The blood moon hanging in the sky reflected the entire land, bringing a chill in the hearts of all. The silence in the night was already obscured by the bell ringing.
The sound of the bell resounded in all directions.
Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!
The silence of the night was suddenly disturbed by the loud sound of the bell.
Everyone could hear it within the range of hundreds of miles.
Crunch!
An old man with a child on his back rushed through the bamboo forest, causing immature bamboo shoots under his boots to be crushed.
A broken branch was stepped on and snapped into two, bringing about liveliness as well as tension.
It was just that when he heard the sounds of the bell, his old face turned ugly.
"Damn! We have been discovered! But this doesn't make sense, unless someone else has sold me out." The old man looked around vigilantly, as his breathing was becoming heavy.
"No! I can't follow the previous plan!" The old man looked at the child on his back, and his eyes showed an expression of struggle for the first time.
"We won't live long if we are captured anyway, and my grandson doesn't have any future in this place in the slightest. Things are different on the Martial continent. I have to make sure he gets there, and perhaps only there can hope be found for the Extreme Yin poison." The old man thought this in his mind, as he moved fast.
Another voice surprisingly responded to him in his head.
"Do you really think it is realiable to follow the escape plan of that person? Clearly they are using you as a pawn in their own plans." The voice was feminine.
"At this point does is matter? Whether it is being used or not, I have no other path to take. You have seen my grandson's talent right? Staying in this place is no different from seeking death. Without adequate resources he was able to reach the fifth stage. There is no way foward for him, unless he reaches the martial continent and gets a chance to undergo marrow cleansing. Perhaps it is even possible to remove some of the extreme Yin poison through marrow cleansing." The voice of the old man carrying a child was desperate.
It was clear that this words where said to decieve himself. He wasn't naive as the Extreme Yin poison was something that had been passed down through their bloodline. It was also the reason his son didn't even qualify to set foot on martial path.
The poison is very ruthless and those infected with it have to endure pain everyday, as such for someone to practice martial arts under the influence of this poison is just miraculous.
It was just that the old man already felt his grandson shouldn't die on this continent as a slave anymore.
He was approached by someone a few weeks ago and the person informed him of some means to escape from this continent. Even though he didn't think the other party had any good intentions for giving him this information, he had no choice.
Even if the poison didn't kill his grandson, he was bound to be killed once he was discovered to have reached the fifth stage of Acquired realm.
For martial artists, acquired realm was the first stage and it was focused on tempering the entire body. The realm was divided from 1 to 9. With 9 being the lowest level and 1 the highest.
Since his grandson was able to reach the fifth level at such a young age with the harsh environment they where in, it was bound to cause problems.
Not forgetting the effect it the Extreme Yin poison would just became stronger with the passage of time, and strength of the host.
Since this was the case, how could the old man care about a lot at this point.
The Heavenly Court continent they where on was completely dominated by Qi refiners. They generally referred to themselves as immortal cultivators.
Different continents exist in this world and each is dominated by different paths or races. Even so, conflicts still happen all the time and in the process even slaves are captured.
In the same way, conflicts still exist within the same race or paths. It is also why someone was willing to give the old man a way to escape.
But judging from the commotion that was erupting at the moment, the old man wasn't the only person incited to escape..
It was just that he didn't show any hesitation even after figuring this out.
When the old man left the scope of the bamboo forest, a mighty river appeared in his line of sight.
Even at night, he could see the waves caused by this river as it flowed downstream.
"Are you sure you want to risk your life just based on some speculations?" The voice in the old man's head questioned.
"Do you think I have another way out? Can't you feel the movement from behind us? Jumping in the Underworld river can still leave behind some chances of survival, but being caught is sure death." This was the old man's response.
When the old man was standing next to the surging river, the sound of something breaking through the air from behind him made him jump into the river without hesitation.
It was just that the moment he jumped, on his right hand, a strange white orb was being held.
Pu! tong!
The moment he jumped into the water, a silver light flashed where he was standing.
Before long, a figure of a man rushed over and his face had anger clearly visible.
"Damn!" He cursed loudly.
Before long, another group arrived and all had the same patterns on their clothes.
"Did you fail to capture them?" Suddenly a voice sounded behind them and an old man appeared, he was walking leisurely but every step he took he covered a vast distance.
"Elder!" All the people at the riverbank saluted the old man with respect. He was clearly someone above them in terms of authority.
"Him!" The old man clearly was satisfied with this.
He then turned back to the question he had asked before.
"Did you capture them?" He asked again.
Even though everyone was panicked in their hearts, they didn't dare make up lies.
"They jumped into the netherworld river!" The man that had attacked with the flying sword from before replied.
The man wasn't sure if he would be scolded, but as it turned out, he was thinking too much.
"What a shame! If we caught them we could at least find out who was behind this. It is impossible for slaves that have been in the clan for decades to suddenly develop this idea to escape and even risk their lives by jumpung in the Netherworld river." The old man that had just appeared responded with a cold tone.
"But since this incident happened, only five people have been caught while the rest have been killed." He sighed as he looked in the depths of the water with a deep look.
Only he had yet to say something else, before a blue light shot into the sky.
Blue waves erupted with the place as the center spreading in all directions.
The old man's face changed.
"Oh no! Intercontinental teleportation!" He grit his teeth and uttered this words in anger and his face became solemn.
He clearly knew what this meant, the issue of some slaves escaping wasn't all that important, but the opening of a Intercontinental teleportation formation changes the nature of things.
The moment the light shot into the sky, a wormhole formed before the old men under water. He took a step and his figure seemed to be passing through some sticky liquid.
He didn't even hesitate in the slightest.
Only he didn't realize his actions had set off a serious of chain reactions, and it was prone to affect a lot of people.
On the riverbank for instance, the moment the light shot into the sky, everyone retreated hurriedly.
The water from the Netherworld river wasn't something that they would want to be contaminated by. It was capable of eroding even the bodies of Immortals like them, let alone mortals.
The old man with that baby was holding onto something when he jumped the river, and it was able to create a shield around them.
When the light shot into the sky, it was very conspicuous. It attracted a lot of Immortals than even the bell that had been ringing before.
Above the netherworld river, different auras converged before figures appearing.
Those standing at the edge of the river had solemn looks ok their faces.
Even the elder that they had to treat with respect had his head bowed down, as he knew this where big shots from the clan.
"What happened here!" One of them asked as he stood in the air casually.
Clearly the issue of a teleportation formation to another continent wasn't a minor one.
When they listened to the explanation from the elder, their expressions turned ugly.
"Who is it that is scheming against our clan? Find them! At all costs, we must make them understand the consequences of trying to slap our clan in the face." The anger caused clouds in the sky to disperse.