And now, a force of this caliber was being used by the Li family and was waiting for Li Yaoqing's command!
A fierce wind surged upon the Spirit Ark, and all the geniuses furrowed their brows.
Li Yaoqing's ice-cold voice fell into their ears.
"During this period, if one Tian Xing avatar dies, the other avatars will also become stronger. No one knows what kind of powerful enemy we will encounter next."
"You were trapped on Qilin Mountain by Tian Xing for many years. With great difficulty, you have been reborn, and laid out before you is a great future."
"The road ahead will not be easy. If you wish to withdraw now, there is still time."
As the saying goes, a healer has a benevolent heart.
Looking at these geniuses from the border of the Auric Empire, having spent a hundred years together, Li Yaoqing remembered every single one of their names.
These geniuses were very strong, but their foe was still an avatar of Tian Xing, and that was fraught with uncertainty!
If other avatars died, the power of the Tian Xing avatars would be scattered, and some avatars might even inherit the constitution and cultivation methods of the former.
Even if these geniuses clearly knew the current strength of a particular Tian Xing avatar, once a battle truly began, no one knew how powerful a previously weak avatar might become in the next moment!
However, as Li Yaoqing's voice fell, all the geniuses simply smiled.
Xian Tong grinned. "Pharmacist, for over a hundred years, I've been fighting for my life in the Auric Empire, almost dying several times, all for the sake of killing that dog bastard Tian Xing!"
"We've been mercenaries in the Auric Empire for over a hundred years and have undertaken who knows how many dangerous missions. Wasn't it all for this day?"
Liu Ruyan gave a charming smile. "Pharmacist, if I truly meet a bitter fate, you surviving comrades had better remember to carve this on my gravestone: I ran out of the cage."
"To hell with that cage!"
"Which one of us isn't a person of outstanding talent? We were suppressed by a single Tian Xing for hundreds of years. Now that we are all of one heart and working together, I refuse to believe he can still win!"
"Hahaha, when you're dead, you're dead, so what's there to be afraid of! I'm not scared of him in the slightest!"
"..."
These geniuses laughed loudly as, one by one, they accepted their missions!
They leaped down from the Spirit Arks one after another, heading towards their mission locations, scattering to all corners of the Azure Dynasty.
Every single person was roaring with a fierce fighting spirit. After lying dormant for a hundred years, today, they would cross that insurmountable chasm!
The sky was filled with streaks of light, like sparks scattering from a flint striking the ground.
Li Yaoqing stood quietly at the head of the ark.
As each person departed, they would say to Li Yaoqing, "See you in Eternal Sun Prefecture."
She quietly watched these geniuses leave.
Only Xian Tong remained by her side. Xian Tong tugged on Li Yaoqing's sleeve. "Pharmacist, what about you? Where are you going?"
"Eternal Sun Prefecture."
Li Yaoqing, her face expressionless, floated up into the air. Xian Tong followed closely behind.
They had only just set out when Xian Tong blocked Li Yaoqing's path, the corner of his mouth twitching.
"Pharmacist, you've gone the wrong way. This isn't the direction of Eternal Sun Prefecture. Why are you lost again?"
No wonder Xian Tong was speechless.
In all these years in the Auric Empire, every time Li Yaoqing went out, she would always get lost.
There was even one time when she had received a request from a powerful noble of the Auric Empire to go and save someone, but she ran in the opposite direction for three months.
When she truly couldn't find the way, it was Li Kuangren who had to ask Xian Tong to go and find her.
Xian Tong vaguely remembered finding Li Yaoqing hiding in a cave, trembling uncontrollably.
Her eyes were red, she had clearly been crying, and she was murmuring, "I'm lost again... something bad must have happened... if I get lost, they will all die..."
That the universally respected Masterful Healer of the Auric Empire would have such a flaw, if Xian Tong had not seen it with his own eyes, it's likely no one else would have believed it.
Li Yaoqing's voice fell into Xian Tong's ears. "Many years ago, on the edge of the floating island, Kuangren told me he was sick. He no longer dared to be alone in a confined space, nor did he dare to touch cold ironware. Those are the lingering after-effects of being trapped in a cage for many years."
"Can that be cured?" Xian Tong asked, puzzled.
He also had his own affliction; he was afraid of chains... Back on Qilin Mountain, Tian Xing had turned him into a dog, and the chain fastened around his neck had nearly choked him until he couldn't breathe.
"This is a sickness of the heart. Every single one of you has this kind of sickness of the heart."
Li Yaoqing let out a long sigh, a trace of fear flashing in her eyes. "I am the same. Xian Tong, you should be the one to lead the way. If I get lost, I find it very difficult to find my way back."
"You..."
Xian Tong puffed out his cheeks. Although he was not very smart, he could still see that Li Yaoqing, for the most part, had a sickness of the heart just like the rest of them.
He could not help but frown and ask, "Pharmacist, isn't your medical skill extraordinary? Last time I was beaten half to death, you healed me in just ten years. When will your own sickness be cured?"
"..."
Li Yaoqing was silent for a long time. Under Xian Tong's guidance, their speed towards the Eternal Sun Prefecture grew faster and faster. After a long while, her eyes focused, and she said, "I have been lost ever since Azure Cloud, scared witless by Tian Xing. When he is dead, our sickness of the heart will also be gone."
"When he is dead... the sickness of the heart will also be gone..."
Li Yaoqing did not notice that her Old Ancestor had already appeared by her side.
He felt a sense of compassion; he roughly knew how the root cause of Li Yaoqing's sickness had taken hold.
[Your descendant, Li Yaoqing, when Tian Xing broke into Merit City, heard Li Yaowen's single cry of 'Flee!', and she, without hesitation, used her Divine Art to escape.
She had wanted to seek help from the Li family's friends, but could find no one who could save the family.
She was panicked and at a loss, lost her sense of direction, and walked all the way to the Auric Empire. Acquired Trait: The Lost.]
[Her Divine Soul is damaged. Sense of direction is reduced by 99%. When alone, cultivation speed is reduced by 50%, and mental fortitude is reduced by 50%.]
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