Immortality Cultivation: I can use my clansmen’s energy and blood to add points.

puff!
The rattan shield was like paper, and was pierced through in an instant! The sword's remaining force did not diminish, and it continued to pierce Su Xiaowan!

In a flash, a cold light flashed in Luo Qingchen's eyes! He didn't even have time to draw his sword. He put his index and middle fingers together, and a layer of extremely condensed gray air flow lingered on his fingertips. He pointed at the incoming sword energy!
"Chaos Star-Smashing Finger!"

scoff!

The seemingly slender fingers contained a terrifying power that was enough to annihilate the stars! The gray finger force accurately touched the sharpest tip of the green sword energy!
There was no earth-shattering collision, only a slight sound that made one's teeth ache. The indestructible sword energy that pierced through the rattan shield was like hitting the glass of an invisible barrier, shattering from the tip! The sharp sword intent was forcibly erased and swallowed by the power of chaos, turning into the purest energy and dissipating in the air, without even a ripple affecting Su Xiaowan behind.

"Wow!" Su Xiaowan was still in shock. She looked at Luo Qingchen's finger, which was still in the previous position, with her eyes wide open. "Brother Luo, are your fingers... made of iron?"

Luo Qingchen ignored her, his eyes as fast as lightning, shooting coldly in the direction where the sword energy was coming from - a dense tree canopy diagonally above the cave entrance!
"Get out of here!"

Before he finished speaking, he rushed out of the cave like a ghost, and his right hand had grasped the hilt of the Black Dragon Sword without reservation! The power of chaos was poured into it without reservation!
"Roar!"

A suppressed dragon roar came from the sword, and the black sword body seemed to come alive, emitting a heart-pounding pressure!

"Chaos Sword Art: Splitting the Sky!"

Without any hesitation, Luo Qingchen slashed at the tree crown with his sword!
An extremely condensed sword light with a light gray tail flame came in an instant, like a black lightning tearing through the night sky! Wherever the sword light passed, the air groaned as if it could not bear the heavy burden, and even the space seemed to be slightly distorted!

puff!

The dense treetops were like butter being cut by a red-hot knife, split in an instant by the sword light! Broken leaves flew everywhere!
A figure wearing green clothes and a black cloth on his face appeared in the tree canopy in a panic, his eyes full of horror and disbelief! He obviously didn't expect that his sneak attack would be resolved so easily, and he didn't expect the opponent's counterattack to be so swift and so domineering!
He didn't even have time to make any effective defense and could only instinctively hold the sword in his hand across his body!
clang! ! !
A deafening sound of metal clashing!

The blue-clothed figure was like being hit head-on by a battering ram, and with a muffled groan, the long sword in his hand instantly broke into two pieces! The whole person flew backwards like a kite with a broken string, and crashed heavily into the trunk of another large tree in the distance, making a dull loud noise, shaking off countless leaves, and blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.

But he reacted very quickly. With the force of the collision, he twisted his body in mid-air strangely, and turned into a green shadow without looking back. He fled desperately towards the depths of the forest at an astonishing speed! In a few flashes, he disappeared into the dense forest.

Luo Qingchen did not chase immediately. He stood where he was, looking coldly at the direction where the other party disappeared, his brows slightly furrowed.

Although he had acted hastily with that sword just now, it also contained the annihilation property of the chaotic force. The opponent took it head-on, but was only injured and not dead, and was able to escape so quickly. His strength should not be underestimated. He is probably at least a top player in the middle stage of the Golden Core, or even in the late stage of the Golden Core!
Moreover, the opponent's swordsmanship was sharp, swift, and full of an indomitable spirit, and that green outfit...

"It's someone from the Heavenly Sword Sect!" Lin Wan'er also chased after him. Looking at the direction the man fled, she said solemnly, "The sword energy just now was definitely the 'Breaking Edge Sword Technique' of the Heavenly Sword Sect! There's no doubt about it!"

"The people from Tianjian Sect... attacked us?" Su Xiaowan followed them out, her face full of fear and confusion, "Why? We didn't provoke them!"

Luo Qingchen slowly put away the sword, and the dragon roar on the sword gradually subsided. He was full of doubts.

The Tianjian Sect was founded on the power of swords, and most of its disciples are proud and arrogant, and act in an upright manner. Although they may appear to be too sharp at times, they rarely do such dirty things as sneak attacks from behind.

