Chapter 66 - 64: Surrounded by Powerful Enemies, Unlimited Supply of Pills

Chapter 66: Chapter 64: Surrounded by Powerful Enemies, Unlimited Supply of Pills

When they first heard the crowd’s chatter, the genius disciples of the Celestial Sword Sect paid it no mind.

One of them even asked playfully, "Oh? Tell us, who exactly did you meet?"

"To answer the Immortal Master, it was Jiang Hao."

Seeing the instinctive confusion on the faces of the Celestial Sword Sect members, someone immediately doubled their efforts to explain, terrified that they hadn’t understood.

"Immortal Master, it... it’s Jiang Hao from Xingyue City’s Earth Realm! The Jiang Hao who killed Elder Zhao’s beloved disciple with a single sword strike, the one who slew the Qi Family’s Qilin Child!"

BOOM!

As soon as those words were spoken, a world-shaking killing intent abruptly erupted across the entire ark.

All the Celestial Sword Sect disciples and the Qi Family’s team of geniuses shuddered violently, as if struck by lightning. Even the dozen or so peerless figures emitting Spirit Transformation auras snapped their eyes open, a billion galaxies of thunder seemingly surging within their gazes.

A Celestial Sword Sect disciple named Mo Yan grabbed the speaker by the collar, his eyes wide with shock. "What did you say? Jiang Hao? Jiang Hao from Xingyue City’s Earth Realm?"

Jiang Hao’s name seemed to strike a chord within the Celestial Sword Sect. Every disciple snapped their heads up, their eyes filled with disbelief.

"It was him, without a doubt. It’s absolutely true. I’d recognize him even if he turned to ash!"

"Are you certain the man was Jiang Hao?"

"We are absolutely certain. We wouldn’t mistake him. However, he doesn’t seem to be using his real identity right now. He claims to be a direct descendant of the Qin Family named Qin Fan."

At those words, the entire Celestial Sword Sect ark fell silent. The disciples exchanged glances, utterly astonished.

"The sect originally thought he had fled the Eastern Domain. To think he was right under our noses all along—and even transformed himself into a Qin Family descendant participating in the genius supremacy battle!"

Countless terrifying figures from the Celestial Sword Sect found it inconceivable. Over the past three years, the sect had turned half the Eastern Domain upside down without finding a single trace of him.

"We searched high and low in vain, only to find him without any effort! Senior Brother Jun, senior brothers and sisters, what should we do now?"

Mo Yan’s breathing grew heavy. Although he didn’t know why the higher-ups of the Celestial Sword Sect had issued a kill order on that youth, the bounty was incredibly tempting.

The mission handed down by the higher-ups was for the entire sect to track down the youth’s whereabouts. Once found, he could be killed on the spot, but his corpse absolutely had to be brought back to the Celestial Sword Sect. Evidently, the Celestial Sword Sect was hiding an earth-shattering conspiracy regarding Jiang Hao and Father Jiang.

Faced with Mo Yan’s question, the youth surnamed Jun—one of the leaders of this Celestial Sword Sect division—slowly opened his eyes and uttered a single, chilling word.

"Kill!"

Hearing this, Mo Yan was immediately invigorated. There was no reason to refuse such a juicy prize delivered right to his doorstep. Suppressing the temptation of the sect’s bounty, Mo Yan immediately interrogated the crowd who had just boarded the ark.

"Where did that Jiang guy go? What is his strength?"

"To answer Immortal Master Senior Brother, he headed in that direction. As for his cultivation, if we are not mistaken, it should be around Unity Realm Perfection."

"Unity Realm Perfection? Good, very good. Turn the ship around immediately and head in that direction!"

RUMBLE!

With a deafening roar, the Celestial Sword Sect’s ark set off in relentless pursuit in the direction Jiang Hao and the others had left.

This scene was witnessed by countless Cultivators from the Eastern Domain Sects.

"The Celestial Sword Sect’s ark... why did they suddenly change direction?"

"Could there be a peerless legacy over there?"

"Who cares! We absolutely cannot let the Celestial Sword Sect get there first. Let’s change direction too—we can’t go wrong by following them."

