"Go!"

Jiang Chen shouted in a low voice.

Yun Tao and Jian Wuheng quickly carried Jiang Chen and the others away from the city gate.

Meanwhile, Bu Tingquan and the others in the pit all looked pale as they watched Jiang Chen and his group leave. For a moment, no one dared to pursue; that terrifying Sword Intent had directly shattered their confidence. Everyone felt that following would only lead to death.

Swish, swish!

Three figures flew out from within the city, appearing instantly beside Bu Tingquan.

"Bu Tingquan, what happened?"

A middle-aged man glanced around and spoke with a furrowed brow.

These three were the Bu Family's Void Refinement Realms cultivators stationed at other city gates.

"The few the clan wanted rushed the city, but we stopped them!"

Bu Tingquan said, still shaken.

"What? Where are they?"

The three men's eyes lit up, looking around, but saw only their people left in the pit, with no sign of Jiang Chen and his group.

"They ran!"

Bu Tingquan's eyes still held a deep panic.

"Ran? How did you let them escape? Why didn't you pursue?"

The middle-aged man's face darkened as he shouted.

"They have a powerful attacking artifact. If we chase them, we'll all die! Didn't you feel that terrifying Sword Intent?"

Bu Tingquan shouted back, his face distorted.

The three middle-aged men's expressions changed. Of course, they felt that Sword Intent. They had rushed over when the battle erupted, but upon sensing that Sword Intent, they stopped. They only dared to appear after the Sword Intent dissipated.

"We are the clan's abandoned ones. Do you really want to throw your lives away over an unfounded theft accusation?"

Bu Tingquan's face turned completely gloomy, with a resentful look in his eyes.

"What unfounded theft? What are you talking about?"

The middle-aged man frowned deeply.

"They are just in the Divine Infant Realm. How could they possibly steal a powerful artifact from the clan? If they had the strength to steal from the clan, how could we possibly stop them?"

Bu Tingquan's face was filled with venom: "Don't you understand? We've been abandoned by the clan. They just wanted to use us to gather information on those people. The clan doesn't care if we live or die. You felt that Sword Intent too. Could we have survived confronting it?"

The faces of the three middle-aged men turned gloomy.

"Then what do you suggest? Can we just let it go?"

The middle-aged man spoke in a low voice.

"Of course, we can't just let it go, but we can't pursue them either!"

Bu Tingquan sighed slightly in relief.

They escaped from under his watch. If the clan held him accountable, he couldn't bear the consequences. Now that the three middle-aged men had been convinced, as long as they all stuck to the same story, they might avoid the clan's punishment!

"We report to the clan that we were heavily attacked and fought desperately to keep them outside the city. Unable to enter the city, they fled far away!"

Bu Tingquan said solemnly.

"Heavily attacked? Would such an attack leave no fatalities?"

The middle-aged man glanced at the surrounding Divine Infant Realm cultivators with a chilling look.

They were indeed convinced by Bu Tingquan; that Sword Intent made them fearful and reluctant to pursue. However, if they didn't pursue, how would they explain it to the clan? Only if they were all injured could they have a reason not to pursue. And a heavy attack would surely cause significant casualties!

Bzz bzz bzz!

The faces of Bu Tingquan and the other three turned cold, and they suddenly unleashed a powerful Great Dao pressure, directly suppressing the surrounding Divine Infant Realm cultivators.

"What are you doing?"

"Oh no! They're too scared to pursue, and they want to kill us to silence us!"

"Run!"

Over a dozen Divine Infant Realm cultivators' faces changed dramatically as they cried out in alarm.

"For us to live, you must all die!"

Bu Tingquan and the others shouted fiercely, charging towards those Divine Infant Realm cultivators.

...

Using the Sword Intent within Essence Blood to intimidate Bu Tingquan and others, Jiang Chen and his group rushed ten kilometers away before changing directions, running another ten kilometers and changing directions again. They kept zigzagging until they felt they had shaken off their pursuers. Only after reaching Hui City did they stop to rest.

"Brother Jiang, what should we do next?"

In a luxurious private room of a restaurant in Hui City, Jian Wuheng looked at Jiang Chen with a serious expression.

According to Jiang Chen's prediction, there should be no Bu Family members stationed in Hui City, and indeed, after they had driven three days and three nights to get there, not only was no one stationed, but they hadn't seen a single Bu family member.

"We go to the Shangluo Family!"

Jiang Chen said softly.

"The Shangluo Family?"

The group was taken aback, and Yun Tao suddenly brightened up: "Why didn't I think of that! The Shangluo Family is affiliated with our academy; we can ask them for help!"

"But... wouldn't the Bu Family deploy around the Shangluo Family? It's no secret that the Shangluo Family is affiliated with our academy!"

Jian Wuheng said with a frown.

"Precisely because the Bu Family knows, we should go. First, to see if the Shangluo Family has any issues, and second, since we already showed our faces in Anlin City, even if the Bu Family had deployed at the Shangluo Family, they should have left by now. Otherwise, the Shangluo Family would become suspicious over time!"

Jiang Chen spoke softly.

"Hey, have you heard? There was a big battle at the Shangluo Family a few days ago. I heard someone tried to invade the Shangluo Family, but their old Clan Leader drove them away!"

"The old Clan Leader of the Shangluo Family? Wasn't it said that he died suddenly three years ago?"

"Really? Then who helped them in the battle? I heard many people died in that battle, even quite a few Void Refinement experts!"

"Of course! I heard from my family elders that when the Shangluo Family battled, he glanced from afar; there were actually two Unity Realm experts fighting over there, and one of them knocked the other Unity Realm expert flying with a single strike!"

"Unity Realm experts participated? What happened to the Shangluo Family over these three years? How can they have Unity Realm experts helping them?!"

The conversation drifted from the adjacent room, and Jiang Chen and the others' expressions immediately changed.

"Unity Realm? The Shangluo Family has Unity Realm experts?"

Jian Wuheng furrowed his brow slightly: "Could the old patriarch of the Shangluo Family have faked his sudden death to break through to the Unity Realm in secret?"

"It's not quite right. If he just wanted to break through in seclusion without being disturbed and moved to the northern suburbs, why hasn't he returned now?"

Jiang Chen lightly shook his head: "I feel there's more to this!"

"Hey! Isn't that Bo Liancheng? What's he doing here?"

Yun Tao suddenly spoke in surprise.

The group looked out the window.

Outside on the street walked a proud young man in luxurious clothing, it was Bo Liancheng, who had previously fought Jiang Chen twice.

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