Chapter 118: Rescue

Yu Ji covered her mouth and smiled again, clinging to Meng Yan as she stood up: “General, don’t be hasty. Since Master has asked this question, it’s probably related to the favor we need to help with. Master, am I right?” The last sentence was directed at Yue Qianchou.

“Tsk tsk!” Yue Qianchou shook his head regretfully, raised a thumb and praised: “Madam is truly clever – nothing can be hidden from you. That’s right, the small favor I need from the General and Madam is indeed related to these hiding people.”

Yu Ji acted as if she didn’t deserve such praise, while Meng Yan was quite pleased. For him, praising his wife was no different from praising himself. He nodded slightly: “How do you want us to help? Master, just say it.”

“Hehe!” Yue Qianchou gritted his teeth: “When we first arrived at the Demon Ghost Domain, these guys knew there was danger but didn’t warn us. Not warning us would have been fine, but they actually disregarded even sect fellowship and ran away first, leaving us behind. Fortunately, we encountered the Great General, otherwise… In any case, I really can’t swallow this anger.”

“Jiejie!” Meng Yan laughed sinisterly: “So they’re a group of selfish, treacherous cowards who abandon their friends and flee. Excellent! This general will definitely help with this favor. What does Master want to do?”

He was a soldier who had experienced many battles and despised most those who abandoned their comrades and fled from battle.

Yue Qianchou said in a deep voice: “I trouble the General to help me capture them all without missing a single one. It’s best if they’re kept relatively intact – I want to personally take action and let them taste a fate worse than death. Oh, General! It’s best to find a large tent to confine them all, because doing these things really isn’t convenient for the disciples from various sects outside to see. Otherwise, it would be hard for me to explain when I return.”

“Haha!” Meng Yan laughed heartily, showing Yue Qianchou an expression of complete understanding, then dragged his clanking golden armor and strode majestically toward the tent exit.

“Master!” Just as Yue Qianchou was about to follow Meng Yan out, he heard Yu Ji call him. He turned back and asked: “Does Madam have something to say?” The latter said nothing, only smiled with pursed lips as she passed by him and left the large tent, as if saying ‘I know what you’re plotting.’

This made Yue Qianchou burn with evil fire. ‘Damn! They all think they can divine and calculate everything. I hate this pretentious, self-righteous attitude most.’

When he walked out of the large tent, he just saw Ghost General Meng Yan wave his large hand, and dozens of riders with a team ran out of the camp. Seeing Yue Qianchou, he only nodded slightly. The latter leisurely returned to the crowd standing below the platform, ignoring the questioning looks from the disciples of various sects, and began to close his eyes and rest.

Before long, sounds of fighting suddenly appeared from the surroundings…

At the mountain peak, the leading elders of the six major sects all darkened their expressions. The scattered divine sense light points on the six Divine Sense Compasses almost all moved at the same time. Undoubtedly, they were being attacked in an organized manner – otherwise this situation wouldn’t occur. And at this time and place, who else besides the Ghost General could organize forces to attack hundreds of disciples from various sects?

“Dongfang Changao, what do you mean?” Qiu Wuyuan’s expression was uncertain as he sought opinions. Here, his Ten Thousand Demon Palace and Floating Immortal Island were undoubtedly the absolute leaders of the righteous and demonic paths. The opinions of these two basically represented the opinions of their respective three sects.

Dongfang Changao frowned. Although quite a few disciples died during each training expedition, this was for the future development of the sects. But if not a single one survived and they all died here, it would shock the six major sects. At least the viability of this disciple training method would need to be reconsidered.

Seeing him remain silent, Qiu Wuyuan said in a deep voice: “I suggest everyone go down the mountain and rescue the disciples from the six sects – save as many as we can.”

Everyone stared at Dongfang Changao. As long as he agreed, the righteous and demonic paths would reach an agreement. Dongfang Changao frowned: “Even if we go down, can we rescue them? I need to consult the sect before making a decision.”

