A moment later, outside the gate of the Xuantian Sword Sect.
Ling Shuang stood solemnly with twenty disciples, all dressed uniformly in fitted attire, carrying long swords on their backs, their auras sharp and vigorous.
These disciples were all cultivated between the third and fifth levels of the Heavenly Immortal Realm. Their eyes were keen, and their movements silent, clearly elite.
Chen Ping had changed into a neat green robe and stood at the front of the group. Ling Shuang positioned herself half a step behind him to the side, her pretty face tense. She was evidently still brooding over the earlier matter. For her, obeying the command of someone at only the seventh level of the Human Immortal Realm was nothing short of a humiliating disgrace.
“Friend Chen, take care on the journey. If there is any need, send a message at once.”
Ling Yunzi had come personally to see them off and handed over a sword-shaped jade talisman.
Chen Ping accepted the talisman and nodded. “Sect Leader Ling, farewell.”
With that, he said no more. His figure turned into a streak of green light and shot off first towards the direction of the Myriad Beast Mountain Range. Although unhappy, Ling Shuang could only wave her hand. “Follow!”
Twenty-one sword lights closely pursued, slicing through the sky.
…
After leaving the Myriad Sword Mountain Range and entering the vast wilderness and forested areas.
Chen Ping kept his speed at a level that Ling Shuang and the others could maintain, but his brows remained furrowed. He fully extended his divine sense, staying vigilant of the surroundings while constantly sensing for any lingering familiar auras from the Myriad Beast Sect.
Ling Shuang followed behind, watching Chen Ping’s leisurely pace and the aura that consistently fluctuated only at the seventh level of the Human Immortal Realm. Her suspicion and disdain grew ever stronger.
Her father said he had repelled Hunsha?
How could that be possible!
It must have been that Hunsha was exhausted after battling her father, and Chen Ping had simply taken advantage, or used some underhanded method!
Perhaps the rumour was something her father had deliberately spread for some purpose.
Ling Shuang simply refused to believe Chen Ping was that formidable.
“Hey!”
After flying for about half a day, Ling Shuang could no longer hold back. She accelerated to fly beside Chen Ping and asked in a stiff tone, “Where exactly are we going? The Myriad Beast Mountain Range is so vast. Are we just going to search blindly like headless flies?”
Chen Ping glanced at her and replied indifferently, “First to the area near the old site of the Myriad Beast Sect. The rebellion has only just been settled, so the Fusion Beast Clan and the people from the Myriad Soul Demon Sect will surely be active frequently. We might capture a tongue and question them about the whereabouts of Sect Leader Lietian and the others. Even if not, we can observe the situation.”
This reasoning was clear and logical, but Ling Shuang curled her lip. “You make it sound easy. What if we encounter a large group? With just us?”
“We will act according to the circumstances.”
Chen Ping was too lazy to explain further.
If not for Ling Yunzi’s sake, he would have set off alone long ago.
Ling Shuang met with a soft rebuff and huffed angrily before falling back half a step. She transmitted a complaint to a familiar disciple behind her. “I really don’t know what Father was thinking, making us follow this pretentious fellow’s commands.”
That disciple smiled bitterly and dared not respond.
After flying for another hour or so, below them lay a barren valley filled with jagged rocks.
Chen Ping’s expression suddenly shifted, and he raised his hand to signal the group to stop.
“What is it?”
Ling Shuang was puzzled. Her divine sense had detected nothing unusual.
Chen Ping did not answer. His gaze coldly fixed on a shadowed area deep in the barren valley.
Just as Ling Shuang and the others followed his line of sight, the shadows suddenly writhed. Immediately after, dozens of figures whistled out and blocked their path ahead!
Some of these figures wore the black robes of the Myriad Soul Demon Sect, exuding dense demonic qi.
The others had varied forms: some half-human half-beast, others with obvious beastly features, but all had ferocious eyes and restless auras. They were precisely warriors of the Fusion Beast Clan!
They had clearly been lying in ambush here, or patrolling to this spot.
Leading them was a fifth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm elder from the Myriad Soul Demon Sect, along with a burly Fusion Beast leader who had boar-like tusks and stiff bristles.
“Hahaha! Truly, we found it without even searching!”
The Demon Sect elder saw Chen Ping’s group, especially the Xuantian Sword Sect insignia on them, and immediately grinned viciously. “We just received orders to search this area for any remnants of the Myriad Beast Sect or Sword Sect spies, and here you are, delivering yourselves!”
“And there’s a tender-skinned little beauty. Perfect to capture and offer to Sect Leader Zhengu for some enjoyment!”
His gaze swept lewdly over Ling Shuang.
