“Can... not... go... fur... ther!”
This sentence jumped out of her mouth word by word. Not only Xu Xian, but the alert crowd standing several miles behind him heard it too.
And they understood it.
They subconsciously furrowed their brows.
She looked inhuman and wasn't from Fanzhou, yet they could understand what she said.
Unless...
A bold thought flashed through the minds of Jin Qing and the others.
This woman before them was very likely from Fanzhou—a senior who had ascended a long time ago.
If that were the case,
Everything would make sense.
Why they could understand her language, and why she was pointing the way for Xu Xian.
But was that really the case? To Xu Xian, it didn't seem so.
He knew more of Fanzhou's hidden secrets and the connection between the Sword Province and Fanzhou.
Fanzhou...
Was originally a corner of the Sword Province that the three First Ancestors of the Li family had struck down to suppress the Twilight Emperor, evolving into the lower realm.
It shared the same origin as the Sword Province. Though millions of years had passed and two Great Eras had changed, everything had its roots. Some things would always be passed down through generations.
Like language.
This woman might indeed have ascended from Fanzhou long ago, but Xu Xian was more inclined to believe she was from the Li family, a person of the Sword Province from Above the Heavens.
Perhaps it was because of the sword in her hand, or perhaps it was just the boy's intuition.
It was hard to explain and not important.
Xu Xian only knew that she seemed unwilling to tell him her name, or perhaps she didn't even remember it herself?
Perhaps...
He took the opportunity to ask, “Why?”
She paused for a moment and spoke again, “Here, safe. Ahead, danger. Rest.”
It was still the same way of speaking, with words popping out one by one, but this time it was noticeably smoother and the vocabulary was more concise.
Xu Xian understood and didn't ask further. After a brief moment of deliberation, he chose to believe her, even though it was highly uncharacteristic of his usual nature.
“Alright, we'll do as you say, Senior.”
The red-clad woman nodded, and that was all.
Xu Xian turned back and said to the group, “Rest and reorganize here.”
The group looked at each other with mixed expressions—some relieved, some suspicious, some scrutinizing, and some anxious.
They moved closer to Xu Xian and chose a depression among the mountains to rest, taking pills, circulating their qi, and healing their wounds... yet they still remembered to keep some energy to stay alert to their surroundings.
The demons, spirits, humans, and devils deliberately kept a certain distance from each other.
Although they came from the same place and had escaped together through life-and-death situations, the mutual wariness remained.
These old monsters were all like this—cautious.
And it was precisely because of this
That they had lived until now.
Right now, they didn't just distrust the people beside them; they were also wary of Xu Xian, and even more so of the red-clad woman.
Xu Xian didn't mind; it was just human nature.
After settling them down, he immediately threw out five golden talismans, setting up a Heaven-Sealing Trapping Formation within a mile of the group to isolate them from all detection.
Still uneasy, he even took out Grandpa Tortoise's Bixu Mirror. Using his Pupil of Insight to control the divine art within the mirror, he perfectly blended the location of the formation with the surrounding environment.
This way, the formation would be even harder for external forces to detect, ensuring their personal safety during the rest.
Of course, nothing was absolute. The Heaven-Sealing Trapping Formation had never failed him in the lower realm, but Xu Xian had no confidence in it here in the Upper Realm.
Even though the little book spirit said that with this double insurance, even a god would find it hard to detect them.
But this was the territory of dark creatures. Who knew if those guys had even more sophisticated methods?
Once everything was done, Xu Xian finally exhaled a breath of turbid air. Under the watchful eyes of the others, he returned to his small group.
As soon as he sat down, Lu Yuan generously handed over a high-quality immortal plant and said, “Eat!”
Looking at Lu Yuan's moving jaw, Xu Xian subconsciously asked, “Raw?”
Lu Yuan said flatly, “You can also swallow it whole.”
Xu Xian curled his lip but said nothing. He took the plant, swallowed it, and drove his dantian to refine it.
