Ringing the Bell for a Hundred Years, I Became the Sect’s Ancestor – Chapter 96

Chapter 96: Has Grand Martial Uncle Fallen?

In the dark night, a battered figure was sprinting.

The armor on his body had long been discarded, leaving only a thin layer of clothing, stained with solidified blood, unknown whether it was the enemy’s, his own, or his comrades’.

He didn’t know how long he had been running wildly, the True Qi in his body had long been exhausted.

Suddenly, he saw the plaque of the Divine Sword Sect’s mountain gate standing in the distance.

Tears almost welled up in his eyes.

He couldn’t believe that this battle had been lost so miserably.

The victory had been decided, but suddenly a group of terrifying monsters rushed in, disrupting the entire battle formation. Under the pincer attack, even though they fought to the death, the entire Martial Arts Legion couldn’t hold on.

He could only watch helplessly as the people around him fell one by one, torn apart by monsters, severed limbs and broken arms everywhere, it was too tragic.

Behind him, he heard the commander roaring the order to retreat.

So he didn’t care about anything, retreated, retreated, retreated all the way. And he only had one belief, that was to return to the Divine Sword Sect.

At this time, a figure beside him stopped.

Disheveled hair.

One arm was broken, and there was a huge claw mark on his back, bloody and blurry… covered in blood.

The man looked up at the plaque of the Divine Sword Sect, just let out a long sigh of relief, and suddenly fell straight down.

Pang Bai hurriedly stepped forward to support the man, only to see that this Innate Realm expert had already died.

He had used his last bit of belief to run back to the Divine Sword Sect.

“Senior Martial Brother Zuo.”

A strong hatred suddenly appeared in Pang Bai’s eyes.

Then, he picked up Senior Martial Brother Zuo’s body and walked towards the Divine Sword Sect step by step.

Inside the Divine Sword Sect, it was a mess.

Martial artists who had escaped from the front line were returning one after another, not only from the Divine Sword Sect, but also from Prince Ye’s Residence, as well as martial artists from other forces, big and small.

According to the established plan, the Divine Sword Sect would serve as the most critical defensive fortress.

Everyone would retreat to the Divine Sword Sect.

The Divine Sword Sect had previously summoned the Innate Realm martial artists in the sect in order to prepare for a long-term defense.

Moreover, the large-scale evacuation had already begun in Sword’s Edge City.

After all, more than 90% of the residents in Sword’s Edge City were related to the Divine Sword Sect.

Once Prince Luo’s rebel army attacked the Divine Sword Sect, if they couldn’t take it down for a long time, they might vent their anger on Sword’s Edge City to shake the morale of the Divine Sword Sect’s disciples.

Not only that, Inner Sect disciples who had entered the sect less than three months ago and some non-combat personnel from halls such as the Alchemy Workshop, Hundred Herbs Garden, and Exotic Beast Breeding Ground were also arranged to evacuate with the residents of Sword’s Edge City.

Li Qian had been busy.

Because there were too many wounded returning, even Innate Realm martial artists like him were helping to treat and heal the wounded.

Those who were able to run back to the Divine Sword Sect from thousands of miles away were all Innate Realm martial artists or above at first.

Under such a rout, more low-level martial artists, or martial apprentices, either died on the battlefield, or even if they could escape, they couldn’t run so far, and could only hide everywhere to avoid the pursuit of Prince Luo’s Residence.

Suddenly, Li Qian saw Pang Bai.

Holding a corpse.

At this moment, Pang Bai, who used to be high-spirited, had blood all over his face and his eyes were extremely cold. His shiny bald head was also covered with a layer of blood.

Li Qian silently took the body and put it into a coffin placed in the side hall.

Dozens of such coffins were densely placed in this hall.

Most of them were already occupied.

Some were from the Divine Sword Sect, and some were from Prince Ye’s Residence.

Although some martial artists returned to the Divine Sword Sect, they also relied on their will, and their injuries were too serious to be healed.

In the next few days, more martial artists returned to the Divine Sword Sect.

Until this day, several figures flew from the sky and landed on the square outside the Divine Sword Hall.

They were actually several Celestial Beings.

However, these Celestial Beings were all injured, and their condition didn’t look very good.

“Celestial Being Chai, where is my Grand Martial Uncle?”

After Sect Master Feng Shaoyu bowed, he asked hurriedly.

Among the four Celestial Beings who returned, three were from Prince Ye’s Residence, and one was Celestial Being Chai from the imperial family. Only Grand Martial Uncle Xiao Wendao and Celestial Being Hua hadn’t returned.

Grand Martial Uncle was already seriously injured, and although he had been treated for several months, it was far from enough to recover.

Because the war was imminent, Grand Martial Uncle could only drag his injured body and rush to the front line with Celestial Being Hua.

“Fellow Daoist Xiao and Fellow Daoist Hua, in order to stop the pursuit of Prince Luo’s Residence’s Celestial Beings, I’m afraid they have already…”

Celestial Being Chai said in a heavy tone.

