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However, at this moment, Ouyang Yuqing merely sneered and immediately extended her slender finger. On her finger, there was a jade-like ring that emitted a faint aura of life.

He did not know what the woman in front of him was up to. Only Qian Hee, who was beside Shi Ling, opened his eyes wide when he saw the green ring, revealing an expression of disbelief. On the other side, Ji Wutian saw Qian Hee's expression and asked, "You recognize that ring?"

Qian Hee nodded and said, "The ninth ranked weapon of the Artifact Forging Hall, the Life Ring!"

In the next moment, everyone saw the green ring on Ouyang Yuqing's finger, which was in front of them, suddenly shine with a green light. Following that, they felt the ground beneath their feet start to tremble slightly.

Shi Ling, Ji Wutian, and the rest were on alert. Immediately after, the surrounding trees began to tremble, as if giants that had been asleep for tens of thousands of years were waking up at this moment.

At the same time, on the ground under Shi Ling and the others, countless trees burst out of the ground. They were like wooden snakes, shuttling back and forth between the ground.

When Shi Ling saw this, his Adam's apple trembled. To be honest, he didn't expect his opponent to have such a powerful backhand.

Taking out the Black Wood Sword from the Heart Ring, he observed the changes in his surroundings with clenched fists. As for Ouyang Yuqing, she immediately shouted out: "Shitian, I will give you one last chance, get that brat to hand the thing over. Otherwise, don't blame me for a massacre!"

As she spoke, many Stamping began to form in her hands.

When Shi Ling, Ji Wutian, and the rest heard Ouyang Yuqing's words, they couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Qiu Rann who was standing at the back. Shi Ling asked, "What did you take from her?"

Hearing Shi Ling's question, Qiu Rann did not know how to answer. He could not help but cover his own Storage Ring with one hand as he said: "This is mine, why should I give it to them?"

With that, Qiu Rann looked angrily at Ouyang Yuqing. After hearing what Qiu Rann said, Ouyang Yuqing sneered disdainfully and immediately said in a deep voice, "Since you want to die that much, I'll grant you that wish!"

As she spoke, the Stamping in Ouyang Yuqing's hands froze, and she channeled a dense mana into the Life Ring. Immediately, the Life Ring radiated with a brilliant green light, causing all the plants around them to grow crazily. What was even more terrifying was that the huge trees around them started to emit beast roars, and in front of everyone's eyes, they started to slowly transform into humanoid figures.

A sinister human face grew from the trunk, and at the same time, the roots beneath their feet drilled out, turning into their tentacles.

Seeing this, Shi Ling took a deep breath and raised his hand towards Ouyang Yuqing. He said, "Ouyang Yuqing, can we sit down and have a good talk?"

Upon hearing this, Ouyang Yuqing sneered, "Go talk to Yama!"

With that, the Stamping in her hands fluctuated. In the next moment, those tree demons that had taken human form suddenly charged towards Shi Ling.

Shi Ling sighed helplessly and said, "As expected, this world will never give the weak any right to speak."

When Ouyang Yuqing heard Shi Ling's sigh, she chuckled and said, "You've thought it through!"

However, Shi Ling laughed sinisterly at this moment. He held the Black Wood Sword horizontally in front of him, and in the next moment, a ball of fire wrapped around the Black Wood Sword. At the same time, waves of sharp Sword Qi wrapped around the Black Wood Sword.

Shi Ling sneered and said, "Unfortunately, compared to you, I am no longer weak!"

With that, the Black Wood Sword in Shi Ling's hand hacked towards the front while growling, "Falling Death!"

The Sword Qi around the Black Wood Sword shot out, carrying the Fiery Blaze, it transformed into balls of flame the size of a football, shooting onto the bodies of the Tree Demons.

Dong, dong, dong.

A series of explosions rang out. After being hit by the fireball, the Swordqi of the Tree Demons spread out and wrapped around them. At the same time, the terrifying high temperature from the Sun Ardent Flame started to frantically corrode the Tree Demons' bodies.

Soon, the raging fire ignited the tree monsters. The sharp sword energy was like a blade that continued to cut off the branches and leaves on the tree monsters' bodies.