At once, many sect arks changed course and sped after them. This sight caused numerous peerless prodigies and various genius teams to frown. After a moment of thought, they all converged in the same direction.

On the Celestial Sword Sect’s ark.

"Senior brothers of the Celestial Sword Sect, this Jiang Hao killed the Qilin Child. He shares an irreconcilable enmity with our Qi Family. If we catch up to him, I hope you will be magnanimous and allow me to execute him with my own hands to avenge my dead older brother."

The leader of the Qi Family spoke up on his own accord, his eyes brimming with murderous intent.

This person was the current second-greatest genius of the Qi Family—though ever since Qi Tianyang’s fall, he had naturally become the first. In terms of fame and martial spirit grade, Qi Tianchen was indeed inferior to the Qi Family’s Qilin Child. However, he was significantly older, and his cultivation was exceptionally terrifying, already showing faint signs of Spirit Transformation.

Within the crowd, Wang Jiang and the others looked at this earth-shattering lineup and felt the overwhelming killing intent from the Celestial Sword Sect disciples and the Qi Family’s genius team. They were chilled to the bone.

"Brother Xiaotian, I’m afraid your prospective brother-in-law is doomed. Compared to the peerless geniuses of the Celestial Sword Sect, he falls short by more than just a little bit," Wang Jiang sneered, whispering into Ye Xiaotian’s ear.

Hearing this, the latter’s breathing hitched, overwhelmed with anxiety.

However, the corners of Wang Jiang’s mouth immediately curled up in a smile. "If the Celestial Sword Sect finds out you’re that piece of trash’s brother-in-law, do you think they’ll throw you overboard?"

At these words, Ye Xiaotian’s face paled even further in fright.

Yet, Wang Jiang abruptly changed his tune. "But you don’t need to worry too much. As long as you prove your loyalty to the Celestial Sword Sect and present a united front, they will definitely accept you."

Urged on by Wang Jiang, Ye Xiaotian—already terrified by the Celestial Sword Sect’s lineup—instantly fell into a state of panic and volunteered aloud.

"Immortal Master Senior Brothers, I can act as the eyes for the Celestial Sword Sect and the Qi Family! No one here knows Jiang Hao better than I do. I only need a single glance into a crowd to recognize him instantly."

The moment Ye Xiaotian spoke, he immediately drew the stares of numerous Celestial Sword Sect disciples. Wang Jiang hurriedly explained from the side.

"Immortal Masters, he is a direct descendant of the Ye Family. Jiang Hao grew up alongside him in the Ye Family since childhood. No one is more familiar with that man’s appearance and posture than he is. With Brother Xiaotian identifying him for you, the effort will undoubtedly yield twice the result with half the effort!

"And me! I was once a love rival of Jiang Hao’s. Although we didn’t spend day and night together, his every move has been etched into my mind. If we run into him, I can recognize him at a glance, even from dozens of miles away."

The reason Wang Jiang deliberately egged on Ye Xiaotian and then included himself was simply to elevate their status on the ark. To the Celestial Sword Sect, the two of them had to infinitely magnify their own usefulness to have a greater chance of gaining the sect’s protection and surviving in this place.

Sure enough, their words earned them the Celestial Sword Sect’s attention.

After all, even the members of the Celestial Sword Sect only knew of Jiang Hao’s existence. Even those who had seen his portrait wouldn’t necessarily be able to identify him at a glance from dozens of miles away.

Having secured their worth, Wang Jiang and Ye Xiaotian suddenly felt much more secure. Ye Xiaotian, however, was conflicted internally, realizing he had ultimately fallen for Wang Jiang’s scheme.

Little did he know that in the near future, the man he was about to put in mortal danger countless times would save him at the very last moment. And the Celestial Sword Sect members had no idea that the walking bounty in their eyes would become an inescapable, lifelong nightmare for everyone here.

But that was a story for another time.

At this moment, Jiang Hao and his group were still unaware.

Countless peerless prodigies from various sects and massive factions, having misinterpreted the intentions of the Celestial Sword Sect’s ark, were relentlessly trailing right behind them.

Amongst the boundless rolling hills.

