Chapter 196: Return to Yaochi Sacred Land

Chapter 196: Return to Yaochi Sacred Land

Time passed in the blink of an eye.

The Disciples of Yaochi Sacred Land returned to the sacred land one after another.

When the Peak Master of Wan Jian Peak, in his critically injured and dying state, caught the eyes of the various peak Masters.

These peak Masters, who usually didn't get along, were all furious.

Completely disregarding the immense power of the Third Prince, they were filled with irrepressible rage.

"Our Yaochi Sacred Land has worked diligently to cultivate countless rising talents for the Ziyang Dynasty."

"How can the Ziyang Imperial Family act like this? How dare the Third Prince behave in such a manner?"

"For injuring our Peak Master of Wan Jian Peak, we must demand justice!"

Led by the Peak Master of Hongya Peak, the experts in the Saint King Realm looked at the dying Peak Master of Wan Jian Peak with seething rage, wishing they could kill the Third Prince with their own hands to exact revenge.

Mu Qingxue searched through the crowd for Qin Xuan's figure, but after a long time, she found nothing.

She grabbed an acquaintance and asked, confused, "Where is Qin Xuan? Why don't I see him? Did he not return with you all?"

Upon hearing the name Qin Xuan, all the Disciples lowered their heads.

Someone choked up and blurted out, "Senior Brother Qin Xuan stayed behind alone to cover our escape."

"That Third Prince is subhuman; he forced Senior Brother Qin Xuan to surrender his quasi-emperor artifact prematurely."

"Senior Brother, for our sake, is likely, likely..."

Boom—

These words struck Mu Qingxue like a bolt of lightning.

Her graceful body trembled all over.

Mist instantly filled her eyes.

She shook her head, unwilling to believe it, "Impossible, Qin Xuan absolutely cannot have met with an accident!"

"He is the most dazzling Prodigy of the Ziyang Dynasty, and he has a quasi-emperor artifact to protect him."

"He also has..."

Even Leng Li was hiding inside the ancient prison-suppressing tower; even if the Third Prince had Saint King Realm guards, Qin Xuan definitely would not have had an accident.

"Fairy Qingxue, we don't want to think this way either, but the situation was truly hopeless. The Third Prince united with the Butian Holy Land, and a total of seven Saint King Realm experts set up a barrier."

"Not to mention that Senior Brother is only in the Heavenly Human Realm, even if he had already ascended to the Saint King Realm, facing seven Saint Kings would still be a near-death experience!"

"To let us escape, Senior Brother Qin Xuan has likely already bled out in the Land of Fallen Emperors."

The Peak Master of Thunder Prison Peak was furious, his hair standing on end, and Nine Nether Chains crackled around him, "How dare the Butian Holy Land do this? They hurt my beloved Disciple; I will make them pay in blood!"

In the eyes of Shangguan Zhong of Mingtong Peak, an aura of destruction surged, "My nephew Qin Xuan bestowed the grace of rebirth upon my Mingtong Peak; this is a blood feud!"

The many Prodigies who luckily escaped the Land of Fallen Emperors were all elites of Yaochi Sacred Land, and they had all received care from Qin Xuan.

They knelt towards the depths of the main peak, "Holy Master, Senior Brother Qin Xuan fought a bloody battle for us against the strangulation Alliance led by the Saint of the Butian Holy Land, saving us from fire and water."

"For the sake of Yaochi Sacred Land, Senior Brother did not hesitate to face seven Saint King Realm experts all alone."

"Please, Holy Master, step forward and demand justice for Senior Brother Qin Xuan!"

Mu Qingxue bowed to the ground in sorrow, calling out towards the main peak, "I beg you, Holy Master, please demand justice for Qin Xuan!"

In the depths of Yaochi, the peerless Holy Master had her brows, hidden in a thin mist, tightly knit together.

The current situation had already exceeded her expectations.

She had prepared for everything and could accept that more than half of the Prodigies who went would fall.

But she never imagined that Qin Xuan would sacrifice his life for righteousness to save so many Disciples.

He was the most suitable successor for the Phoenix Treasure Technique; even she could hardly compare.

She had already concluded that Qin Xuan possessed the Phoenix Bloodline within his body.

He was the future successor of the Holy Master.

Yet now, the Disciples were telling her that Qin Xuan was dead, dead in the Land of Fallen Emperors?

