The Road Allows No Turning Back
The path that Heyin cultivated was the Xun Wind. The Xun Wind is the spring breeze, which is all-pervasive and adept at escaping and passing through.
But Yang Nan, who was behind him, cultivated the Subterranean Water Path. Water Subterranean Water is the way of earth water, flowing silently and unmoved by wind or lightning. He was also a master of escaping and pursuing, and his relentless pursuit made it impossible for Heyin to shake him off.
Seeing Xuanping and Mujian die one after another, Heyin's fear intensified.
The Divine Ability he cultivated was called "Entering the Obscure Depths," Body Divine Ability of the Xun Wind sect. It allowed him to traverse the Great Void, escape, and travel, which was his most prized skill.
However, Yang Nan's Subterranean Water Body Divine Ability, "Subterranean Dark Passage," was like an underground river surging forward, its speed in no way inferior. Moreover, the opponent was not in a hurry to escape, and even used Law Technique to hinder him from time to time.
Now, all he wants to do is escape.
What made him even more uneasy was Su Yao. Although the rosy light was fast, it might not be able to catch up with his all-out escape. But the Jade Void Secret Technique, with its Golden Light Across the Land, was truly unpredictable and impossible to defend against.
He had just exhausted all his strength to escape a thousand miles away, and before he could even catch his breath, a flash of golden light appeared before his eyes, and Su Yao was already right in front of him.
Vermilion Brightness Sword down, the Sword Intent carrying the heat of summer, sweeping towards them!
Seeing this, Heyin flipped his hand and took out a green bead. With a hand Method Formula, the bead hummed, and gusts of Xun Wind wind blades, sharp as scissors, which slashed towards Su Yao.
Su Yao simply waved his hand, and the Sword Intent on the Vermilion Brightness Sword rose again. The scorching Sword Qi swept across, cutting the incoming Xun Wind in mid-air, dissipating without a trace.
Not far away, a dark shadow silently appeared; Yang Nan had seized the opportunity to block his retreat.
Immediately afterwards, trees suddenly sprouted all around, with trees bearing human faces rising from the ground and surrounding the three of them.
Amidst the swaying shadows of the trees, a burly man wielding a spiked club emerged from the air. His Kuiwu figure and commanding presence were none other than Ni Polu.
Heyin looked around; his escape route was cut off, and there was no help at all. His face turned ashen in an instant, and his resentful gaze fell on Yang Nan and Ni Polu.
"Ni Polu, Yang Nan! You and Li Chaoxue joined forces with outsiders to kill our Nanzhao comrades. Have you ever thought about how you will have the face to stand here afterward?!"
Su Yao remained silent upon hearing this, his expression indifferent. He merely cast a faint glance at Yang Nan and Ni Polu, as if awaiting their response.
Ni Polu immediately spat and cursed:
"Now you remember we're fellow Daoists of Nanzhao? Back when the Lake God of Cibi Lake joined forces with Kuiwu to take my and Chaoxue's lives, where were you Heyin? When Chaoxue and I passed through your territory, you all avoided us like the plague, as if you wanted to write 'unrelated' on your faces! You stood by and watched coldly as outsiders slaughtered us without saying a word. Today, don't mention the word 'fellow Daoists' again!"
Heyin was speechless after being silenced by his words, his expression changing several times, and he could only turn his gaze to Yang Nan.
Yang Nan met the resentful gaze, her brows furrowed slightly, and she sighed softly in her heart.
After a moment of silence, he finally spoke:
"Fellow Daoist, having already taken that step, you should have anticipated today's consequences."
He met Heyin's resentful gaze without flinching, and continued speaking:
"I chose this path myself. Once I've chosen it, even if there's a precipice ahead, there's no turning back. I, Yang, have made my choice today, and even if I die and my clan is wiped out one day, I will have no regrets."
After saying this, Heyin sighed deeply and remained silent.
Beside him, Su Yao's eyes flickered, and he gave Yang Nan a meaningful look.
These words were unexpected for him, after all, Su Yao had not previously perceived True Person Su Yao as having such a straightforward personality.
