In midair, Ye Jingcheng's body abruptly stalled.
Even the Mystic Light Vessel lurched to a halt with him.
A secret art for breaking through to Nascent Soul—even he was tempted by that, considering he was only at the early Golden Core stage.
Though he was cultivating Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng, who would ever complain about having too many secret arts for breaking through to Nascent Soul?
He turned to look at Xu Qiukui. This time, the latter was in an especially miserable state—one arm severed, countless wounds covering his body, soaked in blood. Only his eyes remained unwavering, filled with desperate longing.
Though Ye Jingcheng also doubted whether the matter was true, recalling Xu Qiukui's earlier actions instead made the news seem several degrees more credible.
He suspiciously scanned the surroundings and discovered that only the Mystic Light Vessel he was on, Xu Qiukui's Dragon Envoy Flying Vessel, and the pursuing Ghost Spirit Vessel remained nearby.
There were not even any other Xu Family cultivators aboard the Dragon Envoy Flying Vessel.
Likewise, the Ghost Spirit Vessel strangely held only a cultivator at the peak of mid-stage Golden Core, along with a crowd of Purple Palace and Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Ye Jingcheng immediately understood. Xu Qiukui had likely deceived the others into splitting off to hold back the pursuers, while he himself had fled aboard the Dragon Envoy Flying Vessel.
Otherwise, the pursuers could not possibly consist of only one Golden Core cultivator.
Yet this top-grade Ghost Spirit Vessel was incredibly fast, no slower than the half-crippled Dragon Envoy Flying Vessel. And it remained fixed on Xu Qiukui, which meant that Xu Qiukui truly possessed that Nascent Soul secret art.
"Fellow Daoist Qianchen, help me hold them off for a moment, and I'll share this secret art with you!" Xu Qiukui continued