"Youyu, is the matter concerning Qin Xuan truly like this?" The Holy Master of Yaochi asked with an angry expression, "Did the Third Prince really join forces with the Butian Holy Land to do this?"

Su Youyu lowered her head dejectedly, tears glistening in her eyes, "That bastard Third Prince wanted to plant a slave mark deep in Qin Xuan's Divine Soul. Qin Xuan agreed on the surface, but with his personality, he would absolutely never submit."

"And his quasi-emperor artifact was seized by the Third Prince. Without this trump card, in a barrier set by seven Saint King Realm experts, he had no chance of survival."

She suddenly looked up, her large, watery eyes filled with hateful fury, and she gritted her teeth in an unprecedented manner, "Master, let's fight them! Let's kill every single one of those bastards from the Butian Holy Land!"

"Let's sneak over and slaughter the Third Prince. At worst, we defect from the Ziyang Dynasty and stop staying in this crappy place. They are bullying us too much!"

"It is simply bullying us too much!"

Thinking of Qin Xuan dying miserably in the Land of Fallen Emperors, she, who was usually afraid of death, had imagined countless endings of falling.

Applying those ways of falling to Qin Xuan.

She simply could not calm down.

She could no longer hide in the rear with peace of mind.

She wanted revenge!

To avenge Qin Xuan.

To kill all those enemies!

"We will discuss the matter of revenge later."

The Holy Master of Yaochi suddenly raised her brows slightly, and her angry mood faded quite a bit.

Su Youyu hurriedly stood up, grabbed her Master's arm, and said excitedly, "Master, why are you afraid too?"

"Didn't you always blame me for being too afraid of death and incapable of accomplishing things?"

"Why are you retreating today? Just because it was done by the Third Prince and involves the Ziyang Imperial Family, even you are backing down?"

"Qin Xuan died for us and sacrificed himself for Yaochi Sacred Land. If we do nothing, how will outsiders see us, and how will the Ziyang Imperial Family view our Yaochi Sacred Land?"

"Does our Yaochi Sacred Land have to let others manipulate us, to the point where we can't even resist!?"

Su Youyu was truly angry, shouting in frustration, "Fine, Master, if you won't take revenge, then I will avenge Qin Xuan!"

"If you are afraid that this matter will implicate Yaochi Sacred Land, I'll just leave Yaochi and stop being this Saintess. I will return to the Mingyue Dynasty and ask my eldest sister to make the decision for me!"

A playful voice rang in Su Youyu's ear, "Can your eldest sister kill the Third Prince?"

Su Youyu subconsciously shouted, arguing eloquently, "That is natural. As long as my eldest sister is willing to take action, even if the Great Emperor Ziyang has anger, he will have to hold it in!"

Suddenly, realizing something, she turned her head in a daze and saw that familiar face with a mischievous smile; her beautiful eyes were filled with blankness.

"Spy!"

Su Youyu pointed at Qin Xuan's nose, hurriedly hid behind the Holy Master, and pointed at Qin Xuan, "Master, he is a spy! He is a scout for the Third Prince!"

Qin Xuan sat lazily in a chair, crossing his legs, and unceremoniously picked up a blood fruit from the fruit plate, tasting it delicately in his mouth.

He glanced sideways at the panicked Su Youyu and said amusingly, "A moment ago you were loudly proclaiming you wanted to avenge me, and now you are calling me a spy?"

Su Youyu shrank her neck, feeling both pleasantly surprised and furious, "Who knew you would submit to the Third Prince? You are now the Third Prince's servant. If I don't distance myself from you, what if you tie me up and send me to the Third Prince, ruining my purity?"

She thought that with seven Saint King Realm experts surrounding him, Qin Xuan had zero chance of survival.

But now, Qin Xuan had appeared before her completely unharmed.

Then, there was only one possibility.

Qin Xuan had submitted to the Third Prince and allowed him to plant a slave mark deep in his Divine Soul.

The Holy Master of Yaochi spoke slowly, "Qin Xuan is not controlled by anyone."

Su Youyu looked at her Master in disbelief, then shifted her gaze to Qin Xuan, asking incredulously, "You escaped? How did you escape!"

The Holy Master of Yaochi waved her hand, driving the overly curious Su Youyu out of the residence.

Only then did she stare at Qin Xuan in surprise, "Where is the Third Prince?"

Snap—

Qin Xuan snapped his fingers and stated directly without hiding anything, "Just a moment ago in the Weak Water zone; now his Divine Soul has been completely destroyed."