The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 280 - 279: Windfall from the Sky

Chapter 280: Chapter 279: Windfall from the Sky

The Gongsun Family had acquired the Strange Fire and secretly sealed it within their clan territory, shielded by the city protected by the Giant Tree, which was quite interesting.

Wood fears fire, especially the Strange Fire.

Once touched by the Strange Fire, it’s very hard to extinguish unless it burns everything to ashes.

This was leaving a nemesis for the Tree Demon.

Perhaps it was the Gongsun Family taking precautions against the Tree Demon.

Indeed, it was the act of a major clan, always leaving room for maneuver.

At this moment, the Tree Demon, due to the contract, saved the people of the Gongsun Family but only saved the children, or more precisely, those who had clean auras and had not taken lives.

For every cause there is an effect.

The appearance of the Great Sun Golden Flames had enraged the Tree Demon.

Xie Jiuniang did not change out of her robe but transformed back into Gongsun Yu.

Dressed in the Gongsun family’s direct-line robe, with burn marks and part of her hair burnt off, there was no need for Xie Jiuniang to say anything, as she looked precisely like someone who had narrowly escaped death.

Mingling with a bunch of youngsters thrown out by the Gongsun family, she did not arouse any suspicion.

The children who were thrown out by the Tree Demon were leaderless and panicking.

As the faux grandson of the Clan Leader, Xie Jiuniang was the first to stand up and loudly said, "Everyone, pull yourselves together and promptly help the injured. Don’t stand here dazed and confused! Every moment you delay is a chance lost to save your clansmen."

The Tree Demon was quite rough in its tossing.

Some of the children, who were thrown out, were unconscious upon landing.

After Xie Jiuniang’s shout,

Some of the older children, already at the Qi Cultivation Stage, quickly started searching and rescuing outside the city.

Xie Jiuniang made a very "earnest" effort to catch those being thrown out of the city.

She tried hard, looking as though she was about to collapse from exhaustion at any moment, even stumbling and falling once. She successfully fooled the younger members of the Gongsun Family, as well as some of the stronger family members.

The stronger Gongsun Family members were very satisfied; it was secondary what a clan member’s personality was like, as long as they prioritized the clan during a crisis and acted for its benefit, they were considered qualified members of the Gongsun Family.

Gongsun Du could not extricate himself.

The Great Sun Golden Flames harbored extreme malice towards the Gongsun Family,

and sought to wipe out its strong members completely.

Those in the family were scrambling to save their own lives.

They used both Teleportation Talismans and Teleportation Talismans, with the lucky ones escaping the city, but the unlucky ones teleporting right into the midst of the flames by mistake.

Xie Jiuniang was helping the wounded outside the city, and doing a convincing job at it.

If Jian Lingyan were there, she would definitely have mocked her.

In matters of deception, truly no one could surpass her.

Suddenly, a Storage Ring, engraved with the Gongsun Family crest, was thrown straight at Xie Jiuniang from the city.

On reflex, Xie Jiuniang reached out and caught it.

It was at that moment she heard the anxious transmission from Gongsun Du, "Yu’er, take the youngsters of our clan and quickly evacuate the family lands. The contents of the ring are the foundation we’ve accumulated over tens of thousands of years. Take it, and ensure our people survive well; do not let the Gongsun bloodline die out..."

Xie Jiuniang, who had just caught the Storage Ring, was utterly bewildered.

This was...

A windfall from heaven?

She quickly stashed it into the Small Tortoise Shell.

Then she mimicked Gongsun Yu’s voice and shouted, "Listen up, everyone, the Clan Leader has ordered that all surviving members of the Gongsun Family immediately evacuate our lands and flee for your lives—the farther, the better!"

Afterward, she was the first to flee!

The Gongsun family members she had just saved, hearing these words, followed suit and ran towards the outskirts of the oasis.

And it wasn’t just Xie Jiuniang’s direction.

With the city as the center, numerous Gongsun family members scattered, running towards the edge of the desert.

The Great Sun Golden Flames did not chase to kill—not because they didn’t want to.

