"Rumble..."
Old Man Lu rode the Singing Snake, fleeing toward the Peach Blossom Garden's border at full speed, shaking the earth with thunderous force as he tried to escape back to the Ancient Chu Kingdom.
"This wisp of flame is extraordinary. I'll put it away first."
With time pressing, Chen Xuan immediately wrapped it in Five Elements Qi and collected it. He then stripped the soft armor from Cui Laoqi's body. Its material was extraordinary, so he stored it in his pack as well.
He swiftly cleaned up the battlefield, informed Yan Yushu of his location, and immediately set off in pursuit of Old Man Lu.
By now, cultivators within a dozen or so miles had all been alarmed. They stared blankly at the figures of Old Man Lu and the Singing Snake fleeing along the horizon.
"What happened? Why was the Lu Family's great cultivator fleeing in terror?"
Some cultivators who had been forced to search for traces of Chen Xuan stood there dumbfounded. "Wasn't he trying to seize the Ancient Lie Immortal Relic from that young man?"
Then everyone was stunned. The Lu Family cultivators who had been driving them forward scattered in a panic and fled as well.
"Lord Lu has run off! We're running too!" The Lu Family members were extremely vigilant and treasured their lives dearly. Following the clan elders was never wrong.
On the other side, the Cui Family members behaved in the exact opposite manner.
Chen Xuan had defeated Cui Laoqi in a mere dozen breaths. They had only seen the enormous Lei Bird carrying its fury as it swooped toward the earth. Since they could not fly, they had no idea what had actually happened.
"Kill! Give Laoqi a hand!" the middle-aged and elderly cultivators of the Cui Family roared as they