"Can you compare yourself to Senior Brother Xiao? Senior Brother Xiao followed Senior Brother Li and defeated over ten thousand sword cultivators! Of course he went out for our sake. Jiang is completely at ease!" the Changbai Sect disciple answered without hesitation.
"Exactly. Any disciple who wants to leave must first swear a blood oath!" The disciples came to their senses and all spoke up.
"All... right!" The Qingfeng Valley disciple was quite decisive. After swearing a blood oath, he hurried out.
Immediately afterward, another dozen or so disciples left—some from Qingfeng Valley, some from the Joyful Sect. Yet not a single Changbai Sect disciple departed!
Leaving aside the purposes of the other disciples, Xiao Hua emerged from the karst cave without circulating his magic power. Instead, he used Misty Steps. Though he was not as fast as with the Flying Technique, he was still far swifter than an ordinary person, drifting out along the cave like a wisp of smoke. After several breaths, Xiao Hua checked his true essence slightly and found that it had indeed been depleted somewhat, though far less than when using the Flying Technique.
"Hmm, it seems the azure substance within this Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi truly is not as simple as imagined. If enough of it accumulated inside the body over time, then even the slightest movement would consume true essence, wouldn't it?" Xiao Hua thought. His pace slowed again as he walked slowly and released his divine sense.
Fortunately, there was nothing unusual about his divine sense. It could even extend a little farther.
At this moment, the karst cave was deathly silent. Only Xiao Hua's footsteps echoed; there was not another person in sight. Presumably, the other cultivators had the same idea as Xiao Hua and the rest.
"This place will