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu and other peak masters and elders of the Divine Sword Sect were all shocked.

Grand Martial Uncle had fallen?

This was definitely the biggest bad news for the Divine Sword Sect.

No matter how great the loss of the Divine Sword Sect was, as long as Grand Martial Uncle, this Celestial Being, was still alive, the Divine Sword Sect still had hope.

But now… this hope seemed to be completely extinguished.

The hearts of many high-level officials of the Divine Sword Sect were filled with sadness and darkness.

On a roof, Li Qian was chatting with Pang Bai.

This man, who had always been carefree, was now preoccupied and expressionless.

“Junior Martial Brother Li, do you think our Divine Sword Sect can survive?”

Pang Bai suddenly said.

Under such a great war, I don’t know how many people have died?

Even Grandmasters and Top-Tier Grandmasters, facing an irreversible defeat, could only be like mantis trying to stop a chariot, tragically dying on the battlefield.

Could these remnants of the Divine Sword Sect really resist the aggressive rebel army of Prince Luo’s Residence and those terrifying monsters?

“Yes, as long as we are united, we will be able to resist.”

Li Qian comforted.

“Junior Martial Brother Li, you have never seen those monsters… they are not human at all, how could there be such monsters in the world, is this still the world I know?”

Pang Bai suddenly said with a wry smile.

Until now, he was still afraid when he thought of those monsters he had faced.

Li Qian knew that the monsters Pang Bai was talking about should be half-demons.

He didn’t expect that when half-demons appeared, there were not just one or two… but thousands of them, forming a terrifying half-demon legion.

No wonder the army of Prince Ye’s Residence was clearly at an advantage, but in the end they were defeated.

Suddenly, a voice rang in Li Qian’s ear.

“Junior Martial Brother Li, I’m True Disciple Nangong Bei, there’s an important mission, gather at Wild Goose Gate Valley immediately.”

“Senior Martial Brother Pang, I still have something to do, you take care of yourself first.”

Li Qian frowned slightly, what important mission, it even needed to be notified secretly through Sound Transmission?

After he finished speaking, he got up and went to Wild Goose Gate Valley.

This Wild Goose Gate Valley was one of the passages connecting the Inner Sect and the Odd-Job Hall, and few people came here usually.

When Li Qian arrived here, there were already some people gathered here.

He saw Ji Ming from Martial Melody Peak, Chang Xiaoyao from Dripping Water Peak… the others were also the best among the Inner Sect disciples.

People continued to arrive.

In the end, about forty people gathered.

After observing for a while, Li Qian finally discovered a situation, that is, many people present had matched with Divine Swords.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

Suddenly, eleven figures landed in Wild Goose Gate Valley almost at the same time.

Li Qian was extremely surprised when he saw it, it was actually eleven True Disciples.

Not only Li Qian, but other people were also very puzzled.

What kind of secret mission, it actually needed to summon so many elite Inner Sect disciples, even the eleven True Disciples had been dispatched.

“Now that everyone is here, I’ll make a long story short.”

The oldest True Disciple in the lead said: “The Divine Sword Sect has reached the most dangerous moment, so the Dao Lineage Continuation Plan has been activated. As the most outstanding disciples of the Inner Sect of the Divine Sword Sect, you are all on the list of the Dao Lineage Continuation Plan. Next, you will follow us to evacuate the Divine Sword Sect and go to Kunwu Circuit to find a place to settle down. Wait for the subsequent development of the situation. If the Divine Sword Sect falls, then you will be the seeds of the future revival of the Divine Sword Sect.”

Everyone present showed disbelief.

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Dao Lineage Continuation Plan?

Evacuation?

“I will not evacuate. I will coexist and die with the Divine Sword Sect.”

A disciple immediately said loudly.

“That’s right, could it be that we want to live in humiliation and watch other fellow disciples fight to the death?”

“My Master, my Senior Martial Brothers and Junior Martial Brothers are all here… I won’t evacuate.”

“My Master died in battle, how can I run… I want to stay and avenge him.”

Many disciples also said one after another.

At this critical moment, they should be united to resist the enemy, but they were evacuating. They really couldn’t get over this hurdle in their hearts.

“How foolish!”

The senior True Disciple snorted coldly, “If we can’t resist, you will only die in vain if you stay. If we can resist, your current strength will not play a big role at all. Remember, you are not running away, you are preserving your useful bodies, protecting the Dao Lineage of our Divine Sword Sect.”

“Follow me, all of you.”

After speaking, the senior True Disciple immediately walked towards the depths of Wild Goose Gate Valley.

The others looked at each other, but seeing that the eleven True Disciples had already left, they could only follow.

Li Qian also followed in the crowd.

He didn’t expect this so-called important mission to be an evacuation. He was actually selected into the list of the Dao Lineage Continuation Plan.

It could only be said that it was too unexpected.

It was obviously related to his matching with the Divine Sword.

It was definitely not possible to leave the Divine Sword Sect like this.

His Sacrificial Instrument Time Bell was still at the Time Bell Pavilion.

