Chapter 635

The five of them told him everything they knew. Fifteen minutes later, Qin He repeated the information to Zi Chen.

"The purpose of guarding the teleportation formation is to prevent people from leaving. Could it be that many people want to leave now?" Zi Chen frowned.

"It's chaotic here. Various forces are at war. Many cultivators want to escape, but with them guarding, no one can leave." Qin He's expression was a little unnatural.

He just received news from the five of them that the Qin Clan was attacked by the five from the Zhu Clan. Dan Yang City had fallen, and this news came from half a month ago. Other than that, the Liu Clan and the Wang Clan were also attacked by other forces.

Zi Chen nodded and said, "Alright, since it's chaotic, there's no harm in making it more chaotic. Let's solve everything one by one. Let's go save Qin Xing first."

Under the guidance of the five, everyone set off to find Qin Xing. During this time, Wang Xian 'er kept holding onto Zi Chen's hand. Her jade hand was cold, and her face was pale.

"Don't worry. Didn't they say that the Wang Clan inherited the battle techniques of the Wuji Sect? With such strength, they are the best among the major forces. Nothing will happen." Zi Chen patted Wang Xian 'er's hand to comfort her.

Wang Xian 'er was in a bad mood, so Zi Chen naturally wouldn't laugh. Therefore, the whole team was silent. The team was filled with a murderous aura. The five Zhu Clan's Dan Origin Stage cultivators were terrified and started to let their imaginations run wild.

"Zi Chen, you're Zi Chen, the little guy from the Nimbus Martial Ancestor."

Suddenly, one of the Dan Origin Stage cultivators remembered something and exclaimed. His expression was one of shock.

Hearing the exclamation, Zi Chen didn't even turn his head and ignored the other party.

"It's him, it's really him. The little guy with Zhenqi back then is now the leader of a group of experts." The shock on the Dan Origin Stage cultivator's face was even more intense.

Zi Chen's name was not unfamiliar in the Barbarian Lands. In fact, it was a household name. In the past, he had always done things that shook the Barbarian Lands. From the Sect Masters to the young children, there was almost no one who did not know his name.

Ever since the destruction of the Nimbus Martial Ancestor, he had been hunted down by powerful cultivators. His portrait had once been plastered all over the barbarian lands where human cultivators lived. However, even such a large scale movement did not manage to kill Zi Chen. Instead, it made him braver as he fought. In the end, he grew to the point where all the forces feared him.

In the end, it was also because of him that all the major powers' disciples were forced to enter seclusion for a year and were forbidden from leaving the Fringe. In the end, Zi Chen disappeared completely, suspected to have gone to the Fringe.

Who would have thought that after a few years, not only did the other party not die outside, but he also returned with a group of powerful experts.

After this exclamation, the other four people clearly remembered who Zi Chen was, and the fear on their faces became even more intense.

As expected, the other party had grown to the point where they trembled in fear.

"Heh, you recognize Zi Chen, but you don't recognize me? There's something wrong with your eyesight," the monk suddenly turned around and shouted at the five of them.

The Evil Good and Evil Monk was also famous back then. He was one of the first people to be recognized as a monster. At that time, Zi Chen was only barely qualified as a genius. However, Zi Chen had appeared out of nowhere and grown at a straight line, completely overshadowing the monk.

"You're the Evil Good and Evil Monk. You've actually all returned," the five of them were naturally shocked because they could vaguely guess the other people's identities.

"Haha, of course. The reason I left back then was for the return of the king," the monk was very satisfied with their expressions and laughed complacently.

The five of them had already lost all hope. They had originally thought that there was still room for negotiation, but after learning the other party's identity, they knew that it was impossible.

Under the threat of their lives, the five of them did not dare to make any mistakes and pointed out where Qin Xing was. It was not the Zhu family of Spirit Brilliance City, but a small town not far away.

This was originally a small town under the jurisdiction of the Qin family, but now it was completely under the control of the Zhu family.

Along the way, Wang Xian 'er's face was pale and her eyes were filled with pity. Her cold jade-like hands held onto Zi Chen tightly. Zi Chen's brows were also tightly knitted. The monk's face was already filled with anger, and the others' expressions were not much different from theirs.

Along the way, the air was filled with the stench of rotting corpses and bones. Along the way, corpses could be seen everywhere, and most of them were old, young, sick, and disabled. Among them, Zi Chen even saw a few corpses of infants wrapped in thin swaddling clothes.

Other than that, along the way, they could occasionally see skinny and indifferent people who looked like walking corpses. They were all ordinary people who were fleeing for their lives.

When they saw the corpses on the side of the road, they were expressionless and looked like walking corpses. However, when they saw that Zi Chen and the rest were obviously dressed as cultivators, they showed obvious respect and fear. Of course, there was also a trace of deep resentment hidden in the depths of their eyes.

"How long has the war been going on?" Zi Chen's tightly knitted brows slowly relaxed as he asked plainly. There was no longer any trace of joy on his face.

"More than a year." A trembling voice with Elixir Core came from behind.

