Ji Zhou and Jing Yan Daoist cried out at the sa ti.
But their tones were polar opposites—one a terrified plea for help, the other a sharp, furious shout.
Ji Zhou clearly hadn’t expected the woman to actually dare to attack.
This was the territory of their Sansong Mountain, with so many people present. It was precisely for this reason that he had brazenly stepped forward to block them.
But to his surprise, she attacked directly, without any hesitation.
His body felt as if it were suddenly seized by sothing. He couldn’t resist at all and could only look at his master, Jing Yan Daoist, in terror, using all his strength to cry out for help.
Jing Yan Daoist’s reaction was also swift. He responded almost the instant Wen Yin attacked, flickering to appear in front of his disciple, Ji Zhou.
"Stop!"
With a sharp cry, Jing Yan Daoist sent a palm strike flying toward Wen Yin.
But just as the palm was about to strike Wen Yin, re inches away...
...his palm seed to touch sothing invisible. A sharp CRACK echoed, and he was instantly forced back several steps.
The palm strike he had just thrown seed to have been blocked and repelled by sothing unseen.
Not only that, but his very own hand bone had been shattered through his forearm, with half of it jutting out abruptly.
However, this exchange interrupted Wen Yin’s attack. Ji Zhou, now able to move freely, gasped for breath and hastily retreated into the crowd.
No one had expected that Jing Yan Daoist would actually co out on the losing end of the exchange.
"Fellow Daoist, you’re also at the Late-stage of Primordial Feeding?!"
Jing Yan Daoist looked at Wen Yin with surprise. At the sa ti, he reached out and pushed the broken bone in his forearm back into place, acting as if nothing had happened.
He was shocked that soone as young as Wen Yin had already reached the Late Stage Primordial Feeding Realm, with strength equal to his own.
’Which Sect is this disciple from, to have such talent!’
Wen Yin ignored his question, rely letting out another cold snort.
"Dare to block again, and you die!"
Yang An was dumbfounded watching from the side. ’Senior Sister is truly decisive and swift. She attacks the mont she says she will, without the slightest hesitation.’
’It’s really reassuring.’
However, he also truly hadn’t expected Wen Yin to be in the Late Stage Primordial Feeding Realm.
’If even my twelfth senior sister is in the Late Stage Primordial Feeding Realm, then the other senior brothers and sisters can only be stronger.’
Although he was just a newly initiated disciple, he still felt an imnse pressure.
The more he learned about the power of the disciples within the Life Crane Sect, the more he understood the terror of that "old fellow," and his sense of crisis grew ever more urgent.
Faced with Wen Yin’s frigid attitude, Jing Yan Daoist didn’t get angry. On the contrary, he beca very polite.
"Fellow Daoist, let’s talk this over calmly. Although my disciple was insolent, his suspicions were not entirely baseless. We still need ti to investigate the truth of this matter."
"I’m also inclined to believe that you two have no quarrel with my Sansong Mountain and wouldn’t do such a thing, but if you leave just like this, it will only deepen the suspicion against you."
"Why don’t you both rest at my Sansong Mountain for a while? Once we have investigated the truth and confird this matter has nothing to do with you, I will certainly have my disciple apologize to you in the most sincere way."
"Martial Uncle, I’m willing to stake my life on it! Fellow Daoist Yang and his companion would absolutely never do sothing like this."
At the side, Pan Shi imdiately spoke up, stepping forward to vouch for Yang An.
Yang An had helped him many tis before and had even saved his junior martial sister, Pan Yu. Based on that alone, he absolutely believed in Yang An’s character and knew he wouldn’t deceive him.
’I have to admit, the old Daoist’s words are reasonable, and his attitude is quite polite.’
Normally, following the principle of ’the less trouble, the better,’ Yang An would have agreed to his suggestion.
At worst, they would just stay at Sansong Mountain for a few days and wait for them to sort things out.
But things were different now. They had arrived at the wrong place by mistake and now urgently needed to get to Yulan City. They couldn’t afford any delays.
They simply didn’t have ti to waste here waiting for them.
"Senior, it’s not that we are unwilling to wait for you to investigate this matter, but we truly have urgent business to attend to."
"To be honest, we were originally heading to Yulan City in Han State, but we ended up here by a strange twist of fate."
"Ti is of the essence, and we must leave imdiately. We can’t delay any longer."
Yang An said with a clasped-fist salute. Since the other party was being so polite, he clearly wasn’t an unreasonable person, so Yang An decided to explain the real situation.
