The End of the Immortal Path

Zhuo Qingcheng and the others hadn’t left.

Instead, they waited patiently outside the Lingyue Sect.

They had come as a group of five, so naturally, they had to return with all five members.

Especially since Jiang Man wasn’t in any danger, there was even less reason to leave without him.

Besides, the completion of their mission also depended on whether Jiang Man had made any new discoveries.

"How much longer do we have to wait? He’s so powerful, can’t he just go back on his own? What if the Lingyue Sect changes its mind? Won’t we be in danger?" asked the most ordinary-looking of the four original undercover agents, a skinny man.

"We’ll wait as long as it takes," Han Meixue said.

"Don’t worry about danger. Just wait patiently," Zhuo Qingcheng added.

Long Yangxia asked, perplexed, "But why? Jiang Man was clearly just focused on his Cultivation. How did he complete the mission and still manage to wander around inside so freely?"

Everyone was curious about this.

For all their efforts, they had only managed to confirm their agents were being held here.

But Jiang Man bypassed everything and went straight inside.

Not only that, but he had also forced the other party to release their people, not daring to keep them any longer.

They couldn’t wait for them to leave.

"Someone’s coming," Jiang Wen said.

Hearing this, the group looked over.

They saw Jiang Man arriving via Sword Control, and he had brought someone with him.

At first, they thought it was the fifth undercover agent, but they quickly realized that wasn’t the case.

The person’s Cultivation was rather ordinary.

Having been here a long time, the person was used to circulating their power, revealing their Cultivation level.

Zhuo Qingcheng and the others looked at Jiang Man, and as soon as he landed, she asked, "Junior Brother Jiang, did you find anything this time?"

"I did," Jiang Man nodded. "The Divine Object here is a strand of Sword Intent. It has nothing to do with the Evil God, but it can’t be taken away."

After explaining what would happen if one touched the sword, Jiang Man added that there was nothing related to the Evil God in this place.

However, there were people trapped inside.

Something like this just needed to be reported up the chain.

Whether the Sect decided to intervene or not had nothing to do with them.

In any case, they were in no position to do anything about it at the moment.

The gap in Cultivation was too great.

A Primordial Spirit was stationed here. There was no need for them to start a conflict.

Besides, the mission was already complete, and the people here weren’t indiscriminately slaughtering villagers.

There was no need to press the issue further.

All they had to do was report it.

If they had been slaughtering villagers everywhere...

...then they would have had to request reinforcements. A Primordial Spirit Level Inner Sect Disciple would, in all likelihood, be able to raze this place to the ground.

"What kind of Sword Intent was it?" asked the skinny man from the first group of undercover agents.

Jiang Man answered casually, "A very powerful Sword Intent."

"What if you took it and hid it?" he asked.

Jiang Man turned to look at him and said, "Are you serious?"

"I just think that as the only one who came into contact with it, you ought to provide a clear explanation," the man said righteously.

Jiang Man nodded. "Wait here a moment."

「A short while later.」

Zhuo Qingcheng’s group of nine departed via Sword Control.

Watching them leave was a Golden Core Powerhouse from the Lingyue Sect. He was holding the skinny man, his face a mixture of emotion and helplessness.

Once the group was completely gone, the Golden Core Powerhouse looked down at the man beside him and said, "So, you want to continue your undercover work and find out what secrets are hidden here?"

The skinny man’s mouth was sealed, and he couldn’t speak.

The Golden Core Powerhouse kindly removed the Talisman, then shook his head. "There aren’t many people left who are as dedicated to contributing to their Sect as you are. In the future, I’ll have more people keep an eye on you. We have to add a little difficulty for you, after all."

"We wouldn’t want to discourage such devotion."

The skinny man immediately said, "No, it’s not what you think."

The Golden Core Powerhouse didn’t listen to his explanation. He had overheard a few things when he arrived.

’How dare a rescued prisoner question the very person who saved him? He really can’t read the room.’

’Does he not realize this place is outside the Immortal Sects’ jurisdiction?’

’He can’t grasp the situation at all.’

The Golden Core Powerhouse looked at the man’s regretful expression and sighed. "You brought this on yourself. Didn’t you see how three of you four were tormented beyond recognition by that legend? I thought you were clever, but it turns out you’re just slow."

"Oh well. Go back and do your work. In a few years, I’ll let you investigate properly. If you perform well, you might be able to go back. You’ll just have to endure it for now."

After finding out that Ah Niu was a legend, no one dared to keep him.

Even if they could have, they wouldn’t have dared.

Because it would have definitely attracted other powerful figures.

And then the Lingyue Sect would be finished.

It was a good thing that he had left, so naturally, they couldn’t be careless with his request.

In the end, the skinny man was dragged into the Lingyue Sect.

’He never would have thought that the five people who came this time would be so aggressive.’

’He had assumed that the others would also want the Sword Intent, and that someone would surely back him up in pressuring Jiang Man.’

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「On the other side.」

Jiang Man and the others were flying on their swords. The three rescued disciples trembled, afraid that one wrong word would get them sent back too.

Zhuo Qingcheng and her group didn’t care about the incident at all.

Jiang Man was the one who rescued them. It didn’t matter whether he got the Sword Intent or not.

Asking was fine, but questioning him was not.

And they certainly couldn’t just say things that would undermine the group’s unity.

Especially not when there was no conflict of interest.

"By the way, weren’t there five of you? Where did the other person go?" Han Meixue asked the remaining three.

A man who had yet to fully recover from his injuries said, "We don’t know. He went missing a long time ago."

"Was he taken away by people from the Lingyue Sect, or was it something else?" Han Meixue asked again.

The man shook his head. "He disappeared before we entered the Sword Tomb. We haven’t seen him since. We don’t know if he’s dead or alive."

Zhuo Qingcheng thought for a moment before saying, "The Lingyue Sect probably hasn’t reached the point of casually killing Sect Disciples. From the looks of it, he probably didn’t die in the Lingyue Sect."

"Perhaps he escaped but couldn’t make it back."

"Or maybe the Lingyue Sect sent him somewhere else."

"What’s his name?" Jiang Wen asked.

"Luo Jian," the man replied.