As soon as Ling Yunhe finished speaking, the six people and one beast immediately retreated before the others could react.
"The main hall!" Qin Xi said.
They were some distance away from the square behind them, but the main hall was right next to them.
"But Wushang …" Mo Tiange said worriedly. The aura of divine beasts in the main hall was very strong. Nie Wushang and Yang Chengji …
"We're fine!" Nie Wushang immediately interrupted her.
They no longer hesitated and flashed into the main hall next to them. Qin Xi waved his sleeve, and the stone door of the main hall was about to close.
At this time, Master Daoist Yuanmu's Exquisite Pagoda arrived. The originally small and exquisite pagoda suddenly became big and smashed towards them.
Jing Xingzhi's movements were also fast. The white tiger formed in the sword light and collided with the Exquisite Pagoda with a loud bang.
The stone door was closed.
Without hesitation, Ling Yunhe released the flying boat. "Get on!"
They were well aware that the stone door would be broken soon and wouldn't be delayed for long.
When they boarded the flying boat, the stone door was heavily hit and then opened.
"Come here!"
Mo Tiange said quickly, "I'll take you to a space crack. Don't resist."
When everyone nodded, she motioned for them to stand beside her. She put her hands together and touched the space between her eyebrows to call out the bead.
At this time, the spell had already hit the ship.
Mo Tiange looked indifferently at Master Daoist Yuanmu and the others outside the ship. She held their hands, and a white light lit up, taking them into the Virtual Sky World.
Without its master, the flying boat was quickly opened, and the inside was empty.
Master Daoist Yuanmu frowned. "Where did it go?"
But no matter how they looked, even if they dismantled the flying boat, they couldn't find any trace.
The white light around them dispersed, and they opened their eyes.
The place they were in was a bamboo forest. There were a few bamboo houses in the forest, and the spiritual energy was abundant. Outside the forest was a vast expanse of white fog, blocking their vision.
"This is …" Nie Wushang was slightly stunned. Why did she feel it was familiar?
"A space crack," Mo Tiange said, "I got the key by accident."
Jing Xingzhi glanced around and muttered, "Such a strong spiritual aura. It should be formed in the Distant Past era, right?"
"Probably," Mo Tiange said tiredly, "We'll have to hide here for a while. You guys can do as you please." She then returned to her own cultivation room. Qin Xi also followed her inside as if he was very familiar with her.
Xiao Feng revealed her true form and returned to her nest in the depths of the bamboo forest.
Feifei came out to greet them, then went back inside.
Lil 'Fan and Xiao Huo … well, they were cultivating.
Xiao Huo had been working very hard recently. Xiao Feng had been providing it with the Vermillion Bird's Breath, and it was time for it to break through to the eighth level.
Lil Fan was absorbing the breath of the Xuan Wu.
The others hesitated for a moment before following him into the cultivation room.
Mo Tiange raised her eyebrows when she saw the four people standing in a row in front of her. She then took out four praying mats and threw them to them. "Sit."
The four of them sat down and stared at each other for a while. It was still Nie Wushang who broke the silence first. "Have I been here before?"
"Yeah."
"Back then, when we were chased by Mei Feng, we also hid here. But you were unconscious, so you didn't know."
"No wonder it's a bit familiar." Nie Wushang looked around and commented, "It's really a good place. It's quiet after being chased."
Yang Chengji asked, "If we hide here, will we still be in the same place when we go out?"
Mo Tiange nodded. "En."
"If the spaceship is destroyed, will it affect us?"
"No, unless the space is torn apart, which might affect us a bit."
Ling Yunhe looked around and said, "It's such a pity that we don't plant spiritual plants in a place with such rich spiritual aura!"
"…" Mo Tiange didn't say anything. She couldn't tell Ling Yunhe that there were actually a lot of spiritual plants; she just cut them off.
"Ahem!" Qin Xi cleared his throat and asked, "Fellow Daoist Ling, can you still go back to Jiuyan Sect if you do this?"
Hearing those words, Ling Yunhe grew silent.
"Yes, Fellow Daoist Ling, if you leave like this, will Ling Clan be in trouble?" Mo Tiange also asked.
Ling Yunhe heaved a long sigh and said, "If I don't do this, should I just watch you get killed?"
"We won't necessarily be killed," Jing Xingzhi said with a sneer. "There are only five people in Jiuyan Sect. Although Master Daoist Yuanmu's cultivation level is in the Late Nascent Stage, his old injuries haven't healed yet."
Ling Yunhe shook his head gently. "What about the others?
From a certain point of view, today's events are related to you, Mo, Qin, and Yang. After your Heavenly Tribulation, the world changed and the continent shifted, which led to a shortage of resources in Yunzhong and led to today's events.
Martial Uncle Yuanmu definitely has a way to stir up everyone's emotions and make you the target of everyone!
We're already very tired, and we're completely relying on medicinal pills to support ourselves. If we're besieged again, can we still hold on? "
Jing Xingzhi was silent. After thinking about it carefully, this was indeed the case.
If Master Daoist Yuanmu stirred things up like this, would the cultivators in Yunzhong side with Jiuyan Sect or them?
The answer was obvious.
"If you get killed, I might never get that answer," Ling Yunhe said with a firm gaze.
"I know there's a sword hanging over my head that might fall at any time, and this world might be destroyed. I can't eat or sleep well every day, so how can I give up this opportunity?
