Although Li Yan and his companion could only understand the general meaning of Ai Ni's words, they could guess what she was trying to express just from her expression.
But Li Yan didn't want to talk to them any more here and wanted to get away immediately.
At this moment, he suddenly felt Zhao Min's aura fluctuate slightly beside him.
"Junior Brother, there are only thirty of them. Our spirit-storing pouches can hold them."
Hearing Zhao Min's voice transmission, Li Yan's brow furrowed.
"Senior Sister, just by listening to one side of the story, you and I could be in great trouble in an instant."
"Cultivators are not supposed to attack mortals. Isn't there a team of green-robed guards? We can capture a few and soul-search them! If we can't help, we can leave immediately!"
The highest cultivation level of that team of green-robed guards was only Foundation Establishment. This was something the two of them had already investigated.
"I still think it's too risky. Obviously, according to A Guxi's words, these Tianlan Clan cultivators often play tricks on them.
What if there's a Nascent Soul cultivator secretly watching? Right now, the two of us are like mice under a cat's paw."
Li Yan was still unwilling to make a move.
"It's very simple. We'll just fly away directly now. If there really is a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Tianlan Clan secretly watching, they definitely won't let us go.
After all, we have come into contact with the Giant Wood Clan. Aren't they afraid that we will spread the news here?
The Tianlan Clan secretly acted against the seven clans. In order to hide this matter, they must have used other means to cover it up. Of course, they are most afraid of this matter being leaked!"
The so-called separation of immortals and mortals in the cultivation world meant that immortals were not allowed to interfere in mortal affairs.
Firstly, they already possessed the ability to traverse heaven and earth. To attack a mortal dynasty, they could easily wipe it out with a wave of their hand. This was absolutely not allowed in the cultivation world.
Secondly, many cultivators had mortal descendants. Although they could not bring fortune for a thousand autumns, they could not let other cultivators slaughter their mortal descendants at will.
Thirdly, many immortal sects still had to find uncut jade and unrefined gold among mortals for their future inheritance. They were naturally not allowed to cut off the source.
If the news of the Tianlan Clan slaughtering mortals here were to spread, no matter which continent they were on, it would attract the pursuit of other cultivators.
Who wouldn't be afraid of such a thing happening to them? And who wouldn't want to use the name of the "Heavenly Dao" to eradicate "evil thieves" and thus obtain a large amount of cultivation resources?
"Senior, I heard that the Giant Wood Clan has a 'Wood Essence Pool.' If one can absorb the ten-thousand-year-old spirit wood essence in it, even a Nascent Soul cultivator can get great benefits!"
A Guxi suddenly raised his head.
"Spirit wood essence?"
Li Yan and Zhao Min's bodies froze upon hearing this.
Then, Li Yan's face darkened, and his voice became icy cold.
"I know what you're thinking. You want us to escort you back to your clan. But if you're just talking nonsense, I can kill you right now!"
"Senior, the 'Wood Essence Pool' in the clan is a message left by our ancestors. Not only can it cleanse the marrow and tendons, but more importantly, it can repeatedly purify the spiritual power in the body, making it purer and purer.
Whether it's for increasing the power of spells when fighting enemies, or for forming the core and nascent soul in the future, it has great benefits.
If you don't believe me, you can cast a spell and soul-search me now. This junior will use this to prove that what I said is true."
A Guxi suddenly became calm again. He offered himself up for soul-searching as proof.
Looking at the calmness in A Guxi's eyes, Li Yan and Zhao Min did not speak for a moment. They could also see the fearlessness of death in this old-faced man.
Li Yan fell silent for a moment. Then, under A Guxi's eager gaze, his and Zhao Min's figures slowly faded away.
After a while, Ai Ni below was still crying. Everyone had not heard any reply. A Guxi in the void sighed longly, and he slowly stood up.
"Ai Ni, forget it. They have already left!" At this moment, A Guxi seemed even older. He looked at the distant sky and regretted why he hadn't chosen anything just now.
Those pills could at least have allowed the injured clansmen to recover their injuries and combat power.
"Let's go quickly. This place is about to enter the divine sense range of the Tianlan Clan."
He landed beside Ai Ni and gently patted her on the shoulder with his withered palm.
Ai Ni had been burying her face in the water and grass, her whole body trembling constantly due to grief.
"Ai Ni, let's go. Save your strength to kill a few more Tianlan brats."
Ai Sang held his long spear in his hand. He was also filled with grief, but more so with disappointment.
He did not feel any resentment towards Li Yan and Zhao Min. Having walked on the edge of life and death for years, and having seen his relatives suddenly leave one by one, he had long lost his desire for beautiful things. Those two were already of extremely high cultivation. It was already very good that they had not slaughtered them directly like the Tianlan Clan in the past.
Similarly, he did not dare to show any dissatisfaction. The indifference and cruelty of cultivators had long been engraved in his bones. Perhaps those two were still secretly watching.
In the vast rain, all the mortals and Qi Condensation stage disciples were swept up by A Guxi's magical power, with Ai Ni and Ai Sang guarding them on both sides.
The group from the Giant Wood Clan, dragging their exhausted bodies, flew in the direction they felt was safe...
...
Li Yan and Zhao Min had been gone for a full day. Along the way, whenever there was a fluctuation of spiritual power, the two would avoid it in advance.
"Junior Brother, how much longer do you think we have to go?"
"Four more days. At our current speed, we should be approaching the central part of the Tianlan Prairie. If the other party is secretly watching, they should be making a move soon."
"As you say, Junior Brother!"
Zhao Min's reply was also very brief.
The two of them were not considering the Giant Wood Clan's situation now. They were just putting on a show for the person who was assumed to be secretly watching, to show that they were about to approach the central part of the Tianlan Prairie.
