The Bai Liyuan team was moving at high speed. Beside him, Gan Shi’s face was grim. Behind them were Du Sanjiang and the other disciples, but now six more people, including Mei Caichu, had joined them. Mei Caichu and the others looked extremely nervous.

After leaving Gong Chenying, the six of them, led by Mei Caichu, had traveled about a hundred li before immediately slowing down. This was because they felt powerful pressure coming from several directions from time to time.

There were also faint sounds of explosions all around, indicating that people were fighting. Behind them, rumbling sounds were also constant, showing that Martial Aunt Gong and her pursuer were engaged in an intense battle.

Precisely because everyone was in a hurry to fight, they overlooked this group. In addition, Mei Caichu was extremely cautious and constantly instructed everyone to keep their auras at their lowest.

Whenever there was the slightest disturbance, they would immediately lie low, completely concealing their auras. Only after they felt it was somewhat safe would they slowly move forward, heading towards the crossfire of the explosions.

With this approach, unless a Foundation Establishment cultivator deliberately swept over them with their divine sense little by little, they would not be discovered from a distance during the intense fighting.

However, no matter how careful Mei Caichu and his group were, they were still discovered after an incense stick's worth of time. The one who discovered them was Gan Shi. Although he was in a weakened state after the effects of the "Aging-Reality Pill", his divine sense was still not weak.

Bai Liyuan was calmly dealing with Qiu Jiu while instructing Gan Shi to lead a few people to push toward the direction where Wang Lang disappeared, but not to get too far from him. While they fought with Qiu Jiu, they slowly moved forward. Gan Shi, at this moment, would find it quite difficult to deal with other Foundation Establishment cultivators.

He and Gan Shi analyzed that the person Wang Lang was pursuing had to be Gong Chenying and not a demonic beast. Therefore, Gan Shi only needed to move forward to ensure that his divine sense could track the other party. Other matters could be planned later.

Qiu Jiu had engaged in several intermittent battles with Bai Liyuan. Both were at the Pseudo-Core stage and had similar strength, but Qiu Jiu was very wary of Bai Liyuan's methods. She did not know when he would release an invisible poison. With her guard up, she was temporarily at a disadvantage.

However, the fighting between the Qi Condensation disciples of both sides was exceptionally heated. The Grand Profound Sect had fewer people, but the Taoists' array formations were the strongest among the four sects, and they were especially skilled at combined attacks.

The Wraith Sect, on the other hand, had twice as many people and was skilled in sneak attacks. The fighting was fierce for a time.

But as time went on, even with the support of their array formations, the Grand Profound Sect was still at a disadvantage. Both sides had casualties, but the Grand Profound Sect's casualties began to increase. This was not something Qiu Jiu wanted to see. She could not allow her side to suffer heavy losses for the sake of the Ten-Step Court. Therefore, she once again retreated far from the battlefield.

Gan Shi, however, led a few people forward in the direction where Wang Lang had disappeared. As his divine sense constantly swept out, he only felt that Wang Lang was getting further and further away, his momentum much faster than their own.

The person running in front of Wang Lang had already exceeded the range of Gan Shi's divine sense. For a moment, Gan Shi was still unable to determine who Wang Lang was pursuing.

Gan Shi began to get anxious. He looked back at the battlefield with the sounds of explosions, gritted his teeth, and decided to lead his people to speed up and quickly find out which team Wang Lang was pursuing.

Just as Gan Shi was about to increase their speed to catch up to Wang Lang, his expression suddenly froze. This was because, during the process of retracting his divine sense, he sensed someone hiding at a distance of almost three hundred li on their other side.

That person should have been probing just now. Their divine sense was released and immediately retracted, but that slight fluctuation was captured by Gan Shi.

He immediately swept his divine sense towards that area. Since that area was at the very limit of his divine sense, given his current injuries, Gan Shi could not find any abnormalities when he swept over it again.

