Chapter 227: Baihua Sect

Half a month later, at dawn, Wang Changsheng and three others appeared above a vast grassland. The Azure Lotus Boat was rapidly descending towards the ground.

Just then, the ground suddenly became uneven and glowed with bursts of yellow light.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, two disheveled figures emerged from underground.

Wang Changsheng and the other three looked on with wary expressions as they saw the ground glow with yellow light. Emerging from the ground were a man and a woman, both enveloped in a thick yellow light barrier. Their faces were pale, indicating severe exhaustion of spiritual power.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, Immortaless Wang," Wang Changsheng exclaimed in surprise upon seeing them.

Ye Tong was slightly surprised and asked curiously, "Fellow Daoist Wang, do you know them?"

"They are from the Wang family of Azure Moon Lake, and they have pledged allegiance to the Yellow Saint Palace," Wang Changsheng explained via spiritual transmission.

Upon seeing Wang Changsheng on the Azure Lotus Boat, Wang Ruyan's beautiful eyes filled with joy. She said, "Fellow Daoist Wang, we are being pursued. Please lend us a hand; my father and I would be extremely grateful."

No sooner had she finished speaking, the ground became uneven, and a giant yellow pangolin emerged from underground.

The pangolin's body was covered in thick earthen armor. It did not attack Wang Shuyuan and Wang Ruyan, but simply stared intently at the father and daughter.

At the same time, Wang Changsheng sensed a golden light appearing on the distant horizon, heading straight for their location. The golden light was extremely fast.

"Oh no, the pursuers are here!" Ye Tong exclaimed, his face changing. "Fellow Daoist Wang, let's retreat quickly and leave them to their fate! The enemy is using a high-grade flying magic artifact, and there are as many as five of them."

Ye Tong urged repeatedly. He didn't know the relationship between Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan, so he quickly urged Wang Changsheng to leave. As for Wang Ruyan and her father, whether they lived or died was no concern of his. Taking Wang Ruyan and her father along would undoubtedly bring great trouble upon himself.

Hearing this, Wang Shuyuan and Wang Ruyan's faces showed despair. They had little spiritual power left, and their escape talismans were exhausted. If Wang Changsheng and his three companions left, they would surely die.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, please, for the sake of our years of cooperation, take my daughter away. Even in the afterlife, I will be grateful to you," Wang Shuyuan pleaded, bowing deeply to Wang Changsheng.

"No, Fellow Daoist Wang, please take my father away," Wang Ruyan pleaded, her face resolute. "If there is a next life, I will repay your great kindness even as a beast of burden."

Wang Changsheng shook his head and steered the Azure Lotus Boat downwards to land.

"There's no need to argue. Let's all go together!" Wang Changsheng said. "I will stay behind to cover our retreat. Fellow Daoist Ye, Immortaless Wang is my friend; I cannot abandon them. You and Fellow Daoist Zhao, flee! I will have my second sister help escort Fellow Daoist Wang and his daughter. I will buy you some time."

Wang Shuyuan was somewhat surprised to hear this. He seemed to realize something, glanced at Wang Ruyan, and understood.

Hearing this, Wang Ruyan was deeply moved. A complex expression appeared in her beautiful eyes. Wang Changsheng was willing to save them, not out of consideration for the Wang family, but for her sake. She knew Wang Changsheng liked her. Wang Changsheng staying behind to cover the retreat was extremely dangerous. This clearly showed his affection for her.

Wang Changxue's delicate brows furrowed slightly. To be honest, Wang Changsheng choosing to stay meant the odds were stacked against him. From this, one could see Wang Changsheng's affection for Wang Ruyan. She quickly sent a spiritual message to Ye Tong: "Senior Brother Ye, there are only six of them. Even if Fellow Daoist Wang and his daughter can't participate in the fight, with four of us against six, plus the help of the puppet beasts, we might not necessarily be at a disadvantage. Ninth Brother recently killed a Foundation Establishment Layer Six cultivator; his strength speaks for itself! Senior Brother Ye, this Immortaless Wang is my Ninth Brother's beloved. Please assist us along with Senior Brother Zhao. Ninth Brother and I will certainly reward you handsomely afterward."

