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Chapter 93: Do You Have an Impression?

Five days later,

Li Xun stood by a black river.

He was starting to doubt life a little.

In these five days, he had only killed six monsters. Five of them were Spirit Connection realm monsters, with low-value monster cores. As for spirit herbs, he had only found three, none of which were even a thousand years old.

Although they had some value, it wasn't significant.

As for disciples from Xuanyang Sect, he hadn't encountered a single one. He did see a few disciples from other sects, but after questioning them, he didn't obtain any useful information. They were just running around aimlessly.

"Is my original luck this bad?”

Li Xun complained bitterly.

He didn't think his strength was very weak, but even if he had the strength, he couldn't demonstrate it at all now. Even if he wanted to rob someone on the road, the prerequisite was to encounter people!

"Forget it."

Li Xun sighed lightly.

Realizing that his luck wasn't great and continuing to search might not yield many good finds, Li Xun decided to take a flight around the Elemental Phoenix Secret Realm.

First, he wanted to familiarize himself with the environment.

With this in mind, Li Xun directly summoned his Spirit Navigational Boat.

Just as he was about to board the boat, his expression changed, and he turned to look behind him.

Several dozen kilometers away.

At the edge of the range covered by his spiritual sense, he detected a figure covered in blood. The person seemed to be in a miserable state, as if being chased by a terrifying entity.

If it were disciples from other sects, Li Xun might not bother, but the attire of this person indicated they were an inner disciple of Xuanyang Sect!

"At last, I've found someone from my own sect!"

Li Xun stepped onto the Spirit Navigational Boat and transformed into a dazzling light, rushing toward the injured inner disciple.

On the black earth,

Jiang Jue ran desperately, his injuries severe. He was a late stage Spirit Connection realm cultivator and could have flown on his sword long ago. However, his injuries were too severe, and his true energy depleted.

He could only run in the most primitive way towards a direction.

"Senior Brother Li, where are you~~??"

Jiang Jue's heart cried out in despair, but there was silence all around, with no one to respond.

He was almost at the end of his tether.

Every step left a bloody footprint, and his last ounce of strength seemed to be draining rapidly. He felt like he would collapse at any moment.

But driven by determination, he had to find Senior Brother Li before he fell.

If he couldn't find him...

Then Senior Brother Yao Feng and the others from Spirit Sword Valley would be in serious trouble.

Time passed slowly, and Jiang Jue didn't know how far he had traveled. The world before him began to distort, and his vision grew increasingly dim.

His body became unbearably heavy, and his once steady strides turned into stumbling steps.

With a thud, Jiang Jue fell to his knees. He couldn't go on.

As he looked at the endless darkness before him, a despairing smile formed on his lips. Had he still not found Senior Brother Li by now?

As this thought crossed his mind, his body slowly slumped to the side.

Expecting the cold ground, Jiang Jue felt instead a gentle force lifting him up. He struggled to open his eyes.

What he saw was a hint of purple clothing.

The patterns on the clothes were all too familiar.

These were the clothes that only core disciples of Xuanyang Sect could wear!

And in the Elemental Phoenix Secret Realm, there was only one person qualified to wear these clothes!

And that person is none other than Li Xun!

"Se– Senior Brother Li."

Jiang Jue's cracked lips struggled to utter three words. 

"Junior Brother, don't speak for now. Take this pill first."

Li Xun crouched down, a pill appearing in his hand, which he then fed to Jiang Jue.

After Jiang Jue swallowed the pill.

In Li Xun's mind, a voice from a system rang out.

[Ding, congratulations, Host, you have gained Qi 20 years worth of closed door cultivation. Would you like to claim it?]

Li Xun paid no attention to the system. Instead, he looked at his junior brother in front of him and asked solemnly, "Who was it that injured you like this?"

The injuries caused by demonic beasts and humans were quite different. With just a glance at Jiang Jue's injuries, Li Xun could tell that it was caused by a human, not a demonic being.

"It's Ning Cheng."

After taking the pill, Jiang Jue's condition improved somewhat. The once withered elixir field now showed a hint of true essence, which circulated throughout his body.

Quickly repairing his damaged meridians.

"You encountered Ning Cheng?"

Li Xun frowned.

"Yes."

Jiang Jue's face was full of grief, his voice hoarse. "Senior  Brother, a few days ago, I met Senior Brother Yao Feng from the Spirit Sword Valley, and we traveled together. Just a day ago, we saw a mountain peak."

"At the foot of that mountain peak, there was a fluctuation of ancient ferocious beasts. Senior Brother Yao Feng found a drop of blood from an ancient creature."

"At first, this was a cause for great joy, but just as Senior Brother Yao Feng obtained the blood of the ancient Qiongqi Beast, Ning Cheng suddenly appeared and directly severely injured Senior Brother Yao Feng."

"Senior Brother Yao Feng fought bravely but was ultimately suppressed."

"Originally, Junior Brother and another disciple from the Spirit Sword Valley had also been captured by Ning Cheng, but for some reason, Ning Cheng suddenly let me go."

"He only let you go and didn't release the others?"

Li Xun asked in a deep voice.

"Yes."

Jiang Jue nodded.

"He came for me." A trace of killing intent flashed in Li Xun's eyes.

Yao Feng was one of the few friends he had made since entering Zhentian City. The other party had helped him out several times, but unexpectedly, he fell into Ning Cheng's hands today.

It made sense though. The demonic beasts Ning Cheng possessed were rumored to have the bloodline of ancient Qiongqi Beasts. Yao Feng had just obtained a drop of Qiongqi Beast's blood today.

If Ning Cheng saw it and didn't act, it would be suspicious.

However, what Li Xun didn't expect was that Yao Feng didn't manage to escape. Considering Yao Feng's strength, he should have been able to escape even if he was ambushed by Ning Cheng.

In the Spirit Sword Valley, they were all sword cultivators. Apart from being skilled in combat, sword cultivators had another characteristic: they were fast. Among peers, very few could catch up to a sword cultivator.

Ning Cheng was a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect. Unless his demonic beasts were good at flying, it was almost impossible for him to catch up to Yao Feng.

As if sensing Li Xun's doubt, Jiang Jue spoke again.

"Besides Ning Cheng, there were three others beside him. Judging from their attire, they don't seem to be disciples of the Beast Taming Sect. However, they didn't make a move, so Junior Brother couldn't judge their strength."

"Oh?"

Li Xun raised an eyebrow.

This was somewhat unexpected for him. He hadn't thought that Ning Cheng would have accomplices.

No wonder Yao Feng couldn't escape.

"Do you remember anything about those three people?"

"If Junior Brother remembers correctly..."

Jiang Jue carefully recalled, then whispered, "Those three people seemed to be standing behind the Crown Prince before entering the Elemental Phoenix Secret Realm!"