Chapter 1100: Different Paths to the Same Destination
At this time, Qingyang's voice came again, saying: "Don't be busy investigating me, or take care of yourself first. The Sang family has already prepared to seize the position of the county lord of Tongguan County. Once the news of the defeat last night spreads to Tongguan County, the Sang family will definitely be unable to hold back. If the Shangguan family is unprepared, I am afraid there will be a disaster of extermination. In addition, when I saw you fighting with the Sang family guards just now, the true energy in your body was floating, and it seemed that you had encountered a bottleneck. If one road is blocked, you can try another one. All things are the same, and different paths lead to the same destination. You can always find the road that suits you..."
How could Shangguan Yan not care about the Sang family's plan to deal with the Shangguan family? It's just that Shangguan Yong was seriously injured at this time and couldn't send anyone. There were enemies chasing him from behind, so there was no way to pass the news back. He could only wait until he met up with others before thinking of a way.
As for the second half of Qingyang's sentence, she felt incomprehensible when she first heard it, but later she thought more and more that it made sense. Isn't this the case with her current cultivation? If one road doesn't work, try another one. Everything is the same, and different paths lead to the same destination. You can always find the right one.
Thinking of this, Shangguan Yan suddenly had a glimmer of enlightenment in her heart. Her cultivation has been stuck in the middle stage of Qi Refining for quite some time, and there has been no sign of a breakthrough. But after hearing Qingyang's words today, she felt that her bottleneck seemed to have loosened, and it would probably not take long for her to break through.
Of course, Qingyang's words could not have such a big effect. This is also related to Shangguan Yan's cultivation being on the verge of a breakthrough, and Shangguan Yan's high comprehension. As a person who has experienced it, Qingyang casually mentioned a few words when the other party was confused, and inadvertently achieved such a big effect.
Shangguan Yan didn't know this. She only knew that Qingyang said a few words casually, and she didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and her bottleneck was loosened. Just a few words had such a big effect. If he wasn't a master, what was he? Shangguan Yan became more interested in Qingyang's origins.
After returning to the cave, Qingyang did not go out again, but leaned against the innermost part of the cave to meditate. Of course, refining the healing powder and using the method of the one-horned ghost king to consume the seven escape locks were indispensable. Ma Xingchen did not dare to disturb Qingyang, so he could only send the other three guards to observe the situation in turn.
I don’t know if they were lucky or the enemy had given up chasing them. There were no unexpected situations that night. After a night of rest, everyone’s physical strength and true energy have recovered. The lightly injured have recovered by half, and the seriously injured have also been out of danger and their situation has improved greatly. Not to mention fighting against the enemy, at least walking is not a problem.
Then a group of eight people went all the way to the direction of Kuzhong City. Because there were wounded in the team, everyone’s speed of travel was not very fast. In five or six hours, they only walked a hundred miles. Seeing that it was approaching dusk, many people in the team were exhausted and their legs were weak. They were not suitable for traveling at night, so everyone prepared to find a place to rest.
But at this moment, several monks suddenly appeared on the roadside and blocked their way, which startled Qingyang and Shangguan Yan and their group. Just as they were about to prepare for the battle, they found that the monks looked familiar. They were all companions from Tongguan County, not sneak attacks.
After some communication, they knew that these people were waiting for them here. After a melee the night before yesterday, everyone escaped separately, and most of them went in the direction of Kuzhong City. Qingteng Sanren got rid of the chasing foundation-building monk and fled here in one breath. He thought that the enemy could not chase him again, so he stopped in a small valley nearby to collect the scattered people.
Now two days have passed, and more than 20 people have gathered here. Qingteng Sanren took others to rest in the small valley nearby, and sent a few people to take turns to guard here to collect the scattered people who escaped back, so that they would not miss the main force.
After hearing what these people said, Shangguan Yan felt relieved. It turned out that Qingteng Sanren did not give up on everyone, but stayed here to collect the scattered teams. More than 20 people were not many compared to the previous team of hundreds of people, but considering that each candidate came with a guard, the guards would definitely fight to the death to protect their master when they encountered danger, so there should be no fewer candidates among the more than 20 people who escaped back, that is to say, the elites of Tongguan County were not completely wiped out.
After understanding the situation, Shangguan Yan, Qingyang and others followed one of them to the small valley. Hearing the movement, the people who were originally resting in the valley came out to greet them. The one in the front was naturally the foundation-building cultivator Qingteng Sanren. Although he had been resting for nearly two days, Qingteng Sanren still looked haggard and had many injuries. One of his arms was slung with a cloth. This shows how fierce the battle was that night. Qingteng Sanren didn't know how much effort it took to get rid of the enemy.
Next to him was Bai Qing, who was in much better condition. Apart from his slightly torn clothes, he had almost no injuries. It seemed that the guards of the Bai family were still very dedicated. In addition to Bai Qing, there were four other candidates for the preliminary election of the Holy Son, and their conditions were similar to Bai Qing.
In addition to the first six people, the remaining nearly twenty people were all guards of various families. The conditions of the guards were not as good as those of the first few people. They had some injuries to varying degrees, and some were even disabled. Shangguan Yan glanced over and even found two of his own guards among them. This was easy to deal with. He was just worried that he could not pass the message to Tongguan County, but there were people there.
Not all of the guards of the Shangguan family died in the battle that day. It was just that the situation was too chaotic at the time. They were separated in order to cover Shangguan Yan and lead other enemies away. Later, some died, and some were lucky enough to escape. Thinking that the young lady would definitely come in this direction after escaping, they looked for it in the direction of Kuzhong City. As a result, they met Qingteng Sanren and stopped.
The two guards, one in the late Qi Refining stage and the other in the middle Qi Refining stage, were also injured, but it did not affect their actions. At least it was much better than Shangguan Yong. Shangguan Yan did not delay and directly called the two to the side. He secretly told them about the Sang family and asked them to return to Tongguan County as soon as possible to report the situation. As long as the news could be passed back, with the power of the Shangguan family and the influence of his father as the county lord of Tongguan County for many years, this crisis should be easily resolved.
As for whether there would be danger on the road or whether they would be blocked by the enemy, Shangguan Yan did not dare to guarantee it. He could only ask them to be as careful as possible and do their best.
There were a total of ten candidates from Tongguan County, and now there are five of them in the valley. Together with Shangguan Yan and Ma Xingchen who had just returned, and Sang Yuan who was killed by them before, only two people died at the hands of the enemy. The loss was not too great, but there were only more than 20 guards left out of the eighty or ninety who set out at the beginning, with a death rate of more than 70%. This loss was too heavy.