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As they proceeded, they all wanted to return and join the search effort, but their injuries were too severe. The only one who refused to give up on finding Yan Xiaobao was Li Qinghou. He went alone to the Naless Mountain and searched there for two entire months. Apart from so places he couldn't even enter, he explored the length and breadth of the mountains. Strangely, despite Yan Xiaobao seemingly knowing these mountains well, he couldn't find a trace of him. It was almost as if Yan Xiaobao currently existed in another world.
During the search, he ended up fighting many powerful beasts, and so people were even injured. Two months later, he stood very painfully before a certain tree, upon which a blood-sared piece of cloth was attached.
"If I hadn't brought you to the sect..." Li Qinghou thought. As he closed his eyes, he recalled the image of Yan Xiaobao at Hude Mountain, looking terrified by the thunder and lightning. He thought of his panic at Wanshe Valley, the events during the sect competition, and how he had taken the top spot on all the steles.
He sighed silently, seeming to grow older, as he reached out to pick up the bloodstained cloth. During the search, he had picked up seven to eight similar pieces of cloth like this.
Finally, he left the forest, transforming into a beam of light shooting into the distance.
Thus ended the Luochen Clan rebellion. Spirit Stream Sect struck like thunderbolts, completely annihilating the traitors. This matter caused quite a stir in the Eastwood lower reaches of the Heavenspan River. In the cultivation world of Eastwood Continent, one of four mainlands, countless cultivation families and sects learned about the issue. As a result, the awe for the Spirit Sect grew, a sect that was one of the Four Great Sects in the lower Eastwood.
After the investigation by Spirit Flow Sect, they found so clues as to why the Luochen Clan had turned into traitors. The bloodline curse was one cause, but there was a deeper motive. Piecing together various clues, the sect was shocked by the vast divergence.
If they hadn't stopped the matter, the resulting chain reaction would have led many other cultivators to hear of the issue and then continue rebelling. It would have been like a powerful enemy invading the Spirit Sect realm, leading to severe repercussions, potentially even causing the sect's instability.
News soon spread about the deeds accomplished by Du Lingfei and Hou Yunfei, and the noble sacrifice of Yan Xiaobao.
In truth, he refused to abandon his fellow disciples, even using himself as bait to lure the enemy, which moved many deeply. The cultivation world was full of selfish individuals; people like Yan Xiaobao were rare. Losing such a disciple left many, including the sect leader and elders, feeling extrely aggrieved.
The whole incident also brought about other impacts. However, as more clues erged, Spirit Flow Sect only grew more reticent. For so unknown reasons, they eventually stopped the investigation. Still, all Foundation cultivators of the sect heightened their vigilance far beyond normal levels.
Clearly... a storm was approaching.
South Shore and North Shore together had seven Peak Lords. Besides them, there were the Sect Leader and other elders. After multiple discussions and studies, they reached a unanimous decision.
Du Lingfei, Hou Yunfei, and the deceased Feng Yan all perford admirably. As for Yan Xiaobao... he had accomplished extraordinarily significant service!
The final decision was explained by Sect Leader Zheng Yuandong. "The storm is coming. Most important is... uplifting everyone's spirit. For ten thousand years, our sect's morale has remained high. Considering the enormous service Yan Xiaobao rendered, at the cost of his life, we can only hold a grand funeral to repay his kindness. Those who contribute to the sect will never be forgotten."
In the subsequent days, although Spirit Creek Sect did not further investigate the reason behind Luochen Clan's betrayal, they took every chance to spread the story of Yan Xiaobao's sacrifice for his fellow disciples and how he nobly fought for the sect.
As the story spread, increasingly more disciples from the peaks of both shores learned Yan Xiaobao's na and about everything he did to save fellow disciples.
Of course, the sect itself wasn't contradictory to such a loyal and devoted disciple. Li Qinghou had eradicated the entire clan and mobilized two thousand Inner Sect Disciples. Deploying such a powerful force to handle the situation was truly like using a war axe to kill a chicken.
All disciples of the sect not only rembered Yan Xiaobao's na, but were also moved by the sect's response to the situation. Though the sect had deliberately reacted in this manner... this reaction was precisely what the disciples had expected.
For ten thousand years, this has been the unchanging tradition of the Spirit Flow Sect.
Touch one of our disciples, no matter how far you run, you will die!
When a Spirit Flow Sect disciple sets foot outside the sect, they are never alone: they have the support of the entire Spirit Flow Sect. The sect is like a shield, always protecting them.
Thus, disciples focus on their sect, and will expend any and all efforts, even sacrifice their lives, to defend their ho.
This is the powerful Spirit Flow Sect, originating ten thousand years ago as a small sect of rely dozens.
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