“Tch!” Qiu Wuyuan sneered: “Consult the sect? By the time Floating Immortal Island sends people, the day lilies will be cold. By then it probably won’t be rescue but collecting corpses! But that’s right – Floating Immortal Island is wealthy, powerful, and has many people. Losing some disciples doesn’t matter.”

Elder Quan from Floating Immortal Island couldn’t stand it anymore and immediately shouted: “Qiu Wuyuan, are you looking for trouble?” Qiu Wuyuan glanced coldly and said disdainfully: “What are you? When is it your turn to speak for Floating Immortal Island?”

As soon as these words came out, several other elders from Floating Immortal Island immediately surrounded them for support. When Floating Immortal Island moved, Ten Thousand Demon Palace wasn’t to be outdone either – several elders also surrounded them. As a result, the other four sects each helped their respective sides, and the righteous and demonic paths instantly opposed each other.

“Qiu Wuyuan!” Dongfang Changao’s eyes widened, his white beard and hair moving without wind, his tone ice-cold: “My Floating Immortal Island’s Cultivation Pavilion has never feared anyone. You want to cause trouble but don’t look at what time it is now. After this matter is finished, this old man will be ready to receive you at any time.” He then shouted to several elders: “Help me transmit a message.”

Several elders reluctantly withdrew, surrounding him and each placing a palm on his body. Dongfang Changao held up a jade stone in his hand, channeling the combined power of ten people into it. Instantly, the jade stone emitted dazzling white light. After murmuring a few words, with a “snap,” the jade stone turned to flying dust.

Everyone from all sects secretly drew in cold breaths, and even Qiu Wuyuan’s eyebrows couldn’t help but twitch. Ordinary sound transmission only required Tribulation Crossing stage cultivation, but transmitting messages across millions of li wasn’t something just anyone could do. It required combining several people’s power to reach late Tribulation Crossing stage cultivation to transmit that far. Obviously, the combined power of the Floating Immortal Island group had reached that level. The other sects present asked themselves honestly – they didn’t have that ability yet, including Ten Thousand Demon Palace.

After the Floating Immortal Island group dispersed, their nonchalant attitude made the other sects even more alarmed. Dongfang Changao nodded to everyone: “The message has been transmitted to our sect’s Heavenly Heart Pavilion. Soon there will be…” He suddenly paused and closed his eyes to concentrate.

After a moment, he opened his eyes and looked around at everyone: “Our sect’s Heavenly Heart Pavilion transmits the Sect Master’s decree: Floating Immortal Island disciples should remain calm and not act rashly. Heavenly Heart Pavilion has dispatched six late Tribulation Crossing stage consecrated elders to rush here immediately.”

The nine elders of Floating Immortal Island showed joy and bowed together: “Disciples respectfully follow the Sect Master’s decree.”

The elders from other sects looked at each other. Floating Immortal Island was indeed Floating Immortal Island – worthy of being the world’s number one sect. They casually deployed six late Tribulation Crossing stage consecrated elders, which for slightly lesser sects would be almost their entire reserve strength.

Qiu Wuyuan snorted coldly and said nothing more. After all, it was somewhat unrealistic to expect the three demonic sects to go down the mountain to rescue people without the righteous path taking action, especially since Floating Immortal Island already had six consecrated elders rushing over. With their cultivation levels, they should arrive soon.

“This is bad – everyone look quickly!” An elder from Great Luo Sect pointed at the Divine Sense Compass and shouted. Everyone couldn’t care about the small friction that had just occurred and gathered together to observe. The disciples from various sects who had originally scattered and hidden in the surroundings had now actually gathered together, and their divine sense light points had dimmed considerably – obviously they had all been injured to varying degrees.

“Hehe, what a formidable Ghost General – he actually captured them all without missing a single one. Dongfang Changao…” Qiu Wuyuan withdrew his gaze from the Divine Sense Compass, looked up and sneered: “Now all the sects are counting on your Floating Immortal Island’s six consecrated elders. I hope they can arrive quickly, otherwise we really will be collecting corpses.”