Ecstatic Surprise and Astonishment

Blood Brow placed Jiang Chang at the center of the Baleful Qi Gathering Formation, then removed her crimson gown and changed into a fitted black outfit, draping a loose cloak over it.

The cloak was a concealment artifact that completely masked her aura.

Blood Brow followed the vertical shaft down to the corpse pit, then used the cover of night to weave through the secluded forests of the Nine Palaces Sect.

Blood Brow had planned to flee the Nine Palaces Sect for many years. She had long since mapped out her escape route.

The journey went exceptionally smoothly.

In less than a hundred breaths, she arrived at the mountain gate.

Outside the gate, four Foundation Establishment Cultivators and a hundred Qi Refinement Cultivators stood guard.

Tai He did not restrict Blood Brow's movements within the sect, but he did not allow her to leave the mountain gate lightly. Thus, she did not possess even the passage token issued to outer sect disciples.

But this did not trouble Blood Brow.

Her expression calm, she flew unhurriedly toward the mountain gate.

Blood Brow stopped a hundred zhang from the gate, her gaze settling on a Foundation Establishment Peak guard.

This man was the strongest among the guards. One look was enough to tell that he was their leader.

Her arrival also caught the guards' attention.

The four Foundation Establishment guards looked through the formation barrier at Blood Brow standing in the night. The other Qi Refinement guards were too weak to notice her appearance.

Blood Brow beckoned to the guard leader.

The guard leader activated his identity token, passed through the formation barrier before the mountain gate, and walked toward Blood Brow.

Because the cloak concealed Blood Brow's aura and face, the guard leader did not recognize her until he stood before