Goudan stumbled toward them at this moment.
He saw Shu Han sitting by the giant crater and hurried over, shaking Shu Han’s arms, nervously saying, “Big-Head Brother! Are you okay? What was that huge explosion just now? Where’s the Headmaster?”
Shu Han slowly opened his eyes and smiled, saying, “It’s fine, that old traitor is already dead. We’re all safe.”
Goudan said with a dry throat, “You killed the Headmaster? He was at the Foundation Establishment stage!”
“No one said Foundation Establishment cultivators cannot be killed!”
Shu Han patted his trembling shoulder and explained the whole story to him step by step. After hearing it, Goudan looked at the pit full of dried corpses and couldn’t help but shiver. He revealed a bitter smile and said, “Big-Head Brother, when we first came to Dragon Profound Sect, you saved me and Erdan. Now you’ve saved my life again. I don’t know how to repay this kindness in the future…”
“Between brothers, what is there to say about repayment? It’s just a pity that back then my cultivation wasn’t sufficient, and I didn’t know about the conspiracy behind Dragon Profound Sect. Otherwise, Erdan wouldn’t have met with disaster…” Shu Han painfully held his head, blankly saying, “How will I explain to Erdan’s family when we return to Shu Village?”
Goudan sat down next to Shu Han, looking at this ruined wasteland, his eyes blank, his tone heavy as he said, “Big-Head Brother, let’s return to the village together. I’ve seen it clearly now. This cultivation world truly isn’t a good place. I miss my parents and the people in the village.”
“They live grounded lives every day, rising at sunrise and resting at sunset, which is far more real than this false cultivation world. Remember how I once mocked you, saying being a carpenter was pretty good too? Now I just want to return to the village and honestly become a carpenter…”
“Yes, it’s time to go back…”
Suddenly, Shu Han turned his head, his brow furrowing.
“However, there are still some matters to handle before that.”
Looking into the distance, Dragon Profound Sect’s remaining two Elders brought all of the sect’s disciples, trembling with fear as they entered this burned forbidden ground.
A cold light flashed in Shu Han’s eyes.
He muttered to himself, “Over these twenty years, these two old things also participated…”
Goudan looked at Shu Han, who was covered in wounds, and couldn’t help saying, “Big-Head Brother, you’re covered in injuries right now. First Elder and Third Elder are both Qi Condensation Twelfth Heaven cultivators. We’re no match for them right now. I’ll take you away from here first!” But Shu Han kept shaking his head, killing intent rising in his eyes as he comforted him, “It’s fine. I have my own strategy. Just wait for them to come over.”
As he spoke, he took out the already bent Blood Soul Sword from his Storage Bag and threw it into the deep pit.
Then, he raised his hand, and the Four-Pole Heavenly Sword Formation also rushed into the deep pit.
In the distance, First Elder looked at the Rear Mountain Forbidden Ground that had turned into a wasteland, his heart filled with terror.
“Old Ning, what terrifying aftershocks! Who on earth was the Headmaster fighting in the Rear Mountain to actually turn the forbidden ground into this state? If we go over to investigate with our cultivation, what if they’re still alive? Isn’t that courting death?”
“We must confirm whether the Headmaster is alive or not! If he died in this explosion, we must also get our hands on the Deficiency-Mending Pill Formula! Without the Deficiency-Mending Pill, how are we supposed to deal with this damned technique? In a few more years, both of us will be tortured to death by it!”
First Elder sighed, “We shouldn’t have listened to Old Longxuan back then and switched to this technique. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be kept under his thumb by the Deficiency-Mending Pill.”
“That’s easy to say. Without the Dragon Profound Three Revolutions Divine Art and the Deficiency-Mending Pill, could our aptitudes have ever reached the Qi Condensation Twelfth Heaven? We would have exhausted our lifespans and died long ago.” Then Third Elder turned around and shouted to the eighty Dragon Profound Sect disciples behind him, “Spread out and search this area for the Headmaster’s whereabouts! We must see him alive or dead!”
“Yes!”
