Encountering Life

  Mò Tiān Gē was staring blankly into space.

  Second Uncle drifted in and out of consciousness several times. The situation was getting worse and worse. She knew that Second Uncle had been injured to begin with, his lifespan already short, this time he forced himself to take action, the wound erupted, his lifespan... was reduced to almost nothing.

  She stared blankly at her second uncle, who was unconscious. She even thought, let them catch me then, anyway, Tianqiao died because of her, and now her second uncle had to leave too, what's the point of her staying? In these twenty years, one by one, the people she cared about left her: Father, Mother, Tianqiao, Second Uncle... What else could she have left? Alone and isolated, even becoming an immortal would be meaningless. She'd rather... rather remain a mortal forever.

  "Xiao Tian..." Ye Jiang's voice was barely audible.

  Meng Tian Ge jumped up and hastily approached: "Second Uncle, I'm here."

  Ye Jiang opened his eyes, summoning his last bit of energy: "Listen, if... no one comes to rescue you, then... take out that Lingyu pendant. Use the names of Xuqing Gate and Shoujing True Person... to threaten them. It seems that at that time, the Ye family will also have to deal with you, and they'll have to weigh their options..."

  Mo Tian Ge nodded lightly: "I understand..."

  Ye Jiang closed his eyes again and muttered to himself: "Xuan Qing Gate... thousands of miles away, I don't know if there's anyone from the sect nearby..."

  Mò Tiān Gē knew that the Wan Li Transmission Symbol sent out by Second Uncle just now was actually one of the items given to him by Father, along with Ye Jingwen's gift when she brought Mò Tiān Gē to Second Uncle. Second Uncle had originally kept it as a precaution, but he never thought that this precaution would actually come in handy.

  But she didn't have much hope in her heart, this place is thousands of miles away from the Xuanqing Gate, even if the Guardian of Tranquility received the message and immediately sent nearby disciples to come and assist, it's not certain they could arrive on time - after all this time, those Yunwu Sect cultivators probably already found the location of the earlier battle.

  As for the quiet and honest people, they were originally leaving on their own accord. He was willing to send someone to come and help them out of respect for his father, which was already very good. However, making every effort to rescue them was not necessarily guaranteed.

  What's more, what can be done by lifting out of the Xuangqing Gate? Separated by such a great distance, it is really impossible to intimidate these Yunwu Pai door people.

  However, she is not afraid. In the past ten years, she has been mentally prepared. She wants to live with all her might, but if she falls into that kind of situation, death is nothing to be feared...

  Anyway... there's no one left anymore.

  Dozens of construction workers gathered outside a small village.

  A seriously injured Jikong monk and a Lianqi monk, their whereabouts are not difficult to find.

  It wasn't until they found their target that they realized it wouldn't be as easy as they had imagined.

  What awaits them is a life-and-death formation of yin and yang.

  A monk who suddenly rushed into the formation was seriously injured, and everyone's eyes turned to a middle-aged Taoist leader. If Mo Tian Ge saw it, he would definitely recognize that this was Qing Yu Shifu, the most common lecturer in Chuan Dao Palace. In fact, this Shifu's full name is Jiang Qingyu, who is a member of the Jiang family.

  Jiang Qingyu didn't say a word. This formation, called the "Yin Yang Life-Taking" with such a fierce name, was naturally not easy to break. In this formation, yin and yang were reversed, and there were dangers everywhere. It was indeed the strongest formation that a foundation-building cultivator could create. He didn't expect that this Qi-refining disciple's senior would have such mastery of formations. Even if placed within the sect, it would be considered one of the best.

  "Never mind what formation, with so many Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered together, we can definitely break through it if we attack together!"

  Jiang Qingyu heard this and coldly snorted: "Then we so many people can only accompany them to die together!"

  Everyone was shocked, and another person asked: "So fierce?"

  Jiang Qingyu said: "This formation, is actually a simplified formation method, its original body is the Qiankun Absolution Formation. What is the Qiankun Absolution Formation, do I need to tell you?"