He couldn't help but frown. Without a word, he sped up and flew quickly in that direction. The few people following him naturally didn't dare to ask their Martial Uncle for the reason and also sped up to follow.

The Bai Liyuan behind him had just repelled a wave of attacks from Qiu Jiu. He suddenly sensed that Gan Shi was flying rapidly in one direction. After a brief moment of hesitation, he glanced at Qiu Jiu from a distance and also led his people to fly in that direction.

Qiu Jiu, with her eight people, watched Bai Liyuan suddenly accelerate and fly in one direction, which was not the direction where Wang Lang disappeared. After a slight hesitation, she did not immediately follow this time.

After pondering, she only followed far behind. After several waves of fighting, although the Wraith Sect had two deaths and several injuries, her side had three deaths. This made her heart ache.

Although these Qi Condensation cultivators had no hope of advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage in the future, they were cultivated with immense resources by the sect over decades. She could not just let them die like this.

At the same time, Qiu Jiu was constantly spreading her divine sense to search for Quan Jiuxing. But to her disappointment, she did not find that familiar figure on their path of fighting and moving forward.

Mei Caichu had been so scared just now that he almost wet his pants. When he felt that the surroundings should be safe, he had slightly released a little divine sense to probe the area.

But a powerful wave of divine sense immediately swept over them from above. He was so scared that he quickly retracted his divine sense and rapidly concealed his entire aura. The five people behind him also turned pale with fright, wishing they could turn into cold, lifeless stones with no aura.

But that powerful divine sense had clearly discovered their existence. It swept over them several times before slowly disappearing.

"We must have been at the edge of a Foundation Establishment cultivator's divine sense just now, otherwise we definitely wouldn't have been able to escape."

After lying low for a while longer and feeling no divine sense sweeping over them, Mei Caichu cautiously looked around, slowly got up, the fat on his face trembling. He spoke with lingering fear.

"Senior Brother Mei, what do we do next?"

Cheng Jingnian's face was pale. She looked back in one direction, but didn't see anything.

The other four also stared at Mei Caichu with nervous expressions. Their ability to survive the great battle was due to two things: one, their considerable fighting strength, and two, their good luck.

Mei Caichu knew that Cheng Jingnian was hoping that Martial Aunt Gong would come soon, but everyone knew that with Gong Chenying's state, it was almost impossible for her to get rid of her pursuer.

"Let's continue forward, but the closer we get to the central region, the higher the chance of encountering other cultivators."

Mei Caichu couldn't help but smile bitterly. But he had no other choice. Without a Foundation Establishment cultivator to lead them, they were already being as careful as they could. It wasn't like they could stop moving; the black shadow would soon come pressing in from behind.

So, the few of them could only cautiously move forward again. But just as they had only moved less than fifty li while hiding and dodging, another powerful divine sense came over them, covering the sky and the earth.

And it came so suddenly that Mei Caichu and his group had no time to prepare. They were instantly enveloped by the other party's divine sense. The six of them froze in their tracks.

"It's over, it's over. We've been discovered. All of you junior brothers and sisters, set up your defenses on the spot. Let's hope we can hold them off until Martial Aunt Gong arrives."

Mei Caichu's entire body trembled with fat, and he spoke with a trembling voice. His voice already held despair, but his thoughts were still clear.

The five others' faces were also ashen. They knew that they couldn't scatter and run at this time. If they gathered together to set up an array formation and use their poisons, there might still be a glimmer of hope. If they immediately split up and ran, they would be killed one by one in a moment due to a Foundation Establishment cultivator's speed.

So, gritting their teeth, each of them slapped their storage bags, about to take out their strongest life-saving methods. But a loud laugh came from the sky. This laugh surprised them at first, then their faces showed expressions of great joy.

"Hahaha, so it's you little brats, Mei Caichu and the others. Don't run. Wait there for me."

