At another location in the Graveyard of Grudges, a group had halted. Zhai Que'er stood at their head, gazing toward the forest in the distance, where the encircling search was rapidly tightening. Her pale-purple lips pressed together slightly, her eyes unfocused, no one knowing what she was thinking.
That day, Xin Yi had come and blasted them out with a few punches and kicks. Neither the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect nor Longevity True Man had been of any use. After leaving the secret mansion, they had been blocked again by cultivators from various sects led by Duanyang True Man and Yang Zhu, forcing them to withdraw from the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion in frustration and wander the outskirts until today.
During that time, Xin Yi had used talismanic restrictions to lock down the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion and prevent it from moving. Alone, he had entered the Mystic Talisman Spirit Sealing Divine Ability Forbidden Zone, intending to remove the forbidden zone's core and leave the secret mansion wholly undefended. Afterward, the treasures within would naturally be divided among the cultivators of the various sects.
In response, Zhai Que'er and the others had adopted an even more ruthless measure.
The earthquake had already lasted nearly half a quarter-hour, with no sign of stopping. Its effects stretched across a thousand, even ten thousand miles, displaying the Demonic Sect's exquisitely vicious methods.
If the earth veins were a river, then the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion was a boat upon it, forever drifting downstream. Only, Xin Yi had placed talismanic restrictions upon it some days ago, equivalent to dropping an anchor and preventing it from moving onward. What the Eastern Branch of the Demonic Sect did today was tamper with the "riverbed," disrupt the natural order of the earth energy, pry loose