Chapter 223 Having A Crisis
Panting, Darren dragged himself through the darkness with Elder Thomas on his back. He could not
run away with Elder Thomas in his current state—if they were found, they would get themselves into an
incredibly difficult situation. The only option he had left was to go locate Bruce and Elsa in hopes that
he would find a way out.
After having carefully avoided several patrolling disciples of the de Holy Land, Darren eventually
found the living grounds where the disciples from the Lotus Holy Land were staying.
He then released his spiritual sense and soon felt a familiar aura of sword intenting from one of
the rooms.
Darren walked straight towards the room where the familiar aura came from and pushed the door open.
Inside the room was Elsa. Her face was pulled into an uneasy scowl as soon as she saw the unfamiliar
man.
"Who the hell are you?" She pursed her lips, wary of the stranger. However, also sensing something
familiar about him, she did not try to attack.
"Elsa, it''s me." Elsa paused at the voice.
"Darren? Is that you?" She hesitated for a moment, but as soon as she saw the face of the man on
Darren''s back, she immediately ran up to them.
"You saved my father!" Her face lit up and she hugged Darren, barely able to contain her delight.
She had been trying to track down her father in secret, but Bruce suddenly appeared and stopped her.
Bruce told her that Darren was back, so she resisted the strong impulse to find her father, and waited
with a mixture of anticipation and anxiety.
Seeing the two people she loved the most back, she sobbed uncontrobly on Darren''s shoulder.
"Elsa, I think you need to check on Elder Thomas immediately. There''s something wrong with him. As
for me, I have an internal injury and I need to adjust my breath," Darren weakly said, still panting.
Elsa quickly took her father from Darren''s back andid him on the bed to examine him. The results of
the examination gave her a jolt.
"Darren..." Her voice started to shake. "My father... He''s not... M-my father''s not breathing, he''s..." She
then started to cry before she had even finished.
At that point, the door suddenly creaked open.
Darren and Elsa exchanged nervous nces, and then immediately went on full alert mode.
Had they been discovered?
The people at the door were not disciples from the de Holy Land, but was rather the beautiful
figures of two girls—one dressed in green garments and the other in purple.
Sensing the sword intent that Darren and Elsa simultaneously released, the girl in purple chuckled.
"Aren''t you going to wee us?" she asked mockingly.
"And why should we wee you? Get out of here this instant!" Darren shouted as he gave them a
cold stare.
Standing next to the girl in purple, Hailey, the veiled girl in green did not speak.
"s, we are not wee here. Hailey, let''s go. The man whose soul has been stripped will die soon."
The girl in purple breathed out an exaggerated sigh. She did not seem to be intending to leave any time
soon.
"Callie, stop talking." The girl in green stepped forward, staring intently at Darren. "Darren, Elder
Thomas'' soul has been taken away by a rule cultivator. He is in urgent need of treatment. You can
leave him to me. I will take him back and ask my master for help. Perhaps, he can still be saved."
"You can save my father?" The girl''s words suddenly pulled Elsa back up from the brink of despair—
she didn''t even seem to care who the stranger was.
"Hold on... Who are you? Why do you know me? Why do you know Elder Thomas?" Darren, on the
other hand, was not willing to let his guard down. After all, the girl in purple he encounteredst time
had tried to kill him with an illusion. He was curious why these two were being so kind to offer him help.
Not wanting to spend too much time to exin, the girl in green gently pulled away her veil, revealing
her beautiful features.
"It''s you."
Darren''s eyes widened as he recognized Hailey at once.
"Please trust me, Darren. I couldn''t help the Ilmen Sect before, so please allow me to help Elder
Thomas this time."
Darren thought for a moment. He had no idea how to treat Elder Thomas, and although the two girls''
arrival was unexpected, they seemed to have some knowledge about how to treat him. He had no
choice but to ept their help.
Moreover, Elder Thomas was almost as good as dead at that point. They would not have gone through
all that trouble just to harm him.
"Alright. I trust you. Take Elder Thomas with you." Darren finally agreed. His instincts told him that
Hailey could be trusted. "How do we know that he''s healed? Where can we find you?" he asked.
"I''ll send him back to your house in the Lotus Holy Land once he''s healed. Anyway, time is running out.
