At this moment, Goudan wobbled his way over to Shu Han. Seeing Shu Han sitting by the edge of the huge pit, he quickly ran over, shook Shu Han's arms anxiously, and said, "Big Brother! Are you okay? What was that explosion just now? Where is the Sect Leader?"

Shu Han slowly opened his eyes and smiled, "It's okay, that old thief is dead, we're all safe."

Goudan's mouth went dry and he stuttered, "You... you killed the Sect Leader? But he was at the Foundation Establishment stage!"

"No one ever said that cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage can't be killed!"

Shu Han patted his trembling shoulder and explained the ins and outs of the situation in detail. After hearing everything, Goudan looked at the dry corpses all over the pit, shivered, and gave a bitter smile, "Big Brother, when I first arrived at Mystical Dragon Sect, you saved me and Erdan. Now, you saved my life again. I don't know how to repay this kindness..."

"There's no need for repayment between brothers. It's a pity that I wasn't powerful enough back then, and I wasn't aware of the conspiracy behind Mystical Dragon Sect. Otherwise, Erdan wouldn't have had an accident..." Shu Han painfully held his head and muttered, "When we go back to Shu Village, how am I going to explain this to Erdan's family?"

Goudan sat down next to Shu Han, looking at the wasteland with a blank expression, and spoke with a heavy tone, "Big Brother, let's go back to the village together. I have also realized that the world of cultivation is not a good place. I miss my parents and the people in the village. They live a real life, working from sunrise to sunset, which is more genuine than this fake cultivation world. Remember, didn't I used to mock you saying that being a carpenter was also good? Now, I just want to go back to the village and be a humble carpenter..."

"Yeah, it's time to go back..."

Suddenly, Shu Han turned his head, his eyebrows furrowed.

"But before that, there are still some things to deal with."

In the distance, the other two elders of the Mystical Dragon Sect, along with all the disciples, stepped into this burned forbidden area with trepidation.

A cold light flashed in Shu Han's eyes. He muttered to himself, "For twenty years, these two old men have also been involved..."

Seeing Shu Han, who was covered in wounds, Goudan couldn't help but say, "Big Brother, you are full of injuries now. The First Elder and the Third Elder are both cultivators at the peak of Qi Refining, we are not their match now, let's leave here first!"

But Shu Han shook his head, murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and he comforted, "Don't worry, I have a strategy to deal with them. Let's just wait for them to come."

As he spoke, he took out the bent Blood Soul Sword from his storage bag and threw it into the pit. Then he raised his hand, and the Heavenly Quadrant Sword Formation also flew into the pit.

From a distance, the First Elder looked at the forbidden area of the back mountain that had turned into a wasteland, feeling utterly shocked.

"Elder Ning, what a terrifying aftermath. Who was the Sect Leader fighting within the back mountain? They even turned the forbidden area into this! With our cultivation base, we are seeking death if they are still alive!"

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The Third Elder didn't take it seriously.

"We must confirm whether the Sect Leader is alive! If he died in this explosion, we must find the pill recipe! Without the Restorative Pill, how are we going to deal with this damned technique? In a few more years, both of us will be tortured to death by this technique!"

The First Elder sighed, "If we had known this, we shouldn't have listened to Mystical Dragon's words and changed our cultivation technique. Then we wouldn't have to rely on his Restorative Pill."

"You say that easily. Without the Mystical Dragon Triple Rotation Divine Art and the Restorative Pill, would we, with our qualifications, be able to cultivate to the twelfth level of Qi Refining? Without these, our life spans would have been exhausted long ago," the Third Elder replied and then turned towards the eighty disciples of the Mystical Dragon Sect.

"Spread out and search for the whereabouts of the Sect Leader! If he is alive, we must see him, and if he is dead, we must find his body!" he ordered.

"Yes!" the disciples responded.

At last, the two elders noticed Shu Han and Goudan by the edge of the explosion pit. The two elders exchanged glances, rushed over, and urgently asked, "Shu Sheng! Shu Han! What happened here? Where is the Sect Leader?"

Shu Han hurriedly responded, "To answer the elders! The Sect Leader was originally taking us to Heaven Mystical Sect, but halfway there, a Foundation Establishment cultivator appeared who seemed to be an old enemy of the Sect Leader! The Sect Leader didn't want to fight with him, so he took us to this back mountain and told us to leave immediately. We hadn't run out of the forest when a wave of heat knocked us out. When we woke up, we tried to find the Sect Leader in the forest, but we only found this big pit, and the Sect Leader's Blood Soul Sword seems to be in the pit..."

As he spoke, Shu Han pointed to the Blood Soul Sword in the pit. The First Elder and the Third Elder looked where Shu Han was pointing and indeed saw the Blood Soul Sword stuck in the bottom of the pit. Seeing the damaged state of the Blood Soul Sword, they had already made a conclusion in their hearts.

"Did you two see where the person who was fighting with the Sect Leader went?" they asked. Shu Han shook his head. "I don't know. After the explosion, we didn't see anyone in the forest."

They have perished together?

The First Elder and Third Elder exchanged glances and immediately looked at the bottom of the pit. The Sect Leader's Blood Soul Sword was here, so his storage bag must be around! They must find the recipe for the pill! The two of them rushed to the bottom of the pit and began to search around the Blood Soul Sword, not caring about the dirty mud.

Seeing the two elders in the pit, Shu Han coldly asked, "First Elder, Third Elder, what are you looking for? The Sect Leader's corpse, or the storage bag? You don't need to look for the corpse, it's already ashes. As for the storage bag, I was lucky to find it." As he spoke, Shu Han raised his hand high.

The First Elder and the Third Elder looked at Shu Han's hand joyously. But both of the old men's pupils constricted simultaneously. What Shu Han held was not a storage bag, but a command token!

"Die!"

The Heavenly Quadrant Sword Formation hidden in the pit was immediately activated and swiftly killed the two unsuspecting old men. The disciples who came to inspect the area saw the pit full of dried corpses and the bodies of the two elders, and they screamed in fear.

Shu Han asked Goudan to calm the disciples and called all the disciples of the Mystical Dragon Sect over. Soon, all the disciples of the Mystical Dragon Sect were gathered around the pit.

Shu Han slowly told them the hidden truths behind the Mystical Dragon Sect. The truth was so horrifying that if it wasn't for the pit full of dried corpses, none of the disciples would have believed it. However, many older disciples recognized some familiar faces among the dried corpses. These were the disciples who had been sent away by the Sect Leader years ago, providing concrete evidence to Shu Han's story.

The disciples of the Mystical Dragon Sect were all children selected from the villages of Northern Yan. Once they entered the Mystical Dragon Sect, this place became their world. But now, their world had collapsed, revealing a hell full of ghosts.

The younger disciples were terrified and cried loudly. The older disciples felt lucky, glad that they didn't meet the requirements.

Goudan asked about the future of the Mystical Dragon Sect. Shu Han suggested that the sect should be disbanded. Without a Foundation Establishment cultivator in charge, the sect was bound to experience an attack like the one from the seven major sects years ago.

Moreover, the twelve hundred Fire God Talismans had already turned Yandang Mountain into a sea of fire, making it difficult to rebuild. Luckily, all the disciples had learned some magic. They should have a good future in Northern Yan.