The Legend of the Netherworld

Lin Xiao smiled slightly, his eyes revealing a hint of coldness and mockery: "You do such a heinous thing, and you still want me to spare your life? You are dreaming."

After saying that, he began to search the burly man's body. After searching through his clothes, Lin Xiao was disappointed to find that the man had almost nothing on him, only a piece of fairy jade, a few green lotus roots, and some silver.

Although the harvest was not much, Lin Xiao felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart. At least in this fierce battle, his efforts were not in vain.

After putting these items in order, Lin Xiao picked up the roasted lizard arm that had fallen during the fight. Lin Xiao picked up the arm, blew on it, and then walked back to the cave while chewing it.

The lizard meat is tender and has a slightly burnt aroma. Although it tastes strange, it is particularly delicious in this quiet forest.

With each bite he felt the force of life returning to him, and the chirping of birds and rustling of leaves around him seemed to celebrate his victory.

Back in the cave, Lin Xiao glanced over today's harvest and thought to himself, "Ten pieces of immortal jade, a few old mountain ginsengs and green lotus roots. If I refine these, I should be able to break through to the seventh level of Jiazi."

However, he remembered the words of the dirty Taoist priest: "The most important thing in cultivation is to have a solid foundation."

He had just broken through to the sixth level of Jiazi a few days ago. Although he had experienced the baptism of battle, it would be too fast to refine and break through now. After some thought, he decided to hide these elixirs for the time being and not rush to refine them.

Looking out of the cave, the sunlight shone through the gaps between the leaves and onto his body, as if reminding him that today's battle was just a small test on the road of cultivation.

He took out the immortal vine and pondered for a moment: "I'll give this to Lin Jiao. It's of no use to me." Thinking of the bear relic from a few days ago, he couldn't help but look forward to its effect.

After putting away the immortal vine, Lin Xiao took out the treasure map and studied it carefully, but except for the entrance to the core layer, he was unable to understand the rest of the text.

"Some people still need to be used." Lin Xiao thought of something in his mind, hid the elixir and fairy jade, then took the map and walked out of the cave.

Following the mark he had made earlier, he walked towards the big tree, which was where the four bounty scammers who had followed him at night were hiding.

Coming to the big tree, Lin Xiao activated his hidden weapon and summoned the sword to his right hand.

Then he pulled away the weeds in front of the tree, came to the bark, put his hands in front of the bark, gathered all his strength, and moved the bark door away in an instant.

Behind the door, four people were meditating. The sudden bright light woke them up and they opened their eyes. Under the effect of the bright light, Lin Xiao looked like an invincible knight walking in with a sword.

The four men's faces were distorted with fear. At first, they looked panicked, but when they saw it was Lin Xiao, one of the men immediately rushed over, knelt down and hugged Lin Xiao's legs, his voice trembling: "My benefactor, my benefactor, I am so happy to see you again."

The other three also bowed their heads and called him "benefactor".

Lin Xiao smiled coldly, but in his heart he felt a little disgusted with their attitude.

He raised his foot and kicked the man who was holding his leg away, and his tone was merciless: "Stop pretending! I saw everything you did last night clearly." Seeing this, the other three looked at each other and prepared to attack Lin Xiao.

"Want to fight?" Lin Xiao's voice was like an icy blade, piercing their hearts. "Are you sure you can defeat me? Don't think that just because you're at the same level as me, Jiazi Sixth Realm, you can defeat me. Don't forget who rescued you four from the Black Bear Demon."

After hearing this, the three of them instantly lost their desire to attack and lowered their heads.

The man who was kicked away for holding Lin Xiao's legs at the beginning hurried forward, with an earnest look on his face: "My benefactor, you don't know that we are forced to do this.

"That Shadow Wolf King is the demon king of the outskirts of the Ancient Forest. We can only survive in the outskirts by paying tribute to him and gaining his protection. Otherwise, we could be killed at any time by the Wolf King's men or other bounty hunting teams." His voice was filled with despair and helplessness.

Lin Xiao listened calmly, a hint of disgust flashing in his eyes: "Is that why you offered the bear relic I gave you to the Wolf King?"

"Yes," the man sighed, his eyes revealing his helplessness towards fate. "The Murong family demanded a treasure from each of us before they would release our wives and children. I had no choice but to make a deal with the Wolf King."

"Stop!" Lin Xiao interrupted him, his voice as stern as thunder, piercing his heart. "I'm not in the mood to listen to you. Let me ask you, I plan to offer my treasure, how should I offer it?"