These people ignored Li Yan's question, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
A look of sorrow and ferocity intertwined flashed across A Guxi's face. The small black flag in his hand instantly had spiritual power surging and moving rapidly.
"Ai Sang, Ai Ni, take the clansmen and go!"
He reacted the fastest. Although he was shocked in his heart, he had made a decision in an instant. The expert who had come this time was someone he couldn't resist at all.
He was going to activate the strongest formation of his clan. He only had the strength for one strike. He would pour all his spiritual power into it, and in an instant, scatter his soul into the formation.
By burning his soul, not only could the formation deliver a blow no less powerful than that of an initial-stage Golden Core cultivator, but due to the effect of the soul, the attack power would not spread out but would be concentrated on one point, piercing straight through the opponent's divine soul.
A desolate sorrow filled A Guxi's heart. Although the man in the black robe had yet to make a move, his presence was even more terrifying.
'To have two Golden Core cultivators come at once, they really think highly of us!'
Ai Sang and Ai Ni were also decisive. Years of fleeing had been deeply ingrained in their bones. They knew what A Guxi was going to do, but they didn't stop him.
The idea of saving one person if one can be saved had already been deeply ingrained in their minds at every moment. Even those mortals knew it.
As their spiritual power flashed wildly, they had already swept up all the clansmen and fled in two directions.
At the same time, the two long spears on the ground turned into two streaks of rainbow light and shot up, attacking the two people above with even greater ferocity.
Their coordination was perfect—swift, decisive, and ruthless!
It was just that what they called fast was as slow as a tortoise crawling in the eyes of Li Yan and Zhao Min. Zhao Min snorted coldly.
"Didn't you hear my question?"
At the same time, her pair of most flawless, white-jade-like hands, with a circle and a pull, sent two visible blue lights spreading out from her hands.
The next moment, Ai Sang and Ai Ni, who had just taken to the air, felt their spiritual power completely disappear. A Guxi's violently erupting magical power was also instantly imprisoned, unable to circulate at all.
The two long spears that had shot up only flew less than a foot before falling to the ground again, splashing two long trails of water with a "plop, plop."
A Guxi's face was already ashen. He roared hoarsely, "If you don't treat us as human, then just kill us. Why must you play with us like this every time?
Even if my clan becomes ghosts, we will haunt you day and night, so that you will never have peace!!"
Li Yan frowned upon hearing this. Although he only understood the gist of it, the other party's venomous appearance displeased him.
"The people you said were chasing you, are they dressed in green, like a group of guards? They are still six hundred li away!"
A Guxi below, upon hearing this, the venomous look on his face did not diminish. He still stared at Li Yan and Zhao Min with fire in his eyes, not answering another word.
The others were the same, with a look of disbelief. Fear, cowardice, and resentment filled the air below.
Even in the bone-chilling rain, it could not be dissipated...
Li Yan glanced at Zhao Min, somewhat helplessly.
"Forget it, let's go!"
Zhao Min glanced at the people below, then gently waved her hands. The two circles of blue light surrounding them immediately dissipated.
Neither she nor Li Yan were bloodthirsty people, nor did they have a penchant for soul-searching at the drop of a hat.
Especially since there were so many mortals below. Immortals and mortals walked different paths; this was a rule for cultivators.
Then, the figures of the two of them slowly faded away under the astonished gazes of A Guxi and his clansmen below.
"They really aren't from the Tianlan Clan?"
Feeling the magical power in her body fully recovered and no longer under any restraint, Ai Ni asked in surprise. It was just that her question was like talking to herself, and also like asking others.
"We just wanted to ask you some questions. Since you are all so hostile, then forget it!"
Li Yan's voice came from afar as his figure was about to completely fade away. The words he spoke were somewhat difficult for the people below to understand.
But A Guxi and the others could still understand the general meaning of his words.
"Sen... Senior, please wait, Senior..."
A Guxi suddenly came to his senses. He put away the small black flag in his hand, and the crimson in his eyes had already turned into a look of surprise and joy.
Their clan had been struggling to survive here until now. This was the first time they had encountered cultivators other than the Tianlan Clan. This was unprecedented.
A strong hope suddenly rose in his heart. He hurriedly shouted into the distance, but no sound came back.
A Guxi became extremely anxious. He immediately took to the air and was about to chase after the source of the voice, without even having time to give instructions to Ai Sang and Ai Ni.
He had just flown out of the formation when a voice came from above his head. This time, the sentence was spoken very slowly.
"What, you believe we are not your enemies now?"
A Guxi looked up. This time, he understood the content spoken in a somewhat strange accent.
The two figures above were standing on a verdant willow leaf, quietly looking at him.
"Senior, Senior, you really aren't a Tianlan Clan cultivator?"
Although A Guxi knew that this question was meaningless, if the other party really was a Tianlan Clan cultivator playing with them, like a cat playing with a mouse as before, then he could only accept it.
It was just that this time, the other party's pronunciation had even changed, which made A Guxi feel that the other party really might not be from the Tianlan Clan.
"What Tianlan Clan? We are just passing by. We wanted to ask you some questions just now!"
Li Yan said faintly, his voice slow and clear, and it reached the people below without any hindrance from the heavy rain.
"Senior has traveled all this way and hasn't met any Tianlan Clan cultivators. This is strange."
A Guxi looked at the two people above with some surprise.
Li Yan's face darkened. He also understood this sentence.
He had already shown great mercy by not soul-searching the other party, yet the other party dared to ask about his origin.
Sensing the cold aura from above, A Guxi immediately came to his senses. His body trembled and he bowed in the void.
"Senior, forgive me. Senior, please forgive me. We have just never seen any outside cultivators, so we couldn't help but be surprised!"
