Chapter 624 - 604: The Sect Leader’s Return and the Border Situation

"Sect Leader Gu and the others are safe and on their way back to the Cyan Yuan Sect. That’s good news!"

Yang Chan looked over the intelligence report that had been sent to the Cyan Yuan Sect.

Not long after he returned to the Cyan Yuan Sect, letters began to arrive. Gu An’s message, in particular, reporting that they were safe, allowed Yang Chan to breathe a sigh of relief.

He had previously felt that Yu City was far too dangerous, let alone Purple Mountain, the place where the Alien Race had emerged. He hadn’t dared to get any closer.

When he saw the people from the major powers emerging from the Purple Void Secret Realm onto Purple Mountain, Yang Chan had no intention of approaching.

’I’m already in a relatively safe place, so of course I won’t enter a dangerous one. There’s no need.’

At a time like this, one more person like him would be useless. He didn’t have the power to change the situation and would more likely just get trapped in the mess.

There was other intelligence as well.

Yu City had ultimately fallen. Even with their combined forces, the defenders were no match for the Alien Race. The aliens had unleashed five experts at the Blood Exchange Martial Saint Level, and no one knew if they had other forces hidden in reserve.

The combat power these five Martial Saints initially displayed wasn’t that strong, but their strength grew immensely during the subsequent clashes. In the end, the major powers were outmatched and had to retreat one after another.

After all, the major powers had mostly sent their younger generation, along with a few Elders at the Bone Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster Level. They hadn’t dispatched any experts at the Martial Saint Level, so it was only natural that they were no match for the enemy.

The border’s City Defense General—the Bone Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster who had used a military formation to temporarily boost his combat power to that of a Blood Exchange Martial Saint—was killed in action.

During the counterattack on Yu City, an Alien Race Martial Saint took action, crushing everything in his path and shattering all hope for the city.

The casualties in Yu City were immense. Fortunately, the southern gate was not surrounded, allowing many people to escape. However, very few ordinary citizens managed to get away.

Yang Chan fell silent for a moment upon reading this. He knew that with a Blood Exchange Martial Saint making a move, the border cities were doomed. After all, the scene of the clash between the National Guardian Martial Saints of the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty and the Jin Meng Empire was still fresh in his mind.

A city that large was utterly defenseless before an expert of that caliber.

High city walls might be able to stop a Bone Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster, but before a National Guardian Martial Saint, even the aftershocks of battle were destructive enough. That tyrannical power made Yang Chan sigh with emotion, keenly aware of the gap between the two levels.

The Alien Race didn’t just attack the border cities of the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty; they also struck those of the Celestial Wind Imperial Dynasty.

Two Human Race cities near Purple Mountain were conquered by the Alien Race.

However, after conquering them, the aliens did not press their attack further. Instead, they seemed to be setting up camp, making it impossible to discern their true intentions.

After reading this intelligence, Yang Chan actually felt somewhat fortunate.

’If the Alien Race had launched an all-out invasion of the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty, I probably would have had to leave the Dynasty early and head for a safer place. But that would have interfered with my elixir refining.’

Right now, Yang Chan still hadn’t succeeded in refining the Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill. This was already his fifth failure, making it the elixir he had failed to refine the most out of all the ones he had attempted.

The refining difficulty was much higher than before, but he had already pinpointed the problems and would soon succeed.

He had refined plenty of other elixirs, thanks in large part to Princess Lan Yue’s help, which had greatly increased his efficiency. He kept a portion of these elixirs for himself, Princess Lan Yue took a portion, and the rest were all sent to the Medicine Hall and Alchemy Room.

The Cyan Yuan Sect’s consumption of elixirs had been very high recently, especially for healing elixirs.

Although Gu An and the others were on their way back, many of the disciples returning from Yu City had been injured in the great battle with the Alien Race.

Although Pharmacists were helping to treat them, some disciples were in serious condition and required healing elixirs, as these elixirs were more effective.

Having already suffered through many hardships and a significant reduction in disciples, the Cyan Yuan Sect was naturally unwilling to lose any more. All of these injured disciples needed to be treated.

This was especially true for the Elite Disciples and Direct Disciples, as nurturing them took far more time and resources.

Additionally, some Servant Disciples who had distinguished themselves in the Secret Realm and Yu City would also be nurtured by the Cyan Yuan Sect. They could obtain some cultivation resources, increasing their chances of comprehending Power and thereby undergoing a massive transformation in status to become Official Disciples of the Cyan Yuan Sect.

The titles of Servant Disciple and Official Disciple may seem like a small change, but their statuses were worlds apart.

An Official Disciple of the Cyan Yuan Sect was someone under the sect’s protection with a bright future. Even if they failed to advance further, they could still rely on the Cyan Yuan Sect’s backing, at least within the sect’s territory. They were people no one would dare to provoke.

As for Servant Disciples, no one cared about them. Their status was similar to that of a servant. If they couldn’t achieve a breakthrough within the allotted time, their only option was to leave the Cyan Yuan Sect and become an ordinary person.

"According to the letters sent back by Sect Leader Gu and the others, they should be back inside the Cyan Yuan Sect in three days!"

"The people from the Merak Sacred Land have already parted ways with the Sect Leader on the road and are returning to the Merak Sacred Land."

"With the emergence of the Alien Race this time, the major powers will probably all have to take action!"

Han Bingyu said slowly. She was the one who had delivered all this information, so she naturally knew what was happening.

"The Emperor in White Jade City sent word of the Alien Race to the major powers long ago. I imagine it won’t be long before they make their move!"

Han Bingyu had previously been tasked by Yang Chan to monitor events in White Jade City, so she was aware that the Old Emperor, Yang Yu, had sent out the letters.

This wasn’t much of a secret, and the news spread quickly.

News of the Alien Race spread from Yu City. Besides a few nearby border cities, White Jade City was the fastest to receive the information.

The news traveled from the edges of the empire inward, so the regions in the middle were actually the last to find out.

Qing State was also slow to receive the news, which was why there was no information about the Alien Race when Yang Chan returned to the Cyan Yuan Sect. In fact, he was the one who provided the initial intelligence.

The transmission of information always has its limitations.

’I hope the major powers make their move soon.’ Yang Chan’s gaze turned toward Yu City, which was now a city occupied by the Alien Race.

It was said that even more members of the Alien Race had emerged from the Purple Void Secret Realm, in greater numbers than he had seen before.

However, by his calculations, the Purple Void Secret Realm should be about to vanish, concealing itself within the void once more.

With the disappearance of the Purple Void Secret Realm, the Alien Race’s line of retreat would be cut off. Unless they could secure a foothold on the Taiyu Divine Continent, they would face annihilation.

This was the same fate that had befallen their ancestors.

But how long that would take was another question. For the people in the border cities, the sooner the Alien Race was eliminated, the better. Otherwise, living with such a great threat nearby, they would always feel uneasy.