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Chapter 556: Chapter 324: Swing and a Miss_2

No one knew what had happened; the cultivators of Jieshan City could only let the two Great Arhats leave without any means to stop them.

Qianye Temple had a detailed plan for this mission and also had contingency measures for failure.

After flying out of Jieshan City, they once again concealed their aura, planning to sneak back to the Righteous Path’s territory through a channel that had been prepared earlier.

However, as soon as they approached the city’s grand Formation, they discovered that it was in a state of full activation, a state that did not permit anyone to pass through.

Even though the presence of the two Great Arhats remained undetectable, trying to return through the originally planned smuggling channel was now impossible.

This was one of Senluo Sect’s responses after Li Yuanba had informed his sect that he had discovered the trace of the two Great Arhats from Qianye Temple.

By sealing off the Formation at Jieshan Mountain Pass, they had locked the two Great Arhats within the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.

These were Great Arhats, after all; killing two Great Arhats was indeed a means for Senluo Sect to significantly weaken Qianye Temple’s foundation.

The Great Arhats are those who have hope of becoming Venerables, having emerged from countless competitors to become the core of their sects after hundreds of years of tempering.

No longer could they be called mere geniuses; their status in Qianye Temple was exceedingly high, the strongest presence beneath the Venerables.

Most crucially, they had mostly realized their potential, with just the final step remaining—if successful, they would become one of the strongest existences on the Beishu Continent.

Thus, upon receiving Li Yuanba’s message, Senluo Sect immediately ordered the sealing of the Jieshan Mountain Pass.

“Strange, how could Senluo Sect react so quickly?” Wisdom Arhat said with a surprised and questioning expression.

Their movement was extremely rapid, precisely to deny Senluo Sect any time to respond.

They had penetrated deep into Senluo Sect’s territory, and as long as they were quick, they would not encounter any trouble.

Senluo Sect would never have imagined that Qianye Temple would deploy two such Great Arhats.

Great Arhats of this calibre, who relate to the foundation of the sect, are not ones to take risks lightly.

“I sense danger, let’s leave quickly!” Zhi Hai Arhat said in a deep voice, looking towards the distance.

Wisdom Arhat obviously understood that if Zhi Hai, a Great Arhat, felt danger, then the reinforcements from Senluo Sect must be approaching.

And these reinforcements were a Nascent Soul Ancestor, and only a Nascent Soul Ancestor could make a Great Arhat feel threatened.

Both Great Arhats flew swiftly in one direction; since they could not pass through Jieshan Mountain Pass, they would first find a place to hide and wait for further orders from Qianye Temple.

They had not noticed that there was a drone hidden thousands of meters above, tracking their movement.

As they were concerned about the arrival of the Nascent Soul Ancestor, they had not employed their Concealing Secret Technique but instead flew away at full speed.

When using the Concealing Secret Technique, they could not fly at full speed. The Great Arhats had not cultivated the Divine Foot Skill; their expertise was in the Flying Escape Technique. At full flight speed, they could not maintain the Concealing Secret Technique.

Their choice was understandable; the Concealing Secret Technique they employed could deceive both Golden Core cultivators and Formations of their own level.

But this did not include the Nascent Soul Ancestor, whose power was on a different level. No Golden Core cultivator would think that their Concealing Secret Technique could completely fool a Nascent Soul Ancestor.

Therefore, for the two Great Arhats, the priority was to distance themselves from this place and the Nascent Soul Ancestor.

This allowed Li Yuanba to observe the two Great Arhats’ movements through the drone. As long as they did not escape thousands of kilometers away in a short time, adjusting the camera to keep them in focus was all that was needed for the drone thousands of meters high.

Qianye Temple would not truly expose two Great Arhats to danger; they had prepared several emergency measures.

About a thousand li away from Jieshan Mountain Pass, the two Great Arhats stopped; they dared not delve any deeper.

They arrived in front of a huge boulder, and Zhi Hai Arhat moved the boulder aside to reveal a carefully arranged cave dwelling beneath.

The formation and various facilities in this cave abode could not have been built in a short time; this place was a safe house established in advance by the Qianye Temple as a second set of emergency plans.

The carefully arranged formation could completely conceal the auras of the two Great Arhats.

