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Chapter 1074: Chapter 1006: Uncomfortable
Before Li Zhirui and those three Zhang Family cultivators made their move, he had already guessed the plans of the higher-ups in the Zhang Family. They wanted to use the hands of the many cultivators in the mountains to temper their own clan members, selecting the outstanding and worthy juniors to cultivate.
But at the same time, Li Zhirui did not believe the Zhang Family truly didn’t care about this matter! They certainly were not indifferent to the casualties among the younger generation.
Perhaps the Zhang Family had a deeper calculation: to first let the greed of many cultivators create a survival of the fittest, and then identify a few of those cultivators who had acted against the Zhang Family members.
In this way, they could deter the forces of the many mountains, restoring the Zhang Family’s image, and also gain quite a bit, compensating for some losses.
Therefore, when Li Zhirui was fighting against those three cultivators, he used many methods to guard, avoiding other cultivators seeing the true situation within.
As for skills like Heavenly Calculation Deduction, he was even less worried.
Li Zhirui had long known through Li Chengsheng that his own fate could not be deduced at all, completely shrouded in thick mist, while Xiaoqing hid in space, and Zhang Family’s Integration cultivators could not cross the world to receive information from beyond their realm.
Perhaps some cultivators are capable of it, but definitely not Integration cultivators; they are not that powerful yet.
One could say that on the way to come to Xiaoqing’s aid, Li Zhirui had already thought through every aspect, ensuring the safety of both himself and his clan.
"Gentlemen, I take my leave!"
Li Zhirui did not entangle with this group of cultivators too much. After all, there were quite a few people present, at least a dozen Lianxu Cultivators, and even at a slightly farther place, there were cultivators in ambush.
After going through several rounds of fierce battles and rushing at full speed on his way here, even with the blessing of Cave Heaven, Li Zhirui’s mana was already running low. There was no benefit to fighting with them; it could instead potentially put him into danger.
Before the words were finished, a streak of blue light flashed and vanished without a trace, so swiftly that everyone didn’t even have time to react.
"What an impressive Escape Skill!" exclaimed a cultivator. With such an exquisite and unparalleled Escape Skill, unless one moved to trap him right from the start, it would be very difficult to stop him from leaving.
And this, inevitably, was impossible!
With so many cultivators present, how could one expect them to just watch as you used a method to trap Li Zhirui? That would be tantamount to willingly giving up a cultivator who had gone through a great battle and expended a lot, an easy chance to capture them?
"Let’s go, this place is not safe to stay long!" He said to his fellow sect members and took the lead to escape.
But there weren’t many cultivators who left as decisively as he did; most intended to stay and harbored other thoughts in their hearts.
A melee only required a spark to explode!
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After leaving the battlefield, Li Zhirui didn’t return to the Devil Race hinterland, found a secluded corner, entered his space, and while he was recovering his strength, he also took stock of the spoils he had in hand.
"Jiu, now that the Devil Race has retreated, the cultivators scattered through the mountains are very likely to erupt into a great battle. Shouldn’t we quickly gather our people and have them act cautiously?" Xiaoqing, too, sensed the signs of impending chaos and asked with concern.
Li Zhirui pondered for a long time and slowly said, "Let our people decide for themselves. Whether they can see the lurking dangers and what kind of decisions they will make should be their own choice. We better not interfere."
He knew very well that by doing so, the clan might suffer heavy losses in the upcoming chaos, but this was also a test that the clan members must experience. Not everything can be decided by the elders or the clan.
In part, he was also influenced by the Zhang Family.
The Zhang Family had a profound foundation; producing a generation of incompetent clan members would almost cause them no loss; the Zhang Family could completely bear it.
The Li family didn’t have such a foundation, so Li Zhirui would rather suffer significant casualties now than to see the clan filled with too many members like trash!
"That makes sense."
"You focus on healing. It’s best not to show your face for a while," Li Zhirui cautioned.
Xiaoqing quickly caught on and asked with a frown, "Jiu, are you worried that the Zhang Family will take action?"
"The Zhang Family has lost face this time, and there have been significant casualties. Finding a few examples, implicating their families or sects, can both serve as a warning and compensate for some losses. Why wouldn’t they do it?"
"Then what about you, Jiu..."
Li Zhirui shook his head and smiled, "Don’t worry, I have a space by my side that can conceal fate, and I have never revealed my true face, so there’s no way the Zhang Family can trace it back to me."
"That’s good."
Xiaoqing, seeing Li Zhirui full of confidence, put her mind at ease and didn’t ask further, turning to recover her mana.
After all, no matter what the situation, as long as one has powerful strength to deal with it, there is nothing that cannot be solved!
Li Zhirui also went to another quiet room to cultivate and restore his mana.
And outside, the situation unfolded exactly as Li Zhirui had speculated. A melee quickly erupted, initially involving only a few dozen Lianxu Cultivators.
But as time went by, the scale grew larger, the impact spread wider, and more and more cultivators got involved.
In such a large-scale battle, Zhang Family cultivators made everyone quite wary; no one wanted to engage with them.
Because once you kill them, in full view of everyone, there is no chance to conceal it. Do you really think the Zhang Family is some kind of tenderhearted force?
If it’s just to fight them, then what’s the point?
