Be Passive In The High Martial World

Chapter 49: Ants Devouring Humans, Enemies of the Martial Saint Pavilion

Just as Chen Kuang and the straw-hatted fisherman sat in silence, staring at each other with wide eyes, a strange scene unfolded.

After Wei Yan left the Wen Si River, he immediately flew towards the east with a gloomy expression.

In the blink of an eye, he had crossed several thousand feet.

Since Chen Kuang's words were clearly a lie, it was obvious that his intention, as Wei Yan had previously guessed, was to delay time and allow the Liang Kingdom Queen and her daughter to escape.

With his cultivation at the Embracing Moon Realm, Wei Yan quickly caught up with the disciples of the Three Tribulations Sect who had been sent to capture them.

The disciples of the Three Tribulations Sect had already landed in the mountains and forests, seemingly at a loss and scattered in their search.

The nearest group was one of them.

"What are you doing? Have you found them?"

Wei Yan landed behind the disciples and asked sternly.

"Elder Wei!"

The disciples were startled, and the leading core disciple quickly saluted awkwardly, hesitatingly answering, "Reporting to Elder, the disciples are incompetent... We used tracking techniques to pursue them here, but... but we lost their trail and could only search around here."

Wei Yan furrowed his brows and scolded, "The tracking technique failed? The mother and daughter are just ordinary mortals, and the cultivators on Lingtai Mountain are already heavily injured and fleeing. How could you not find them?!"

After saying that, regardless of the disciple's explanation, he activated his divine sense and extended it forward.

With the power of the Embracing Moon Realm, he could use Primordial Spirit Astral Projection, freely traverse the universe, and utilize various divine abilities.

Even if the physical body died, as long as the Primordial Spirit remained intact, one could use secret techniques to prolong their life.

And because of the cultivation of the Primordial Spirit, it also brought about a powerful divine sense that could know everything with a single thought.

In an instant, Wei Yan's divine sense swept through everything around him, revealing every trace left behind, and even vaguely glimpsing the recent state.

However, his cultivation in the Embracing Moon Realm, which was recently built on a pile of pills, was not stable, and the range and duration of his divine sense were reduced compared to a normal Embracing Moon Realm.

After a moment, Wei Yan opened his eyes again.

His face was as calm as water, and his expression became even more unpleasant.

There... really was no trace of the mother and daughter!

Wherever his divine sense passed, there were only the figures of the Three Tribulations Sect disciples searching in all directions.

Chu Wenruo and her daughter had disappeared as if they had evaporated from the world.

Unable to find them!

It meant that the last clue to the Elixir of Eternal Life was gone!

The Eternal Life Locking Formation had been destroyed, and there was no trace of the Elixir of Eternal Life. Both the best and worst plans had been ruined, and even the Saint had fallen here.

Their mission had failed miserably.

Where did they go wrong?

Wei Yan took a deep breath, his expression changing constantly.

Thinking of Chen Kuang's smiling face, he felt the same resentment he had felt when he was publicly humiliated in the Pure Land many years ago.

This person... he didn't even know his name!

It was also because he had thought of him as just an insignificant person, like Zhao Lie, but he didn't expect that the latter would actually die here.

This insignificant person's poisonous scheme could also devour people!

A strong killing intent surged in Wei Yan's heart. If he were to encounter that guy again, he would definitely make sure he had no place to be buried!

The core disciple cautiously added, "When we were pursuing them earlier, there was another cultivator helping them..."

Wei Yan sneered and waved his sleeve, "Now, who here isn't a cultivator?!"

"Do you mean to say that they were able to conceal their tracks on their own? It's simply ridiculous!"

The core disciple immediately lowered his head in embarrassment and stopped speaking.

"Forget it."

Wei Yan's interest waned, "There's no need to search anymore. Inform the others and prepare to return to the city to clean up the mess."

The final outcome of the imperial city was bleak, but the Liang Kingdom had ultimately been destroyed.

Next, the Zhou Kingdom would need to send an official to govern.

And the Three Tribulations Sect would take over all the cultivators in the Zhou Kingdom and strengthen their own power.

Before things stabilized, the Emperor should not make any rash moves against them.

After all, the Eastern Emperor was dead.

At this moment, the Three Tribulations Sect was the pillar of the Zhou Kingdom.

Wei Yan rose into the air and flew back to the city.

...

Not long after Wei Yan left.

