At night.

Ruan Yu, dressed in purple, hurried into the pavilion and saw Zhang Xianzong standing with his hands behind his back, staring at the mountain fog in the distance in a daze.

She took a step forward, a hint of complaint in her voice.

"Today, Liu Ruyan and three of her disciples all died in her cave."

Zhang Xianzong frowned slightly, glanced at her sideways, and spoke in an indifferent tone.

"Oh? Have you found out who did it?"

A gleam of light flashed in Ruan Yu's eyes, and he whispered:

"Nine out of ten times, it was that Li Lingge who did it!"

"Li Lingge was the last person Liu Ruyan interacted with before her death. Furthermore, according to sect disciples, Liu Ruyan had intended to drain Li Lingge's yang energy, but he escaped unharmed."

She paused, hinting at something.

"If it's not him, who else would have such great ability?"

At this time, Zhang Xianzong's thoughts had already drifted to who knows where.

The death of one or three disciples was nothing. As long as his secret would never come to light, it didn't matter even if three more disciples died.

At this moment, he didn't care about the life or death of the Hehuan Tantric disciples at all. He just wanted to arrange for Li Lingge to enter the Yin-Yang Pool as soon as possible and then send this plague god away.

However, Ruan Yu had no idea what he was thinking and continued.

"We can use this as an excuse to forcibly detain Li Lingge! Even if we just make him a nominal disciple, the Hehuan Tantric Sect will be able to establish a relationship with him!"

Her fingertips gently slid across the stone table, and she smiled softly:

"With his talent and background, if he can be used by our sect, in the future..."

However, before she could finish her words, Zhang Xianzong's eyes suddenly turned cold.

“No!”

As if noticing his own gaffe, he immediately explained.

"Who do you think Li Lingge is? A junior who can be manipulated at will?"

Ruan Yu's heart trembled, but she was still unwilling to give in.

"After all, he killed one of our people. If we let him go like this, how will the reputation of the Hehuan Tantric Sect be preserved?"

"Face?" Zhang Xianzong sneered, "Do you know what he holds in his hand?"

Ruan Yu was startled: "What?"

Zhang Xianzong did not answer, but looked into the distance with a gloomy look, as if he was weighing something.

After a while, he slowly said:

"With his strength, it's impossible for him to kill Liu Ruyan. I will get to the bottom of this matter."

Ruan Yu bit her lip, still not giving up.

"Are we just going to let it go like this?"

Zhang Xianzong sighed.

"If you want to die, you can just go and provoke him."

…

Three o'clock.

Li Lingge's figure floated to the ancestral land in the back mountain like a wisp of smoke. The moonlight was diluted by the thick fog and turned into a bleak grayish-white, making the dark green moss on the stone steps glow with phosphorescence.

At this time, a huge barrier blocked Li Lingge's way forward.

Click!

An inconspicuous boundary marker suddenly sank three inches, revealing a gap in the barrier that was only wide enough for one person to pass sideways.

Zhang Xianzong's face flickered in the shadows.

"You'd better remember, this is the last time I will help you."

He clasped Li Lingge's shoulders with his five fingers, his nails digging deep into the fabric.

Before he could finish his words, he heard a cough from the night watch disciple in the distance.

Zhang Xianzong suddenly made a hand gesture, and the two figures immediately turned into two wisps of red smoke and disappeared into the ancestral land.

Soon, the two came to a mountain, and Li Lingge followed Zhang Xianzong into a tunnel.

The tunnel was damp and cold, and the stone walls were covered with glowing blood vines.

The vines lightened and darkened with the rhythm of breathing, as if they were watching for intruders.

"Follow my footsteps." Zhang Xianzong's voice echoed eerily in the tunnel. "One wrong step, and I won't be able to save you."

In the dim light of the vines, you can see that the ground is paved with special yin-yang fish-patterned bricks.

Zhang Xianzong stepped precisely on the fish-eye position with every step, and wherever Li Lingge stepped, black water immediately seeped out from the cracks in the bricks, and was quickly forced back by some force.

After turning nine bends, the view suddenly opens up.

A circular pool with a diameter of ten meters lies quietly in the center of the cave, and the water in the pool is clearly divided into black and white.

The white water boils like lava, while the black water is covered with ice crystals, and colorful mist rises at the junction.

Li Lingge couldn't help but sigh.

"It really is a Feng Shui treasure land."

Zhang Xianzong ignored Li Lingge's sigh and just said coldly.

"I'll pick you up in an hour."

However, just as he turned around and was about to leave, Li Lingge suddenly spoke.

"Two hours, mine is longer."

The corner of Zhang Xianzong's mouth twitched slightly, and he turned and walked out of the cave.

The next moment, Li Lingge's fingers rubbed across the Taixu Ring, and then Shangguan Yourong appeared in the cave.

"Husband."

Shangguan Yourong naturally took Li Lingge's hand, and looked around curiously.

"What is this place?"

Li Lingge directly stuffed the Yin Dan in the Yin Yang Harmony Dan into Shangguan Yourong's mouth, and then explained.

"This is the Yin-Yang Pool of the Hehuan Tantric Sect. Refining the Yin-Yang Harmony Pill in this pool is the most effective, and it can improve both your and my cultivation."

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yourong pursed her lips, then leaned close to Li Lingge's ear and apologized.

"I can't help you with anything now, am I holding you back?"

Li Lingge's growth rate was really too fast. Thinking back to when they first met, her formation was helpful to him.

But now Li Lingge's attainments in formations have probably surpassed hers, and his cultivation is also far better than hers.

It's been less than a year, and the gap between the two has become so huge.

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