Chapter 265: Came Here Fine, But Can’t Go Back

Counting the numbers.

Then it was discovered that of the more than 17,000 cultivators who went… after the previous split, losing 2,000 elite demonic cultivators.

The remaining 15,000-plus cultivators, now, only had more than 9,000 left.

The losses were already close to half.

One out of every two people had fallen.

Just a thousand miles had caused the deaths and injuries of these disciples to reach such a severe level…

If they were to cross three thousand miles and rush back to the Qian Territory.

I’m afraid that apart from the Spirit Transformation Cultivators, not a single one of the rest would survive.

“Fortunately, being able to survive the blood tide with so many people, this performance is already extremely remarkable.”

Su Xun shook his head and said, “After these blood tides evaporate, they turn into blood qi, and if you’re not careful, you’ll inhale it into your body. Then it will cause the spiritual energy in your body to mutate, and no one can withstand it. This casualty situation is much better than I imagined.”

“Yes, it’s a pity that the Deviant Path and Evil Heaven Pavilion among the demonic and heretical sects, I’m afraid they will cease to exist from now on.”

Su Xun said casually, not taking this matter to heart.

Their own choices…

They bear their own responsibilities.

He then had everyone sit down on the ground and rest for a day.

They would set off the next day and rush back to the Qian Territory.

And just as the cultivators were resting, after experiencing thousands of hardships…

The disciples of the Evil Heaven Pavilion and the Deviant Path, as well as their sect leaders, after experiencing thousands of hardships, finally successfully arrived at the border of the Qian Dynasty.

Three thousand miles, all the way here, eight or nine out of ten disciples had already died.

Now, only the sect leaders and a few Nascent Soul Cultivators under them were still alive, but those Nascent Soul Cultivators had not noticed that their eyes were already covered with bloodshot veins, as if they were about to explode at any moment.

Almost the entire army was wiped out.

But for the people of the demonic path, this was nothing.

After all, the people of the demonic path are unfeeling and unrighteous. As long as they can survive, who cares about the life or death of others?

It’s just that after they go back…

The sects will probably have to develop again.

But when they arrived at the border of the Barbarian Territory, they were shocked to find that where was there an entrance?

The boundless sea of blood spread, and when it reached this place, it stopped abruptly.

The blood waves soared into the sky, constantly beating against the void. Every time, it seemed as if they were hitting an invisible barrier, and the entrance was forcibly blocked by that isolation array.

But this barrier not only blocked the spread of the blood tide, but even blocked their way out.

At this point, all hope of survival was completely cut off.

“This… this…”

Yunxingzi said in shock, “How is this possible… I… I clearly secretly divined on that Su Xun before coming here. The divination clearly showed a void, obviously a dead end. That’s why I was sure that following him would not lead to a good outcome, but now… now…”

He exclaimed, “Could it be that Su Xun has a magical artifact that conceals the secrets of heaven? Impossible… Magical artifacts that conceal the secrets of heaven are so precious, how could he possibly have one…”

“The entrance is below the sea of blood.”

Yin Yang Shu Sheng stared intently at the sea of blood below, gritting his teeth and said, “If we want to escape, we have to enter the depths of this blood water and dive in.”

“But there is an isolation array below, and there will be gaps in this array from time to time, but no one knows where the gaps are.”

The two looked at each other, and both saw the despair in each other’s eyes…

So, this place was really a dead end.

Looking at the surging blood waves below, the two fell into silence.

They came here fine, but they can’t go back…

Su Xun had no idea what the other two sects had encountered, although he basically guessed it.

After resting for most of the day, the disciples had basically recovered.

Su Xun directly led everyone through the array and returned to the territory of the Qian Country…

Zen Master Wanye was already shocked beyond words.

You must know that they were originally three or four thousand miles away from the Qian Dynasty, and later they rushed another thousand miles inward. But after entering this secret realm, they only walked for half a day, and they directly crossed nearly five thousand miles and appeared within the Qian Territory.

This was clearly the highest realm of arrays…

A thousand miles in an instant, the ends of the earth are within reach, condensing the distance of thousands of miles within a secret realm of a hundred miles.

Such ability could not be described as anything less than earth-shattering.

“There’s nothing to be surprised about. If there are no accidents, this should be what Qianqiu Zi arranged, in order to make it more convenient to travel back and forth between the Qian Dynasty and the Barbarian Territory, so that it would be convenient for them to arrange arrays.”

Su Xun suddenly remembered the Mirror Hidden Village not far from here, which now belonged to the Taiyi Sect.