When Ouyang Yuqing saw this, her eyes widened slightly as she muttered, "What!?"

Watching the flames quickly devour the Tree Demons, Ouyang Yuqing's eyes were filled with seriousness. The young man in front of her was far more complicated than what she had seen; at the very least, if any other expert at the peak of the Blood Coagulation was here, they would definitely be unable to withstand the attack from her soul ring.

At this moment, Shi Ling slowly walked out from the flames. Qiu Rann and Ji Wutian followed behind him.

However, at this time, Ouyang Yuqing's attention was attracted by an object in Shi Ling's hand. It was a purple stone the size of a thumb, and it was emitting a faint soul force.

Shi Ling threw the purple stone up, caught it, threw it up and caught it. He smiled and said, "Now, can we have a good talk?"

When Ouyang Yuqing heard this, she was alarmed and uncertain. She looked around at the burnt up Treant, and then at the formation of the people opposite of her. If they really were to fight to the death with her, then she would be in a very disadvantageous position in the competition later on. For the sake of the overall situation, she could only listen to what Shi Ling had to say.

Thinking of this, Ouyang Yuqing directly asked, "What do you want to talk about?"

When Shi Ling saw that Ouyang Yuqing was finally willing to listen to him, he smiled and gripped the purple rock tightly. He immediately held it with two fingers, stretched it out and said, "You wanted to exterminate my friend because of this?"

Ouyang Yuqing snorted lightly, "That Soul Accumulating Stone was discovered by us first, but it was taken away by that little thief first. So what if I kill him?"

Qiu Rann, who was standing behind him, stood out and said: "Nonsense, this rock is a relic my mother left me. It's just that I accidentally dropped it before and you guys just happened to pick it up later on!"

Hearing that, Ouyang Yuqing was so angry that she started laughing, and said: "If it's your way of putting it, then can I say that all the treasures on your body belong to my Ouyang Family, and were just lost earlier, and happened to be picked up by you?"

After saying that, he smiled contemptuously. Qiu Rann was so angry that he couldn't say anything. He could only squeeze out the word 'you' from his mouth.

However, when he looked at Shi Ling, he said, "Brother Shi Ling, what I said is all true!"

Shi Ling was not listening to him, but he was observing the Soul Accumulating Stone in his hand with interest. He thought to himself, "I never thought that this little thing was actually a Soul Accumulating Stone."

Saying that, Shi Ling looked down at the Soul Accumulating Pendant on his neck. Previously, he didn't notice it, but now that he observed it closely, he realized that the energy contained within these two stones were very similar.

Thus, Shi Ling looked towards Ouyang Yuqing and said, "You said that you discovered this thing first."

With that, he looked at Qiu Rann, who was behind him, and said, "Say, are these the things your mother left you?"

After saying that, Shi Ling laughed lightly, then stepped forward. With his hands behind his back, he said, "It's hard to say whose it belongs to."

Ouyang Yuqing and Qiu Rann were speechless. It seemed that they wanted to hear Shi Ling's solution.

Shi Ling continued: "How about this, we will have a small competition, whoever wins will get the thing. What do you think?"

Hearing that, Ouyang Yuqing could not help but repeat, "Compete? "What duel?"

From Ouyang Yuqing's words, he could tell that she didn't reject Shi Ling's idea. After all, in this world where the strong were revered, where the weak ate the weak, who was the boss?

If she was a weak girl, then even if the Soul Accumulating Stone was hers, the four people would still snatch it away without hesitation. How would they talk so much nonsense with her?

On the other side, Qiu Rann was a bit uncertain when he heard Shi Ling's request. After all, there was more than one level difference between him and Ouyang Yuqing. Shi Ling could crush him to death with one hand.

Then, Shi Ling turned to Ouyang Yuqing and said: "I won't hold back, and the item is here for you. You can pick out the item that you are most proficient in, and we can compete, and if I lose, you can take the Soul Accumulating Stone, but if you lose, then you can't come and find trouble with my friend, even if the monthly competition ends!"

