The civil and military officials, who were used to seeing great storms, were now dumbfounded, staring at the mountain peak that had been cut in half.
After a long while, some officials finally realized: "Where is the Emperor?"
This question seemed to topple the first domino, and all the officials immediately became agitated. "Yes, where is the Emperor?"
The Qi King's lineage searched everywhere for his whereabouts, but the entire mountain peak had vanished, let alone a single person.
There were many experts in the area, but even after examining the surrounding energy, they could not sense anything, as if everyone on the mountain had vanished into thin air.
You must know that the Emperor's cultivation is astonishing. No matter when or where, he is like a sun. Now, no one can sense his presence at all, which is something that has never happened before.
"Your Majesty...has Your Majesty passed away?" an official asked, his voice trembling.
"Shut up! The Emperor's cultivation is unparalleled, how could he possibly have passed away!" Meng Yi glared at him angrily.
“But…” The official was about to say something when Bi Qi interrupted him.
“There are no ‘buts.’ I suppose His Majesty has gone to fight elsewhere and won’t be able to return for a while,” Bi Qi said with a stern face.
His reasoning was agreed upon by most people. After all, the idea that the emperor was invincible was deeply ingrained in people's minds. Even if a few more earth immortals came, they wouldn't be able to find him without leaving a trace. At least there would be a corpse.
The current situation is most likely that the battle has moved to other places. It is beyond the imagination of people of their level to travel thousands of miles in one night.
Therefore, it's more likely that they've gone to fight the enemy in a distant place, and should be able to return in a few days.
The message has been sent.
At this moment, Bi Qi quickly said, "Seal off the area within a hundred miles of Purple Mountain. Furthermore, no one is allowed to leak even a word about what happened today, or they will be punished for treason!"
"Yes!" With this pillar of support, the previously panicked officials gradually calmed down.
Pei Zheng and the others from the Qi King's lineage exchanged worried glances.
Other important officials, like Bi Zi'ang, had their own ideas. They believed that given the current situation, they should return to the capital as soon as possible to control the situation.
Only the younger generation, including Murong Qinghe, were worried about Zu'an's safety, as they didn't know if he had gone to the Golden Summit.
Meanwhile, after being caught in that vortex, Zu An felt a chill in his heart. He had just overheard the conversation between the High Priest and Zhao Hao. Even a mortal immortal couldn't last long in that void. With his cultivation level, wouldn't he soon perish both body and soul?
He was filled with regret, knowing he would never see Chu Yan, Da Manman, Yan Luo, and the others again. He knew they would be heartbroken when they learned of his death.
And then there's Sang Qian's unborn child, who lost its father before even being born. Hopefully, the child and Dan Dan will rely on each other in the future, having someone to depend on...
Although he was filled with regret, he did not regret his choice. He would despise himself if he did not save the woman he loved from danger.
A flood of thoughts rushed through his mind, and he quickly fainted.
In his dazed state, he seemed to see Yan Xuehen and the other women rushing to his rescue, but it was too late to stop them, and he fainted the next second.
He didn't know how long he had been unconscious, but he gradually woke up. He looked around and found himself in a desolate wilderness. The sky in the distance was dark, as if it were evening.
The surrounding woods were dark and deep, with eerie cries like those of night owls echoing from time to time.
It wasn't dark yet, but the surroundings were incredibly cold, and unlike the normal low temperature, it was a chill that made even the soul uncomfortable.
He was a little confused. What was going on? This was completely different from the descriptions of the Void Land. Could it be that he hadn't been sucked into the Void Land, but had been thrown near Purple Mountain?
Just then, a soft moan sounded from the side, and a beautiful woman slowly woke up.
"Red Tears!" Zu'an was overjoyed to see her. He had thought he was going to die, but he didn't expect to be with her.
Qiu Honglei's eyes reddened instantly upon seeing him, and her voice trembled with a sob: "Am I...am I dreaming?"
"We weren't dreaming, we're still alive." With his current cultivation level, Zu'an could easily determine whether he was alive. Especially after experiencing the battles with the Witch Clan regarding dreams, he had also developed a method to distinguish between reality and dreams.
Upon learning that the two were still alive, Qiu Honglei could no longer hold back and threw herself into his arms, crying excitedly, "Azu, you are not allowed to take such a big risk to save me in the future. Rather than both of us dying together, I would rather you live."
Only then did the two realize that their hands were still tightly clasped together. Recalling how they had desperately clung to each other before falling into the whirlpool, a sweet feeling welled up in their hearts, and they instinctively gripped each other even tighter, unwilling to let go for even a moment.
A gentle smile flashed across Zuan's face as he used his other hand to gently stroke her soft hair: "I also hope you can live."
Qiu Honglei nestled in his arms, feeling the warmth of his chest, only...
I felt like the happiest person in the world at that moment. If my master could see this, he would surely bless me...
Huh?
She suddenly sat up straight, her face pale: "Master...where is Master? Just now, Master, Abbot Yan, and Miss Xie all seemed to have been sucked in together. Where are they?"
Zuan's heart skipped a beat, and he remembered what had happened earlier. He hurriedly searched around, but all he could see were endless weeds and jagged, twisted trees. There was no one else in sight.
Qiu Honglei searched everywhere but found nothing, and her face paled instantly: "Grandpa, could it be that Master and the others have been transported to some kind of void place?"
Zuan was also a little uneasy, but he still comforted her, saying, "Don't worry, it shouldn't be. Since we weren't teleported to that void, they probably won't either. Just like in secret realms, even if you enter in the same batch, you might be assigned to different places. We'll search slowly and eventually find them. Their cultivation levels are not weak, so they should be able to protect themselves."
He immediately used his spiritual energy to explore this world and found that some of the laws were quite different from those in his previous life, which was perceptible to a cultivator of his level.
So this is not near Zishan, but rather another world.
Having entered the secret realm so many times, he was already used to it.
"I hope so." Qiu Honglei calmed down a little, looked around, and couldn't help but shiver. "Where am I? It feels strangely cold."
"I don't know, but the yin energy here seems quite heavy." Zu'an nodded. "Let's find a place to spend the night nearby. It's getting dark, and I feel uneasy."
I had a feeling that staying in the woods after dark wasn't a good idea.
Qiu Honglei nodded, and the two quickly began to explore the forest. The dense thickets in the forest were not a problem for cultivators, and they soon explored an area and finally found a path that was almost completely covered by weeds.
"If there's a road, it must be close to populated areas." Qiu Honglei breathed a sigh of relief.
Zuan's expression turned serious: "Have you noticed that we haven't seen a single animal since just now?"
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