Finally, the two Elders discovered Shu Han and Goudan sitting by the edge of the explosion crater.
They exchanged glances and immediately rushed over, urgently asking, “Shu Sheng! Shu Han! What on earth happened here? Where is the Headmaster?”
Shu Han said anxiously, “Reporting to the Elders! The Headmaster was originally taking us flying toward Heavenly Profound Sect, but halfway there, a Foundation Establishment cultivator intercepted us. From his words, he seemed to be an old enemy of the Headmaster! Because he was carrying us, the Headmaster couldn’t fight him properly, so he brought the two of us to this Rear Mountain and told us to quickly flee the dense forest. Before Shu Sheng and I could even run out of the forest, a wave of heat knocked us unconscious. When we woke up, we wanted to search for the Headmaster in the forest, but we only found this giant crater. The Headmaster’s Blood Soul Sword seems to be down at the bottom…”
As he spoke, Shu Han pointed toward the Blood Soul Sword in the pit.
First Elder and Third Elder followed his direction and indeed saw the Blood Soul Sword stuck at the bottom of the pit.
Seeing the damaged state of the Blood Soul Sword, they already reached a conclusion in their hearts.
“You two entered first. Did you see where the person fighting the Headmaster went?”
Shu Han shook his head. “Disciple doesn’t know. After the explosion, we didn’t see anyone else in the forest.”
Did they perish together?
First Elder and Third Elder exchanged glances and immediately looked down toward the bottom of the pit.
Since the Headmaster’s Blood Soul Sword remained here, his Storage Bag must certainly be nearby!
They had to find the Pill Formula!
The two immediately rushed down to the bottom of the pit, paying no heed to the filthy mud, and began frantically searching around the Blood Soul Sword.
Shu Han looked at the two Elders in the mud pit and laughed coldly as he asked, “First Elder, Third Elder, what are you searching for? The Headmaster’s corpse, or his Storage Bag? If it’s the corpse, you don’t need to look; it has already turned to ashes. As for the Storage Bag, fortunately, this disciple picked it up.” Follow the newest chapters on novelping . com.
With that, Shu Han raised his hand high.
First Elder and Third Elder were overjoyed and looked toward his hand.
However, the pupils of both old men contracted simultaneously.
What was in Shu Han’s hand was no Storage Bag at all-it was clearly a token!
“Die!”
Swish!
The Four-Pole Heavenly Sword Formation lying in ambush within the pit activated instantly, striking with lightning speed to execute the two completely unprepared old men.
Disciples patrolling nearby saw the pit full of dried corpses along with the bodies of the two Elders, and they cried out in panic, scared out of their wits.
Shu Han told Goudan to calm those disciples down and instructed him to gather all the members of Dragon Profound Sect.
Soon, every disciple of Dragon Profound Sect had gathered by the deep crater.
Shu Han then slowly revealed the entire truth hidden beneath Dragon Profound Sect.
The facts he spoke of were too shocking; had it not been for the pit full of dried corpses, not a single disciple would have believed it. However, many of the older disciples spotted several familiar faces among the desiccated corpses, recognizing them as disciples the Headmaster had sent away years ago. This provided undeniable proof for Shu Han’s story.
Dragon Profound Sect’s disciples were all children selected from mountain villages across Northern Yan.
Upon entering the sect, this place had been their entire world.
Yet now, that world had collapsed, revealing a hell wreathed in ghosts and shadows.
The younger disciples lost their wits and wailed loudly, while the older ones felt a deep sense of fortune-fortunate that their aptitudes back then had fallen short of the Heaven-Reaching Stone’s requirements.
Goudan asked what path Dragon Profound Sect should take from here on.
Shu Han stated that the sect should simply disband. Without a Foundation Establishment cultivator to oversee it, the same calamity as the Seven Great Factions’ past assault would inevitably repeat itself.
Furthermore, one thousand two hundred Fire God Talismans had already reduced Yandang Mountain to a sea of fire, making reconstruction impossible.
Fortunately, every disciple had learned at least some basic techniques. In Northern Yan, they should all be able to forge decent futures for themselves.