Xu Qing felt that he was really destined to worry. He couldn't even care about his own life and death, yet he still had the energy to worry about the sect.

Shi Lan pointed her finger at Xu Qing, and a beam of spiritual light shot out, piercing through his dantian almost the instant he reacted.

A faint hissing sound came from his body. Xu Qing gently closed his eyes; from this moment on, he would have no chance to cultivate immortality.

Having confirmed that he posed no further threat, Shi Lan dispelled the formation and approached Xu Qing.

"Tell me, why do you insist on killing me?"

Xu Qing felt extremely heavy, so heavy that he didn't even have the strength to get up. So he simply lay flat on the ground, looked up at Shi Lan who was staring down at him, and said, "I don't know. The upper realm has issued a decree, and even the sect leader doesn't dare to disobey it, let alone me."

Shi Lan asked, "Besides wanting to kill me, what else did you say?"

Xu Qing shook his head, "He only said that we should kill you here, preferably destroying your soul and body. If we succeed, he will reward us."

Shi Lan nodded.

It seems this really is a game between beings from the upper realms. But why would these people go to such great lengths to kill a nobody like me who doesn't even have a physical body?

Besides, how can they be so sure that they will definitely come in here?

Shi Lan's mind raced, and the scene of Master Yu Meng summoning her in the magnificent main hall came vividly to mind.

Shi Lan suddenly understood and couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile.

I see.

Dragging Xu Qing, who was now practically a cripple, aside, Shi Lan carefully collected the array flags and the blood-soaked storage bags, then dealt with the severed limbs before turning around and asking, "What are you going to do?"

Xu Qing glanced at her, seemingly surprised that Shi Lan would care about him. "Then I'll trouble you to take me to the entrance where I came in earlier."

Shi Lan nodded, activated a teleportation talisman, grabbed him, and they vanished from the dense forest in a flash. (To be continued.)