The Red Beauty Adventurer Squad!

Jiang Jichen now understood. This group of women was an adventurer squad, and their name, the Red Beauty Adventurer Squad, was a perfect fit—they were all women.

The force hunting them was the Five Poison Sect.

No wonder they were so panicked and worried.

Hearing Tang Ni’s words, the other women’s spirits fell.

Tang Ni then looked back at Jiang Jichen and said, "Young Master Jiang, you should leave here quickly, too. The people from the Five Poison Sect are utterly inhuman. If you run into them, I’m afraid they won’t spare you either!"

Jiang Jichen was touched by her words.

In this cold and heartless Cultivation World, it was rare to find someone so kind. It was truly precious.

Jiang Jichen had a nagging suspicion that the reason the Five Poison Sect was hunting the Red Beauty Adventurer Squad was that the women possessed something worth fighting for.

"Thank you for the warning, Sister Tang Ni. However, I’ve always lived by the principle of ’if they don’t bother me, I don’t bother them.’ They shouldn’t have any reason to provoke me!"

Jiang Jichen said sincerely, not pressing them on why they were being hunted.

Xia Qing, who was standing nearby, blinked her beautiful big eyes and muttered under her breath, "’They shouldn’t provoke you?’ You make it sound like you’re so tough. Hmph, what an egomaniac!"

The other women smiled good-naturedly, but they all felt Jiang Jichen was overstating his abilities. After all, no matter how strong an Innate Sixth Layer cultivator was, they couldn’t possibly stand up to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

But if they knew that Jiang Jichen had even killed Late-stage Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators, what would they think then?

Only Tang Ni gave Jiang Jichen a slightly surprised look.

Normally, any Innate Sixth Layer cultivator would show some fear upon hearing about Foundation Establishment Cultivators, but Jiang Jichen had remained completely unfazed from beginning to end.

Not even when he heard that a team from the Five Poison Sect was chasing them, a team with at least three Early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators!

No matter how quietly Xia Qing had muttered, it didn’t escape Jiang Jichen’s ears. He just smiled and offered no explanation.

He thought for a moment and then asked, "Sister Tang Ni, may I ask where we are? Are we far from the Ancient Ruined City?"

At this, Xia Qing couldn’t hold back any longer. "What’s with all this ’Sister this, Sister that’? When did we get so familiar with a punk like you? Who are you to call her Sister Tang Ni?"

Jiang Jichen realized that the big-eyed Xia Qing seemed to have a real problem with him.

But Jiang Jichen wasn’t bothered. Instead, he grinned cheekily and said, "Could it be that Little Sister Xia Qing is jealous? Besides, whether or not I’m familiar with Sister Tang Ni isn’t for you to decide!"

"You... you rogue!"

She hadn’t expected Jiang Jichen to be so utterly shameless, immediately calling her "Little Sister Xia Qing." It caught her completely off guard, and a faint blush crept onto her fair, delicate face.

Tang Ni stepped in to smooth things over. "Alright, Little Qing, that’s enough. Go pack your things! Young Master Jiang, please don’t take offense. Little Qing is usually a very gentle and kind girl. I don’t know what’s gotten into her today!"

’Kind or not, I can’t say,’ Jiang Jichen thought.

’But gentle? Right. If she were truly gentle, she wouldn’t have tried to run me through with her sword the moment we met.’

Jiang Jichen waved his hand magnanimously. "I won’t stoop to bickering with a little girl. Ah, if only every girl was as gentle, kind, beautiful, and charming as Sister Tang Ni, what a wonderful world this would be!"

Hearing this from a distance while packing, Xia Qing nearly grabbed her sword and ran over to poke a few holes in Jiang Jichen. The man was infuriating, absolutely despicable! Who couldn’t tell that his backhanded compliment was a dig at her?

’Hmph, just you wait. I’m not letting this go!’

Xia Qing thought to herself, gritting her perfect teeth as she packed.

Tang Ni then explained to Jiang Jichen, "We are heading to the Ancient Ruined City. You can reach it by going straight east. Although we’re going the same way, the Five Poison Sect is hunting our Red Beauty Adventurer Squad. If Young Master Jiang travels with us, I’m afraid you’ll get dragged into our troubles, so..."

Jiang Jichen couldn’t help but sigh in admiration. ’What a top-grade woman!’

Setting aside her mature charm and beautiful face, her gentle and warm heart alone was enough to make one swoon.

Jiang Jichen had originally wanted to travel with them, but since Tang Ni had put it that way, he wouldn’t insist. He cupped his fists in farewell. "In that case, dear sisters, this little brother will be on his way. Sister Tang Ni, thank you for the warning. Little Sister Xia Qing, I’m leaving!"

As he left, Jiang Jichen called out his farewell loudly, as if afraid no one would hear him. Xia Qing, in particular, nearly flew into a rage when she heard "Little Sister Xia Qing" one more time.

But she had to force herself to hold it in. He was already saying his goodbyes; what could she do by running up to him now?

However, Jiang Jichen had only taken a few steps when dust suddenly swirled up in the distance, hanging eerily in the air. At the same time, several sinister voices echoed all around.

"Nobody’s leaving! You’re all going to die! Tang Ni, I never thought you little sluts would be able to escape our thousand-mile pursuit. But in the end, you still couldn’t escape our grasp!"

"Hand over the Ancient Sect’s inheritance, and I’ll grant your subordinates a quick death."

"Heh heh... Don’t you dare fight me for her. Tang Ni is mine to take first!"

The three voices drifted over, and upon reaching the women’s ears, instantly drained all the color from their faces.

Fear filled Tang Ni’s and Xia Qing’s eyes, but it was overshadowed by grief, indignation, and helplessness.

For a female cultivator, the most tragic fate was to fall into the hands of enemy men, only to become a plaything for those perverted male cultivators.

As the voices faded, three figures suddenly appeared, gliding in from the distance.

One moment they were far away, and in the blink of an eye, they were standing before the campsite.

Behind them were more than thirty grim-faced Spirit Cultivators, with cultivation levels ranging from the Innate Eighth Layer to the Innate Tenth Realm.

Their strength was more than enough to crush the Red Beauty Adventurer Squad. No wonder the women could only flee.

The Red Beauty Adventurer Squad had over twenty women, but their cultivation was relatively weak; many were only at the Innate Seventh Layer.

’If they had taken the same path as me, people of their strength would have never made it through.’

’After all, there was only one Soul-Devouring Pearl Fragment, and that’s what created those terrifying Poisonous Beetles.’

’Under normal circumstances, at least half of the people in that area should have passed. The fact that fewer than fifty made it through in the end was just tragic.’

The reason Jiang Jichen thought these people were too weak was simply that everyone he had encountered before was too strong.

At this moment, Jiang Jichen was trying to walk forward, but his path to the Ancient Ruined City was blocked by this group of newcomers.

So, Jiang Jichen said nonchalantly, "Move. I need to get through."

When these words rang out, you could hear a pin drop.