bookbashuk Chapter 126 Searching
Chapter 126 Searching
Lingyue Mountain.
The once majestic and magnificent mountain was shrouded in a dark red mist.
The once spiritually vibrant blessed land is now only deathly silent.
As you ascend the broken jade steps, you see almost entirely the mangled bodies of cultivators, with very few belonging to demonic beasts.
Looking around, you can see many cultivators with half of their bodies embedded in the rock wall, their hands still in the gesture of forming hand seals.
"They were probably all killed by the Demon King."
Zhang Lingyu looked at the corpses scattered on the ground with a complicated expression; almost all of these people had been killed with a single blow.
In fact, some of them were killed by the three demon kings, while many others were affected by the aftershocks of the broken formation.
After all, a sixth-order grand formation is no joke; very few people below the Golden Core stage can survive it.
After a while, Zhang Lingyu finally found the bodies of Wang Lin and his wife among the broken walls and ruins. The bodies were relatively well-preserved and had not been further damaged by the monster.
Zhang Lingyu silently watched the couple. Their faces still held the fear of dying, but their hands were tightly clasped together. Wang Lin's left hand was holding a jade pendant.
He was clearly worried about his daughter before he died, or perhaps he was reminding the boy who found him not to forget his promise.
Zhang Lingyu took out the jade pendant that the other party had given her, feeling uneasy. Just as she was about to clean up the two bodies, a faint voice came from beside her.
"The body is intact, which is already an excellent condition."
He quickly turned around and saw that Master Bai Yan had appeared behind him at some point. He looked at the jade pendant in his hand, then at the one in Wang Lin's hand, and found them to be exactly the same. He asked:
"You're not a disciple of the Tranquil Mind Pavilion, is this your friend?"
"You are truly wise; this is indeed my good friend, it's just a pity..."
My condolences.
A rare flicker of emotion crossed the face of this person, but it was quickly suppressed, and he continued:
"I just received news that Jingxin Pavilion has been destroyed and Master Jingxin has perished. Since they are friends, their bodies are in your care. Find a place to bury them properly."
"I understand."
Zhang Lingyu had originally planned to find Wang Menghan and then bury her properly once they returned to Qingya Mountain.
After collecting the body, Master Bai Yan turned to look at the entire Lingyue Mountain. Seeing that everyone had finished dealing with the situation, he sent a message:
"Let's go, let's go to the Tranquility Pavilion first."
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A valley near Jingxin Pavilion.
Ye Qiao'er was hiding in a cave with her fellow disciples, a trace of fear still lingering on her face, occasionally glancing outside the cave to see if any demonic beasts were following them.
"The sect... just like that, it's wiped out?"
Even now, the woman still seems somewhat dazed.
She escaped the summons during this beast tide because she was in seclusion. After emerging from seclusion, she heard the news of the great victory at Lingyue Mountain and immediately felt relieved.
They thought the beast tide would pass quickly, but unexpectedly, their ancestor returned to the sect seriously injured the day before yesterday. Not only that, but he was also followed by three demon kings and thousands of demon beasts.
To resist the beast tide, 80% of the sect's cultivators were conscripted, leaving only 50 to remain and guard the area.
The arrival of the Demon King terrified them, and they could only cooperate with their ancestor to activate the mountain-protecting formation to resist. ^_^
Unfortunately, Master Jingxin was already on the verge of death, and the great formation was breached by the demon kings after only one hour.
The most terrifying thing was that one of the demon kings forcibly plucked out his golden core and killed him!
This scene immediately caused many of his fellow disciples to faint from fright.
As the great formation shattered, they thought the Demon King would crush them to death, but he only gathered the sect's rare treasures and left.
Some of the monsters were left behind to hunt them down.
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This gave them a glimmer of hope. Taking advantage of the chaos, she led Wang Lin's daughter and her fellow disciples to escape.
But fate had other plans. No Foundation Establishment cultivators accompanied them, and during their escape, they were targeted by several third-tier demonic beasts and suffered serious injuries.
Fortunately, one of the senior disciples had a protective technique given to him by their master, and managed to kill one of them.
Even though he covered their retreat to protect them, he still lost his life to the tiger.
Now, thanks to the time that senior brother bought them, they can only barely hide in the cave and try to escape this calamity.
"Aunt Ye, will my parents ever come back?"
Just as she was immersed in grief and confusion, a faint voice beside her pulled her back to reality.
She glanced at the girl curled up beside her and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"Should I tell Meng Han and Junior Brother Wang Lin that they're dead?"
With Lingyue Mountain breached and our own master killed tragically, it's obvious that all the fellow disciples guarding the area must have been wiped out.
Thinking of this, she suddenly began to feel some hatred for the six sects of Zhao. If a large number of cultivators had not been transferred away, such a tragedy would not have happened.
But then again, after such a great victory, who would have thought that the other side would come back to fight?
Ye Qiao'er forced a smile and comforted him, "Meng Han, your parents should be alright..."
"Is that so..."
Wang Menghan's face was full of disbelief; she could tell from the other person's words that they lacked confidence.
Judging from the whispers of the other disciples nearby, the child had already sensed that his parents might be gone.
Even though she was heartbroken, she held back her tears.
Perhaps there's still a sliver of hope left in my heart.
Seeing that the girl had seen through her lie, Ye Qiao'er was momentarily speechless and simply clenched her small hands tighter.
"Junior Sister Ye, how much longer are you going to keep her by your side? It's time to find her a suitable family to settle down with."
After a while, a cultivator glanced at Wang Menghan and complained:
"We're being chased by monsters right now. You're carrying a child, and if we're discovered and try to escape, you'll be a huge burden."
They were all injured and already in a difficult situation, and now they also had to take care of children.
Should I keep my life or not?
"Senior Brother Li Hui...this is Junior Brother Wang's daughter, how can you be so heartless as to abandon her?"
"Junior Brother Wang? He's probably already dead on Lingyue Mountain. Now that the sect is gone, we're all just independent cultivators. Forget about sect camaraderie."
"That thing is completely useless now!"
Ye Qiao'er frowned slightly, about to retort, but finding no reason, she could only obediently shut up.
She agreed to Wang Lin's request out of loyalty to her sect. Originally, it was already an act of great kindness to bring her out after the sect's destruction, but seeing the girl's condition, she couldn't bear to abandon her and has kept her by her side ever since.
Just as Li Hui said, he was already a rogue cultivator, and where he would go in the future was a problem, let alone having a child with him.
Whether or not she possesses spiritual insight, perhaps allowing her to live a peaceful life in the mortal world is the only way she can live out her days in tranquility.
Given the current situation, one day even Foundation Establishment cultivators might die mysteriously.
Seeing that Ye Qiao'er did not continue to refute, and looking at the girl's helpless eyes, Li Hui realized that he had gone too far.
But these were his true feelings, and he didn't regret it.
While they were pondering, a beam of light suddenly descended from outside the cave, and everyone immediately became alert, aiming their magical artifacts and talismans at the cave entrance.
Li Hui shouted, "Who are you? We are cultivators from the Tranquil Mind Pavilion!"
"Cultivator of the Tranquil Mind Pavilion, didn't you say your sect was destroyed and you became a rogue cultivator? How dare you still call yourself a cultivator of the Tranquil Mind Pavilion?"
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