Gu Yanjin and his group also noticed something was wrong, and Ye Wuxia whispered to Fang Ruotang.
"If the lightning had struck then, I'm afraid none of the people on the field would have been able to escape, including his disciples."
Fang Ruotang's brows furrowed. Considering their speculations, it seemed that everything was probably true.
There's no such thing as "a dying man speaks good words." It's simply a fear that the vessel he's nurtured for so many years will be destroyed, leaving him with no chance of resurrection.
Tsk, what a scourge that lives on for a thousand years.
Fang Ruotang muttered to herself as she continued forward and saw a clear dividing line, as if two areas had been separated.
Just as she had imagined, the area covered by the lightning became a scorched wasteland, barren of everything.
Given its current state, it seems unlikely that anything will be left behind.
Fang Ruotang slumped her shoulders pitifully, thinking dejectedly, "Jin Huaixu's treasures must have all been smashed to pieces, right?"
Gu Yanjin reached out and ruffled Fang Ruotang's hair, saying softly, "A cunning rabbit has three burrows, and he's left several containers. How could he possibly keep all his treasures on his person?"
Fang Ruotang's eyes lit up, and she blinked as she looked at Gu Yanjin.
"Really?"
"real!"
"Great! I'll take all his treasures with me then."
"Okay, I'll help you grab it."
Fang Ruotang was happy, and Gu Yanjin smiled along with her. He just couldn't bear to see her looking dejected and unhappy.
"When it comes to grabbing loot, who here is better than me? Don't worry! I'll definitely help you get it all."
"Okay, okay!"
Fang Ruotang's bright eyes shifted to Huo Zhige.
Gu Yanjin pursed his lips, the warmth of Fang Ruotang's head still lingering on his fingers. He glanced at Huo Zhige with a hidden look, then lowered his eyes and didn't press the matter further.
Fang Ruotang didn't notice Gu Yanjin's disappointment at all, because when Ancestor Yanyun and the others returned, Fang Ruotang immediately waved to them.
"We are here."
"Sect Master, are you alright?"
Old Master Qi Yu suddenly darted out from another direction, looked around nervously, and asked, "Where is my good-for-nothing disciple!"
Fang Ruotang rolled her eyes. "You're only asking now? Who said bringing him here would protect him? Huh? Who was it?!"
Knowing he was in the wrong, Qi Yu said awkwardly, "Didn't you send him into the secret realm?"
Fang Ruotang gave a haughty snort, which was considered as her forgiveness of Ancestor Qi Yu.
It wasn't that he was just watching the show and forgot about his disciple; rather, he had been keeping an eye on him all along.
"He's in the secret realm, and we don't know what the situation is like outside, so we didn't let him out. After all, if he came out, he'd just be asking for trouble."
Fang Ruotang didn't hold back at all when criticizing her younger brother.
She didn't do anything, but Patriarch Qi Yu looked ashamed. This is probably the self-awareness of a teacher!
After a brief chat, Du Zhong arrived.
Fang Ruotang asked them, "Have all of Jin Huaixu's disciples run away?"
"Yes! The elders have also run away," Elder Yan Yun replied with a dark face.
When the calamity arrived, everyone scattered and fled for their lives. He casually stabbed a few to death, but the elders and disciples weren't stupid. How could they knowingly run next to him knowing they would die?
Most importantly, that beast Jin Huaixu has set his sights on him and will follow him wherever he goes. If he hadn't broken through a few days ago, he probably wouldn't have been able to escape.
Even so, several of the protective magical artifacts developed cracks, and we'll have to find someone to repair them when we get back.
"Fortunately, this person is dead. I just came from that area, and there was nothing left. He must be dead beyond dead."
After Du Zhong finished speaking, Fang Ruotang gave him a loving look.
"You're too young and overthinking things. He's not dead yet!"
Du Zhong's brow twitched. Ignoring Fang Ruotang's feigned profundity, he said in bewilderment, "If he could escape the tribulation of lightning, he must have broken through. I've been watching from afar, and no one has broken through and caused any strange phenomena in the heavens and earth."
Fang Ruotang pouted, "His original body is dead, but he has many clones! And even more containers."
Then, she told them some things she had learned from the little mirror. The group was on high alert, after all, who wouldn't be afraid of a faint and imperceptible wisp of divine soul slowly devouring them in their sea of consciousness?
Even if they didn't have that ability, or rather, they hadn't even considered it.
They had heard of the concept of possession before, and even studied it privately, since no one is a benevolent person.
No one would resist having an extra skill to save their life.
However, they cannot do what Jin Huaixu did: simultaneously separate several strands of his divine soul to occupy several containers, gradually eroding the other party and eventually turning them into a puppet.
"This secret technique..."
As soon as Ancestor Yan Yun spoke, Fang Ruotang looked over with her large eyes, staring at him with a guarded expression, and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"No, no!" As soon as Ancestor Yanyun saw Fang Ruotang's appearance, he knew that she would definitely not pass on the secret technique to him.
He said with an embarrassed look, "Sect Master, you must not pass on such a harmful secret technique to others."
"You don't need to tell me!" Fang Ruotang snorted and turned her face away again.
Ancestor Yan Yun had a complicated expression on his face.
Aside from Fang Ruotang, several others looked at him, but he remained calm and composed. Who was more noble than whom? He simply didn't believe that Ancestor Qi Yu and Du Zhong didn't want it.
As for Murong Chen, he longed for it even more!
Who wouldn't want this kind of life-saving measure?
As for heretical practices that harm people? Sigh, what a big deal!
Fang Ruotang was unaware of the thoughts of Ancestor Yan Yun and the others, and even if she did, she wouldn't pay any attention. Their ability to figure it out on their own was their own skill.
In any case, she would never personally teach them such a secret technique.
“Now that they’ve all run away, we don’t know if they’ll come back to look. Should we stay here and wait or what? By the way, I’ve also taken more than a hundred disciples from your sect into the secret realm. They want to join the Tianyi Sect, and I’ve already agreed.”
"Well, that's a good opportunity to call them out to work! Let's see what else the sect can collect, pack it all up, and then we'll head back to Tianyi Sect! I wonder if the medicine fields and beast gardens have all been destroyed." Ancestor Yanyun murmured, gazing in a certain direction.
Fang Ruotang's eyes lit up; these were exactly what Tianyi Sect lacked!
Her spirit beast garden is now almost devoid of spirit beasts, with only a few cranes giving it a semblance of life.
Fang Ruotang waved her hand and summoned all the Cloud Sword Sect disciples in the secret realm.
Yun Ni reached Fang Ruotang in a few steps.
"Sect Master Fang."
"Um!"
Fang Ruotang didn't say much to her, but instead looked at Ancestor Yan Yun, signaling him to hurry up and tidy up the place so they could return to Tianyi Sect.
Ancestor Yan Yun didn't give any of the Yun Jian Sect disciples a friendly look, but he couldn't shirk his responsibilities. However, he had to say some things, and his sarcastic and insulting remarks came out without hesitation.
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