Actually, it wouldn't matter if Lin Tian wasn't killed.
This had no impact on Gu Yuan's overall plan.
However, Lin Tian's top-grade lightning spiritual root is indeed a problem. If he is allowed to live, he might betray him.
Just to be on the safe side, Gu Yuan chose to kill the innocent rather than let the guilty go free.
Most importantly...
The more talented and powerful people there are in this world, the less benefit it will bring to Gu Yuan himself.
Although the Lin family sometimes engages in petty theft, they are essentially righteous. With Lin Ao dead, Lin Tian is destined to be the future pillar of the Lin family and will undoubtedly be one of the most outstanding talents of the righteous path.
Lin Tian was still a mortal, but he was able to figure out the "Pseudo-Thunder Blade" move through his own talent. Although this move was ineffective against Gu Yuan.
However, it has a remarkable effect on some evil creatures that lack intelligence, as well as on cultivators with weak physical bodies!
Based on these two points alone, Gu Yuan would never let Lin Tian go.
The Pseudo-Lightning Blade move was indeed an unexpected surprise.
This kind of technique was created in a flash of inspiration—no, this move shouldn't even be considered a technique.
However, it truly possesses the power of a first-order Dao technique, enabling mortals to draw upon spiritual energy and unleash "lightning." No matter how you look at it, this move is already quite unique.
This is the talent that Gu Yuan possessed in both his lifetimes.
Even so, it doesn't matter.
Since Lin Tian and Lin Ao are both dead, the dead in this era pose no threat whatsoever.
A cultivator who dies in a death row cell will have their soul completely annihilated.
Gu Yuan then conducted another search, and it must be said that the scions of these aristocratic families truly each have their own methods.
The two people from the Wu and Li families were not dead either; they were simply forced to hide in different places.
Gu Yuan was too lazy to deal with these two, so he might as well just rescue them and give them a satisfactory answer.
A few minutes later...
The commotion finally stopped.
After waiting for several minutes without any further tremors, Gu Yuan guessed that the cultivators outside had given up their attack.
The evil energy that leaked out is enough to give them a run for their money...
After confirming that it was safe, Gu Yuan then allowed the rescued people to walk outside.
At this moment, the group was under relatively solid rocks, where a large number of fallen rocks had created a safe foothold.
And it can accommodate quite a few people.
At this moment, Uemura Ki arrived with his people.
They were still covered in dust and dirt, and the people they rescued hadn't even received basic first aid. It seemed they wouldn't have a chance to rest.
"Three, five... eleven."
Uemiya Ki stated a somewhat despairing number.
Before the chaos, there were at least thirty people here, but now, including himself and Gu Yuan, there are only eleven.
The chaos just now took away half of the students, and even Lin Tian was nowhere to be found...
This suffocating atmosphere made Uemiya Ki also feel uncomfortable.
"Everyone, there is no time left for us to grieve."
The first to speak was naturally Gu Yuan.
Gu Yuan took out his wolf bone sword and didn't say anything more. He simply walked in the direction that Shang Gongji and the others had come from.
The attitude is already very clear.
Those who want to live, follow along; those who have lost the will to live, then do as you please.
Offering advice or persuasion was never something Gu Yuan would do.
The first to react was Li Shubo. As the son of a merchant, his ability to adapt to changing circumstances was naturally quite good.
Even though the fate of his former boss was unknown, Li Shubo did not wallow in grief and fear, but instead stood up first.
Following closely behind, Shang Gongji, Wu Ze, and the others also caught up. In the end, except for the three who completely collapsed, lost all hope of living, and chose to stay where they were and wait to die.
The rest of the people followed Gu Yuan and walked in the direction that Shanggong Ji had come from.
Fortunately, the road had been cleared by the previous team before Shang Gongji, and there were almost no accidents in the first half.
However, the second half of the journey was a bit troublesome.
Because of the previous chaos and tremors, a large number of stone walls collapsed, causing some evil spirits that originally came from other areas to come to the area that had been cleared.
The group was forced to fight these evil creatures.
During this process, unexpected events frequently occurred. Students would often find themselves in trouble because the bandages were not tied securely or the medication had not yet taken effect.
In order to preserve more manpower, Shang Gongji used the Fire Shield more than once, and consumed the resources in his storage ring to heal everyone.
Shang Gongji took out all kinds of good medicine and precious herbs without hesitation.
On one occasion, in order to kill a wooden evil creature blocking his way, Shang Gongji even detonated a first-tier fire material!
Although Gu Yuan was also fighting hard and suffered some losses, his overall losses were not significant.
Moreover, most of what's consumed are unimportant things.
The only pity is that the wolf bone sword in my hand broke...
Although Gu Yuan still had two more wolf bone swords like that.
Besides his own sword, Gu Yuan also had the two swords given to him by Shanggong Changqing made into similar wolf bone swords.
But since each one used is one less available, Gu Yuan still needs to be careful.
However, at least they had suffered losses, which made Shanggong Ji and the others feel much better.
To show that he had forgiven her, Shanggong Ji even specially sent her a Tier 1 material.
That was a bone sword supported by the spine of a Tier 1 Hound.
Judging from their appearance, they are much better looking than the ones Gu Yuan made by hand before.
It seems that Li Shubo and the others rushed to finish the work after they came in...
Regardless, since Shanggong Ji had given it to him, Gu Yuan was too lazy to reveal the fact that he had two more wolf bone swords, and would use the Qiuquan spine sword for now.
After all, Gu Yuan himself possessed an earth elemental root, so he could use it with ease.
As the most favored legitimate son of the Shanggong family in the current generation, Shanggong Ji possesses an unbelievable number of precious treasures.
Even in death row, there is a clock that keeps track of time, and it chimes every two hours.
Thus, led by Shang Gongji, the group overcame numerous obstacles and, after spending a full thirty time announcements, finally arrived at the final area.
That is to say...
There was a mass escape from the area of Kinmen!
And miraculously, no one was lost along the way.
However, the price for protecting everyone in this way is...
Shang Gongji had very few good wound medicines left; only four bottles remained!
And only a quarter of the energy in the Fire Shield remains!
However, Shanggong Ji was still confident, after all, he had Gu Yuan by his side, who was more powerful than him.
Gu Yuan, on the other hand, had been quietly accumulating strength along the way, even though he couldn't meditate or cultivate, and he didn't have any subsequent mental cultivation techniques to support him.
But Gu Yuan still possesses a genuine cultivator's physical body!
We've finally arrived. A place I've never set foot in before, and also...
The place where countless potential cultivators of the same era from Wuxin City were buried!