Yu Ci had already returned to Huayan City.
He had no choice but to return. Of the three—Cai Xuan, Zhao Fang, and Zou Bo—only Zhao Fang was the least injured and, after resting, still retained seventy or eighty percent of his combat strength. By contrast, Cai Xuan had been beaten like a tattered sack by a Heaven Seizing Sect expert while covering his companions' retreat. Even with the Haoran Sect's superior cultivation arts, such injuries could not be healed in ten days or half a month. Then there was Zou Bo, who had not only suffered grave wounds, but also lost the spirit beast he had raised in the battle. His vitality had been severely depleted.
If these three wounded men were not sent back quickly, then in the chaotic Graveyard of Grudges, they would only become dishes on the plates of vicious men and ghosts, meals in the mouths of evil spirits and savage beasts. Since Yu Ci had saved them, there was no reason for him to give up halfway.
There had been no twists or turns on the journey back. Traveling at full speed, they entered Huayan City's territory in a little over a day. Members of the Cai clan had received word long ago and come to meet them. Their voices rang with relief; there was no need to say more.
Amid the Cai family's countless thanks, Yu Ci also stayed behind for the time being, intending to nurse his injured leg before anything else.
At this moment, he lay half-reclined on a bed in a lavishly decorated chamber, pinching the metal moth between his fingers as he stared blankly at the thin layer of flowing light upon it.
The changes in the Life Extension and Calamity Averting Star Spell had occurred after he used a