One rescue after another

The dense forest is very large, so cultivators with less skill usually don't come here easily.

Nodding, Ruan Qingyu lowered her eyes. Elder Jin must have been desperate to throw her into the dense forest. If she hadn't released herself from her restraints beforehand, she probably would have had to go even deeper.

Whether I can withstand the pressure and get out of this dense forest is still unknown.

The spirit boat was traveling at a fast pace, and with the guidance of two people, they had been flying for a whole day but had not yet seen the cultivators' stronghold.

Seeing that Ruan Qingyu remained silent, Zhao Zhao quickly explained, "The dense forest is very large. The location we were in just now was very close to the center. It will probably take another day to catch up."

Upon hearing this, Ruan Qingyu extended her divine sense and looked outside the spirit boat. She quickly paused, stood up, and walked outside.

Immediately, Lin Yu asked nervously, "Senior Sister Ruan, is there a magical beast?"

"There's a demonic beast down there, and it looks like there's a cultivator too." As soon as Ruan Qingyu finished speaking, she disappeared from the spirit boat.

Hearing her say that, Lin Yu hurriedly tried to follow, but was blocked by the protective array of the spirit boat.

Looking at the shimmering array ripples on the spirit boat, Zhao Zhao sighed, "It seems that Senior Ruan is afraid that you and I will cause trouble. Junior Sister, let's wait for Senior Sister Ruan."

The spirit boat seemed to have stopped flying after Ruan Qingyu left, hovering quietly in mid-air.

The two soon heard the roars of magical beasts, which grew more frequent. Their expressions became increasingly complicated. Having spent four years in the Lesser Saint Realm, they were not only intimately familiar with the characteristics of magical beasts, but they could also tell that there were at least three of them.

He couldn't help but frown, feeling a bit worried about Senior Sister Ruan who had gone out to rescue people.

"Senior Sister Ruan's fire control skills are superb. She killed that high-level magical beast not long after saving you," Zhao Zhao said, comforting Lin Yu who was still standing there, while also comforting himself.

Both of them were at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, but Senior Sister Ruan's cultivation level was so high that even they couldn't fathom it, clearly far surpassing their own.

Soon, the temperature inside the spirit boat suddenly rose significantly. This caused both of them to breathe heavily, which puzzled them.

Zhao Zhao was genuinely curious and couldn't resist trying to release his divine sense. He expected it to be blocked by the array on the spirit boat, but his divine sense successfully probed outside.

Beneath the spirit boat, a sea of ​​fire suddenly appeared out of nowhere. The dense forest, mostly mountainous terrain and rocky ground, shouldn't have been a place of fire.

The origin of the sea of ​​fire was obvious, but the demonic beasts that Zhao Zhao was worried about were nowhere to be seen.

A quarter of an hour later, the sea of ​​fire gradually disappeared, and familiar ashes appeared on the ground.

The spirit boat trembled slightly the next moment.

A scorching heat spread over, followed by Senior Sister Ruan's somewhat indifferent voice: "Come and help him up."

Ruan Qingyu was seen holding a cultivator on each side, both of them injured. The man was the most seriously injured, having lost his right hand.

Blood was dripping continuously, and the severed arm was a bloody mess, showing that the male cultivator must have suffered considerable pain when he lost his right hand.

Lin Yu carefully took the female cultivator's pulse and, after confirming that there was nothing seriously wrong, gently laid her flat on the ground.

The male cultivator was severely injured; his lips were pale, his brows were furrowed, and his body twitched occasionally, his breathing becoming increasingly labored.

Seeing that he was exhaling more than inhaling, Ruan Qingyu pointed to his severed arm, stopping the bleeding. Then she sent out a burst of spiritual light and applied it to the wound.

Without even checking the effects of the healing pills, he shoved them all into the other person's mouth.

"You two know each other?" Ruan Qingyu suddenly asked, without even looking up.

Lin Yu was a little surprised to be asked such a question, and then shook his head: "I don't know him."

Watching the other person's arm slowly grow back after it had disappeared, Ruan Qingyu withdrew her hand from the other person's chest. Slightly curious, she asked, "If you don't know him, why were you staring at him for so long?"

Caught off guard by Ruan Qingyu's abrupt question, Lin Yu blushed immediately. She wasn't looking at the male cultivator, but at Ruan Qingyu.

"No...no..." Lin Yu could only offer a weak explanation, too embarrassed to admit that he was looking at her.

Seeing that Ruan Qingyu stood up, and then glanced at the female cultivator, and seeing that both of them were unharmed, he returned to the ship's side.

Lin Yu silently breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help patting her cheeks, which were still a little hot.

After that, the spirit boat would stop every so often. Each time this happened, Zhao Zhao and Lin Yu knew that Senior Sister Ruan had discovered another magical beast.

Yes, using the word "discover" is strange, it's like Senior Sister Ruan always deliberately seeks out magical beasts to kill, and then incidentally saves some cultivators.

Gradually, three more cultivators joined the spirit boat, excluding the two who were still unconscious. Many cultivators from the Lesser Saint Realm had entered, and most of them were from other sects.

Therefore, he didn't recognize any of the people he rescued in the dense forest.

"This senior is truly powerful," a cultivator murmured, her robes already mostly torn, with no spare robes left.

Lin Yu had heard many compliments about Ruan Qingyu, but he couldn't help but agree: "Yes, Senior Sister Ruan killed at least a hundred magical beasts along the way, but she doesn't look tired at all."