She knew very well that for sect disciples, only tangible benefits could move them. Wang Changxue conveyed the same message to Zhao Long.

Ye Tong and Zhao Long exchanged glances and nodded to each other.

Ye Tong chuckled and said, "There are only six of them, and we also have six; we might not necessarily be at a disadvantage against them. Never mind, no more running. Fellow Daoist Wang is willing to risk danger for a beauty, and I, Ye, am not one to fear death. Fellow Daoist Wang, these are Spirit Reversion Pills. Take them quickly to restore your spiritual power as soon as possible."

He took out a white porcelain bottle and threw it to Wang Shuyuan.

Hearing the word "beauty," a blush rose on Wang Ruyan's exquisitely beautiful cheeks.

Wang Shuyuan thanked him, took a Spirit Reversion Pill, and handed the porcelain bottle to Wang Ruyan.

Wang Changsheng put away the Azure Lotus Boat and looked up at the sky.

At this moment, the golden light also reached the sky above the grassland. It was indeed a golden lotus several zhang in size, with six graceful young women standing on it. Each of them had a flower pattern on their sleeves. Leading them was a captivating woman in a green ruqun, who wore a blue jade hairpin in her hair. She was a Foundation Establishment Layer Seven cultivator.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, be careful," Wang Ruyan quickly warned. "These people are disciples of the Hundred Flowers Sect. They are skilled in wood-element spells and can summon puppets to attack, making them very troublesome to deal with."

"I wondered why they weren't escaping," the woman in the green skirt sneered, her beautiful eyes filled with killing intent. "So they've met their accomplices. That saves us trouble, sparing us from chasing them all over the place."

She chanted an incantation, and the golden lotus slowly descended.

"It's not yet decided who will kill whom! Attack!" Wang Changsheng sneered, and at once summoned six second-tier flying puppet beasts. Wang Changxue and the other two also each summoned a second-tier flying puppet beast.

The nine second-tier flying puppet beasts spread their wings and soared into the sky. Some spewed red fire blades, others shot out azure light swords, bombarding the blue-skirted women and their companions.

A blue-skirted woman in her twenties calmly summoned a green lotus lamp. She cast an incantation upon it, and the wick suddenly ignited. The green lotus lamp glowed brightly and shot upwards. A large number of green petals flew out, transforming into a two-zhang-wide green light barrier, covering all six of them.

The surface of the green light barrier had a lotus pattern. The blue-skirted woman was a Foundation Establishment Layer Five cultivator, and she was using a medium-grade defensive magic artifact. The red fire blades and azure light swords struck the green light barrier, creating continuous explosions. The green light barrier's glow dimmed slightly, but soon, the green lotus pattern on its surface brightened, and the green light barrier returned to its original state.

"Attack! Kill them, leave no one alive," the woman in the green skirt commanded, and began to chant an incantation.

Four young women wearing Hundred Flower dresses each took out a handful of gleaming seeds. The surface of the seeds was covered with spiritual runes. They chanted a few incantations, and the seeds glowed brightly. With a flick of their wrists, the seeds shot out, easily passing through the green light barrier, and vanished into the ground in a flash.

Soon, more than a dozen thick green vines erupted from the ground. The surface of these green vines was covered with hooks and thorns. Besides the green vines, there were also more than a dozen red spirit flowers over ten zhang tall and four towering trees over twenty zhang tall.

"By decree! Spirits of the Ten Directions Grass, heed my command and kill them!" the four women said in unison, extending their hands and pointing at Wang Changsheng and his companions.

The more than a dozen green vines rapidly twisted, quickly intertwining to form a giant green hand several zhang in size, which slapped towards Wang Changsheng and his companions. The more than a dozen red spirit flowers shook violently. Petal after petal of red flew out, transforming into crimson fireballs, which hurtled towards Wang Changsheng and his companions. There were hundreds of these crimson fireballs. The four towering trees also swayed. A large number of green leaves drifted down from the trees. A gust of strong wind blew, sending dense green leaves striking towards Wang Changsheng and his companions. As they flew, a series of piercing whooshing sounds echoed.