As soon as Master Qianzhong finished speaking, in just an instant, the densely packed black crowd in the square disappeared without a trace.
Only five of Meng Zhiyuan's fellow disciples were left. After they looked at each other, no one entered the spirit storage bag again. Instead, they began to argue in low voices.
After listening carefully for a few sentences, Li Yan already understood what they were arguing about.
In order to make it easier to teleport, True Lord Qianzhong asked them to leave one person outside to hold the spirit storage bags.
But now comes the problem.
Meng Zhiyuan and the others knew that once they were teleported away from this place, their lives would no longer be in their control in the next moment.
So as to whoever is left outside, the five of them all want to replace them.
And if the other four brothers and sisters stay together, even if the last law of time comes in an instant and they all die, they will die together.
The remaining person outside will disappear silently.
The five of them had been together for more than ten thousand years, and their feelings for each other were extremely deep, so they started arguing about this. Each of them wanted to be the one who stayed outside with the spirit storage bag and might die alone.
After listening to the other party's argument, Master Qianzhong waved his hand impatiently.
"Either all five of you enter the soul storage bag, or all of you stay outside. With more people outside, the protective power during the transmission will be no problem."
Therefore, Meng Zhiyuan and the other four bowed down again in gratitude. This seemingly simple choice was extremely important to them.
A moment may be eternity, a farewell, and they are not alone at the moment of death.
Naturally, the five of them chose to stay in the outside world and stay with their fellow disciples.
“After we reach Qingqing Continent, if the five of us die, please ask Brother Zhang to check how many of my people are still alive in the soul storage bag.
At that time, please ask Brother Zhang to give this jade map to the one with the highest cultivation among them, and let him lead the rest of the tribesmen back to their tribe. As for whether they can return to the tribe alive, that depends on their luck.
After all, I have already brought them to Qingqing Continent, I have fulfilled my promise, and I am no longer able to protect them."
When Meng Zhiyuan stood up, he had already used his magic power to place a white jade slip in front of Li Yan.
He did not beg Li Yan again to escort his people back to Qingqing Continent, as that would not be too much of an ask.
Li Yan also nodded and reached out to take it.
Then, Meng Zhiyuan took out another jade slip.
"My image is recorded here. These are some of the contents recorded when I cast the spell just now.
Here is the evidence that you sent us away from the Lost Continent, as well as all the questions I have about why our tribe abandoned us. It also records the map route in the jade slip I just saw.
Even if no one from the clan returns to the clan by then, Fellow Daoist Zhang can still use this jade slip to ask for help from our clan.
It's just whether they are really willing to help. If I'm dead, I won't be able to help anymore!"
After Meng Zhiyuan said all this, he once again placed a jade slip in front of Li Yan. This was the last thing he did before he walked out of the forbidden area.
He also took out the content engraved on one of the few remaining blank jade slips as a promise to Li Yan.
For them, these blank jade slips are important treasures for them to pass on their skills and record the long years here.
Due to the large number of clan members, even if they obtained some blank jade slips from foreign monks, it was only a drop in the bucket and they would never be willing to use them casually on a daily basis.
Li Yan grabbed the jade slip in his hand again. This time, after using his spiritual sense to detect it briefly, he nodded to Meng Zhiyuan and the other four, and expressed his full agreement with Meng Zhiyuan's style of doing things.
"This man planned everything very carefully. It would be a pity if he died!"
Li Yan did not make any more promises to Meng Zhiyuan and the others.
He himself doesn't know what the situation is in Qingqing Continent now. Even because of Meng Zhiyuan's character, Li Yan will not make any promises.
When Master Qianzhong brought Li Yan and others back to the "Tianling Cave", the first thing Meng Zhiyuan saw was the semicircular arches on the wall.
He had actually participated in the war between the two worlds, and he immediately lost his voice.
"This is... Chen Cang said, no wonder... no wonder they are so cautious and have to use Divine Transformation cultivators to guard it... It turns out that what we have been waiting for is the army's baggage..."
The expression on his face changed several times in an instant, from surprise to understanding, and then to sadness.
How could he not understand at this time that his clan might have been guarding a fortress that was about to be abandoned on the day "Venerable Duanmu" left.
Meng Zhiyuan's fellow junior brothers and sisters were all the four wings of the Later Jin Dynasty, so they didn't know the origin of the "Chencang Road". They looked at Meng Zhiyuan anxiously, hoping that he could explain it.
Meng Zhiyuan did not explain to them, but looked at the huge platform in the center. The complex and incomprehensible expressions in his eyes suddenly turned bright.
"Since this is the 'Chencang Road', and it is a place that my clan has always guarded, of course this teleportation array is undoubtedly the way to the Qingqing Continent.
Hehe, Fellow Daoist Zhang, so you wanted to borrow the teleportation formation here. I should have thought of it earlier, otherwise why would you come here for your cross-border training.
Since you have a senior here, you didn’t have to do that last time…”
Li Yan waved his hand.
"There's no need to talk about the past. I didn't know this was the way it was when I came here last time. Old Ancestor, can we teleport now?"
Li Yan didn't want to waste time listening to Meng Zhiyuan's sigh, so he asked Qianzhong Zhenjun respectfully.
As soon as the seven people stepped onto the huge teleportation array, Master Qianzhong quickly drew an ochre rune in the air with one hand.
The magic he practiced was the earth-based magic with the strongest defense among the five elements. Even a rune he drew casually was beyond the reach of the protective power of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
No one noticed that when the yellow rune was formed, the figure of Qianzhong Zhenjun blurred slightly, and he muttered in his heart.