Jiang Hao and the others sprinted madly, only pausing once they were hundreds of miles away from the battlefield.

"We should be clear of the battlefield. Everyone, rest here for fifteen minutes. Meditate and regulate your breathing to recover as much of your expended energy as possible. We will continue moving in fifteen minutes."

After issuing her orders, Qin Xiangyuan turned and whispered to Qin Xiangying, "Xiangying, do a head count. See how many casualties we have and if anyone fell behind."

"Okay." Qin Xiangying nodded at her words. Her beautiful eyes cast a deep look at Jiang Hao before she silently began counting the group.

Jiang Hao kept his gaze fixed in the direction they had come from, his brows tightly knitted.

Before long, a figure tore through the air from behind. It was Qin Ye.

As soon as he landed, Qin Ye’s expression looked extremely grim.

"Qin Ye, what’s wrong?" Qin Xiangyuan immediately picked up on his demeanor.

Qin Ye looked at her and Jiang Hao, his eyes full of gravity. "Lin Chen and the Lin Family are pursuing us. They’ve been maintaining their distance, but that’s not the main issue. The main issue is that they have gathered every Cultivator from the Celestial City’s Earth Realm they could find along the way."

Without a doubt, these Cultivators gathered by the Lin Family were mortal enemies of the Qin Family—or at the very least, allies of the Lin Race.

At his words, everyone’s face turned deathly pale.

Even Qin Xiangyuan showed anxiety. "Roughly how many people?"

"A significant number. Visually, there are probably over a thousand, and the number is still surging. More importantly, there are quite a few faction leaders among them."

RUSTLE!

As soon as he said this, a wave of commotion swept through the entire Qin Family camp.

Little did they know that behind the thousand enemy Cultivators from the Celestial City’s Earth Realm, an endless stream of genius teams was also continuously converging on their position.

Hearing this, Jiang Hao also knitted his brows tightly. He had anticipated the Qin Family’s situation would be bad, but he never expected it to be this disastrous.

The young men and women of the Qin Family couldn’t help but ask immediately, "Young Master Qin, is there any way to shake them off?"

Faced with the crowd’s inquiry, Qin Ye shook his head slightly.

"The Lin Family has a closely guarded Secret Technique called the Tracking Technique. During the previous battle, our auras were likely recorded. With Lin Chen leading the way, let alone shaking them off, we probably won’t even be able to widen the gap."

The people from Qin City grew thoroughly demoralized. The Lin Race’s Tracking Technique was renowned throughout the world for its potency. Anyone locked onto by this Secret Technique had virtually nowhere to hide.

However, just as everyone felt there was no way out, a nonchalant voice rang out.

"Not necessarily."

After a brief moment of thought, Jiang Hao spoke up abruptly. The moment he said this, all eyes fell upon the figure in white.

"Brother Qin Fan, do you have a plan?" Qin Xiangyuan asked with immediate joy.

Looking at these direct descendants of the Qin Family and the future seeds of Qin City, Jiang Hao didn’t beat around the bush and immediately replied, "Pills. As long as we have enough pills, widening the distance indefinitely is not impossible."

As soon as Jiang Hao finished speaking, Qin Xiangyuan’s intelligent eyes lit up. "Brother Qin Fan, do you mean we can use pills to recover our depleted Spiritual Power, eliminating the need to stop and meditate, and thereby continuously widening the gap between us?"

A Cultivator’s internal Spiritual Power was not limitless. For every distance flown, they needed to stop and recover their expended Spiritual Power. If they used pills, they could save the time spent meditating, effectively widening the distance indefinitely.

"But we have pills, and so do they! Plus, this is an ancient ruin. Even if this method works, where would we get so many Spirit Pills to restore our Spiritual Power?"

"A pill capable of instantly restoring Spiritual Power has to be at least a Rank Two, Tier Seven Small Spirit Revitalization Pill. When we left Qin City, the City Lord’s Mansion only gave each of us three. The enemy might have even more on them than we do."

"Exactly, this method won’t work at all, unless..."

"Unless we have an Alchemy Master in our camp."

"But a Rank Two, Tier Seven Alchemy Master... at our age, it’s absolutely impossible to have one."