The demon lords immediately followed Hu Qianjiao to the exit.

To be honest, Wen Ruyan had been trying to get rid of Lin Jingting the whole way. Although that silly boy had lost his memory, who knows when he might regain it and remember what he saw on the back mountain of Chimiao Peak that day.

When he tells Hua Tianling about this, Hua Tianling, who has been trying to divorce her, will be even less likely to maintain their relationship as Daoist partners.

She had no desire to leave the "Hua family." Her father, Wen Zi'ang, had told her long ago that becoming a daughter-in-law of the Hua family would bring her good fortune; otherwise, why would he have abandoned her at the Hua family's doorstep to protect her and send her to the mortal realm?

The Hua family is not so simple; she must manage her relationship with them well.

Therefore, she wanted to nip anything that might affect her relationship with Hua Tianling in the bud.

Both Li Yun and she were instructed by the Lin couple to keep a close eye on Lin Jingting after entering the "gap" and not let him act alone—this kid is too reckless, and he might very well get himself killed if no one is watching him.

Along the way, Wen Ruyan tried several times to secretly eliminate Lin Jingting, who was traveling with them, but she failed each time. She didn't know where this kid got such strong luck from; every time she tried to cast a spell in secret, it was blocked by the "luck" that naturally emanated from him.

To be honest, under normal circumstances, cultivators cannot sense "luck"; only immortals can discover this mysterious and profound thing. However, Wen Ruyan was able to see this thing because her father had opened her immortal third eye. There was a faint red aura surrounding Lin Jingting, which was "luck," indicating that this child's future was limitless.

Therefore, Wen Ruyan became even more eager to get rid of Lin Jingting.

If it weren't for the Lin family couple keeping a close watch on her over the past century, she would have actually disposed of Lin Jingting long ago. If it weren't for the fact that she needed to find an opportunity to ascend after entering the "Gap" and couldn't travel with Lin Jingting, the Lin family couple probably wouldn't have felt comfortable entrusting their son to someone else.

This is a rare opportunity. Once the "gap" is gone, it will be very difficult for the Mahayana Supreme to find another secret realm that can provide an opportunity for ascension. This also means that it will be very difficult for Wen Ruyan to find another opportunity to make a move against Lin Jingting.

Wen Ruyan never expected that Lin Jingting's "luck" was so strong that it could block the deadly attack that was secretly aimed at him.

Actually, she was overthinking it. Only a novice cultivator like her, who only knew the name of "luck" but not its details, would have such a naive idea.

The one who truly shielded Lin Jingting from Lin's numerous assassination attempts was Chu Nian. She remained hidden within Lin Jingting's robes in the Soul Ruins. With her current peak Mahayana cultivation level, coupled with her ability to shield herself with her spiritual power, even if Wen Ruyan opened her Heavenly Eye, she wouldn't be able to see the protective shield of magical energy that Chu Nian had condensed.

If it weren't for her secret protection, Lin Zhao and Li Jueyin, knowing that Wen Ruyan wanted to kill Lin Jingting, would never have truly trusted him to follow Wen Ruyan. They would definitely have secretly protected him.

Wen Ruyan failed to kill Lin Jingting several times. She realized that even with a bunch of Mahayana-level talismans, she would have difficulty activating their true power, which prevented her from killing Lin Jingting. Therefore, she secretly contacted several of the Wen family's subordinates in the lower realm.

Although these subordinates came from the Immortal Realm, their strength was only at the Mahayana stage, much stronger than that Xiao Huan. If they attacked together, or even if only one of them made a move, Lin Jingting could easily capture them.

Although it was truly shameless for several Mahayana Supremes to come and besiege a few Nascent Soul cultivators, the situation was urgent and they absolutely could not let go of this opportunity to kill Lin Jingting and silence him.

However, only one Mahayana Dao Venerable appeared at the beginning, named Li Huaibei. Unexpectedly, such a dignified Dao Venerable was defeated by Lin Jingting, a cultivator who had only recently entered the Nascent Soul stage.

Although Lin Jingting does have quite a few Mahayana-level talismans and magical artifacts given to him by Li Jueyin and Lin Zhao, how could you, a Mahayana Supreme, be defeated by this guy? Is your cultivation level fake?

To be honest, this time it wasn't Chu Nian who secretly made the move. It was Lin Jingting who used his spiritual power and the mental power he had cultivated over the years, combined with a few top-tier talismans, to knock that Dao Venerable unconscious.

Only then did the other three supreme beings appear.

To avoid arousing suspicion, the three of them surrounded all four people present, including Lin Jingting, Wen Ruyan, Li Yun, and that sycophant Ouyang Hao.

To be honest, Lin Jingting had insulted Ouyang Hao countless times, both openly and secretly, and had bluntly chased him away countless times. But Ouyang Hao's skin was as thick as a magic weapon in the cultivation world; no matter how she poked at it, she couldn't break it, and he still shamelessly followed her around.

Now look what's happened; we're surrounded by three Mahayana seniors along with them.

Ouyang Hao blamed Lin Jingting for defeating Li Huaibei, cursing, "Lin Jingting, look what you've done! You didn't know how to show respect to the Daoist Master and kept rushing forward, trying to show off how capable you were! Now look what's happened, you've ruined all of us!"

Lin Jingting said irritably, "If you're afraid of dying, then hurry up and run away! Nobody's stopping you!"

"You..." Ouyang Hao was furious and speechless, so he turned to look at Wen Ruyan. He couldn't possibly escape on his own; if he were to escape, he would have to take Wen Ruyan with him. He couldn't let the woman he had always loved perish here.

However, Wen Ruyan couldn't openly break ties with the Lin family. Lin Zhao was Hua Tianling's master, and Lin Jingting was Lin Zhao's son. If she could do it openly, would she need to go through all this trouble?

She had to portray herself as a kind, righteous, and generous virtuous woman in front of the Lin family, and she couldn't let the Lin family gossip about her to Hua Tianling or even the Hua family.

Wen Ruyan righteously questioned the three Dao Venerables who had surrounded them: "With your cultivation levels, aren't you three afraid of being laughed at by the other Dao Venerables when you surround a few Nascent Soul cultivators like us?"

These three are Li Huaibei's older brothers, named Li Huaidong, Li Huainan, and Li Huaixi respectively.

At this moment, the eldest brother, Li Huaidong, pointed at Lin Jingting and said in a deep voice, "This kid injured my brother first. Leave him here, and you three juniors can leave in peace."

However, Li Yun couldn't abandon Lin Jingting, given Li Jueyin's instructions; Wen Ruyan, on the surface, also couldn't abandon Lin Jingting. Therefore, Ouyang Hao, being Wen Ruyan's devoted admirer, naturally couldn't leave alone either.

Ouyang Hao said, "Seniors, the senior who fell to the ground only suffered minor injuries. We can compensate you..."

Li Huaibei interrupted him with a cold laugh: "Oh ho, we are dignified Dao Venerables, what don't we have? You actually want compensation from you juniors? Can you afford to pay? We just want this kid's life."

Lin Jingting stared at the three of them, blinked a few times, and suddenly pointed at Wen Ruyan with a smile: "Everyone, do you know what kind of background my Senior Sister Wen has?"

The three Daoist masters' eyelids immediately twitched.