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At this moment, the corners of Shi Ling's mouth slightly curled upwards and his eyes began to close tightly. At the same time, the speed at which he was refining the Wishing Spirit Bead also began to increase, causing his traction towards the Spiritual Aura underground to speed up.

Meanwhile, in the outside world, the girls and Qiu Ran saw that the plants around them were withering at a speed visible to the naked eye. Everyone present looked at each other in dismay, not knowing what was happening.

Not long after, the people at the scene suddenly felt a powerful aura being released from the cave. They all turned their heads to look towards the cave and heard Qiu Ran say, "Someone seems to have broken through."

Right at this moment, a rustling sound was suddenly heard from a nearby bush. Qiu Ran and everyone present simultaneously turned their heads to look at the source of the sound and loudly shouted, "Who is it?!"

"..."

Shi Ling, who was inside the cave, suddenly opened his eyes wide as he felt the power explode. It made him want to yell into the sky. At the same time, he could feel his physical strength rapidly rising as well.

"The strength of six raging bulls, seven raging bulls, and eight raging bulls …"

Very quickly, Shi Ling's physical strength increased until it reached the strength of ten raging bulls before he finally stopped. At this moment, Shi Ling withdrew his mana and the flames surrounding the two of them returned to Shi Ling's spatial ring.

At this moment, as Shi Ling sensed the power spreading out from his Dharma Source, he could not help but slightly raise the corner of his mouth and muttered: "Initial Tempered Body Realm!"

As he spoke, Shi Ling turned to look at Ye Ling. Seeing her body slowly falling without the support of Shi Ling's magic power, Shi Ling accepted Ye Ling and then let her lie in his embrace.

When he felt the condition of her body, his injuries had almost healed, and even her injured dantian had recovered. Not only was his cultivation not destroyed, but he had also reached the peak of the Body Tempering stage. He could break through to the peak of the Body Tempering stage at any time.

Ye Ling woke up in Shi Ling's arms not long after. When she saw herself in Shi Ling's arms, her face flushed red. She pushed Shi Ling away and ran outside.

When Shi Ling saw this, his mouth gaped open, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say. At that moment, he could only smile, then stood up and left together.

The red light barrier that Bai Xiaosheng had set up had long since disappeared after Shi Ling broke through. Therefore, when Ye Ling and Shi Ling walked out, they were not obstructed at all.

However, when Ye Ling and Shi Ling walked out, a loud shout was heard, "Bastard, let me go, do you know who I am?" When I get out of here, see how I'll deal with you guys. "

Upon hearing these words, Shi Ling's brows twitched. He had already recognized the owner of the voice. As he looked over, he saw Gongsun Jie being pressed down to the ground by Qiu Ran and a few of his female classmates.

When the girls saw that Ye Ling had already walked out of the room, they immediately ran over happily and said, "Senior Sister, you're fine!"

After that, a group of girls gathered together again. At this moment, a girl looked at Ye Ling's charming face and curiously asked, "Senior sister, why is your face so red? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

When Ye Ling heard these words, she coquettishly replied, "Where is it? Can you not speak nonsense?"

The girl's big eyes blinked at Ye Ling's shy little face and asked curiously, "No, your face is obviously very red."

However, at this moment, Ye Ling glared at her, frightening the girl so much that she didn't dare to speak anymore. Seeing this scene, Shi Ling, who wasn't too far away from her, shook his head with a bitter smile. He then walked over to Qiu Ran, and Gongsun Jie, who was pressed down on the ground, immediately became overjoyed upon seeing Shi Ling.

Shi Ling waved his hands towards Qiu Ran, who finally released him. Gongsun Jie stood up and patted his body before saying, "Really, is there something you can't say? Only when you have to make a move will you be happy. "

Shi Ling frowned and asked, "Why would senior brother Gongsun come to our place?"

At this point, Gongsun Jie let out a sigh and said, "Alright, let's not talk about it anymore. Look over there."

As he spoke, he pointed to a place not far away from where Shi Lingyun was standing. As he turned to look, he saw more than ten people standing there timidly, not daring to approach him.

When Shi Ling saw this, he asked, "Did you bring them here?"

Gongsun Jie took off his clothes and dusted off the dust on top of his clothes as he said, "I saw it on the road. I didn't want to care about them, but I couldn't live with my conscience, so I decided to save them, but I didn't have enough medicinal plants on me, so I searched around. When I saw that all the plants here had mysteriously withered, I thought it was a bit strange.

When Shi Ling heard this, he couldn't help but let out a faint laugh and said, "Actually, I gave them a death order. No matter who it is, as long as they get close, they will be killed. You brought so many people with you, so it's normal that they will attack you."

When Gongsun Jie heard this, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch. He immediately asked, "Why do you give such an order?"

Shi Ling shook his head and said, "It's a long story." As he spoke to here, he paused for a moment before turning his gaze to the wounded soldiers. Then, he turned to Gongsun Jie and said, "But then again, Senior Martial Brother Gongsun, which faction are these people that you brought with you?"

