Everywhere, Killing Intent Lurked

The sword cultivators of the Yin Guan lineage were all indisputable cultivation geniuses, peerless darlings of heaven. If their realms were temporarily low, there was only one reason: they were young.

Thus, they were naturally no strangers to Yin God Departures and distant travels. Yet a third-realm Qi cultivator sending his Yin God away was rare enough. To remain outside the body for so long within the Sword Qi Great Wall, traveling through this world brimming with Sword Qi without leaving the slightest trace, was stranger still.

But when such strange things happened to Chen Ping'an, the sword cultivators, Mi Yu included, could not even be bothered to investigate them.

Lu Zhi, however, saw more. She directly asked through a mind-to-mind message, "Chen Ping'an, when you lured Yang Zhi and Huang Luan into making their move earlier, had you intended from the very beginning to let them succeed?"

Chen Ping'an circled and marked passages in the Bing-volume booklet, helping Wang Xinshui select twenty Earth Immortal sword cultivators from their side. At the same time, he answered Lu Zhi through ripples of thought. "When ordinary fishing bait enters the water and draws in a great fish, even if that fish is ultimately dragged ashore, can that tiny bit of bait remain? You said it yourself: old beasts who have lived to Yang Zhi's age would not be foolish. Naturally, I had to be the first to use methods that obstructed their retreat. Otherwise, our Sword Immortals' encirclement would not be secure."

Lu Zhi frowned. "Once your Yin God collapses, the root of your Great Dao will be damaged. As the Yin Guan, why go this far?"

Chen Ping'an smiled. "Trading a third-realm cultivator's Yin God for one or two Ascension Realm Peak Great Demons of the Savage World is a very