Those people were brutal, and this place suffered greatly. After a search, it looked as if a major battle had taken place here.

"No?"

"Boss, could it be that she's not here? Should we look for her somewhere else?"

"Yes, if she runs far away, it will be hard for us to find her."

"Well... let's go! Let's look elsewhere."

The footsteps of those people quickly disappeared. Just to be on the safe side, Bai Lingxiao did not come out, fearing that those people might turn back.

Sure enough, after a while, the group of people returned.

"Boss, nobody's here. It seems Bai Lingxiao really isn't here."

"Damn it! Where did she run off to? If we haven't caught her by the time the sect leader comes out, he'll be furious."

Those people's voices were filled with fear. Bai Lingxiao listened to the commotion outside, and only when they were about to leave again did she slowly breathe a sigh of relief...

It's too early to relax.

Her sword spirit, the six-winged golden roc with fiery feathers, suddenly appeared and let out a loud cry.

"Fire Feather, what are you doing!"

Bai Lingxiao's expression changed drastically. She grabbed Huo Yu, quickly left the ancient tree, and ran off in a random direction.

Unfortunately, it was too late, and her pursuers had already surrounded her.

"Bai Lingxiao, you really are here!"

"Attack her together and capture her alive!"

More than a dozen people rushed up, and Bai Lingxiao was forced to fight them. She originally wanted to put the fire feather into her spirit sword, but unexpectedly, the fire feather was out of her control and instead helped those people attack her!

No matter how powerful Bai Lingxiao was, he was no match for four people, and he was quickly captured.

"Why!"

Bai Lingxiao was forced to kneel on the ground. She raised her head and stared intently at Huo Yu.

"Why did you betray me!"

Firefeather didn't answer. The leader of those people clapped his hands, and Firefeather flew mercilessly onto the man's shoulder.

"Because it wasn't your sword spirit to begin with."

Perhaps because he had captured Bai Lingxiao, the man was in a good mood and kindly explained to Bai Lingxiao: "Fire Feather is a sword spirit specially prepared for you by the sect leader. The sword spirit born from your spirit sword was devoured by Fire Feather long ago."

Bai Lingxiao's expression changed. "What!"

When she first established her foundation, the spirit sword was born with a sword spirit.

The earlier a sword cultivator's sword spirit is born, the more powerful it is. Bai Lingxiao's sword spirit was the earliest to be born among his peers in the Heavenly Sword Sect.

She remembered that when her sword spirit was first born, it was just a tiny red ball. She searched the world for the best forging materials and sought out the best weapon refiners to gradually grow that little ball into the majestic creature it is today.

Unexpectedly, she was feeding the murderer who killed her sword spirit!

"You beast! Give me back my Fire Feather!"

Bai Lingxiao's eyes turned bloodshot, and a powerful force suddenly surged from her body, almost causing several people to lose control of her.

Looking at the frenzied Bai Lingxiao, and then at the six-winged golden roc hiding behind him for refuge, the man frowned imperceptibly. "Don't let her break free."

Although the Six-Winged Golden Roc is not Bai Lingxiao's true sword spirit, it is still connected to her, and Bai Lingxiao still has a certain degree of suppression over the Six-Winged Golden Roc.

We finally caught Bai Lingxiao, so we mustn't let her escape using the Six-Winged Golden Roc.

"Boss, we've captured Bai Lingxiao, but the sect leader hasn't come out of that secret realm yet. Where do we go now?"

"go……"

"How about going to the King of Hell's palace?"

The man had barely uttered a word when two people suddenly jumped out of the dense woods. Everyone present recognized them.

"Zhaozhao? Qi Yan!"

Bai Lingxiao was being held captive by two men. Upon seeing them, his expression changed drastically. "You two run! There are too many of them; you can't defeat them!"

"Senior Sister Bai," Yun Zhao took two steps back, "Don't be afraid, A-Yan is here."

As she spoke, she patted Qi Yan on the shoulder, "A-Yan, let's go!"

Qi Yan rolled her eyes at her, annoyed. So you're treating me like a dog again?

Fine, let's just be dogs then. As long as Zhao Zhao is happy.

"Insanity!"

The man sneered, "Attack them all at once, tie them up together!"

Apart from the two guards watching over Bai Lingxiao, everyone else attacked. They weren't stupid; if they could win by ganging up, why would they fight one-on-one?

Unfortunately, despite their cleverness, Qi Yan was able to handle the gang attack with ease. Later, the leader of the group also rushed in with a weapon.

Bai Lingxiao was stunned. When did Qi Yan become so powerful?

You should know that the one leading the group is a Nascent Soul cultivator!

Fighting and guarding were happening at the same time; the scene was so chaotic that no one noticed Yun Zhao sneaking up behind the enemy lines.

By the time the two guards discovered Bai Lingxiao, it was too late.

Fu Guang and Yin Xue each tackled one of them, and Yun Zhao grabbed Bai Lingxiao and ran. Once they reached a safe area, Qi Yan gave the group a wicked smile.

Bye-bye!

A handful of chili powder was thrown over, and the group of people, caught off guard, were immediately choked and cried out in pain.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Qi Yan grabbed Yun Zhao with one hand and Bai Lingxiao with the other, while Fu Guang and Yin Xue were slung on his back. He then channeled his spiritual power and quickly disappeared from the group's sight.

"..."

Bai Lingxiao was injured, so Qi Yan found a nearby spirit beast cave.

The cave was originally inhabited by a giant bear with golden claws. Qi Yan released the demonic aura emanating from the bear and, in exchange for a bottle of pills, "kindly" allowed it to stay for the night.

Golden Claw Giant Bear: "..."

Oh, I'm homeless tonight! (crying)

Qi Yan started a fire, then made an excuse to go out and fight some monsters, leaving the two girls alone.

Yun Zhao gave Bai Lingxiao a hemostatic pill, but some areas still needed bandaging.

"Zhaozhao, thank you..."

"No need to thank me," Yun Zhao tied a pretty bow on her wound. "Senior Sister Bai, we are fellow disciples, there's no need for thanks."

"Here, have some water, your lips are so dry... No need to thank me!"

Bai Lingxiao smiled helplessly. She took the water pouch, and this time, she didn't say "thank you."

Seeing that she was in much better condition, Yun Zhao asked about Gu Dinghan and Meng Wenchang. When she learned that they were being hunted down, she became somewhat worried.

"Don't worry about them. They are direct disciples of their sects. If Hu Guichen doesn't want to be besieged and attacked by two sects, he won't let anyone harm them."

Even so, Bai Lingxiao was still worried.

She sent a message to each of them, and they replied almost instantly.

"They said that when those people saw that I wasn't following them, they stopped chasing me. The two of them had already met up and were just waiting for us."

"That's fine, that's fine."

Qi Yan returned quickly, bringing back several Windblade Rabbits. The three of them ate a simple meal and rested in the bear den.

Apart from the bears being a bit fussy and the bear den being a little dirty, there weren't any major problems.

But the group that was chasing Bai Lingxiao was in a terrible situation. The Golden Claw Giant Bear was forced to wander. It thought about getting a midnight snack, but it hadn't gone far when it encountered that group of people.

Hey, it didn't order takeout?

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