"A scorching power? I feel like you’re lying,"
Upon hearing Lin Chen’s words, Wang Yilin always felt that Lin Chen was making up lies to deceive her, and with her simple mind, she immediately spoke out her inner doubts.
"Wang Yilin, if you spout nonsense again, I’ll tear your mouth apart,"
Although Xu Lianyu sometimes acted impulsively without considering the consequences, her thoughts were much more meticulous than Wang Yilin’s. At this moment, she naturally discerned that Lin Chen was deliberately lying.
However, in the path of cultivation, everyone has their own secrets and chances, and it is a taboo to dig too deeply. Moreover, with many people and loose talk here, even though they were fellow sect members, no one could guarantee that some among them weren’t spies from the Black Cloud Sect. Furthermore, even if they weren’t spies, they might covet Lin Chen’s opportunity and develop murderous and thieving thoughts.
Upon hearing Xu Lianyu’s scolding, Wang Yilin initially wanted to argue with her a few sentences, but seeing Xu Lianyu’s serious expression, Wang Yilin realized that she had crossed a boundary. Her detailed questioning might endanger Lin Chen, which was absolutely not her intention.
Lin Chen not dying after falling into the marsh, and even making consecutive breakthroughs to the third-level cultivation, swallowing the Yin Sha Qi within the marsh, clearly seemed ominous, and Lin Chen must have had a great opportunity on him.
Having understood this, Wang Yilin hastily changed the subject and stopped asking further, which allowed Lin Chen to secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
The injuries Wang Yilin and Xu Lianyu sustained from backlash had already been healed by Lin Chen, but their fundamental essence couldn’t be completely restored; they were only healed of the current injuries.
As for the other disciples of the Jade Cauldron Sect, who were the elites that entered the Dragon Marsh Secret Realm this time, Lin Chen took out some elixirs and distributed them to heal their injuries.
At this moment, Lin Chen wasn’t blinded by wealth; these elixirs, while expensive to others, were life-saving things and meant little to him, especially now that he had many herbs. Once back at the sect, he could refine elixirs with the help of the Pill Spirit Array.
However, if the current injuries of everyone present were not healed, no one knew whether the people from the Black Cloud Sect would return. By then, everyone could be in danger.
After receiving the elixirs from Lin Chen, everyone was immensely grateful. At that moment, Lin Chen truly received their respect.
Because Lin Chen could have kept these elixirs for his own use, after all, the elixirs he gave them were second grade and quite valuable. Although they were very curious about why Lin Chen had so many elixirs on him,
even Xu Lianyu, who knew Lin Chen the best, couldn’t see through her junior brother at this moment.
Just take the matter of Lin Chen being able to set up formations, for instance. After Lin Chen had joined Jade Bird Peak for half a year, she surprisingly didn’t know that Lin Chen was also a Formation Master.
Lin Chen previously treating Spirit Gathering Pills like beans, and now producing so many healing pills, made her wonder if these elixirs were refined by Lin Chen himself, and considered whether her junior brother was also an Alchemist.
She wondered what other surprises Lin Chen might bring her in the future.
After the other disciples of the Jade Cauldron Sect took the elixirs given by Lin Chen, they quickly recovered from their injuries and Spiritual Power. Although they didn’t fully return to their peak states, they had mostly recovered.
"We shouldn’t stay here for long; everyone, follow me and leave,"
Being the granddaughter of Xu Ma’an, Xu Lianyu felt a sense of responsibility for the overall situation. Seeing that everyone had largely recovered, she immediately led everyone away from there.
No one knew how many people from the Black Cloud Sect had entered the Mire Dragon Marsh Secret Realm this time. If the Black Cloud Sect Disciples who left earlier found reinforcements and returned, they could surround them, and the consequences were unimaginable.
She and Wang Yilin had thought Lin Chen was dead and had removed the seal in their emotional agitation. They both knew that if it weren’t for Lin Chen, they might still be suffering from the backlash.
If it weren’t for Lin Chen, they might not have decided to unseal the seal again.
Moreover, the members of Black Cloud Sect had already witnessed their method of unsealing, and would surely come prepared if they dared to launch another attack.
The demon cultivators of the Black Cloud Sect always had numerous tricks up their sleeves, Xu Lianyu suspected that Li Chu and the others had means to deal with them but simply chose not to use them.
"Junior Brother Lin Chen, it’s up to you to decide and command where we go next,"
After what had happened before, Xu Lianyu realized that Lin Chen always managed to make the most advantageous decisions calmly and composedly, admitting to herself that she was not a good leader, she left the decision-making to Lin Chen.
The astuteness of Lin Chen’s mind sometimes made Xu Lianyu admire him secretly.
"Alright, let’s all head back to the periphery and gather some spiritual medicine and the like, waiting for the passage to the exit of the secret realm to open. It would be even better if we could encounter other sect members along the way and lead them out with us,"
Lin Chen looked at everyone and expressed his inner thoughts.
Upon hearing this, Xu Lianyu and Wang Yilin did not show any change in expression, following Lin Chen’s decision.
However, Gong Xinghui and Bi Futian’s expressions changed as soon as they heard Lin Chen suggest a retreat.
"No, Junior Brother Lin Chen, are you not aware of our purpose for entering this secret realm?"
Both of them looked at Lin Chen and asked, seemingly in strong disagreement with his decision.
"Purpose? Of course, I know. I’ve already obtained the Dragon Whisker Polygonum!"
Lin Chen had not anticipated that his words would elicit such a strong reaction from the two, and he did not hide the fact that he had the Dragon Whisker Polygonum on him, since Leng Dong among the crowd knew about it, too.
"Dragon Whisker Polygonum? If you have acquired the Dragon Whisker Polygonum, Uncle Master Yang’s poison can naturally be cured. With your concerns behind you, you should be leading us to stop the Black Cloud Sect’s conspiracy and prevent them from gathering the Yin Sha Qi,"
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On hearing this, Lin Chen’s eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the two and shook his head.
"Having the Dragon Whisker Polygonum means that I will already receive a lot of sect contribution points when I return to the sect. Why should I take further risks?"
As Lin Chen spoke, he glanced at the disciples of Jade Cauldron Sect and noticed that a small number of them agreed with his decision, but some looked worried and even anxious, like Gong Xinghui and Bi Futian.
"Junior Brother Lin Chen, you can’t say it like that. As disciples of Jade Cauldron Sect, we should serve our sect loyally, ready to risk our own safety to prevent the Black Cloud Sect’s sinister plans,"
Gong Xinghui and Bi Futian said again.
Upon hearing this, Lin Chen secretly let out a cold laugh, feeling that these two seemed brainwashed.
Moreover, Lin Chen remembered that the Sect Leader had never mentioned that the Dragon Whisker Polygonum was for curing the severe poison in Yang Yuemin’s body when the secret realm was opened. Only a few high-ranking individuals within the sect and those from Jade Bird Peak were supposed to know this fact.