As soon as Ji Yuan released his Divine Sense, he immediately saw the figure walking from the end of the corridor.

Zhi Yun.

He saw her clutching her injured chest, stumbling towards Ji Yuan. Every few steps, she managed to use a bit of the Vanishing Arts to slightly increase her speed.

Ji Yuan's heart tightened, and his Divine Sense quickly caught those pursuing from behind.

It turned out to be Xuan Weizi of Medicine King Valley and... Danxia from Joy Palace!

They were actually chasing Zhi Yun?

Why would they be chasing Zhi Yun!

Ji Yuan didn't know what had happened here, but witnessing sect members turning against each other, committing such acts in a place like a Spirit Vein... I must not get involved.

Run!

I have to run!

Having just sat down, Ji Yuan stood up and performed the Escape Technique "Shadowless Form," but just as he was about to leave, Zhi Yun's weak voice sounded in his mind.

"They are devouring the Spirit Vein, stealing Spirit Stones, and I stumbled upon them. Now they want to kill me."

"Brother Wu You... save me."

Ji Yuan, having just stood up, paused slightly, but then left the place at extreme speed, heading deeper into the Spirit Vein.

Zhi Yun, who barely managed to find him, stopped in her tracks.

She stopped running.

She had placed all her hopes of survival on Ji Yuan, hoping he could stall them for a moment and call for others to come, so that she might have a chance to live.

But who would have thought... this Isle Master Wuyou would just run... run away!

Danxia and Xuan Weizi, who were chasing from behind, saw Zhi Yun had stopped running and slowed their pace, each summoning their own Spiritual Artifact.

"It seems your lover doesn't really want to save you, huh."

Danxia said with a light laugh.

Xuan Weizi, with a gloomy face, threw the Treasure Pearl he held, "Enough talking, just kill her!"

A wisp of cloud mist shimmered from Zhi Yun's body, only managing to stall the Treasure Pearl for a moment before it struck her chest again, shattering her ribs and sending her flying into the stone wall.

Her body fell to the ground like a rag, no longer struggling.

She spat out a mouthful of blood clots and, with a bitter smile, stammered out: "I... I've already told... Wu You about your deeds... it can't be hidden... you..."

Before she could finish her words, Danxia cast a Fireball Technique, smashing her head to pieces.

Xuan Weizi shook the sleeve of his left hand.

No other action was seen, but the sleeve swelled as if something alive was hiding inside.

After a moment, a wisp of white smoke rose from Zhi Yun's body, flew into Xuan Weizi's left sleeve, and disappeared.

"What now?"

Danxia looked worriedly at Xuan Weizi beside her.

"Kill!"

Xuan Weizi retrieved the Treasure Pearl with his right hand, raised his left, and made a chopping motion.

"Once word of what we've done gets out, heads will roll. The more who know, the greater the danger. So no matter what, this Isle Master Wuyou must die."

Danxia hesitated for a moment but eventually said:

"I think, this Isle Master Wuyou may not know. Based on what I know about Zhi Yun's personality, she likely accused Wu You because he refused to save her, hoping to drag Wu You down with her before she died."

"Do you dare to bet?"

Xuan Weizi sneered.

Danxia was at a loss for words.

"Better to kill by mistake than let one escape."

"Then what about afterwards? Last time, killing the Isle Master of Forest Wood almost exposed us, and now we're killing two more..." Danxia was a bit frightened.

Xuan Weizi's forehead veins twitched, and he gritted his teeth with clenched fists, saying:

"We must kill them all first, just say we coveted their wealth, kill or be killed!"

"Indeed."

"Then hurry and find them!"

Xuan Weizi shouted through voice transmission.

Danxia shivered, quickly performing her Escape Technique to fly forward, while Xuan Weizi watched her retreating figure with a trace of ruthlessness in his eyes.

'This woman is clever, but too timid. Keeping her could lead to problems. I need to see if I can create an opportunity to let the Isle Master Wuyou kill her when we confront him.'

With this thought, Xuan Weizi quickly pursued.

...

In the depths of the Spirit Vein, within a crevice formed by a collapsed boulder.

Black smoke gathered and finally turned into a human figure. As soon as Ji Yuan appeared, he concealed his presence and draped the burial shroud given by Senior Brother Ma around himself.

Instantly, his presence was suppressed to the extreme.

He recalled Zhi Yun's words earlier.

'Xuan Weizi and Danxia are devouring the Spirit Vein, they actually have such means? Damn, geniuses are everywhere.'

Ji Yuan pondered this, inevitably having some thoughts.

'Regardless of their means, if I can acquire this technique... the construction of a [Spirit Vein] would be secured.'

'As for Zhi Yun's words, given her dying state, she shouldn't have lied, and she intended to drag me into this, just like a drowning person grabbing at the last straw. If it were me, I would have said the same.'

'What she said is normal, likewise, my self-preservation by not saving her is also normal.'

If so, then there's killing to be done.

And it must be done to simultaneously kill two Mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

If this were outside, Ji Yuan would feel pressured, but not overly so. He had many methods, and had some confidence.

But now, within this Spirit Vein, any action must be kept to the lowest possible disturbance.

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