Song Lao explained to Lin Qingyao in a simple and concise manner: "After you went down to meditate, Xiao Xiang and I stayed here to guard the place, afraid that something would disturb your cultivation. These few Daoist friends were originally just passing by, but later they might have suspected that there was some kind of treasure being born because they saw us guarding this place."

  Lin Qingyao heard this and couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time.

  The female cultivator on the other side smiled and spoke up, "Sister, tell your sister, what did you get from down there? I won't make it difficult for you." The tone of her voice was enticing.

  Lin Qingyao sneered inwardly. Wasn't it difficult? She hadn't gained anything from the underground, and if she had really gained something, speaking out would only make things harder for herself.

  Those few male cultivators on that side had yet to speak up; it was very obvious that they all looked up to this female cultivator who was slightly higher in cultivation.

  The nun's figure is tall and slender, not particularly good-looking but not ugly either. Her almond eyes and phoenix eyebrows make her look bright and radiant, and compared to Lin Qingyao who is now covered in dust and dirt, she looks even more stunning.

  Lin Qingyao said: "I don't know what you're talking about, I've been in seclusion here for some time now, and have never seen any magical treasures."

  The nun's gaze turned sharp, her tone sinking: "How can there be no treasure? When you came out, you were accompanied by a thick fire-attribute spiritual energy! This must be an extraordinary treasure. If you hand it over, I won't make things difficult for you!"

  The gaze of the female cultivator towards Lin Qingyao had already carried a murderous intent, and without a doubt, if Lin Qingyao did not give her an answer at this moment, she would undoubtedly take action without hesitation!

  Lin Qingyao fell silent, earlier when she came out, the ground shook and there was also a burst of fire attribute spiritual energy, but Lin Qingyao wouldn't be stupid enough to think that it was some kind of treasure.

  Lin Qingyao analyzed it and finally attributed all these strange movements to the unknown monster underground.

  Lin Qingyao knew that at this time, if she said there were monsters below, these people would not believe her. Not only would they not believe her, but they might even think she was making it up.

  Lin Qingyao suddenly pretended to be radiant with a sharp gaze, looking at the crack in the ground: "You say that, and it really makes some sense! Is there really something precious born from this crack?"

  Lin Qingyao said these words and then looked at the ground with a remorseful face, as if she was heartbroken for missing an opportunity.

  Lin Qingyao's expression caused the female cultivator opposite her to hesitate for a moment, as if she hadn't obtained any spiritual artifact after all.

  Lin Qingyao quietly took out a spiritual elixir, although she didn't know that the strange creature underground would suddenly move, but in her heart, she had already made a bold guess, that it was very likely because she poured in the dregs of the elixir that caused the thing to move!

  Although there is dan poison in the dregs, it also contains some spiritual energy. The thing in the magma may be coming for the spiritual power inside.

  Lin Qingyao pretended to move forward to investigate, took a few steps, and skillfully dropped the Ling Dan into the gap in the ground.

  If my guess is correct, then this spiritual elixir may very likely stir up the thing at the bottom again, and still form a situation similar to the birth of a treasure. At that time, I can say with complete certainty that I have no idea what's inside.

  I suppose by then those monks would believe that what's inside is still there... and not that she took it away.

  She and Song Lao joined forces, although they were slightly weaker than their opponents, but they would never be easy to bully. If this female cultivator wasn't an idiot, she wouldn't have fought them to the death.

  At that time, they should think of ways to hurry them away and go after the treasure themselves... By then, they can easily get rid of them.

  As for these few people, what they will face next, Lin Qingyao won't kindly remind them that there are monsters below.

  As Lin Qingyao threw the Lingdan down, the black-clothed female cultivator immediately pounced on her, as if afraid that Lin Qingyao would suddenly rush down to retrieve the treasure. Then, with a cold face, she said: "Fellow Daoist, it's better for you to stand back."

  Lin Qingyao gazed at the crack in the ground with a look of "disappointment", and finally reluctantly moved her feet away.

  At this moment, a violent fire-attribute spiritual energy burst out from the ground again. Along with this energy, the ground shook slightly, and it really looked like a treasure was being born.

  Lin Qingyao said with a sigh: "I thought there was an earthquake at the time, I was afraid of being buried inside, so I escaped... who knew... ah..."

  The woman swept her gaze over Lin Qingyao, and the fire attribute spiritual energy coming from below confirmed that the thing had not been taken away. She snorted in laughter as she looked at Lin Qingyao!

  It's really embarrassing, something that can produce such a spiritual wave, how could it be an ordinary thing? This timid and fearful female cultivator, actually only cares about escaping with her life! It's really laughable, thinking about it, the female cultivator added a few points of disdain towards Lin Qingyao.

  Lin Qingyao was delighted as well.

  Lin Qingyao gave Old Song a look, and Old Song understood, slowly opening his mouth to say: "The rules of the Xiuzhen realm are that those who see it have a share, and if we're talking about who came first, then we were here first. You wouldn't want to swallow all this by yourself, would you, fellow Daoist?"

