Chapter Thirty-Eight: Separate Escapes

  "Do you think this talisman is just a piece of common paper that can be bought anywhere on the street? Not to mention you, even those Golden Elixir cultivators, and many Nascent Soul stage old monsters wouldn't have one. For high-level cultivators, this talisman is a life-saving treasure to be used when their powers are severely depleted. Its value is so great that it could be exchanged for an entire Dragon City. I only have one of these, and if it weren't for the lives of you few, I wouldn't have been willing to use it." Upon hearing this, the five children's eyes widened in unison as they stared at the "priceless" talisman in Iron Wing General's hand.

  General Iron Wing's gaze swept over the five people, then said. "Alright, time is pressing, those alien cultivators may arrive at any moment, this talisman has great power, but there is one drawback, it doesn't know where you will be sent. So, when you arrive in that unfamiliar place, you must remain calm and composed, absolutely do not show off, unless your life is in danger, no one is allowed to reveal their magic in front of people!"

  Five of you look at me, I look at you, each thinking to themselves, when did General Iron Wing learn the catchphrase of Wumu Daoist. The big cow who had never spoken before asked: "Uncle Iron, if we leave, what will you do? You also know magic, won't those foreign cultivators come looking for trouble with you?"

  General Iron Wing stroked the big cow's head, laughed and said: "Don't worry about me, what storms haven't I seen? This general has his own way!" Then he carefully explained to the five people how to protect themselves when the spiritual power in the talisman was exhausted and they fell to the ground. Only then did he lead the five out of the room.

  Five people followed General Iron Wing to the center of the hall, General Iron Wing whispered a few words to the Black Iron Army guarding the gate, and four Black Iron Army immediately closed the large door of the hall tightly. Another Black Iron Army brought a package.

  "There's some silver in here, enough for you all to eat for three to five years. Remember, if any of you have anything that can't be decided, you must listen to Wang Long. Understand?" General Tie Yi handed the package over to Wang Long, while instructing the five people and casting his gaze at Tie Xin Tang.

  "Alright, alright, I know, it's really troublesome!" Tie Xin Tang said, biting her lip and glancing at her father, her eyes suddenly reddening.

  Looking at the five children standing back to back in a circle in the middle of the hall, General Iron Wing carefully took out a yellow talisman with three gold edges from a wooden box. With a surge of spiritual power, a stream of pure blood spurted from his mouth and landed on the talisman. The talisman immediately began to fluctuate with waves of spiritual energy. General Iron Wing pinched a spell seal, threw the talisman onto the heads of the five children, and chanted incantations as he struck out one after another red light pillar with his fingers, which entered the talisman.

  A faint humming sound, the talisman rotated rapidly ten feet above the heads of the five people, and as it rotated, a yellowish light began to emanate from within, with numerous golden specks flashing in and out. The specks grew more numerous, and the talisman expanded rapidly, causing a whirlwind of yellow air to erupt around the five people. The whirlwind intensified, and in just a few breaths, dust and debris filled the air. Yet, at the center of the whirlwind, the five people clearly saw a yellowish egg-shaped light shield slowly taking shape around them.

  In an instant, the talisman expanded to three zhang in width. General Iron Wing retreated to the entrance of the hall, let out a loud roar, and poured all his remaining spiritual energy into the talisman at once.

  The "humming" sound emanating from the talisman grew louder, and the swirling dust particles disappeared into it. The massive talisman unfolded like a yellow silk cloth downwards, enveloping the egg-shaped yellow light shield in its center. Beams of yellow light and fragments of talismans flew out of the talisman, merging into the light shield, as the talisman rapidly vanished, while the light shield began to twist and deform.

  In the blink of an eye, the yellow light shield had transformed into a three-zhang-long earth-yellow long spear. The spearhead shone with golden light, and the arm-thick spear body violently trembled before shooting obliquely towards the sky at incredible speed. A sharp whistling sound pierced the air as the long spear left behind a long, yellow tail in the sky before vanishing from sight.

  However, in the hall, there were waves of spatial fluctuations left behind.

  General Iron Wing saw the long spear disappear into thin air, and a hint of joy appeared in his eyes. He felt relieved, only to realize that his whole body was weak, and he fell to the ground with a thud. In just this short period of time, all his spiritual power had been depleted. This kind of powerful talisman, General Iron Wing had also used it for the first time in his life. If not for the fact that this talisman was originally refined specifically for cultivators with low spiritual power, someone like him, a useless spirit root cultivator, would have been unable to wield it.

  At the same time, twenty lightly wounded Black Iron soldiers led by a centurion escorted several horse-drawn carriages full of children racing away from the south end of the town. The destination was neither Longyang City nor Yuding Mountain, but another road leading to Xiangyang Prefecture.

  Above the dense forest where Wu Mu Dao Ren had a fierce battle, a young man in white was manipulating a three-zhang-long snow-white long sword, stabbing back and forth on the ground. The ground was in disarray, with numerous sword-shaped large pits dozens of zhang deep everywhere. A chill that pierced to the bone emanated from the sword pits, revealing that the ground dozens of zhang deep had already been turned into ice blocks by this person's magical power.

