Chapter 768 123: The Saint Master's Might (Part 3)

Ensuring there were no oversights, Li Ji'an then took out her Flying Boat from his Qiankun Ring, disguised himself as her attendant, and then took her back to Beichen Immortal City.

On the way back to the Immortal City, patrol cultivators from the Holy Land were everywhere.

After the activation of the Grand Array, the array nodes within the border of Yuan Prefecture flickered frequently, and patrol cultivators from the Holy Land were seen everywhere.

Several times, just as they appeared, they encountered the divine sense probing of a patrol cultivator.

Li Ji'an grew increasingly vigilant, not daring to relax in the slightest throughout the journey.

Soon, they finally arrived at Beichen Immortal City.

By now, the chaos within the city had long since subsided.

Dozens of Holy Land cultivators held magical treasures and guarded the gate tightly.

Seeing the return of Saintess Cang Yue, the cultivators all bowed and saluted, "Greetings, Saintess!"

Saintess Cang Yue forced herself to remain calm, took out the Holy Daughter Order, and said in a deep voice, "Open the gate, allow passage."

Though the guard cultivators were curious why she would reappear from the array at this moment, upon seeing the Holy Daughter Order in her hand, they dared not ask further questions.

They immediately turned around to activate the array.

As the light curtain swirled, a gateway to the outside world slowly opened.

"Let's go." Saintess Cang Yue turned her head to Li Ji'an, eyes full of urgency.

The colorful Luan bird was severely injured. If it did not receive timely treatment, it might damage its origin, then it would lose any hope of advancing to Tier Four and transforming.

Li Ji'an's divine sense carefully scanned the gateway, confirming there were no ambushes, before manipulating the Nine Dragon Lock to push Saintess Cang Yue to walk in first.

As they passed through the light curtain, he clearly felt the oppressive force around him completely dissipate, and they were now outside the borders of Yuan Prefecture.

"Phew~" Li Ji'an let out a long breath of relief in his heart.

"I've already taken you out of Yuan Prefecture, now..." Saintess Cang Yue began to speak.

However, before she finished speaking, she suddenly felt a surge of magical power erupt from behind her.

Saintess Cang Yue once again felt the threat of demise, her heart sank, and she urgently said, "You break your promise!"

Li Ji'an remained silent, his expression ice-cold and ruthless. As he recalled the Nine Dragon Lock, the Coiled Dragon Staff burst forth with its full might, barreling toward the head of Saintess Cang Yue with crushing force.

This blow was concentrated with all his strength, intent on killing in one strike.

Saintess Cang Yue's pupils shrank, and she hopelessly closed her eyes.

She was bound by the Nine Dragon Lock and had the Thousand Mechanisms Blood Attraction on her, leaving her no room to resist.

However, just as the Coiled Dragon Staff was about to strike her, a golden rune suddenly lit up at Saintess Cang Yue's glabella.

The rune exploded instantly.

A spectral image of a woman clad in a sacred golden robe abruptly appeared.

The spectral image radiated vast and majestic pressure, simply standing there caused the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to stagnate.

"Who dares to harm my disciple?" A cold voice echoed, carrying indisputable authority, like a celestial sound falling to the mortal world.

The golden spectral image slowly opened her eyes.

A glance landed lightly on Li Ji'an.

Just this one look made Li Ji'an feel as if his Sea of Consciousness was struck by a heavy hammer, violently shaking.

His mind went blank, and a mouthful of fresh blood uncontrollably spurted out.

His entire body's meridians throbbed with pain, and his magical power instantly went into disarray.

He staggered back several steps, almost falling.

"This aura... far exceeds that of a Nascent Soul True Monarch!" Li Ji'an's heart was filled with shock and dread.

"It's Master's Soul Token!" Saintess Cang Yue opened her eyes, and upon seeing the spectral image, was overjoyed.

This was the life-saving Soul Token her master had given her.

The golden spectral image's gaze locked coldly onto Li Ji'an, seemingly wanting to see through his divine soul entirely.

Li Ji'an felt a lethal threat, and in the moment of crisis, only one thought remained in his mind—escape!

He forcibly endured the searing pain in his Sea of Consciousness and the tearing pain in his meridians.

His left hand flipped quickly, and another Tier Three Teleportation Talisman appeared in his palm.

His fingertips hurriedly channeled magical power.

The Teleportation Talisman instantly transformed into a burst of cyan light, enveloping himself within it.

"Want to leave?" The golden spectral image snorted coldly.

Raised a finger.

Boom~

The Teleportation Talisman had not yet activated when that finger, as if crossing through time and space, appeared instantly before him. Li Ji'an gritted his teeth and directly detonated the Coiled Dragon Staff in his hand.

The directional self-explosion of the Fourth Grade Magical Treasure finally caused that finger to pause slightly.

Finally, with a flash of cyan light, his figure disappeared from the original place.

The golden spectral image's attack landed on empty space, creating ripples of energy.

Afterward, the light of the spectral image gradually dimmed.

And ultimately dissipated entirely.

"Master..." Saintess Cang Yue gazed in the direction where the spectral image vanished, eyes full of gratitude and lingering fear.

Unable to support herself any longer, she collapsed to the ground.

The wound on her shoulder split open once again, staining the ground red with blood.

A moment later, she gathered her wits.

Quickly forming a technique to contact the Holy Land.

Meanwhile, the hatred in her heart for Li Ji'an reached its peak.

Screams echoed through the wilderness, "Little thief! This enmity shall never coexist! I shall use all the Holy Land's power to tear you limb from limb!"

Thousands of miles away, in a desolate mountain forest.

A flash of cyan light, and Li Ji'an's figure fell to the ground in disarray.

Another mouthful of fresh blood spewed out.

He leaned against the tree trunk, gasping for air.

His Sea of Consciousness was still buzzing.

The meridians sent waves of piercing pain.

His face was as pale as paper, his aura weak to the extreme.

"The Saint Master of Cangyuan Holy Land... is terrifying to this extent!" Li Ji'an's heart was filled with shock.

Just a look from the spectral image nearly caused his Sea of Consciousness to collapse.

He knew that after this incident, he had thoroughly offended Cangyuan Holy Land.

A trace of resoluteness flashed in Li Ji'an's eyes.

He slowly closed his eyes, beginning to operate his cultivation technique to regulate the chaotic magical power and the damaged Sea of Consciousness.

As for the colorful Luan bird in the Beast Taming Token, he did not intend to deal with it immediately—this was a small leverage over Saintess Cang Yue, perhaps useful at a critical moment.

The mountain breeze swept by, carrying a faint scent of grass and wood.

Li Ji'an's figure was hidden under the shade of the trees, gradually retracting all his aura.

Only the faint spiritual light from the operation of the cultivation technique flowed around him slowly.