136: Being targeted

Cang Lanzi continued eating the roasted meat, pondered for a moment, and said, "It's not a single person who's targeting you; accurately speaking, it should be a faction."

"As for why they're targeting you, you should know yourself!" Cang Lanzi's expression was a half-smile.

"Is Senior referring to this?" Li Xiangyun said, extending his palm, and an other shore flower, symbolizing life and death, slowly emerged.

"Exactly." Cang Lanzi nodded, then observed the other shore flower in Li Xiangyun's hand, praising, "To have such a profound understanding of The Dao Intent of Life and Death at this Realm, and to have integrated other elements, it's no wonder those people targeted you so early."

"Who are those people Senior mentioned?" Li Xiangyun asked, retracting the other shore flower in his hand.

"Those people?" Cang Lanzi's voice was somewhat ethereal, "Their power far exceeds your imagination; they are very strong, and very terrifying."

Li Xiangyun felt a little nervous. The Cang Lanzi before him was already mysterious and powerful enough, so how powerful must those people be to be described as terrifying by him?

Thus, Li Xiangyun couldn't help but ask a somewhat foolish question, "So, what happens if one is targeted by those people?"

Cang Lanzi chuckled, eating roasted meat, and nonchalantly said, "What else could happen? You'll die, of course!"

Li Xiangyun's mouth twitched involuntarily. "No, death is such a serious matter, why do you say it so casually?"

"It's not you who's dying, right!?"

As if knowing Li Xiangyun's inner thoughts, Cang Lanzi nodded without hesitation, "Exactly, it's not this old man who's going to die, what do I have to fear?"

Li Xiangyun's mouth twitched again. "Is this mind-reading?"

"Mind-reading? An interesting term." Cang Lanzi chuckled, "Don't worry, this old man isn't so bored as to casually peek into other people's thoughts."

"And you say it's not mind-reading." Li Xiangyun could no longer hold back and exclaimed.

"What are you muttering about?" Cang Lanzi tapped the bone in his hand in displeasure, "You talked about being utterly devoted, is this how you treat your savior?"

"Uh~" Li Xiangyun was somewhat speechless, only able to sigh and smile, "Senior is right, it is Junior's bad attitude."

"Mm." Hearing this, Cang Lanzi finally nodded with satisfaction, then said very innocently, "This old man has no interest in reading your inner thoughts; it's just that the voice in your heart was too loud."

"This old man overheard it unintentionally."

"Heh~" Li Xiangyun sneered, "I'll believe you when pigs fly!"

Since the other party could hear his thoughts anyway, he might as well say them directly.

In response, Cang Lanzi patted his backside and said, "Let's go, it's time to leave."

"Where are we going?" Li Xiangyun asked curiously.

"You'll know when we get there."

With that, Cang Lanzi lifted Li Xiangyun, and they instantly vanished from their original spot.

Soon after the two left, a black mist suddenly rose from the ground. The surrounding vegetation withered instantly, and then other shore flowers grew out one by one.

Tensely, a tall figure flickered in and out of sight within the black mist, seemingly searching... Time rewound to several days prior.

Outskirts of the Misty Swamp.

At this moment, the Li family members had just regrouped and entered the Misty Swamp not long ago.

Thus, Li Zhongwen and Mo Lingfeng reunited once again.

At the same time, so many people entering the Misty Swamp together naturally attracted the attention of many Yao Beasts.

However, after three years of development, the Li family had seventy to eighty Foundation Establishment Cultivators alone, plus Mo Lingfeng, a Golden Core Cultivator, stationed there.

Therefore, for a time, they were safe and sound.

Even if some Cultivators died, dozens of them, due to initial exposure to the poisonous mist and attacks from Yao Beasts lurking in the dark.

But under Li Zhongwen's timely reaction, this situation was quickly brought under control.

However, this stable situation soon changed as they delved deeper.

At this moment, the entire Li family, over twenty thousand people, were like a long Dragon, using Magical Artifacts to quickly advance at low altitude.

They dared not fly at high altitude, as such a large target would undoubtedly become a bullseye for all Yao Beasts.

As for proceeding on foot, that was even more impossible. Not to mention the slow speed, making them easy to be caught, the terrain of the Misty Swamp itself was not suitable for walking.

After all, the Misty Swamp, as its name suggests, is mostly mist and swamp, completely unsuitable for traveling on foot.

Therefore, they could only fly at low altitude.

The advantage of this was that they were less likely to be discovered, their speed was not slow, and most importantly, it could prevent some sudden attacks.

After all, as a paradise for Yao Beasts, the Misty Swamp was sparsely populated year-round, and countless Yao Beasts lived in its lakes and swamps. A moment of inattention could lead to a Yao Beast leaping out.

Yet, even so, Yao Beasts still occasionally leaped up from below, attacking the Li family members in the air.

Thus, Li Zhongwen arranged for all the Li family's Foundation Establishment Cultivators to disperse around, encircling the elderly and young of the Li family to protect their safety.

The effect of this arrangement was also evident.

Firstly, Foundation Establishment Cultivators could fly in the air without the aid of Magic Treasures.

Secondly, although the Foundation Establishment Realm was not considered powerful, it was sufficient to deal with ordinary Yao Beasts.

Even if there were second-tier Yao Beasts, Mo Lingfeng, stationed at the center, could quickly kill them.

In the middle-right of the entire team, a young man was flying in the air, but his gaze occasionally drifted towards the flying boat to his left.

At the edge of the flying boat, a beautiful woman, with a slightly bulging belly, was constantly waving at the young man.

And this beautiful woman was the young man's wife.

The young man's name was Ye Yang. His parents had both died, and he was a survivor of the Purple Cloud Catastrophe three years ago.

Three years ago, he joined the Li family with a Peak Qi Realm cultivation. Because of his outstanding performance during the great battle and his good talent, he successfully gained Li Muyi's favor and they became husband and wife.

Subsequently, he broke through to Foundation Establishment under the Li family's cultivation.

For Ye Yang, who had lost his parents since childhood, this was a double harvest of love and career, and thus he was extremely grateful to the Li family.

At this moment, Ye Yang was arranged to escort the Li family's advance, not only without any complaints but rather very excited.

After all, the rewards for this mission were considerable; he could work hard to break through to the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment earlier.

"Brother Ye!"

Just then, a call came from behind.

Ye Yang turned his head and saw that it was his old friend, Zhao Yuan.

Unlike Ye Yang, Zhao Yuan was already middle-aged when he joined the Li family. Although he broke through to Foundation Establishment with the Li family's help, his path forward was basically cut off.

Therefore, he had always been a loner in the Li family, only having contact with Ye Yang.

Seeing Zhao Yuan break through at this moment, Ye Yang was not happy; instead, he frowned and asked, "Why are you here?"