As for the Ling Clan … "He showed a bitter smile." My great-grandfather is still here, so the Ling Clan will be fine, but … "
"In my opinion, it's still too early to worry about this," Nie Wushang interrupted him. "Whether we can get out or not is still another matter!"
"Yes …" Nie Wushang's words immediately returned to the main topic. Mo Tiange sighed and said, "This time, we're really in big trouble. When we were trapped in the far west, we could still ask for help, but where can we ask for help now?"
Jing Xingzhi frowned and said with a wretched expression, "We're really unlucky. We were trapped by ghost cultivators once, and now we're trapped for the second time!" Wasn't the situation this time similar to the one in the far west?
However, the ghost cultivators in the far west were conscious, and they were actively trapped. The ghost cultivators here, on the other hand, were unconscious and were guided by others.
"Speaking of which, how did Devil Lord Moon Shadow and the others do it?
They could actually get these ghost cultivators out of the canyon. "Mo Tiange thought about it for a while.
Nie Wushang shrugged indifferently. "Who knows?
There are ghost cultivators in Yunzhong. Maybe this Devil Lord has dealings with ghost cultivators, so he knows some characteristics of ghost cultivators! "
Everyone was silent again.
After a long time, Yang Chengji said, "Enough with the idle talk. What should we do now?
There are nearly 50 Nascent Soul cultivators and so many ghost cultivators outside. Do we just wait like this? "
"Yes, wait," Qin Xi said, "We can't go out now, so we can only wait."
"… Wait until when?"
Qin Xi smiled and looked at Yang Chengji. "We've been waiting for dozens of years in the Palace of Immortals in the Ruins of Returning Sea. Why can't we wait now?"
Yang Chengji thought for a long time and sighed. "We can only do this."
Ling Yunhe muttered, "Indeed, we can only wait. If we go out, Martial Uncle Yuan Mu won't let us go."
"Fellow Daoist Ling," Mo Tiange suddenly asked, "do you think they can leave?"
"I don't know whether they can leave or not, but Martial Uncle Yuan Mu isn't a person who will sit still and wait for death. He'll definitely think of a way."
Ling Yunhe appeared very confident. This was the confidence he cultivated in the Head as a disciple of Jiuyan Sect for a long time.
"In fact, there's a very simple and stupid way," Jing Xingzhi said lazily.
"As long as they don't fight among themselves and go out to kill a few ghost cultivators from time to time, then retreat to the sacrificial temple when they can't. If they keep killing like this, they'll eventually kill all the ghost cultivators."
Everyone thought about it. This was indeed a way, but it would take a long time, but it was also relatively safe.
No matter how many ghost cultivators there were, they were still limited. These people were all Nascent Soul cultivators. For them, the only threat was Nascent Soul ghost cultivators. The rest were nothing to worry about.
More than 100 Nascent Soul ghost cultivators sounded terrifying, but if they were killed separately, it wouldn't be that difficult.
"If we can think of this, presumably Devil Lord Yue Ying can't," Qin Xi said. "In my opinion, they must have a backup plan."
"In that case, hiding here and watching the show is the best choice," Nie Wushang said after thinking for a while.
Upon hearing this, Ling Yunhe looked conflicted. For him, facing people from Jiuyan Sect and throwing away their lives was unbearable.
"It seems … right."
Mo Tiange thought about it carefully. "In any case, we have nothing urgent to do. It won't be too late to leave after they rush out and both sides are injured."
Right after she finished speaking, Ling Yunhe suddenly stood up. "Fellow Daoist Mo, please take me back."
The other five people's gazes all fell on him. Mo Tiange was surprised. "Fellow Daoist Ling, you …"
Ling Yunhe said, "The Ling Family raised me, and Jiuyan Sect raised me. Ling Yunhe was able to have today's achievements because of my sect elders. Now that they're in trouble, how can I only care about myself?"
Yang Chengji frowned. "Fellow Daoist Ling, even if you leave now, Master Daoist Yuanmu won't necessarily forgive you, so why …"
A bitter smile appeared on Ling Yunhe's face. "No matter how Martial Uncle Yuan Mu treats me, I shouldn't refuse what I should do.
Saving you is out of righteousness, and going back to fight side by side with my fellow disciples is also out of righteousness.
If I don't care about their lives, how can I say I didn't betray Jiuyan Sect? "
Ling Yunhe was a person who never showed mercy when he needed to use means, but deep down, he retained stubborn loyalty.
He wasn't like Jing Xingzhi, whose cold treatment after his master passed away made him lose his sense of belonging to the sect. If it were him, since he had already fallen out with them, why would he turn back?
Ling Yunhe was different. He had always been an elite disciple of Jiuyan Sect. He was focused on training since he was a child, and he was even personally taught by a Nascent Soul cultivator. Later, he even became the sect head and was regarded as the successor by Master Daoist Yuanmu. Even if he was disappointed later, the preferential treatment he received for more than two hundred years wasn't fake.
"Let him go," Qin Xi suddenly said.
Mo Tiange was a bit surprised. "Senior Martial Brother?"
"If it were you or me, would we give up on our fellow disciples in this kind of situation?"
Mo Tiange was stunned and pondered with furrowed brows.
If it were them … even if Lord Daoist Zhenyang disagreed with them one day, it wouldn't change the fact that Xuanqing School had protected them for hundreds of years.
Mo Tiange sighed and stood up. "Fellow Daoist Ling, come with me."