My ancestors were spiritual plant growers, so it's not surprising that I hunt demons every day,

Cui Ying had no idea what the white-browed cultivator was planning.

Seeing that the man was about to retreat, a murderous glint flashed in her eyes, and she swung her sword at him again!

The other person was also at the peak of Qi Refining. He was wearing a blue robe and had three palm-sized brocade pouches hanging from his waist.

Seeing that the white-browed cultivator was at a disadvantage, he instantly realized that if he continued to let this woman kill the green-robed male cultivator, he would definitely not have a good ending if he was left alone.

He changed his hand seals, and a surge of green light flowed around his body, which condensed into several thorny vines that swept towards Cui Ying like serpents.

"Humph!"

However, Cui Ying merely glanced at the menacing vines, then with a backhand slash, the thick vines were instantly cut into several pieces.

At the fracture site, there was a layer of ice crystals covering it.

The green-robed male cultivator's expression changed drastically upon seeing this. The ice crystals were so powerful that they severed his connection with the vines, preventing him from activating them again to fight the enemy for a short period of time.

Moreover, when the woman wielded her sword, the sword shimmered with light, and her movements were as fluid as flowing water, as if she had received some of the legendary true teachings of swordsmanship!

Cultivators fight each other, and every second counts.

In the instant he was slightly taken aback, the Yao Guang sword in Cui Ying's hand flew out as a silver streak, silently slashing towards the white-browed cultivator.

His pupils contracted slightly, and after a violent surge of magical power, he heard a scream.

Looking at the white-browed cultivator again, his neck and arm had been severed by Cui Ying!

The attack was originally aimed at his head, but he narrowly dodged it by sidestepping, though it still left him severely injured.

As blood gushed from the wound, he lost his balance and fell to the ground, struggling and panting.

Meanwhile, the cultivators with lower cultivation levels had already wisely retreated to the side, fearing that Cui Ying would misunderstand them as being in cahoots with that person and implicate them.

All of this happened too fast. Lei Yi, who was picking the Jade Serpent Fruit on the other side of the waterfall, hurriedly rode a cloud to Cui Ying's side after sensing the familiar magical energy fluctuations. Holding the crimson feather fan magic weapon, he looked at the green-robed cultivator opposite him with murderous intent.

"These spiritual fruits from the secret realm were originally unclaimed; they should belong to the capable. You are all causing trouble here; are you looking for death?"

Seeing that Cui Ying was alone and that the two of them were no match for her, and now that they had an additional helper at the ninth level of Qi Refining, the green-robed male cultivator was so shocked that his face turned pale.

Having roamed the martial world for decades, he never imagined this young woman would be so ruthless. That white-browed cultivator was at the same cultivation level as him; in the outside world, he was someone no one dared to provoke.

But when facing that young woman, he was severely injured in just two moves, which was simply terrifying.

The white-browed cultivator, clutching his severed arm, was about to take some medicine to stop the bleeding and heal his wound when he saw Cui Ying leap down with her sword. He was so startled that his hand trembled and he dropped the medicine bottle to the ground.

"what!"

Seeing that the surrounding cultivators had blocked his escape route, the white-browed cultivator disregarded his pride and immediately begged for mercy:

"It was me! I was greedy! I shouldn't have attacked you, fellow Daoist! I'm willing to atone for my sins by giving you all that I obtained in the Thousand Maple Mountain Secret Realm. Please, fellow Daoist, have mercy and spare my life! Spare my life!"

The man's face was filled with fear, as if he had been scared out of his wits, but Cui Ying watched him coldly and saw that the man's eyes were full of jealousy and anger.

She understood better than anyone that if she let such a venomous snake go, the next few days would be anything but peaceful, and she might even lose her life in a ditch.

The white-browed cultivator saw Cui Ying pause slightly, and a hint of joy appeared in his eyes.

Thinking that his sincere pleas for mercy had worked, he secretly mocked the woman, saying that she was still a woman after all, and no matter how powerful she was, she couldn't change her soft-hearted nature.

He narrowed his eyes and had just caught his breath when he saw Cui Ying change her hand seals. The silver-glowing short sword, infused with magical power, transformed once again into a silver streak, hurtling straight toward him like a shooting star.

It moved so fast that before he could even crush the talisman in his hand, it pierced through his skull.

The white-browed cultivator's lips parted slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he could only fall backward silently.

After doing all this, Cui Ying recalled the Yao Guang Sword with one hand, and with a glance, locked onto the green-robed male cultivator who had silently retreated dozens of feet away.

"Fellow Taoist, stay!"

"No!"

Upon hearing Cui Ying's calm words, the man in the green robe felt a chill run down his spine, as if he had seen a ghost.

"I was blind to your greatness today and offended you, fellow Daoist! I am willing to offer this as an apology, and I hope you will accept it with a smile. I will go ahead to scout the way for you!"

He didn't dare look at the lifeless corpse. He quickly took a storage bag from his waist, shouted something, and then threw the storage bag, which had erased its owner's divine sense, towards Cui Ying with all his might. Then he turned and fled in a blur.

No one could tell what kind of escape technique he used, but in the blink of an eye he had traveled dozens of feet to a dense forest on the side.

But the figure that had disappeared from everyone's sight staggered, looking as pathetic as a stray dog.

"Don't even think about escaping!"

Seeing this, Lei Yi urged the cloud beneath his feet to catch up and kill the man.

But Cui Ying stopped him, signaling him not to pursue a desperate enemy, lest he become a cornered dog and do something rash.

Actually, given Cui Ying's abilities, catching up with him wouldn't be too difficult.

However, she was no longer as bloodthirsty as she had been in her previous life, and the male cultivator in the green robe was filled with terror, so he probably wouldn't dare to attack her again.

Besides, the purpose of this trip is to find treasure, so there's no need to waste time on those unimportant people.

Many cultivators who witnessed this scene were also quite frightened.

Some timid people, fearing that Cui Ying might become bloodthirsty, had already fled quickly.

Some were bolder, reluctant to part with the jade snake fruits on the vines, but stood somewhat timidly at a distance, yet still respectfully asked with lingering fear:

"Senior, may we be allowed to receive some of the lower-grade spiritual fruits?"

Cui Ying caught the storage bag thrown to her by the green-robed male cultivator, then landed on the ground. She searched all the storage bags on the white-browed cultivator's body and saw that he was holding a fire talisman with a broken corner in his fist. His eyes were also somewhat gloomy.

Just then, he heard someone ask a question from not far away, and replied nonchalantly:

"You can pick them yourselves."

Green snake fruit less than a hundred years old has little effect on her, and she has already picked quite a few to take back to her family.

Moreover, she has spiritual liquid that can stimulate childbirth. Once she returns to Fengxi Ridge and plants that vine, there will be an inexhaustible supply of Jade Serpent Fruit.

Therefore, she naturally had no intention of competing with those cultivators.

After saying that, she and Lei Yi rode the clouds to climb up the waterfall again and continued to search for high-grade Jade Serpent Fruits separately. Others saw that she seemed to really not care, but they were still quite hesitant to make a move.

Only after Cui Ying and Lei Yi had left on the clouds did he shakily walk out and continue searching for the remaining Jade Serpent Fruit.