, you can enter the temple now. Oh, right, people with a jade ultimatum can only bring up to five people without a jade ultimatum. Furthermore, the number of people entering will increase, but the amount of materials inside won't increase, so those with a jade ultimatum need to think of who to bring in."

The group nodded and hurriedly walked inside.

At this moment, Shi Ling turned his gaze towards Ye Ling. Sensing the aura that Ye Ling was emitting, he smiled and asked, "You've broken through to the Large Success of the Body Tempering stage?"

Ye Ling pursed her lips and replied with a smile. However, her eyes suddenly changed and the long sword at her waist flew out. She caught it and pointed it at Shi Ling.

When Shi Ling saw this, he was stunned for a moment. What was this girl up to?

Ye Ling revealed a faint smile and said, "Previously, you dared to take advantage of me while bullying my strength. Now that my strength has broken through, let's see how I'll deal with you now!"

Hearing this, the corner of Shi Ling's eyes twitched. This girl still remembered this matter. He was speechless and immediately said, "But don't forget, who saved you before? Could it be that you want to repay kindness with hatred? "

Ye Ling refused to accept this and said, "One yard, one yard. I just want to give you a good beating right now. What can you do to me?"

As she said this, her long sword stabbed towards Shi Ling, causing Shi Ling to dodge and dodge. However, Ye Ling was unrelenting in her movements and waved her sword towards Shi Ling. As Shi Ling dodged, she said: "Ye Ling, Ye Hua, stop!" If you don't stop now, don't blame me for being impolite. Let me tell you, if it wasn't for the sake of Donghua Taiyi, watch how I'll spank your little butt! "

Ye Ling had only been playing around with Shi Ling in the beginning, and did not take it seriously. However, when she heard Shi Ling mention her brother, her eyes immediately blazed with anger. She shouted at Shi Ling, "You still dare to mention my brother? Let's see if this old lady won't chop you up today!"

Although it had yet to reach the first layer of Heavenly Sword Qi, its might was not to be underestimated. When Shi Ling saw this, he secretly groaned in his heart, why did he have to bring up the matter of Dong Hua's Tai Yi? Wasn't this looking for excitement?

Now that he saw that the little girl wanted to fight him with her life on the line, he didn't hesitate anymore and directly brandished the black wood sword in his hand. Then, he clashed with Ye Ling's sword.

Boom! Although Ye Ling's longsword was extremely thin and contrasting greatly with Shi Ling's massive Mysterious Wood Sword, the instant their swords clashed, Shi Ling's body was jolted back several steps.

Inwardly sighing at Night Spirit's dense Fa Li, coupled with the superimposed Sword Qi, he was unable to gain even the slightest bit of benefits from her sword.

At this moment, however, Ye Ling's figure disappeared from where he stood like a ghost. When Shi Ling saw this, the Mysterious Wood Sword fiercely slashed towards him.

Ding! Yet another light sound rang out. Ye Ling, who suddenly appeared beside Shi Ling, had her mouth curled into a smile after her exchange of blows. A powerful mana was released and once again sent Shi Ling flying.

After reaching the large success stage of Body Tempering Stage, Ye Ling's strength and speed had already far surpassed the small success stage of Body Tempering Stage. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that an expert at the large success stage was equivalent to ten early stage Body Tempering Stage cultivators combined. How could Shi Ling continue to fight?

Although Shi Ling's reaction was extremely good, he was still unable to endure her violent storm-like attacks. Immediately, he was knocked back several steps by her hand.

Another light clanging sound rang out, and the Mysterious Wood Sword in Shi Ling's hand was sent flying by Ye Ling's sword. The Mysterious Wood Sword crushed a rock in the distance, causing a cloud of smoke to rise.

At this moment, however, Ye Ling had pressed Shi Ling down to the ground. She placed her sword beside Shi Ling's face and asked, "Are you convinced?"

Shi Ling looked at his sword and the night spirit sitting on his back. What else could he do at this point? He could only reply obediently, "I'm convinced."

She then lowered her head and directly kissed Shi Ling on the cheek when she was caught unawares. Shi Ling's eyes immediately widened as he stared blankly at the beautiful girl sitting on his body. For a moment, he didn't know what to say, but when Ye Ling saw Shi Ling's stupefied expression, she smiled and said,

"Like I said before, you saved my life and avenged my brother, so I'll take care of you. Now that I've defeated you, it can be considered as taking revenge for my brother. As for this kiss, just treat it as compensation when you saved me."