Chapter 526: Revenge

Chapter 526: Revenge

"What happened?" Han Li asked.

"They told me not to come with them, but I was worried about them, so I sent Featheryearn to accompany them. At this point, it's already at the Grand Ascension Stage, so I thought they would definitely be safe, but something must've happened to them," Meng Qianqian murmured with a distressed expression.

Han Li cast his gaze toward Featheryearn, then communicated with it momentarily using his spiritual sense before declaring, "Yungui and the others have been trapped in a restricted area of the Late Age Nation's imperial palace, and Featheryearn fled back here to inform you of this."

Meng Qianqian's expression eased slightly upon hearing this, following which she implored, "Master Li, please allow me to go and save my brother."

Han Li was rather taken aback to hear this, and he asked, "Why aren't you asking me to help you save them?"

"I may not not be very smart, but I know that your departure from the Northern Glacial Immortal Region cannot be delayed. I'm already extremely grateful that you went out of your way to come and see us, and it would be far too greedy of me to delay your departure any longer," Meng Qianqian hurriedly replied.

"If Featheryearn was so severely injured even after reaching the Grand Ascension Stage, then you're surely no match for these enemies, how can you expect to save them? Also, the Late Age Nation is quite far away, so how do you know that they'll be able to last until you get to them?" Han Li asked.

"I..." Meng Qianqian had no response to this.

"Let's go. It won't take much time," Han Li said.

Before Meng Qianqian had a chance to reply, Jin Tong had already approached them, and there was still some oil on her lips as she assured, "You can count on me to look after this injured bird, Uncle."

All of the feathers on Featheryearn's entire body instantly stood up on end at the sight of the approaching Jin Tong, and it desperately tried to get away, but it was too severely injured to do so.

"You're not planning to eat it, are you?" Han Li asked with an exasperated expression.

"Of course not! I'm going to treat its injuries! I've been reading all of the scriptures in the storage bracelet that you gave me," Jin Tong immediately complained with an indignant expression.

"I didn't think you would be interested in reading. I thought you were only interested in eating,"Han Li chuckled with an amused expression.

"Don't look down on me, Uncle! While I was reading the scriptures, I discovered that I already knew some of the things outlined inside. That must mean that I have talent!" Jin Tong protested in an indignant manner. Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

"Alright, then how are you going to look after Featheryearn?" Han Li asked.

"That's simple!" Jin Tong replied with a proud expression, then summoned a pill before stuffing it into Featheryearn's beak.

Featheryearn swallowed the pill, but it was still staring at Jin Tong with an alert and fearful expression.

Jin Tong pursed her lips in disdain as she scoffed, "You're so weak and frail, unlike my Xiao Bai. Xiao Bai, where are you? Are you slacking off again?"

Her gaze fell upon the miniature white jade Pixiu hanging from Han Li's waist as she spoke.

"Leave me alone," the Pixiu groaned.

"I'm calling you so you can come and eat with me, you ungrateful little bastard!" Jin Tong scolded.

Xu Shou was just about to scold him for his untoward remarks when he suddenly looked up into the night sky, where a streak of yellow light flashed through the air before landing beside the dried well.

Xu Shou and the others immediately extended respectful bows as they greeted in unison, "Welcome back, esteemed savior."

The yellow light faded to reveal a yellow-robed young man with a set of unremarkable features, and he took a glance at the middle-aged man who was knelt down beside Xu Shou, following which a cold gleam flashed through his eyes as he decapitated the man with a casual sweep of his hand.

Xu Shou's entire body was splattered with the man's blood, but he only flinched slightly and didn't dare to move even a single inch.

The young man drew the middle-aged man's nascent soul into his hand, then casually crushed it in his hand.

Earlier, he had set off to pursue that strange azure bird, but it was even faster than a late-Grand Ascension cultivator, so he was unable to catch it, and that had left him in a very foul mood.

He was looking for someone to vent his fury on, and the middle-aged man had made those careless remarks at the worst possible time.

"How are things going?" the young man asked.

"The restrictions will be broken in just four more hours," Xu Shou hurriedly replied.

"I don't have time for that. After I take care of things here, I have to get back to the sect. From this day forth, the annual offerings that your Xu Clan must submit to our Stone Ditch Palace will be doubled," the young man said, and Xu Shou's heart immediately sank upon hearing this.

The Xu Clan had taken over the Late Age Nation as there was a Sunray Sand mine here, and most of the profits made from that mine had to be submitted to the Stone Ditch Palace. Now that the mandatory offerings had been doubled, there was no profit for them to be made at all.

"Is there a problem?" the young man asked as he raised an eyebrow.

"Not at all, esteemed savior," Xu Shou hurriedly replied.

The young man paid no further heed to him as he swept a hand through the air, and a yellow paper talisman appeared on each of his fingers.

After chanting a brief incantation, the five talismans erupted into flames, then shot forth toward the opening of the well as five bursts of flames of different colors.

A burst of yellow light flashed over the entrance of the well, and an array that had been set up around the well was activated, working with the five bursts of flames to attack the opening of the well.

A resounding boom rang out as a golden light barrier appeared over the opening of the well, only to then explode an instant later.

Immediately thereafter, seven or eight streaks of light of different colors shot out of the well, then rose up into the sky like fireworks before flying away in different directions.

However, before they had a chance to disperse, a giant five-colored umbrella descended out of the sky, revolving on the spot while releasing a burst of invisible suction force to reel in all of the streaks of light, revealing them to be a group of cultivators.

The cultivators of the Xu Clan immediately surrounded the group of cultivators, and all of them were holding weapons with sinister grins on their faces.

Standing beside the well was an azure-robed young man with a crescent-shaped jade pendant hanging from his waist. Beside him was another young man who appeared to be of similar age and was built like a brick wall.

These two were none other than Meng Yungui and Sun Buzheng, while the ones around them were Meng Xiong and the others, and all of them were severely injured.