I became the Open Source Saint Ancestor in the Cultivation World

"The other side has three inner disciples. We dare not get too close to investigate. Even if all three of them are at the Qi Refining Perfection stage, we can still take them down if we are prepared to catch them off guard."

"I have reached the Qi Refining Perfection stage in Qimen Valley," a Qi Refining Perfection cultivator said in a deep voice.

"Senior Brother Cheng, Elder Wu told us to find out the purpose of the Ziyang Sect's trip. Should we follow them for a while longer before making a decision?"

Another person suggested.

Senior Brother Cheng shook his head: "With so many teams from the Ziyang Sect, who knows which group is the target? It's already the seventh day, we don't have that much time to waste."

"If we can get what we want from them, that would be best. But if we can't, Elder Wu also said that as long as we thwart their operation, it will be considered a success."

The other two Qi Refining Perfection cultivators nodded: "In that case, let's do as Senior Brother Cheng says."

Immediately, they split into two groups. Senior Brother Cheng left alone first, while the rest continued to pursue the Ziyang Sect's team, but they did not deliberately speed up.

Three hours later, they heard Senior Brother Cheng's voice through the communication talisman: "I have successfully circled around to the front of them, you can proceed now."

"it is good."

The outer disciples were left behind, while the remaining six inner disciples immediately sped up and headed straight for the Ziyang Sect's group, which was less than ten miles away.

Because they did not make any effort to conceal their whereabouts, they were discovered when they were about five miles away.

"Qimen Valley is coming for us." The Huang-surname disciple leading the Ziyang Sect's expression changed.

"They have six inner disciples, while we only have three. Senior Brother Huang, what should we do?"

Senior Brother Huang frowned deeply: "If we fight them head-on, we'll likely suffer losses. Let's get rid of them first."

Then he said to the outer disciples, "You should scatter and escape to either side; they won't chase you."

With that, he waved his hand and said to the other two inner disciples, "Let's go."

The three then continued flying forward.

The remaining outer disciples, seeing that they had been abandoned, did not dare to hesitate for a moment and hurriedly fled to the sides.

As expected, the Qimen Valley group didn't even glance at these outer disciples and continued chasing after Senior Brother Huang and his two companions.

Just as they were about to rush out of the valley, suddenly, a ring of light shot into the sky, directly enveloping Senior Brother Huang, who was flying at the front.

He exclaimed in alarm, "Oh no, it's a formation!"

The other two's expressions changed, and they immediately stopped in their tracks. This was clearly a backup plan from Qimen Valley, because among the six sects, they were the most skilled in formations.

"Quickly, help me break the formation!" Senior Brother Huang shouted from inside the formation.

"Senior Brother Huang, they're catching up soon. If the two of us stay here, we'll die. Take care, Senior Brother Huang."

One of them uttered a single sentence and then, without hesitation, bypassed the formation to continue his escape.

Seeing this, the other person naturally dared not linger any longer.

Just then, a yellowish-brown dragon-shaped creature rose from the ground and pounced straight at the man in front of him.

Then, a yellowish-brown bead flew into the air, rapidly expanded to the size of a head, and after shining brightly, it stirred up a surging wave of earth like a mudslide and rushed towards the second person.

Senior Brother Cheng, who was lurking nearby, made his move and instantly stopped the two of them.

"Senior Brother Huang, break the formation quickly! They have another Qi Refining Perfection cultivator lying in ambush here."

Inside the formation, Senior Brother Huang's face turned ugly. He really wanted to curse out loud. Just now he wanted to abandon me and run away, but now he's urging me to break the formation as soon as possible.

However, although he was very dissatisfied, now was not the time for infighting, so he could only try to find a way to break the formation.

Before long, the pursuing forces from Qimen Valley arrived and launched a joint attack on the two Qi Refining Perfection disciples of the Ziyang Sect.

Ma Ke watched from afar, showing no intention of helping, because regardless of whether the rescue was successful or not, it would be very disadvantageous for him.

