This was the Mystic Pill Sect's death tribulation.
Not counting Huo Ming, four of the Mystic Pill Sect's original nine Supreme Elders had already fallen: Fu Canghai, Fu Xuanxu, Su Changkong, and Jiang Zhan.
Su Changkong had been killed at Hanyang Mountain in Taibai Commandery. Jiang Zhan had died in battle several months ago. And this time, in the Mystic Pill Sect's desperate struggle for survival, Fu Canghai and Fu Xuanxu had also fallen in battle.
When Han Yi heard all this gathered news, he fell silent.
This was the cultivation world—the cruel cultivation world.
Among the Supreme Elders who had died in battle, he had been closest to Fu Canghai. Back outside South Huai City, when he encountered Gu Zhijing, it had been Fu Canghai who intervened. Later, Fu Canghai had even given him a set of daggers—the Heavenly Capital Daggers.
Han Yi had also had the closest ties with the Nine Dragon Shop.
He had never expected Fu Canghai to perish in this calamity as well.
A shadow fell over Han Yi's heart.
Even nearly half the Golden Core Stage cultivators had fallen. As for Foundation Establishment cultivators, there was no need to even mention them.
"Junior Brother Han, how are your injuries?"
A voice pulled Han Yi back from his tangled thoughts. He looked up and saw An Xin.
This senior brother, once the Azure Dragon Peak's second-ranked disciple on the Earth Ranking, had completed his Foundation Establishment after returning from the Cave Heaven Trial and become an elder of Azure Dragon Peak.
During today's slaughter, Han Yi had seen him fall into danger and had wanted to help, only to be targeted by Yu Ming of the Heavenly Soul Sect. Later, however, an elder who had freed up his hands joined An Xin's battle, and together