That streak of blood-red light actually carried nine-colored hues within it. At a glance, it was clear that some secret escape technique that burned essence blood had been used.
The blood-red light flew before a cave dwelling.
"Qi'er, open the door!"
Qi Yue'e's face was deathly pale, and her skin bore a faint bluish tint. Though her body swayed on the verge of collapse, she still gathered all her strength and cried out toward Yun Xueqi's cave dwelling.
Yun Xueqi, who had been cultivating, was startled awake by the voice.
With a sweep of her divine sense, she immediately realized something was wrong. Her mother was in a terrible state, seemingly poisoned.
"Mother, what happened to you?"
Yun Xueqi immediately opened the formation, flew out, and caught Qi Yue'e.
"We'll talk inside."
Qi Yue'e spoke quickly.
Yun Xueqi also realized that something was terribly wrong and hurriedly helped Qi Yue'e into the cave dwelling.
The grand formation began operating again.
The moment Qi Yue'e sat down, she immediately took out a nine-colored pearl from her Storage Ring.
The instant Yun Xueqi saw her mother take out the Nine-Colored Cloud Jade Pearl, the most important treasure of their clan, her face turned pale.
The Nine-Colored Cloud Jade Pearl had always been under the care of Yun Kui, ancestor of the Yun Clan. Yet now, her mother had carried it across countless miles to Immortal Taming City—
Something catastrophic must have happened to the Yun Clan.
"Mother, what happened? Who attacked my Yun Clan?" Yun Xueqi asked in a trembling voice.
"It was the Yue Clan."
Qi Yue'e's mind was somewhat muddled, and her speech was slurred, yet she still controlled her body through sheer force of will and gritted out, "They had a hidden agent in our Yun Clan and planted