A cultivator who had been sitting cross-legged on the ground healing his wounds suddenly spoke up: "This is Senior Sister Ruan, she must be a disciple who has just arrived in the Lesser Saint Realm."

Upon hearing this, the spirit boat immediately fell silent.

Lin Yu's eyes widened in surprise. "How is that possible? Senior Sister Ruan's method of killing magical beasts is so skilled, she can even hunt several magical beasts at once."

How could such a formidable and ruthless person be a newcomer? That would be too exaggerated.

The cultivator healing his wounds forced a smile, a sense of inferiority creeping into his heart. He had been in the Lesser Saint Realm for over two years, his cultivation advancing by leaps and bounds to the late Nascent Soul stage. Who knew that this Senior Sister Ruan was not only on par with him in cultivation, but also far surpassed him in strength?

With a wry smile, the male cultivator explained why he said that: "Half an hour ago, Senior Sister Ruan returned, and I saw the token on her waist. The material of that token is different from that of earlier cultivators like us. Nowadays, those who can obtain such tokens are mostly newcomers."

The spirit boat fell silent again, and many people immediately closed their eyes in shame. Among human cultivators, they should be happy to have such a powerful fellow disciple.

When Ruan Qingyu returned to the spirit boat, she found it had suddenly fallen silent, where people had been talking. Everyone was secretly observing her with what they thought was a discreet glance.

Immediately, she raised an eyebrow, looked around, and said nothing.

Lin Yu stepped forward, glanced at the crowd behind him, and asked in a low voice, "Senior Sister Ruan, are you a beginner in the Lesser Saint Realm?"

Ruan Qingyu, who was originally calm and composed and was about to continue checking where the monsters were: ...

Was it obvious that you were making it clear?

In her mind, Wutong also chuckled: "With such a beautiful appearance and such good skills, how come none of these cultivators recognize you? They can only regard you as a newly recruited disciple."

Blinking, Ruan Qingyu nodded calmly: "Yes, I haven't been here long." She had only been here for ten days, so it shouldn't be considered long.

Instantly, gasps rose and fell within the spirit boat. Ruan Qingyu looked around and saw that everyone wore expressions similar to those of someone suffering from toothache.

It seems that the fact that I'm a newcomer must have been a big blow to them?

Lin Yu touched his cheeks, which were burning again, this time from embarrassment. He was ashamed of his lack of cultivation and strength.

Seeing that she remained calm, Lin Yu felt a pang of sadness: "Senior Sister Ruan, we are about an hour away from Holy City."

Within the Lesser Sacred Realm, the city where cultivators reside is composed of multiple smaller cities, collectively known as Sacred Realm City. Simple and straightforward, yet clear and unambiguous.

As for the smaller cities, most of them were independent buildings constructed by various sects and forces. However, compared to the infighting among different factions in the cultivation world, the various factions within Holy City were much more harmonious.

The purpose is to help each other, because no one knows when they might go out to kill monsters and encounter too many high-level monsters, and there will be no one to help them.

Upon hearing this, Ruan Qingyu immediately perked up. The others also mostly looked relaxed, with smiles on their faces. Although they were safe on the spirit boat, after being away for many days, returning to a safe place to rest for a while was the best course of action.

The spirit boat sailed steadily. Initially, Ruan Qingyu added spirit stones herself. Later, the cultivators whose injuries had largely healed rushed to add the spirit stones they had brought.

Feeling forced to 'live under someone else's roof,' they always felt they had to do something; they couldn't just take advantage of others without shame and pretend to be dead.

Especially after learning that Ruan Qingyu was a new disciple, cultivators who thought they had entered the Holy Realm earlier shared the little secrets they had discovered about the Holy Realm.

Lin Yu and Zhao Zhao, who were among the first to board the spirit boat, were pushed to the very back. The two, who had hoped to befriend Ruan Qingyu, could only sigh helplessly from across the crowd.

"I haven't asked which sect Senior Sister Ruan comes from yet. With such profound cultivation and such unique techniques, she must be a disciple of a top sect." A nearby cultivator asked obsequiously, hoping to find out more information so that he could help her in other matters in the future.

She knew these people in Holy City would definitely find out her identity information once she returned. She didn't bother to hide it and simply said, "Xuantian Sect."

After hearing her words, many people praised her.

"As expected of a top disciple of the Xuantian Sect, only a great sect could produce such a genius."

"Having been in the Holy Realm for so long, I've seen many cultivators who wield fire, but compared to a fire-attribute cultivator like Senior Sister Ruan, they're nothing but small fry."

"Speaking of which, when Senior Sister Ruan saved us just now, that strange fire actually burned all the magical beasts. Although the core fire or natal fire of us fire-attribute cultivators is somewhat peculiar, a strange fire that can burn everything away so quickly is obviously not an ordinary fire."

No one was stupid; they all saw Ruan Qingyu's divine fire. However, they only guessed that it must be a specially contracted exotic fire, and no one considered that it might be the top-tier phoenix divine fire.

After a long silence, Lin Yu and Zhao Zhao exchanged a glance upon hearing the name of the Xuantian Sect and squeezed into the crowd.

"Senior Sister Ruan! We're from the same sect!" Lin Yu's eyes widened, her face filled with surprise. Zhao Zhao, who had come with her, was also overjoyed and proud. Their 'junior sister' from their sect was so capable; it made them both feel proud.