191: Chapter 181 191: Chapter 181 Luo Yaxuan couldn’t understand why the enemy, if they were coming from the underground tunnels, would choose to escape to the outside.
He inspected the room that had been blown up and found a hidden passage beneath the table.
From the tunnel emanated the scent of poison gas; Luo Yaxuan cast a ring of light to seal off the tunnel and prevent the poison gas from escaping.
Looking at the tunnel with furrowed brows, he wondered if the enemy had released the poison gas intending to kill the people of Immortal Venerable City.
Without jumping to conclusions, Luo Yaxuan reported the situation to his master, his master’s wife, and informed all the Sects to be on guard.
The representatives of the Ten Great Clans staying in Immortal Venerable City, as well as the competitors, came to realize the presence of poison gas seeping from the ground when they went to investigate.
Those with higher Cultivation levels could resist by using their Spiritual Power to create light rings to control the release of the poison gas.
Immortal Venerable City was full of businessmen and also mortals; quite a few had already been poisoned.
The gas, emanating from rat holes, insect burrows, or drains, was difficult to anticipate and protect against.
The highly Cultivated individuals had summoned their Magical Treasures, placing their Disciples on them to fly out of Immortal Venerable City at high speed.
Luo Yaxuan felt a bit unwell, as he and his Sect brothers also detected a whiff of the poison gas.
Liu Yong and his Taoist partner, along with the Elders of the Immortal Alliance, took their Disciples and immediately flew out of the city.
After the people of the Ten Great Clans left with their followers, all the competing Sects also led their Disciples out of the city.
The construction workers and Mages, who were repairing the damaged competition grounds, also smelled the poison gas.
Abandoning their work, they used their abilities to flee the city.
Now, only those affected by the poison gas, individuals with low Cultivation levels, and mortals remained inside Immortal Venerable City, comprising men, women, the elderly, and children.
The City Lord, unable to attend to them and fearing the Cultivation World outside might suffer the same fate leading to an epidemic, took no action.
The Formation of Immortal Venerable City had been activated to close the city gates, ensuring that not only the poison gas could not escape, but also that not even a fly could leave.
The unique poison gas had already killed the flies within the city.
Luo Yaxuan and his Sect brothers followed their masters out of the city and stood on the outskirts of the dense forest, among newly arrived Cultivators, including his acquaintance, Lai Jianlin.
Their Sect possessed Detoxification Pills, which Luo Yaxuan consumed; he circulated his energy to force the poison out of his system and began to feel the effects of the detoxification.
His Sect brothers did the same, and it was only by controlling the situation that the people outside the city could start to relax a bit.
Now, the group began searching for solutions.
The powerful figures of the Cultivation World usually lacked compassion and typically showed little concern for the lives and deaths of mortals.
However, there were laws of heaven and earth in place and officials assigned to manage them.
When the disaster struck Immortal Venerable City, Tang Feiyang and other Cultivators of the Confucianism Tao school had not been able to fly out in time.
Tang Feiyang could not abandon the Disciples he had brought with him and ended up trapped inside a house in the city.
With their unique Detoxification Pills in hand, the disciples started collapsing in the rooms of the house as the poison gas invaded.
Tang Feiyang’s cousin, whose Cultivation was too low and similar to that of a mortal, fell to the ground.
In his panic, he thought of Ye Tian, the God of Justice, in this critical moment.
“Young General, where are you?
Return quickly, poison gas has emerged in Immortal Venerable City, and we are trapped inside.”
When Ye Tian and the highly Cultivated individuals of the notable Noble Clans received the distress call while in pursuit of the Ancient Treasure, he was the first to relay the message to Su Chang’an.
Su Chang’an then notified the other highly Cultivated individuals of the Great Clans.
While some were reluctant to abandon the chase for the treasure, others were concerned about their Sect and returned to Immortal Venerable City.
They had already traveled a thousand miles underground in pursuit of the treasure, and since the catastrophe in Immortal Venerable City was so immense, some had not received any transmission from their Sect or Disciples.
Doubtful yet trusting in Su Chang’an’s character, they knew he would not deceive them.
Ye Tian had also received a voice message from their shop’s contact point by then, informing him that those people were releasing poison gas in Immortal Venerable City again.
He worried about the fate of those trapped within the city, their lives hanging by a thread, as the plane swiftly returned to Immortal Venerable City.
Su Chang’an, fearing his own airship wasn’t fast enough, also boarded Ye Tian’s aircraft.
The others, with their much higher Cultivation and prideful attitudes, preferred to use their own Magical Treasures rather than sit on his plane.
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The Prime Minister’s son, Liu Tao, along with that high-ranking official, failed to escape and were now in their residence crying out for help.
With everyone in the city unable to care for themselves, who would go to their aid?
Moreover, their house was equipped with infrared security, preventing ordinary Cultivators from entering.
The Hermits, knowing they could no longer hide there, never returned.
Yingzi’s whereabouts were unknown.
After their leader died, she took over the role, implemented Plan B, and then activated Plan C.
She aimed to spread panic within Immortal Venerable City with the lingering plague and poison gas, among many other plans they were orchestrating.
“Help me, is there no one to save me?
Father, your son is going to die!”
Liu Tao’s cries went unheard as he sobbed miserably.
His entourage, lacking in strength, could not escape.
Like him, they could only wait for death in the residence.
“Damn it, those bastards, so ruthlessly trapping me here…”
The cunning official was now filled with regret and a desire for death.
He hadn’t expected these people to be so merciless, not even informing him about the poison gas or that he would be trapped, waiting to die.
At this point, there was nothing he could do but feel extreme helplessness, hunger, and the pain of poisoning coursed through his body.
For the first time, the official regretted why he had followed the Prime Minister and involved himself in actions that harmed the people.
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Ye Tian and Su Chang’an were the first to return to outside Immortal Venerable City and saw people from various Sects capturing a few foreigners.
These foreigners spoke the language of Ancient Xia Country.
They were wrongly accused as spies from within the city and kept pleading their innocence.
But no one paid attention to them, as no one had clearly seen the perpetrators.
Anyone suspicious was apprehended.
“We’re innocent, we’re good people…”
“It has to be you, the suspicious ones, it must have been you who released the poison…”
“Hey hey, I recognize that person, he can prove we aren’t bad guys,” the Earl was the first to spot Ye Tian.
When Ye Tian returned to the city gate, he first met with his people and learned that everyone had evacuated.
He then reported to North City Immortal Sect, where the Elder had already led the Disciples out.
Yan Weiwei looked anxiously at Ye Tian; she hadn’t seen him until now and was very worried about his safety.
She knew a little about Ye Tian’s matters but couldn’t discuss them openly with her Sect’s masters and fellow Disciples, and so she fretted inwardly.
The Earl’s loud voice caused many people surrounding them to look in the direction he was pointing and seeing Ye Tian wearing the attire of a North City Immortal Sect Disciple, some began to suspect him of being a spy as well.
“Catch him too, kill the traitor…
We cannot let them continue to wreak havoc.”
“Kill, kill…”
The mood among the crowd was becoming unruly, with many unaware that Ye Tian was actually the one who had followed the magical tracking device.
His master was about to speak up in his defense.
At that moment, some Cultivators from thousands of miles away returned and stopped their disciples from acting rashly.