Over the past year, Gu Xiyan had become resolute and decisive in her killings, hardened by countless slaughters.

However, hearing Yao Bilian's lament, she couldn't help but feel a twinge of compassion, sighed slightly, and turned to look at Lin Qiaoxia and Yu Linglong, saying, "What do you think?"

Yu Linglong, being Gu Xiyan's close friend, naturally understood that Gu Xiyan was somewhat reluctant to kill Yao Bilian. She gently shook her head and finally looked at Lin Qiaoxia.

Seeing everyone looking at her, Lin Qiaoxia thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "Forget it; after all, she's the only one left, so she probably won't pose a threat to us. It's best to let her fend for herself and let her die on her own."

Yao Bilian originally had a cultivation of dark energy, and now after a year in this era of spiritual energy revival which brings earth-shaking changes from time to time, her cultivation was still only at dark energy level, indicating her aptitude was not particularly strong.

Even if they let her go, it would not lead to a situation where a tiger returns to the mountain and becomes a threat later; hence Lin Qiaoxia suggested this.

"Alright."

Mu Jinyu originally brought them here to vent, and seeing that they had decided how to deal with Yao Bilian, he didn't interfere, simply nodded, then coldly looked at Yao Bilian and said indifferently, "Take care of yourself."

Then he said to the women, "Let's go."

The group then turned to leave Purple Gold Mountain.

The disciples of Purple Gold Mountain breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

Afterwards, they looked at Yao Bilian, who wore a dull expression with a hint of resentment, exchanging glances with each other, their eyes flashing with ferocity.

Mu Jinyu and the others chose to abandon that woman to her fate, but Purple Gold Mountain had suffered greatly because of them, and they were not willing to let Yao Bilian go so easily.

"Splat!"

Mu Jinyu and the others had just walked a distance when suddenly a strange noise came from behind with a whiff of blood spreading. They couldn't help but look back to see Yao Bilian's body still kneeling on the ground, but her head had rolled like a ball.

Seeing this, Gu Xiyan and the others were all somewhat shocked, and then Lin Qiaoxia frowned and said, "Why did you kill her!"

The people of Purple Gold Mountain shuddered upon hearing Lin Qiaoxia's words, their faces showing a look of terror.

They had attacked Yao Bilian, thinking they wouldn't care if Yao Bilian lived or died, even assuming it was an implicit signal for them to act.

Yet, seeing this situation, it seemed Lin Qiaoxia wasn't implying they should kill her!

One person quickly realized the danger and hurriedly said, "Honorable ones, didn't you just say to let this woman fend for herself? It is generous of you to forgive her, but we cannot forgive her. Moreover, given her miserable situation at Purple Gold Mountain, if we let her leave, she might not dare target Dragon King Hall, but she might target us instead. So, for the sake of our lives, we had to kill her to protect ourselves."

"Sigh..."

Lin Qiaoxia gently sighed, turned around, and said nothing more.

Her previous words weren't meant to stand up for Yao Bilian or to seek justice for her. She spared Yao Bilian because she pitied her, not because she truly forgave the Medicine Alliance and Yao Bilian.

Now that the other party was dead, it was settled, and she couldn't be bothered to say more.

Gu Xiyan and Yu Linglong also sighed lightly, linked arms, and followed Mu Jinyu away from Purple Gold Mountain.

"Whew..."

Watching Mu Jinyu and the others disappear from sight, those who survived on Purple Gold Mountain sighed in relief, realizing that moments ago their backs were soaked with cold sweat.

"You were too hasty, if you were going to kill that woman, you should have waited for them to leave!"

"You were the one who acted first, yet you have the nerve to blame me!"

They complained to each other.

Then, they looked up at the aura-shrouded Purple Gold Mountain and sighed, "Sigh, cultivating at Purple Gold Mountain is far better than the outside world, but now the Mountain Master is dead, and only we remain. If someone comes to claim this famous mountain, we probably can't hold on to Purple Gold Mountain..."

"It's better to pack up and leave quickly. Just surviving today is already a blessing."

As they spoke, their expressions changed drastically, and they hurriedly returned to their residences on Purple Gold Mountain to scramble for the relics left behind by the Mountain Master and the elders after their deaths.

There were so many valuable things in there.

...

After Mu Jinyu and the women left Purple Gold Mountain, they didn't directly return to Yinlong Mountain but continued their journey to Yang City.

The matters at Purple Gold Mountain were settled, but the account of Yang City's Su Family detaining Zhou Yi was yet unresolved.

Since they were already out, they might as well settle everything clearly.

...

Yang City, Su Family.

In the hall, two rows of armchairs were lined up.

At this moment, all the high-ranking members of the Su Family and the handsomely paid guest elders were seated, all with solemn expressions.

At the top, a middle-aged man dressed in a Zhongshan suit was seated.

This person was none other than Su Zhengrui, the Head of Yang City's Su Family.

"According to reliable information, the Dragon King of Dragon King Hall has returned, with great advances in strength. Yesterday, he wiped out the five major Fanxu Realm experts who invaded Dragon King Hall in one fell swoop, with his power at least at the later stage of the Fanxu Realm!"

Su Zhengrui's expression was extremely solemn as he slowly scanned the people below, saying in a deep voice, "What should we do now? Should our Su Family return Zhou Yi to the Dragon King Hall and apologize with generous gifts?"

Dragon King Hall has always been formidable and aggressive.

However, over the past year, due to the revival of spiritual energy and the evolution of all beings, Dragon King Hall has been struggling on various fronts, battling ferocious beasts and foreign enemies, so its development has not been particularly rapid.

In contrast, many forces have surpassed it, with more prestige than Dragon King Hall.

Yet, our Su Family is not among those that have surpassed Dragon King Hall's power.

Last year, when Zhou Yi returned from Yulong Snow Mountain and wanted to leave the Su Family, we naturally disagreed and in a fit of anger, imprisoned Zhou Yi.

However, later we learned that the force Zhou Yi wanted to join after leaving the Su Family was Dragon King Hall, which immediately made us anxious and almost led us to release Zhou Yi and let him go.

But at that time, Dragon King Hall was no longer as formidable as it initially was, besieged on all sides, with even Yu Shenfeng, who was on good terms with Zhou Yi, nearly falling under the assault of multiple enemies, so we hesitated to let Zhou Yi go.

Now that the Dragon King of Dragon King Hall has returned, recalling his retaliatory nature, we are all frightened, fearing that our imprisoning Zhou Yi might provoke Dragon King Hall to retaliate against the Su Family.

So as soon as we got the news, we were all alarmed, immediately gathering the Su Family high-ups to discuss countermeasures.

An elder clad in a centipede robe, gently stroking his white beard, said calmly, "Family Head, there's no need to be overly concerned. Zhou Yi only had a brief encounter with the Dragon King; even though the Dragon King promised him a place at Dragon King Hall to learn alchemy, Zhou Yi never went. They might think Zhou Yi himself gave up that opportunity, and with so much talent at Dragon King Hall, why would they bother to investigate this deeply?"

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