Dragon King Hall's Legend-Chapter 1621: Heading to the Trial Ground! Obtaining Clues to Li Hu’s Escape!

"Buzz!!"

In the back mountain of the Qinghe Mountain Range, there lies a place teeming with countless ferocious beasts, which serves as the trial ground for Qinghe Sect Outer Sect Disciples seeking promotion to Inner Sect Disciples.

Amidst a series of oscillating void ripples, two figures appeared above the void.

One of them, a man, was holding a weak and haggard little girl.

These were Mu Jinyu and Chu Huannian.

Upon arriving at the trial ground, Mu Jinyu immediately sensed various wild and dormant violent Qi.

This place is indeed quite dangerous.

For cultivators at the Divinity Transformation Realm, a moment of carelessness could lead to death here!

Yet, for Mu Jinyu and Chu Huannian, who are truly at the Unity Realm Stage and among those who can hold their own against Unity Realm Stage experts, this place is not much different from their backyard.

"Swish!"

With a cold and stern expression, eyes filled with rage and killing intent, Mu Jinyu arrived at the trial ground and immediately unfolded his Divine Sense to search for Li Hu, who had entangled his soul!

The trial ground is not very large, covering roughly a thousand miles.

Mu Jinyu spent some time thoroughly searching through this trial ground.

Among the group, he saw young men and women wearing Qinghe Sect Outer Sect Disciple attire, presumably participants in this promotion trial to Inner Sect Disciples.

But he did not find any trace of Li Hu!

"Escaped? Or killed by the beasts?"

Mu Jinyu murmured to himself.

At that moment, despite not finding Li Hu, Mu Jinyu hoped that Li Hu had escaped rather than been devoured by beasts.

After all, such an outcome would deprive Mu Jinyu of the chance to catch him personally for vengeance for the dead Elder Ji,

the Old Village Chief, and all the deceased villagers of Xiaolin Village!

"Didn't find him? Let's go and ask!"

Chu Huannian suggested as he heard Mu Jinyu's words, with a flash in his eye.

"Hmm."

Mu Jinyu nodded lightly, letting Chu Huannian escort him, their figure flickered as they intercepted a young man.

"Hmm?! Kill!!"

Seeing Mu Jinyu and Chu Huannian blocking his path, the Qinghe Sect disciple's sharp eyes flared with killing intent, and without hesitation, he launched an attack on them!

Unaware of Mu Jinyu's massacre at Qinghe Sect, having faced many dangers and narrowly escaped death numerous times, his nerves were tense, and upon encountering strangers he instinctively attacked!

"Hmm?!"

Mu Jinyu squinted his eyes at the situation, not intending to kill him but instead planning to repel him and then question him.

"Boom!!"

At that moment, a Supreme Elder of Qinghe Sect flickered into appearance, dispelling the disciple's attack with a wave of his hand, urgently warning, "Stop immediately! Don't act recklessly!"

"Third Elder?"

The young disciple, seeing the Supreme Elder's appearance, was shocked and hurriedly saluted respectfully.

"Whiz whiz whiz!!"

He then noticed, to his astonishment, that the Great Elder, Second Elder, Fourth Elder, and the sect leader had all arrived.

This sudden arrival triggered endless questions in his mind, wondering if something had gone wrong at the trial ground for all these high-ranking figures to need resolution.

Having arrived, Qinghe Sect's sect leader first offered an apologetic smile to Mu Jinyu and Chu Huannian, then turned to the disciple solemnly asking, "Do you know where Li Hu has gone?"

They had arrived in haste, without having time to sweep the trial ground with their Divine Sense to locate Li Hu.

Seeing Mu Jinyu intercepting a disciple, they realized their previous assumption might be correct, that Li Hu likely escaped midway!

Thus, without wasting words, Qinghe Sect's sect leader straightforwardly asked the disciple if he knew where Li Hu had gone.

"Li Hu?!"

The young disciple participating in the promotion trial naturally knew Li Hu, and upon hearing the sect leader's inquiry, his expression slightly altered as he shook his head, "I encountered him in the eastern area of the trial ground yesterday, nearly clashing with him but ultimately not doing so. I don't know where he is now..."

"As long as he's alive, he should have escaped about half a day ago!"

Hearing the disciple's words, Mu Jinyu knew that Li Hu hadn't been killed by the beasts of the trial ground. He was likely warned by loyal followers about Mu Jinyu's massacre at Qinghe Sect, prompting his escape from the trial ground!

Determined, Mu Jinyu decided against asking anyone else and prepared to have Chu Huannian take him to seek out Li Hu!

"Hold for a moment, we might soon locate Li Hu,"

At this moment, Qinghe Sect's Supreme Elder remembered something and quickly told Mu Jinyu.

"Oh?"

Listening to this, Mu Jinyu raised an eyebrow, refraining from leaving, coldly eyeing the counterpart.

"Little Wu!"

Then, Qinghe Sect's Great Elder confidently smiled at Mu Jinyu, then called out loud, reaching the trial ground exterior where an Inner Sect Elder responsible for disciple assessment was asked to come over.

"Whiz!!"

The Elder surnamed Wu, lazily resting against a large tree, shivered with fright upon unexpectedly hearing the Great Elder's shout, instantly awaking.

Seeing the sect's upper echelon had all arrived, his expression changed, and he hurriedly approached.

"Great Elder, Second Elder, Sect Leader..."

Elder Wu respectfully greeted as he reached the group.

The Great Elder gestured a hand dismissively, impatiently saying, "Quickly take out the positioning compass, we need to see who has escaped!"

"Alright!"

Upon hearing, Elder Wu promptly retrieved a compass from his Storage Bag, respectfully handing it to the Great Elder.

The Great Elder reached out to receive it, glanced at it, eyes lighting up, he eagerly informed Mu Jinyu, "Young hero, we've found him; Li Hu is over here!"

"Oh?"

Mu Jinyu raised an eyebrow, his gaze drawn to the compass, spotting densely packed red dots concentrated at the center.

Reflecting on the Great Elder's explanation of it being a positioning compass, and observing the trial ground environment against the red dot location, Mu Jinyu understood these red dots represent those actively participating in the Inner Sect exam.

Sweeping his eyes, Mu Jinyu locked onto a solitary red dot, far removed from the trial ground.

Presumably, that red dot, which continues distancing from the trial ground, is Li Hu!

"Hehe..."

Mu Jinyu chuckled softly, extending his hand to pat the shoulder of Qinghe Sect Great Elder, complimenting, "Well done."

With that, disregarding the Great Elder's darkened expression, he, holding the compass, had Chu Huannian rush towards the red dot's location!

"Whiz!!"

Chu Huannian, with Mu Jinyu, employing Void Shift, their figures instantaneously vanished from sight.

"Finally gone. Now that they've found the culprit, hopefully, they won't retaliate against Qinghe Sect further?"

"Let's hope so, since we did our best. Should dissatisfaction remain, resulting in sect annihilation, we'll fight to the end!"

Several Supreme Elders of Qinghe Sect exchanged glances and murmured gravely.

Nearby, the disciple and Elder Wu, hearing their exchange, were inwardly shaken.

The duo earlier might possibly aim to annihilate Qinghe Sect?

That's terrifying!

Especially the disciple who had attacked Mu Jinyu, turned pale with fear and was shaken with regret!