Withdrawing as the Curtain Falls!

Bai Xiao looked down.

The clenched fist loosened and clenched again, then loosened again...

As Dao Foundation Realm cultivator, he had many things to consider. Just as Liu Zhen said, if he were pushed too far, the Qi Condensation cultivators below would likely face a near-certain death.

For the entire Da Zhou nation, the deaths of hundreds or even thousands of Qi Condensation cultivators, while somewhat painful, are far from causing fundamental damage...

But for the Yangzhou Dao Soldiers, and for the Yan Miao Bai Clan...

Of the Qi Condensation cultivators who come here, 70% are from Yangzhou and the Bai Clan!

If too many people die...

It's feared that the entire Yangzhou and the Bai Clan would face a shortage of successors, or even a complete extinction of their lineage. This is clearly digging their own grave...

Any power that wants to survive for a long time...

The next generation is always the most important, Bai Xiao certainly wouldn't dare gamble with an entire generation!

"Alright, I agree."

"You can take the people with you, but the legacy must remain!"

Upon hearing this—

Seeing that Bai Xiao had relented, Liu Zhen felt a huge weight lifted from his heart. He was really afraid that Bai Xiao, that stubborn mule, would stick to his guns!

However, on the surface, Liu Zhen still had a gloomy expression and said:

"Bai Xiao, may I interpret this as a threat?"

If I say no...

"Do we really have to fight today?"

Seeing Liu Zhen's murderous expression, Bai Xiao simply threw a piece of Jade Stone over to him.

"A Third-Tier Wisdom King Jade Heart, containing a Dao Rhyme Resurrection, is the bottom line for the Bai Clan in exchange..."

Liu Zhen took the jade heart, glanced at it briefly, and his expression changed instantly, as if he were turning the pages of a book, he was laughing with unparalleled joy!

Then, a Jade Slip was handed to Bai Xiao...

"Fellow Daoist Bai, see for yourself."

"This contains records of a Third-Tier- tier Cultivation Method, a set of Third-Tier talisman inheritances, and nine Second-Tier inheritances of various arts and crafts..."

"In addition, I have some miscellaneous thoughts, which I will also give to you, fellow Daoist!"

Having said that--

Liu Zhen then summoned a flying boat, a hundred feet long, which resembled a giant beast lurking in the sky, spanning the heavens...

"Board!"

With the blessing of Spiritual Power, Liu Zhen's voice resounded throughout the entire battlefield!

Subsequently, two or three hundred figures repelled their opponents and fled in panic. This great battle wiped out an entire generation of the Flower Willow Courtyard...

Before the war, the Flower Willow Courtyard could mobilize over a thousand Qi Condensation cultivators, but since the complete collapse, it has lost nearly half of its cultivators.

In the subsequent battle, over three hundred more Qi Condensation Realm warriors were lost...

These are the only ones left.

They were all core disciples of the Flower Willow Courtyard, or senior figures with profound cultivation. This battle depleted half of the Flower Willow Courtyard's resources.

But if it could allow me to extricate myself and get away from this mess...

Liu Zhen felt it was worthwhile. The things left by our ancestors are based on people. First, people must survive, and then we can continue and pass them on to the greatest extent possible!

What use is a legacy if people are dead?

The essence of inheritance is passing it down; only then can it truly be considered inheritance. If it cannot be passed down, wouldn't we be even more ashamed before our ancestors...?

Waiting for all cultivators to gather--

Liu Zhen then gathered another group of highly talented True Martial disciples, followed by the friends and relatives of the cultivators...

It's a pity that the aged figure and the boy standing with his gun are missing.

"Senior Heding..."

"Hao'er..."

"Hehe, everyone has their own destiny, it's all fate!"

Liu Zhen sighed. His once respected teachers were gone, and his most valued junior, a prodigy who had reached the Qi Condensation stage before the Qi Condensation of twenty and comprehended the Dao Rhyme at the age of fifty...

They too perished in this battle!

"Walk!"

