Chapter 715: Chapter 276: A Person Like This Can Only Be a Friend, Never an Enemy

’Who are you calling big brother? I’m not as old as you.’

Xiao Chen glanced at him. A Golden Core True Man had a lifespan of five hundred years, so many who appeared young were actually several decades old.

Among those present, he was the strongest, but in reality, he was also the youngest.

However, these were minor details, not worth dwelling on.

He turned to the middle-aged cultivator and asked directly, "First, tell me what, exactly, happened."

"Who are you people? And who are they? Why did they attack you? What did you mean before when you said you were tricked?"

A moment later, listening to their jumbled, overlapping explanations, Xiao Chen finally pieced together the whole story.

The group were all disciples from the Cloud Sea Sword Pavilion, but they were not True Inheritors. They had been dispatched long ago to manage the sect’s various enterprises.

They had come to explore the Secret Realm together, hoping to find an opportunity for a breakthrough.

As for the burly men, however, they knew almost nothing.

After entering the Secret Realm, they had finally managed to regroup. Before they had a chance to explore, they encountered a female cultivator who ran up to them, claiming she needed help.

As a result, they were lured into a canyon and sealed by a Trapping Array.

Many others had been tricked and led into the same trap.

Later, a True Disciple led a charge to force a breakout, creating a wave of chaos.

They had only managed to break out and flee here by using a Life-saving Talisman bestowed by their sect.

As for anything else, they were as much in the dark as he was, with no idea what was really going on.

’So that’s the situation.’

Hearing this, Xiao Chen finally understood why no one had come to open the main hall yet.

It was because most of the Cultivators had been lured away.

"Are there any other specific details?"

Xiao Chen pressed, "Didn’t you hear or see anything unusual?"

The one they called Fifth Junior Sister thought for a moment, then answered, "When I was breaking out, I think I saw some of them wearing strange Bronze Masks."

"They were squarish and covered in strange lines."

Oh?

Xiao Chen’s eyes lit up. "Are you sure?"

At his question, the Fifth Junior Sister hesitated for a moment but then nodded firmly. "I’m sure. I saw it very clearly."

’The Bronze Masked Cultivator from before wore a very similar mask.’

Xiao Chen felt this was worth investigating.

"I’m going to go take a look. You’re on your own. Farewell!"

He gave a perfunctory salute, cupping his hands, and turned to leave.

"Xiao, you can’t!"

The Fifth Junior Sister panicked. "There are so many of them, and every single one is incredibly strong."

Another female cultivator chimed in, "That’s right! We should hurry up and hide."

Even the middle-aged cultivator tried to persuade him, "Xiao, calm down. The situation is unclear. It’s not wise to act rashly."

This was despite the fact that he was the first one who had proposed they fight to the death.

But that was then, and this was now. Having seen a chance at survival, his courage had once again deserted him.

Only the young cultivator gritted his teeth, tightened his grip on his Flying Sword, and declared, "Xiao, I’ll go with you!"

Xiao Chen glanced at him. ’Early Stage Golden Core.’

’With that level of strength, he’d just be a burden.’

’Still, his heart is in the right place.’

So Xiao Chen didn’t discourage him, simply shaking his head and saying, "Whatever you want to do is your own business."

Without another word, he turned and left without the slightest hesitation.

The five of them were left standing there, stunned. They hadn’t expected him to actually just up and leave.

"Xiao, please wait! Xiao, don’t go yet!"

The Fifth Junior Sister tried to call him back, but it was no use.

"He... He just left like that?"

The middle-aged cultivator was also dumbfounded.

They stared at each other, unaccustomed to the pillar of support they had just found suddenly vanishing.

"Do you think Xiao can handle those Evil Cultivators?"

After a long silence, the middle-aged cultivator was the one to ask.

After the ordeal of their breakout, they were all still shaken. Even after witnessing Xiao Chen’s earlier display of power, they didn’t have much faith in his chances.

"Then let’s go help Xiao!"

The young cultivator suddenly suggested, "There’s strength in numbers."

However, no one answered him.

"Why don’t we just run first?" the Fifth Junior Sister suggested. "They might already be chasing us as we speak."

Another female cultivator immediately chimed in, "Right, right! We should take this chance to get far away and hide." freewⅇbnovel.com

"Fourth Junior Brother, don’t be a fool! We barely made it out alive. We can’t go back there just to die!"

The other two also chimed in, persuading the young cultivator to give up on the idea.

Without another moment’s delay, the four of them got up and fled in a panic in another direction.

Only the young cultivator remained, a hesitant look on his face. "But..."

He watched the other four leave, but in the end, he turned and chased off in the direction Xiao Chen had gone.

There was no sunset in the Relic.

But for the dwindling number of Cultivators trapped in the canyon, it felt as if they were watching the sun set on their lives.

The more powerful Cultivators had already escaped during the earlier chaos.

Those who remained were a group of Loose Cultivators, all strangers to one another, completely unable to mount an effective counterattack.

As batch after batch of Cultivators fell in the canyon like stalks of wheat, the battle was nearly over. Only a dozen or so Cultivators were left, stubbornly holding out in a cave, using the terrain to their advantage.

"Why isn’t this area cleared yet?"

A Cultivator wearing a Bronze Mask urged, "Yu Shiba and his group still haven’t returned. Finish up here quickly so we can go hunt down those rats that escaped."

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