Gongsun Jie snorted and said, "What faction? They are all ordinary disciples."

Upon hearing these words, Shi Ling nodded his head. After which, he turned to Qiu Ran and the rest, "Everyone, bring out a recovery pill for Senior Gongsun."

When the group of people heard this, they couldn't help but open their mouths wide in dissatisfaction. Although they had all replenished themselves in the temple before, they couldn't just give them to anyone, could they? Then who can eat well?

Shi Ling seemed to have seen through their worries. He turned to Gongsun Jie and said, "This is senior brother Gongsun Jie, the son of the Alchemy Hall Master. He is an outstanding alchemist."

Everyone looked at each other in dismay. If it was an alchemist, then they wouldn't be at a disadvantage if they gave him a healing pill, because if they asked an alchemist to owe them a favor now, they might be able to obtain higher level pills in the future. After weighing the pros and cons, someone quickly took out a healing pill from their storage ring and gave it to Gongsun Jie.

After Gongsun Jie saw so many healing pills, he immediately went wild with joy. At this moment, he saw Shi Ling waving to the heavily injured people in the distance, gesturing for them to come over.

At first, there was shock and bewilderment on their faces, but they soon returned to where they were. Shi Ling then said to them, "These healing pills were obtained by my brothers risking their lives. Now, they are willing to offer a portion of it to you."

With a sudden change in his tone, Shi Ling said, "However, we cannot give you the item for free. After you use our healing pills to recover from your injuries, you will have to join our team."

The people on Qiu Ran's side did not have any objections. After all, they were all ordinary disciples, and they did not have any grudges against Shi Ling. If Shi Ling really wanted to devour them into his own camp, he could also increase the strength of his side.

At this moment, the seriously injured disciples were clearly feeling somewhat complicated in their hearts. They glanced at Shi Ling and the others and discovered that they all had quite a strong aura, especially the few girls in the distance, who also had the aura of an expert at the advanced Body Tempering stage. If they could join such a team, they would definitely receive a great amount of protection.

Immediately, someone nodded in agreement. At this time, Shi Ling looked towards Gongsun Jie and said, "Senior Brother Gongsun, I think you're here as well? Of course, I know the rules of alchemists, and I never go against people. But, in this secret realm, if you don't go and cause trouble for others, then others will come and cause trouble for you as well, right? Moreover, you have a Jade Ode of Promotions with you, so it's fine if you meet someone who knows you, but what happens if they don't? But if you come to us, firstly, if you need any herbs, we have a lot of people here to help you find them, secondly, between people, we can also take care of you, and at that time, if you meet with any trouble and you are the only one who can stand alone and helpless, wouldn't that be a tragedy? "

When Gongsun Jie heard this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch. He hadn't thought that he would accidentally step onto Shi Ling's bandit ship. Now, not only did he not manage to save those heavily injured disciples, he had even thrown himself in.

Shaking his head with a bitter smile, he turned to Shi Ling and said, "Brat, you have a good mouth. Fine, I don't want to wander around alone anyways, I originally wanted to join any group, but since I'm here and we know each other, I'll just stay with you."

Upon hearing this, Shi Ling was overjoyed. He cupped his hands towards Gongsun Jie and said, "Thank you for your praise, Senior Gongsun."

Gongsun Jie waved his hand, indicating that he didn't mind. However, his tone quickly changed as he asked, "Oh right, when do you plan on paying me back the medical fees that you owed me previously?"

Shi Ling couldn't help but open his eyes as he thought to himself, "Old miser, you're still thinking about money even at a time like this?"

However, he still said, "I'll return it to you after we return to the Spirit Sword Sect."

Only then did Gongsun Jie nod his head.

The seriously injured individuals quickly recovered with the help of the healing pills provided by Shi Ling and the rest. Currently, Shi Ling's team had also expanded further, reaching a total of thirty-two people, of which seven or eight were at the Body Tempering stage. There was also Ye Ling, who had reached the large success stage of the Body Tempering stage.

It wasn't an exaggeration to say that with Shi Ling's current team strength, he could still fight against the hundreds of people Zhang Yuquan had brought along.

In the following time, Shi Ling led everyone and began digging around for treasures. The various geniuses and earthly treasures in the mysterious world were not for playing around with you. There were an extremely large number of them.

For the next three days, everyone was filled with profit and joy. Even a rich fan like Gongsun Jie couldn't help but grin in excitement. He thought to himself that joining this team of Shi Ling's was a wise choice.

However, this kind of bountiful harvest was broken three days later. On the evening of the fourth day, a light fell from the sky and landed on a mountain peak. Immediately, the mountain peak became like a mountain of gold.

When Shi Ling saw this scene, he told everyone: "The gate to the central area is about to open!"

After saying that, he brought everyone else and rushed in that direction.