The Tianlan Clan definitely didn't want any news about the Giant Wood and the other seven clans to be revealed. Even if they wanted to confirm Li Yan and Zhao Min's identities before making a move, they should be making a move soon.
Li Yan, of course, was not acting out of kindness. He was different from Zhao Min. What he valued was the so-called "Wood Essence Pool," which was said to be helpful even to Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
This made Li Yan's heart move.
Now, Li Yan desperately wanted to use all means to improve his strength, so he wanted to take a gamble and went along with Zhao Min's idea.
However, Li Yan would still do his best to ensure their safety and would only make a move when he was confident.
Li Yan was now driving the "Cloud-Piercing Willow" at only about sixty percent of its speed, which was also to conceal his strength.
His and Zhao Min's plan was to fly southeast to the central part of the Tianlan Prairie.
If there were no problems, they would start looking for lone Tianlan Clan cultivators, capture them, and soul-search them to get the information he wanted.
Only then could they decide whether to turn back and look for the Giant Wood Clan. Li Yan had already left a divine sense marker on them, so he wouldn't lose them.
If he were to fly back at full speed, it would take about ten days for a round trip.
As for whether the Giant Wood Clan could survive for ten days, Li Yan felt that the other party had their own way of survival and would not all die so easily.
But he didn't know that this time, the Giant Wood Clan had encountered a completely different kind of pursuit!
...
A Guxi flew with more than twenty people in the pouring rain, leaving a straight trail of rain mist, like a long spear piercing the rain curtain.
There was no expression on his old face, and blood was still seeping from his back.
Ai Ni and Ai Sang guarded behind. Although these two were not injured, their expressions were even more haggard.
Five days ago, after hiding for three days, they were finally discovered by that team of green-robed guards.
With a distance of several hundred li, the other party was all cultivators, and they were also riding a large flying magical treasure. They quickly caught up with them.
If it weren't for the fact that the Tianlan Clan knew that the Giant Wood Clan and the other seven clans had long since lost their experts, the ones sent out for training now would be real experts.
However, the current team of green-robed guards were all young disciples from various major families. Their strengths were somewhat disparate and less than satisfactory.
In fact, this was also what the Tianlan Clan was deliberately doing now, letting the disciples who were not qualified to come over also come with the elite disciples to see the world.
In this battle, A Guxi was hit in the back by the captain of the green-robed squad while protecting the clansmen below.
If it weren't for his extremely rich combat experience, he would have been pierced through his internal organs by the other party at the last moment.
In addition, it was fortunate that the only Foundation Establishment cultivators in this green-robed guard team were the captain and vice-captain. The other twenty were all at the Qi Condensation stage, which allowed A Guxi and the others to hold on.
Three Foundation Establishment cultivators against two Foundation Establishment cultivators, and they still lost.
The Giant Wood Clan, like the other six clans, had long been terrified of the Tianlan Clan. They would only dare to fight a prolonged battle when they had an absolute advantage.
In this situation, they would definitely fight and flee, for fear that the great battle would attract other green-robed guard teams. In that case, it would basically be a death sentence.
There was another important reason here, which was that the Giant Wood Clan had no pills or spirit stones to replenish their consumed magical power. In addition to years of fleeing, all the cultivators' combat power was only fifty to seventy percent of their normal realm.
Once they fought, their magical power would be consumed bit by bit, and there was no time to meditate and recover. So they had to escape within fifty breaths.
On the other hand, the green-robed guard team didn't care at all. Although their side had one less Foundation Establishment cultivator, their attacks were wide open.
With spirit stones and pills to quickly recover their magical power, the green-robed guard team fought with increasing courage.
In the end, after another woman was taken away and a Qi Condensation stage clansman was killed, Ai Sang and A Guxi, working together, finally managed to injure the captain of the green-robed team and break out.
"It's probably because we can't serve as much of a tempering role anymore. The Tianlan Clan has acted contrary to their usual practice this time. Is this the final encirclement?"
A Guxi thought in his heart as he flew. This time, these green-robed guard teams were not like before, where they would give them some breathing room after a fight.
Instead, they were pursuing them relentlessly, searching everywhere, which made A Guxi feel that something was wrong.
He thought that Ai Ni and the others had also thought of this point, but no one said it out loud. That would only make all the clansmen feel despair.
A Guxi glanced at the clansmen he had swept up.
The Qi Condensation stage cultivators were fine. Although some of them were injured in the great battle a few days ago, they were now all closing their eyes and circulating their cultivation methods to heal themselves.
Although this method of healing was extremely primitive, it could still allow their injuries to slowly recover.
But the mortals at this moment had pale faces, and some had even fainted. However, no one made a sound. They all closed their eyes and forced themselves to sleep.
They were used to a life on the run and had learned to seize the time to recover their strength.
This time, they had been fleeing continuously, and the heavy rain was incessant. Not only was there no time to rest, but many of them had already caught a cold.
"No, I must find a place to stop and let them eat some food!"
Looking at the heavy rain that connected the sky and the earth, A Guxi made a decision.
Cultivators could rely on circulating their magical power and absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to survive, but those mortals could not.
After a few days without food, they had already reached their limit. If they didn't eat soon, just relying on the rainwater they had drunk before, they might start to die.
As his Divine Sense swept around, A Guxi suddenly discovered a small hillside in front of him to the right.
The hillside was not very high and had some short trees growing on it. There were also several small caves distributed on the hillside, which might be the habitat of some wild beasts.
"We'll go to that hillside. You two go and scout it out first!"
A Guxi said to Ai Ni and Ai Sang behind him, his voice already a little hoarse.