Chapter 130: The Endangered Generation
Jiang Yue and the rest understood his concerns and quickly followed him to adjust their conditions.
Unfortunately, things still developed as they feared.
Before the four could fully replenish their qi, another group of cultivators arrived.
The group only had six people, but their qi presence revealed they were more powerful than average.
They positioned themselves between the survivors and Jin Xuan’s group as if making their stand clear.
’It’s really cutting the grass and pulling out the roots.’ Jiang Yue sneered and glared at the new arrivals.
"We don’t have to be polite from now on." He said.
"That’s the case." Li Futian agreed.
He didn’t expect Jin Xuan to be so unscrupulous.
Now that he knew, he didn’t plan to let the other side have a good time. Since everything was done for the essence of the purple crystal herb, he would not allow Jin Xuan to have it.
"Let’s not wait for them to finish." Xuan Ke said.
When Jin Xuan and his people finished the extraction, they would join the six and gang up on the eleven survivors.
Before then, they needed to deal with the six and then find Jin Xuan to settle accounts.
"Brother Yu, brother Yue, what’s your condition?" Xuan Ke inquired.
Although they had all fought, the two had been more involved, and their consumption was naturally higher.
"I should manage a quick fight." Jiang Yue answered.
He still had half his qi and wasn’t worried that he could not support himself in the short term.
"I am also good."
Xuan Ke looked at the two and then nodded.
He then turned to the other seven and saw they looked more subdued than before.
"Do we deal with them or go at it alone?" He asked.
"Let’s not deal with them."
Jiang Yue was afraid of being entangled and implicated by the other seven.
They were greedy for the essence of the purple crystal herb and looked ready to stake their lives on it.
Although Jiang Yue also wanted it, he hadn’t lost his mind yet.
He planned to grab the herb if he could but wouldn’t throw his life away to grab it.
"In fact, what they are doing should consume a lot of their qi. There is still a chance to loot." Li Futian said as he looked at the medicine field.
His lips curled in a nasty smile, and the others shuddered when they saw it.
’Is this what happens when a good boy goes bad?’ Jiang Yue wondered.
However, he didn’t judge.
They had all been stimulated, and if there was a chance to avenge themselves, none was willing to let it go.
"Let’s deal with the six first." Yu Nianzhen said, and his eyes narrowed, indicating he was ready for battle.
"I will go first." Jiang Yue said.
In this situation when none of them had fully replenished their qi, it was best to be smart.
He planned to use lullaby, which would give the others a chance to act.
If he could hold the enemy for even one breath, the other three would grab the chance to deal with the six new enemies.
Just as the four were about to act, they heard a loud sound from a distance.
"What...?" Jiang Yue looked in the distance and saw a cloud of smoke rising in the air.
Soon after, loud shouts carried with the wind and entered their ears.
The four looked at each other and felt a sense of trepidation.
"That’s the direction of the base." Li Futian said and frowned.
The others didn’t say anything because there was nothing to be said.
"Could the base be under attack?" Xuan Ke wondered.
His face didn’t look good, and he felt a little desperate.
He wasn’t easily overwhelmed, but too much had happened in a short time.
Even now, he had yet to understand what happened with the mission and the Death Flower Ascension Front.
If he could help it, he didn’t want to be embroiled in another fight before he had a chance to breathe.
"We should leave." Yu Nianzhen said in a decisive tone.
With the new development, he didn’t dare to consume himself with Jin Xuan and his people.
"Nianzhen is right."
If the base was under attack, they would be too stupid to consume all their strength at this place.
"Let’s go with brother Yu’s plan."
"It won’t be too late to take revenge after ten years."
Taking advantage of the fact that everyone was distracted by the explosion in the distance, the four ran away.
They coated their feet with qi which helped them travel faster, but all were solemn as they travelled.
When they came for the task, it took almost one week to reach the medicine field from the base.
Now that they wanted to return, it wouldn’t take less time.
However, a lot could happen in one day, let alone five.
They worried they might not make it back on time; even if they did, travelling for so long was tiring.
By the time they arrived at the base, their qi would be exhausted, and they may not be able to help.
"Brother Li, do you have a way to contact people in the base?" Jiang Yue suddenly asked.
"I should be able to when we are a little closer."
After that, they continued to travel while keeping an eye on the distance.
Although they didn’t hear more explosions, the wind carried a fishy smell that could not be mistaken for anything but blood.
’I am afraid the world will change after this.’ Li Futian thought as he flew forward.
No matter what happened after this, more than four hundred young cultivators had already died in the thousand herbs garden.
If things continued in the same way for the remaining time, he worried that less than one hundred talents would be able to leave the secret realm.
At that time, the sixteen regions of the Cangxing world would not sit still.
After all, everyone in the thousand herbs garden was a prodigy.
The death of so many at once was like wiping out an entire generation of cultivators.
These deaths would cause massive waves in the world that would likely break the status quo that had existed for many years.
’We can’t allow more people to die here.’ He thought frantically.
It wasn’t just a matter of the outside world, he also worried about the secret realm.
The thousand herbs garden was originally a peaceful secret realm, but it turned into a shura field during this opening.
He didn’t know how this would affect the secret realm, but he knew there would be an effect.
More than that, there was what his master said.
When he thought about it, Li Futian sighed in desperation.
Before he left for the thousand herbs garden, his master had called him aside and talked to him privately.
According to his master, their generation was very important to the Cangxing world.
Although Li Futian didn’t understand what this meant, he believed in his master.
If his master said their generation was important, they would have a big role to play in the future.
"Unfortunately..." He muttered and sighed.
So many had already died, and he wondered how that would affect the trajectory of the Cangxing world.
"Brother Li?" Jiang Yue called when he saw how distracted the other was.
"The three of you must take care of yourselves." He finally said.
The other three looked at him and saw the complex emotions playing on his face.
They understood that the Celestial Sky sect disciple was hiding things from them, but they didn’t ask.
It’s not that they didn’t want to know, but they knew how the other was.
If he wanted to reveal his thoughts, he would have done so without any prompting. Since he didn’t say anything more, it meant he wouldn’t-at least not any time soon.
After travelling nonstop for three days, the four finally arrived in the vicinity of the base.
They didn’t reveal themselves but instead hid and observed the surroundings.
"It looks like we missed it." Jiang Yue said.
From where they hid, they could see the base surrounded by a defence formation.
The ground outside the base was riddled with pits, and dead bodies were strewn all over the place.
Although the air still smelled of blood and unresolved qi, there were no enemies around.
"The array looks intact." Li Futian breathed a sigh of relief.
However, his relief was short-lived.
Although the array had not fallen during the skirmish, many people were still dead.
"Let’s go in and find out what happened." Jiang Yue said.
His mood was heavy, and he felt at a loss.
They came to the thousand herbs garden to improve their strength, but they were forced to retreat into an array.
They were caged within a larger cage, and it made him restless.
When he saw this, Yu Nianzhen rubbed his hair and said, "don’t worry, I am here."
