Chapter 380: Chapter 380 Righteous and Evil Meet!

Yang Yan leaped off the big tree without saying a word.

Zhan Lingtian, Yun He, and the others who were nearby opened their eyes and immediately came to his side.

This time, Zhou Xuan did not come with him when he went out to find people.

Because Yang Yan had sent her to take care of the injured with a few successor disciples who stayed behind, and they needed to watch the night, too.

After Yang Yan and the others went out, using Yang Yan’s True Profound Immortal Eyes, he found all the missing successor disciples and direct disciples within the Righteous Demon Cleansing Alliance in the first half of the night.

Everyone he found, he slaughtered!

All the power, he absorbed completely!

Then they waited here without returning immediately.

Because if they returned too early without rescuing anyone,

it would indeed be hard to explain!

Now Yang Yan saw many fluctuations of demonic qi, knowing that Miao Yin and Mountain Piercing Escape had already informed the elders of the Evil Demon Sect.

Those elders, according to the plan he gave to Miao Yin, sent people to surround them.

It was time for them to head back, otherwise they would be too late to return.

Encountering the demonic children of the Evil Demon Sect, he might need to confront them.

This was not his battle; there was no need to make a move!

“After going back, the demonic children of the Evil Demon Sect will come to attack us!

You must give your all at the beginning and fight them.

If you can’t win or get injured, give up resisting immediately.

Don’t fight desperately with the other side!

And, try to stay close to me.

Follow my arrangements!” Yang Yan reminded.

*He had a plan in his heart to avoid having to fight.*

*It was to suppress a few demonic children of the Evil Demon Sect and let them capture him along with Zhan Lingtian and the others.*

*Once captured, there would naturally be no need to fight!*

*And being captured here seemed the best option.*

*However, Yang Yan thought that being captured here and taken back.*

*They needed to pretend to have fought and be in an injured state.*

*Otherwise, if they were captured without any injuries, it wouldn’t make sense.*

*But pretending to be injured wasn’t easy; it was easy to be spotted.*

*And he had just been suspected, then caught by the demonic children of the Evil Demon Sect.*

*It would be too much of a coincidence!*

*As for suppressing the demonic children of the Evil Demon Sect here and then splitting up.*

*If they returned separately and the demonic children attacked later.*

*Not only would time be delayed, but the other side feared him, and subsequent actions might be sloppy, also easy to spot.*

*Not to mention contact with the people from the Evil Demon Sect could easily contaminate him with demonic qi, which would also be troublesome!*

*It would be better to go back, and during the chaotic battle between the demonic children of the Evil Demon Sect and the Righteous cultivators,*

*using great strength to instantly suppress the demonic children and witches of the Evil Demon Sect!*

Then, by secret transmission, inform the other side, letting them capture him along with Zhan Lingtian and the others!

“Though not easy to execute, it would win in authenticity, and also remove any suspicion against him, allowing his plan to continue.” Yang Yan thought.

In others’ eyes, this was a difficult maneuver to accomplish.

But he had confidence in his strength and could achieve it effortlessly!

“Yes, Senior Brother Yang.”

“Let’s go, we’re heading back.”

Under Yang Yan’s guidance, they rushed back.

Not long after, they returned to the area where they had initially gathered.

“Who goes there?” A cold voice asked from a short distance, even before they got close.

In the darkness of night, Yang Yan could see that it was Zhou Xuan.

“Zhou Xuan, it’s me!” Yang Yan said.

Zhou Xuan now also recognized that it was Yang Yan who had come.

“Senior Brother Yang, you’re back.

How did it go, did you find the wounded?”

“No, but we discovered something else significant.

Let’s hurry back and gather everyone.” Yang Yan ordered.

Zhou Xuan saw Yang Yan’s solemn expression and knew something was wrong.

“Yes!”

She led Yang Yan back to the gathering place, where most of the successor disciples and direct disciples had already gone to sleep.

However, their return caused such a commotion that it woke quite a few people.

“Junior Brother Yang Long, why are you back so late?

Oh!

What happened to you all?” Li Haoran noticed that Yang Yan and the others looked somber and expressionless, and asked curiously.

“We searched for a long time and still couldn’t find the missing disciples.

