The Lord of Void and Real-Chapter 328 - 324 Two Teams

Chapter 328: Chapter 324: Two Teams

Chapter 328: Chapter 324: Two Teams

“Elder Shen, given the current situation, what are your thoughts?” Shen Huayuan looked at Shen Luo and asked.

“We have two options at present, one is to go to the border and leave the Great Tang. From what I know, although there are demons outside the territory of the Great Tang, there are far less compared to here.” Images of the situation outside Longevity Village materialized in Shen Luo’s mind as he spoke.

“Leave Great Tang?” The members of the Shen Family exchanged puzzled glances.

“The other option is to go to Chang’an, the capital of the Great Tang, where all the national elites gather. At present, it should still be safe.” Shen Luo continued.

“Indeed, Chang’an must be safe, in the heat of panic, we actually forgot.” Hearing this, many members of the Shen Family, including Shen Huayuan, showed a glimmer of hope in their eyes.

As natives of the Great Tang, they obviously preferred the second option.

Shen Huayuan opened his mouth as if to say something.

“Elder Shen, what do you plan to do next?” Shen Yu suddenly interjected.

Shen Huayuan and the others immediately understood what she meant, their gazes fell on Shen Luo.

Whether it’s going to the Great Tang border or Chang’an, without Shen Luo’s assistance, they would have great difficulty reaching either destination safely.

“I intend to go to Chang’an.” Shen Luo pondered briefly, then stated calmly.

If he wished to completely understand the circumstances of the disaster of demons, he would have to go to Chang’an.

“Agreed, we thought the same, going to Chang’an is the safest option.” Shen Huayuan promptly said, and the other cultivators of the Shen Family nodded in agreement.

“If that’s the case, we should leave soon. We have no clue what actions the demons who attacked Jianye City will undertake next, it would be wise to leave here as quickly as possible.” Aware of the Shen Family’s intentions, Shen Luo said with a slight smile.

“Indeed, let’s leave quickly!” The members of the Shen Family were startled and immediately agreed.

The caravan quickly changed direction towards Chang’an.

Fearing that the demons of Jianye City may pursue them, the group hurried along their journey until evening, when they finally stopped.

It was not that the Shen family did not want to continue on, but the horses pulling the carriages were nearly exhausted. They still needed the horses for the journey ahead, they couldn’t push them too hard.

“Where are we?” Shen Huayuan looked around.

They had been travelling the entire day, in such a rush that they had lost track of their whereabouts. Nearby, there was a tall mountain filled with maple trees. It was autumn, and the fiery red maple leaves painted a beautiful scene.

Regrettably, the Shen Family members were too occupied with their harrowing escape to appreciate the beauty of their surroundings.

“This mountain is full of maple trees, it should be Qixia Mountain in Linchuan County.” Shen Quan, who often traveled, had more knowledge of geography. He glanced at the tall mountain and said somewhat hesitantly.

“Qixia Mountain? Hmm, then we haven’t gone off course.” Shen Huayuan took out a map and nodded.

Near the road was a small brook. Some of the women and children of the Shen Family hurried to fetch water and start cooking some straightforward meals on a flat open ground by the roadside, contributing their effort in their small way.

The others were not idle either, leading the horses to the side to drink and graze.

Sizzling pots of hot food were quickly prepared. Everyone had been on the road all day and were ravenous. Even though the meal was just simple soup with steamed bread, it was incredibly tasty.

“Has Elder Shen not come out yet?” Shen Huayuan looked at a carriage with its door tightly shut and asked Shen Yu in a low voice.

For someone with Shen Luo’s level of cultivation, he can go without food or drink for several months. The Shen Family had gotten used to his absence during the journey.

“He’s cultivating inside the carriage, let’s not disturb him.” Shen Yu glanced towards the carriage and said.

“It’s good that he’s with us. Otherwise, the journey to Chang’an is long and arduous, who knows what we might encounter.” Shen Huayuan nodded, letting out a sigh.

“Father, don’t think too much about it, the heavens will surely protect our Shen Family and keep us safe.” Shen Yu assured him.

As Shen Huayuan was having a conversation with Shen Yu, Shen Luo was cross-legged in his carriage, fully focused on practicing the Huangting Technique to dissolve the internal blockage in his body.

What he had recently witnessed in Jianye City made him realize that being at the Nascent Soul Stage might make him powerful in places like Longevity Village, Donglai County, and Chunhua City; however, in large cities facing truly formidable demons, he was still far too weak. Recovering his cultivation level could only increase his chances of survival in dangerous situations.

After recovering to the Soul Condensation Later Stage, Shen Luo distinctly felt that the blockage within his body had loosened greatly, increasing the speed of dissolving it.

He estimated that it would take three or four more days to recover to the Nascent Soul realm. Once he recovered all his power, he would be able to face any threat.

The members of the Shen family outside had their dinner and quickly went to rest, leaving only two monks on night watch.

As time ticked away, midnight approached rapidly.

In the carriage, Shen Luo suddenly opened his closed eyes and abruptly got up and out of the carriage.

“Elder Shen.” The two cultivators from the Shen family who were on night watch saw Shen Luo stepping out of the carriage. They promptly stood and gave a respectful bow.

“Wake everyone up, someone is approaching from behind. There are quite a number of them, they could be refugees too.” Shen Luo said calmly.

The night guards were stunned for a moment, they glanced back and listened closely, but they did not perceive anything.

However, they did not dare to doubt Shen Luo’s words. They immediately started to wake everyone up, relaying Shen Luo’s message. In an instant, their encampment was filled with stirring people.

The women and children who could not fight quickly hid in the carriages while Shen Yu, Shen Huayuan, and other cultivators held their amulets and magical instruments at the ready, facing the back with caution.

Given the current situation where demons were running amok, and chaos abounded, they could not afford to be careless at any given time.

After a short while, they heard the steady rumble of carts and horses coming from the wide road behind and made out the faint glow of lights in the distance; this stirred the members of the Shen Family once more.

Releasing his Divine Sense to inspect, Shen Luo immediately took in the details about the newcomers.

It was a group of about seventy to eighty people, escorting around seventeen or eighteen carriages, dressed somewhat extravagantly.

The newcomers subtly divided into two groups, one dressed in white robes, and there were more of them. The other group was smaller, dressed predominantly in blue, suggesting two different families. More than half of them were cultivators, with about five or six in the Grain Avoidance Stage and two in the Soul Condensation Stage.

However, these people all bore signs of deep exhaustion, their clothes were dirty and disheveled, and some even had bloodstains on them. It seems they had just survived a fierce battle not long ago.

As the group drew closer, Shen Yu and the others started to discern their appearances, and their expressions grew tense.

“Of all the coincidences, it’s these two families.” Shen Luo’s eyebrows twitched as he murmured to himself.

His murmur was low in volume, only Shen Yu, who was beside him, heard him and displayed a hint of astonishment on her face.

The approaching team stopped roughly fifty to sixty yards away from the Shen Family members.

“May we ask which family is ahead?” A middle-aged man in a white robe, with scars on his face, stepped out from the group and hollered.

This man was one of the two cultivators at the Soul Condensation Stage.

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