Fortunately, their main purpose in leaving the sect this time had been to temper themselves, so everyone had brought ample spirit stones and pills.
They had also replenished their supplies with quite a few spirit stones and pills taken from enemy corpses and cultivators who had fallen on their own side.
"This region is vast. With all this wind and sand, finding us has become much harder for them, but our casualties have been heavy too!"
Gong Chenying spoke.
"The wind and sand here drain both magical power and Divine Sense terribly. I suggest we pick a direction other than Yellow Springs City and keep moving that way.
"That way, we can avoid the powerful ghost cultivators while trying to find a suitable place to settle, rather than wasting time going in circles.
"Although we still have ample spirit stones and pills, even staying here without moving consumes them every day."
A heavily bearded Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator from the Life Extinction Sect offered this suggestion, concern written across his face.
They could not keep fighting running battles here forever. Over the past few days, another five cultivators from the two sects had fallen, and several more had suffered severe injuries.
And that was despite their swift retreat deeper into this dangerous region, fighting skirmishes with their pursuers as they withdrew.
His words left everyone there silent for a time. They had hoped to hold out until Li Yan came to rescue them, but a month or two had passed without the slightest sign of him.
It was not that they did not hope their sects would send help. But they had captured several ghost cultivators and performed a Soul Search, learning that there was no route out of this region except through Yellow Springs City.
Thus, quite apart