Xuan Ji had flown far south, but as evening approached, he still hadn't found a village or town. He also just realized that he should have bought a map of the Tianwu Continent in the previous city.
"Ah, it looks like I'll have to spend the night in this wilderness," he muttered with a sigh.
After fighting the madam of the brothel earlier, he realized a clue about the movements of the Demonic Cult's followers. They seemed to be hiding in brothels and recruiting new followers from there, if the martial artists didn't want to join the Demonic Cult, they would prey on them.
"Should I just start my journey to brothels?" he muttered. "Maybe in the future I will get the nickname 'Night Butterfly Warrior'. Sounds cool too, but maybe Ji'er would be mad if she knew I was going in and out of brothels."
However, that was the easiest way to lure Demonic Cult followers to the surface. Even the northern region of the Tianwu Continent, which was completely controlled by the Demonic Cult, they were still moving stealthily so as not to be targeted by the Martial Alliance and the great Sects that were still strong enough to survive in the central region and the southern region bordering the sea.
"Alright, I've made up my mind. I will visit all the brothels I pass and of course the most important mission is to find my three disciples so I can immediately return to Tianlong Continent."
After knowing the condition of the Tianwu Continent, Xuan Ji immediately thought that the Tianlong Continent must be in critical condition. The current Martial Alliance Leader took too long to make a decision, if the Martial Alliance still underestimated the Demonic Cult, then in the next few years the Tianlong Continent would be controlled by the Demonic Cult. Perhaps the Demon Emperor would be resurrected if they managed to kidnap Xue Yao.
"Hmm, there's a group of people over there?" Xuan Ji immediately stopped daydreaming after his eagle eye technique saw a group of martial artists making a bonfire. "Looks like a Hundred Heavenly Emperor Realm martial artists are escorting three people of high rank."
He saw two men in their forties and a fat young man sitting inside a luxury carriage.
"Do I greet them or keep my distance?" Xuan Ji muttered. If he appeared there alone, they might think he was a follower of the Demonic Cult.
If he were in their position, he would think so too. Anyone would be suspicious if a strong Cultivator suddenly appeared and said they just wanted to follow them to the nearest town.
After thinking for a moment, Xuan Ji decided to keep his distance from them. Tonight he would rest on a tree branch while observing them.
To relieve boredom, he absorbed the spiritual energy of the Heavenly Emperor Realm equivalent monster Crystal directly through his dimensional ring, so that from the dimensional ring flowed thread-shaped spiritual energy and flowed to the Meridian point in his hand, then continued to flow to his dantian.
He also drank a thousand flower wine straight from the jug while staring at the stars that began to appear in the sky.
He took a deep breath and muttered, "I wonder how those naughty kids are doing now?"
"Ha-ha-ha ... I'm like a father worrying about his children." He chuckled softly, then went back to sipping his thousand flower wine.
...***...
One of the fat men got out of the carriage. He took out food and tea powder from his dimensional ring.
"I don't really like drinking tea, Master Wang. May I just drink the wine I keep in my dimensional ring?" asked a martial artist in his fifties to Master Wang, a merchant who hired them to escort him home to Huayang City, one of the largest cities in the central region.
Master Wang smiled warmly and shook his head. "No way, Uncle Fei! If I let you drink alcohol, then everyone else will follow suit. If you get drunk and suddenly Demonic Cult followers attack, then we will become corpses with only skin and bones left."
"Don't say anything so scary. It makes my hair stand on end," said Li Fei, turning to the bushes and large trees around them. "Hey, Miss Ruoqing. You've made sure the area a thousand steps from us is safe, right?"
The young woman named Li Ruoqing immediately turned to Li Fei. She was currently boiling water and answering the question of the man in his fifties who was her senior in the Li Clan, "My Star Aura Technique didn't detect any spiritual energy aura, except for some spiritual energy from weak monsters. But they immediately ran away after feeling our presence."
Li Fei breathed a sigh of relief after Li Ruoqing confirmed that the area around them was safe.
Li Fei and 99 other Heavenly Emperor Realm martial artists were willing to be escorts because they were given a very tempting reward by Master Wang. Everyone will get a top grade pill that will increase their chances of ascending to the Eternal Realm.
The pill was very rare and usually could only be purchased through auction. However, Master Wang used the pill as an escort fee, because it was very difficult to persuade martial artists to escort him out of town or on long journeys.
Master Wang himself dared to make a long journey because a mysterious man sold him ancient artifacts. However, the mysterious man did not dare to go to Huayang City and asked Master Wang himself to come to his Clan.
"Is the water boiling, Miss Ruoqing?" Li Fei turned to Li Ruoqing after feeling full from eating the monster meat sandwich given by Master Wang. Now the final part was enjoying warm tea while enjoying the evening atmosphere in the middle of the forest. However, Li Ruoqing's facial expression looked uneasy and did not hear what he said. "What's wrong, Ruoqing? Is there an enemy?"
Li Fei immediately drew his sword, which he always kept by his side so that he could quickly draw it from its sheath when the enemy suddenly appeared.
The other martial artists who were relaxing immediately took out their respective weapons and protected Master Wang.
"Ruoqing!"
"Rouqing!"
Li Ruoqing was still a statue, cold sweat dripping from her forehead.
Li Fei immediately patted the young girl on the shoulder. "Miss Ruoqing, what happened? Why are you just daydreaming?"
Li Ruoqing finally came to her senses and turned to Li Fei. "Uncle Fei, Master Wang ... it seems like a martial artist is watching us."
"Where is he? How many, if it's just one Assassin, we'll hunt him down!" replied Zhao Wu, the fifth strongest Heavenly Emperor Realm martial artist in Huayang City and the strongest among the escorts hired by Master Wang.
"O-only one person, but I can't measure his Cultivation base. When my Star Aura Technique locked on him, I suddenly felt a cloud-high tsunami crashing towards me," replied Li Ruoqing, still looking pale.
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