The core disciple who had been respectfully saluting suddenly froze, and then, along with the two disciples behind him, they blossomed like a flower in an instant.

These three disciples of the Three Tribulations Sect were just empty shells, and among them, Chu Wenruo and her two companions were revealed.

As soon as Chu Wenruo appeared, her face turned pale, her body trembling, and she couldn't help but collapse to the ground, vomiting.

Among the other disciples, there was the little princess.

Curiously, she poked her head out of the leather harness and reached into her chest.

In surprise, she exclaimed, "Mother, look, my handprint!"

Chu Wenruo turned around and saw a small handprint protruding from the leather harness, resembling a bug trying to crawl out.

"Umm..."

Chu Wenruo's face turned green.

If she had the strength, she would definitely give her daughter another slap.

"Please bear with it for now, Madam."

Qing Cuo helped Chu Wenruo up, his pale face expressionless, and whispered, "Although the Blood Sacrifice Cult's evil technique is disgusting, it can perfectly conceal their aura within twelve hours and temporarily possess some cultivation."

"Just hold on a little longer, and we'll be temporarily safe once we enter Jishao County."

Chu Wenruo nodded, straightened her body, took a deep breath, and once again was enveloped by the fleshy leather harness. She reached out and grabbed the little princess beside her.

The three of them immediately set off in the opposite direction of the other disciples.

Chu Wenruo couldn't help but look back, not knowing how Mr. Chen was doing at the moment...

...

"Whoosh..."

Wei Yan flew through the air.

In the distant horizon, the silhouette of a crumbling city was on the verge of collapse, with a Breaking Dawn behind it.

The light in the sky was originally faint, but soon it turned into a large expanse of rosy light, illuminating the entire world.

A blurry figure walked out of the rosy light.

Wei Yan was initially stunned, but then took a deep breath.

That was... a strand of Martial Saint's Primordial Spirit!

Wait, where was Li Hongling?

After the night of the battle, Wei Yan, who had previously refrained from releasing his divine sense due to the battle between the Saints, realized that the arrogant Li Hongling... had never appeared!

Even if she couldn't defeat Huo Hengxuan, she should have already escaped from the range of the two Saints' battle.

Wei Yan's heart sank. If there was something that could alarm the Martial Saint...

It was probably that something had happened to the Martial Saint's disciple.

Could someone have taken the opportunity to kill Li Hongling?

Were they seeking death?

Wei Yan quickly increased his speed and landed where the Primordial Spirit was.

The Martial Saint's Primordial Spirit stood among the ruins, silently looking down at the completely disfigured corpse of Li Hongling.

Wei Yan couldn't help but take a cold breath and cautiously approached, clasping his fists.

"Martial Saint, sir..."

The Martial Saint waved his hand, and the dust in the wind combined to form the scene of the past.

Wei Yan took a closer look and found that the young man who killed Li Hongling was incredibly familiar!

How could he not be familiar?

He had just faced this person and was even played with.

He not only killed Wei Su, but also Li Hongling!

Wei Yan's heart pounded.

In just one night, the person who successively killed the son of the sect master, Wei Su, and the disciple of the Martial Saint, Li Hongling, turned out to be the same person!

He silently pondered for a moment, realizing that compared to Li Hongling, his cultivation was like the moon compared to the firefly.

He decided to abandon his previous thoughts...

There were others who wanted to kill him, so why take this risk? It would be better to wait patiently.

Wei Yan turned his gaze to the Martial Saint's Primordial Spirit.

The one who most wanted to kill was probably him.

The Martial Saint, Muzhao, sighed lightly, appearing somewhat aged.

After a long silence, he said in a deep voice, "Who is this person? They were so ruthless, not even leaving a trace of Li'er's Primordial Spirit."

Wei Yan felt somewhat embarrassed and said, "Um... I don't know."

"But I just had a confrontation with this person under the protection of the Great Monster of the Wen Si River... If Martial Saint takes action, they will definitely be captured."

"My true body is currently in seclusion in the ancient battlefield, cultivating my battle intent. It will take some time to break through."

Muzhao suddenly waved his hand, dispersing the dust, and said coldly, "If one cultivates without cultivating one's character, they will become a Demonic Cultivator!"

"I have ordered the Martial Saint Pavilion that from today onwards, this person is an enemy of the Martial Saint Pavilion. All righteous cultivators in the world can kill them. A reward will be issued. When you see them—"

"Kill without mercy!"

(End of this chapter)