Could it be that that place was also Qianqiu Zi’s territory?

His place of death?

Hmm… unlikely, it’s not that coincidental.

If that’s really the case, then wouldn’t the old thing that helped me and Qingmao be Qianqiu Zi himself?

Su Xun rationally stopped thinking about this matter any further.

Everyone was not actually injured, it was just that due to the existence of the blood tide, the True Essence within their bodies was severely depleted.

Now that their True Essence had recovered, they were naturally all at their peak condition. They no longer lingered and split up.

Lin Meng and the others first went to the border to check the situation within the border, while Su Xun and the various sects returned to the Heavenly Capital as soon as possible. This matter was of great importance, and it was still necessary to explain the matter clearly to Zhou Qingyun.

Two days later.

Everyone returned to the Heavenly Capital…

To meet Zhou Qingyun.

Originally, Zhou Qingyun’s mood was quite good. The army’s achievements were outstanding, and the Barbarian Territory would no longer be a threat to the Qian Dynasty.

For a monarch, such good news was enough to make Zhou Qingyun eat an extra bowl of rice every day.

And seeing Su Xun…

Before she could share her joy with him.

She heard the bad news that Su Xun brought.

Well… the Barbarian Territory was indeed no longer a threat.

Because the Barbarian Territory was gone.

Zhou Qingyun’s eyes were full of disbelief, and she exclaimed, “It’s… it’s all flooded?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Wu Lai said with a wry smile, “The current Barbarian Territory is a thousand miles of floating debris, with no life left. The blood water that Fellow Daoist Su took before, I didn’t expect its source to actually come from the Barbarian Territory… or rather, from our underground. Who could have imagined that although the isolation array isolates the Barbarian Territory from the Qian Dynasty, in fact, their true purpose is to suppress these blood tides from the underground?”

Zhou Qingyun looked at Su Xun.

Her eyes were somewhat uneasy. You must know that she had lived in the depths of the Barbarian Territory for several years.

Naturally, she was very aware of the strength of the Barbarian Territory. The folk customs were rough, and the overall strength was actually higher than that of the Qian Dynasty. Otherwise, the Qian Dynasty would not have been passively defending all these years.

It was also because Su Xun had ruthlessly schemed against the Barbarian King, abolishing their strongest combat power, that the Qian Dynasty won this final victory.

But a centipede is still not dead even when it is cut down.

Such a powerful Barbarian Territory was completely destroyed in an instant when the blood tide surged up.

Judging by her own experience, she could conclude that… if this blood water were to gush out in the Qian Territory, I’m afraid that the entire Great Qian Dynasty would cease to exist in a matter of days.

Zhou Qingyun called out with some worry, “Su Xun…”

At this moment, she actually felt that the only person she could rely on was Su Xun.

“I also know that you’re not feeling well, in fact, I’m also very upset.”

Su Xun sighed and shook his head, “The five-courtyard mansion with five entrances and exits that the Barbarian King gave me is just gone like that.”

Zhou Qingyun: “…………………………”

Everyone: “……………………”

“Just kidding, just trying to make light of a bad situation.”

Su Xun said with a wry smile.

Everyone was speechless at the same time, thinking, a joke?

The Barbarian King gave you a mansion, but you beat them up like this… this joke is not funny at all.

Zhou Qingyun asked, “What should we do next?”

“I’ve almost figured out the mystery of the isolation array. The isolation array is a lever that balances the surrounding earth qi. And our great defeat of the Barbarian Territory can be considered to have destroyed the earth qi of the Barbarian Territory, thus causing the blood tide suppressed beneath the Barbarian Territory to surge out.”

Su Xun pondered and said, “And now that the earth qi is out of control and the Barbarian Territory is destroyed, it will probably have a considerable impact on the Great Qian. As of now, I’m afraid that this blood tide is constantly drawing away the spiritual energy of our Great Qian from the ground. What we need to do now is to quickly repair and consolidate the foundation of the Qian Dynasty, gather earth qi to defend against the blood tide’s absorption. This is not something that one person can do…”

“My Thousand Clouds Dao disciples are good at the way of arrays. As long as Fellow Daoist Su is willing to teach them, they should be able to take on this important task!”

Zen Master Wanye said solemnly, “The Thousand Clouds Dao is not good at fighting, so the number of disciples who came this time was not large, and the real array masters have not been lost…”

“Okay, let them all come here immediately. Stabilizing the rear is the most important thing right now.”