Hearing this arrogant voice, the ashen faces of Mei Caichu and his group instantly turned into smiles of joy.

"It's Martial Uncle Gan."

"It's… it's Martial Uncle Gan and others."

"We're finally saved."…

The few of them immediately began shouting loudly, completely changing from their previous state of being like stray dogs. Cheng Jingnian, the only remaining female cultivator, had tears streaming down her face without her even realizing it.

In another direction.

"Bai, I've found them. They are about two hundred and forty li in my direction. I need to advance at full speed. There are only a few disciples, and Junior Sister Gong is not with them."

Gan Shi's face was grim at this moment. He had no joy in finding Mei Caichu and his group. He directly sent a message to the back.

Bai Liyuan was still almost a hundred li away from Gan Shi. After receiving Gan Shi's divine sense message, his heart sank. He looked at Qiu Jiu behind him and also quickly sent a message back to Gan Shi.

"How are the casualties over there? Is Junior Brother Li Yan among them?"

But he did not immediately receive an answer. Gan Shi was silent for a moment before his voice slowly came back.

"There are only six of them left. The Spirit Storage Bag is on Mei Caichu's waist. Junior Brother Li Yan was not seen."

Then, his divine sense was cut off, as he was clearly flying forward at high speed.

Bai Liyuan's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.

"The Spirit Storage Bag is on Mei Caichu's waist? Junior Sister Gong must have had an accident. Otherwise, she wouldn't have handed the Spirit Storage Bag to Mei Caichu. This means there are at most fourteen people left.

It also makes sense that Junior Brother Li Yan isn't among them. The spatial anomaly happened shortly after he left us. He might have been teleported to a different direction alone."

Bai Liyuan quickly analyzed the situation after hearing Gan Shi's message. He then lowered his voice and shouted.

"Your Martial Uncle Gan has found the path where Martial Aunt Gong was. We will speed up to meet them. I'll take the rear. You all move forward at full speed and don't worry about what's happening behind you. I want to see what Qiu Jiu and a few Qi Condensation disciples can do to hold me back."

With that, Bai Liyuan's gentle demeanor completely changed, and a monstrous, fierce aura shot up into the sky.

Dozens of li behind them, Qiu Jiu suddenly saw Bai Liyuan fly to the back of his team. The Qi Condensation disciples quickly gathered and flew off in one direction.

Bai Liyuan just followed leisurely behind. As time passed, his aura became higher and stronger, and it eventually exuded a powerful presence that looked down on the world, causing the winds and clouds in this area to change color.

Immediately, two powerful divine senses swept towards them. But after encountering Bai Liyuan's aura and hesitating for a moment, they changed direction.

"It seems they have discovered something. Could it be the third team from the Wraith Sect? This is impossible, absolutely impossible. If that were the case, it would be impossible for the Wraith Sect's teams to not have met us in any of the first four stages!"

Qiu Jiu's mind was also racing to figure out Bai Liyuan's change. But she quickly came to a conclusion that she was most reluctant to accept.

Although she had her suspicions about Wang Lang's aura pursuing a team of cultivators before, she thought it was more likely the demonic beasts. After all, the appearance of Gan Shi and Bai Liyuan here was already a very bad outcome for the Wraith Sect.

But now, seeing Gan Shi fly off, and Bai Liyuan instantly revealing his powerful aura, it was a clear sign for others to stay away from this area.

What made Qiu Jiu's heart sink to rock bottom was that after Bai Liyuan had just displayed his powerful strength, two more powerful divine senses came over. Neither of them belonged to Quan Jiuxing or anyone she knew. This made her feel a faint sense of dread.

In an instant, Qiu Jiu's face turned ashen. She muttered to herself subconsciously and stopped in her tracks. She began to frantically spread her divine sense, scanning the surroundings.

She hoped that another team from the Grand Profound Sect or the Pure Land Sect would appear, especially the other two teams from the Grand Profound Sect.

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