Wei Zidao's expression changed. He was, after all, a late-stage Immortal Emperor. In Peaceful Vine Mountain, everyone generally refrained from physical altercations, partly out of concern for damaging Peaceful Vine Mountain, but also because engaging in a fight here consumed too much energy.

Now, Mo Wuji's dismissive attitude infuriated him. He felt he had lost face in front of Pang Hong and Shang Hegao. However, he was still injured and extremely wary of Mo Wuji.

Just as Wei Zidao was contemplating whether to attack, Shang Hegao suddenly chuckled, "Since Sect Leader Mo doesn't appreciate our offer, please do as you wish. We were just about to remodel this place anyway."

Mo Wuji was somewhat disappointed. He had actually wanted to provoke Wei Zidao into attacking. If Wei Zidao attacked, then Pang Hong would definitely join in. He had put a lot of effort into setting up this killing formation, and he was seventy percent confident that he could eliminate all these guys with its help.

Unfortunately, Wei Zidao hesitated at the last moment, and Shang Hegao smoothed things over, preventing the fight from happening.

"Let's go." Mo Wuji, refraining from further provocation, said to Han Qingru and Fei Ling beside him and left the place he had just set up without hesitation.

Seeing Mo Wuji and his companions leave Peaceful Vine Mountain and gradually disappear, neither Pang Hong, Shang Hegao, nor Wei Zidao chose to take action.

Now that they had found a method to extract the sword qi river water in large quantities, their top priority was to quickly restore their cultivation. Once their cultivation was restored, Mo Wuji's head could be taken at any time.

"Fellow Immortal Zidao, it was fortunate that you didn't act just now. This Sect Leader Mo is not simple," Shang Hegao said cautiously after Mo Wuji had gone far.

Wei Zidao understood Shang Hegao's meaning and nodded. "Indeed, to be able to set up a level six trapping and killing immortal formation here indicates that there are more tricks hidden within."

Pang Hong added, "We don't know where this person comes from; he's very cunning and treacherous. He provoked Brother Zidao just now probably to lure us into this trapping and killing formation."

If this wasn't the Sword Prison, and if their strength was still intact, they could have shattered a mere level six immortal formation with a breath. But now they were in the Sword Prison, and their strength was a fraction of what it once was.

"That's right, I've had some dealings with this person, and I haven't been able to figure out his background at all. Since he left a level six trapping and killing formation, let's go in and take a look," Wei Zidao agreed.

"Alright," both Pang Hong and Shang Hegao concurred with Wei Zidao's suggestion.

The three entered the trapping and killing formation, while the others remained outside.

Almost as soon as Wei Zidao and the others entered the trapping and killing formation, the early-stage Immortal Emperor who had been following Pang Hong turned and left.

Immortal Emperors in Peaceful Vine Mountain, even if they joined an organization, were still second only to Pang Hong, Shang Hegao, and Wei Zidao.

Now that Pang Hong's subordinate Immortal Emperor was leaving without notifying his boss, naturally no one dared to ask anything.

"Fellow Immortal Jian, where are you going? Why not wait for your little brother?" The Immortal Emperor under Pang Hong's command had just left Peaceful Vine Mountain when a voice came from behind him.

The Immortal Emperor who had left first stopped and stared coldly at the guy who had chased after him. "Nie Chong'an, we keep to ourselves. You're from Righteous Qi Mountain. Where I go is none of your business."

He knew very well how powerful Nie Chong'an was. Righteous Qi Mountain had two Immortal Emperors, one was the mid-stage Immortal Emperor Shang Hegao, and the other was Nie Chong'an in front of him.

"Haha, Fellow Immortal Jian, it's very much my business. If I'm not mistaken, you're planning to leave Devil's Hand and go find that Sect Leader Mo, right? Do you know how Lord Pang treats traitors?" Nie Chong'an laughed, not afraid of the Jian surnamed Immortal Emperor at all.

The Jian surnamed Immortal Emperor said indifferently, "First, my collaboration with Immortal Friend Pang Hong is just that, a collaboration. I'm not his man, nor have I sold myself to Pang Hong. When I want to leave Devil's Hand is my own business; there's no such thing as a traitor. Second, you're Nie Chong'an is good, but I, Jian Mingcheng, am not afraid of you."

Nie Chong'an didn't care about Jian Mingcheng's words and said calmly, "Brother Jian, you're mistaken. I'm not here to do anything to you because I'm thinking the same thing as you."

"Could it be that you also..." Jian Mingcheng looked at Nie Chong'an in surprise.

Nie Chong'an just nodded and said nothing more.

...

After leaving Peaceful Vine Mountain, Han Qingru, because of her body tempering cultivation technique, could barely withstand the surrounding sword qi. Fei Ling's strength was originally much higher than Han Qingru's, and he also frequently went to the sword qi river to fetch water. Even without a body tempering cultivation technique, he was still much more relaxed than Han Qingru in the short term.

Sword qi continuously took away some blood mist from Han Qingru's body. Mo Wuji did not choose to help. Han Qingru had a body tempering cultivation technique, and she had to endure this process. After all, he could not be with Han Qingru at all times, and it was more important for Han Qingru to adapt.

"Sect Leader Mo, please wait..." Mo Wuji and Fei Ling had just walked a few miles and had not yet approached the sword qi vortex when a voice calling him came from behind.