Zen Master Wanye nodded and said, “It’s a pity that the method to restrain the blood tide still cannot be found. If I had known that we would suffer this blood tide attack so soon, then I shouldn’t have let my disciples cultivate all these years. Letting them focus on studying the blood tide would have been the right thing to do.”

Su Xun’s heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he looked at Zen Master Wanye in surprise.

“What’s wrong, Fellow Daoist Su, did I say something wrong?”

Towards Su Xun, Zen Master Wanye didn’t dare to put on any airs now… This child’s attainments in the way of arrays were clearly far above his.

He was far inferior.

“It’s nothing, it’s just that I may have found a way to restrain the blood tide.”

Su Xun shook his head and said, “But right now, the most important thing is to stabilize the rear first…”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Three days later.

The disciples of the Thousand Clouds Dao, led by Real Person Huanyun, more than a thousand array elites all came here.

Huanyun naturally saw Su Xun and greeted him warmly, laughing, “How is it, Fellow Daoist Su, have you gained anything?”

“I’ve gained a lot. I’ve almost comprehended the array. I’ll teach you the mysteries of this array, and then I’ll have to trouble you to go to the various nodes of the Great Qian to reinforce the array.”

“Don’t worry, it’s our duty!”

Huanyun was overjoyed.

Then…

Su Xun asked Zhou Qingyun to find a safe side hall.

Then, he began to gradually teach them the secrets of the isolation array.

The Thousand Clouds Dao were mostly array fanatics, and each of them was listening with rapt attention. And because this array was derived from the same source as the arrays they usually cultivated, their comprehension speed was extremely fast.

Seven days later.

These people dispersed and rushed towards the key nodes of the isolation array.

They would use their array cultivation to reinforce the loss of earth qi in the isolation array, so that the blood tide from the depths of the Great Qian would not be connected to the blood tide of the Barbarian Territory.

And not long after these cultivators left…

Lin Meng and the others who went to investigate the border of the Qian Dynasty finally returned.

And the news they brought made everyone’s expressions instantly turn gloomy.

There would be gaps in the border isolation array from time to time… and now, although the isolation array was still as solid as a rock, it did not prevent some blood water from winding its way in, seeping in through the gaps in the array.

In other words…

“The time left for us is running out.”

Yuanshen said in a deep voice, “Once the blood tide appears in the Qian Dynasty, I’m afraid that the entire Great Qian will be completely submerged under the blood tide in a short time. Even if we are as strong as us, it is impossible to resist this blood water… This acts within the spiritual energy. As long as we rely on spiritual energy for one day, then we cannot defeat this blood tide!”

He shook his head and said with a wry smile, “What the hell is this thing? It actually has such terrifying power… An enemy that can be seen but cannot be touched is really a headache.”

Isn’t that so?

This blood water cannot be touched or approached. Even if you have the power to reach the heavens, you are helpless in the face of these blood tides.

Su Xun was not surprised by this.

After all, in his previous life, even with such advanced technology, they could only control cancer… Even if they had the ability to kill cancer cells, the self-proliferation and replication of these cancer cells would instantly spread throughout the entire body.

How similar was it to the spread of this blood tide?

Just like his small world… weren’t they like cells in a person’s body now?

No matter how powerful a cell is, it is just a cell. Faced with cancer cells, they were ultimately restrained by nature.

“But maybe it’s not impossible.”

“What do you mean?”

Everyone looked at Su Xun with anticipation.

For them, wasn’t Su Xun just a person who often created miracles?

Could it be that under such circumstances… he could still turn the tide?

But Su Xun looked at Yuanshen and asked, “Master, if you were to give the cultivation world a hundred years, could you find a method to restrain this blood tide?”

“If the blood tide can be restrained, then a hundred years may be possible.”

“Just maybe? Then the worst result, if this blood tide has no flaws, but you give the cultivation world a thousand years or even thousands of years, can it destroy this blood tide?”

“Absolutely no problem.”

Yuanshen said seriously, “The cultivation world has only been passed down for more than a few thousand years. You have seen what the cultivation world is like now. If we have a few thousand more years, I’m afraid that the path of cultivation would have already reached a terrifying height. It wouldn’t be impossible to solve this mere blood tide.”

After he finished speaking, he shook his head and sighed helplessly, saying, “But a thousand years… Su Xun, who will give us a thousand years? If this continues, I’m afraid we won’t even have a year…”

“We really don’t have a thousand years to solve this problem.”

Su Xun said in a deep voice, “But someone has a thousand years, and even if I want to, let alone a thousand years, two thousand years may not be a problem.”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s the only way.”

Su Xun shook his head and smiled wryly.

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