I am a villain and have been captured. Why are the fairies asking me to come out?

If one only wanted to annihilate the Wu tribe, there would be no need to go through so much trouble. One could kill all the way to the place where their ancestral tribe, the Chi clan, was located, and kill all the great witches including the Great Witch Lord. Then, one could defile the sacrificial altar and destroy the spirits of their ancestors, and then the Wu tribe would no longer exist in the world.

But the righteous alliance's attack on the Western Regions was not simply aimed at destroying the witch tribe.

Xihezhou has been occupied by the Witch Clan since ancient times, and no one from the Immortal Sect has ever set foot on it.

The cultivation methods of the witch clan are very different from those of the immortal sect, and the spiritual materials and precious medicines they need are also very different.

In addition, the two sides have always been hostile and have never had any trade. Many wastelands that have been mined to the point of exhaustion of resources in the eyes of the witch clan are, in the eyes of the immortals, treasure lands full of magical herbs and rare species.

Rather than directly destroying the Chi clan at the center, the most important thing is to quickly seize these precious lands.

If we destroy the Chi clan first, the Western Regions will surely be in chaos, and the resources on the land may be lost in the chaos, or they may be plundered by forces such as independent cultivators.

Therefore, the Righteous Alliance chose to first devour the precious lands on the periphery, and by the way, force the various tribes of the witches into one place, and finally annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Xingyun clan.

Countless palaces have been built on the loess grassland that was once covered with animal skin tents, and many cultivators come and go with spiritual lights.

In the center is a golden and jade hall. Two Yuantai monks with powerful auras are on duty beside the hall. There is an air of immortality in the hall, and it is obvious that many extraordinary figures gather there.

There were more than twenty cushions placed in the front hall of the main hall, and many spiritual monks were sitting on them.

Sitting at the top was a stunningly beautiful woman with an almost fairy-like appearance and silver hair reaching down to her waist. She was Qian Qiuxue, the leader of the Yuheng Sect.

"Three days..." She murmured softly with her eyes lowered.

At the latest in three days, she will get her hairpin and the final answer back.

Qian Qiuxue, who was able to suppress all the Yuheng masters single-handedly, felt vaguely panicked this time.

The silver hair kept circling around her white fingers.

She knew that if the answer was as she had thought, she might have to return in three days.

"…The key to this battle lies in the two great wizards."

On the cushion below, the head of the Qianyuan sect, who had killed the chief of the Xingyun tribe, said solemnly, "I think the treasure land should be divided into three parts. Whoever kills the great witch will get one part, and the remaining part will be awarded to each family according to their deeds."

"That's a very good point." The elder of the Zhenyang sect who had killed another great wizard, Le Shi Zhen, nodded in agreement.

The Grand Elder of Tianji Sect glanced at Sect Leader Qian Yuan and said, "Sir, you must be joking. If Tianji Sect hadn't used its secret technique to cut off Xing Yunmiao's energy roots, how could you have succeeded in taking his life with one strike?"

The elder of Qingyun Sword Sect stroked his beard and smiled, "What fellow Daoist Tianji Sect said is absolutely right. It was also because I stabbed Chief Leshi with my sword that he lost most of his life, which allowed fellow Daoist Zhenyang Sect to gain some results. If we judge by merit, my Qingyun Sword Sect should get half of the credit."

"Wait a minute, my Xuanhua Temple has also cast a spell on Le Shizhen..."

Each school had its own opinion, and the arguments were endless, and no conclusion could be reached.

"Everyone, please listen to what the old Taoist says."

Lin Jiumu picked up the whisk, attracting everyone's attention.

After the hall quieted down, he continued, "Since we have already cultivated spirits, our methods all have their own merits, and it is difficult to tell who is better. For example, Daoist Yaoguang's sealed heaven and earth, on the surface, did not cause any casualties, but in fact it cut off the enemy's retreat, allowing us to catch the turtle in the jar. The achievement is not inferior to killing the great witch..."

Just when the Yaoguang Sect's Grand Elder was about to agree, he heard Lin Jiumu say with a smile: "So I think, since everyone has contributed, this battle cannot be partial to one and neglect the other. Of course, the precious land should be divided equally, and rewards should be given according to the number of people participating in the battle."

As soon as these words were spoken, the spiritual cultivators from other sects immediately put aside their disputes and looked at him with contempt.

Everyone knows that the Yuheng Immortal Sect has the most visitors. If the precious land is distributed in this way, wouldn’t half of Xihezhou fall into Yuheng’s pocket?

Everyone knew that the distribution of the treasure land would ultimately depend on the strength of each sect. The stronger the sect, the more treasure land it could get. Now they were arguing with each other just to get a little more on this basis.

Although the Yuheng Immortal Sect is powerful, it is not powerful enough to share half of the spoils.

If Qian Qiuxue hadn't been sitting at the top, they would have probably already mocked Lin Jiumu for his wild ideas.

