Chapter 289: They Have Arrived
“Praising you is not enough.” Liu Zaixi was utterly speechless.
Li Wanzhi let out a cackling laugh, but his voice gradually lowered.
“Kindness has a price.”
Liu Zaixi was slightly stunned.
Li Wanzhi’s voice became even softer, “It requires paying a price in advance.”
For instance, they had to pay the price of Yun Yue and the others potentially betraying them at any moment. They had saved this person, but who knew if they had saved a friend or an enemy.
No one knew.
Not even they themselves knew now.
But they still saved him.
“Act according to your heart, without questioning right or wrong,” Li Wanzhi suddenly spoke. He looked at Liu Zaixi, “This is something my Junior Sister said when she was undergoing the Heart-Questioning Formation.”
Liu Zaixi softly murmured, “Act according to your heart, without questioning right or wrong.”
Li Wanzhi pointed at Yun Fan, “We saved him, not for any other reason than not wanting our present selves to feel uncomfortable or regretful. So we did it. Our present selves and they have tied this knot, but I took their money, thus resolving this karma. From now on, I will have nothing to do with them.”
“From now on, regardless of whether they betray us, it will have nothing to do with this matter.”
“Money exchanged for goods, we owe nothing and are owed nothing.”
“If he were to return later and attack us, we would not hesitate to act and eliminate him.”
Liu Zaixi stared blankly at Li Wanzhi.
“This is called dealing with things separately,” Li Wanzhi quietly extended his hand and patted his shoulder. “So when I say I’m kind, I’m just saying it casually, don’t morally blackmail me.”
Liu Zaixi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
“We won’t blackmail you.”
Li Wanzhi chuckled, “I know, it’s just that some attitudes need to be stated. Oh right, when my Junior Sister saved you, did she charge you?”
Thump.
A stone was thrown at Li Wanzhi’s head; it was Fang He’an.
Li Wanzhi grimaced in pain but still asked curiously, “Senior Brother, where did you find this stone!”
He casually felt it and found it was actually a bottle of medicine.
Fang He’an said impatiently, “Here, take it.”
And shut you up.
Li Wanzhi mumbled, but still poured it into his mouth.
Liu Zaixi thought for a moment, took out a Storage Bag from his embrace, and handed it to Li Wanzhi. He then searched himself and found some silver taels.
He then gave it all to Li Wanzhi.
He emptied his pockets, giving everything he could.
Liu Zaixi said, “My cultivation is much more valuable than these things, and a mere million Spirit Stones are not enough. Therefore, from now on, if the Heavenly One Sect has any requests, I will not refuse, even if it means death.”
“Senior Brother Li, you will not pay any price for saving me. I will always be your partner until the day I die.”
Lin Xuantian said, “Me too.”
The two of them suddenly speaking so seriously stunned Li Wanzhi.
“This, that.”
He didn’t dare to accept it.
But the Storage Bag in his palm was suddenly taken away.
The three of them looked up and saw Ye Wanwan.
Ye Wanwan took the items, took out a single Spirit Stone from it, and threw all the rest back into Liu Zaixi’s embrace. “This is enough.”
“One Spirit Stone for one Golden Core, that’s fair.”
Liu Zaixi’s pupils contracted. “Junior Sister Ye, this is far from enough!”
Ye Wanwan calmly interrupted, “We will befriend the Ancient Xuan Sect. Senior Brother Lin, Senior Brother Liu, you don’t want to be friends with us, do you?”
The two of them’s eyes lit up. “How could we not! We’d be delighted!!”
Nan Xing raised her hand. “Senior Sister Ye, and me! Me!”
Qin Bei, at the very back, raised both hands.
Both.
Look at me!
Look at me!!
Qin Rang also tried hard to raise his hand. “Although my cultivation is weaker, I will work hard!”
Ye Wanwan smiled. “Good, now we are all friends. However, my friends, there is something we need you to do now, something that requires you to go through fire and water.”
The sudden change in tone made everyone straighten their expressions.
Ye Wanwan pointed to the passage ahead. “The Exit has opened.”
The light that began to bloom from the darkness was the passage.
And also the exit.
Everyone stood up together.
Even the cultivators hidden under the protection of the Nine-Petal Lotus were staring blankly ahead, watching as the darkness was completely dispelled, and light appeared in the space before them.
And that was—Earth City.
Ye Wanwan, Shen Nanzhou, and the other six from the Heavenly One Sect stood at the very front, as did Liu Zaixi and Lin Xuantian. Qin Bei, Qin Rang, and Nan Xing were behind.
Ye Wanwan spoke, “Guard this place. We will be back shortly.”
The three responded, “Okay.”
And the eight of them left this place together. However, the exit had not disappeared; it was still there, as if symbolizing an inextinguishable light.
The location of the Spirit Gathering Formation in Earth City.
Caomu Hui, Wang Niu, and Wang Ma’s expressions grew worse. Song Qin continuously supplied them with Spiritual Power, but it was still not enough, as most of the forces were here.
Therefore, the Black Light also concentrated on this area, continuously attacking.
The Spirit Gathering Formation could withstand it once or twice, but over time, it would be consumed and damaged. Especially as the spiritual energy within the City was depleted, their Spirit Gathering Formation was no longer as effective as before.
“Are those Elders really not going to do anything?”
Caomu Hui’s eyes reddened with anger. “You have so many Disciples here, don’t they value your lives at all? If you die from this, there’s no way back.”
There were thousands of people here!
Wang Niu and Wang Ma already had five orifices bleeding, but they still asked blankly, “Ah, so it was possible to survive after dying and going out before?”
“…” Caomu Hui didn’t want to talk to them anymore.
He turned to Song Qin beside him.
“Don’t you have any contact methods?”
Song Qin shook her head. “No.”
“What about the Formation Spirit? Can you call it out so it can hear us? We can barely hold on!” Caomu Hui shouted loudly. So many people were coming here, the First Layer couldn’t hold on!
Their backs were already bent, and they had no choice but to sit down.
But they still couldn’t escape the Black Light.
“Not good, it’s coming again,” everyone cried out in terror.
The Black Light struck again like a sword. This time, the Sword Light was incredibly potent, more powerful than any previous attack, as if it would split this Spirit Gathering Formation in two. Caomu Hui and Song Qin both felt a terrifying tremor.
It was the intuition of death.
The first reaction of the two was—quickly dodge.
But carrying over a thousand people above them, they couldn’t move at all.
Nor could they dodge.
But.
A Sword Light arrived from another direction, a rainbow breaking through the air, like a dawn glow, entering their world, and at the same time, blocking the darkness.
Thump.
It was caught!
Everyone couldn’t believe it!
But the Sword Qi retreated slightly.
But in the next instant, another Sword Light arrived with fire. The two forces combined to intercept the Black Light in the middle.
Everyone looked towards the front.
Gazing at Bai Jian and Li Yan, who were arriving on their swords.
An uproar ensued.
“The Eldest Senior Brother and Second Senior Sister of the Heavenly One Sect!!”
People in the Audience Seats also stood up in a clamor.
“They’re here!”
They’ve arrived!
