All three of them were in a sorry state, but then Xia saw that Mei Lin was in worst shape. Apart from her missing bamboo-hat, she was also missing her hand, and her face was pale as paper. Strangely only her clothes looked like they were completely new without any scratches.
Xia was surprised and asked.
"What happened to your hand?" She was shocked and wanted to comfort Mei Lin somehow, but she was too weak and wanted to know what was going on. She and Yu Lan were non-cultivators, so if they wanted to ask to guard or sect disciplines, they would have to pay the price for it.
"I met a few bandits along the way here, but now it's all right." Said Mei Lin and didn't say anything more, like nothing happened to her at all. Such a statement made Xia feel like they were back in the canyon as Mei Lin didn't care that they were surrounded by the bandits on all sides like they were on a stroll through the snow, just like she was strolling through the snow.
Not long after, Mei Lin stopped cultivating and as she opened her eyes, she could see more cultivators with much more powerful cultivation stages, searching all around for hidden bandits, like they were searching for a treasure not carrying about the rest of the city in the slightest.
It didn't take long, and a group of cultivators descended next to the tea-house, just outside of the base. Without any warning, all of them unleashed their cultivation bases, and their power burst from them enveloping Mei Lin and the girls. Their strong spirit senses start inspecting them and the dead bodies of Xin Ming and Hua Fey which were covered.
Strong spirit senses quickly knocked out Xia and Yu Lan as they used their cultivation, and only Mei Lin was able to resist the pressure as she turned around to look who they were, she quickly circulated her cultivation base to see who they were.
"What are you doing? Don't you see that we are not bandits? Morons!" Just as they heard Mei Lin lash at them, one of the cultivators rushed forward Mei Lin like lightning. Mei Lin was surprised as he rushed forward, immediately pulling out a crystal knife in her hand.
The young cultivator pulled out a long sword from his storage bag. The sword looked like a magnificent piece of jade. Instead of iron, the sword was made from green jade. The sword was emitting an ancient and wonderous aura, but at the same time, the blade of the sword was covered with cracks and was chipped all over the edges.
This blade was one of the lifesaving items of the sect cultivators, who had high status in the sect or were wealthy enough to get their hands on them. Just like that young-looking man was charging forward Mei Lin.
The young cultivator was Li Chi. As a member of one of the leading families, his personality was different from the other members of the sect. His high status in the sect despite his not-so-high cultivation and his medium cultivation potential immediately shattered his hopes of becoming one of the leading members of the younger generation. Even his younger siblings who were cultivators for less time than him had already set their sights on the QI Condensation realm. With that, they destroyed his chances to become chosen ones of the younger generation.
Despite his being directed heir to the Li family, his average cultivation potential ruined his path, and he was sent to the side of his own family.
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As he and Mei Lin were about to engage in combat, enormous pressure immediately enveloped him and Mei Lin. This pressure immediately sent Mei Lin to the ground and Li Chi froze in place and then fell to the ground, without a chance to move. As Mei Lin was enveloped in strange power making her stuck in place, Mei Lin burst out of energy, and power forcing her to freeze down and she was free.
On the other hand, Li Chi was still forced into the ground, as a young man along with six other cultivators descended from the sky and landed near Li Chi's group. All surrounding cultivators in the vicinity immediately flew to them and not long after as soon as they saw them, the atmosphere quickly shifted as they each greeted this young man.
Just as Li Chi heard that he felt immediately pissed. Power, which was making him bow down suddenly loosened up and he was also free. Li Chi was burning with the belly of fire and as he saw a handsome man standing right next to him and completely ignoring him, he lashed at him.
"What do you want here!"
Young looks man who just made fun of him and in the end, he didn't do anything to get revenge. The one who made fun of him was Song Shen.
Song Shen was chosen as one of the Song family, the strongest younger generation cultivator among leading families in Peng City. His status was extremely high, and as an heir of Song's family directly was him man of power.
His white robes flapped in the wind, which was created by his cultivation base as he effortlessly suppressed Li Chi. He was emitting an extremely powerful and superior aura, which bore down on everyone around.
His aura was completely different compared to other cultivators who landed with him. Unlike others, his attainments in dao and special cultivation from birth made him superior to everyone at the same cultivation stage.
As he looked at Mei Lin and others, he didn't even notice them. Compared to Li Chi, the girls were in very bad shape, and his arrival didn't help them at all. What surprised him the most was that Mei Lin wasn't affected by his cultivation, so he didn't even bother to ask and use his spirit sense to find out more. To his surprise, Xia had a similar storage bag to other non-cultivators, but what was strange was that inside, she was carrying storage bags. The same applied to Yu Lan.
He immediately focused on the storage bag. The storage bag was decorated with golden plants imprinted on it and without any protection seal whatsoever. In his life, he never saw someone so strange to decorate storage bags just like that.