Chapter 661: Fleeing at the First Sign of Trouble

These three people consisted of one with a calm expression wearing black clothes, one in brocade robes with a frivolous gaze, and finally, a woman of about thirty years of age who still possessed a certain charm.

"So it's Brother Xun from the sect of Senior Soul-Crusher. What a coincidence." The moment the woman surnamed Liu saw these three disciples under the tutelage of True Person Soul-Crusher, she immediately said with a charming smile.

But upon hearing this, the three black-clad cultivators opposite them coldly sized them up, their expressions appearing somewhat gloomy.

The woman among them even asked with an unfriendly expression:

"A coincidence? You two Junior Sisters from the Spirit Beast Sect, why aren't you staying properly in the Yuanwu Kingdom, and instead sneaking into the Yue Kingdom! Could it be that you hold our Ghost Spirit Sect in such low regard?"

"Sister Lin, you have a slight misunderstanding. My Sister Han and I came to the Yue Kingdom this time under the orders of our Master. Because the matter is urgent and cannot be delayed, we didn't have time to notify your sect. Moreover, we only intend to stay in the Yue Kingdom for a few short days before leaving; we absolutely have no intention of slighting your sect." The woman surnamed Liu chuckled and explained.

"Regardless of why you two Junior Sisters came to the Yue Kingdom, I, Xun, do not wish to ask more about this matter. I only want to ask one thing: did you two go to the Taiyue Mountain Range a few days ago to retrieve something?" The black-clad cultivator stared at the woman surnamed Liu and asked without a hint of emotion.

"Taiyue Mountain! Is Brother Xun referring to the Taiyue Mountain Range where the former Seven Sects of the Yue Kingdom, the Yellow Maple Valley, were located?" Han Han Yunzhi frowned, a hint of strangeness appearing on her face as she asked.

"Why, did you two Junior Sisters really go there?" The cultivator surnamed Xun remained expressionless, but a cold glint flashed deep within his eyes.

Upon hearing this, the brocade-robed scholar and the woman beside him tightened their expressions simultaneously, revealing a hint of hostility.

Seeing this, Han Han Yunzhi and the woman surnamed Liu exchanged glances subconsciously.

Neither of them was a fool; they both heard the unfriendly intent in the other party's words.

However, their group had never been to any Taiyue Mountain. It was just that because they had been using a cultivation technique to remotely detect the location of the Spirit Infant, they knew the cultivator who had restricted the Spirit Infant seemed to have stayed in that area of Taiyue Mountain for a short half-day.

Thus, after the woman surnamed Liu's eyes rolled slightly, she opened her apricot lips to probe:

"As for Taiyue Mountain, we sisters have never been there. However, a hundred miles behind us, there was a cultivator who lingered at Taiyue Mountain, and the time matches what you said, Brother. Could it be that Brother Xun is looking for this person?"

"A hundred miles behind you. Sister Liu, aren't you speaking nonsense? How do you know the other party lingered at Taiyue Mountain? Could it be that they are also a cultivator from your sect?" The brocade-robed scholar unscrupulously swept his eyes over the two women's graceful figures a few times before suddenly saying with a grin.

"Brother Que, you jest. Since we two are in the Yue Kingdom, how would we dare to deceive you brothers so blatantly? If you don't believe me, I can swear to the heavens. If you go and ask, you will know the truth of this matter! We don't know that person, and as for why we know this, it's a bit complicated to explain. Now, I have urgent matters to attend to, so I will explain it to you in detail another day, how about that?" The woman surnamed Liu's cheeks flushed slightly, her eyes like autumn ripples. Her entire person appeared exceptionally charming and moving, causing the brocade-robed scholar's eyes to seem to glaze over.

Seeing the woman surnamed Liu's expression, the black-clad cultivator frowned, feeling somewhat half-believing and half-doubting.

Thus, after pondering for a moment, he softened his expression and said:

"If it were an ordinary matter, I, Xun, would naturally believe Sister Liu's words without question. But this time, our Sixth Junior Brother and some of his sect members were killed in the Taiyue Mountain Range, and not even a shred of their remains were left behind. This has caused my Master to be absolutely furious. I have checked the high-tier cultivators who have entered the Yue Kingdom recently, and it seems only your group's movements are overly suspicious. Since Sister Liu has identified that the person behind you once lingered at Taiyue Mountain, why not come with us to confront them? I would like to see what kind of sacred being that person is. If that person is truly the murderer of my Sixth Junior Brother, I, Xun, will definitely reward you two heavily afterward." The black-clad cultivator finished saying this without changing his expression, staring fixedly at the Spirit Beast Sect group.

"Confront them?" The woman surnamed Liu was startled, then revealed a look of difficulty.

"Why, are you two Junior Sisters unwilling to even help with this?" The black-clad cultivator asked in what seemed like an understated manner, but the group of Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators behind him simultaneously half-surrounded them, clearly intending to take action immediately if they did not agree.

