"Whew!" Li Xiaoya inwardly breathed a sigh of relief. If Mu Qilong truly harbored ill intentions, his chances of survival would have been slim indeed. He had forced himself to stand through sheer physical strength. His years of training in Spiritlight Lake had made his body far tougher than that of an ordinary cultivator.
"Nephew Ping! Are you all right?" Mu Qilong asked, looking deeply embarrassed as he helped Mu Dingping up. Only moments ago, he had been ready to abandon both of them and flee, regardless of the consequences.
"Yes! I'm fine! I just used up too much magic power! I'll recover in a while!" Mu Dingping managed a smile, apparently not taking it to heart.
"We mustn't delay! Let's get inside!" With that, Mu Qilong hoisted him onto his back, raced toward the opening in the yellow light curtain, and leaped through.
Li Xiaoya barely managed to jump through after them.
Shortly after Li Xiaoya and the others entered, a streak of light flew in from the horizon, reaching the now-closed yellow light curtain in the blink of an eye. A figure emerged from the light-it was Liu Yulan.
"Tsk! Why did he go into Thousand Leaves Valley? How did he get inside? Without several Nascent Soul Realm cultivators setting up a formation, opening these restrictions should be impossible!" Liu Yulan said with a frown.
Seeing the bodies strewn haphazardly across the ground and the devastation left by the fierce battle, she had a sudden thought and descended. Whatever the case, she would investigate first.
Li Xiaoya sat cross-legged inside a tree hollow, slowly circulating the Divine Flame Art to repair his damaged meridians and replenish his magic power.
Upon entering Thousand Leaves Valley, Li Xiaoya had been astounded by the sight of ancient trees towering a hundred