  Everyone looked at each other in dismay. The Dry Heaven Life-Death Formation, they had naturally heard of it before - this formation was one of the few large formations left behind by the ancient times, and only Nascent Soul stage cultivators or above could set it up. It was infamous for its ferocity. Some sects in Kunwu used this formation as their mountain-guarding formation, with the most famous and complete being the set from Xuanqing Sect. According to legend, back when the demonic beasts in the southern forest of Kunwu emerged en masse, catching all the sects off guard, Xuanqing Sect relied on this formation to emerge almost unscathed, instead wiping out tens of thousands of demonic beasts - a testament to its power.

  Even if it's a simplified version of the Dry Heaven Life-Death Formation, even if its power is only one ten-thousandth of the original, it would still be difficult to deal with.

  "But there's still a way." Jiang Qingyu stroked his whiskers and said.

  "Brother Jiang, speak quickly! The Lord of the Pulse is still waiting for our report!"

  Jiang Qingyu gazed at the few dilapidated houses, sinking into thought: "……It's quite simple. Although this formation is powerful, it also consumes a lot of spiritual energy. Let's use our spirit beast to charge through the formation and make it activate several times. I think the opponent's spirit stone won't be able to hold out for much longer!"

  In the southern forest of Kunwu, there are many strange beasts. These foundation-building monks have many spiritual beasts, but good spiritual beasts are not easy to obtain and not easy to raise, so when everyone heard this method, they were all hesitant and no one responded.

  Looking at the expressions of everyone, one can tell what they are thinking. Jiang Qingyu coldly snorted: "Since no one is willing to do it, then let's just wait and see. Let's wait for them to run out of spiritual stones or for the Lord of the Pulse to arrive personally. These two people will naturally be caught easily."

  After he finished speaking, the crowd hesitated for a moment, but still no one took out their spiritual beast. Jiang Qingyu didn't say anything else and just found a place to sit down and meditate.

  In fact, let alone others, he himself couldn't bear to part with it. Anyway, these two people can't escape, why sacrifice his own painstakingly raised spiritual beast?

  Under Jiang Qingyu's leadership, these Zixia Sect cultivators from Yunwu Mountain branch, all found a place to sit down and wait for the yin-yang life-taking array to exhaust its spiritual stones.

  During this waiting time, someone approached Jiang Qingyu and asked: "Brother Jiang, who is this Qi refining disciple? With such a powerful senior, he still dares to kill the young master of the Jiang family, his guts are too big."

  Jiang Qingyu opened his eyes and said lazily, "This question, even the pulse master wants to know." Although his own apprentice was also killed. However, that apprentice was really not worthy of sympathy, he didn't feel heartbroken at all.

  Seeing him so impatient, the man dryly laughed a few times and didn't say anything more.

  But someone else picked up the conversation: "I met some Qi-refining disciples who were searching with Wei Shidi, and they said that this Ye Xiaotian was actually a woman!"

  "What?" His words attracted the attention of several people around him. Someone said, "So, it turns out that a woman disguised as a man has entered our Yunwu Sect?"

  The person who spoke earlier coughed and reminded: "Zhao Shidi, we are now at the branch of Yunwu Mountain."

  "This man knew he had misspoken and hastily said: 'Right, right, she entered the branch of my Cloudy Mist Mountain, could it be that she didn't have good intentions?'"

  "This is getting out of hand, even if he's not up to no good, what can a Qi-refining disciple do? Besides, this Ye Xiaotian, wasn't he also unremarkable in our Cloud Mist Mountain branch earlier?"

  "That Zhao disciple said, 'Not conspicuous? She's only twenty years old now, right? Already at the tenth layer of Qi Refining, and she even got the Foundation Establishment Pill, really not much different from an elite disciple!'"

  "However, these disciples who entered the sect through Sendai were originally comparable to elite disciples and can't be considered outstanding."

  "This is indeed... But this Qi refining disciple has always been unremarkable, why did he suddenly kill Young Master Jiang?"

