The nine Mahayana cultivators watched Yunxi throw a completely nonlethal punch, and instinctively dodged. They had not even prepared to receive the attack, yet that soft, powerless fist actually tore through the void, suppressing them so thoroughly that they could not fight back.
The old woman was the first to warn them:
"Retreat!"
The remaining eight flashed backward the instant they heard the warning, swiftly leaving the red-robed female immortal's attack range. By the time the nine had steadied themselves and looked up, she had already vanished.
"She got away!"
"Who exactly is she? There wasn't even a trace of spiritual power infused into that attack, yet she forcibly drove all of us back."
"She used the power of laws. Didn't you notice? Every movement she made contained Dao charm. Otherwise, how could she have so easily broken free of the joint encirclement of the nine of us?"
The bearded man suddenly cut in:
"Can she really help us open the ascension passage?"
The moment those words were spoken, everyone fell silent. After a long while, a gentle-looking female cultivator finally said:
"I do not know whether she is willing to help us, but our method of surrounding her clearly displeased her. The fact that she did not seriously injure us and merely feinted before escaping already showed us considerable courtesy."
"What do we do next?"
"What else can we do? Find her first!"
"Exactly. The Yuntian Realm is only so large. With the strength of the divine sense of the nine of us, if each person searches one direction, we should soon have some leads."
"You're right. But if we encounter that immortal maiden again, we should be more polite and lower our stance. At the very least, we must keep her from leaving."
"Alright!"
This time, the refined