Slaughtering the remnants, letting the tiger return to the mountain
Everyone was stunned, looking at her with confusion.
Shen Nianchu felt a bit embarrassed, but she had to say it; one day was fine, but every day like this was more than she could bear.
"Last night, your commotion was too loud; I had no heart for..."
Before she could finish, Qin Shuhan covered her mouth.
She had heard it clearly too; although Lin Xue and Ye Baixi tried their best to restrain themselves, the involuntary muffled groans and Chen Yuan's panting were what truly tortured people.
"Ahhh! It's over, I'm dead! It was all heard; how will I face Senior Sister and Second Senior Sister in the future!"
At this moment, Ye Baixi had her back to Shen Nianchu, her face red to the roots of her ears, and steam was practically billowing from her head.
Lin Xue's legs also went weak; so that meant Senior Sister Qin and Junior Sister Shen knew about what they did last night.
"It's over! How can I face anyone now!"
"Ahem, ahem!" Chen Yuan coughed violently, rubbed Ye Baixi's head, and changed the subject: "Brother has matters to attend to and cannot accompany you for now. Wait for me to finish my current affairs, and I will come back to find you."
After speaking, Chen Yuan directly used a Divine Ability to leave the awkwardly-atmosphered Immortal Cave.
It was true that he had matters to attend to; just this morning, Qin Shi had sent a message via the master-servant contract, having found the specific location of the Guanghan Immortal Palace remnants.
Qin Shi did not contact the undercover agents of Guanghan Immortal Palace, fearing exposure and that Chen Gong might find out about this, so he personally sent trusted aides to search; it took a full three days before there was a trace.
In the dense forest, Chen Yuan operated the Thousand Illusion Transformation Divine Art.
This time, he transformed into a black-robed man with a blurred face and a cold aura.
At the same time, he copied a piece of forged evidence from a memory stone showing Qin Shi killing to silence witnesses.
Using the location provided by Qin Shi, Chen Yuan quickly arrived at a relatively secluded mountain hollow.
This was where the remaining forces of the Guanghan Immortal Palace gathered.
According to intelligence, currently, Guanghan Immortal Palace only had one last Soul Transformation Cultivator left in this Secret Realm.
Her name was Liu Ning, Early Soul Transformation Stage.
The night was deep; Chen Yuan lurked in the mountain hollow like a ghost.
He seized the opportunity, and when Liu Ning was patrolling the perimeter alone, he approached like a wisp of blue smoke.
"Who?" Liu Ning turned around vigilantly, already holding a Magic Treasure in her hand.
"Fellow Daoist, do not be alarmed."
Chen Yuan under the black robe lowered his voice, his tone hoarse, "This Daoist has no intention of being enemies with the Guanghan Immortal Palace; I simply cannot bear to see Fellow Daoists of your sect die without knowing why, nor do I wish to see the Kunxu Holy Land wantonly frame others and cause other forces to be wrongly accused."
"This Daoist? A Fellow Daoist from the Thunder Sound Temple?"
Chen Yuan did not answer but flicked his finger, and the copied memory stone flew towards Liu Ning.
Liu Ning caught it subconsciously, probed it with her Divine Sense, and her face instantly turned deathly pale.
In the memory stone, Qin Shi's impatient and gloomy face and that sentence, "Once found, no need to bring them back; execute them on the spot and clean it up!" exploded in her mind like a thunderclap.
"This... this is..." Liu Ning's voice trembled; it really was the Kunxu Holy Land behind this.
She looked at the black-robed figure, "Who is Your Excellency? Why help our Guanghan Immortal Palace?"
"Just an outsider who cannot stand the actions of the Kunxu Holy Land." The black-robed person played by Chen Yuan said in a cold voice, "Whether you believe it or not, judge for yourself. Take care of yourself."
Before the words fell, the black-robed figure had already merged into the night and disappeared, as if he had never appeared.
Liu Ning clutched the memory stone tightly, her heart pounding wildly.
She suppressed the raging waves in her heart and immediately returned to a temporarily erected Immortal Cave, secretly gathering all the remaining core dozen or so Nascent Soul Disciples.
Inside a temporarily set up soundproof barrier, Liu Ning activated the memory stone with a grave expression.
