However, when they came out this time, those b*st*rds actually didn’t protect his precious daughter well so that Xie Linna got hurt. What was more, they dared to join the b*st*rd who injured Xie Linna's spirit root. How could he not get furious?

The serious damage of the spirit root was not just a simple injury. It would affect her future cultivation. Curing it was the most difficult thing. Now he could only ask an alchemy guru to see if there was any method.

It would be hard to dissolve the hatred in his heart if he didn't tear Lin Nan and the others into pieces.

"Dad, what's the matter?" Xie Linna asked after lying down. She could still feel the pain from the wound. How could she sleep without seeing those people end up miserably?

Mr. Xie's face darkened and he continued to ask, "Are you sure that kid only reaches yellow-level?" If Mr. Wu was truly defeated by them, then he could only find the explanation from that unknown boy.

"Yeah! What's wrong? Did the mission fail?" Xie Linna's expression changed dramatically. She gritted her teeth fiercely. That b*st*rd was the one who injured her.

"Do you know Mr. Wu? He's the mercenary who took this mission. I just went to ask. He's already dead." According to his daughter's description, that boy was at most 16 years old. Generally, the cultivation level at this age would not be too high.

"What? How could it be?" Xie Linna widened her eyes in disbelief and then thought of the blow she took. It turned out that she was not affected by the wound caused by the giant-tooth beast.

"Dad, my injury was caused by that boy." Xie Linna said reluctantly.

"Didn't you say you were injured by a giant-tooth beast?" Mr. Xie asked. When his daughter came back yesterday, he examined her on the spot. There were two serious injuries. The first one was on the chest, which was not light, but it would recover after she rested for a few weeks. The other one was at her pubic region. This blow was really serious and already hurt her spirit root.

"I was hit on the chest by a giant-tooth beast at first, and then I was hit in the pubic region by that kid. I thought it was because of the giant-tooth beast." Thinking of this, Xie Linna was extremely hateful.

Mr. Xie's face darkened. A master at blue-level like him could naturally cause Xie Linna's wound like that in one blow, but it was definitely not something that a boy at yellow-level could do. He said coldly, "That kid can't be at yellow-level. Maybe he is also a master at blue level." He didn't consider purple-level because it was not easy to reach purple-level. Countless people were stuck on blue-level and failed to reach purple-level even when they were dead. Otherwise, the world wouldn't have been what it was now.

Nowadays, there were very few people who broke through and reached purple-level. From the history of the Fengyun Continent, less than 100 people had broken through purple-level and went to that place.

"But I saw that he was just at yellow-level..." She could see clearly that he had yellow-level cultivation. Lin Nan and the others actually wanted to follow such a person. They were digging their graves.

"Maybe he was carrying some magic weapons. Don't worry about this. I will solve it. Just stay here and try to get better."

Xie Linna wanted to say something more but found that her father's face looked gloomy, so she could only shut her mouth. Anyway, her father had already said that it would be resolved. Since she was a child, things would definitely be solved once her father said so.

Mr. Xie, who walked out of the door, was not so calm. If he simply wanted to avenge his daughter before, then now he had a reason why he had to kill those teenagers. That young man had such remarkable cultivation at such a young age. He would definitely become stronger when the time came. If Mr. Xie didn't take the opportunity to kill him now, he was afraid he might be killed by that young man.

Murong Xue and the others still hurried on with their journey in the Death Forest, but they encountered a lot of mercenaries along the way. It seemed that the number of people who came to the Death Forest increased all of a sudden.

Murong Xue and the others were planning to traverse the Death Forest directly and went to the other side of the Fengyun Continent. This idea was strongly opposed by Lin Nan and the others in the first place. In Fengyun Continent, everyone knew that the depths of the Death Forest were one of the most dangerous places and that people might not get out once they entered.