Moreover, the other party’s target... seems to be Su Xiaowan?
Could it be because of... the turtle shell?
Luo Qingchen thought of a possibility. Xuanyin Sect and Tianjian Sect were fighting over this place. Maybe that "thing" was related to the tortoise shell? Or maybe the other party just noticed these "outsiders" and wanted to kill them, and Su Xiaowan looked the weakest, so she became the first target?
"No matter why, we can't stay here for long." Luo Qingchen said in a deep voice, with a hint of urgency in his tone, "The commotion just now was quite loud. I'm afraid that both the people from Xuanyin Sect and other people from Tianjian Sect will be alarmed. We must leave immediately!"

The Tiangong Sect disciple just now was quite powerful, but he only carried out a tentative sneak attack. After missing the attack, he immediately fled away. This means that there are probably other companions of his nearby, or even stronger ones!

"Then where should we go?" Su Xiaowan asked in confusion. This primitive mountain range was too big and they had no idea where to go.

Luo Qingchen's eyes flickered as he looked in the direction where the Xuanyin Sect members had left: "Follow the Xuanyin Sect members!"

"Ah? With the people from the evil sect?" Su Xiaowan was shocked.

Lin Wan'er was also a little hesitant: "Brother Luo, is this too dangerous?"

"Wealth and honor are sought in danger... No, it is to survive in death!" Luo Qingchen analyzed quickly, "We know nothing about this place. Rushing in rashly will only be more dangerous. Since the people of Xuanyin Sect have set up a teleportation array here, it means that they are relatively familiar with this area. Following them, we can at least find a way to leave this deep mountain. And..."

He paused, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes: "The people from Tianjian Sect just attacked us, we can't just let it go. If we follow Xuanyin Sect, maybe we can find a chance to find out what's going on."

Most importantly, the teleportation array might be their only chance to quickly leave this troubled place! Although using the magic teleportation array is extremely risky, it is better than being trapped in this dangerous mountain and facing the pursuit of two factions at the same time.

"Okay..." Seeing that Luo Qingchen had made up his mind, Lin Wan'er said no more and just clenched the sword in her hand.

"Well... well then." Although Su Xiaowan was afraid, she believed in Luo Qingchen's judgment. She patted the turtle shell hidden in her chest and said, "Turtle shell, turtle shell, you have to protect us. Don't let the devil catch us and make us into soup..."

The three of them did not delay any longer and quickly cleaned up all traces in the cave. Luo Qingchen used a secret method to carefully wipe out their remaining breath, and then identified the extremely faint traces left by the Xuanyin Sect before and quickly chased after them.

A sudden sneak attack broke the brief tranquility of their return to their homeland and dragged them into the vortex of undercurrents in this primitive mountain range. The road ahead is uncertain and full of dangers. The way home seems to be longer and more tortuous than imagined.

The forest was silent, with only the rustling of leaves in the wind and the occasional roars of animals and chirps of insects.

Luo Qingchen and the other two were like three wisps of smoke, shuttling silently through the dense forest. Luo Qingchen walked in the front, his consciousness highly concentrated, capturing the extremely weak aura of the Xuanyin Sect remaining in the air, and at the same time alert to any disturbances that might occur around him. Under the operation of his chaotic power, his aura perfectly blended with the surrounding environment, and it was extremely difficult to detect without deliberate exploration. Lin Wan'er carried Bai Ling'er in the middle, with light steps, and her Tianyuan spiritual power was also restrained to the extreme, ready to deal with emergencies at any time. Su Xiaowan followed closely behind Lin Wan'er, her little face was tightly tense, she didn't dare to breathe, and she held the tortoise shell wrapped in cloth tightly in her arms, as if it was her only life-saving straw.

"Brother Luo, those people from Xuanyin Sect... seem to be moving very fast." Lin Wan'er whispered. They had been tracking them for nearly an hour. Although the traces left by the other party were faint, they had not been interrupted. It was obvious that they were traveling at full speed.

Luo Qingchen nodded slightly and replied in a voice transmission: "They are eager to shake off the pursuers of Tianjian Sect and rush to the teleportation array, so they naturally dare not stay."

His consciousness extended forward along the traces left by the Xuanyin Sect, and suddenly, his brows frowned slightly again.

In the valley several miles ahead, he sensed several subtle fluctuations of spiritual energy, one of which was the aura of the Tianjian Sect disciple who had ambushed them earlier!
"Stop." Luo Qingchen raised his hand to signal, and the three of them immediately hid behind a dense bush.

"What's wrong?" Su Xiaowan asked nervously in a low voice.

Luo Qingchen made a gesture to keep quiet and concentrated on sensing the situation in the distance.