Lu Yuan ate more than a dozen plants in one go and didn't forget to stuff another one into Xu Xian's hand.
Xu Xian was startled and gave him a strange look. “Why are you being so generous today?”
“I've always been generous,” Lu Yuan said.
Xu Xian gave him a look that said ‘like hell you are’. While chewing, he didn't forget to ask, “By the way, kid, where did you get so many immortal plants?”
“Nothing much, I just picked them. I've still got thousands in my bag. Eat as much as you want, there's plenty.”
“Picked them? Where did you pick them?” Xu Xian had an ominous feeling, as if his own home had been burglarized.
Lu Yuan moved his jaw like a silly roe deer. “Guess?”
It was confirmed. His home really had been burglarized.
Suddenly, the immortal plant in Xu Xian's hand didn't taste so good anymore, and it even felt scratchy in his throat.
He glared at Lu Yuan and said through gritted teeth, “Fine, fine, fine. You're good, kid. Just you wait. Once we get out of here, I'll definitely loosen your joints for you.”
He was being very restrained. If there hadn't been other people around, he would have jumped up and down in anger long ago.
Lu Yuan didn't care and said mischievously, “Sure, I'll wait. As long as we can get out alive, you can skin me or pull out my tendons—whatever you want.”
Hearing this, Xu Xian's anger immediately dissipated.
That's right!
To get out alive, they had to survive first. If they couldn't get out and died here, nothing else mattered.
“Sigh...”
He let out a sigh, feeling very depressed and extremely troubled.
Tu Sisi held out her hand and asked Lu Yuan, “Can I have a few too?”
Lu Yuan played dumb. “What?”
“Immortal plants!”
“No,” Lu Yuan refused flatly.
“Hmm?”
Lu Yuan said logically, “You're not from the Wendao Sword Sect. Why should I give them to you?”
Tu Sisi was speechless. One second he was saying he had plenty and they could eat their fill, and the next second he wouldn't give her a single one. What kind of person was he?
They had gone through hardships together, after all.
To put it more bluntly, the kid should even call her ‘Grand-Mistress’.
Unbelievable!
However, as the Tushan Immortal Fox, she was still very proud and gave a cold snort.
“Fine, keep them. Stingy.”
Lu Yuan didn't care at all. He turned to the other side and continued chewing grass. Just then, Jin Yu glanced over with curiosity and a desire for knowledge in her eyes.
Lu Yuan immediately snapped, “What are you looking at?”
Jin Yu: “????”
Lu Yuan added, “I'm not giving any to you either.”
Jin Yu was stunned for a long while, then she got furious. She hadn't even asked! But seeing this guy's blood-red pupils, she thought of those monsters from before and felt a chill in her heart. Like a child, she complained to Jin Qing:
“Sister, he's being mean to me.”
Jin Qing looked at Lu Yuan, then at Jin Yu, and finally shook her head helplessly.
“Sigh~”
What time was it, and they still had the heart to mess around? These two were truly thick-skinned.
In their current situation,
Her mind was filled only with worry and anxiety.
After eating a few immortal plants, Xu Xian's aura recovered slightly. A quick glance with the corner of his eye showed that three hundred and ninety-eight people had ascended.
Now, including himself, only thirty-eight were still alive.
Of the ancestors of the Three Sects, two were gone, leaving only one Daoist priest. Of the ten demon immortals, only six remained. Of the twelve demon gods, four were still alive.
Jin Qing, Jin Yu, Chi Ming.
Plus one Huang Chao, the father of Huang Xiao, who survived thanks to Xu Xian's special care.
All three demon dragons were wiped out.
The rest were a few saints, spirits, and great demons.
That fellow Bai Ze hadn't died either.
Casualties exceeded ninety percent.
Tragic!
For no particular reason, he asked Lu Yuan, “Do you regret it?”
Lu Yuan said stubbornly, “It's alright.”
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