C46 Nocturnal movement

Hong Ling put Lian Chengyue down and started collecting the Li Family people's spatial rings right in front of Li Tan.

He had gained a lot from killing four great cultivators, including Li Yuan. After carefully calculating it, just the wealth of these four people already exceeded 100,000 gold, and it caused him to be endlessly shocked.

Although he would not do that for no reason, if someone dared to provoke him without opening their eyes, he would not sit still and wait for death.

The corner of Li Tan's mouth twitched when he saw Hong Ling collecting his companion's spatial rings with a face full of greed. He really did not expect that this youth was actually like a trash collector, interested in getting rich like the dead.

However, when he thought about how his four deceased companions were all outstanding within the clan, and how their resources were no less than his, he couldn't help but feel envious.

Li Jun naturally wouldn't care too much about the lives of these brothers of the Li Family. After all, if they didn't die, they might become his competitors in the future. In the great clans, the battles between the disciples of the Li Family were not forbidden or even encouraged by the Li Family.

In this world where the strong preys on the weak, he was not the strongest, so it was hard for him to lead an aristocratic family to glory, and even to maintain their existence was difficult. To be fair, Li Tan did not have much hatred for Hong Ling, but in the face of life threatening situations, he could only choose to protect himself and make himself his enemy.

When Lian Chengyue recovered from his cultivation, his eyes were shining as he stared at Hong Ling, causing his hair to stand on end. The young man was unable to bear with her passionate gaze, and thinking back to how he had hugged her forcefully for such a long time, even if his skin was thick enough, he was still burning at this moment.

"Ah Yue, why are you staring at me?" Hong Ling turned his face away, not looking at Lian Chengyue's smiling face.

Lian Chengyue puffed out a laugh, a laughter like silver bells, causing the entire world to become bright and beautiful.

"Guess why I'm keeping an eye on you!" She brushed the hair at the side of her ears and smiled at the young man.

Hong Ling's face fell, he lowered his head, and took the time to clean up the spoils of war on his hands. Waiting until everything was kept in his spatial ring, he casually raised the fire again, and with two more bear paws, he slowly began to roast.

Although he envied Hong Ling for having the beautiful women accompany him, Li Tan was still busy cleaning up the corpses of his buried comrades. He would not cause any trouble for Hong Ling and the others, because within the Shiwan Mountain, if he did not bury the corpses properly, it would not take more than two to three days before all the beasts and Demonic Beast s finished eating them.

It wasn't that Li Tan hadn't thought of fleeing, but once he thought about the strange state Hong Ling was in just now, he didn't dare to act rashly.

That youth's strength had already far surpassed his surface cultivation, and even exceeded the great perfection of Essence Refinement into Qi. Even though Li Tan was arrogant, he was not arrogant enough to go against a devilish youth by himself.

With his own strength, it would be impossible for him to open the Secret Realm. But with Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue, as long as the three of them together, he had absolute confidence that he could smoothly enter the Secret Realm.

Li Tan had never been someone who could be at peace with himself, but rather, be filled with ambition and a thirst for power. This secret realm once again ignited his originally calm heart, and in the face of such a huge temptation, the life and death of his clansmen was simply nothing to him.

Right now, the key to the secret realm was on Hong Ling's body, and he had just taken the initiative to hand over the map. Even if he managed to escape, the two of them would be able to find the secret realm successfully.

At this moment, he wanted to fight to the death. If he really obtained a heaven-defying treasure within that secret realm, then his position within the clan would be incomparably stable from now on.

As for the fellow clan member who died while training with him, hmph, who doesn't know that training is accompanied by danger. As long as he found a random excuse to hide it, then who would be able to find trouble with him. Moreover, he didn't kill him.

Hong Ling busied himself with roasting the bear's paw, while Lian Chengyue mindlessly added fuel to the fire, the two of them teased each other from time to time, without showing any signs of training.

After Li Tan finished burying his clan companion's body, he washed his hands by the stream and sat down cross-legged to cultivate. Right now, he had completely given up, because when Lian Chengyue showed Hong Ling her newly comprehended sword intent, the young man's body had also erupted with a powerful sword intent.

The two cultivators that had comprehended the sword intent were not weaker than Li Tan himself. This meant that even if Li Tan wanted to escape, they could kill him in an instant.

Li Tan was endlessly praising the talents of the two youths. He was already twenty years old, but his cultivation was still at the perfection-stage of the Essence Refinement into Qi.

Lian Chengyue and Hong Ling looked like they were only sixteen or seventeen, yet they had actually comprehended sword intent. Their entire strength was no weaker than their own, and comparing them to each other, it was truly infuriating.

Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue continued to eat the bear paw. After being processed by the young man's secret seasonings, the taste of the bear paw was already comparable to one of the famous dishes in the Eternity Restaurant. However, the two of them were tired of eating barbecue, hence they did not have much interest in it.