So he looked away and said:
"Fellow Daoist Yang, Fellow Daoist Ni, I trouble you two to go and assist Chaoxue in keeping an eye on that magistrate."
Ni Polu immediately asked:
"Does the abbot truly not need our assistance?"
Su Yao shook his head, his tone indifferent, yet revealing undisguised contempt:
"Killing him is enough for me, Su."
Seeing that the two did not move, Su Yao said again:
"You two are, after all, from Nanzhao, so it's not good to let your hands be stained with blood."
After saying this, Yang Nan and Ni Polu said no more and turned to flee towards where Zheng Qingci and Li Chaoxue were.
This was the moment that Heyin had been waiting for.
The moment the two figures moved, he transformed into a Xun Wind and vanished into the distance.
Seeing this, Su Yao smiled slightly and didn't rush to chase after them.
After the Heyin for a thousand miles, he Golden Light Across the Land, and in a flash, he caught up with it.
This happened repeatedly, like a cat playing with a mouse, neither too fast nor too slow.
Now he is Purple Mansion True Person, and his Law Power is more than a thousand times greater than when he was in the Foundation Establishment stage.
In the Purple Mansion Realm, the recovery of Law Power is only a matter of moments. With the third talisman "Drinking from the Marsh and Bearing the Abyss" in place, there is almost no risk of exhausting Law Power.
The cultivation Cultivation Method practiced by Xuanping, Mujian, Heyin were mostly only of the fourth or fifth rank, and their Divine Ability powers were far inferior to the high-rank techniques he cultivated.
The Law Technique cast by Mujian and Xuanping earlier were only at the level of fourth or fifth grade Cultivation Method. Heyin was slightly better, but even he was only at the sixth grade at most.
Su Yao could easily cast a Law Technique that started at the sixth rank, with the seventh and eighth ranks being commonplace.
In terms of Law Treasure, the difference is even more stark.
Of the three, only the bead in Heyin's hand could be considered a Spirit Treasure; the rest were all Spirit Artifact. Su Yao's Vermilion Brightness Sword was a top-tier killing Spirit Treasure sword; he also possessed two Spirit Treasure -level magic swords, Zhengji and Autumn Steed. Not to mention the Spirit Artifact and Spirit Treasure Hu Bugui had given him, there was also the Nine Heavens Auspicious Cloud Banner, the Great Yin Feather Robe he wore close to his body, and the Transforming Azure Bracelet on his wrist—each of these was a top-tier Spirit Treasure, far surpassing the bead in the other's hand.
After Heyin once again managed to escape, Su Yao stopped playing games.
The Transforming Azure Bracelet on his wrist shimmered with layers of azure light. Within the radiance, a phantom of an azure crane flapped its wings and emerged, its sharp claws seizing Su Yao. With a single flap of its wings, it traversed a thousand miles of void, steadily intercepting the Heyin in front of him.
Heyin abruptly stopped, his gaze falling on the blue bracelet on Su Yao's wrist. His pupils contracted sharply, and he asked in a low voice:
"The Spirit Treasure of the Qingxuan sect?"
Su Yao nodded slightly:
"You do have some knowledge."
Before he could finish speaking, he added:
"Considering your family's past ties with the Mountain God of Cang Mountain, commit suicide. If you do, I will not trouble your descendants."
He paused, recalling the request and gifts from the Mountain God of Cang Mountain a day earlier, and a deeper, more enigmatic meaning crept into his tone:
"Perhaps if you die today, in the great calamity of tomorrow, your family line will be able to survive. Who knows?"
Upon hearing this, Heyin was deeply shaken.
Although he was unaware of the details, in a flash, many doubts arose in his mind.
He had heard of Su Yao before and had studied him in detail. Su Yao was a man of principle, clear about right and wrong, and was by no means a ruthless killer. Although he had slaughtered the entire Lu Household of cultivators before, it was because the other party had offended him first, and there was a reason for it.
The three of them had only exchanged a few guesses in the Great Void earlier; why should they risk their lives for it?
Moreover, the mountain god himself said that day, "Two out of three will survive."