To ensure nothing went wrong, the thin Old Man even sacrificed his Blue Stone Magical Item after throwing the ice arrows, vowing to kill Yang Che then and there.
However, the next moment, the Old Man's pupils suddenly constricted, as if he had seen something incredibly unbelievable and bizarre, and his face showed an indescribable shock and bewilderment.
When the ice arrows he released were about to pierce Yang Che, Yang Che suddenly and strangely vanished.
He just disappeared into thin air, without any warning.
"Teleportation? How is that possible!"
After his initial bewilderment, an uncontrollable look of joy welled up in the thin Old Man's heart.
"This child actually has a Magic Treasure that can teleport."
A hint of fervor and hidden greed flashed in the Old Man's eyes.
Then, his Divine Sense completely spread out, and he quickly vaguely sensed Yang Che's position.
However, just as he was about to use a Escape Light to pursue, the next moment, this vague sensation completely vanished.
The thin Old Man, unwilling to give up, quickly pursued to the place he had vaguely sensed earlier, spread out his Divine Sense again, and searched carefully over and over, but ultimately found nothing.
The Old Man snorted coldly, stood for a long time, and finally left the place with reluctance, feeling disgruntled.
This was a wilderness outside the city.
A breeze swept through, and the wild grass on the ground rustled.
Not long after.
The thin Old Man actually returned.
His Divine Sense spread out again, over and over, but still found nothing.
At this moment, strange low growls suddenly came from all around.
The thin Old Man's expression changed, and he immediately used Escape Light to flee far away.
Soon after, countless Ancient Blood Corpses appeared in groups, surging into this wilderness.
Ancient Blood Corpses were most sensitive to fresh blood.
They seemed to have smelled the tempting, sweet blood here.
Who knows how long passed.
A very inconspicuous muddy swamp next to the wilderness strangely began to writhe.
Immediately after, the writhing mud suddenly swelled up.
A figure, faintly surrounded by flames, emerged from the mud, rolled a few times, and then lay prone on the nearby wild grass, panting heavily.
This person was Yang Che, who, at the last moment, used 'Flash Cloud Boots' to initiate a teleportation, then cast the 'Stealth Technique' to avoid Divine Sense, and was dragged into the muddy swamp by the Nine Heart Thunder Flame to hide.
All of Yang Che's bones were broken, and he was barely being dragged by the Nine Heart Thunder Flame.
The surrounding Ancient Blood Corpses saw Yang Che and immediately rushed towards him excitedly.
Just then, another strange low growl was heard.
Upon hearing this sound, the group of Ancient Blood Corpses, which had been excitedly approaching Yang Che, suddenly paused.
The Blood Corpse group slowly parted, and a tall, strong young man, with a cold expression, walked out.
Behind him, surprisingly, followed a white-haired General-Level Ancient Blood Corpse.
The countless Soldier-Level Ancient Blood Corpses around, upon seeing the white-haired General-Level Ancient Blood Corpse, immediately showed fear and retreated one after another.
Only a dozen or so Ancient Blood Corpses, also of the General-Level, watched coldly, remaining motionless.
The young man's gaze fell on Yang Che, softening somewhat.
Yang Che seemed to sense it, and with difficulty, turned his head to see that it was Liu Song, whom he had met in Jiang Huo City that day.
One of the five youths in the carriage back then.
"Yang Che?"
Although Liu Song recognized Yang Che, he still tentatively asked.
Yang Che squeezed out a difficult smile and suddenly said, inexplicably, "Liu Song, is the stone shovel I secretly lightened for you still easy to use?"
A sentence that left all the General-Level Ancient Blood Corpses around somewhat bewildered, yet it significantly eased Liu Song's slightly tense expression.
...
More than a month later.
Within the Burning Flame Mountain Range, the southern barrier of Jiang Country.
Inside a circular mountain valley, there was a clear green lake.
On a square blue stone by the lake, two young men sat cross-legged, one on each side.
These two young men were Yang Che, whose injuries had just recovered, and Liu Song, the owner of the white-haired General-Level Ancient Blood Corpse.
Looking at the leisurely white clouds in the sky, Yang Che suddenly felt an endless sense of emotion, wondering if the 'leisurely long life' he had always yearned for could ever be achieved, and when it would be achieved.
He greatly enjoyed this unrestrained, leisurely and carefree tranquility.