  As soon as the word came out, the female cultivator who was about to rush into the ground crack looked at Song Lao with a sinister gaze and said in a cold voice: "Fellow Daoist wants to come and share a cup of soup?"

  "I don't dare, I don't dare... what's inside here, I'm not interested either, but can't return empty-handed..." Song Lao's meaning was quite clear.

  The woman hesitated for a moment, and finally seemed to have made some decision. She threw over some things, which were some scattered spirit stones. Altogether, they added up to more than 300 pieces of low-grade spirit stones.

  Lin Qingyao saw these spirit stones and understood that the person in front of her should be a loose cultivator.

  She's even poorer than him!

  It's even more reassuring that Sanxiu Lin Qingyao is down there. If something unexpected really happens to them, no one will come seeking revenge!

  Lin Qingyao smiled wryly as she looked at Song Lao, then said: "In that case, let's go... it's better than having nothing." Lin Qingyao once again perfectly displayed her own cowardice.

  Song Lao let out a helpless sigh, shook his sleeves, put away the things, and cupped his hands saying: "The sky is high and the road is long, we will meet again someday!"

  Song Lao's intention was very clear, he was telling that female cultivator that if they met again in the future, he would absolutely not mention the matter of taking the treasure.

  Lin Qingyao pulled Xiang and followed behind Song Lao, leaving decisively.

  After making sure no one was following her, Lin Qingyao, who had broken out in a cold sweat, finally stopped running.

  Song Hezi's face was calm and collected: "Lin Yaotou, there is no treasure down there at all, right?"

  Lin Qingyao smiled helplessly: "Not only is there no treasure, but there's also an extremely formidable guy inside. If it weren't for the water attribute beast pill you gave me, I'm afraid I wouldn't have made it back."

  As she spoke, Lin Qingyao took out the beast pellet and looked at Song Lao with a embarrassed expression: "The spiritual energy in this beast pellet has already been consumed by me for more than half..."

  Song Lao looked at the beast core with some pain, this was a second-grade demon beast's inner core after all. A second-grade demon beast was equivalent to a human cultivator in the foundation-building stage, showing just how precious it was.

  But after a moment's thought, Song Lao suddenly understood that the coffin was just an inanimate object, and as long as Lin Yatou could return safely, everything would be fine.

  Song Hezi suddenly burst out laughing: "So that's what you mean? Those few monks going down, won't they be able to get any good fruit to eat?"

  Lin Qingyao nodded, afraid that it wasn't just a matter of not having good fruit to eat, but very likely falling there. Thinking of this possibility, Lin Qingyao felt somewhat disheartened. Although these cultivators were asking for trouble, after all, they had some connection with her.

  However, although she was somewhat traumatized, she didn't sympathize with those four monks at all!

  Because of today, the two parties met face-to-face. Although it seemed like just a few words were exchanged, hidden beneath was a danger that wasn't just about one person dying or living!

  If Lin Qingyao hadn't reacted quickly just now and gambled on the thing below, she would have been led out by the drug residue, and it's likely that the other party has already made a move against her!

  Lin Qingyao looked at Song Hezi and asked with concern: "I heard that they have been here for a long time, haven't they done anything to you and Xiao Xiang?"

  Song Hezi stroked his beard and said, "I just told them that I'm here to protect the law, someone is inside in seclusion, they can't figure out what kind of cultivation you have, naturally they don't dare to be rash towards us, even more so they don't dare go down..."

  Xiao Xiang muttered and added: "As soon as Lin sister came out, they saw that Lin sister's cultivation was not high, so they surrounded her to bully her!"

  Lin Qingyao's face turned cold, and she had an even worse impression of those people from earlier.

  It seems they would have made their move if they had known earlier that their cultivation was only at the sixth layer of Qi Refining!

  The Cultivation Realm is like this, the weak are preyed upon by the strong, it's a hundred times, ten times more cruel than the mortal world. If you're not strong enough, then you'll be bullied and humiliated at any time and place.

  Now if Lin Qingyao were told that those cultivators who went down were rolled away by the monsters in the magma, Lin Qingyao would not sympathize with them at all!

  Who would sympathize with someone who wanted their life just a moment ago? This person is too holy!

  Lin Qingyao asked herself, she absolutely wouldn't be a kind-hearted Bodhisattva! The feeling of guilt that flashed across her face was only because she had just come into contact with the life-and-death struggles of the Cultivation Realm.

  Lin Qingyao gently shook her head, no longer thinking about those monks. Even if they really couldn't come back, what did it have to do with her? This was their own choice! After all, she wasn't the one who pushed them down!

  Lin Qingyao didn't want to think about this annoying thing anymore, but looking at Song Lao and Xiao Xiang made her smile.

  This smile is very bright and happy, but that one face of rouge makes Lin Qingyao a black face. At this moment, she still doesn't realize it.