However, when they heard Mu Tian and Xiaobai say that they actually came out from that place, they were dumbfounded. Next time if someone had told them that Mu Tian burst out of a rock, they would probably have been convinced and wouldn’t have been shocked anymore. As they got along with each other in the past few days, Mu Tian completely amazed them in all aspects.

"It's weird. Why do so many people go to the depths of the Death Forest?" Zhao Qi said.

"Maybe something happened." Lin Nan said.

Only a minority of people went to the center of the Death Forest, not to mention the depths of the Death Forest. Only a few people with high cultivation levels came in to hunt the spirit beasts, but the situation today was rather strange. A large number of people swarmed to the Death Forest. They all came in groups, and the number of people in one group was comparable to a regiment. They were all going to the depths of the Death Forest.

They became more and more nervous as there were suddenly so many people there. They needed to be more vigilant to guard against potential danger. Although they defeated the old man last time, they figured that the enemy might not give up so easily. They knew Mr. Xie very well. Mr. Xie would definitely make people pay for what they did.

"Find someone to ask." Murong Xue said.

Lin Nan nodded, searched around, and found two people staying together. They were a man and a woman, who seemed to be about the same age as them.

He walked over, greeted them respectfully, and then asked, "Excuse me, we just came in to explore this place. Could you tell me why everyone goes into the depths of the Death Forest?"

No matter which world they were in, people would never reject a smiling person. Lin Nan held a nice attitude with a gentle smile on his face. Although the person asked by him didn't like to be disturbed, he still explained to Lin Nan rarely. "Rumor has it that there are treasures there. I don't know if it's true or not. It has already spread all over the Fengyun Continent, so it's not a secret."

The person who answered happened to be Feng Ziling, a student of Longyu College. He was the No. 1 genius of Longyu College. At the age of 20, he was already at the ninth stage of blue-level and was famous throughout the Fengyun Continent. He also had a nickname, "Lunatic".

He got this nickname due to his madness in cultivation as if he had been insane. The students in Longyu College with slightly higher cultivation levels were all challenged by him. It was fine when they were challenged. The problem was that Feng Ziling completely became a different person once he started fighting. He seemed to go crazy and couldn't stop.

Everyone in Longyu College was afraid of him.

Standing next to him was his younger sister, Feng ZiLing. She could never be judged by her cute appearance. Normally, people thought she must be a cute girl. However, whoever thought in this way would definitely regret it. His sister was not a fanatic fighter but had quite a temper. Many boys who pursued her had been seriously tortured by her. Although her cultivation level was not as impressive as her brother's, she was also a rare genius. At the age of 20, she reached the fifth stage of cyan-level, which marveled the boys who admired her.

"Thank you for telling us, goodbye!" Lin Nan, who heard the answer, cupped his hands respectfully again and thanked him.

Feng Ziling nodded coldly. It was rare that his younger sister didn't lose her temper this time. It was mainly because Lin Nan didn't do anything that annoyed her. Lin Nan did not stare at her as soon as he approached like those boys that she met before. On the contrary, except that he glanced at her when he nodded and smiled at her, Lin Nan's eyes were fixed on her brother all the time. Hence, she could simply stay calm and wait next to them.

Originally, they would simply part and no longer had any contact. But Feng Ziling caught sight of Murong Xue.

His fanatic nature revealed again. His eyes suddenly changed and he walked towards Murong Xue, looking her up and down for a long while until Murong Xue wondered if she had encountered some pervert.

She was about to withdraw. She had no interest in being watched by people like that.

"You're not bad!" Feng Ziling said after staring at her for a while.

Murong Xue lifted her brows, not knowing what he meant by that.

Feng Ziling immediately pulled out the sword in his hand as the aura of his whole body changed. Murong Xue could feel the cold light of his body emitting towards her.

Feng ZiLing's expression changed when she saw that her brother had actually taken out his sword. "Brother, what are you doing? He's only at yellow-level. He can't take a blow from you!" In the past, Feng Ziling never took out his sword in a battle. The only one that could make him do this was their mentor, but their mentor was already at the ninth stage of purple-level while the young man in front of him only reached yellow-level.

