Chapter 373: Reinforcements

"Cheep cheep~"

The chick wrapped its tiny wings around his neck and chirped a happy response.

Wang Jianqiang smiled.

Immediately after.

His brows suddenly furrowed.

The aura on the chick's body was somewhat unstable.

It must have been injured.

He took out a Heavenly Heart Resurrection Pill and fed it to the chick.

After swallowing the Heavenly Heart Resurrection Pill, the chick lay on his shoulder and fell into a deep sleep.

Just at this moment.

A flash of Spirit Light appeared before Wang Jianqiang's eyes, and two figures emerged.

Dong Yue and Yan Qingxuan looked at Wang Jianqiang and the others, a flash of excitement and amazement crossing their eyes.

It had only been thirty years.

They had actually grown strong to such a degree.

Dong Yue's gaze swept over Mu Lingxi, Su Yutong, and Wang Yu Yao, paused on Xing Li, and finally landed back on Wang Jianqiang.

"The Immortal Palace Assessment is over?"

"It is over." Wang Jianqiang nodded.

"What was the result?"

Dong Yue asked with some anticipation.

Yan Qingxuan also watched them intently.

"We passed."

"Not just me; Lingxi, Yu Yao, and Yutong all passed as well."

Upon hearing this, Dong Yue and Yan Qingxuan both revealed looks of pleasant surprise.

How difficult was the Immortal Palace Assessment?

Looking back over the past several thousand years, no one in the Northern Territory had ever successfully passed it.

Originally, letting Wang Jianqiang and the others go to participate.

Was actually just with the mindset of letting them gain some experience and broaden their horizons.

There had been no expectation at all that they would pass the assessment.

They never expected to receive such a huge surprise.

All four of them had actually passed!

This meant that the four of them would receive the highest level of cultivation in this world.

In the future, it was highly likely they would achieve Spirit Transformation, or even higher!

By then.

The Hehuan Sect would inevitably rise with the tide, reaching a height it had never attained before!

While Dong Yue and Yan Qingxuan were conversing with Wang Jianqiang.

Mu Lingxi had been looking downward.

Gradually...

Her brows slowly furrowed.

A look of worry also gradually welled up in her eyes.

Finally.

She looked at Dong Yue and couldn't help but ask, "Sect Master, where is my aunt? Why don't I see her?"

Hearing Mu Lingxi's inquiry.

The excitement on the faces of Dong Yue and Yan Qingxuan vanished instantly.

Seeing the change in their expressions, Mu Lingxi's heart sank, and a bad premonition arose.

"What exactly happened to my aunt?"

After a moment of silence.

Dong Yue sighed, "Your aunt, she has fallen."

Hearing Dong Yue's words, Mu Lingxi's body swayed.

Her complexion turned pale instantly.

"Lingxi~"

Wang Jianqiang looked at Mu Lingxi with concern.

Mu Lingxi came back to her senses, looked at Wang Jianqiang, and shook her head.

"Senior Brother, I am fine."

She took a deep breath and looked at Dong Yue, "Sect Master, can you tell me how my aunt fell?"

Dong Yue sighed again, "When the Hehuan Sect was besieged, the two Supreme Elders sacrificed themselves for righteousness, using their lives to fuel the Array and win a glimmer of survival for the Hehuan Sect."

"But we knew that the sacrificial power of the two Supreme Elders could not last long, so we decided to let Qiu Shuang and the others escape to seek reinforcements."

"I, Qingxuan, and your aunt were the ones who attracted the enemy's attention from the front."

"Your aunt fell during that battle; if it weren't for the chick risking a heavy injury to hold back the enemy, I fear Qingxuan and I would not be alive today."

Mu Lingxi nodded and fell silent.

Her eyes were filled with unconcealable grief.

Dong Yue sighed again upon seeing this and looked at Qiu Shuang, "Didn't I tell you to go to the other Three Great Factions to seek reinforcements? Where are Yang Wei and the others?"

Hearing Dong Yue's question, a flash of sorrow crossed Qiu Shuang's face, "Yang Wei and the others are all dead."

Dong Yue was stunned.

When Qiu Shuang and the others left, the attention of the powerful enemies outside the sect had been completely drawn to them, and they had not discovered the tracks of Qiu Shuang and her group.

How could this be?