They were blocked by the combined forces of the Gongsun Family’s strong members and also confined by the Tree Demon, which lifted countless sands and rocks with its roots to cover the raging flames.

There were also strong members with water-based Cultivation Techniques.

The column of water surged up, striking directly at the flames.

For a moment, it really contained the offensive of the great solar flame.

Underground, the Broken Sword was absorbing Spirit Stones at an astonishing speed, initially the Jian Lingyan thought of absorbing them, but later discovered that digging them up was even faster.

After mining the Spirit Crystals, move on to mining the Top Grade Spiritual Stones.

When the Top Grade Spiritual Stones were almost completely dug up, it started eyeing the Superior Spirit Stones.

Because the Tree Demon had an enemy, it didn’t pay attention to the underground Spirit Vein for a while, and by the time the Tree Demon realized what was happening, its family fortune was almost completely stolen.

"Who dares to steal?!"

"I will kill you, kill all of you!"

The Tree Demon was on the verge of madness, those Spirit Crystals and Top Grade Spiritual Stones were all it had saved for its breakthrough.

Now they were gone, all gone!

In its raging fury, the Tree Demon searched for the thief who was stealing the Spirit Vein, unable to concentrate solely on fighting the great solar flame like before, and as a result, the pressure on the solar flame suddenly decreased.

Jian Lingyan, who was stealthily stealing underground.

Upon discovering that its actions had been revealed, it hurriedly thought of escaping and suddenly found a little brat clinging onto its sword body.

With a sprout-like braid, wearing a red baby bib, bare little buttocks, arms and legs plump like lotus roots, fat and chubby, it looked like a lucky doll.

The little brat was clinging to the Broken Sword and wouldn’t let go.

Its big round eyes looked left and right out of curiosity, then its chubby little hand reached out to lift the Broken Sword’s Invisibility Talisman.

Jian Lingyan was so frightened that it quickly twisted, "Little brat, who are you?"

"Spirit, spirit?"

The little brat mumbled unclearly, "Who who?"

Seeing this, Jian Lingyan instantly sighed with relief, "Phew, that’s a relief, it’s just a simpleton, you scared the hell out of me."

If it can’t even speak properly, it must be a simpleton.

Jian Lingyan didn’t dare to linger, it flew away quickly, now with a little milky baby in tow.

On the other side.

Xie Jiuniang, who was rapidly escaping toward the outskirts, didn’t stop because she had disguised herself as Gongsun Yu, and so her escape was unhindered.

Before long, she had disappeared into the desert.

Xie Jiuniang was causing trouble, but she didn’t want to expose herself, to put herself in the spotlight.

Her caution had once again helped her avoid danger.

The battle at the oasis had just begun, the Tree Demon’s combat strength might not be strong, but its power was equivalent to that of the Divinity Transformation Peak. A full force strike from such a being would obliterate the entire oasis.

So, the chance to escape was only for a short time.

The young people may not be aware, but powerhouses like Gongsun Du were very clear about the family crisis.

This was the prophecy of the family’s annihilation!

Even if Ancestor Wenzhong made every effort to save the family, to seize a sliver of hope, it was still a desperate and futile struggle...

Standing atop a dune in the desert.

She stared in the distance at the oasis above which half the sky was fiery red and the other half green.

One red and one green, intertwined in a desperate struggle for survival.

"Master, save me!"

The cries for help from Jian Lingyan, the little milky voice, sounded weak and desperate.

By the time Xie Jiuniang snapped back to reality, she saw a Broken Sword flying towards her, with a little milky baby on it, both its chubby little hands holding onto the hilt.

Suspended mid-air, swaying unsteadily.

One look and it was just damn dangerous!

Xie Jiuniang narrowed her eyes slightly, "You damn thing, did you produce an offspring so quickly?"

"No, no, it’s not like that, I didn’t!"

Jian Lingyan denied repeatedly, "He just appeared suddenly, latched onto me, and I can’t shake him off no matter what."

Xie Jiuniang, "..."