At this moment, all thirty-eight of them looked at him with eager eyes. At first glance, Yu Ci might have thought himself greatly beloved, but the information conveyed through the Black Forest cultivation method made him realize that it was best not to flatter himself too much.
He said no more. He again raised the Talisman Diagram, linking the auras of all thirty-eight people together as they fled outward through the air. Duanmu Senqiu repeatedly signaled to him with his eyes and even reminded him through telepathy, yet Yu Ci remained unmoved.
They flew several hundred miles before stopping at what could roughly be considered a safe location. By then, the void tide had weakened further; even ordinary Void Stepping cultivators could handle it. He put away the Talisman Diagram, severed the mental connections among the cultivators, and said with a smile:
"After seeing one off for a thousand miles, one must eventually part. I know that I will become entangled with the likes of Liu Guan, and I would not wish to delay you all. Thus, we shall part here..."
Before he could finish, Duanmu Senqiu shouted, "Why would Master Jiu Yan say such a thing? If not for your wondrous command, how many among these people could have survived until now? Gather when it is safe, leave when it is not—does such a good deal exist anywhere under heaven?"
Golden Cauldron True Man also said, "That madman Liu Guan clearly wants us to serve as bait. The more scattered we are, the happier he will be. In truth, with the abilities of Master Jiu Yan and Lord Five, so long as we do not encounter a Blade Ant military formation, what would even an assault by a hundred thousand heavenly demons amount to? The remaining dependents, Outer Dao,