Zi Chen did not seem to have heard the voice behind him. He only said plainly, "The land of the barbarians is lacking in resources and spiritual energy. Ferocious beasts, ferocious beasts and demonic beasts are rampant. To cultivators, these can be called resources. However, in the eyes of ordinary people, these are all disasters. During peacetime, they can't even guarantee three basic meals a day. Every day, the happiest thing for them is to be able to eat three meals a day. In order to achieve this goal, which is not the goal of others, they work hard and live happily and painstakingly."

Everyone listened in silence.

"When I was young, I lived in a small mountain village. As it was remote and there were no valuable things around, no one looked after it. An old village chief was the most prestigious person in the village."

"The villagers hunted for a living. Death and injury were the most normal things. Every day, the most common thing to hear at home was the cries of people separated by life and death. The thing that the villagers worried about the most every day was the problem of food."

Everyone looked at Zi Chen. Clearly, this was the first time they had heard Zi Chen talk about his background.

"The villagers hunted every day to barely make a living. Although everyone's lives were difficult, they all had smiles on their faces every day. At that time, the old village chief said that there was only hope if there was laughter. Life was simple and repeated a thousand times. There were hardships and laughter. However, one day, this kind of life suddenly changed."

"In the mountains, a ferocious beast that had been injured by the villagers suddenly transformed into a ferocious beast. It was originally ferocious, but it also became even more ferocious. One day, it broke into this remote village."

When Zi Chen spoke until here, Miao Kong recalled the scene when he first saw Zi Chen. A thin and weak youth with tattered clothes and bloodstains all over his body stubbornly stood in front of the Nimbus Martial Ancestor's mountain gate.

"The lives of ordinary people are already difficult. Now that the war has lasted for more than a year, the first ones to suffer are naturally them. They don't even have the most basic source of income. There is only one path left."

Zi Chen's calm words paused here. Then, he asked indifferently, "Who started this war?"

Qin He didn't ask this question before because he had never thought about it before.

"It's … it's the Heavenly Slaughter Pavilion." Behind him, Zhu Family's Dan Yuan's voice sounded.

"As expected, it's them. Only they can do such a tragic thing," Zi Chen said.

The Land of Barbaric had seven major cities and three major sects. This situation had lasted for nearly ten thousand years. Although there were occasional battles during this period, it had never been like now, where the entire Rising Sun City had been captured.

With such a huge difference in strength, it could only mean that an external force had infiltrated the Land of Barbaric. This force should be the ancient force behind the Heavenly Slaughter Pavilion, the Heavenly Slaughter Alliance.

The Zhu Family was able to conquer Rising Sun City because of the assassins from the Heavenly Slaughter Alliance. Or perhaps, they had already joined the Heavenly Slaughter Alliance.

This would also explain why the Zhu Family dared to let Qin He go back to get resources or reinforcements even though they knew that he came from one of the major forces in the Fringe.

After thinking through all of this, Zi Chen's icy cold heart under his calm expression also turned icy cold.

"The Land of Barbaric doesn't have many resources to begin with. The cultivators who walk out of the Land of Barbaric are weak and are ridiculed by the outside forces. They are disdainfully called barbarian dogs. The only way to rise is to unite and progress together. A place like this that lacks resources can't withstand any internal strife. Too many mortals have died. Who knows how many monstrous geniuses have died before they could even embark on the path of cultivation? Moreover, I believe that compared to the monstrous geniuses of the major forces, there are more of such existences hidden among the mortals. The miracles they can create are also greater."

Zi Chen spoke calmly once again. Everyone was silent and no one answered. They didn't know how to respond to Zi Chen's words.

The five members of the Zhu Family were disdainful when they heard this. They thought that it was unrealistic to expect all the major forces to turn weapons of war into gifts of jade and silk with just a few people. Not to mention the Heavenly Slaughter Pavilion, even the other major forces wouldn't agree to it.

Whether Zi Chen wanted everyone to turn weapons of war into gifts of jade and silk, he was probably the only one who knew.

Along the way, they met even more mortals. By the time they reached the small town, there were already many mortals gathered at the entrance.

They were thin and skinny and their clothes didn't even cover their bodies. They were scattered outside the small town. As for the entrance, there were Zhu Family cultivators guarding it. Once these mortals who looked like beggars dared to approach, they would use the leather whips in their hands to whip them.

Not far away, there were a few corpses that were covered in whip marks. The ghastly blood grooves served as a constant reminder to the mortals around them.

The arrival of Zi Chen's group naturally attracted the attention of all the mortals. While they were in awe, their faces were filled with resentment.

It was the battle between these cultivators that destroyed their homes.

The crowd parted and the five Core Essence cultivators were thrown to the ground. Amidst the wails, the mortals' gazes once again landed on the five of them.

The mortals' faces were filled with coldness and doubt. They didn't recognize the five of them. However, the Zhu Family guards' expressions changed drastically when they saw the five of them.

"How dare you come to the Zhu Family's territory and behave so atrociously. Are you tired of living?"