Mo Wuji stopped. There were two people who had come. One was of medium build, slightly fat, with extremely bright eyes. Mo Wuji knew this person; he was the early-stage Immortal Emperor beside Shang Hegao. Although he had never attacked, Mo Wuji had observed him. Later, Wei Zidao had also told him that this person was called Nie Chong'an and that he was very strong.

The other person was smaller in stature, with a head of black hair. The most striking thing was that he only had nine fingers, and his nine fingers seemed to be congenital. This person was also an early-stage Immortal Emperor, and Mo Wuji did not know his name. He only knew that he followed Pang Hong.

There were two early-stage Immortal Emperors following Pang Hong. One had almost been killed by him, but he had been rescued by Shang Hegao. The guy who had come was the other early-stage Immortal Emperor.

Mo Wuji frowned a little. Both of these people were early-stage Immortal Emperors. If they had attacked in the trapping and killing formation he had set up earlier, he would not have been afraid at all. But now, without the trapping and killing formation and without Wei Zidao's help, it would be difficult for him and Fei Ling to deal with these two Immortal Emperors.

"These two are Jian Mingcheng from Devil's Hand and Nie Chong'an from Righteous Qi Mountain. They are both very strong." Fei Ling even took out his magical treasure and stood cautiously beside Mo Wuji.

He was now a member of Peaceful Brahma. Even if he knew he was going to die, he had to fight desperately.

Mo Wuji now understood that the black-haired Immortal Emperor with only nine fingers was called Jian Mingcheng. He did not take out his Half Moon Heavy Halberd. This was outside Peaceful Vine Mountain. Even if he couldn't beat them, it wouldn't be easy to kill him.

"The two of you left Peaceful Vine Mountain to look for me, Mo Wuji. What can I do for you?" Mo Wuji cupped his fists, his tone neither arrogant nor humble. He had fought Great Immortal Emperors before. How could he be afraid of two early-stage Immortal Emperors whose cultivation had greatly declined in the Sword Prison?

"Jian Mingcheng greets Sect Leader Mo."

"Nie Chong'an greets Sect Leader Mo."

The two cupped their fists at the same time and saluted Mo Wuji respectfully. Mo Wuji was an old hand in the world, and he could tell that there was something strange about the way these two addressed him. Neither Jian Mingcheng nor Nie Chong'an mentioned Devil's Hand or Righteous Qi Mountain.

Mo Wuji did not speak and continued to wait for the two to explain.

Jian Mingcheng did not say much and looked at Nie Chong'an. Nie Chong'an said directly, "The two of us are planning to leave Peaceful Vine Mountain and follow Sect Leader Mo."

Fei Ling on the side stared at the two in a daze. They were leaving such a good place and instead going to find death with the Sect Leader? No matter how he thought about it, it didn't make sense.

Mo Wuji was also puzzled and asked in confusion, "You two want to follow me? What's the reason? You must know that we have nowhere to go after we leave Peaceful Vine Mountain."

Nie Chong'an explained, "Sect Leader Mo should be going to that Gobi Desert behind the sword qi vortex. The sword qi there is slightly weaker. Although it's not as good as Peaceful Vine Mountain, it's more stable."

Mo Wuji said lightly, "If I could stay in Peaceful Vine Mountain, I wouldn't leave."

The implication was that he didn't trust Nie Chong'an and Jian Mingcheng.

Jian Mingcheng didn't say much. Hearing Mo Wuji's suspicion, he quickly stepped forward and said, "If I'm not mistaken, Sect Leader Mo was originally planning to leave Peaceful Vine Mountain. It's just that we met you as soon as you came out. If we had come a little later, Sect Leader Mo might have already left Peaceful Vine Mountain."

Mo Wuji remained noncommittal. He was prepared to leave Peaceful Vine Mountain, and he estimated that Wei Zidao and the others could guess that by now. After all, after Wei Zidao and the others took back their territory, he didn't even return and left directly.

Seeing that Mo Wuji was still unmoved, Nie Chong'an gritted his teeth and lowered his voice, "Sect Leader Mo, Jian Mingcheng and I suspect that there's something strange about Peaceful Vine Mountain. It's not a place to stay for long."

Mo Wuji, who had been a little suspicious, immediately said after hearing Nie Chong'an's words, "Since that's the case, let's go together. When we get to that Gobi Desert, we can talk slowly."

"Yes, Sect Leader Mo." Hearing Mo Wuji's words, Nie Chong'an and Jian Mingcheng were overjoyed. They knew that Mo Wuji's words meant that he had temporarily accepted the two of them.

The group of five walked a few miles again and saw a huge vortex rising out of thin air in the distance. Once divine sense approached that vortex, it would be torn apart by endless sword qi. Moreover, placing divine sense on the edge of the vortex gave people the feeling that they would be unconsciously drawn in.

"That's the sword qi vortex. We have to leave some distance away. Otherwise, we might be accidentally drawn into the sword qi vortex," Nie Chong'an said, pointing to the towering vortex with a look of apprehension.

Without Nie Chong'an's reminder, Mo Wuji had already detoured. The vortex was unfathomable, and whether it was his Storage Meridian's divine sense or his sea of consciousness's divine sense, they would all disappear as soon as they entered. If Mo Wuji didn't want to expose his spirit eyes, he would have wanted to open them to see what was inside this sword qi vortex.