Is this a threat telling them to obey, or is he egging them on to cause trouble?
Until Yu Ci left the flying boat and entered the depths of the earth where the vital Qi surged, he kept mulling over the master of Sunken Sword Cave's contradictory and absurd words and actions.
The Manifestation Flying Boat had already been put away by the master of Sunken Sword Cave. At this moment, they were all deep within the thick strata of earth, using evasion techniques to break through the mixed Qi of the Five Elements to sustain their vitality. The Five Elements Evasion Techniques were the most basic spells, but it took reaching the Returning Pill realm for them to have practical utility. Everyone present had no need to worry about this for the moment, and even Yu Ci, after adapting for a short while, found that employing the Earth Evasion Technique was much easier than before.
The master of Sunken Sword Cave was still nowhere to be seen. Regarding this, Tie Lan's explanation at the very front of the procession was that the seals of the Sword Immortal Secret Realm and the Sword Garden were actually one, naturally repelling all cultivators above the Returning Pill realm. If the master of Sunken Sword Cave revealed his form, it would surely trigger the seal's full-strength counterattack, harming others and himself alike. Thus, he concealed his aura with a secret technique and hid among the crowd, which could keep him safe for the time being.
This was precisely one of the functions of Yu Ci and the others: cannon fodder.
After the Pan Huang Three Swords were cleared out, only ten people remained on this side. Glancing to the side again, Wen Shifei and those two from the Light Demon Sect were still