301: Chapter 301 Don't you recognize him?

"Vice Leader, Wu Li is dead, Su Xu is missing, the information they gave us was flawed, we've been played."

Tangyang Mountain,

is an ordinary mountain located on the border between the Human Race and the Yao Race.

At a certain valley,

an old man looked at the person with their back to him and said in a heavy voice,

"There's something wrong with them; the Human Race cannot be trusted."

The old man continued.

The Human Race cannot be trusted.

This had always been an ironclad rule of the Holy Demon Alliance; even when Jin Ting was around, they maintained a certain distance in their cooperation with the Human Race.

But their Vice Leader had been getting too close to the Human Race.

Now, Su Xu was missing, and Wu Li was dead.

One in the Nirvana Realm Late Stage and one in the Other Shore Realm Late Stage; they were extremely important combat assets for the Holy Demon Alliance.

The losses from five hundred years ago were something the Holy Demon Alliance still hadn't recovered from.

Losing these two experts now undoubtedly weakened the overall combat power of the Holy Demon Alliance by another level.

"I know."

An extremely raspy voice came from his mouth.

The Vice Leader then turned his head.

However, his face was not revealed.

A mask—a plain black mask with nothing on it.

"You should know that this is a transaction,"

the Vice Leader continued.

"I know."

The old man nodded.

"This debt will be settled sooner or later, but not now,"

the Vice Leader continued.

"Don't tell the others about this information."

The "others" the Vice Leader spoke of were the other demons of the Holy Demon Alliance; it would be a bit troublesome if they found out.

During this critical time, he didn't want those foolish fellows to cause him more trouble.

"You may leave,"

the Vice Leader said.

A look of hesitation appeared on the old man's face, but in the end, he said nothing more and left the valley.

"A bunch of useless fools."

The Vice Leader stood alone in the valley, a hint of contempt in his voice.

At that moment, a bird that looked like a seemingly ordinary bird from Yuanxu Mountain flew into the valley and landed in front of the Vice Leader.

The Vice Leader reached out slightly, and the little bird landed on his hand before turning into a streak of blood-colored Qi.

Immediately after, the Vice Leader's figure also vanished from the valley.

...

Yuanxu Mountain

Lin Ming and the others rested at the Yongzhen Sect for two days before setting off on their return journey.

This time, to return to Yuanxu Mountain as quickly as possible and ensure no issues arose on the way, a teleportation Formation was their best option.

Short-distance Teleportation Formation

With the joint efforts of Yuanxu Mountain and the Yongzhen Sect, a Short-distance Teleportation Formation was no longer difficult for them; the main issue was that the Materials for setting up the Formation were indeed quite scarce.

Their research on teleportation Formations was far from over; this was only the beginning.

Lin Ming and Su Lianxue knew about and had experienced the Short-distance Teleportation Formation, but the others had not.

They were shocked that the two Sects had actually managed to create a teleportation Formation.

After experiencing it and confirming its authenticity, their shock only grew.

Upon returning to the Sect, the Disciples went their separate ways.

Peak Master Zhao Wuhai went to see the Sect Head.

He certainly had to report the events of this trip to Sect Master Yun Xiao.

He found Sect Master Yun Xiao, Great Elder Ouyang Rui, and Master Uncle Shi Fan waiting for him in the Sect's main hall.

"I fought that Nirvana Realm demon in the outer heavens for ten days, and he managed to escape,"

Master Uncle Shi Fan said, shaking his head.

"I killed him."

With a wave of his hand, a human-sized crow appeared on the ground.

Emitting the aura of the Other Shore Realm, it was clearly an Other Shore Realm Yao Beast.

However, both wings of this crow had disappeared.

"Junior Brother, I know the general gist of it. You've worked hard,"

Sect Master Yun Xiao said to him.

"Senior Brother, did you also send a Nirvana Ancestor to protect us?"

Peak Master Zhao Wuhai asked at this point.

On the way back, Peak Master Zhao Wuhai had learned from Bai Qing and the others that besides Master Uncle Shi Fan, another Nirvana Ancestor had stepped in to save them.

This led Peak Master Zhao Wuhai to think that Sect Master Yun Xiao had anticipated such an occurrence.

And had specifically sent two Nirvana Realm Old Ancestors to protect them.

"I only asked Junior Martial Uncle,"

Sect Master Yun Xiao said, his brow furrowing.

Having two Nirvana Realm cultivators was clearly impossible.

Given Yuanxu Mountain's current situation, sending out one Nirvana Realm expert was already the limit.

"Who did you encounter?"

Sect Master Yun Xiao asked immediately, realizing what Peak Master Zhao Wuhai meant.

"According to Lin Ming and the others, another Nirvana Realm expert appeared besides Junior Martial Uncle and saved them from the demons,"

Peak Master Zhao Wuhai said.

He had thought it was an expert from their Yuanxu Mountain, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.

Then who was this person?

Peak Master Zhao Wuhai described the person's appearance.

His description was based on what he had heard from Lin Ming and the others.

"It's him?!"

Master Uncle Shi Fan said, his brow furrowing slightly upon hearing the description.

"Sect Master, remember the cultivator Master Yun Hua and I encountered when we ran into the Shadow Kill Sect's Vice Sect Leader?"

"You mean the one the Disciples encountered is the same person Junior Martial Uncle met?"

Sect Master Yun Xiao looked at Master Uncle Shi Fan and asked.

"It's possible,"

Master Uncle Shi Fan nodded.

If what Peak Master Zhao Wuhai said was true, it should be the same person.

Upon hearing this, Sect Master Yun Xiao also began to ponder, but after thinking for a long time, not a single person in his memory fit the criteria.

This was getting interesting.

An unknown Nirvana Ancestor who was friendly toward Yuanxu Mountain.

Sect Master Yun Xiao was somewhat curious about this person's identity.

After all, he didn't much care for unknown variables.

"I understand,"

Sect Master Yun Xiao nodded.

He would investigate this person's identity.

"The Demonic Path's disturbances were personally resolved by Junior Sister Yao,"

Sect Master Yun Xiao said, temporarily changing the subject.

The Demonic Path had caused disturbances within Yuanxu Mountain's sphere of influence.

Peak Master Yao Ruochu had taken action herself and quickly quelled the unrest.

However, one small Sect had been completely wiped out.

"We can go to war now,"

Sect Master Yun Xiao continued.

The actions of these Demonic Path forces had clearly gone too far.

Since they wanted to fight, he would grant them their wish.

"That fellow Wan Chuan feels the same way,"

Sect Master Yun Xiao said.

That fellow Wan Chuan always liked to stop halfway through what he was saying.

But based on Sect Master Yun Xiao's understanding of him, they shared the same thoughts.

As for those other Sects, they were likely on the same page.

Even if they didn't want to fight, they would have to; the current situation was no longer within their control.

If they didn't want to fight, they would just have to wait to be insulted to their faces by the Demonic Path.

"Senior Brother, what is the goal of these demonic Sects?"

Peak Master Zhao Wuhai asked again.

He always felt that these Demonic Path forces were plotting something.

But something was always missing from his thoughts—something that made it difficult to connect everything together.