There was nothing really worth hiding about it anyway.
"Yulan City in Han State?"
Hearing Yang An’s words, the mbers of Sansong Mountain all looked at each other in confusion.
They knew of Han State, but they didn’t know where Yulan City was.
But Jing Yan Daoist wore a look of surprise.
"Yulan City in Han State is a full one thousand five hundred li from here. Even if you two were to leave now, I’m afraid it would take several days to arrive."
"Senior, you know of Yulan City?"
Yang An was also a little surprised. Yulan City was just a small, obscure border town in Han State, extrely far from Sansong Mountain. He was surprised the old Daoist before him even knew of it.
Jing Yan Daoist nodded, then, as if thinking of sothing, he suddenly smiled and said:
"Why don’t you two listen to my proposal? Rest here at Sansong Mountain for a bit. After we’ve cleared this matter up, if it truly has nothing to do with you, how about I personally send you to Yulan City?"
"Personally send us?"
Yang An gave the old Daoist a strange look. ’This old man can’t be ssing with us, can he?’
’But on second thought,’ he mused, ’this world is full of strange and wondrous things. It’s not impossible that this old Daoist really does have a way.’
"Could it be that Senior has so clever thod to get us to Yulan City quickly?"
"Haha, the thod itself is inconvenient to speak of, but sending you to Yulan City would only take two hours."
Jing Yan Daoist said with a smile.
’Two hours?!’
’Wouldn’t that be even faster than an Earth Worm?’
’Could it be that this Sansong Mountain also raises so kind of Demon Fiend?’
Yang An was startled, but also skeptical. After all, it was a vast distance of one thousand five hundred li.
But at this mont, Pan Shi stepped forward and spoke again.
"Martial Uncle is absolutely right. Fellow Daoist Yang, if you’re in a hurry to get to that Yulan City, my Martial Uncle truly does have a way to send you there. Why don’t you rest at Sansong Mountain for a little while?"
"Once my Martial Uncle has handled this matter, even if he doesn’t send you, I will go and beg my Master to send you!"
Pan Shi really didn’t want to see a conflict erupt between Yang An and his fellow disciples from Sansong Mountain.
He was afraid of his fellow disciples getting hurt, but also afraid of damaging his friendly relationship with Yang An. Therefore, Martial Uncle Jing Yan’s proposal was perfect in his eyes, and he naturally supported it wholeheartedly.
"Are you serious?"
Although Yang An didn’t trust the old Daoist before him, he had more faith in Pan Shi.
On one hand, he was afraid it was a trap, that the other party would fra them.
On the other hand, he was afraid they wouldn’t be able to deliver on their promise.
However, since Pan Shi was so clearly in favor of it, it ant he probably didn’t need to worry about those two issues.
This old Daoist might really have a way to get them to Yulan City within two hours.
"Of course I’m serious! I, Jing Yan Daoist, have always been a man of my word. You two can rest assured."
Jing Yan Daoist said, and Pan Shi, at his side, also nodded at Yang An.
But Yang An still hesitated.
"But what if your investigation takes too long? Ti waits for no one."
It was one thing for the man to make a promise, but if the investigation dragged on for several days, it would be no different from not agreeing at all. In fact, it would just waste more of their ti.
Jing Yan Daoist nodded, understanding Yang An’s concern.
’A valid point.’
"Then how about this?
"Two hours! Fellow Daoists, give us two hours. Regardless of whether we find anything in these two hours, I will personally send you both to Yulan City when the ti is up."
With Pan Shi vouching for them, Jing Yan Daoist, just as he himself had said, didn’t really suspect Yang An and his companion.
It was just that they had appeared here at a suspicious ti and were seen by other disciples.
If this matter wasn’t handled properly, he would have a hard ti explaining it to the Sect.
’Two hours... that ans we could reach Yulan City in four hours at most.’
With no other options in mind, this seed like an excellent choice.
Yang An mulled it over for a mont, then turned to look at Wen Yin.
"Senior Sister, this is an opportunity. Why don’t we do as the Senior says and rest here for a while?"
Wen Yin may have looked murderous just monts ago, her face as cold as frost.
But now, hearing Yang An’s question, she thought about how it was ultimately her fault they had co to the wrong place and run into this trouble.
Now that Yang An had negotiated a better way for them to get to Yulan City quickly, her expression softened, and she nodded.
"I’ll listen to you, then."
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