"After all, it is just a wisp of divine consciousness. In order to continuously resist the squeezing force during the ultra-long-distance transmission, this wisp of divine consciousness consumed nearly 20% of its magic power. After sending them away, I will seal this place again, which will consume about 10% of my power. After that, I can no longer continue to sleep and must return to the fairy world..."
The next moment, Li Yan and others standing on the magic circle saw a rotating golden "Solid" rune floating above their heads.
The runes spun around, scattering large amounts of light that fell on several people.
Then, Master Qianzhong waved his sleeves, and the blood-red spirit stone appeared in his palm again. At this time, a voice sounded in Li Yan's mind.
"Li Yan, the path to immortality is unpredictable. I hope you can ascend to the immortal world soon. Only then will we meet again. I will seal this place up. Just keep it in mind!"
Li Yan looked up and saw the Taoist priest waving his sleeves and smiling at him, looking indescribably free and unrestrained and otherworldly.
The figures of Li Yan and others began to fly up in the rapidly rotating white light, and their shapes blurred and faded at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The next moment, a loud noise came from the huge platform below, and then their entire sea of consciousness was filled with a dazzling white light from below.
"A cross-border formation was destroyed just like this!!"
Except for Li Yan, the others realized what had happened. The Taoist priest destroyed everything after teleporting them.
"The Immortal Realm! Uncle Master, I will go there, and you take care too!!"
Although there was only a wisp of divine thought in front of him, in this short period of time, Li Yan felt the strong protective love from the elders of the sect.
He had already regarded the divine consciousness of Qianchong Zhenjun as his true self...
Just as Li Yan and his companions stepped onto the teleportation array, in the distant Desolate Moon Continent, the green mountains of the Wuliang Sect remained as they were, the bamboo sea of the Xiaozhu Peak was vast, and the green waves were undulating with the wind...
Gong Chenying, with short hair and a proud figure, stood outside the main hall in the bamboo forest with a green halberd on his back.
"Brother Wei, I will say goodbye now. I am sorry for bothering you these past few days. When you are free someday, you and the ancestor of the Wei family can go to the Fengshen Continent and we will drink and chat happily again!!"
The person who spoke was a burly man who was over ten feet tall and looked to be in his forties. His tiger eyes were shining with brilliance.
He stood beside Gong Chenying and looked somewhat similar to Gong Chenying. He was bowing to a fat young man in the opposite group and speaking.
The fat young man was Wei Chongran. At this time, he had already restrained his spirit and seemed to have washed away all worldly things, making it difficult to see his cultivation level.
Next to him stood a tall young woman in palace dress, who was Zhao Zhi. Behind him stood Li Wuyi, Wei Chituo, Yun Chunqu, Miao Wangqing, Wen Xinliang, and Lin Daqiao.
Except for Li Yan, all the disciples gathered in front of the main hall of Xiaozhu Peak.
Wei Chongran smiled, his voice as warm as ever.
"Brother, this time the ancestor of our family has been in seclusion and cannot come out to see you. I am sorry for treating you badly. I hope you can forgive me.
Although Senior Brother has unparalleled magical power, you still need to take good care of Chen Ying when you pass through the barrier between the two realms of the North Sea. After all, she is only a Jindan cultivator!"
Having said that, Wei Chongran looked at Gong Chenying and his tone became gentler.
"Chen Ying, you must not neglect your cultivation after you return. Cultivating immortals does not restrict you to where you are. You must keep improving and ascend to heaven!"
Gong Chenying nodded silently.
"Junior Brother Wei, of course I will take good care of my daughter and make her as if she were your own!"
The big man waved his hand and said nonchalantly.
At this time, Zhao Zhi suddenly walked forward. Her eyes were already red and tears were flashing in her eyes.
"Min'er has been away from the sect for so many years. Ah Ying, you grew up with her. Now you are also leaving Master's wife. I don't know when we will meet again in the future..."
Zhao Zhi was even more sad when he saw that Gong Chenying, who grew up with Zhao Min, was about to leave.
Over the years, whenever she thought of Zhao Min and saw these disciples, especially Gong Chenying, she would feel a little comforted.
"Master's Wife, take care! I... I will come back to see you..."
Gong Chenying, who was always cold and aloof, leaned forward, hugged Zhao Zhi, and whispered softly in her ear.
But when she said this, she had no idea what to do.
"Master's Wife, Junior Sister is just going home. Although we are in two different worlds, with the magical powers of Master and Master Gong, it is not too difficult for you to see her if you want!"
Seeing this, Li Wuyi immediately consoled him softly.
"When I can tear the void apart, I will definitely travel to the Wind God Continent and look for Junior Sister Chenying!!"
Yun Chunqu's face showed determination. Although he had confessed to Gong Chenying again and again over the years, the other party had rejected him without exception. However, he would not back down.
"Third Junior Brother, I will accompany you there. I heard that there are many experts in Sixth Junior Sister's clan. We can have a good competition then!"
Wei Chituo waved his hand indifferently.
In his opinion, he would definitely become a Nascent Soul cultivator in the future, so that he could travel to other continents and meet all the masters in the world.
Yunchun glanced at him and didn't say anything.
"This guy never knows how important he is in other people's hearts!"
At this time, Miao Wangqing also moved lightly, walked up to Gong Chenying and gave her a gentle hug.
Before she could speak, Gong Chenying spoke in a voice that seemed extremely low but could be heard by everyone present.
"Fourth Senior Sister, when you become a Taoist couple with Senior Brother, please let Master inform me. I want to see you defeat Li Changting!"