401: Bring them back so the elders can practice.

Meanwhile, Shi Wanshan, gritting his teeth while suppressing the toxic poison in his body, was flying rapidly. His mind was racing, calculating how to find a dangerous place to set a trap for a counter-kill, when his body suddenly stiffened!

An incredibly familiar voice sounded in his Sea of Consciousness without any warning:

"Senior Brother Shi." Shi Wanshan shuddered!

This voice... it was Junior Brother Changge?!

His old face instantly flushed bright red, burning hot. His heart skipped a beat as he wailed inwardly, "It's over! It's all over!"

"I've completely lost face! Junior Brother Changge must know!"

"My pathetic state has probably been seen clearly!"

"Those two behind you are certainly following closely."

Gu Changge's voice was gentle, but it made Shi Wanshan so ashamed he wanted to find a hole to crawl into.

He felt like a naughty child who had lost a fight outside and was caught red-handed by his parents.

"Since you can't shake them off, don't waste your energy," Gu Changge continued.

Hearing this, Shi Wanshan's face grew even hotter, yet he couldn't refute it.

He really couldn't shake off that damned "shadowless soul-chasing powder."

Just as he was overcome with shame and prepared to bite the bullet and explain a few words, Gu Changge's next words made him freeze.

"Bring them back to the mountain."

Shi Wanshan: "Huh?"

He almost thought he had misheard.

"It just so happens that some Elders in the Sect have made progress in their cultivation recently. Bring them back to give the Elders some practice."

Shi Wanshan was stunned for a moment, then an indescribable wild joy and the excitement of causing mischief instantly swept away all his frustration, depression, and shame!

He understood!

Junior Brother Changge wanted to use these two blind fools as an "extra meal" for the Sect Elders!

"Hahahaha! Brilliant! Simply brilliant!"

Shi Wanshan laughed wildly in his heart. The heat on his face instantly faded, replaced by the exhilaration of an oppressed person finally standing up!

Just a moment ago, he felt pathetic being chased, but now?

"Damn it! You two old bastards! You had a lot of fun chasing me all this way, didn't you? You like using poison, don't you?"

"Your Grandpa Shi will take you to a nice place and let you have your fill! I'll make sure you never forget it for the rest of your lives!"

Nearby, Xuan Yangzi was first startled upon receiving Gu Changge's transmission, then he realized what was happening, and a strange expression appeared on his face.

He pointed at Gu Changge and laughed:

"Changge, oh Changge! Why didn't I see before that you had so many wicked ideas in your head? This plan is brilliant!"

His eyes grew brighter as he spoke: "One Mid-stage Saint King Realm and one Mid-stage Saint Realm. These two should be enough for those bored old fellows in the Secret Realm to mess around with for a while, right?"

"Hahaha! I'll go arrange it right now! I'll make sure they feel 'right at home'!"

Laughing loudly, Xuan Yangzi flickered and entered the Secret Realm.

On the other side, Shi Wanshan's spirits were greatly lifted, as if the coldness brought by the shadowless soul-chasing powder in his body had been diluted by this surge of heat.

He took a deep breath, maintaining a look of panicked flight on his face, but his flight path quietly changed.

He was no longer bumping around the wilderness like a headless fly but began to take a circuitous route. These paths eventually pointed faintly in the same direction: the Azure Profound Sect.

Along the way, Shi Wanshan was even "accidentally" caught by them. After a fierce battle, the injuries on Shi Wanshan's body grew more numerous and severe.

A few days later, after a collision, Shi Wanshan felt his physical condition worsening.

"You forced my hand. Once this Old Ancestor recovers, I'll settle the score with you."

"Blood Ignition Great Art, escape for me!"

As soon as Shi Wanshan finished speaking, he spat out several mouthfuls of fresh blood, and his aura instantly withered.

However, his escape speed suddenly increased, quickly leaving the Purple Robe Saint and the Saint King Realm powerhouse far behind, beyond the range of their Divine Sense.

"Damn it, I didn't expect this person to have such a method. To burn his essence blood and increase his speed by so much."

The Purple Robe Saint's face was dark.

At this time, the Saint King Realm powerhouse had a confident, eerie expression on his face.

"Humph, he thinks that as long as the distance is far enough, he can escape the pursuit? He underestimates the power of the shadowless soul-chasing powder."

"This poison acts within the blood essence and Origin. As long as this person's blood essence remains and he is still in this world, he has nowhere to hide."

The Saint King Realm powerhouse slowly raised his hand, and the faint grey aura appeared on his fingertips again.

The grey aura slowly circulated on his fingertips, and in a short while, like a precise compass, it locked onto the direction where Shi Wanshan was.

"Found you. This person used a Blood escape, and his aura is now failing. Follow me."

The Purple Robe Saint was overjoyed, as if he could already see the exhausted Shi Wanshan being stripped naked and humiliated to his heart's content... Wait, no, why am I thinking about stripping him and humiliating him?

I should skin him and pull out his tendons to wash away the insult I suffered.

The Purple Robe Saint shook the thoughts from his head, regained his senses, followed the Saint King Realm powerhouse, and quickly pursued.

Half a day later, the two of them crossed tens of thousands of miles of territory and arrived near the Azure Profound Sect in Xuan Province, where they stopped.

The Grey-Robed Saint King stopped his flight a hundred miles from the mountain gate. The grey aura on his fingertips pulsed even more obviously, almost leaping out of his hand, pointing straight into the depths of the Sect ahead.

"That person is inside this Sect," he said, looking at the ordinary-looking Azure Profound Sect.

Then, his brow furrowed slightly, as if confirming something.

Although the Sect before him had abundant Spiritual Qi and towering peaks, making it a major Sect in this small Xuan Domain...

But that was all.

A Late-stage Saint powerhouse who could take several of his moves, had seasoned combat experience, and was clearly proficient in escape techniques...

Why would he choose such an unremarkable-looking Sect with only decent Spiritual Qi as a hiding place when fleeing with heavy injuries?

This person is insidious and cunning; could there be some danger or trap here?

Or perhaps, having burned his blood essence and being heavily injured, he wasn't able to continue and hoped to hide in this inconspicuous little Sect to evade pursuit.

The Grey-Robed Saint King was cautious and suspicious by nature, never letting his guard down even when facing seemingly weak targets.

He didn't act immediately. Instead, he condensed his Saint King level Divine Sense into a line and quietly bypassed the weak Mountain-protecting array, slowly sweeping over the entire Azure Profound Sect like a fine-toothed comb.

Foundation Establishment Disciples coming and going, Core Formation Deacons patrolling the mountains, and Elders of the Purple Mansion and Cave Heaven Realm handling affairs or meditating on various peaks.

Everything was orderly. The strongest auras were distributed among the main peaks, and their cultivation definitely did not exceed the King Realm.

There was no aura of ambush, no fluctuations of hidden killing arrays, and certainly no power that could threaten a Saint King Realm.

Finally, his Divine Sense locked onto an extremely remote stone cave behind a main peak where the Spiritual Qi was so thin it was almost desolate.

Shi Wanshan's failing, chaotic, and heavily blood-scented weak aura was drifting out from there, perfectly matching the guidance on his fingertip.

"As expected, he's just hiding because his strength is exhausted, hoping to use this backwater place to escape disaster."

The last trace of doubt in the Grey-Robed Saint King's heart vanished, and a smug smile appeared at the corner of his eyes.

In the face of absolute strength, all tricks are in vain!