Seeing this situation arise, the woman surnamed Liu's expression changed slightly, and just as she was about to say something else, she suddenly looked back in shock.

It was not just her; every cultivator present felt a powerful and icy spiritual sense descend unscrupulously from the sky, instantly shrouding their entire group within it.

Although they did not see anyone, everyone could clearly sense that cold, bone-chilling, and unfriendly intent.

"It's a Nascent Soul stage cultivator! The person you spoke of is actually a Nascent Soul stage old monster. Are you trying to trick us into our deaths?" The charming woman felt the terror of the spiritual sense and, in her shock and anger, could not help but shout.

"Enough nonsense, scatter and flee immediately. Save whoever you can." Although the cultivator surnamed Xun was also furious in his heart, he knew very well that now was not the time to pursue this matter. After saying this in a deep voice, he immediately transformed into a streak of black light and fled first.

"That person might not necessarily be the murderer of our Sixth Junior Brother; perhaps we don't need to be this afraid." The brocade-robed scholar was shocked but hesitated as he spoke.

"Hmph! If you want to hand your life over to someone else, Brother, then please forgive me for not keeping you company!" The woman said coldly and unpleasantly, transforming into a streak of red light and breaking through the air in another direction.

The scholar's expression was extremely ugly. He glared resentfully at the Spirit Beast Sect members opposite him, then stomped his foot and flew away from the area.

Seeing this, the other low-tier Spirit Beast Sect cultivators naturally scattered in a flurry to save their own lives.

The terror of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator left these cultivators unable to muster even the slightest desire to resist.

"These guys are truly useless. Not only did they not help, but they also wasted our time to flee." The woman surnamed Liu raised her delicate eyebrows and said in a very annoyed, low voice.

"No! The situation is much better now. With these people providing cover for us, the chances of escaping have increased significantly. Let us each trust in our own fate." Han Han Yunzhi appeared very calm. She patted the spirit beast pouch at her waist, and a large, snow-white bird appeared in the air.

The woman surnamed Liu and the other Spirit Beast Sect cultivators were not slow; they either changed direction and fled directly using their magic tools, or released their flying spirit beasts and fled by beast, just like Han Han Yunzhi.

The only thing they had in common was that they were all fleeing alone, with no one taking the same direction as anyone else. They were terrified that because of the crowd, they would be targeted by the fierce star behind them.

In the blink of an eye, there was no one left in the area.

According to their thinking, even if that Nascent Soul stage cultivator's escape speed was fast, it was impossible for him to chase down everyone one by one, which was enough for most of them to escape with their lives.

And at this moment, Han Li was already within a hundred miles.

Just now, after a sweep of his spiritual sense, he discovered that another wave of demonic cultivators had appeared, and he felt slightly astonished.

But when the two waves of people actually scattered and fled, he could not help but frown, feeling it was somewhat troublesome.

A hint of coldness flashed across his face. Han Li took a deep breath, and a thunderous sound rang out from behind him. Silver arcs danced, and two silvery-white wings appeared out of thin air behind his back.

He lightly injected the Evil-Warding Divine Thunder within his body into the Wind and Thunder Wings. Han Li vanished instantly amidst the electric arcs, and the next moment, his figure appeared several miles away.

With such a Thunder Escape divine technique being executed repeatedly, Han Li's figure flashed incessantly from near to far. After a short while, he appeared at the place where those cultivators had just parted ways.

Han Li remained expressionless, but his spiritual sense sensed the area calmly, and he immediately located all the fleeing demonic cultivators.

At this moment, the one furthest away had already fled forty or fifty miles, while the closest one had only just fled ten miles away.

Han Li sneered, immediately locked onto the Core Formation stage cultivator furthest away, and then with a flash of electric light, he vanished.

The person who ran the furthest was not the cultivator surnamed Xun who fled first, but the woman of about thirty years of age who still possessed some charm.

This woman did not know what kind of strange cultivation technique she practiced. Although her cultivation was only at the early Core Formation stage, at this moment, red light shrouded her body and spirit flames danced, making her appear like a demon spirit in fire, her entire person transforming into a huge fireball, moving at lightning speed.

Outside the fireball, several light bands of varying lengths extended directly from the woman's body, flashing with green light. Every movement caused the woman to instantly escape more than ten feet away, and the speed was truly shocking.

And the woman herself was secretly feeling proud.

Her cultivation technique might be inferior to other top-tier cultivation techniques when fighting, but it was an extremely rare Wind and Fire Escape technique. Coupled with the "Floating Spirit Band," a wind-attribute magic treasure she practiced, it was like adding wings to a tiger in terms of escape techniques.

She believed that her current escape speed was not necessarily inferior to that of an early Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

If one were to say who among these fleeing cultivators was most likely to be safe and sound, it was naturally none other than her.

Just as the woman was secretly pondering, her ears suddenly heard a "rumbling" sound. Although the sound was not loud and seemed to be from a very far distance, it caused the woman to freeze, and she could not help but look back within the red light.

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