"You've never seen any outside cultivators?"
A trace of surprise flashed in Li Yan's eyes, and the expression on his face softened a lot. He heard something unusual in the other party's words.
"Then come up and talk!"
Li Yan continuously recalled the ancient Immortal World language he had seen before. It was difficult for a cultivator to forget what they had memorized; it was just that what was buried deep needed to be reawakened.
Now, Li Yan was gradually becoming familiar with the pronunciation of the ancient Immortal World language. As he spoke, the "Cloud-Piercing Willow" under his feet suddenly grew by more than ten zhang.
A Guxi's face showed only a slight hesitation before he gritted his teeth and flew up.
His hesitation was an instinct that had long been ingrained in his bones from years of fleeing, but he immediately thought that if the other party wanted to kill him, it wouldn't be any trouble at all.
Looking at the weary, elderly man in front of him, and then at the people below, Li Yan asked softly, "What clan are you? Why are you traveling with so many mortals?"
He asked this because this clan had a distinct feature: they were very tall. Even some of the youths were only slightly shorter than Li Yan.
Li Yan's height was not much different from that of the Demon Clan.
Hearing Li Yan's question, A Guxi's originally apprehensive heart suddenly became a little excited.
'He doesn't even know what clan I am? He really isn't a Tianlan Clan cultivator in disguise?'
The Tianlan Clan he spoke of actually also had distinct features. Their hair was all green. It was just that in order to hunt and play with them, they would often disguise themselves and hide their features.
However, once they really started fighting, with A Guxi and their generations of fighting against them, most of their spells could be seen at a glance.
It was just that the strength gap between them and Zhao Min was too great. They were imprisoned in just one encounter, so they couldn't identify the other party's identity through their spells at all.
"This junior is A Guxi of the Giant Wood Clan! These are all my clansmen. We are carrying them to escape the massacre of the Tianlan Clan!"
"Giant Wood Clan? And who are these Tianlan Clan you speak of? What is this place?"
Li Yan, of course, did not know the Giant Wood Clan. He continued to ask with a blank expression on his face.
'He doesn't even know what this place is? Then where did these two come from?'
A Guxi was shocked in his heart. He felt that these two might be outside cultivators who had torn open the void to come here. But he couldn't believe that these two were Nascent Soul cultivators.
He didn't dare to ask. He had no way of knowing the other party's temper. If he touched on the other party's taboo, he wouldn't even know how his people died.
"This is the Tianlan Prairie. The Tianlan Clan is the overlord here..."
As he said this, a look of fear appeared on A Guxi's face, but his eyes were filled with incomparable resentment.
Then, A Guxi also began to narrate. It was just that there was still some language barrier between the two sides. Li Yan had to repeatedly confirm from time to time.
Finally, Li Yan knew the origin of these people and where he was.
He was now in the northeastern part of the Verdant Continent. To the north was the rarely visited "Vast Sea," and closely connected to it was the Tianlan Prairie.
A Guxi's own Giant Wood Clan was located tens of thousands of li to the southwest of the Tianlan Prairie.
The reason they appeared here was that the Verdant Continent and the invading Demon Clan had fought a long and protracted war between the two realms.
Their ancestors and some experts from other races had joined forces to resist the Demon Clan. Later, they brought a group of elite cultivators from their clan to the Tianlan Prairie, until they finally drove the Demon Clan out.
After the Demon Clan left, the Giant Wood Clan and more than a dozen other races were left behind by the Tianlan Clan.
At that time, the Tianlan Clan had been almost completely wiped out by the Demon Clan, with seventy percent of them killed. This might have brought them a huge psychological shadow.
Even though the Demon Clan had already retreated, the Tianlan Clan was still afraid that they would suddenly cross the realm and make a comeback. So, after paying a huge price, they finally left behind some experts from seven races.
And they assigned the vast and boundless land in the south of the Tianlan Prairie, which had the richest spiritual energy and cultivation resources, to these seven races. The Tianlan Clan itself retreated to the central part of the Tianlan Prairie, where the spiritual energy was still acceptable.
And A Guxi's ancestors were that branch of the Giant Wood Clan that had stayed behind.
The Tianlan Prairie was vast and boundless. The huge territory had allowed the Tianlan Clan to obtain many heavenly materials and earthly treasures in the past.
With the annual supply of a large amount of cultivation resources from the Tianlan Clan, this branch of the Giant Wood Clan and the other six races lived a comfortable life here, multiplying and living in harmony with the Tianlan Clan for ten thousand years.
And in ten thousand years, the Tianlan Clan had slowly recovered its vitality, and different voices began to appear in the clan.
The vast majority of them believed that the Giant Wood Clan and the other seven clans would completely annex the Tianlan Clan in the future and seize all the resources.
Because at that time, the seven clans had also branched out, so the territory they occupied naturally needed to be constantly expanded.
Moreover, the best territory in the south of the Tianlan Prairie was also a place that the Tianlan Clan cultivators had always dreamed of taking back.
But because the seven clans were also full of experts at that time, the Tianlan Clan's thoughts could only be buried in their hearts.
As time passed, the Tianlan Clan finally got their chance. The Verdant Continent welcomed a long period of peace, and many experts sought out nodes to ascend one after another.
The experts of the seven clans on the prairie either passed away or ascended to the Immortal Spirit Realm.
Only a few Nascent Soul cultivators were left to guard. And the Tianlan Clan had long been prepared, secretly accumulating strength.
Their clan already had a Spirit Transformation cultivator. Although this Spirit Transformation cultivator could have ascended long ago, he had been struggling in the lower realm, waiting for an opportunity.