This is the true immortal of the Taoist sect.

After leaving the county government office, Li Daoxuan went to the villa where the group of teenagers were staying.

Unsurprisingly, the place was deserted.

Li Daoxuan looked around the courtyard but didn't find any clues at first.

But when he arrived at the backyard and saw the courtyard in the center, he was completely stunned.

What came into view was an unimaginably cruel scene.

The courtyard, which was only six or seven square meters in size, was piled with corpses.

Young and middle-aged men and women, the disabled, the elderly, and children, even an infant in swaddling clothes.

Every corpse had been killed by a single sword to the throat.

The courtyard was almost completely filled with viscous blood.

It emitted a pungent, foul stench.

Li Daoxuan stared at this scene for a moment, and then an unimaginable wave of energy suddenly erupted from his body.

His blue robe fluttered loudly, and pieces of roof tiles rolled off the roof of the house.

Above Anyi County, the once bright moonlit night sky was visibly covered by a layer of thick clouds that were almost within reach.

Terrifying bolts of lightning snaked and swirled, like the end of the world.

The entire population of Anyi County was awakened by this terrifying divine power. They all went to their windows or went outside to look up at the sky, their eyes filled with horror.

Some cowards even knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly, begging God to calm his anger.

Inside the county government office, Zhao Chun'an turned his pale face to look at the sky, and for some reason, his body trembled uncontrollably.

Even Qingfeng and Mingyue, who had already returned home, looked up at the sky at the same time, their hearts filled with horror.

"Master...Mingyue, why do I sense Master's presence..."

Mingyue's expression was indifferent, her brows furrowed, and it was unclear what she was thinking.

"Damn it...damn it..."

In the western courtyard of the city, Li Daoxuan's pupils turned pure gold, and terrifying killing intent erupted in all directions time and time again.

Li Daoxuan suddenly turned around and looked outside the courtyard. His eyes blazed with fury, mirroring the thunder in the sky, making the entire world seem as if the heavens were collapsing.

At that moment, he had only one thought in his mind: to kill all of these inhuman teenagers.

But they had already left Anyi County and their whereabouts were unknown.

Suddenly, Li Daoxuan seemed to have thought of something.

His figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

Then they searched room by room repeatedly.

Finally, they found the only clue on a soft couch in a side room—an abandoned bandage.

These were the bandages Qingfeng used to treat the girl's injuries.

Li Daoxuan raised his hand and grabbed it from mid-air.

However, instead of touching it with his palm, he used his magic to lift it up, making it float in mid-air.

Immediately afterwards, a yellow talisman appeared in his palm, named the Thousand-Mile Tracking Talisman.

It is a type of talisman paper specifically used to track the whereabouts of others.

However, certain conditions must be met. Used items are acceptable, but they must at least be personal items.

The girl had only worn the bandage on her body for a day, so Li Daoxuan wasn't very confident.

Even so, he had to give it his all. He feared that if he didn't eliminate this evil that plagued the world, his resolve would waver.

Li Daoxuan quickly formed hand seals and chanted:

"With the Taiyin as the guide, the Nine Netherworlds are illuminated! Those whose souls have scattered across the eight directions, heed my command..."

The yellow talisman burned and landed on the bandage.

The personal aura of the girl in the pink dress, which was embedded in the bandages, slowly wafted out, merging with the power of the tracking talisman, and gradually transformed into a ray of spiritual light that only Li Daoxuan could see, pointing into the distance.

Normally, this beam of light would fly out, carrying the caster to track the target.

However, this glimmer of light only flickered a few times before it was about to go out, making it impossible to cast spells to track it.

Li Daoxuan understood that this was because there was too little information about the girl on the bandage.

He acted decisively, unleashing his magic power without reservation and merging it into the spiritual light.

Replenished by Li Daoxuan's magical power, the spiritual light finally regained its strength and flew out of the courtyard with a whoosh.

Li Daoxuan immediately got up and chased after Lingguang.

During this time, he continuously supplied the spiritual light with magical power to prevent it from running out of energy.

In the blink of an eye, Li Daoxuan chased after him out of the county town.

They sped off to the west.

However, after Li Daoxuan chased after it for four or five miles, the spiritual light finally gave out and was completely extinguished. No matter how much magic power Li Daoxuan poured into it, there was no response.

However, Li Daoxuan did not give up. The group of people had not been gone for long, and they were with a companion who had an injured leg, so they probably wouldn't have run too fast.

Now that we've determined the direction, there's still hope of catching up.

Li Daoxuan steadied himself, took out a Swiftness Talisman, and with a flash of light, his speed increased dramatically.

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Dozens of miles away from Anyi County, Ye Tingzhou and his group were running at breakneck speed.

The girl in the pink dress, who was perched on Ye Tingzhou's back, turned around and frowned, saying:

"Senior Brother Ye, is that enough? The jolting is making my stomach hurt..."

Ye Tingzhou also looked back and thought that since they had run so far, the other party should not be able to catch up.

It's a pity that the spiritual energy here is too weak to bring a flying boat; otherwise, there would be no need for such a laborious journey...

After running another thirty miles or so, Ye Tingzhou finally raised his hand and said:

"Stop, let's take a break."

The group came to an abrupt halt. Several young men in white couldn't help but look back. In the hazy night, lightning flashed and thunder roared in the sky above the distant county town for some unknown reason, giving them a lingering sense of oppression.

Recalling the scene of fighting Li Daoxuan just now, the terrifying method that rendered him unable to move for a moment made even the usually arrogant Nangong Jue feel a chill in his heart.

They never expected that this forbidden zone, which had long been deemed too lacking in spiritual energy to cultivate experts from the Upper Three Heavens, would actually possess such a terrifying existence.

If Ye Tingzhou hadn't possessed the sword token bestowed by the sect leader, they would probably already be fish on the chopping block.

"Senior brother, we've captured two vengeful ghosts and a powerful snake demon this time. We've barely completed the mission. Can we leave now? This place is no fun at all..."

The one speaking was a girl in a pink dress, pouting with a dissatisfied look on her face.

Hearing her say that, everyone else looked at Ye Tingzhou.

At first, everyone was ambitious and looked forward to greater gains.

But after that night, everyone couldn't help but feel the urge to back out.

Ye Tingzhou frowned, somewhat hesitant.

Two vengeful ghosts and a snake spirit—that's only the bare minimum we could hope for.

They paid a considerable price to enter the sect this time, and while this little bit of gain isn't a loss, it's basically nothing.

Going back like this is indeed a bit of a reluctant decision.

Seeing his hesitation, Nangong Jue stepped forward and said in a deep voice:

"We are all elites selected from thousands of others by the sect. Even staying in this world for just one more day will greatly benefit the consolidation of our foundation."

"There are still more than ten days left in January, and it's already over..."

Nangong Jue's meaning couldn't be clearer: he didn't want to go back like this.

The same applies to Ye Tingzhou.

He glanced back at the distant night, let out a long sigh, and finally gave the order:

"Let's take a break and get out of here as soon as possible. Then we'll head to the next checkpoint..."

No one else dared to object, except for the girl in the pink dress who pouted, looking dissatisfied.

After resting for half an hour, Ye Tingzhou stood up and waved, signaling the girl in the pink dress to get on his back.

Then he addressed the others:

"Alright, we shouldn't stay here any longer. Let's go."

Although the girl in the pink dress was unhappy, she had no choice but to obediently climb up.

However, just as the group was about to leave, a figure appeared out of thin air and emerged from the ground not far away.

"Gentlemen, it seems you're not going to be able to leave..."