After the two of them finished eating, each of them rested for a while, before they returned to their peak condition. Hong Ling waved at Li Tan, signalling him to follow them towards the secret realm.

"You don't want to rest first?"

Li Tan looked at the two of them who were carrying anxious expressions on their faces, and their eyes were filled with disbelief. The sky, was about to darken, and these two people actually wanted to advance within the Shiwan Mountain?

"No need. Ah Yue has just comprehended the sword intent, I want her to try and kill a few Demonic Beast s in the darkness and get used to the power of the sword intent. Only when we enter the secret realm can we display our full strength."

Hong Ling didn't care about Li Tan's stupefied expression. She pulled Lian Chengyue and immediately leaped onto the treetops, quickly moving forward.

Li Tan exhaled a long breath, looked at Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue who were slowly walking further and further away, with a tap of his feet, he quickly followed.

Without the help of Hong Ling and Hong Ling, he would definitely not be safe even if he camped by the stream. Furthermore, he wanted to see the strength of these two people, and how strong they actually were.

For normal people, walking in the dark forest was almost impossible. However, it was not too difficult for cultivators.

Compared to ordinary people, their five senses were many times stronger. In terms of perception, vision, hearing, and taste, they had already surpassed the limits of ordinary people. Even in the dark night, they could still rely on their strong perception to move freely.

From afar, waves of beast roars could be heard. In the darkness of the Shiwan Mountain, a Demonic Beast that could make such a noise at night was definitely one of the best.

"Ah Yue, stop. A perfect First Order Shadow Leopard is lurking on the top of the biggest tree within a hundred meters ahead!"

Hong Ling called out to stop Lian Chengyue from moving forward, and when Li Tan caught up, he was already fighting against the Shadow Leopard.

After training in the Shiwan Mountain for more than half a year, Lian Chengyue was no longer that timid and fearful little girl.

The fiery red sword qi released a blazing light in the dark night. Lian Chengyue's figure was like a butterfly as the long sword in his hand continued to slash at the Shadow Leopard, causing numerous wounds.

The Shadow Leopard roared, and its body moved like a black bolt of lightning, quickly circling and flashing around Lian Chengyue. Its sharp claws brought about streams of pitch-black airflow, slicing the surrounding leaves into pieces.

However, it was fast, and Lian Chengyue's body was even faster. Every time she attacked, she would effortlessly avoid the attacks of the Shadow Leopard, and the longsword in her hand would naturally leave many bone-deep wounds.

Li Tan stood on top of a tree and looked at Hong Ling who was standing with his hands behind his back, then looked at Lian Chengyue who was continuously fighting with the Shadow Leopard under the tree, and became speechless.

Although Hong Ling was standing with his hands behind his back, Li Tan keenly felt that from within the forest came the buzzing of metal. It was the buzzing of a longsword that he was very familiar with.

A fishy stench of blood slowly spread out from all directions. Li Tan sent his own Authentic Qi into the air and finally discovered that something was amiss.

Weak auras appeared in his senses, then seemed to be cut off and quickly disappeared. He focused his gaze on the surrounding trees and discovered a small snake covered in golden veined patterns.

This guy was actually able to control a long sword and kill every little snake in the darkness!

Even though Li Tan was a child of a large family, and had vast experience, his expression instantly changed. The aura of these little snakes, although didn't seem to reach the level of a First Order warrior, their numbers were incalculable.

The reason why Hong Ling was able to kill all of these little snakes as if they were real, then how many of these snakes did he kill? What was most terrifying was that with his stance of standing with his hands behind his back, killing these little snakes did not seem like a burden to him at all.

"Brother Li Tan, you noticed it too, right? The Golden Threaded Snakes are swarming towards us endlessly from the forest!" Hong Ling turned his head, and saw the change in Li Tan's expression, and could not help but ask.

Hong Ling knew that with Li Tan's pride, he was definitely not willing to be threatened by the two of them just like that. Therefore, he had to properly intimidate him, and kill all of this person's hopes in the cradle.

At this moment, the look in Li Tan's eyes had become dim and lifeless. He finally knew that in front of the absolute strength of these two people, his little schemes were practically impossible to display.

"Hong Ling, this guy, I have already injured it, come down and kill it!" Lian Chengyue kept his sword and didn't even look at the Shadow Leopard that was lying motionlessly on the ground.

Hong Ling nodded, he jumped down from the tree and gently landed in front of Lian Chengyue, wiping the sweat off her face. The young man waved his hand, and a long sword whistled through the night sky towards him, slashing right past the Shadow Leopard's neck, bringing blood along with it.

Hong Ling's pupils contracted. A Longan sized Orb was sucked out of the Shadow Leopard's body by his soul power, and landed in his hands. The youth kept the Orb into his spatial ring, turned his head, and smiled at Li Tan who was sitting on the tree.

"Brother Li Tan, let's go. Such a beautiful night, we can't waste any time here!"