However, we discovered a surge of demonic qi around us.

I fear something major is about to happen, so we came back immediately to tell you.” Yang Yan replied.

Demonic qi surging!

Li Haoran’s face sank.

His eyes turned towards the distance, and under the just-risen sun,

he could see the surging black demonic qi, evidently indicating a large number of Evil Demon Sect cultivators approaching them.

“Get up, everyone rise!” he shouted.

Everyone who had been asleep quickly roused.

“Senior Brother Li, what happened?” a successor disciple asked.

Li Haoran’s righteous qi surged powerfully around him.

“People from the Evil Demon Sect have surrounded us.

Get up quickly!

Prepare to defend against the people of the Evil Demon Sect!” he commanded.

Everyone hastily stood and gathered.

Master Jiese, Yanyu Xun, Yao Na, and the others followed behind them, each looking grim.

In the face of danger, they, already wounded, were at greater risk.

“This time, many from the Evil Demon Sect have come, and their strength is considerable.

If we only defend, it may not be enough.” Master Jiese looked at the surging monstrous demonic qi and remarked.

“Master Jiese, what do you think we should do?” Yanyu Xun asked from the side.

Master Jiese was silent for a moment before speaking slowly.

“There is only one safe place.

That is Life and Death City!

But we have already penetrated deep into Beizhou, and returning safely to Life and Death City is now very difficult.

Moreover, as things currently stand, the direction of Life and Death City is clearly more heavily laden with demonic qi.

The people from the Evil Demon Sect anticipated this and blocked our path back.

Evidently, they don’t intend to let us return!

So we have only one choice!”

He turned to look deeper into Beizhou.

“To join forces with the elders of the various sects and strategize a way out.

Especially since we are now surrounded by people from the Evil Demon Sect, surely due to our identity and plans being exposed.

That’s why we’re trapped!

The elders’ mission in Beizhou should have been exposed, too!

If we don’t inform the elders of this, they might fall into the traps set by the Evil Demon Sect!

Finding themselves in peril!” Master Jiese continued.

Li Haoran listened and made a decisive decision.

“We fight our way through!”

He raised his sword high!

“Ladies and gentlemen, this battle concerns our survival.

And we are the future of the Righteous Path!

Therefore, our survival determines the existence of the Righteous Path itself!

We must win!

In the vast universe of righteousness, the righteous qi endures forever.

Disciples of the Hao Ran Zheng Qi Sect, charge forward with me!”

“Yes!”

Master Jiese did not hesitate either.

“Buddhist Sect disciples, cover the rear with me!”

“Yes!”

Yanyu Xun and Yao Na led their respective followers, marking the left and right flanks as they advanced.

In this way, they formed a diamond-shaped formation.

At the center, Yang Yan, Yun He, and Zhou Xuan protected the severely injured disciples as they moved forward.

During the march, Yao Na kept her eyes constantly on Yang Yan.

*”It must have been he who exposed the Righteous Demon Cleansing Alliance’s plan!”* she thought.

*Though just a suspicion, she couldn’t voice it!*

*Because if she did, the group, barely holding together, would immediately collapse.*

*At that point, hoping to survive the encirclement by the Evil Demon Sect people and regroup with the elders would be sheer folly!*

*”Once we unite with the elders, I’ll present his case!*

*With the elders’ cultivation, they will surely see through his true nature!*

*Then he won’t be able to argue!*

*And until then, I’ll keep watching him to prevent further harm!”* Yao Na thought.

One stick incense later, they encountered those surrounding from the Evil Demon Sect.

“Be alert; the Evil Demon Sect people are here!” Li Haoran immediately informed everyone.

Everyone tensed up, fully prepared to face their distant opponents.

On the opposite side was a group of six, led by someone fanning a black bone fan.

“Li Haoran, we’ve met again!” he said with a smile.

Li Haoran furrowed his brow slightly.

“It’s Leng Hu, the direct successor demon child of the Xiang Demon Sect within the Evil Demon Sect.

His strength is not weaker than mine; everyone be cautious!”

Li Haoran said, then moved forward, sword in hand.

“Li Haoran, you’re in such a hurry!” Leng Hu remarked with a wave of his bone fan.