Chapter 347 – Evacuation
When they arrived inside the back hall, this old man was standing there with his hands behind his back.
Seeing Han Li and the other dozens of cultivators enter, he said with an unchanged expression, “I’ve just checked you people out, you either have good qualifications or are cultivating a special technique, thus you will be the spark that will allow this sect to rise up again in the east, so I’ll now give you half a day to go back and pack up your things right away, and it will be nephew Huang who will take you to set off right away.”
Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned, and some even asked in astonishment, “Old Ancestor, isn’t it true that the people of the Devil’s Way still have two more days before they can breach the defenses, why is it in such a hurry?”
”Hmph! It is true that it will take two more days to break through the defense line in front of us, but do you think that the other side will watch the people we left behind slip away? They have already sent another group of people to bypass the defense line and attack the gates over long distances. I guess their mission is not to eliminate the sects, but just to make it impossible for us to retreat smoothly. So it is necessary to abandon those outside to buy time for you to retreat. But if you guys take advantage of the time to pack up and dare to leak this matter to the people outside, causing a big mess during the retreat, I will personally take action to clean up the sects.” The brocade-clothed old man’s voice was cold and incomparable, sending a chill through the hearts of the cultivators present.
”Yes.”
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Han Li and the others naturally didn’t dare to have any objections, all responding respectfully before going out to pack up their things.
Walking back, Han Li and the little old man parted ways halfway, both of them with heavy hearts.
Han Li’s cave was too far away, so the Divine Wind Boat immediately flew at full speed after the breakup, striving to arrive at the cave earlier.
At this time, Han Li’s heart was extremely complicated.
If according to the old ancestor Linghu said to withdraw to another country, naturally life without worry, but also because of the shortage of manpower and highly valued by the above. But likewise, in the future, because of the reconstruction of the Yellow Maple Valley, and to lay down a piece of territory in the new country, himself as the few remaining Foundation Stage cultivators, certainly to be wrapped up in the mundane matters have a lot of chores to do, there will never be too much time to continue to cultivate!
Must wait until the dust settles, the six sects to re-root, he also early past the opportunity to enter the JieDan stage, this is Han Li said nothing would like to see things.
But if he escapes now, Han Li doesn’t know if he’s still under that old monster’s divine sense surveillance. Maybe the slightest misbehavior will be detected by it, and then this deserter of his own, will certainly die without a burial place ah!
Han Li’s heart was filled with remorse, if he had known that things would get this bad, he would have been better off escaping to another country, so why bother coming back!
In his helplessness, Han Li returned to the cave.
As soon as he entered the cave, he first took out the storage bag that contained the talismans under the bed in the bedroom and put them all into his arms, then went to the storage room and put away the remaining rare medicinal herbs as well.
Finally, he went to the secret room of the Spiritual Eye Spring, and destroyed the whole secret room to cover up the Spiritual Eye Spring. Since it was now impossible to relocate the spirit item, Han Li didn’t want the Spirit Eye to be discovered and used by the people of the Devil’s Path.
After doing all this, Han Li rechecked inside the mansion and felt that there was nothing missing before he stepped out of the cave and raised the first set of “Upside Down Five Array” array flags and array disks and carefully put them into his storage bag.
See because the array disappeared, re-exposed the cave door, Han Li double eyebrow raised, suddenly released two black light, spent a meal time will be the entire small mountain peak destroyed, collapsed rocks completely buried the cave.
After that, Han Li circled in the air and flew away.
When Han Li returned to the council hall, everyone else had arrived. However, what Han Li found surprising was that in addition to the dozens of Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators they had, there were actually hundreds of Qi Refining Stage disciples in the hall as well.
”Are these people going to evacuate together as well?” Han Li thought with a bit of doubt.
But as soon as his eyes lit up, he suddenly saw the little old man and Xiao Cui’er standing together, saying something in a low voice, and both of them looked extremely serious.
Seeing this, Han Li nonchalantly walked over.
”Senior Uncle Han!” Xiao Cui’er called out respectfully when she saw Han Li come over.
Han Li smiled and nodded, then turned his head to the little old man and said, “What’s going on, these Qi Refining Stage disciples, are they walking with us?” In order to not draw attention to himself, Han Li’s voice was low.
”Yeah! These people either have excellent qualifications or are disciples with a special status that cannot be easily given up. This disciple of mine is also among those with excellent qualifications!” The little old man said indifferently. However, when he said Xiao Cui’er, he showed a few hints of arrogance, which made Han Li look a bit amused.
After some more time, Old Man Linghu and a shrewd middle-aged man finally showed up.
