Longevity: Starting from Refining Gu-Chapter 73 - 70: She’s Going to Fulfill an Unfinished Appointment

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Everyone surrounded Chen Qing to prevent the "weakest" Chen Qing from being attacked and killed.

Ye Yuntian looked at the woman, "I didn’t expect that the corpse we found wasn’t yours!"

The Lotus Fairy said bitterly, "That was my sister, who looked very much like me."

"When we were defeated, she told me to escape and not to avenge her."

Suddenly, the voice of a middle-aged man came from behind, "But how can such a massacre be easily let go?"

The man appeared to be in his fifties, wearing a tattered Daoist robe, slowly approaching the crowd in the rain, "I only left the Lotus Cave for ascetic practice for twenty-seven years, and it turned out like this."

"You all have to give me an explanation!"

He Ming spread his hands, and his sword flew directly to his hand from in front of the Lotus Fairy. He stood behind Ye Yuntian with his sword horizontal, and said in a deep voice, "I’ve hidden a crane outside the city, how should we arrange it?"

Ye Yuntian simply drew his sword, throwing the scabbard to the ground.

Although it was He Ming who arranged for them to come and watch the dance, he never considered the possibility that He Ming might have leaked their whereabouts, and instructed, "Find an opportunity, carve out a path, and let Qingshuang take Chen Qing away first!"

There was only one crane, yet Ye Yuntian’s first thought was not to escape himself, but to let Chen Qing, the "weakest," leave first.

He Ming placed a hand on Chen Qing’s shoulder with a smile, "Since I brought you here, I’ll definitely take you back safely."

The middle-aged man reached up to remove the hat from his head, caught a handful of rainwater, and instantly the rain curtain became denser.

Qiu Lie drew his rusty sword from his waist, "This sword was given to me by my youngest daughter, but now, she’s gone."

He waved his hand, without a hint of hesitation.

"Kill!"

"I want to tear them to pieces!"

"Extract their bones and marrow, boil them in a great cauldron to ease the hatred in my heart!"

More than a dozen black-clad remnants of the Lotus Cave immediately charged fiercely through the rain, their swords blazing with Sword Qi.

He Ming seemed to sense something, shouting, "Now, Junior Brother Ye, act!"

Ye Yuntian instantly charged forward with his sword, heading toward the remnants of the Lotus Cave in front of him. The sword light extended three zhang, and as he swung, fierce winds swept through, shattering the surrounding buildings!

Cultivators around him scattered at once, not daring to face Ye Yuntian’s sword edge directly.

Just then, a wall was suddenly smashed open, and a crane leaped out from within, landing in front of He Ming.

He Ming grabbed Chen Qing and Yu Qingshuang by the shoulders and threw them onto the crane’s back.

"Go!"

Chen Qing tightly hugged the crane’s neck, "Senior Brother!"

He Ming leaped high, cutting down a Lotus Cave remnant who tried to harm the crane, shouting angrily, "Quickly go!"

He whistled, and the crane spread its wings and took flight, creating a violent gust of wind, parting the rain curtain before them, and soaring into the sky.

The crane flew barely over thirty zhang when a black-clad figure leaped from the top of a tall building, slicing through the rain with a long sword, heading straight for Chen Qing and the others!

As Chen Qing hesitated whether to act, Yu Qingshuang stood behind him, her sword drawn, leaping from the crane into the air, exchanging three consecutive sword strikes with the black-clad figure!

With the final strike, the two separated, and Chen Qing quickly maneuvered the crane to catch Yu Qingshuang as she fell.

Riding on the crane in the rain, Chen Qing looked back. The black-clad figure who had ambushed them, seeing no success, had already joined the siege against Ye Yuntian and the others.

Looking at the town center again, high buildings were reduced to ruins, sword light ravaged in all directions, and amidst the howling winds, vital energies scattered everywhere!

Ye Yuntian took a sword wound during the chaos, his expression unchanged, returning a fiercer strike to his opponent.

He Ming and Shen Ao broke through the enemy’s encirclement, making way to carve a path out!

The crane flew farther and farther, the city becoming smaller and smaller in Chen Qing’s eyes, indistinguishable now between Ye Yuntian and the people of the Lotus Cave, only seeing the tall buildings one by one collapse.

This was the life-and-death struggle of the jianghu.

After flying ten miles, Yu Qingshuang spoke behind Chen Qing, "Land."

Chen Qing guided the crane down, turning back to suddenly see drops of blood dripping from Yu Qingshuang’s right sleeve.

"Are you hurt?"

Yu Qingshuang seemed unconcerned, "It’s just some minor wounds."

Chen Qing reached to take Yu Qingshuang’s hand for a closer look at her injuries but was stopped as Yu Qingshuang held his face in her hands, "Chen Qing, I know you’ve always been cultivating on the mountain, never seen such brutal fights."

She continued seriously, "But don’t be afraid, we’re here."

"Listen, you must listen to me seriously."

Chen Qing replied, "Okay!"

Yu Qingshuang held Chen Qing’s face tightly, "Head straight to Senior Brother Feng’s outpost and tell them what’s happened, let them come to save us!"

Chen Qing asked, "With their outpost so far, will they make it in time?"

Yu Qingshuang reassured him, "Trust me, I know combat better than you, I’ve killed two at Qi Refinement level six and one at level seven."

"Trust me, we can hold until Senior Brother Feng and the others arrive!"

In the drizzle, Chen Qing asked, "What about you?"

Yu Qingshuang wiped the rain from Chen Qing’s brow, releasing his face, "I’ll naturally stay with the others to fend off the enemy. At Wuyou Mountain, we don’t abandon our brethren and flee alone."

Her smile was as radiant as a flower, remarkably spirited in the dismal rain, "Remember, you’re not running away, you’re fetching help."

In her eyes, Chen Qing was just a naive, weak person who had never been away from the protection of Wuyou Mountain.

She pushed Chen Qing onto the crane’s back, raised her hand, sending a gust of wind to spur the crane into flight, and gave Chen Qing one earnest look before turning away unhesitatingly.

She was heading off to meet the battle left unfinished.

The crane lifted into the air, flying farther and farther.

Chen Qing sat on the crane, feeling the rain-filled spring breeze against his face.

She lied to me.

Lotus Cave was most famous for the Rain Gu, and now with continuous rain.

Aside from the Lotus Fairy, who was not weaker than Ye Yuntian, Lotus Cave still had a cultivator who had just returned after hearing the news.

Qiu Lie, after twenty-seven years of ascetic practice, would certainly be even more formidable.

How could just Ye Yuntian, He Ming, and Shen Ao possibly withstand?

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When you all decided to let me go, couldn’t you at least hesitate so I could peacefully head to fetch help?

He took a deep breath, inhaling both the spring breeze and the gentle rain.

With the crane landing in front of an unnamed stream, he scooped a handful of the stream water to wash his face.

Then, he removed the Daoist hairpin from the top of his head, letting his hair fall freely upon his shoulders.

Raising his hand, Chen Qing drew the long sword from his waist, hooking the crane’s reins onto a stone beside the stream.

"Good crane, wait here for me."

"I’ll be right back."

He rose and walked into the depths of the forest.

Under the cover of night, as he moved, he transformed into fog.

When he landed again, he was clad in black robes, a bronze ghost mask on his face.

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