"He can! He's very strong!" Feng Ziling held the sword still, looking at Murong Xue with his eyes full of fighting intent.

Murong Xue stroked her nose, wondering if she had been seen through.

This boy got sharp acumen!

"Take out your sword. Let's have a battle!" Feng Ziling said.

Murong Xue calmly stroked Xiaobai's soft fur, thinking that it was fine as long as it wasn't Xie Linna or her helpers who came to look for trouble. "I don't accept it!"

Feng Ziling didn't seem to expect such an answer, so he could barely remain calm. "Why?" In the Fengyun Continent, people would hardly reject a challenge. On the one hand, they would be considered cowardly if they rejected it. On the other hand, they worried that rejecting a challenge might affect the strong hearts of people who were cultivating.

At this time, Lin Nan also came over and said, "I'm sorry. We don't have time for a fight." Challenges in the Fengyun Continent were not necessarily provocation. On the contrary, they often meant admiration. One would only pose a challenge when the opponent was strong enough.

Of course, there were also many sneaky people who took advantage of such a practice to seek revenge.

Feng Ziling furrowed his brows deeply. His handsome face looked extremely uncomfortable. This was the first time he had been rejected when he posed a challenge. But he truly wanted to fight Murong Xue, and his intuition told him that this person was an extremely strong opponent.

Murong Xue smiled, "As my friend said, we are really in a hurry. I'm sorry." She also understood the custom of the Fengyun Continent. She knew a lot after hearing the explanations from Lin Nan and the others during this period of time.

"No, you have to fight with me!" Feng Ziling frowned deeply.

Murong Xue and the others with Lin Nan looked at each other helplessly and then decided to ignore him. Murong Xue was holding Xiaobai and wanted to walk past Feng Ziling and leave.

They were now being hunted now, so there was no time for a duel here.

Feng Ziling blocked in front of them in an instant. He managed to utter some words after a long while, "You asked me a question just now and I answered!" After speaking that, he nodded earnestly. What he meant was that they should be grateful.

Murong Xue and the others were speechless. Even Feng Ziling's younger sister was speechless when her brother did this. Her brother was a nice man. But he simply couldn't resist his urge whenever he met a capable opponent just like a silly man couldn't walk away as he met a beautiful woman.

"Sir, we really have something to do. Maybe next time! Next time I will definitely fight with you!" Murong Xue said as she thought she should just get through this first.

However, though Feng Ziling looked silly, he wasn't really dumb. He grabbed Murong Xue's arm in an instant and continued to ask, "When is the next time?"

"Well, the next time we meet..." It might be difficult for them to meet in the future, so there was no next time.

Feng Ziling finally let go of her. "Okay!"

Murong Xue glanced at him, wondering if he was truly willing to let them go. She thought to herself, "Forget it. We should hurry up and leave."

Immediately, Murong Xue and the others rushed towards the Death Forest at a blindingly fast speed. After walking for a long while, they looked back and found that Feng Ziling and his sister were not chasing after him, so they felt relieved.

Murong Xue wasn't afraid of them, but it would be terrible if she were injured when she fought him and happened to meet the people sent by Xie Linna.

And Murong Xue also had an intuition that Feng Ziling was not simple. She had a feeling that she might lose. Although he seemed to be at the ninth stage of blue-level, he made Murong Xue feel a little frightened. He was not simple. He was totally different from the old man she met before. She couldn't tell why, but she just felt weird.

Therefore, she didn't want to fight him in this state. Now that she was being hunted, it was hard for her to stay calm and fight him, which would also be truly disrespectful to Feng Ziling.

They hadn't reached the area with poisonous miasma yet because Wu Xiaomei's physical strength was limited and she had the lowest cultivation level. Although she didn't request to have a rest, everyone could see from her pale face that she was exhausted. Hence, they would stop to rest and have something to eat after walking for a while,