If he succeeds, he won't be able to explain his identity to the people of the Ziyang Sect, which will cause considerable trouble.

If they fail, needless to say, they might die here.

Therefore, standing idly by is both a helpless and wise move.

"Tell us your purpose for coming here, and we might consider sparing your lives," Senior Brother Cheng shouted immediately after injuring the two from the Ziyang Sect.

"Don't believe their nonsense!" Senior Brother Huang, still trapped inside the formation, shouted hurriedly.

"Senior Brother Huang, the place we're going to isn't exactly top secret, so it's fine to tell them," said the person who had been the first to give up on rescuing Senior Brother Huang.

As he spoke, without waiting for Senior Brother Huang's consent, he said directly, "We are going to a stone cave several hundred miles away. There is a cold pool deep in the cave. According to a senior brother from the upper realm who accidentally went in, there is a Cold Abyss Tear Grass that is over 1,200 years old."

"It has been 1,300 years since then. If you let us leave, we will hand over the map. Otherwise, we will have to destroy it, and you will not get it."

"A 1,300-year-old Cold Abyss Tear Grass is indeed a rare treasure. But this alone is far from enough to warrant your sect leader's personal visit." Senior Brother Cheng was clearly not satisfied with this answer.

"The reason why our sect leader has come in person is probably only known to the fellow disciples on the main peak."

"If that's the case, then we're afraid we can't let you leave."

"You have indeed broken your promise."

"It's you who aren't telling the truth."

Qimen Valley immediately intensified its offensive, and the two Ziyang Sect members were forced to retreat in defeat.

"Since you won't give us a way out, then let's die together!" The two from the Ziyang Sect went berserk when they saw that there was no hope of breaking through.

The people of Qimen Valley were clearly wary of their desperate counterattack, and tried to keep their distance as much as possible, preparing to wear them down.

Suddenly, Senior Brother Cheng shouted, "The formation is about to be broken! Stop wasting time and kill them!"

The Qimen Valley group immediately intensified their attack. With several earth-shattering explosions, the two Ziyang Sect members fell like kites with broken strings, and one person from Qimen Valley followed suit. Three others coughed up blood and flew backward.

Before they could catch their breath, with a loud bang, one of the array bases exploded, and a figure leaped out, heading north to escape without a word.

Senior Brother Cheng was prepared. He raised his hand and made a grabbing motion towards the ground, and an earthen wall rose up, blocking the opponent's way.

Just as Senior Brother Huang was about to force his way out of the wall, the earthen wall suddenly exploded with a loud bang, turning into countless pieces of mud and rocks that rushed towards him.

Left with no other choice, he had to take out an umbrella-shaped magical artifact to defend himself, but in doing so, he missed his chance to escape and was soon surrounded by other disciples of Qimen Valley.

Despite launching a fierce counterattack, Senior Brother Huang was ultimately outnumbered and killed by the combined efforts of the Qimen Valley members.

However, before he died, he killed one of the opponents at the ninth level of Qi Refining and seriously injured another at the peak of Qi Refining.

Thus, all three Qi Refining Perfection cultivators of the Ziyang Sect perished in battle.

Although Qimen Valley had a plan that caught the enemy off guard and had twice the number of people, they still paid a considerable price.

Of the three Qi Refining Stage 9 fighters, two died in battle and one was seriously injured.

Of the four Qi Refining Perfection cultivators, all but Senior Brother Cheng suffered serious injuries.

"These people from the Ziyang Sect are indeed up to something." Seeing that their side had paid such a price despite having the upper hand and a numerical advantage, the faces of the Qimen Valley members were all very grim.

They all sensed that, apart from their own Senior Brother Cheng, the average combat strength of the Qi Refining Perfection cultivators from the Ziyang Sect was a notch above that of their own three remaining Qi Refining Perfection cultivators.

If we hadn't trapped one of the opponents first, we might not have been able to win this battle.