Chapter 369: With the Master Present

She unconsciously called out.

Yuan Yao struggled to open her eyes, vaguely seeing the silver hair strands drifting before her; a familiar handsome face came into view, and in his eyes appeared sorrow and self-reproach.

"Yao Yao."

"Sorry, Master came late."

Qian Jue Shan said, gently feeding her an eighth-grade Healing Wound Pill.

Then, Qian Jue Shan quickly condensed his true qi and transmitted it into her body; in an instant Yuan Yao felt a warm sensation spreading inside her, and the pain rapidly faded.

"Master!" At this moment, Song Yan and the others also rushed over.

Qian Jue Shan glanced at them, seeing each one with a deathly pale face, heads bloody and battered, his heart felt as if something had violently wrenched it.

At the same time, the people from the Heaven One Sect in the underground labyrinth, Bian Chen, and Nie Bai also came out.

The Flower Sect squad that had been stationed not far from the underground labyrinth entrance also hurried over upon hearing the sound.

As soon as they arrived, they saw the silver-haired man who had appeared out of nowhere catch Yuan Yao.

"That is..."

"Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord!" Hua Chengyan's heart trembled slightly; he naturally also saw the illusion of the Formless Immortal Lord, which was also the most shocking thing for him.

The double champions of the previous generation's Heavenly Pride List appeared here at this moment.

Lu Xiangxiang's face changed instantly upon seeing Qian Jue Shan appear.

Everyone's gaze gathered on that tall, silver-haired man.

Even the Formless Immortal Lord halted his attack on Xie Yan upon sensing his arrival.

Cang Li's face was deathly pale, his visage almost entirely covered in blood, looking extremely miserable; he cried out with a grief-stricken face: "Master, they want to seize our things! It's fine that the Formless Immortal Lord beat us like this, but Yao Yao is delicate and precious—she has never suffered such harm—waaaah."

"It's still Yao Yao's birthday today!"

"Master, we're suffering!"

Upon hearing these words, the crowd's expressions shifted, and they finally realized that the Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord's appearance was because today is Yuan Yao's birthday!

And at this moment, only a short time had passed since midnight; what does that mean? It means that the Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord, for Yuan Yao's birthday, spared no effort in preparing beforehand and arrived precisely on schedule!

This affection truly lives up to the rumors.

Qian Jue Shan's face was expressionless.

But at the same time, everyone noticed that the heavy snow filling the sky had quietly stopped at some point, and even the biting, bone-chilling wind had vanished without a trace.

For a moment, the entire heaven and earth fell into an eerie silence, as if time had been frozen.

Everyone present clearly felt an unprecedented oppressive atmosphere gradually enveloping the surroundings, akin to the heavy, deathly stillness that precedes a massive storm.

The crowd tensed up in unison, their heartbeats involuntarily quickening, and even beads of fine sweat began to appear on their foreheads.

Just then, Qian Jue Shan entrusted Yuan Yao, who was in his arms, into Xiao Lingwei's embrace.

Immediately afterward, he reached out and patted Yuan Yao's head.

"Don't be afraid, Master is here."

Qian Jue Shan said softly.

Yuan Yao's eyes welled with tears, she pouted her lips, and nodded slightly.

At the same time, Yue Liu's voice echoed in Yuan Yao's sea of consciousness: "Is this your master?"

"He is very strong."

He commented.

Before Yuan Yao could reply to Yue Liu, she saw her master's figure vanish before her eyes, and at the same time a protective barrier enveloped the six of them.

Boom—

A thunderous explosion rang out, and only the silver-haired man and the illusion of the Formless Immortal Lord were seen clashing.

The entire Heaven Snow Mountain Range trembled.

And the tremendous impact of their clash instantly flattened the surrounding snow mountains into a plain.

"Qian Jue Shan, do you wish to be my enemy?" the Formless Immortal Lord narrowed his eyes, sensing the killing intent emanating from his opponent.

"And what of it?"

His tone bore a murderous air: "You injured my disciple; today I will sever one of your divine souls!"

The Formless Immortal Lord's face changed drastically; he raised his sword to block Qian Jue Shan's attack.

He was forced to retreat step by step.

Their battle blasted this snow mountain into collapse.

Hua Chengyan had already led the Flower Sect squad to retreat a thousand li away; even so, they could still feel an extremely sharp sword intent.

It took only a few short rounds before the victor was decided!

Qian Jue Shan split the Formless Immortal Lord's substitute illusion with a single sword strike!

Moreover, Qian Jue Shan's voice almost echoed throughout the entire area.

"As your teacher, I will first go to the First Continent and return shortly."

Upon saying that, everyone's faces changed.

This means directly chasing to the First Continent to slay the Formless Immortal Lord!

Cang Li cupped his hands around his mouth like a megaphone and shouted: "Master, I heard the Heaven One Sect has spirit peaches; I want to eat the Heaven One Sect's spirit peaches!"

The Second Elder, Seventh Elder, and disciples such as Lu Xiangxiang of the Heaven One Sect heard this, and their faces instantly turned grim.

The Heaven One Sect's spirit peach tree takes ten years to bloom and bear fruit, and each harvest yields no more than ten fruits.

Even the elite disciples of the Heaven One Sect may not necessarily get a chance to eat them.

Qian Jue Shan replied with a simple: "Good."

Immediately afterward, he vanished into the Heaven Snow Mountain Range.

And at this moment, Bian Chen and the others were so shocked they could not speak.

They had naturally heard of the Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord's fame, but the Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord had not seriously made a move in nearly a hundred years, so no one knew his current strength.

But now he directly attacked the Heaven One Sect on the First Continent.

This shows that his strength could be on par with the Formless Immortal Venerable, and possibly even exceed it!

At this moment, the Second Elder and Seventh Elder of the Heaven One Sect felt their vision go dark and their bodies shiver uncontrollably.

They actually provoked a battle between the Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord and the Formless Immortal Venerable.

If the Sect Master found out, wouldn't he have them abolished?

Lu Xiangxiang never expected that Thousand Jade Mountain could go this far for Yuan Yao.

She knew that Thousand Jade Mountain was truly enraged.

Is it merely because Yuan Yao was injured?

Lu Xiangxiang's heart felt as if gripped tightly by a huge hand, making it hard for her to breathe.

On the Flower Sect's side, Ninth Uncle stared wide-eyed, his eyeballs almost popping out.

"Too strong! Too strong! How can there be someone this strong……"

Ninth Uncle muttered to himself, a surge of fear in his heart, his spine turning cold.

He thought the Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord could kill the Flower Sect's three Immortal Venerables with a single sword strike.

Ninth Uncle looked gratefully at Hua Chengyan: "Young Master, fortunately you stopped me several times, otherwise I would surely have died a miserable death……"

Hua Chengyan's mood was also very complicated at this moment; he felt fortunate that he hadn't fallen out with the Thousand Mountain Six.

At the same time——

First Continent.

In a hall of the Heaven One Sect, the young man who had been sitting cross-legged trembled all over, then he opened his deep-set eyes, and a trace of fresh blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

He wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth.

The next moment, he felt that the Heaven One Sect's protective grand array had been cut open by a sword.

Boom—

A deafening explosion made everyone in the Heaven One Sect startle.