  The question was asked, and several people fell silent.

  Jiang Qingyu coldly laughed and said, "What else can be done? The disciples of the Refining Qi Sect who were with Ye Xiaotian proved that it was my useless disciple who called him out, and the place where he was killed is a completely deserted area. Since Ye Xiaotian is a woman, do I need to say more?"

  The people present fell silent. Although they had guessed something, they didn't dare to say it directly. Jiang Qingyu was a member of the Jiang family, a younger generation of the vein master, and an elder of the murdered Young Master Jiang, so he could speak directly. They couldn't.

  A moment of silence, everyone stopped talking, those who were resting continued to rest, and those who were meditating continued to meditate.

  After a long time, Jiang Qingyu suddenly raised his head, and several other foundation-building cultivators also changed their expressions.

  Only a flash of light appeared on the horizon, and its momentum was absolutely that of a senior in the Dan stage!

  I thought it was just Kandan-senpai passing by, but unexpectedly, this light gradually weakened, as if it was heading towards them.

  More than a dozen foundation-building cultivators stood up one after another, looking at each other with solemn expressions. They were all thinking to themselves that the escaping light was red and not the pulse master's escaping light, so who could it be?

  The answer was quickly revealed, and a young man fell in front of them.

  Jiang Qingyu's eyebrows furrowed even more tightly. This person's clothes... were clearly those of a Cloud Mist Sect Qi Refining disciple, so why did they have the aura of a Dan Condensing cultivator?

  But this thought was fleeting, for the young man had already turned to look at them, his eyes icy cold.

  Jiang Qingyu and others looked at each other, finally bowing to this person: "Nice to meet you, senior."

  The young man accepted their courtesy, but didn't look at them. Instead, he gazed out of the broken house at the formation and muttered to himself: "Yin-yang life-taking formation, I really didn't expect to see it here. Ye Jiang is indeed a worthy brother of Ye Hai, and has some real skills."

  As he spoke, someone among the foundation repair monks suddenly exclaimed and stuttered: "You... you're not that..."

  The young man turned his head and gazed coldly at the person who had spoken up.

  Jiang Qingyu knew that his fellow disciple had offended the senior in front of him, and hastily said: "Senior, please forgive us, we are disciples of the Purple Mist Sect's Yunwu Mountain, may I ask who you are..."

  The young man hummed a sound, but didn't answer. He was still staring at the person who had spoken earlier: "Master Xu, it seems you've recognized me."

  Everyone looked at one of the forty-year-old monks. Zhao Shidi asked in a low voice, "Xu Shixiong, who is this senior..."

  He glanced at the young man not far away, seeing that he had no intention of blocking him, and replied in a low voice: "I once saw this senior fellow in Luo Shidi's Dan room, but at that time he was just an ordinary Qi refining disciple..."

  Upon hearing this, the crowd's complexion changed. Looking at this momentum, this senior is indeed a Dan-formation cultivator. If what Xu Shixiong said was correct, then this person is actually disguising himself as a Lianqi disciple hiding in Yunwu Sect... What could make a Dan-formation cultivator plot against him?

  Jiang Qingyu stepped forward and bowed, saying: "This senior, I didn't know you were coming. What instructions do you have?"

  "Instructions?" The young man smiled lightly and said indifferently, "I want both of them."

  Jiang Qingyu was taken aback: "Senior, this edict has a traitor from Yunwu Mountain, and it's... personally issued by the Lord of the Pulse..."

  "What, unwilling?" The young man swept his sleeve, and a surge of pressure suddenly pressed down on them.

  The pressure of the Jiedan cultivator was something they could hardly bear, and in an instant someone stumbled backward several steps, their face pale.

  The young man said in a cold voice: "I didn't need your consent, but I'm telling you anyway. Considering the years we've been fellow disciples, I won't take your lives today, get out!"

  Thanks to He Zhen and Li Yan for their rewards. Now everyone knows who they are...