"Having shed the old shackles, I finally understand my true self!"

"The Flower Willow Courtyard will stand tall in the world, and the new Flower Willow Courtyard will surely surpass the past. Without destruction, there can be no construction; destruction precedes construction!"

As Liu Zhen chanted joyfully, the enormous flying ship sped away towards the eastern sea...

As for the disciples of the Flower Willow Courtyard were unable to be taken away...

They were thus reduced to expendable pawns; whether they survived depended entirely on their fate. Liu Zhen, of course, wished he could take them all with him...

But everything comes at a price, and these lower-ranking disciples...

They were sacrifices, used to feed the hawks and hounds of the Da Zhou, and were eventually buried along with the former site of the Flower Willow Courtyard in the long river of history.

"Good!"

"Seven Third-Tier Spirit Plant, twenty-eight kinds of Second-Tier Spirit Plant, countless First-Tier Spirit Plant, and a considerable amount of high-grade spiritual soil..."

"We can go back and strengthen the Twenty-Four Peaks and Muxuan Mountain, especially the high-grade spiritual soil, which can enhance the Earth Dao energy!"

"It helps revitalize the earth's veins and has the effect of automatically regulating them."

"Unfortunately..."

"Flower Willow, Flower Willow Courtyard, the Mystic-Penetrating Willow, was transplanted long ago. Rumor has it that it was a rare willow tree at the Third-Tier Peak rank, about to enter the Fourth-Tier of Spirit Plant..."

"If it advances to the Fourth-Tier and survives the Lightning Tribulation, there is a high chance it will transform into human form!"

"The Bai Clan Ancestor shouldn't be foolish enough to let them go. If you don't nip it in the bud, it will grow back in the spring. What if Fourth-Tier Wood Demon is born in the future..."

"For the entire Da Zhou Dynasty, it's a disaster everywhere."

Qin Lu gazed into the distance, muttering to himself...

The Bai Clan patriarch... surely not...

"Alright, we've almost finished looting the herb garden, next..."

"The treasure vault has probably been taken. Spiritual items are not like Spirit Plant. Spiritual materials and treasures are easy to obtain, but taking Spirit Plant will be much more troublesome."

"There's no need to go to the treasure vault; there's probably nothing there anyway..."

"Places like the Scripture Pavilion are worth checking out. Perhaps the high-level inheritances were taken away, but low- and mid-level inheritances are always backed up."

"They might be able to make another killing!"

Thinking of this, Qin Lu couldn't help but feel delighted. If you were to ask him what the Qin Clan lacked most, it would be direct descendants...

But this is easy to solve; it's just a matter of time.

Secondly, there's the issue of foundation. If the Qin Clan wants to truly rise to power, its foundation in various aspects is still lacking, and the secret treasures and Law Technique it can use are too limited.

Thirdly, there is a lack of high-level inheritance. Although the Qin Clan has shown signs of rising to prominence, Qin Lu clearly understands that without Third-Tier Cultivation Method inheritance...

No matter how powerful the Qin Clan is, they are only at the Qi Condensation stage!

Even if one becomes the overlord of a prefecture, or even a powerful clan spanning several prefectures, they are still only at the Qi Condensation, which is insignificant for Dao Foundation cultivator...

No matter how many Qi Condensation cultivators you have, can you be worth a single finger of Dao Foundation cultivator?

The difference between Dao Foundation and Qi Condensation is like the difference between heaven and earth, a difference in latitude, even greater than the difference between a human and a pig!

It's like True Martial and Qi Condensation, one is a mortal and the other is an immortal.

The differences are like heaven and earth.

Then--

After Qin Lu had gone some distance, several cultivators arrived at the scene shortly afterward...

"Hurry, grab it! The spirit medicine garden is just ahead!"

"This is an ancient medicinal garden that has been cultivated for thousands of years. It probably has quite a few Second-Tier Spirit Plant, not to mention Third-Tier, even the spiritual soil..."

"Those are treasures that have been nurtured for thousands of years!"