Of course, the Time Bell Pavilion had been marked with his imprint, even if someone took it away, he would be able to sense the location of the Time Bell.

What’s more… the Time Bell was such an ordinary thing, probably no one would notice it.

But the question was, what if someone destroyed the Time Bell?

There was also Master Zhou Buping, he couldn’t ignore him either.

So he couldn’t just leave like this.

After all, with his current strength, even if he faced a Celestial Being, he still had the power to fight.

But in this situation, he could only follow the team for the time being, and wait for an opportunity to slip away.

Everyone came to a stone wall, the senior True Disciple pressed lightly on a protruding stone, and with a roar, a stone door slowly moved open, revealing an entrance.

Everyone present was extremely surprised, they didn’t expect there was a secret passage hidden here?

Soon, the group entered the secret passage.

After walking in the secret passage for a long time, they finally arrived at a secret room, where dozens of bulging backpacks were placed, and even names were pasted on each backpack.

“Everyone take a backpack according to the label above. The backpack contains various important materials of our Divine Sword Sect. Unless you encounter extremely dangerous situations, you must not lose or abandon them.”

The senior True Disciple said.

So, everyone stepped forward and carried a backpack on their backs.

The eleven True Disciples also carried one.

In this way, a group of sixty-three people walked out of the secret room and continued to run fast along another passage.

This time it took longer.

After leaving the passage, the exit turned out to be an extremely remote and deep valley.

The senior True Disciple looked back in the direction of the Divine Sword Sect.

Many disciples knelt down and kowtowed in the direction of the Divine Sword Sect, tears rolling in their eyes.

“Let’s go.”

The senior True Disciple shouted in a low voice, and immediately led everyone to evacuate quickly along the canyon.

After a long time, Li Qian had already fallen to the end of the team.

He had been looking for an opportunity to leave the team.

As the group went farther and farther, the sky gradually darkened.

At this time, the team had already left the Divine Sword Sect area, probably dozens of miles away.

“Keep up, everyone, after walking dozens of miles ahead, we will reach Taicang Pass, which leads to Kunwu Circuit.”

The senior True Disciple in the lead said.

The location of the Divine Sword Sect was very important, it just blocked the entrance to Kunwu Circuit, so if Prince Luo’s army wanted to attack Kunwu Circuit, they had to take down the Divine Sword Sect first.

Similarly, as long as their group passed Taicang Pass and entered Kunwu Circuit, they would be safe.

Unless Prince Luo’s army invaded Kunwu Circuit.

But the battle line of Prince Luo’s Residence would be stretched very long.

As long as Prince Luo wasn’t a fool, he wouldn’t do this.

After the sky was completely dark, Li Qian finally seized the opportunity and quietly left the team.

After putting the backpack into the black iron ring, he immediately took out the black cloak and put it on, then flew away and disappeared into the darkness.

He didn’t choose to return to the Divine Sword Sect directly.

He was going to see where the army of Prince Luo’s Residence had arrived, especially the half-demon legion of the Moon Worship Cult, he had to observe carefully.

If it was impossible to fight, he would definitely choose to put away the Time Bell and run away with Master Zhou Buping.

But if there was a chance, he felt he could still try to make a move secretly.

Anyway, it was night now, and he was wearing a black cloak that could conceal his aura, so it was not easy to expose his whereabouts.

By a big river.

The river was surging.

The cold wind blew, scraping on people’s bodies like a cold knife.

A bald figure with not many white hairs left sat cross-legged by the river, covered in blood.

In front of him, two figures stood, not daring to approach.

Because they knew that Xiao Wendao was at the end of his rope.

They just needed to slowly wear him down.

There was no need to attack forcefully.

After all, Chen Ao, the Celestial Being of the Mysterious Netherworld Sect, had fallen at the hands of Xiao Wendao.

The two sides had been confronting each other for a long time.

“Do you want to know how Chen Ao died?”

Xiao Wendao gasped for breath and suddenly said with a chuckle.

“How did he die?”

The speaker was an old man with a face as red as dates, wearing a Taoist robe and holding a horsetail whisk in his hand.

This person was Real Person Yangmei, the Celestial Being of the Purple Cloud Sect.

The Taoist robe on his body was also tattered, obviously he had gone through a fierce battle, and his True Qi consumption was also very large.

He had always been curious about how Chen Ao died at the hands of Xiao Wendao?

At that time, Xiao Wendao was seriously injured by him and Chen Ao, but in the end, not only did Xiao Wendao escape, he even killed Chen Ao in return.

“Come here, and I’ll tell you.”

Xiao Wendao beckoned.

“Hmph, Old Ghost Xiao, you can’t escape this time, I advise you, it’s better to surrender to Prince Luo… he is destined to achieve great things.”

Real Person Yangmei snorted coldly.

He naturally didn’t dare to go over.

With Chen Ao’s example, how could he take the risk?

Anyway, the longer the delay, the more serious Xiao Wendao’s injuries would be.

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