Chapter 678 Setting things up (1)
"Administrator Mo Guang, I will be out for a bit. In case any pressing matter arrives before I'm back you and Meili can handle it.
Though I won't be out for long.."
"Don't worry, Branch Chief, I will handle it. I'll also have the chef prepare something when you get back..." said the elderly administrator.
"Thank you.." Yang Qing said with a warm smile at the administrator's kind intentions.
"Have you tried communicating with the rest of your members?" asked Yang Qing as he turned his attention to Ling Qi and Xin Zehyr.
Their expressions suddenly shifted to a dumbfounded look before they hurriedly took out their communication talismans with desperation.
Even though Ling Qi had seen his sect get destroyed, he hoped that there may have been some who had decided to join the expedition into the graveyard torch to harvest the inheritance enlightenment blood crystals.
But after a few seconds, their excited expressions turned to dejection when their communication talismans produced a dull glow every time they tried to make a call.
A dull glow was indicative that the talisman that was on the other end had been destroyed.
"Once I'm back, I will try and look for them.." Yang Qing softly said.
"Thank you, Branch Chief.." Ling Qi said with an air of hopelessness.
Everyone present knew that it was more than likely that they were all dead. If the spirit beasts were planned enough to attack their home bases, then they more than likely had a few dispatched around the graveyard torch in case the humans came back for more of the compatriots' blood crystals, and it was more than likely they would be stronger in comparison to those that attacked their bases considering the importance of the graveyard torch to them.
It didn't take long before Su Jinjing arrived with Ellie in tow.
"Ellie, there is a place I need you to take us.." Yang Qing said as he placed his hands on her forehead which he used as a conduit to transmit the coordinates of Violet Hickory Town.
The two cultivators were quickly jolted from their depressive state the moment Ellie made an appearance. Even though Ellie had reigned in her presence, her thieving nature aside, she had a regal presence that was able to draw the eyes of all who saw her, from her humongous build, the silky gold feathers, and eyes that shone with boundless wisdom.
Her entire presence evoked dread and awe in all who saw especially if they were moderately weaker than her, her presence was intimidating, to say the least.
Ling Qi and Xin Zephyr having had a first-hand experience of their respective organizations getting slaughtered to the last man couldn't help but flinch in deep trepidation when they saw Ellie.
With just a glance, they could tell Ellie was multiple levels stronger even than the black lightning metal tiger that had made short work of the Hua Clan leader and the sect master of the Moon Essence Cauldron Sect.
Even though Ellie had reigned her presence, at an intrinsic level, the two cultivators knew Ellie could slaughter them in an instant should she wish to.
"Don't be afraid, she's a friend.." Yang Qing softly said as he laced his voice with the power of his soul to ease their tension.
"Sorry about that. I hope you don't take offense.." Ling Qi said with an embarrassed tone as he bowed to both Yang Qing and Ellie in apology with Xin Zephyr following suit.
"It's okay.." said Yang Qing.
"Will you be staying?" Yang Qing asked directing the question toward Su Jinjing.
"If you don't mind, I'd like to come.."
Yang Qing nodded with a smile as he ushered them atop Ellie's back. Yang Qing opted to use his qi to drag Ling Qi and Xin Zephyr atop Ellie, who stood rooted to the ground with apprehension written all over their faces.
Even though they knew Ellie would not attack them, they still felt ill at ease at mounting a spirit beast that was many times stronger than them. Fearing and revering strength was the way of the world after all, as it transcended even race.
Their hesitation to mount Ellie was to be expected considering how prideful spirit beasts were known to be towards such a thing. They only agreed to those whose strength they respected, of which Ling Qi and Xin Zephyr were lacking.
Once they were all on top, Ellie immediately darted off into the sky as she sped in the direction of the Violet Hickory Town. It was one of the towns that was close to the borders of the unmanned territory of the Spiritual Temperance Sect, where the Summerfield Kingdom and countless other organizations had called home.
Ling Qi and Xin Zephyr were immediately left wide-eyed at Ellie's speed. In just a few seconds, the branch was already but a small dot in the wide forest. They had to focus their eyesight and even employ the use of their spiritual senses for them to be able to capture the images of the objects they flew by past.
Her speed left them gobsmacked. A distance that would have taken them half an hour of full-blown speed to cover was covered by Ellie in just under ten minutes.
But soon, the shock wore off and was replaced by melancholy, the further in they flew. As he was giving Ellie the coordinates, he had purposefully told her to avoid passing close to the territories of the Hua Clan, Xin Clan, or the Moon Essence Cauldron Sect.
Despite avoiding it, Ling Qi and Xin Zephyr couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by sadness the further in they flew.
Everything had happened too fast. A few weeks ago their biggest worry was that something had been done to them during their treatment from the venom of the tricolored white-
eyed tortoise, and a few months before that the worry was dying to said venom, and the months before that was excitement about potentially joining the Deer Mountain Kingdom if a palace realm expert appeared from within their alliance.
They were full of expectation and excitement back then, but now, all that they knew was gone, brutally at that, and now they were about to leave a place which though terrifying had been all they had ever known. They were about to start over somewhere else, alone. The weight of the suddenness of it all and what had transpired was too overwhelming and suffocating for them.
A few times Ling Qi looked like he was about to vomit and Xin Zephyr, had this listless broken look as tears streamed down her face. Ling Qi managed to pull a bit of himself together long enough to hold her hand in comfort in the suffocating silence and overwhelming grief.
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