Thinking of the information they had obtained by soul-searching ghost cultivators, they knew how difficult escaping that place had been, even with Li Yan's cultivation.
At this moment, their gratitude toward Li Yan was entirely sincere. They willingly offered him this profound bow, with no regard for the disparity in their ranks.
Seeing this, the Wangliang Sect cultivators also bowed deeply. Elder Li belonged to their sect, and protecting them on this expedition had been his duty.
But the debt of having their lives saved, of returning alive to the Yang Realm, was something real and undeniable.
Zhao Min and the other three also bowed to Li Yan. Even though her identity had been exposed, Zhao Min still did not want to attract too much attention.
If everyone else bowed while only she and Li Yan remained standing, it would naturally be most inappropriate.
Li Yan gently swept his hand, releasing a soft force that immediately lifted everyone upright. At this point, however, he still did not know that everyone had learned Zhao Min's identity.
Looking at the fifty-odd cultivators remaining below, Li Yan could not help sighing inwardly. These were all the cultivators who had survived this expedition.
While inside Tuban, the injured cultivators had all been brought out to receive treatment. Apart from those from both sects who had died during the initial training in the Ghost Domain, there had been further losses.
Many more had ultimately died outside Yellow Springs City, accounting for nearly half their number. Among the survivors before him, the Life Extinction Sect had even fewer cultivators than the Wangliang Sect—only eighteen.
This showed that when they were not fighting cultivators but facing extremely harsh conditions, the Wangliang Sect's greater variety of methods gave them a considerably better chance of survival.
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