Qing Xuan scratched his head and obediently followed behind her. He watched as she skillfully made her way to the previous tree and casually waved her hand to open the secret passage leading underground.
As they walked down the steps, Qing Xuan asked curiously, "Why are you so familiar with this place?"
"What's so strange about that? I'm a supreme god and I often appear in Kunlun Mountain. There's nothing strange about it," she replied.
The two of them made their way to the deepest part, the same place where Ji Yunxi had unsealed Feng Xingzhi's seal last time.
Qing Xuan hadn't seen where the Kunlun divine power was last time, so he looked around. The place was very dimly lit, and the only bright spot was the area surrounded by tree roots.
However, there was no sign of the source of the divine power anywhere in sight.
"Where is the source of the divine power?" he asked.
Yun Luotian didn't answer. She simply walked through the thick, coiling tree roots and squeezed through the gaps between them.
Qing Xuan was slightly taken aback, but he quickly followed suit.
The two of them walked in, and soon they saw a glowing sphere wrapped in tree roots.
Yun Luotian let out a sigh of relief. She had been worried all the way that Feng Xingzhi and the others might have already discovered this place. She had been on edge the whole time, but now that she saw the thing was still intact, her heart finally settled down.
"This is the source of the Kunlun divine power," Yun Luotian said, her eyes shining as she looked at the sphere.
Qing Xuan was skeptical. "This is actually the source of the divine power? This... ball?"
Yun Luotian didn't want to waste any more words. She turned around and patted Qing Xuan on the shoulder. "Don't worry about it. Now we need to take it and leave. But the source of the divine power is the most important thing in Kunlun Mountain. Once we move it, Chu Huaiyuan and the others will immediately notice, and they'll probably catch up with us soon. So we need to leave as quickly as possible after we get it. Do you understand?"
Qing Xuan knew the importance of the matter and quickly nodded to show that he understood.
Yun Luotian looked around. "Qing Xuan, the tree roots here are all tangled up. We need to clear a path first, or we might trip and fall later."
Qing Xuan immediately drew his sword and swung it at the tree roots.
The two of them quickly cleared a path, and as a result, most of the trees outside withered.
After they were ready, Qing Xuan turned around and left. He went to the entrance of the cave to cover Yun Luotian's back, while she waited for Qing Xuan's signal. As soon as he gave the order, she took the sphere and quickly left.
"Okay!" Qing Xuan called out from afar.
Yun Luotian was quick as lightning. She took the thing and quickly ran up.
The moment she took the thing, Chu Huaiyuan suddenly woke up from his meditation. He felt the disappearance of the Kunlun divine power and knew that something had happened to the source of the Kunlun divine power.
"Damn it!" he exclaimed.
He quickly rushed out of the room and called for his disciples. "Come here! Hurry!"
A disciple not far away quickly ran over. "Master."
"Go and inform all the immortal venerables to go to the back mountain immediately! Hurry!"
The disciple didn't dare to delay and immediately scattered to inform the others. When Rong Hua received the news, her eyes widened in shock. She looked worriedly in the direction of the back mountain.
They were very fast. As soon as Yun Luotian and Qing Xuan came out of the cave, they heard footsteps in the distance. From the sound, they could tell that a lot of people were coming.
"Why are they so fast?!" Qing Xuan was caught off guard and exclaimed.
Yun Luotian hid the sphere in her bosom. "Don't get entangled with them. Let's get out of here quickly!"
Qing Xuan tightened his grip on his sword and didn't dare to look back. He just ran out blindly.
Yun Luotian said as she ran, "I'm afraid Chu Huaiyuan is on the mountain today."
"Why do you say that?"
"If Chu Huaiyuan wasn't here, the person in charge of all the affairs would be Bai Youmu. He's not slow either, but he wouldn't be this fast."
Qing Xuan remembered what had happened before and said, "Last time when we came, Master and the others used a lot of divine power underground, but no one came to check. Chu Huaiyuan wasn't here that day."
Yun Luotian suddenly realized. "It seems that we're not fighting alone. Bai Youmu's heart isn't pure anymore."
"Ah?" Qing Xuan was a bit dazed and seemed not to understand.
"If he was on the same side as the Moonlight Palace, he should have come to arrest you all back then, just like what we're doing now. But he didn't come that day, which means he knew about it but didn't want to stop you."
It seemed that they had an ally in the dark. Even though they were being chased, their moods weren't as gloomy.
When they reached the edge of the cliff and the people behind were about to catch up, Qing Xuan said, "Should we just fight them..."
"No!" Yun Luotian quickly stopped him. "It's different this time. Although Chu Huaiyuan isn't in the upper realm, his skills are definitely not low. If he's here, I'm afraid I won't be able to resist him with my current skills. Let's leave first."
Although he was a bit reluctant, Qing Xuan obediently grabbed the rope and slid down.
As soon as their feet touched the ground, they heard an annoying voice. "Oh? You're down so soon?"
Qing Xuan turned his head and saw that there were already a lot of people behind them.
The person in the lead was very familiar to Qing Xuan. It was Jiang Yin.
Yun Luotian had never seen this person before, but from the clothes of this group of people, she could tell that they were from the Moon - watching Pavilion.
The two of them stood back to back, watching the crowd warily.
Yun Luotian didn't know who the person in the lead was, so she whispered, "Who's that guy?"
Qing Xuan said, "His name is Jiang Yin. He's one of Jiang Yaoji's right - hand men. According to Feng Xingzhi, he's been following Jiang Yaoji for a long time."
"Oh, I see," Yun Luotian said. She looked at Jiang Yin with a rather unfriendly look. "So you're just a good dog."
Jiang Yin had rarely seen Yun Luotian before. He didn't expect the elusive Yun Luotian to be with Qing Xuan, so he thought she was just a subordinate of Ji Yunxi.
A little nobody dared to be so arrogant. Jiang Yin was furious. "You little girl with a sharp tongue!"
Qing Xuan couldn't help it. Yun Luotian had lived for so long that she could easily be Jiang Yin's ancestor, yet now she was being called a little girl.
Yun Luotian felt the person behind her seem to be laughing secretly. She whispered angrily, "Is this the time to laugh? Are you crazy?"
Qing Xuan cleared his throat. "Sorry, it was just too funny. I couldn't help it."
Seeing that they didn't take him seriously at all, Jiang Yin's face darkened. He raised his hand and was about to attack.
Qing Xuan had been holding in his anger before. He hated Jiang Yaoji and was just looking for a place to vent his anger. He immediately raised his sword and charged forward.
His desperate look really intimidated Jiang Yin and forced him to retreat continuously.
However, Qing Xuan's strength hadn't fully recovered yet. Although he had the upper hand, he was still being held back by Jiang Yin.
Seeing this, the people around also stepped forward to try to capture Yun Luotian. Yun Luotian suddenly waved her hand and knocked them all down. She took the opportunity to grab Qing Xuan. "Don't waste any more words with them. There are still people from Kunlun Mountain behind us. We can't delay!"
Qing Xuan knew that he couldn't kill Jiang Yin now, so he changed his strategy and joined the battle with Yun Luotian.
The two of them quickly exerted their strength and were determined to achieve a swift victory.