Lin Bai gazed at the Spirit Awakening Grass for a long while inside the mountain.
Zhuo Lian said, "Junior Brother Dongfang, what do we do now?"
Lin Bai chuckled softly. "Cultivate, then wait for the Demon Race to come and seize the Spirit Awakening Grass!"
"What? Wait for them to come and seize it?" Jing Shu and Zhuo Lian asked in horror.
Lin Bai smiled. "Let's go. We'll go outside and take a look at those Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples who haven't left yet. We should give them a reassurance."
Zhuo Lian and Jing Shu accompanied Lin Bai out of the mountain.
At that moment, outside the cave, the more than seventy Reaching Heaven Sword Sect disciples who had remained behind wore blank, dazed expressions. In this unfamiliar kingdom, they had no idea how they could survive.
Lin Bai, Jing Shu, and Zhuo Lian walked out and looked at the confusion on the disciples' faces.
Lin Bai took a deep breath and said, "Senior Brothers and Sisters, please hear me out. Since you chose not to leave with Lu Kang, then guard the cave properly for now."
"This isn't the time for us to lose heart. We should cultivate diligently and improve our cultivation so that we can find a way to leave the Han Hai Demon Kingdom and return to the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect!"
Lin Bai spoke indifferently.
Yet these few words did not seem to attract much of the disciples' attention.
Some disciples even laughed disdainfully when they heard Lin Bai. "We can't return. This is the Han Hai Demon Kingdom, separated from the Litian Dynasty by vast mountains and endless waters. Our strength is low. Forget returning to the Litian Dynasty—even leaving this territory of the Demon Race will be difficult!"
Hearing this disciple's words,