108: Chapter 108 The Demon Clan's Defeat

Seeing that they could not be persuaded, Chen Changqing and the others left immediately. It was not that they didn't want to stay and loot the corpses of these Yao Beasts at such a time, but rather that it was simply too dangerous here, and it was hard to tell what might happen if they continued to stay.

Half a month later, the few of them arrived at the border of Yan Country.

In a relatively covert spot, they looked at the Great Wall less than a hundred miles away from them, where countless Yao Beasts were retreating across the entire line like a tidal wave.

In the sky, several Golden Core Masters and several Tier 4 Yao Kings were confronting each other. Judging by their appearances, however, they had clearly already exchanged blows; almost all members on both sides were injured, and even more miserably, one of the Yao Kings had only half of its head left.

Hiding in this place, Chen Changqing and the others didn't need to worry too much about Yao Beasts passing through here, but the flight of the massive number of Yao Beasts filled them with a mix of shock and joy.

Meanwhile, the Cultivators on the wall descended to pursue the Yao Beasts that didn't have time to escape, striving to rack up more battle merits.

"I didn't expect the Yao Beasts to retreat just like that." Hao Sheng, standing at the very front of everyone, sighed with emotion.

"Indeed! For nearly two months, we've been living in trepidation almost every day. I didn't expect that when we returned again, the Yao Race would be defeated just like this." Another Foundation Establishment Cultivator surnamed Zhao also echoed with a sentence.

As for Chen Changqing, along with the young Foundation Establishment Cultivator at the fifth layer who was in the same team with him initially, Mu Lingqing, and another Foundation Establishment Cultivator, the three of them remained silent, only looking calmly into the distance.

"We'll go back once these Yao Beasts leave," Hao Sheng suggested. Although he was somewhat impatient, he would not choose this moment, because the Yao Race had not completely retreated yet, and if they bumped into them head-on, it would be a dead end.

An hour later, the main army of the Yao Race completely passed the peak where they were located, and only then did they dare to appear.

A Purple Mansion Master arrived in mid-air, looking at the few of them with a gaze full of surprise. He had already discovered them as soon as they arrived here, and he said in surprise: "You few should be the Cultivators sent to the hinterland of the Yao Race, right? How come only the five of you are left."

Seeing the newcomer, Hao Sheng was the first to step forward and bow, and the rest of them also bowed in unison.

Then Hao Sheng, who had the highest cultivation base, recounted their experiences during this period, as well as the whereabouts of the rest of those Cultivators.

Hearing this, the Purple Mansion Master wore a helpless look in his eyes. To actually dare to do such a thing in the territory of the Yao Race, those people were doomed to not return.

Looking down at the few of them, he said: "Alright, go back and collect your rewards." Having said that, he turned around and left, heading towards the hinterland of the Yao Race with a group of Purple Palace Cultivators.

Chen Changqing and the others watched him leave, and then bid farewell to each other.

"Fellow Daoists, this humble one will take his leave first," Hao Sheng cupped his fists and said.

The remaining four nodded and then left one by one.

Chen Changqing also parted ways with them and went alone to the place he had previously guarded.

Upon arriving here, most of the original acquaintances were not around, so they were quite puzzled upon seeing Chen Changqing. "May I ask which Fellow Daoist you are?" a middle-aged Foundation Establishment Cultivator stepped forward to inquire.

"This humble one is Chen Changqing, who previously joined Master Moxuan's team to go to the hinterland of the Yao Race on a mission. May I ask where Master Baiye of the Yuxu Sect is, Fellow Daoist?" Chen Changqing said calmly.

Hearing that Chen Changqing had once followed Master Moxuan to the hinterland of the Yao Race, those Cultivators felt a trace of awe and admiration for the young man in front of them. A Foundation Establishment Cultivator who could follow to the hinterland of the Yao Race either had a cultivation base in the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment or combat power in the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment.

Although the former was formidable, the latter was definitely not to be underestimated, because being able to possess the combat power of the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment before reaching the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment meant either having heaven-shaking backing or being a genuine Genius; neither of which ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators could dare to compare with.

The middle-aged Foundation Establishment Cultivator's tone immediately became warm and enthusiastic. "Fellow Daoist Chen, I've heard much about you. This humble one is Hang Yusheng. Senior Baiye is currently at the Alchemy Hall, and since I happen to know where the Alchemy Hall is located, allow me to lead you there!"

Seeing this, the other few Foundation Establishment Cultivators had envy and jealousy in their eyes, realizing that because they were a step too slow, such a good opportunity to forge connections had fallen onto someone else.

Chen Changqing nodded and cupped his fists, saying: "Then I shall have to trouble Fellow Daoist."

How could he not know where the Alchemy Hall was? It was just that since the other party wanted to make connections with him, he conveniently accepted the favor. However, he didn't offend the remaining Foundation Establishment Cultivators either, cupping his fists to them in a bow to express his gratitude.

With a smile on his face, Hang Yusheng led Chen Changqing toward the location of the Alchemy Hall.

The two chatted as they went, and Chen Changqing learned about the events of this period from him. Most days were nothing more than the Yao Race attacking the city and the Human Race defending it. Although some places were breached more than once during this period, they were ultimately defended successfully.

Among them, the most major event was half a month ago. At that time, all the Golden Core Masters of the Human Race moved out together, and so did the Yao Race. Both sides engaged in a tragic slaughter, and countless Cultivators died in that war. Originally, the Yao Race had a few more Golden Core combat powers than the Human Race, but for some unknown reason, quite a few Yao Kings abandoned their clansmen and retreated back to the rear.

Then the two sides remained in a stalemate, and finally, even a terrifying existence appeared within the Yao Race—that beautiful woman in a green dress. It was said that she was one of the Great Yao Kings of the Emerald Yao Country. As soon as she appeared, she shocked all the Cultivators of the Human Race, and even the Golden Core Masters did not dare to show any disrespect before her.

Fortunately, the Human Race's Master Tianfu took action. He alone held back that Great Yao King, and then both sides, taking their subordinates' Cultivators and Yao Beasts into consideration, left together towards the hinterland of the Yao Race. Until now, no one knew who won or lost.

However, this battlefield was definitely a victory for the Human Race, because the Yao Race no longer had too many troops to continue maintaining the previous war.

Although these frontline Cultivators were not very clear about it, Chen Changqing, as someone who experienced it firsthand, knew quite a bit more than anyone else.

It should be that those Golden Core Masters did something in the hinterland of the Yao Race back then. Perhaps they, the first batch of Cultivators going to the hinterland of the Yao Race, were just bait, enticing a large force of the Yao Race to return to the rear to encircle and suppress them, while the second batch of Cultivators going was responsible for slaughtering all these returning reinforcements of the Yao Race, forcing all the Yao Beasts of the Yao Race on the front line to return.

Of course, these were all his guesses, and he wasn't too clear about what the actual facts were.

However, he only needed to know that the Yao Race had completely retreated; only then would their Family have enough time to consume the resources they had previously obtained.

Because what the Family lacked most right now was time; resources were secondary.

After a while, the two of them arrived at the Alchemy Hall.

After seeing Master Baiye, Chen Changqing took his leave to go to Li Qingling's location to report that he was safe. Hang Yusheng, being smooth and tactful, had already left long ago.

After seeing both of them, Chen Changqing then reported safety to the Family before going to redeem his battle merits for this time.

In addition to the corpses and some Yao cores of the few Tier 2 Monster Beasts he had slain himself, as well as the reward for this mission, all added up over this period came to a full 63,000 battle merits, plus the more than 1,000 battle merits left over from before.