12dz Chapter 127 Departure
Chapter 127 Departure
Ji Shang opened his eyes, his voice cold: "Yin Liantian is right, a direct confrontation is not the way to go."
Zhao Shuanglie paced back and forth irritably, his voice tinged with impatience: "We can't just wait here to die, can we? Wu Xiang, can your wolf find a safe way out?"
Wu Xiang squatted at the cave entrance and said without turning his head, "Black Fang said there are at least a dozen auras moving outside, and a powerful aura that is extremely hidden. It must be a Dharma Aspect Grand Cultivator. We can't get out."
Silence fell once again in the cave.
Feng Lijun stood up, walked to the edge of the cave entrance, looked at the gradually brightening sky outside, remained silent for a moment, and then slowly said, "Let's leave."
Everyone looked at him at the same time.
Feng Lijun turned around, his gaze sweeping over everyone, his voice calm: "The token given to us by the sect leader allows us to leave the Upper Xuan Realm at any time and return to Tianyuan. Rather than waiting to die here, we should leave now. We can talk about the token later."
Yin Liantian sneered: "Leave? Go back like this with your tail between your legs? You, Feng Lijun, aren't afraid of losing face, but I am."
Feng Lijun glanced at Yin Liantian and said indifferently, "Losing face is better than losing your life."
Ji Shang stood up, slung his longsword behind his back, and said in a cold voice, "I agree with Feng Lijun's opinion. The situation has exceeded our capabilities. With the righteous and demonic factions joining forces, our small force is simply no match for them. Staying here will only lead to our death. I believe that the righteous faction will make the same choice."
Zhao Shuanglie gritted his teeth, wanting to refute, but found himself speechless. He could only let out a heavy snort and turn his head away.
Wu Xiang stood up, dusted himself off, and said in a low voice, "I'm leaving too."
Bai Shenghan didn't speak, but he had already positioned himself next to Feng Lijun, his meaning was quite clear.
As Yin Liantian watched everyone make their decisions one by one, his face darkened. He sheathed the blood-stained knife in his sleeve, stood up, and said coldly, "Since everyone is leaving, then let's go."
Looking at Feng Lijun, Yin Liantian continued, "But after we return to Tianyuan, if anyone asks, I hope everyone will give the same answer: we were besieged by local forces, outnumbered, and had no choice but to retreat."
Feng Lijun nodded: "Of course."
Xu Li and Chu Jiang exchanged a glance, and then they both stood up.
Xu Li said calmly, "The Nine Nether Sect has also agreed to withdraw."
Feng Lijun took out a jet-black token from his bosom. This was a token given to him by Wei Zhaotu, the head of the Primordial Mountain Sect, when he entered the Upper Xuan Realm. As long as he crushed it, he could tear open a passage back to the Nine Provinces of Tianyuan on the spot.
"Everyone, let's go."
Feng Lijun exerted force with his five fingers, and the token shattered. A faint light surged out from the fragments, tearing open a dark rift in front of him. On the other side of the rift was the void of Tianyuan Jiuzhou, where starlight twinkled and spiritual energy surged.
Feng Lijun was the first to step into the rift and disappear. Ji Shang, Bai Shenghan, Wu Xiang, and Zhao Shuanglie followed closely behind, disappearing into the rift one after another.
Yin Liantian walked to the crevice, glanced back at the cave that had trapped them for several days, snorted coldly, and stepped inside.
Xu Li and Chu Jiang exchanged a glance, sighed, and walked into the passage.
Inside the cave, the campfire was still burning, sparks crackling. After a moment, the fire went out, and the cave was plunged back into darkness.
Meanwhile, the righteous disciples were doing the same thing.
Shen Qingci of Tiandao Mountain, Lu Daoxuan of Taishang Palace, Lei Zhenyue of Shenxiao Palace, Ye Guhong of Shenjian Sect, Zhou Baoxuan of Lingbao Pavilion, Yun Yiran of Tianren Pavilion, Li Yuechan of Guanghan Palace, Shi Potian of Xuanhuang Hall, and disciples of various sects, under the immense pressure of being jointly pursued by the righteous and demonic paths, also crushed their respective tokens and left the Shangxuan Realm.
