Bai Ying's eyes held a chilling coldness, like two sharp ice blades capable of piercing one's soul instantly. Those staring at her fell silent. The first person to speak turned deathly pale, his lips trembling slightly, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Bai Ying looked at him with malice.

Back in Huayang Sect, she had endured countless instances of such malice. No matter what she did, she was wrong and would be criticized by these people.

The same applies now: "It's wrong for me to act, and it's wrong for me not to act. Since everything I do is wrong, does that mean I can do anything?"

She squeezed the man's neck even tighter, and a "crack" sound came from his neck. "Although the rules don't allow killing, I can cripple you."

The intense pain terrified the man so much that he urinated, a yellowish, foul-smelling liquid dripping from his crotch. "I'm sorry, I was wrong! Please forgive me!"

Bai Ying looked at him with disgust, then suddenly flung him away. The terrifying impact shattered his bones instantly. He lay on the ground like a lump of mud.

But despite the terrible pain, the man didn't even dare to scream, fearing that Bai Ying would come and kill him again.

Everyone present was completely silent, not daring to utter a single word.

Gu Qingzhou's face turned even paler and more ashen. He was the one who mocked Bai Ying's cultivation the most among those people. At that time, he didn't understand why Bai Ying had rejected Yang Yu.

Now that Bai Ying is already in the late stage of the Golden Core realm, how could she possibly be interested in Yang Yu?

It turns out I misjudged her. With Bai Ying's cultivation speed, it's really hard to imagine what heights she will reach in the future.

It's definitely beyond his reach!

Bai Ying coldly stared at the group of people in front of her, without saying another word to them, and walked straight toward the entrance of the Spirit Herb Garden.

People at the scene made way for her. Only Yuan Shijie followed her arrogantly.

Bai Ying set up a formation on the ground for Yuan Shijie and said, "Wait for me here. As long as you stay in this formation, no one can get in and hurt you."

After saying this, she walked into the herb garden.

Just before entering the herb garden, Yuan Shijie secretly transmitted his voice to her:

"Senior Bai, you have such a good temper. They talked about you like that, and you didn't even do anything to them. If I were you, I would have killed all those people who were talking about you!"

A flash of ferocity crossed Bai Ying's eyes. How could she not want to kill them?

However, she didn't need to intervene. The spirit ape clan is notoriously vengeful; if even one spirit ape dies, the others will surely unleash a furious revenge. Those people just now all carried traces of that spirit ape's scent. The other spirit apes will follow the scent and come to her aid, teaching them a lesson.

She won't kill them, but she won't save them either.

Without me this time, let's see what they do.

Bai Ying walked forward step by step. When she entered the entrance of the Spirit Herb Garden, she was stunned by the scene before her.

This place truly lives up to its name, the Spirit Herb Garden, as it is filled with all sorts of spirit herbs, of every kind and variety.

There are hundred-year-old winter jasmine, thousand-year-old lingzhi mushrooms, and even some that Bai Ying has never seen before. Each of these spiritual herbs is priceless and hard to come by.

The sight of these spiritual herbs eased Bai Ying's unhappiness. She quickly squatted down, took out her storage bag, and picked some of each kind. Only when she saw that her storage bag was full did she show a slight smile.

Upon seeing some familiar herbs, Bai Ying even conjured a ball of spiritual fire with her bare hands and refined them into pills. She then tossed them into her mouth like candy beans.

But at that moment, she suddenly felt a gentle breeze brush against her body, as if something was probing her.

Bai Ying's body tensed up instinctively. She immediately activated her divine sense, trying to find out who was probing her.

Suddenly she heard an old man's voice laughing loudly.

"Not bad, not bad. At such a young age, he's already a high-level alchemist and can even refine pills with his bare hands using spiritual fire. I've finally found the successor!"

"Who is it?" Bai Ying looked around, trying to find the owner of the voice, but the next second she suddenly heard the old man's voice again: "Now that you've found him, the trial is over. All of you may leave."

A white light suddenly appeared before Bai Ying's eyes, and she was teleported to a certain place.

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Meanwhile, the area outside the Trial Valley was clearly in an uproar.

The members of all the major sects were stunned by the voice. For a moment, they couldn't believe what they were hearing. The Shadow Valley Trial had been held for countless years, with large numbers of disciples entering each time. However, each time they only obtained some spiritual herbs and had never unlocked the inheritance treasure.

However, the trial has ended ahead of schedule, and even the tokens they held to open the Shadow Valley trial are trembling violently. Doesn't this mean that someone has actually opened the inheritance treasure?

The elders and sect leaders of these sects were all extremely excited. "Who is it? Which disciple is it?!"

The good news spread like wildfire. At first, it was only among the major sects, but many elders from those sects who hadn't come before suddenly arrived. Later, many people from other small sects in the vicinity who hadn't participated in the trial also came, including some rogue cultivators who came to watch.

They had all heard of this inherited treasure, but no matter how talented the disciples were, none of them had ever been able to open it.

I thought this treasure was just a legend, but now it's been opened!

They were extremely curious about who had opened it.

Before the disciples emerged, the elders kept questioning the token used for the Shadow Valley trial. The other side of the token represented the guardian of the treasure. They said they only knew that the Brahma Immortal Venerable's divine sense had taken a liking to a female cultivator. He would personally impart a secret technique to her in front of everyone later.

When the Huayang Sect Master heard that it was a female cultivator, his breathing became heavy. He excitedly said to Qin Hua Zhenren beside him, "Did you hear that? The guardian said that the one chosen by the Brahma Immortal Venerable is a female cultivator! That must be Ruan Xinrou! After all, Ruan Xinrou is the one with the highest cultivation level who entered the Shadow Valley Trial. Moreover, I personally taught her alchemy in order to obtain this treasure inheritance. Her talent for alchemy is extremely high. She has the potential to become a top-grade alchemist. The Brahma Immortal Venerable is an alchemist, and I suspect that the inheritance is related to alchemy. He must have chosen Ruan Xinrou!"

The sect leader of Huayang was incredibly excited just thinking about it, and he couldn't stop smiling. All his previous efforts had been worthwhile!