Set amid the vast expanse of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, even a Nascent Soul Ancestor could not manage to inspect every inch of the land without a clear target.

“Quick, escape!” Li Yuanba was watching as the two Great Arhats disappeared at a certain location when he received a message from Ying Hou’s communicator.

It seemed that Ying Hou had learned of the disappearance of the two Great Arhats from the righteous path’s Jieshan Mountain Pass; however, Li Yuanba did not expect Ying Hou to send him a warning at this time.

Although the warning from Ying Hou was late, the favor was something Li Yuanba needed to remember.

“No worries!” Li Yuanba replied with a message; he did not say much through the communicator, as it was ultimately relayed through the Beishu Trading Company’s communication array. Who knew whether it could be traced by someone, potentially bringing trouble to Ying Hou’s side.

Inside the Jieshan Mountain Pass of the righteous path, Ying Hou, upon seeing the reply, had the look of concern fade from his face.

Although the righteous path and the demonic path were enemies, the interest-based relationship he had formed with Li Yuanba was equally tight.

In the recent months, he had transformed the Third-Grade Spiritual Medicine he obtained through Li Yuanba’s channel into Third-Grade Advanced Spirit Pills, leading to growth in his cultivation that had nearly come to a standstill.

On one side was the allied Qianye Temple, and on the other was Li Yuanba, closely related to his own cultivation and resource enhancement.

Without betraying the alliance of the righteous path, he was not stingy in offering help within his power to Li Yuanba.

“Mr. Li is unharmed!” he said with a smile to the two Guardian Golden Core Elders, Xin Tong and Mu Peng, standing beside him.

It was likely that even the two Great Arhats from the Qianye Temple did not know that all three Guardian Golden Core Elders at the Jieshan Mountain Pass of the righteous path were extremely concerned about Li Yuanba’s life and death.

The message sent by Ying Hou was a collective decision of the three Golden Core Elders.

“That’s good, Qianye Temple is acting without any restraint!” Xin Tong exhaled in relief, though with a slight complaint.

The act of Qianye Temple smuggling without their knowledge irked all three, and this feeling of distrust was one of the reasons they informed Li Yuanba.

“These two Great Arhats, they are too concerned about Mr. Li!” Mu Peng followed, adding his opinion.

While it was true that Li Yuanba possessed the Ten Thousand Sword Peak Treasure, which none of them could withstand, the idea that he warranted Qianye Temple dispatching two Great Arhats was an exaggeration.

“Let us not speak of this matter any longer, as long as Mr. Li is safe, that is what matters!” Ying Hou waved his hand, wary of eavesdroppers.

The three Golden Core Elders changed the subject and refrained from discussing the grievances between Qianye Temple and Li Yuanba.

Li Yuanba did not let his guard down due to the departure of the two Great Arhats; who could be certain that Qianye Temple had not sent other Arhats as well?

He knew the sect would definitely take action; they would not allow Qianye Temple to act so outrageously in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.

The strength of the two Great Arhats, on the side of the Jieshan Mountain Pass, would be no match unless they alerted a possible hidden force. Otherwise, combining all the forces of the Senluo Sect on this side would still be insufficient against the two Great Arhats.

He didn’t have to wait long; shortly after the two Great Arhats went into hiding, he spotted a figure on the drone that almost captured it on camera.

That speed was too fast; even with Li Yuanba putting on the headband and exerting all his strength to perform “Step by Step Lotus,” he could approximately match that speed.

Li Yuanba, who was employing “Step by Step Lotus,” with the headband enhancing the “Step by Step Lotus” nearly doubling the distance, only under such conditions could he catch up to that kind of speed.

Based on the direction from which the figure came and its unobstructed flying style, it was likely to be reinforcements dispatched from the Senluo Sect’s monastery.

Li Yuanba no longer concealed himself, retracting the “Sumeru Mustard Seed Array Plate,” and flying towards Jieshan City.

“Yue Xing, and all the Shopkeepers, take care to maintain order in Jieshan City!” he announced loudly, empowering his voice with Spiritual Power.

His voice spread throughout Jieshan City, and the cultivators, who were panicking due to the enemy’s attack and the disappearance of the Golden Core Elders, began to calm down and follow the commands of the Foundation Establishment Cultivators.