Seeing these three people, he remembered the three people who had gone missing before. He made a plan in his mind. He didn't know their names and would have to go back and ask Wu Yinyin.
He approached the area and quickly sensed danger, which made him stop in his tracks.
He made some guesses about the spirits of the people in the village; these people must be the ones who went missing during this period.
Qi Zhiheng did not act rashly, but went back to find the other disciples of the Slaughter God Sect.
Seeing Qi Zhiheng return, Yang Yitian stepped forward to greet him and asked, "What's the situation up ahead?"
Qi Zhiheng said, "I've dealt with everyone, but there are about three hundred people inside, who should be those who went missing during this time."
Wu Yinyin asked, "Uncle-Master, are the disciples of our sect also here?"
Qi Zhiheng nodded: "I saw three cultivators wearing the robes of the Slaughtering God Sect disciples. They should be the ones who went missing from our sect."
"That's great!" Wu Yinyin was excited. One of the missing people was her good friend, which was why she chose to come back to this place. Now, the matter of Sun Zhong's betrayal had faded a lot.
"Shall we go take a look too?" Yang Yitian suggested.
Qi Zhiheng glanced at the people on the ground and said, "Take all of them with you. Can you carry them?"
"Don't worry, Uncle-Master, we can do it," someone quickly chimed in.
Qi Zhiheng nodded: "Then let's take them with us."
The disciples of the Slaughtering God Sect, each carrying one or two people, followed behind Qi Zhiheng and walked deeper into the area.
They arrived at the spot where Qi Zhiheng had discovered the stream. The terrain was relatively flat. Qi Zhiheng examined the source of the stream and found that water was gushing from the mouth of a stone sculpture. What, then, lay behind this stone sculpture?
"They're all there," Qi Zhiheng said, pointing in a direction. It was where that group of people had gathered.
He warned, "I sense danger here; you'd better not get too close."
Wu Yinyin saw the people inside and stood outside calling out, "Xiaoyu! Xiaoyu!"
Xiaoyu's real name is Lin Yu, and she is Wu Yinyin's good friend. They came together to take on the mission this time.
In her drowsy state, she seemed to hear a familiar voice calling her, so she opened her eyes slightly and nudged her companions, saying, "I think I heard someone calling me. Was it you?"
The disciple of the Slaughtering God Sect who had been woken up by her sighed and said, "Are you talking in your sleep? Why would I call you for no reason?"
She nudged the person next to her and said, "Did you call me?"
"No, why would I call you?" another disciple of the Slaughtering God Sect said, "They say what you think about during the day, you dream about at night. You're just too eager for someone to come and save you, and you're hallucinating, aren't you?"
"Xiaoyu! I'm here!" Wu Yinyin became anxious when she saw that Lin Yu wasn't looking in her direction.
At this moment, the three stunned disciples of the Slaughtering God Sect all heard the voice and looked in Wu Yinyin's direction.
Upon seeing the person approaching, Lin Yu immediately stood up: "Yinyin! Don't come any closer! Please don't come any closer!"
Wu Yinyin naturally knew that there was a problem.
Lin Yu and two other disciples of the Slaughtering God Sect walked towards her. They stopped about ten meters away from her.
Lin Yu said sadly, "Yinyin, are you coming to save me?"
Wu Yinyin said, "Xiaoyu, don't worry, when I get there, my martial uncle will definitely be able to get you out of here!"
Lin Yu shook his head: "I'm afraid it won't work. This formation only allows you to enter; you can't get out at all."
Wu Yinyin said skeptically, "Don't worry, my uncles will definitely have a way." After she finished speaking, she looked hopefully at Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian.
Yang Yitian approached and carefully examined the surroundings, saying, "They might be trapped in a formation."
Qi Zhiheng nodded: "Is there a way to break it?" He was a complete idiot when it came to formations, so he couldn't be relied on for this.
Yang Yitian said, "It's a bit difficult." He was only half-baked and didn't specialize in formations, so this was indeed a bit challenging for him.
Wu Yinyin was a little nervous. Yang Yitian moved closer and stood at the edge of Lin Yu and the others.
Lin Yu and the other two disciples quickly bowed and said, "Greetings, Martial Uncle!"
Yang Yitian waved his hand: "No need to be so polite behind closed doors. I just came to ask. Does your life force dissipate when you're inside this formation?"
“Yes, Uncle-Master.” Lin Yu pointed to the old man on the side and replied, “The people over there came in earlier. A lot of their lifespans were absorbed. He wasn’t like this originally. When we first came, he was still a young man. After a few months, he finished weaving and became like this now.”
Yang Yitian nodded and said, "I understand." After saying that, he went to the side and took out some things, fiddling with something.