Facing the struggle for fame and fortune among the elders and even the leaders of the various sects below, Qian Qiuxue remained silent.

Listening to the quarrels among the many spiritual cultivators in the hall, the movements of her fingers twirling her hair became more and more impetuous.

She has been sitting here for a long time.

After conquering a large area of ​​land, these righteous monks did not continue to advance but directly attack the witch tribe's lair.

Instead, they set up camp on the spot and built a palace specifically for debating how the conquered land should be divided.

If this continues, in three days, not only will we not be able to conquer the next tribe, but we won’t even be able to get out of this palace.

She couldn't wait any longer and stood up from the futon.

The discussions in the hall came to an abrupt halt.

Qian Qiuxue glanced at the silent crowd and said, "Everyone, please continue."

Then, her figure vanished in the same place.

Under the astonished gazes of many cultivators outside the hall, a ray of immortal light leaped from the hall to the sky and headed towards the southwest where the ancestral home of the Chi clan was located.

……

It is one thousand miles away from Yuheng Mountain, in the wild mountains and ridges.

Green smoke rises from the lush and dense forest.

Yan Mobai fiddled with two wild rabbits that were roasted on skewers with branches on the campfire. The rabbit skins were roasted brown by the flames, and the fat under the skin sizzled, with a few drops of golden fat dripping from time to time.

It looks good, but without any seasoning, I don’t think it will taste very good.

But when I'm on the run, I can't care too much.

Behind me, I heard the sound of dead branches being crushed by footsteps.

"How is your injury?" Yan Mobai knew who was behind him without turning around, and continued to concentrate on flipping the roasted rabbit.

He had no Taoist magic and could not practice fasting like the monks. In addition, Li Yulo's sword wound was getting worse. After traveling all night, the two finally decided to rest in the forest for a while.

Suddenly he felt something strange around his waist. Yan Mobai lowered his eyes and saw the girl's slender arms hugging him.

The familiar fragrance of a young girl and the smell of blood wafted into my nose.

"It's basically fine now, but..." The girl's soft voice sounded beside my ear, "My invisibility talisman was pierced, and the spiritual energy leaked out. The effect can only last until the evening. The rest of the journey must be accelerated."

Yan Mobai was silent for a while, but couldn't help but speak: "You should know that within fifteen days at most, when your master returns from the Western Regions..."

After Qian Qiuxue comes back, we can issue a warrant for the arrest of Jiuzhou, block every checkpoint town, and then collect clues widely. After finding any clues, we can conduct a large-scale search of the relevant areas.

After being caught, he could certainly continue to live, Qian Qiuxue still needed to neutralize the poison, and besides, people of the righteous path would not kill him so early.

But what about Li Yulo?

By then, even if he revealed Mr. Bai's identity, what would happen? His kindness to Qian Qiuxue was only the ten years of poison. How could he let her bear the pressure of the righteous sects in the world to protect this traitor who was loyal to the leader of the demon sect?

A pair of soft fingers suddenly pressed against his mouth, stopping him from continuing.

"Even if that happens, at least in these fifteen days I am no longer the Senior Sister of Yuheng, and the leader is no longer a prisoner in Yuheng Mountain."

The girl's light purple eyes were full of fatigue, yet sparkled with a light she had never seen before, and her fair face was filled with a faint smile, "I will not regret being able to walk the last part of the journey with the leader."

Yan Mobai slowed down the process of turning the roasted rabbit.

After a long moment, he sighed softly, took the two roasted rabbits off the fire, and handed one to the girl.

Chapter 33: Destination

"So, Yuluo, what are your plans?" Yan Mobai asked while eating roasted rabbit, "Which direction do you plan to escape to?"

The girl answered without hesitation: "Forward."

"forward?"

"Yeah! Just keep running until you're caught up."

Looking at the serious expression on the girl's pretty face, Yan Mobai didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Did she also know that she would be caught up?

He thought for a moment and then asked, "Where are we going in the end?"

"I don't know." The girl lowered her head and looked at the golden roasted rabbit in her hand. "Anyway, we just need to move forward."

“There has to be a destination.”

The girl shook her head and took a bite of the roast rabbit.

“…It tastes terrible!”

Maybe it was really unpalatable. She ate while sniffing miserably, as if she was about to cry.

Yan Mobai suddenly lost the desire to continue asking.

After hearing the girl's words, he suddenly remembered a kind of magical bird in the remote northern border. They were born without feet and had been flying in the air since birth. When they could no longer fly, they fell to the ground and were buried. However, the place where they were buried was not the destination they wanted to reach. There was no destination at all. The meaning of their lives was in the journey of thousands of miles. They didn't want to go anywhere, but just wanted to fly forward.

Li Yuluo might be smarter than he thought. She realized what the heat of the jade token meant, which was that someone in the sect had begun to doubt their relationship and was even taking action in secret...

There will be more and more people like this in the future, and soon the two may never meet again.

So she chose to become the bird.