When Qin Shi's image and words appeared again, the tent immediately fell into dead silence, followed by an outbreak of intense anger and panic.
"It really is the Kunxu Holy Land!"
"They are truly insane! They want to exterminate us!"
"Senior Sister Liu, what should we do? We must make this public immediately!"
Liu Ning took a deep breath, trying to remain calm: "This matter is of great importance; this memory stone is crucial evidence.
Before we safely leave the Secret Realm, it is not advisable to make a big fuss, lest we attract even more frantic retaliation from the Kunxu Holy Land.
The urgent priority is to move immediately, find a safer hiding place, and find a way to contact other forces that might be able to uphold justice..."
Her words were clear and logical, winning the agreement of most of the Disciples present.
On the other side, Qin Shi was searching a Yao Beast mountain range according to the instructions of Senior Brother Chen Gong. Just then, he suddenly received a voice transmission from Chen Yuan in his mind:
"Act immediately! Target the remnants of the Guanghan Immortal Palace. Remember, you must 'just happen' to let Liu Ning escape, but make her witness her fellow Disciples being slaughtered. Be quick, before they move!"
"Yes, Master!" Qin Shi acknowledged the order, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, and immediately took several trusted Disciples and headed straight for the temporary camp of the Guanghan Immortal Palace.
Inside the Immortal Cave, the meeting had just ended, and Liu Ning was preparing to order an emergency relocation.
Suddenly— "Boom!"
The simple Formation in front of the Immortal Cave was torn apart by violent spiritual power, and several powerful auras descended instantly.
"Qin Shi of the Kunxu Holy Land is here! Guanghan Immortal Palace remnants, die!" Qin Shi's stern shout resounded through the night sky, accompanied by a fierce attack.
"Not good! They are here! Scatter quickly!" Liu Ning's eyes were wide with rage, and she screamed.
The slaughter began instantly.
Qin Shi and the others came prepared, and their strength was far superior to the other side; the Disciples of the Guanghan Immortal Palace were harvested like straw.
Blood stained the ground, and screams were endless.
Liu Ning was filled with grief and indignation, resisting with all her might, but under Qin Shi's focused attention, the Disciples beside her fell one by one.
She saw with her own eyes that a Nascent Soul Disciple who had been sitting in the corner during the meeting earlier, not only did not resist in the chaos but instead tried to sneakily approach Qin Shi, calling out: "Senior Brother Qin, I..."
Before he could finish, he was killed by a Kunxu Holy Land trusted aide who had gone bloodthirsty.
This was Qin Shi's action to silence witnesses.
"So someone leaked the information!" Liu Ning instantly understood why Qin Shi had come so quickly and so accurately!
Endless hatred welled up in her heart.
That person was indeed an undercover Disciple planted by the Kunxu Holy Land in the Guanghan Immortal Palace. Qin Shi was indeed killing to silence witnesses; if he didn't kill him, and she told Chen Gong about what happened here, he would definitely be apprehended and interrogated by Chen Gong.
"Liu Ning, you are next!" Qin Shi sneered, a blazing divine rainbow blasting towards Liu Ning with terrifying momentum.
Liu Ning burned her essence blood and sacrificed a life-saving Magic Treasure to withstand the blow.
"Pfft!" She spat out a mouthful of blood, flying backward from the impact, her figure staggering.
"Stop her!" Qin Shi feigned a shout.
A trusted Disciple chased forward, swinging his blade towards Liu Ning's back.
Liu Ning gritted her teeth and twisted her body, paying the price of a deep, bone-visible wound on her arm to borrow force again, using a secret technique to transform into a stream of light and rushing into the dark mountain forest in the distance without looking back.
"Pursue!" Qin Shi ordered symbolically, but he and his trusted aides tacitly slowed their pace.
Looking at the direction where Liu Ning disappeared, Qin Shi's eyes were cold as he reported to Chen Yuan via the contract: "Master, the mission is complete. Liu Ning has escaped with serious injuries."
Chen Yuan in the shadows nodded with satisfaction.
In this way, with Liu Ning, once she leaves the Secret Realm, she will become the most powerful witness to accuse the Kunxu Holy Land.
"Eliminate the trusted aides." Chen Yuan ordered in a calm voice, concise and to the point.