Wu Yinyin was a little anxious. If that formation absorbed lifespan, their Foundation Establishment cultivation wouldn't be enough to absorb it for long! She cautiously asked Qi Zhiheng, "Uncle-Master, should we go back and report what happened here to the sect?" He saw that the two Golden Core Ancestors didn't seem to have any way to save people, so they could only go back to the sect to ask for help.
Qi Zhiheng said, "Indeed, we need to go back and report on what happened here, but we don't know the specifics yet, so it's probably not appropriate to report it." What a joke! Reporting now would just let the higher-ups steal their credit, wouldn't it? Even if he were the most easygoing person, he would never do such a thing.
"It was my rudeness." Wu Yinyin quickly shut her mouth. She almost made a big mistake because Qi Zhiheng was too easygoing. How could she dare to take advantage of him just because he was nice?
Although it's nerve-wracking, all we can do for now is wait.
After fiddling with it for a while, Yang Yitian said, "I can't completely undo this formation, but I should be able to reverse it a bit." He prepared some things, then slightly altered the layout of both sides, and then walked to a comatose Golden Core cultivator, dragged him over, and threw him into the formation.
Lin Yu and Ling Wen, the two disciples of the God of Slaughter Sect, were somewhat confused and did not understand what the other meant.
Yang Yitian glared at him and said, "What are you all standing there for? Come out!"
Lin Yu hesitated and said, "Uncle-Master, we can't go out. As long as we leave this area, we will be attacked, and every time we touch this barrier, we will lose ten years of our lifespan."
Yang Yitian rolled his eyes at her: "That was before, not now. You guys come out here."
A male disciple glanced at the two and decided to try it himself first. He walked towards Yang Yitian and quickly reached his side without any hindrance.
"I'm out! You guys should come out too!" The male disciple was excited to see that he was finally able to come out.
Lin Yu and the other disciples quickly came out as well.
"It's really out!" The three people burst into tears of joy.
Those inside the formation brightened up after seeing the three of them leave.
Immediately, a fearless individual ran out first, and sure enough, he did.
Yang Yitian frowned slightly as he looked at the people who were getting up and preparing to come out: "Wait, don't come out yet."
"Why should we! We want to get out too!" At this moment, a man, perhaps having stayed there for too long, became emboldened and, ignoring Yang Yitian's advice, tried to run out.
Yang Yitian said, "Don't come out yet. This formation isn't strong enough to allow so many of you to come out."
The man's face contorted with rage: "You! You want to perform a blood sacrifice on us to open some damn door! You're just like the people before you!"
The crowd was in uproar, and some people were filled with fear as the man incited them.
Some people ignored Yang Yitian's advice and rushed out without any incident. This time, it was an ordinary person.
Yang Yitian shouted, "Get out first, I'm not refusing to save you!" In such a panicked state, he couldn't explain the principle of the formation clearly.
All we could do was watch as the people inside ran out, and then another ordinary person ran out.
The person who had previously instigated the disturbance said, "Don't listen to him! He's letting his people out, but not us! The formation is already activated! Let's break out!"
Then the leader ran towards Yang Yitian, who stood still and watched him coldly. Then the man crashed into the barrier, letting out a shrill scream, and wrinkles visibly appeared on his face.
The previously noisy scene immediately quieted down.
Yang Yitian stood on the periphery and sneered, "Run, huh? You've got the guts! Come out here! I told you not to move, but you all just ignored me, didn't you? Did I say I wasn't going to save you?"
Yang Yitian turned and left.
"Immortal Master, don't go!" One of them immediately knelt down and kowtowed loudly in Yang Yitian's direction: "I know I was wrong, Immortal Master! Please save us!" After he finished speaking, tears streamed down his face.
More people followed him and knelt down, crying out, "Immortal Master, please save us!"
Yang Yitian was speechless. He hadn't said he wouldn't save them. He had only gone back to get a few Golden Core cultivators. At this moment, he brought over two Golden Core cultivators: "Get up. I didn't say I wouldn't save them. It's just that to save you, I have to throw these people in to take turns with you. That person couldn't save too many people, so I told you not to come out yet." After saying that, he threw the two Golden Core cultivators in.
At this point, no one dared to make any rash moves.
Yang Yitian said, "Let the older people come out first, I'll go and bring the rest here."
At this moment, Qi Zhiheng pulled him over with a single blow.
Qi Zhiheng left behind Sun Zhong, but he couldn't handle him properly and would have to hand him over to the sect later. The rest of the Golden Core cultivators were thrown into the sect by Qi Zhiheng.
Yang Yitian said, "It should be fine now, you can all come out."
The people inside the formation then emerged one by one.
Qi Zhiheng gave them a few instructions and then sent them down the mountain.
Only their sect members and the captured people remained standing in the same spot.
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