Within half a day, almost all the righteous and demonic disciples of Tianyuan Jiuzhou had evacuated, leaving only one person remaining in this grotto-heaven world.
Yun Weiyang stood atop a solitary peak, with Tai Ming standing behind him. His black robes fluttered in the wind, his five long wisps of beard swayed slightly, and a faint smile played on his lips.
"They're all gone," Tai Ming said calmly. "Only you are left."
Yun Weiyang didn't turn around, her gaze fixed on the direction of the Five Thunder Sect's mountain gate in the distance, and she smiled, "Only after they've all left can I act freely."
Tai Ming smiled slightly, his figure transforming into a wisp of black smoke that dissipated in the night wind. Yun Weiyang turned around and also disappeared on the lonely peak.
The next day, the joint pursuit by the righteous and demonic factions continued, but they soon discovered that the outsiders seemed to have vanished overnight.
The high-ranking members of the Five Thunder Sect, Heavenly Sword Pavilion, and Demon Slaughtering Hall gathered to discuss the matter. They concluded that the outsiders had already left the Upper Xuan Realm. Although they did not know what methods they had used, since the people had already left, they had no choice but to give up, as they had no way to leave the Upper Xuan Realm themselves.
The two major sects of the demonic path also made the same judgment. Guixu Sect and Cangsheng Sect successively withdrew their disciples who were searching outside and refocused their attention on the normal confrontation between the righteous and the demonic paths.
Everything seemed to be over.
The leader of the Cang Sheng Sect, Yan Fusheng, sat cross-legged in the blood pool, his withered fingers holding a jade slip, his divine sense repeatedly probing into it.
The jade slip contained a fragmented cultivation technique, the "Blood Sea Asura Great Technique." Although incomplete, its profoundness and vastness far surpassed any existing cultivation technique in the Cang Sheng Sect. This technique was found on the body of a pursued outsider.
As Yan Fusheng read the "Blood Sea Asura Great Technique," a glint of light flashed in his turbid eyes. Although this "Blood Sea Asura Great Technique" was incomplete, its high quality pointed directly to the origin of the blood path. The sect's supreme technique, the "Killing Heaven Blood Dragon Scripture," was also a method based on the blood path.
If he could obtain the complete "Blood Sea Asura Great Technique," Yan Fusheng was confident that he could break through the bottleneck within ten years, surpass the level of the sect leader, and unify the Upper Xuan Realm!
The key to completing this scroll of heavenly merit lies in the righteous path.
News has already come from the Guixu Sect. When the Five Thunder Sect was besieging another outsider, they obtained a complete cultivation technique. The name of the technique is "Blood Sea Asura Great Technique".
It seems somewhat coincidental that the complete version of the "Blood Sea Asura Great Art" is in the hands of the Five Thunder Sect, but it doesn't matter. In any case, Yan Fusheng must obtain the complete "Blood Sea Asura Great Art".
Yan Fusheng's lips curled up slightly, revealing an aged and cold smile. A black-clad disciple silently appeared by the blood pool and knelt on one knee.
"Go and invite Master Shi of the Guixu Sect to come here. Tell him I have something important to discuss with him."
The disciple in black accepted the order and left.
Yan Fusheng closed his eyes again, his withered fingers gently stroking the jade slip as he continued to comprehend the "Blood Sea Asura Great Technique".
Five Thunder Sect, Heavenly Thunder Mountain.
Sect Leader Zhao Xuanque sat cross-legged in the Thunder Hall, his body crackling with lightning. In his hand, he held a jade slip, repeatedly probing it with his divine sense. It was the complete "Blood Sea Asura Great Art," profound and vast, far surpassing the Five Thunder Sect's sect-protecting technique, the "Five Thunder True Heaven Book."