We need to go now. Just wait for my news." Hailey gave Darren a nod and held Elder Thomas up using
a mystical skill. Callie activated her golden bell, and their figures started to fade as glowing runes
shed around them.
"Onest word of warning, boy. I feel that a powerful rule cultivator hase to the de Holy Land.
Be careful. He might be using the arcane skill to find you," Callie said, giggling. Her giggles rang out,
lingering in the air as theypletely disappeared.
A while after the two had left, Darren told Elsa about his previous encounters with Hailey and how he
got to know her.
After hearing more about the girl, Elsa inexplicably developed a sense of trust in Hailey. She believed
that they would be able to save her father and that Darren had made the right choice.
In the night wind, Hailey and Callie flew to the south with Thomas.
"We probably should have taken Darren with us. I have a strong feeling that he''s in danger," Hailey
said, her eyebrows knitted together in worry.
"Wow, Hailey. Why are you worried for Darren but not for that girl? Tell me, aside from your intention to
ask for his help in the future, does he mean something else to you?" Callie raised her eyebrows and
sniggered.
"Of course not! I''m only worried about him because the master prophesized that he was the only one
who would be able to solve the ''Heavenly Repression'' inside me."
"Really? It''s just that I noticed a strange look in your eyes when you saw that stunning young girl. Were
you jealous? Don''t you deny it! I absolutely felt it with my Spirit Power!" Callie then burst intoughter,
which Hailey scoffed at in return.
"Don''t talk nonsense." She kept a serious face, trying hard to cover up the fact that she was flustered
by what the other girl had said.
...
The night passed.
Overnight, the number of masters patrolling around the de Holy Land increased. Each entrance and
exit was guarded by masters at the advanced stage of the Wonder Realm. Many of the disciples were
inexplicably terrified as none of them had any clue as to what happened.
Darren initially wanted to leave with Elsa in the middle of the night, but the whole ce was tightly
guarded. Although he did try to do a few test runs, he eventually gave up and just stayed in his room to
heal up instead of running the risk of being discovered. They had no choice but to y it by ear when
the time came.
By dawn the next morning, the disciples who hade from different Holy Lands received the
message that the day''spetitions would continue as usual. Before the sun was fully up, all those
disciples then gathered in the training ground of the de Holy Land.
Everything was ready—the disciples of the various Holy Lands were all fired up and ready to disy
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their capabilities in thepetition—when suddenly, waves of terrifying de intent washed over the
entire training ground. A dozen masters at the advanced stage of the Wonder Realm and three super
masters at the premium stage of the Wonder Realm stood above them in mid-air.
Soon after them, the Holy Lord of the de Holy Land himself appeared. Beside him stood a rule
cultivator in a purple robe.
"What''s the matter?" "What happened?"
"Why are all the powerful elders of the de Holy Land here? Did anything important happenst
night?"
All the disciples in the training ground were growing uneasy and were starting to feel a sense of
foreboding.
Darren didn''t want toe to the training ground, but there was an ordinary elder above the middle
stage of the Wonder Realm, going door to door to each room and ordering everyone toe out. He
could not avoid it and had no choice but to blend in with the crowd.
Darren immediately sensed the huge aura as soon as he arrived at the ground. Once he was certain
that no one was looking at him, he hurriedly mobilized his Spirit Power to undo the effects of the elixir
that changed his appearance, returning him to his original appearance. He then performed the aura
concealing skill, altering his aura and cultivation base down to themon level. This way, his aura
and strength were close to that of the majority of the disciples present.
"Mr. Wan, is that guy here?" the Holy Lord asked the rule cultivator in the purple robe, scanning the
crowd with his icy stare. "Yes, but his aura has changed. Hmm, and he seems to have changed his
appearance as well.
Look for him yourself first." Now that the rule cultivator had obtained the Eight Corners Tripod, he did
not see any reason why he should bother to help the Holy Lord of the de Holy Land.
"Very well. As long as he is here." He then looked at the crowd of people.
"You bastard! Come out now or I''ll kill everyone in here!" the Holy Lord of the de Holy Land
threatened with a sneer. The thousands of disciples from various sects were then suddenly shrouded
with the Holy Lord''s icy killing intent.