It was a wise choice to flee in all directions when pursued by cultivators who were faster than you. That was especially true when facing Ling Tian's team; it had been proven time and again. With the Beast Taming Cultivators so powerful and Chi Xue's group lurking nearby, Ling Tian and the others were even less likely to split up and give chase.
Chi Xue and the others would have been delighted if Ling Tian's group had split up to pursue them. That would have given them a chance to kill or capture some of Ling Tian's people. It would be difficult to trade those captives for Phoenix Soul Fruits, but they could still search their souls and obtain the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique. At the very least, they could control the captives and use them against Ling Tian's group—for instance, by making them charge at Ling Tian and the others and self-destruct.
Although Chi Xue and his people couldn't cultivate the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique, they had plenty of disciples who could. Cultivating this secret technique and breaking through to the Quasi-Sage level would make those disciples formidable, greatly strengthening the alliance Chi Xue and the others belonged to.
Chi Xue and his people also knew that the battle against Ling Tian's side would drag on for a long time. The younger cultivators who eventually reached the Quasi-Sage level would be a great help, at the very least boosting their overall strength. The Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique would make those juniors even more powerful, which meant their overall strength would rise considerably.
Hearing this, Shi Lin, Shi Xiu, and the others nodded. If Ling Tian's group sent out teams of only a dozen or so people, they would have a good chance of capturing one or two. After all,