”I’ve just received news that traces of Devil Dao cultivators have appeared in the vicinity, so you guys should set off immediately, and just follow Master Nephew Huang’s arrangements for everything in the future! I’ll have the remaining people in the valley attract the incoming enemy.” Old Ancestor Linghu said with a heavy face.
Hearing Old Ancestor Linghu say this, Han Li and the others were shocked. The Devil Dao had come so quickly!
On the other hand, the middle-aged man next to Old Ancestor Linghu spoke coldly, “Time is short, so I’ll make this short. This time, so many people are following me to evacuate, I only have one request, they must follow my orders in everything, and those who don’t will be dealt with directly by me as traitors to the sect. Below, depart immediately!” This person was really thunderous! After a few short words, he gave a deep salute to the old man at his side and took the lead to walk out of the great hall.
After the others froze, they followed in a swarm.
Thus, a vast procession of hundreds of people rose up from in front of the stone hall and then flew rapidly in a northeastern direction.
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After most of the day, the entire team was out of the Taiyue Mountain Range, and then was about to rush forward at a speed a few points faster.
Han Li foot on the divine wind boat, flying in the front position of the team, and that little old man to see Han Li’s divine wind boat surprisingly can also carry people, on the nonchalant pull Xiao Cui’er stood together to the above, so that Han Li see can only dry laugh a few times, is not good to say anything.
But the team just flew away from the Taiyue Mountains more than a hundred miles, suddenly from the rear to fly over a piercing white light, in the blink of an eye swept over the many cultivators in the air, fell to the team in front of the yellow uncle hand, is actually a white light flash of a small sword, just above also inserted a jade slip.
The middle-aged man’s face sank, and he immediately waved his hand, causing the entire group to stop. Then he took off the jade slip and threw the small sword into the air casually, and immediately the small sword once again turned into white light and flew back the same way.
This Uncle Huang stuck his divine sense inside the jade slip to take a closer look, but a moment later, his face looked ugly as he withdrew and immediately lowered his head in contemplation, clearly encountering something spicy.
”All Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators come forward, things have changed, I’m going to rearrange the mission.” The middle-aged man turned back suddenly with a gloomy face.
These words caused Han Li and the others to be stunned, but after looking at each other for a few moments, they still obediently came forward with their imperial weapons, while Xiao Cui’er obediently jumped off the Divine Wind Boat in a hurry.
”Senior Uncle, what happened!” Seeing that the middle-aged man received a flying sword to send a letter, it wasn’t just one or two people.
”Old Ancestor sent a letter that just as we left on the front foot, the people of the Devil’s Way arrived on the back foot. Moreover, they seem to know about our retreat plan, and are now splitting their troops into two, one trapping the Yellow Maple Valley, and the other group is chasing after us. Therefore, in order to ensure the detachment of the brigade, I need one of you to follow me to lure them away before we can do so. The people I’ve named below will go with me to block the enemy, while the rest of you will continue to fly away from Yue under the leadership of the person I’ve designated.” This Master Huang said coldly.
Hearing these words from the middle-aged man, the others’ hearts chilled. They weren’t fools, this enemy blocking mission was clearly a nine deaths and one life!
Despite most people’s evasive gazes, this Uncle Huang nonchalantly pointed out more than twenty Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators in one breath.
Unfortunately, Han Li was even among them, while the little old man dodged a bullet!
The faces of those who were pointed out turned pale, but no one uttered any words of not going.
Thus with a wave of Uncle Huang’s arm, the others continued to speed away, leaving Han Li and the others alone.
”Alright, time is now running out! I know that most of you, don’t look favorably on this blocking mission! But I’m not asking you to fight hard against the enemies that are following you, I’m only asking you to sneak up on the other side, draw their attention away, and slightly cover the team in front of you.” The middle-aged man said in a slightly slower tone, and then touched out two dozen green jade slips from his body.
”Memorize the maps within the jade slips and then destroy them! Later on, if you get separated, you can regroup according to the location on the map.” After Uncle Huang said this, he raised his hand, and two dozen green lights shot out, with one floating in front of everyone.
Hearing Master Uncle Huang say this, the faces of the others were much better. Since it wasn’t a face-to-face hard fight against the people of the Devil’s Way, the chances of surviving were still much higher. Thus, all of them grabbed the jade slips and began to memorize the maps within the slips painstakingly.
As for Han Li, although he grabbed the jade slip into his hands, he only skimmed through it roughly and didn’t memorize it in his mind.
Because this time, he was left behind to block the enemy, but it was a rare opportunity for Han Li to get away. For the sake of future conjugation, he wasn’t willing to follow the Yellow Maple Valley one way to the end ah!