From the moment she appeared in front of the cave entrance, the girl knew that this was a journey that she could not stop. Like the bird, if she stopped she would be caught up, and being caught up would mean her death.

She probably didn't plan to take him to escape anywhere, she just wanted to escape from the Yuheng Immortal Sect with him.

Yan Mobai chewed the roasted rabbit in his mouth.

Things have come to this, even if the outcome cannot be changed, at least he wants to stay on the road for a few more days.

Even one more day would be fine.

Just as he said before, Jiuzhou is so big, but there is no place for two people.

If the Demon Cult has not yet split, and the guardians still respect him as the leader, going to find someone from the Demon Cult could barely be a way to break the impasse.

But now the Demon Cult is split into two. If he wants to go from Tianding Continent to Zhongzhou, the intervening Yanyu Continent happens to be the territory of the Demon Cult rebels. Those traitors may want him to disappear from this world even more than the Righteous Alliance.

What's more, the situation in the Zhongzhou Demon Cult is unpredictable now. He doesn't know how much say Qiu Ruoli still has in the Demon Cult. She is only in the Great Perfection of Yuantai, and she is bound to be inferior to the many spirit-refining guardians. Even if she is revered as a saint, not everyone is willing to obey her.

Just like his situation in Yuheng, if Li Yulo, the eldest senior sister of Yuheng, went to the territory of the Demon Cult, she would also become the target of public criticism. If Qiu Ruoli's methods were a little worse, everything he had suffered would fall on her.

If she falls into the hands of the righteous, she will at least have a decent ending. But if she falls into the hands of the evil, everything will be uncertain.

He stuffed the last piece of rabbit meat into his mouth, swallowed it, and glanced at the girl who was still trying hard to eat the rabbit.

"If it tastes bad, don't eat it."

“Wuwuwu…” The girl swallowed the rabbit meat with her neck stiffened, and looked over with tears in her eyes, “This is what the leader made for me…”

"When Yan was in charge of the cooking, the guardians were tortured. You really don't have to force yourself."

"Hmm..." The girl puffed her cheeks and shook her head.

Yan Mobai said nothing more, but secretly made up his mind that he would never give her the food he cooked again.

When the rabbit was finally suppressed by Li Yuluo, he spoke: "Do you still remember the map around Yuheng?"

"Map... um..."

The girl held her stomach for a long time before she began to rummage in her sleeve pouch and finally took out a jade slip. "Here..." Just as she was about to hand the jade slip over, she suddenly remembered that the leader had no cultivation.

She used her spiritual power to turn the ground into a sand table and drew the entire map.

Yan Mobai stared at the map for a while.

"Let's go to Ning'an County." He pointed with a branch to a small dot a thousand miles outside the border of Yuheng. "It's a journey of more than three thousand miles. Go north along the Wuwang Mountains, and then go east along the river to Baiyuchuan. It's a dangerous place all the way. We will hardly meet other people."

The girl leaned over and looked carefully for a while, "But... isn't Ning'an County the territory of the Yaoguang Sect?"

Most of the immortal cultivators of the Yaoguang Sect have mastered the magical power to seal the heaven and earth. Once they encounter them, even a group of disciples in the Yuan Building Realm can trap the two of them for a while if they join forces.

Under normal circumstances, being trapped for a moment would not be a big deal, but now that he is being chased, any delay could mean the difference between life and death.

"It is precisely because this is the Yaoguang Sect's territory that we can hide. If we go somewhere else, I'm afraid we will be arrested soon."

Yan Mobai didn't intend to explain this now, and continued: "I left some elixirs in the Yaoguang Sect, near Ning'an. I don't know if they are still there after so many years. If they haven't been taken away, I am sure I can help you enter the Yuantai stage."

The first time he delivered pills to the leader of Yaoguang Sect, Yi Niaoniao, he went there in person. It happened to be the time when she was promoted from the Jindan stage to the Yuantai stage. Because she had no old friends in Yaoguang Sect and her master had died early at the hands of the devil, she could not gather the pills needed for promotion, so she came up with the idea of ​​going to the devil's territory to find fat sheep to rob.

But although he knew that Yi Niaoniao would be promoted in the near future, he didn't know the specific date, and in the end he was still a step late.

When Yan Mobai went to Yaoguang Sect, he heard that Yi Niaoniao had already gone to Yanyuzhou to "borrow" an opportunity.

The many rare elixirs that were brought with them at that time instantly became useless.

Just like the difference between the witch clan and the immortal cultivators, the techniques practiced by the immortals and demons are also very different. These elixirs are peerless elixirs that are enough to help immortal cultivators break through the realm, and they will not be given to their disciples easily.

But in the eyes of people in the magic world, those elixirs are no different from sugar pills. Occasionally, if someone grabs one, they will hand it over to the warehouse. Over thousands of years, a lot of inventory has been accumulated and no one has used it. Some of them have even lost their effectiveness over time.