Several days slipped by in the blink of an eye.
Golden Autumn Monk and Jiang Ruoyan returned to Lin Ke's side, one after the other.
Lin Ke immediately recalled Jiang Ruoyan into the Windglow Spirit Dragon Saber, while Golden Autumn Monk dropped to his knees with a thud.
"Master? Why have you only fled a few dozen li?"
"At this rate, that fiend will surely catch up very soon."
"Alas... our incompetence has reduced you to this, Master."
"I'll go back and fight that fiend again. Hurry and flee, Master."
Lin Ke immediately stopped him. "No, no, no. Don't be hasty, Senior."
"I must tell you this with a heavy heart."
"The other cultivators of the Golden Autumn Garden have voluntarily offered their Lifespan Power to Lu Yuanchun."
"They did it so Lu Yuanchun could break through to the Fusion Realm and help us escape."
Golden Autumn Monk faltered slightly at that. "Well, alas."
"Very well, very well. Those white souls of my Golden Autumn Garden all cling to life and fear death. I never imagined they would show such wisdom when faced with a matter of right and wrong."
"Good. At least they died a worthy death."
Lin Ke did not dare agree. He feared those white souls might come looking for him someday while he was meditating. It would be bad if they visited his dreams or something.
But these were exceptional circumstances, and he had had no choice. For the greater good, he could only sacrifice the white souls' interests.
Whoom...
The sound of the Domain Spirit's space shaking rang out inside the cavern.
Clearly, just as Golden Autumn Monk had said, True Person Hanjiang had caught up.
The moment he stepped into the cavern, he detected a small illusory realm.
He stepped inside with something close