When Qiu Rann heard Shi Ling's words, he was slightly stunned. He did not expect Shi Ling to actually fight with Ouyang Yuqing for him. This immediately made his heart warm and he felt a little touched.

Ouyang Yuqing, on the other hand, stood on the spot expressionlessly, as if she was thinking. Shi Ling didn't urge her, instead, he let her think it through by herself.

Not long after, Ouyang Yuqing nodded at Shi Ling and said, "Alright, I agree."

Hearing that, Shi Ling laughed as he threw the Soul Accumulating Stone back to Qiu Rann and said: "Awesome, I like to deal with straightforward people. Say it, what do you want to compete for."

Ouyang Yuqing kept her snow silver sword back into the Storage Ring and said: "Let's compete in pill refining!"

When he said that, Shi Ling couldn't help but let out a cry. He then said: "Pill refining?"

Ouyang Yuqing nodded and said, "Why?" "Don't you dare?"

Shi Ling shook his head with a smile and said, "No, I'm just thinking that if you lose, will you go back on your words?"

Ouyang Yuqing placed a hand on her waist and said, "If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't have lost!"

His voice was filled with confidence.

Seeing that, Shi Ling didn't say anything more. He just lowered his head and shook his head with a bitter smile.

Qiu Rann, who was beside him, came up to Shi Ling and said, "Senior Brother Shi Ling, are you really going to compete with her in alchemy?"

Shi Ling nodded and said, "Why don't you compete with her?"

"Ouyang Yuqing is the only genius who cultivates the same medicine as her in the last hundred years of Ouyang Family. Her strength is already enough to be called strong, but her alchemy skills can be considered top-notch in the entire Spirit Sword Sect. She has already reached the level of a low-ranked pharmacist at such a young age!"

When Shi Ling heard this, he was slightly stunned. He looked at the woman in front of him and did not realize that she was actually of such a high alchemy grade. It seemed that he would not underestimate her.

So he nodded to Qiu Rann and said, "Alright, I understand."

With that, he walked towards Ouyang Yuqing. Of course, Qiu Rann was still worried about him, but Ji Wutian walked over and patted on Wu Tie's shoulder saying, "Don't worry, it's alright. That guy's alchemy is very good!" "At the very least, he's much stronger than that little girl."

Ji Wutian's tone was filled with confidence in Shi Ling. Of course, it was not that kind of blind confidence, but a heartfelt affirmation. This was something that he had seen from the time when Shi Ling used the Luo Chang Flower to concoct pills.

When Qiu Rann heard Ji Wutian say that, what else could he say? He nodded his head and turned to look at Shi Ling.

At this moment, Shi Ling and Ouyang Yuqing had stopped five meters away from each other. Shi Ling then asked calmly, "How do we compete?"

Ouyang Yuqing said, "Refining the best and the best pills within six hours!"

As she spoke, her finger brushed against the Storage Ring. In the next moment, an icy-blue pill furnace appeared in her hand. On top of the furnace was carved a life-like phoenix.

Not far away, when Qian Hee saw this, he could not help but mutter to himself: "Charming Phoenix Pill Refining Furnace?! I never thought that this woman would have so many treasures on her! "

When he looked at Shi Ling, he noticed that Shi Ling had also rubbed his Heart Ring. The next moment, the Time Divine Furnace appeared in Shi Ling's hand and said: "Then let's begin?"

Ouyang Yuqing nodded her head and stretched out a finger. After that, she formed a sword with her hand and chanted an incantation. Then, she pointed her finger on the ground.

In the next moment, Shi Ling and the others saw Ouyang Yuqing summon out a medicine concocting platform. On the medicine platform, there were all sorts of rare medicinal plants. Furthermore, they were all very old.

After that, Ouyang Yuqing stood in front of the medicine concocting platform. She placed the elementary phoenix furnace on the stage and began to heat it up.

Seeing this, Shi Ling couldn't help but swallow his saliva. He laughed and said, "You are indeed the daughter of a noble family. This move is indeed rich."

After saying that, he sat down on the floor, intending to continue refining the pill.

However, what no one noticed was that not far away, on a tree, two people gradually appeared. Their eyes were all looking at Shi Ling.