Ling Zhenfei said, "Boss, look at the brothers around us. Do you really think we have any chance of getting the Heavenly God Sword? Just now that powerful cultivator was still several kilometers away from us, and we couldn't even withstand a single move he released. You still think we can get the Heavenly God Sword?"
The Eastern Emperor said, "This is our mission. Even if we know it's impossible, we still have to try our best."
Ling Zhenfei said, "We can try, but that doesn't mean we go die for nothing. We've already tried just now, and you're injured, the brothers have suffered so many casualties. We can go back and still have an explanation."
The Eastern Emperor was clearly still unhappy with this result. At this moment, a man beside him stepped up and said, "Boss, more than half of the brothers are gone, and the rest of us are all injured to different degrees. It's completely impossible to continue carrying out the mission."
The Eastern Emperor glanced at the people beside him and said, "I, the Eastern Emperor, entered the organization at eighteen. I've carried out hundreds of missions and have never once failed. It's precisely for this reason that the organization entrusted this mission to me.
Now we haven't even seen a single hair of the Heavenly God Sword, and you're telling me we're going back just like this? I can't accept that."
Ling Zhenfei said, "I know you're unwilling, but I have solid intel: behind us cultivators, there's still another group hiding in the shadows. They're ready to be the oriole behind the cicada.
So later on, even if we get the Heavenly God Sword, if we're not killed by the foreign races, we'll die at the hands of humans.
This time the organization's plan is too reckless. They made deployment without understanding the situation at all. This is fundamentally something that can't be completed. Our numbers are few, our strength is low, we're basically just here as extras. Now that all of you are injured, we should go back this time, leave some people for the organization. All this is precious experience."
What Ling Zhenfei said was extremely down-to-earth. These people wanting to get the Heavenly God Sword was simply impossible, so while they still had their lives, they should hurry and go back.
Preserve and share the experience from this time. If they come to the Foreign Land Space again in the future, they'll have experience.
Everything inside the Foreign Land Space is extremely worth studying. Most people who came now are here for the Heavenly God Sword, but in the Foreign Land Space there are far too many things worth researching.
For example, there are a great many herbs, many medicinal materials that have already gone extinct over there, yet here they've been preserved. All of this is extremely worth studying.
There might also be some animals, some mountains and geographical features, all of which have great research value.
Actually, the most miraculous thing is this Foreign Land Space itself; it is in itself extremely worth studying.
In fact, Ling Zhenfei had once thought that this world might actually have many parallel universes. Could this Foreign Land Space be a part of those parallel universes?
But all of this was only Ling Zhenfei's speculation.
What Ling Zhenfei had to do now was to persuade the Eastern Emperor and the others to go back. Now the people from the organization were less than half their original number, and they were injured; a group like this staying here was completely useless.
The Eastern Emperor let out a sigh and said, "Fine, then so be it. We'll head back first. If the organization blames anyone, just say it was my idea."
Ling Zhenfei said, "Once we're back, just report everything truthfully to the organization. I think they will definitely understand us."
Ling Zhenfei then helped the others treat their injuries a bit. Fortunately, the injuries these people suffered weren't too serious; at least they could still move.
Ling Zhenfei clearly told them the direction they should take, and then they got up and headed back the way they came. At least they had to get out of this great forest first.
By the time he sent these people off, the sky was already getting late. Only a few more Hours and it would be dawn. Ling Zhenfei wasn't planning to rest anymore; he wanted to make use of the time to go find Blood Son.
After he found Blood Son and avenged Ru Meng, Ling Zhenfei planned to return himself.
Maybe he could even catch up with the Eastern Emperor and the others.
After flying on the Lightning Bird for a while, the world was still very dim. Even if Ling Zhenfei wanted to look for Blood Son, he had no idea how to search.
And he noticed the Lightning Bird wasn't in high spirits; it seemed it hadn't rested well. Seeing this, Ling Zhenfei had no choice but to let the Lightning Bird find a place to rest properly.
He found a big tree, leaned against it, and rested for a while longer.
Only when daylight fully broke did the Lightning Bird perk up, and then Ling Zhenfei mounted the Lightning Bird again and flew into the sky.
But the forest was still extremely dense, and after searching from the air for a long time, he didn't see any trace of his target.
In the air, Ling Zhenfei mainly searched for Blood Son's eagle. As long as he found that eagle, Blood Son would definitely be nearby.
But he searched a large area nearby and still couldn't find where that eagle was. From the sky he also couldn't see what was happening on the ground.
So Ling Zhenfei got off the Lightning Bird and let it go find something to eat on its own, while he headed toward the frontlines.
At the frontlines, the cultivators' ranks had started moving forward again.
Ling Zhenfei was thinking of finding Du E; he felt that as long as he found Du E, he could find Blood Son.
The people of the Blood Oath Sect were almost all dead, so where else could Blood Son go? The most likely place was the Du Family of Du E, since they were allies.
After Ling Zhenfei walked forward for a while, he heard the sound of Northern Spiritual Energy colliding ahead. Ling Zhenfei knew the battle was definitely still going on.
There was no shortage of powerful people among the cultivators. Although Ling Zhenfei's current strength was in the early-to-mid Pursue Heart State—one could even say he was about to reach the mid stage—he was still a bit inferior when facing some of the truly strong cultivators.
For example, Liu Feiyang, who still made Ling Zhenfei feel lingering fear; his Thunder Tribulation Sword Technique was terrifying just to think about.
And Song Yun, both of them were incredibly powerful.
There was also Duan Xianren of Mount Bu Zhou. Ji Tianlang of Mount Bu Zhou might not be that strong, but Duan Xianren's strength was extremely formidable.
Back then, when Duan Xianren fought Liu Feiyang, he defeated Liu Feiyang in a single move.
Although there was a difference in strength at the time, Ling Zhenfei felt that even if Liu Feiyang reached the Pursue Heart State, he still might not be able to last more than a few moves in Duan Xianren's hands.
So this battle was definitely extremely intense, and Ling Zhenfei wanted to go take a look.
He also wanted to learn from how those experts fought; maybe he could gain some experience from it.
The further forward he walked in this forest, the narrower it became, so the distances between the Major Sects, which had originally been quite far apart, were getting closer and closer.
In the end, they merged into one whole. By now, they were probably almost a single unit already.
Ling Zhenfei had another thought: if he found Blood Son, he would definitely not let him go.
And there was one more important matter: he had to tell the people of Wuliang Mountain that there was a team lurking behind them, watching for an opportunity to strike.
But this was only Ling Zhenfei's preliminary plan; who knew what would actually happen.
Ling Zhenfei went up and asked around where the people of Wuliang Mountain were.
Now Wuliang Mountain's status was naturally no longer the same as before. Wuliang Mountain plus the Shu Mountain Sword Sect together formed the strongest force among human cultivators.