  The young man in white robes furrowed his brow even tighter, and although he could clearly sense from the secret method of cultivation that Wu Mu Dao Ren was hiding just beneath the ground nearby, he couldn't seem to flush him out.

  "I don't believe you won't come out, even if I turn this place upside down, I'll dig you out!" The white-robed youth shouted angrily, his whole body's spiritual power surging forth, just as he was about to use another powerful divine technique. Suddenly, a sharp whistling sound pierced the clouds above the small town. The long spear of yellowish-brown color transformed from the symbol by the Five Waterborne flew across the sky and vanished in the blink of an eye.

  "Qian Kun Shen Dun Fu!" The white-robed youth's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he exclaimed. Without bothering to cast a spell to deal with the cunning "murderer" on the ground, he put away the crystal ball and the giant sword, and after instructing the large eagle hovering in the air with a few sentences of twisted Di tribe language, he transformed into a white light and flew towards the small town.

  A giant eagle let out a long cry, swooping down from high altitude and landing fifty zhang above the ground. It began to slowly circle and dance in mid-air, its pair of golden eyes fixed intently on the fragmented ice below.

  On the ground, a black light suddenly burst out of a sword hole that had just been pierced, emitting a humming sound. The eagle spread its wings and dived down again, lifting its left claw and sending three claw shadows flying towards the black light like sharp arrows. Judging from its momentum, this eagle's magical power seemed to be no less than that of a Golden Elixir cultivator.

  In another nearby Sword Cave, a black light burst out, and as soon as it emerged from the ground, a blurry figure in the black light raised its right arm, and a three-foot-long yellowish-brown sword light fell towards a giant eagle about twenty or thirty feet away. The wind howled.

  A giant eagle's right claw shot out three claw silhouettes, meeting the yellow sword light. Its wings spread wide, instinctively wanting to flap and soar high, but its right wing root suddenly burst into a bloody mist, causing half of its wing to droop down. At the same time, the yellow sword light shattered the claw silhouettes and slashed heavily onto the eagle's abdomen, sending feathers flying and flesh splattering everywhere.

  In the midst of a shrill eagle's cry, the large eagle flapped its wings and soared into the sky. On the ground, Wu Mu Dao Ren's figure appeared, his right hand holding that black sword, his left hand grasping that cluster of black silk threads, his face pale, lips purple, tattered Taoist robes and hair all covered in white frost, shivering with cold, he looked up at the eagle flying high and far away, jumped up and cursed loudly: "Damn you, flat-haired beast! You can't even be killed like this? If you have guts, come down here!"

  Look at that gray big eagle hovering in the high air, letting out a long and mournful cry, neither flying far nor coming down. Wu Mu Dao Ren's eyes showed a helpless expression. Although the乾坤剑法 was extremely powerful, Wu Mu Dao Ren had only borrowed a thread of Tian Geng Sha Qi from the body of the big cow to barely master the first layer of Gong Fa, and it had already cost him 80% of his Fa Li to kill the Hu surname cultivator. Even after taking precious Dan medicine and waiting for a long time underground, his Fa Li still hadn't recovered to half at this moment. To say nothing of that Yuan Ying cultivator, even this big eagle would be difficult to kill.

  He glanced in the direction of the small town and muttered to himself: "Dog rubbish, since you've found out that Daoist master is here, you've even sent your companions away. It seems like you want to rob Daoist master's treasure sword. Hmph, go ahead and have a spring autumn big dream!"

  He casually took out a talisman, patted it on his body, muttered some words in his mouth, and his figure transformed into a dazzling yellow light. He fixed his direction and flew away. Wu Mu Dao Ren was only a Jindan middle-stage cultivator, and without relying on external objects or treasures, he didn't have the divine ability to fly through the clouds and ride the wind. Even more so, he didn't dare use his divine sense to probe that white-robed young man.

  The white-robed youth's figure had just landed in the courtyard where Tie Yi was, when he heard the eagle's mournful cry. His face changed again, and his divine sense swept around, only to find that the "Double Spirit Root" child had also disappeared. Enraged, he looked at Tie Yi, who had fallen to the ground in front of the hall, and with a casual grab of his left hand, Tie Yi's massive body flew into the air, charging towards the white-robed youth.

  A young man in a white robe grasped the iron wing's neck with one hand, and with his right hand, he casually slapped out a palm. With a loud rumble, the entire courtyard collapsed instantly, and amidst the flying dust, the young man in white robes flew out of town holding the iron wing. Inside and outside the courtyard, more than a dozen Black Iron Army soldiers didn't even have time to shout before being slapped into meat patties by an enormous force.

  Seeing the miserable state of the eagle, the white-robed man's eyes seemed to be spewing fire. He took out a few grains of medicine and fed them into the eagle's mouth, then took out a black bag-like object and cast a spell to put the eagle inside. Only then did he turn to the Iron Wing General who had been thrown to the ground and said: "Tell me, what is the name of that little thief, and where will he go?" A chilling intent was evident in his voice!

  General Iron Wing lay on the cold, icy ground, his body covered in frost, his face pale, but without a hint of fear or panic in his eyes. In a low voice, he said: "Old thief, what deep hatred do you have towards my subordinates and me? Slaughtering innocent people will bring you retribution!"

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