Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter

Chapter 561 - 180: Aftermath, Turmoil, Taming, Family Reunion

Gu Xuejian grasped the demon sword in her hand, feeling the connection between her and the Weapon Forger still intact.

"Li Yuan, what kind of person are you really?"

She felt curious.

But at the same time, she revealed a bitter smile.

One should know, the four people Li Yuan took, were all Fifth Grade Elders...

Especially Li Ping’an and Jing Shuixiang, who were already high-level combatants of the Divine Wood Hall, belonging to the strongest class below Fourth Grade...

But since Qing Hancheng betrayed the Divine Wood Hall, and there are many crises she has not seen, taking them away might be a way for the Divine Wood Hall to preserve its fire seed.

Even if the Divine Wood Hall were to be destroyed in this great battle, they could still rebuild it.

Li Ping’an cultivated the "Willow Return Technique"; Jing Shuixiang and Cui Huayin cultivated the "Withering and Flourishing Skill"; Gu Yaojue cultivated the "Evergreen Technique."

If these people adapt to each other, they can ultimately draw their cultivation skill’s Life Atlas by themselves, and even recruit disciples to rebuild a Divine Wood Hall in another place, becoming a new legacy.

Gu Xuejian’s mind was filled with thoughts.

Suddenly, for a moment, she thought, "If possible, she also wanted to leave with them."

But as soon as this thought appeared, it disappeared.

"When the heavens are about to collapse, someone must bear it.

There are things to do and things to leave undone; how can one’s heart be swayed by external changes?"

She tightened her grip on the demon sword and soared into the air.

Then she laughed freely.

Since her apprentice, her sister, and the man who forged weapons for her were going to leave safely;

Then as a master, a sister, a woman who has received kindness, she would see them off...

...

Several days later.

The sudden disappearance of several elders on the side of the Divine Wood Hall erupted.

And the blame was directly pointed at the Lotus Sect, even at the Emperor.

The source of everything was Gu Xuejian’s "Moonlight Jade."

The scene Gu Xuejian saw from the "Moonlight Jade" was precisely the scene of her disciples calling for help. Although blurry, Gu Xuejian heard voices like "Lotus Sect" and "Emperor."

Connecting the events before and after, one could guess that the Emperor perhaps out of "hatred for stealing his wife," quietly took back Cui Huayin, and even out of a sense of revenge, took Li Yuan’s other family members.

While spreading the information, Gu Xuejian took advantage of the information gap, heading south alone, and under the guidance of inside support, swiftly broke through three cities of the Lotus Sect, reducing the two Fifth Grade powerhouses who were drawn in to only two hearts, then packed the hearts in a box, swiftly retreated, and returned to the Mianzhou Path.

Just like that, several high-ranking inside support placed in the Lotus Sect were directly ruined.

These inside supports were originally intended to be used by the Divine Wood Hall to launch a bigger offensive, but because of Gu Xuejian’s direct action, they were exposed prematurely and had to be withdrawn.

However, Gu Xuejian did not regret it.

Because... Qing Hancheng knew about these inside supports.

Instead of letting Qing Hancheng ruin them, it was better for her to use them first.

Upon returning to Mianzhou Path, Gu Xuejian immediately released the information to the Lotus Sect, saying she wanted to exchange two Fifth Grade ones for Li Ping’an, Gu Yaojue, and Jing Shuixiang, as for Princess Consort Yin, that was the Emperor’s family matter, which she wouldn’t interfere with.

Gu Xuejian’s operation was conducted in a manner that immediately aligned everyone’s thoughts.

Everyone felt that it was because the Emperor was displeased over Li Yuan’s "hatred for stealing his wife," plus Master Zhu was indeed thriving in the Lotus Sect, so... the disappearance of these people was the Emperor’s doing.

This series of events happened extremely quickly, not only was the Lotus Sect confused, but so was the Emperor.

And by this time, it was already a month later...

...

...

In November, on the Cloud Mountain Path, heavy snow covered the mountains, making it difficult for carriages to travel.

The flying birds controlled by Li Yuan naturally couldn’t enter, so they were spread sporadically across the Mianzhou Path, naturally observing the changes there.

Li Yuan quickly guessed the origin of the matter.

His previous suspicion of "Gu Xuejian colluding with Qing Hancheng" was thus dispelled.

"Not bad at all."

He praised.

And in fact, he had made similar arrangements.

If Gu Xuejian had not acted, his people would spread "similar information," turning everyone’s attention southward, thus securing time for his retreat, only his people’s status was relatively low, if the opposition suspected and captured these people, it would lead to failure. But such failure would buy him time.

However, since Gu Xuejian did it, she directly helped him eliminate all potential threats.

In this way, it was considered quite considerate.

Here, the horse could hardly go, nor could the carriage.

Li Yuan, Jing Shuixiang, Cui Huayin, and others were fine, but there were also two children and a pregnant woman, which made it a bit challenging.

Nevertheless, before setting off, Li Yuan had already used "Thousand-Mile in a Line" to return once and notify Niannian.

And he had another "Thousand-Mile in a Line" wrapped around Cyan Robe Tower Master Wang Hiran, for a quick return, after all, he hadn’t forgotten his purpose for this journey and didn’t want to retrace the route he came.

North of Sword Mountain, the wilderness narrowed, and in the dim sky appeared the outline of a canyon.

The group reached this place, and "swooshing" sounds abruptly came from a snowpile on one side of the canyon.

Everyone looked over calmly, each staying collected, as if they could handle even if the sky fell.

It should be understood that not only Li Yuan, but the other four Fifth Grades were also used to facing threats alone, the "startled and panicked" style no longer belonged to them.

Snowflakes exploded, revealing eight puppets and two palace carriages inside.

The palace carriages were covered with thick brocade, only frozen stiff in the snow.

Li Yuan approached, his body temperature suddenly expanded, melting the frozen palace carriages and all the snow around, leaving the people behind him momentarily stunned.