"Did Senior Brother Zhang discover something?" A gentle voice came from the side. Su Yu'er walked over and asked curiously.
"Hehe, it's nothing." Zhang Ling flicked his left hand, and the vine shattered the boulder into pieces.
Su Yu'er smiled and didn't ask further, instead starting a conversation with him.
"Senior Brother Zhang, you're a rogue cultivator, right? Such cultivation is rare among rogue cultivators. This junior sister has met several Golden Core late-stage senior brothers in the sect, but they don't feel as strong as you. I wonder if Senior Brother is interested in joining a sect."
"Oh, you're talking about the Purple Yang Sect? I'm afraid a rogue cultivator like me has no chance of entering such a large sect," Zhang Ling replied casually.
"That's not necessarily true. If Senior Brother is interested in joining a sect, I can recommend you," Su Yu'er said, looking at him, smoothing her hair with a smile. "This junior sister comes from a small family within the Purple Yang Sect. Currently, there are four Golden Core cultivators in my family, and our Su family also has a late-stage expert who holds a position in the Purple Yang Sect. If Senior Brother Zhang can join my Su family, entering the Purple Yang Sect wouldn't be difficult."
"I didn't expect Fairy Su to be from a cultivation family. I appreciate your kindness, but Zhang is used to being free and doesn't want to be bound by anything," Zhang Ling shook his head, looking again at the flowing rocks ahead.
His actions clearly indicated a refusal.
The Purple Yang Sect is a top-tier force among the ten major sects. Even a Golden Core expert like him would be eager to join, especially some rogue cultivators.
Rogue cultivators already cultivate harder than family cultivators and sect disciples. Very few can reach the Golden Core stage. If they have the opportunity to join such a large sect, it would be beneficial for them.
Of course, only these large sects are attractive to high-level rogue cultivators. They wouldn't even consider ordinary sects.
Moreover, Zhang Ling had heard that the Purple Yang Sect was very strict in selecting cultivators, and most of the disciples in the sect were cultivated from a young age. Even if a rogue cultivator could join, they would only become an external affairs elder at most, never reaching the core level.
And in such a large force, the factions are quite complex, making it difficult to navigate.
This woman's sudden attempt to win him over must be because she values his strength. Although there are many benefits to joining such a large force, there are also many troubles that come with it.
Zhang Ling doesn't have such thoughts right now. What he wants now is to accumulate enough merit points to exchange for a quiet cave for cultivation, in preparation for condensing the Nascent Soul.
Su Yu'er was also intelligent. Seeing Zhang Ling's appearance, she didn't say anything more, but smiled helplessly and looked ahead as well. However, her eyebrows furrowed, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
For a time, the two of them were silent. But after a few breaths, a sudden rumbling sound came from the rocky area.
Zhang Ling immediately released his divine sense to investigate the source of the noise.
"Could it be that Senior Brother Jiang is in danger?" Su Yu'er's expression also darkened as she looked towards that direction.
"Who are you? Why are you ambushing me?"
An angry roar came from the other side. The voice was Jiang Hao's, indicating that Jiang Hao had encountered some danger.
Zhang Ling's divine sense instantly discovered some things. There were several people fighting over there, erupting with intense spiritual power fluctuations. One of them was Jiang Hao.
Jiang Hao's situation was extremely bad. He was currently being besieged by five black-robed men. Half of his body was stained with blood, and his aura was very unstable. He had already suffered serious injuries.
The five people surrounding him were all at the Golden Core mid-stage.
Zhang Ling instantly noticed that the five people were not ordinary cultivators. Their bodies were mixed with spiritual energy and turbid energy, just like the humanoid desolate beasts he had discovered not long ago. It seemed that they were all cultivators affected by turbid energy.
The five people seemed to be conscious, consciously surrounding Jiang Hao and constantly attacking him.
This was a bit strange.
If these five people were affected by turbid energy and lost their minds, how could they have such a neat encirclement formation?
If they were not affected by turbid energy, then where did the dense turbid energy on their bodies come from? Could someone use turbid energy without being affected?
Su Yu'er also observed the situation over there. Her jade hand flashed in front of her, and two identical jade pendants appeared.
Both jade pendants were two feet long, one engraved with a fiery dragon, and the other engraved with a fire phoenix. They were actually a pair of dragon and phoenix jade pendants.
This treasure instantly released a layer of flames, wrapping Su Yu'er and flying towards that direction. At the same time, this woman also looked back at Zhang Ling and said, "Senior Brother Jiang is in danger, we must quickly provide support."
Although Zhang Ling had these doubts in his heart, he suppressed them and nodded, following her.
In a short time, they approached the battle.
When they were about a hundred feet away, Su Yu'er tapped the dragon and phoenix jade pendants a few times. The two jade pendants simultaneously lit up with dazzling spiritual light, erupting with scorching fire spiritual power, instantly condensing into a ten-foot-long fire dragon and a fire phoenix of the same size.
The fire dragon and fire phoenix were like real demon beasts, roaring and chirping as they charged over.
Zhang Ling also appeared beside them. He rubbed his hands together, and two flying swords, flicked by his fingers, turned into two streaks of green light, carrying sharp air-splitting energy as they attacked two of the black-robed men.
His and Su Yu'er's attacks were both very fast, and their purpose was clear: as long as they entangled two or three of the black-robed men, Jiang Hao's crisis would naturally be resolved.
Although Jiang Hao was injured at the moment, he was also a Golden Core late-stage expert. He controlled a blue, crystal-clear small knife, turning it into a blue light that protected his entire body.
A black orb floated beside him, constantly releasing large amounts of black water, covering more than twenty feet of space, blocking the five black-robed men outside for a time.
At the same time that Zhang Ling and the others launched their attacks, the five black-robed men made strange moves.
The five of them suddenly let out strange cries similar to beast roars, gathering in one place, seeming to give up attacking Jiang Hao.
Seeing this, Jiang Hao was naturally overjoyed. He quickly flashed towards Zhang Ling's side. He was seriously injured now, and his strength had declined a lot. It was difficult to resist five Golden Core mid-stage cultivators.
Now that the enemies had suddenly stopped attacking, it was natural to quickly leave the battlefield.
But at this moment, Zhang Ling's divine sense suddenly changed, and Su Yu'er also let out a cry of surprise.
"Be careful!"
Just as these two words entered his ears, Jiang Hao sensed something shooting over from behind him. He quickly moved to the side, trying to avoid the attack from behind.
But he felt the surrounding air suddenly tighten, as if something had imprisoned his body, making it difficult for him to move.
With a whoosh, a gust of wind came from behind his head, and a beam of fire light as thick as an arm flashed past. Jiang Hao's head was instantly hit by the fire light and exploded into a cloud of blood.
His headless corpse was also swallowed by a layer of fire light, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a pile of ashes. Jiang Hao was killed so easily.
Behind him, one of the five black-robed men was holding a ten-foot-long flame longbow, emitting a powerful fire-attribute spiritual power.
It was this treasure that shot out a flame arrow, killing Jiang Hao.