Qiu Shuang saw Dong Yue's confusion and sighed, "We went to the Zhengyang Sect after leaving our sect, but we didn't expect the Zhengyang Sect to also be under attack by powerful experts."

"The other side discovered us and sent a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator to hunt us down."

"To buy me time, Yang Wei and the others all self-detonated."

Hearing Qiu Shuang's words, Dong Yue fell silent.

Just then, Yan Qingxuan suddenly spoke up, "The Zhengyang Sect was also attacked by powerful experts?"

"That's right," Qiu Shuang nodded, "and we have already learned the identities of these mysterious experts."

Hearing Qiu Shuang's words, the two women's expressions shifted.

They simultaneously thought of the old man Wang Jianqiang had previously used as a Disguise.

That person must have been the Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator who hunted down Qiu Shuang and the others.

As for how Qiu Shuang escaped.

The facts were already obvious; there was no need to ask.

She must have happened upon Wang Jianqiang and the others and been saved by them.

At this moment, Qiu Shuang looked at Wang Jianqiang, "You should be the one to tell them."

Wang Jianqiang nodded and said, "These Cultivators were all sent by the Xuanqing Palace. It is not just the Hehuan Sect that has been attacked; the Zhengyang Sect and the Wan Jian Sect have also been attacked."

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, Dong Yue and Yan Qingxuan's expressions tightened.

Then, they revealed looks of hesitation, "When did so many strange, powerful experts appear within the Xuanqing Palace?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianqiang told the two about how the Xuanqing Palace had colluded with mysterious forces to secretly cultivate powerful experts.

After hearing Wang Jianqiang's account, the two women's expressions simultaneously became grave.

"I never imagined the Xuanqing Palace had been plotting for so many years."

"They launched attacks on the Hehuan Sect, the Zhengyang Sect, and the Wan Jian Sect simultaneously; they must have done so because their power has greatly increased and their ambition has swelled, wanting to dominate the entire Northern Territory."

Wang Jianqiang nodded.

He looked at Liu Qing'er, who had been wearing a worried expression, and said to Dong Yue and Yan Qingxuan, "Now that the powerful enemies have just retreated, the sect is in urgent need of reorganization; you should go attend to that first."

"The Zhengyang Sect and the Wan Jian Sect are still enduring attacks from the Xuanqing Palace Cultivators; we cannot let them succeed, so we must hurry to support those two major sects."

As he spoke, he took out several dozen bottles of Healing Pill, "These Healing Pills are quite effective; distribute these pills to the injured Cultivators in the sect, and they will recover quickly."

After finishing, he took out two Heavenly Heart Resurrection Pills, "Take these two pills; after consuming them, your injuries will be completely healed in at most one hundred breaths."

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, the two could not help but reveal looks of shock.

Their injuries were not light.

Accumulated over a long period, they were already beginning to affect their foundations.

Recover in a mere hundred breaths?

What kind of Pill is this?

Its medicinal efficacy is so strong!

Wang Jianqiang did not explain.

The reason he did not give others the Heavenly Heart Resurrection Pill was simple.

Firstly, it was unnecessary; the Healing Pill he gifted was sufficient for Cultivators below the Nascent Soul Stage.

Secondly, the Heavenly Heart Resurrection Pill was too precious, and he did not have many on him.

"Take care."

Dong Yue and Yan Qingxuan did not stand on ceremony with Wang Jianqiang.

After receiving the pills, they descended toward the sect.

After the two left, Wang Jianqiang turned to look at Mu Lingxi.

Losing two relatives in succession was a heavy blow to her.

He was somewhat worried about her state, "Lingxi, are you alright? Do you want to go back into the sect to rest for a while?"

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, the sorrow in Mu Lingxi's eyes quickly receded.

Replacing it was a dense Slaughter Power.

She shook her head, "Senior Brother, I am fine; I want to go with you."

Sensing the killing intent on Mu Lingxi, Wang Jianqiang breathed a sigh of relief.

For Mu Lingxi.

Slaughter is actually a form of release.

This is a good thing.

He nodded, "Then let's go together."

Just then, Qiushuang suddenly spoke up, "My strength is weak and I cannot be of much help, so I won't go and cause trouble."

Wang Jianqiang looked at her.

He clearly sensed a feeling of loss from her.

He smiled and said, "That is fine too; there are still many things to handle within the Hehuan Sect, so you stay behind and help."