Chapter 64 – Scattered Sects
The dragon roared towards Pun Nanzi and attacked him.
Pun Nanzi sneered. He flicked his sword and said, “Animal, restrain yourself!”
The dragon’s body trembled and it instantly lost its will. Reluctantly, it returned to the sword. The sword stopped glowing.
Liu Wenju and the old woman looked at each other and sighed. She said, “Alright. All Heng Yue Sect disciples, heed my command: follow me down the mountain.” After that, she looked around and sighed again before floating into the air.
Pun Nanzi narrowed his eyes and said, “My Xuan Dao Sect will be recruiting more disciples. If anyone wants to join, they can stay here.”
The faces of the ten elders of the Foundation Building all changed strangely. Besides the two people who were beside the old woman, the other eight people did not follow her.
Liu Wenju’s expression changed. He wanted to say something, but ultimately fell silent. He sighed again, then shook his head and stood beside the old woman.
The old woman suppressed the anger in her heart and shouted, “Everyone has their own path. If anyone doesn’t want to follow us, I won’t force them.”
Among the Haung Long generation, all the elders hesitated, and in the end, apart from Huang Long, Dao Xu, and the red-faced elder, no other elders made a move. Only the three of them moved and stood beside the two Core Formation elders.
Among the dozens of core disciples, only about ten people flew beside the Core Formation elders. Wang Zhuo hesitated for a long time. He didn’t dare look at Dao Xu as he lifted his foot and placed it down. In the end, he didn’t follow.
The woman named Zhou hesitated for a moment, but did not follow him. As for the woman named Xu, she saw that Wang Zhuo was not moving, so she retraced her steps.
Wang Hao could now walk. He smiled wryly and said to Wang Lin, “Brother Tie Zhu, I’m not going anywhere. I plan to go home and help my father. Don’t worry, Brother Tie Zhu, I’ll take care of your family.”
Wang Lin hesitated. He had too many secrets, and joining the Xuan Dao Sect would involve too many uncertain dangers. So, after pondering for a moment, he began to move.
At that moment, Pun Nanzi’s eyes lit up as he stared at Wang Lin. He suddenly said, “Wang Lin, you stay!”
Wang Lin was stunned and said respectfully, “Senior Pun Nanzi, why do you want junior to stay?”
Pun Nanzi raised his head and said, “If I tell you to stay, then just stay. What’s with all the questions?!”
Liu Wenju hesitated for a moment and suddenly said, “Senior Pun Nanzi, this Wang Lin is a core disciple of the Heng Yue Sect, so I would like to ask senior to not make things difficult for him and let him go with us.” He had heard some things about Wang Lin and had also observed him for a while. He was truly unwilling to let go of this future Foundation Building disciple.
Pun Nanzi grumbled and said to Wang Lin, “The Heng Yue Sect only exists in name. Are you going to follow them as they wander the world? If you join my Xuan Dao Sect, your future will be much brighter. You decide for yourself what you want. You don’t want rumors to spread, do you? Rumor has it that my Xuan Dao Sect not only stole the mountain, but also its disciples.”
Pun Nanzi was sure that, unless this Wang Lin was retarded, he would not join the Heng Yue Sect.
Wang Lin pondered for a moment. Without saying anything, he clasped his hands, floated into the air, and stood beside Huang Long.
Pun Nanzi’s eyes lit up. “You ungrateful brat!” he said.
Liu Wenju and the old woman stared intently at Wang Lin. They waited a while longer, but after seeing all the Heng Yue Sect disciples lower their heads, the old woman sighed and said, “Alright, let’s go.”
After that, he flew away. The other ten people followed him with bitter expressions.
The people of the Heng Yue Sect followed the two Core Formation elders and flew away from the Heng Yue Sect like homeless dogs.
Throughout the journey, no one said a word. In addition to anger, they were filled with a sense of loss.
After flying for a long time, until the sky turned dark, Liu Wenju and the old woman argued for a while, then landed on the side of a mountain.
The old woman sighed. She looked at the people around her. Aside from the two Foundation Building elders, everyone else was at the Qi Condensation stage. There were only four people from Huang Long’s generation and twelve from Wang Lin’s generation. She smiled bitterly and forced herself to calm down. She said, “You shouldn’t be discouraged just because the Heng Yue Sect has experienced this disaster. Things are always changing in the cultivation world. Today, he stole Heng Yue Mountain from us, but once Ancestor Liu and I reach Nascent Soul, we will be able to take it back!”
Among the two Foundation Building elders was Elder Shang Guan, who had observed Wang Lin in the main hall a few days ago. He coughed dryly and said, “Ancestor Wang is right. The more miserable we are now, the higher our fighting spirit will be. We must engrave this humiliation in our hearts. If we succeed in the future, we must reclaim that mountain!”
The other Foundation Building elder had a broad face and body. His face was filled with worry as he looked at the remaining disciples and said, “When disaster strikes, everyone flees in different directions. In the end, only you people are willing to follow us from the Heng Yue Sect.” He sighed.
Among the inner disciples who followed, besides the Zhang brothers and Lu Song, Wang Lin didn’t know any of their names, but they looked familiar.
There was also the little fat one, the person he met outside the word pavilion.
Liu Wenju took a deep breath and said, his expression solemn, “There’s no point dwelling on the past. The most important thing right now is to find a place to house our sect. Years ago, I built a house on a snake-shaped mountain thousands of kilometers from here. For now, let’s stay there.”
The old woman pondered for a moment. She nodded and said, “That’s good. Once we reach it, we’ll have to undergo closed-door training and reach Nascent Soul within 100 years.”
Liu Wenju’s gaze shifted. He said to the two Foundation Building elders, “Shang Guan and Song Yu, you two stand guard while Ancestor Wang and I recover the spiritual energy used to maintain the formation. Then, we can lead you all to move faster.”
Shang Guan and Song Yu immediately did as ordered.
Liu Wenju took out several pieces of green jade. He threw them into the air, and the jade began to emit a green light. His hands formed several seals, and the green jade suddenly vibrated, creating a green dome of light that enveloped everything within a 20-meter radius.
After that, he sat cross-legged, holding a spiritual stone in his hand, and began cultivating. The old woman did the same and began cultivating to restore her spiritual energy.