Searching

Xu Xian left, hands in his pockets as if he were just going for a stroll.

The others, who had been quite worried, found their anxiety fading for some unknown reason.

They felt that the ones who should be worried weren't them, but the people outside.

It was hard to imagine just how much bad luck those people were about to encounter.

At least, that was what Lu Yuan thought, and he spoke from deep personal experience.

A being who could still freely take items out despite the suppression of the laws of heaven and earth had methods comparable to cheating.

He didn't doubt for a second that Xu Xian could pull an entire mountain out of that sword pool and crush everyone to death.

After Xu Xian's silhouette vanished, Chu Yi leaned toward him and asked curiously, "What secrets were you whispering to my uncle just now?"

Lu Yuan gave her a faint glance and said coolly, "Don't ask questions children shouldn't ask."

Chu Yi was already thirteen years old.

She was developing very well.

She puffed out her chest and said displeasedly, "Who are you calling small? I'm bigger than Xiaoxiao, okay?"

Yao Xiaoxiao was stunned and instinctively looked down, her toes curling slightly in embarrassment.

The young girl Xiaoxiao was already slender and elegant, and while she was a bit behind Lin Qianqian, she was indeed a step ahead of Yao Xiaoxiao.

Lu Yuan didn't know what to say, so he turned to leave. As he passed Yao Xiaoxiao, he muttered, "Drink more milk."

Yao Xiaoxiao's eyes widened.

"Did I do something to provoke both of you?" Yao Xiaoxiao shouted angrily.

Chu Yi left resentfully.

Kongkong trotted after her.

Lin Qianqian's mind, however, was not on this...

On the way back, the bickering and discussions continued.

"My master really won't be in trouble, right?"

"Don't worry, your master is as cunning as they come."

"I think so too. The unlucky one won't be my uncle, but everyone else..."

...

On the other side, after Xu Xian left the cave, the little book spirit hovered into the sky, searching the wasteland for demon targets.

He was also looking for Chi Ji.

In the White Bone Burial Ground, people could be seen everywhere chasing and killing one another.

However, the scale of the commotion was much smaller than it had been on the platforms.

Xu Xian calculated that about six or seven hours had passed since the boundary wall of the Emperor's Tomb opened and the Eight-Direction Platforms appeared.

Based on Fanzhou time, night was about to fall in the Emperor's Tomb.

However, with two blood suns in the sky and different laws in this world, Xu Xian naturally didn't know if there was a distinction between day and night.

There were ten days in total.

Most of the first day had passed, and the struggle for the platforms was coming to an end.

Most of the living beings from Fanzhou had already entered this vast, boundless battlefield.

The previous chaotic brawl had evolved into the current hunt.

Some sects and families that had been scattered were still trying to regroup, and temporary alliances had been formed between races and factions.

The end of the platform battles signaled that this slaughter had entered its second phase.

If Xu Xian's judgment was correct, internal strife would continue to decrease over the next few days. Powerful sects and races would use this time to gather their strength.

They would form large groups.

Many people would join these large groups just to survive.

Then would come the play of the big fish eating the small fish, and the small fish eating the shrimp.

After that, it would be a confrontation and melee between the large groups, likely erupting into a racial war centered around the four great races.

Only when the time was near the end would the ambitious players make their move.

Chaos would break out again.

They would fight for the final slots.

The person with the highest merit points would surely be attacked by everyone at that time.

Whether they were of the same race, the same sect, or even your own flesh and blood, they might very well stab you in the back.

In the face of immense profit, human nature could never withstand the test.

However, that was what would happen under normal circumstances. Currently, there was an abnormal situation in the Emperor's Tomb.

For example...

Xu Xian's existence was a massive variable.

He possessed the means to subvert the rules, so he naturally had the ability to change the outcome.

At the moment, the various groups were gathering in the form of races and sects, which was a good thing for Xu Xian.

At least this way, their targets were large enough, and the things he needed to do next would be relatively simple.

He would go wherever there were many people, and those with high status would be easy to recognize at a glance.

If they were scattered, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. With only ten days, Xu Xian might not be able to successfully complete his plan.

But for now, he had a few things to handle first.

First, find Chi Ji.

Second, retrieve the bodies of the sect disciples.

The change in the laws of heaven and earth had reduced all cultivators to mortal beings.

The disappearance of cultivation meant that spells had failed. Chi Ji's disguise would naturally be gone; her ten-colored hair and demon horns would return to their original state.

If she was seen through...

First, her safety could not be guaranteed, and the layout he had made in the Demon Abyss would likely be ruined.

On the other hand, because the Emperor's Tomb was closed and the world was completely cut off, the connection between the swords in the Sword Mound and the disciples of the Wendao Sword Sect had been severed.

Therefore, the swords could not return to the sect.

They remained on their fallen masters.

This was a good thing for Xu Xian.

As the master of the Sword Mound, he could easily find those swords based on their sword aura. By finding the swords, he could distinguish which bodies belonged to the disciples of the Wendao Sword Sect.

Otherwise, with so many corpses, many of which were already unrecognizable, where would he even begin to look?

Right now, the first thing Xu Xian had to do was find Chi Ji.

Walking through the Twilight Burial Realm where bone-filled ravines crisscrossed, Xu Xian moved in a hurry. Even if he occasionally encountered people fighting or killing each other, he acted as if he saw nothing.

Even if humans were besieged by demons, spirits, or beasts, he ignored them completely.

"Fellow daoist, save me!"

"We are both humans, how can you be so cold?"

"..."

There were cries for help and accusations...

Xu Xian would even occasionally add a finishing blow in passing.

'Moral blackmail?'

What a joke.

If I say you're possessed by an evil cultivator, there's nothing wrong with killing you, right?

When they were ganging up on the Wendao Sword Sect on the platforms, why didn't they think about being fellow humans?

Whether you were human, demon, monster, or beast...

In Xu Xian's mind, there were only two kinds of people.

Those who were irrelevant and those who were his own.

Originally, he still felt a slight hesitation about attacking humans.

After all, Xu Xian wasn't someone without a moral baseline.

But after the slaughter on the platforms, that last bit of hesitation had vanished.

One-third of the Wendao Sword Sect had been lost. Not a single one of you should expect to have a good time.

Time passed quietly.

In a very short period, Xu Xian sprinted for hundreds of miles through the mountains, but he still hadn't found Chi Ji.

Groups of the heavenly demon race rarely appeared in his field of vision either. Just as he was wondering where that silly girl had run off to, the pair of blood suns in the sky suddenly emitted rings of blood-red light.

Xu Xian instinctively slowed his pace.

He looked up and saw the pair of blood suns getting smaller and smaller.

Until finally, they disappeared completely.

Night instantly dominated the sky.

On the ground, the blood-red color faded, but the massive bones began to glow, surrounded by milky white immortal essence.

Night had arrived as scheduled.

The Twilight Burial Realm became restless because of this.

"It's dark?"

"The blood suns are gone."

"These bones are not simple..."

Xu Xian furrowed his brows, his gaze moving between the sky and the ground several times. He whispered, "Is this what they call 'eyes open for day, eyes closed for night'?"