Chapter 270: Chapter 165: Abundant Harvest and the Divine Fire Sect’s Revenge

"Fujian, don’t pursue a desperate foe!"

Seeing Master Fu Jian of the Lingyuan Sect about to cross Yellow Ox Ridge, Master Yusha quickly called out a warning.

They were already three hundred li from the Luoyan Mountain Grand Array, a dangerously far distance.

Besides, to escape, Daoist Qian Hong had self-detonated two Demon Soldiers in succession and even used the Blood Escape Secret Technique.

Even for a Golden Core Demon Cultivator, such a price was steep.

You could even say Daoist Qian Hong’s Vitality was now severely depleted. Under normal circumstances, it would take at least three to five years of recuperation to restore their Essence Blood, not to mention having to find a way to forge new Demon Soldiers.

Meanwhile, the other Demon Dao Golden Core cultivators had revealed a great deal of information.

In this engagement, their side had already gained a considerable advantage.

Thus, Master Yusha had no desire to press the pursuit, lest they run into some unforeseen danger.

His concern wasn’t just because he was from the Four Seas Sect and wanted to conserve his strength.

It also touched upon a major concern shared by all the Righteous Dao’s Golden Core True Men in this war against the demons.

This concern was the Divine Fire Sect and the potential existence of their Yellow Springs Dao Secret Techniques.

The Yellow Springs Dao had left behind eighteen supreme Secret Techniques, each corresponding to one of the eighteen levels of hell. Every single one was comparable to the most powerful Tier Three Magic.

The Daoists could find ways to counter any single one of these Secret Techniques.

But defending against all of them at once? That was nigh impossible.

And that was the biggest problem.

Currently, no one on the side of the Righteous Dao knew exactly how many complete legacies of these Secret Techniques the Divine Fire Sect possessed, nor which ones they had already mastered.

They didn’t even know which of the Demon Dao’s Golden Core cultivators had mastered these techniques.

This turned the techniques into a massive trump card. If the Divine Fire Sect managed to plot against them successfully, the most likely outcome would be a century of bitter cultivation going down the drain.

The price was simply too high to pay.

Therefore, as long as this card remained unplayed, it was impossible to prepare specific counters. All the Righteous Dao’s Golden Core True Men had to act with extreme caution.

This was also why the two Daoists from the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers, despite having the backing of their sect’s Grand Array, chose not to engage directly.

"Fujian, Yusha is right. We should quit while we’re ahead."

Master Ming Yan chimed in. As he spoke, he spotted a Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivator fleeing on the ground below.

With a casual palm strike, he swatted the unlucky bastard dead.

Seeing that Golden Mace True Man of the Azure Flame Sect was also unwilling to give chase, Master Fu Jian had no choice but to halt.

"By the way, that red light from the rear earlier... something was off about it."

Master Ming Yan discussed it as they traveled. "I don’t know why it suddenly vanished, but it was definitely more than just a signal to attack."

Golden Mace True Man agreed. "I thought so too."

Thunder Sound True Man nodded. "Yes. When we get back, I’ll send someone to investigate what happened."

Master Yusha then suggested, "The Demon Sect had quite a few Foundation Establishment Cultivators invade recently. We were preoccupied with the divination results before and couldn’t deal with them."

"Now that we’re heading back, we can consider taking care of them."

"However, I think we only need to deal with the Soul-breaking Needles. The remaining Demon Cultivators can be left for the younger generation to practice on."

Thunder Sound True Man readily agreed. "That’s a good point. After this major rout, the Demon Sect probably won’t make a move for a while."

"We won’t need so many people at the front lines anyway. We can just let the juniors continue to rotate and act on their own."

The four of them discussed the matter, but Master Fu Jian remained silent.

He wasn’t idle, however. On the way back, he deliberately swept his Divine Sense across their path, searching for any hiding Demon Cultivators.

Along the way, he alone slew thirteen Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators.

The other Golden Core True Men didn’t actively search, but they still casually dispatched another twenty or so as they came across them.

This was all thanks to the Divine Fire Sect’s special methods for rapidly cultivating Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Otherwise, who knew where they would even find so many Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators to kill.

When the party of five returned to Luoyan Mountain, they saw the Sect Leader of the Lingyuan Sect approach with a joyful expression to report, "Esteemed Daoists, the invading Demon Cultivators have all been dealt with!"

"Dealt with already?"

Thunder Sound True Man was taken aback. They had just been discussing this very issue on the way back, and now it was already resolved?

He asked curiously, "What happened? How was it taken care of so quickly?"

Gong Lingfeng handed over a written report. "Esteemed Daoist..."

He then briefly recounted what Yao Dehai had seen and heard.

At first, the Golden Core True Men didn’t pay much mind, still busy mentally reviewing their recent clash with the Demon Cultivators. But the more they listened, the more they felt something was off.

’Why does Gong Lingfeng keep mentioning this name, Xiao Chen, in almost every sentence?’

’And he killed the Demon Cultivators and destroyed the Array Plates all by himself?’

’They have such a capable disciple in the rear?’

After they finished listening, even the five Golden Core True Men present were left with stunned expressions.

’Where did this Fake Pill cultivator suddenly come from?’

A flicker of light crossed Golden Mace True Man’s eyes, but he remained silent.

Master Yusha turned to Master Ming Yan. "Ming Yan, you had an ace like this up your sleeve and didn’t say a word?"

’If he had known the problem was already solved, what was the point of all that discussion earlier?’

But he didn’t realize that Master Ming Yan was actually the most bewildered of them all.

After he had summoned Xiao Chen last year, he had already anticipated how things might develop.

He had even considered the possibility that if Xiao Chen couldn’t form a Golden Core in the future, he might try to form a Fake Pill instead.

But he truly never expected that day would come so soon.