In the valley, the five people from Xuanyin Sect were walking carefully. The Jindan elder who was leading them looked more and more solemn, and looked back from time to time. And a few hundred feet behind them, three green figures were hanging slowly like maggots on the tarsal bones. They were the cultivators from Tianjian Sect!
In addition to the mid-stage Jindan cultivator who had ambushed Luo Qingchen before, there were two other early-stage Jindan cultivators. The three of them spread out in a V-shape with obscure auras, and they were obviously good trackers.

The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind.

The Xuanyin Sect was eager to escape, the Tianjian Sect was hot on their trails, and Luo Qingchen and the others became the "oriole" that came later and was temporarily unknown.

"The people from the Heavenly Sword Sect have caught up with us." Luo Qingchen briefly informed Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan of the situation. "There are three of them in total, and they are all very strong."

"Then what should we do?" Su Xiaowan's face turned pale, "Will they find us?"

"Not for now." Luo Qingchen observed the distance and movements of the two sides. "The people of Tianjian Sect are paying attention to Xuanyin Sect, and we are hiding very well. Now... is our chance."

"Opportunity?" Lin Wan'er was a little puzzled.

Luo Qingchen raised the corner of his mouth with a barely perceptible arc: "When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits. Let them fight for a while, we can take the opportunity to get closer and see if we can find a chance to get close to the teleportation array."

He did not intend to intervene immediately. Whether it was the Xuanyin Sect or the Tianjian Sect, they were not easy to deal with. If he exposed himself rashly, he would only bring disaster upon himself.

The three of them lurked patiently, like the most experienced hunters, waiting for their opportunity.

The pursuit ahead seemed to be in full swing. The people of Xuanyin Sect had obviously discovered the pursuers and began to speed up regardless of consumption, even using some magic secrets to stimulate their potential, and their speed suddenly increased.

Seeing this, the three people from Tianjian Sect no longer hid. Their escape lights lit up, and three sharp sword lights were like long green rainbows, breaking through the air and chasing after them!

"You devil bastards from the Xuanyin Sect! Leave behind your 'Star Marrow' and I will spare your life!" A clear but murderous shout came from afar.

"Star Marrow?" Luo Qingchen's heart suddenly moved when he heard this name!
Star marrow, according to legend, is a treasure that can only be formed after the core essence of a star falls and settles for thousands of years in a special environment! It contains extremely pure star power and a faint trace of star origin. Whether it is used for cultivation, refining equipment or alchemy, it is a top-level material that is hard to come by!

No wonder! No wonder the Xuanyin Sect and the Tianjian Sect would fight in this desolate mountain! A piece of star marrow is enough to attract any Jindan cultivator, or even a Yuanying old monster!
"It's actually star marrow..." Lin Wan'er had obviously heard of this thing as well, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

"Wow! The bone marrow of stars? Isn't that very valuable?" Su Xiaowan's focus is always so clear, and there seem to be sparkling spirit stone symbols emerging from her eyes.

Luo Qingchen glanced at her and said unhappily, "You have to be alive to spend the money. Don't forget, we can't even protect ourselves right now."

Su Xiaowan stuck out her tongue and dared not say anything more.

The battle ahead had already broken out. The people of Xuanyin Sect were cornered and had no choice but to stop and fight back.

boom! boom! boom!
The cold black demonic energy and the sharp green sword light collided fiercely in the valley, making loud noises. The light of the magic weapon and the glow of the magic intertwined, illuminating the entire valley with flickering light. The violent energy aftermath spread out and destroyed the surrounding trees and rocks.

Although the Xuanyin Sect had many people, the leader, the Jindan Elder, was already injured, and the other four late foundation-building disciples were clearly at a disadvantage when facing three Jindan-stage Tianjian Sect sword cultivators. The Tianjian Sect sword cultivators were known for their sharp attacks, and the three of them cooperated well, with sword lights crisscrossing and forming a series of sharp sword nets, which forced the Xuanyin Sect to retreat step by step, and there were dangers everywhere.

"Elder! I can't hold on any longer!" A disciple of Xuanyin Sect screamed miserably as half of his shoulder was cut off by a sword flash, and blood was dripping all over.

"Waste!" The Jindan elder cursed angrily, with a fierce look in his eyes. He gritted his teeth and pulled out a black small banner covered with strange runes from his arms.

"Xuanyin Soul Searching Flag! Quick!"

He sprayed his own blood on the small flag, muttering something. The small flag swelled in the wind, and countless hideous black ghosts rushed out from it, with piercing screams and strong resentment, and rushed towards the three people from Tianjian Sect!

"Hmph! Evil magic!" The Jindan mid-stage cultivator headed by Tianjian Sect snorted coldly, with no fear in his eyes. He shook the long sword in his hand, and the sword body emitted a clear humming sound. (End of this chapter)