However, upon remembering that he had almost died in Jiang Huo City just over a month ago, an endless chill immediately appeared in Yang Che's eyes.
Over the past month, while recovering from his injuries, he carefully recalled all the Cultivators with the surname Jiang he had encountered.
Undoubtedly, he remembered Jiang Wu, the quasi-Disciple of Qing Jian Sect's Eighth Peak, whom he had killed.
Besides Jiang Wu, Yang Che could not think of any other reason why Jiang Huo City would want to kill him.
But Jiang Wu was clearly a quasi-Disciple of Qing Jian Sect's Eighth Peak, so how could he be related to Jiang Huo City?
Yang Che was very clear that Jiang Huo City was not close to Qing Jian Sect; in fact, it could be said to be somewhat distant.
If Jiang Wu was an important member of the Jiang Family in Jiang Huo City, why would he become a Disciple of Qing Jian Sect?
Furthermore, after countless careful recollections of all the details of killing Jiang Wu that day, Yang Che was finally certain that it was absolutely impossible for anyone to know that he had killed Jiang Wu.
But if Jiang Wu was indeed a member of the Jiang Family in Jiang Huo City, judging from Jiang Huo City's reaction, they had most likely already determined that it was Yang Che who killed Jiang Wu.
Yang Che's head began to ache from thinking; he truly didn't understand what was going on.
If there was an explanation, the only one Yang Che could think of was that Jiang Wu must have had some secret technique used on him by the Jiang Family, and when he killed Jiang Wu, he was already sensed by the Jiang Family members in Jiang Huo City.
He had heard of such secret techniques, but to perform such techniques, one would need at least Nascent Soul Stage Cultivation.
If that were truly the case, then Jiang Wu's status among the Jiang Family members in Jiang Huo City was by no means simple.
While his head was aching from thinking, Liu Song beside him suddenly spoke, "Yang Che, originally I thought among us, Meng Ran's Cultivation talent was already quite monstrous, but I never expected that in terms of strength, you are actually even stronger than Meng Ran."
Hearing this, Yang Che also became somewhat interested: "Do you have news of Meng Ran and Hu Lai?"
Liu Song said, "Yes. After escaping from Xingshan Mine, I've been hiding in the deep mountains. Later, when the Xingshan Mine riot occurred, I happened to see Meng Ran and Hu Lai also escape.
So the three of us traveled together and fortunately met a Loose Cultivator whose Lifespan was nearing its end. This Loose Cultivator accidentally discovered that all three of us actually had Immortal Roots. The Loose Cultivator Old Man said he had never encountered such a probability in his life, so he took us three as Disciples and each taught us a Cultivation Technique."
"So that's how it is."
Then he asked again, "Where are they two now?"
Liu Song sighed wistfully, "We got separated. Later, the Loose Cultivator Old Man's enemies came looking for him, and the Old Man protected us as we fled separately. After that, I never saw them again."
Hearing this, Yang Che couldn't help but recall the happy childhood days they had spent together for several days in that carriage.
"Yang Che, do you know? The three of us often talked later, and we all agreed that those few days on the carriage, on the way to Xingshan Mine, were the happiest times of our lives."
Yang Che was surprised by this and said, "Indeed. Hu Lai told us stories and jokes all the way, and we all had beautiful aspirations of earning silver. Those few days, that son of a bitch Zhao Min didn't show his true colors prematurely, and he even provided food and drink. Those days truly were carefree."
After speaking, the two exchanged smiles.
...
A few days later, Yang Che left the place.
As for the matter of the Ancient Blood Corpses, Liu Song also vaguely revealed some of his thoughts to Yang Che.
Yang Che judged that the Ancient Blood Corpses surrounding Jiang Huo City were very likely to have awakened later and should not have seen him.
Otherwise, at least these General-Level Ancient Blood Corpses would have definitely attacked him already.
Yang Che thought long and hard and made a decision.
Return to Qing Jian Sect.
He planned to secretly investigate Jiang Wu thoroughly, to determine if he was indeed from the Jiang Family of Jiang Huo City, and how he came to be a Disciple of Qing Jian Sect.
Perhaps clarifying this relationship would make revenge more interesting.
As for the 'nine-colored fire lotus' that Tianxie Ziyin needed, he could only use the secret technique she left for finding 'extreme Yang' locations after he thoroughly advanced to the Foundation Establishment Stage.