151: Die a bad death!

Qi Liang lightly smiled, leaning close to Jiang Qinqin's ear, his breath brushing her cheek. "Venerable He Yu of the Blood Refinement Lineage and Flower Maiden of the Union of Joy lineage, they still want to establish a separate sect and break away from the Saint Sect. For hundreds of years, they have never given up on this plan."

"What?" Jiang Qinqin was greatly surprised.

"Dream Butterfly is the successor Flower Maiden chose. As for you, hehe…" Qi Liang revealed the cruel truth.

From beginning to end, Jiang Qinqin and Palace Madam's roles were merely to temper Dream Butterfly.

"So that's how it is…"

Jiang Qinqin suddenly understood. Memories flooded her mind, and certain things she hadn't understood before now became clear.

No wonder Dream Butterfly could become a Personal Disciple, constantly receiving Flower Maiden's guidance, while she and Palace Madam were just names on a list.

"What about the Chixin Lineage?"

Qi Liang shook his head. "The Mad Daoist doesn't care about those things and has never thought about expansion, so the Chixin Lineage has the fewest members and is the weakest. There's no need to worry."

Jiang Qinqin wasn't foolish either. She pointed to where Sima Xin had just stood and hesitated, "Then he…"

Qi Liang nodded. "That's right, he's my elder brother's person, responsible for monitoring me."

Jiang Qinqin understood everything. She raised her eyelids and asked, "What do you want me to do?"

Qi Liang smiled. "Right now, our strength is still too weak. We need to take it one step at a time. For now, we'll push you into the Saint position on Hehe Mountain."

"Okay, I'm willing to help you." Jiang Qinqin already understood Qi Liang's ambition.

Qi Liang reached out and covered her mouth, shaking his head. "No, no, no, it's not helping me, it's helping yourself. Without me, you only have a dead end."

With that, he gently opened Jiang Qinqin's small mouth and placed a Medicinal Pill inside, a faint smile on his lips. "This way, both you and I can rest assured."

Jiang Qinqin did not resist. She knew she had no capital to resist.

…

On the other side,

You Jianfeng was inspecting the Formation, checking for any flaws.

The ten Junior Brothers around him stood in their positions. If anyone broke in, the Formation would instantly rise, and a sky full of sword rain would pour down. Even if Qi Liang came, he wouldn't fare well.

You Jianfeng nodded in satisfaction, watching the approaching rainbow light. He waved his hand, "Be careful with your concealment."

With that, he leaped onto a tree trunk, waiting patiently. This time, he was determined to seize a token!

As time passed, You Jianfeng gradually sensed that something was wrong. Why… was the commotion so immense?

Standing on the tree, he saw dust rising in the distance, large trees snapped in half at the waist. Listening closely, he vaguely heard the roars and cries of Demonic Beasts carried on the wind.

You Jianfeng's unease grew stronger. He narrowed his eyes and observed carefully. The first thing that caught his eye was a burly man with a bare upper body, followed by a bald man. The bald man was holding a small beast in his arms.

"Tu Wanshan?"

You Jianfeng naturally recognized him. Looking behind them, countless Demonic Beasts roared and charged forward. A figure was swept into the midst of them, and in a short while, there was no sound.

"Holy crap?!"

The people below also heard the sound. Someone looked up and asked, "Senior Brother, are they here?"

You Jianfeng roared, "Here your mother! Run! It's a beast tide!"

With that, he scrambled to flee frantically, no longer caring about anything else.

He didn't understand why he was so unlucky. First, he encountered Xu Sanyan, and then a beast tide. To think that he, one of the esteemed Ten Heroes, had ever been in such a sorry state?

"Awoo~~!"

The ground trembled, and myriad beasts roared. Tu Wanshan also saw You Jianfeng ahead to his right. He immediately had an idea, rummaging through his Storage Pouch for a moment, then taking out the Storage Pouch and shouting,

"You Jianfeng, catch!"

You Jianfeng looked back and saw a rainbow light flying rapidly towards him. He was all too familiar with this item; it was the saint child token he had longed for!

You Jianfeng instinctively reached out and caught the Storage Pouch. The rainbow light passed through the pouch and shot into the sky. It must be the saint child token inside.

He just didn't understand why Tu Wanshan would give him the saint child token.

Was it because he knew he couldn't escape, so he was doing a good deed before he died?

You Jianfeng scoffed. He didn't believe Tu Wanshan would be so kind; there must be something else going on. Although he knew this, the temptation of the saint child token was still hard for him to resist.

In any case, he had fulfilled his promise to himself and successfully obtained a saint child token.

The Bald Woman also didn't understand Tu Wanshan's actions. She looked at him with confusion. Tu Wanshan didn't explain. He grabbed her arm, slightly adjusted their direction, and ran towards the front left.

You Jianfeng ran while tearing open the Storage Pouch. The first thing that caught his eye was an ancient token with a large, exceptionally prominent "Saint" character on it.

It was indeed the saint child token.

You Jianfeng's nostrils flared, and his heart sank. He took out the token, only to see that a porcelain bottle below it was already shattered, and crimson blood had flowed throughout the pouch. Even the back of the saint child token was stained with blood.

"Damn it, sixth-grade beast blood?!"

You Jianfeng's mind exploded. How could he not understand Tu Wanshan's plan now? That son of a bitch wanted to use him to divert the beast tide!

He turned sharply, only to see that Tu Wanshan had already led his people to run to the other side, while the beast tide had slightly adjusted its direction and was heading straight for him.

"Tu Wanshan! May you die a terrible death!!"

You Jianfeng shrieked, but his steps dared not stop. Behind him, the beast tide was like a rolling wave, chasing him relentlessly forward.

Tu Wanshan led the remaining dozen or so people and ran for a while longer, completely leaving the range of the beast tide. The stone in his heart finally dropped. Everyone collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

Tu Wanshan took out a porcelain bottle and distributed a Medicinal Pill to each person to restore their internal Qi.

Abandoning the saint child token was a choice made out of utter helplessness. If they didn't find a way, everyone would die.

After running for so long, even Tu Wanshan's Foundation Establishment Completion cultivation was struggling to hold on. Only a shallow layer of Qi remained in his Qi Sea. If he was like this, the plight of his Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters with lower cultivation could be imagined.

The Bald Woman stroked the small beast's fur, then turned to look at the Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters behind her, half of whom were gone. Her mood was very low.

Tu Wanshan patted her head but didn't say anything comforting. Ever since participating in this Saint Child Competition, it was destined that most of them would die.

A young man opened his eyes after a moment of meditation and whispered, "Senior Brother, the saint child token is gone. What's our next step?"

Tu Wanshan watched the rainbow light grow farther and farther, then said, "Follow it. If You Jianfeng dies, the saint child token will naturally fall back into our hands. If he doesn't die, we'll just snatch it back!"

"Mhm." Everyone nodded.

Suddenly, a sound came from the distance. Tu Wanshan became alert, looking up to see a group of women slowly emerging from the forest. The one leading them was Dream Butterfly.

It turned out that after Dream Butterfly and her group left Wutong Forest, they headed straight for the Lishen Tree. Before they even arrived, the beast tide had already erupted.

Dream Butterfly could only follow behind the beast tide, chasing the rainbow light all the way, which is how she met Tu Wanshan and the others.