Chapter 776: Chapter 776

"Are you from the Hundred Herbs Sect?"

Even if Elder He was as dumb as a rock, he had now finally understood what was happening.

Turns out Ding Fan wasn't part of the Earth Dragon Sect at all, and here he had been, foolishly playing along, respectfully addressing him as "sir."

As Ding Fan finished speaking, he swiftly swept his Nine Profound Iron sword.

A Sword Beam swept across; before Elder He could even grasp what was happening, he was cleaved into two halves.

In an instant, blood and entrails flowed all over the ground.

Ding Fan didn't spare the other lackeys of Elder He either. Now was not the time for mercy. Down here in the mines, if it was discovered someone had infiltrated and the exits were sealed, even with his great abilities, he would be trapped and would die here.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh...

Three consecutive strikes from Ding Fan's sword, and those three men were swiftly slain by him.

The cave was large to begin with, and the clamor of the laborers at work meant that the scene of Ding Fan killing went largely unnoticed.

After all, no one would pay attention to a couple of laborers being killed by an overseer of the Earth Dragon Sect.

"You... you're really someone sent by the sect master?" Third Brother approached, asking in astonishment.

Ding Fan nodded slightly as a response.

"How is the sect master now? He was seriously injured the other day protecting us..." Sun Xiaoyu stepped forward with worry etched on her face as she spoke.

"Sect Master Bai is fine now; he is currently outside waiting for you with Sun Qi. Just follow me," Ding Fan said.

At this moment, the people of the Hundred Herbs Sect didn't harbor any suspicions.

After all, not just anyone could easily produce a Foundation Building Pill of Second Grade, and now, they were all near death, the Hundred Herbs Sect already destroyed; Ding Fan had nothing left to deceive them with.

"Does anyone here recognize Lan Qier?" Ding Fan asked as they were about to leave.

He projected his voice with True Qi so that everyone present could hear him.

Although Lan Qier was reckless in her actions, she was still undeniably a devoted daughter. Since Ding Fan had promised to help her find her parents, he would naturally assist her.

"I... I am Lan Qier's father..." Not long after Ding Fan called out, a middle-aged couple approached.

Although the woman did not admit she was Lan Qier's mother, her worried gaze betrayed her identity clearly enough; she was indeed Lan Qier's mother.

Since they had only been brought in yesterday, both appeared to be in fairly good spirits.

"If you want to see Lan Qier, follow me."

All parents in the world care deeply for their children. When the couple had been taken away, their greatest concern had been for their daughter.

Upon arriving here, they thought they would never see their daughter again, but now that there was a chance to reunite, they were definitely going to take it.

Even if it meant death, to see her one more time, they would be content.

Ding Fan instructed everyone to follow closely behind him, and the group began to orderly make their way outside.

To avoid scattering, they all held hands, blending in with the team transporting Crystal Stones out.

Having traveled a distance from the entrance, the group came to a fork in the path guarded by two disciples of the Earth Dragon Sect. To lead everyone out, it was inevitable that he would have to kill them.

Without any hesitation or wasted words, Ding Fan approached and with two swift strokes of his sword, he dispatched both guards.

After killing the two, Ding Fan pulled out a dozen Explosive Runes from his chest.

He set the runes for a delayed explosion which would all go off simultaneously in ten minutes.

Though the ore veins below were appealing, Ding Fan couldn't both rescue people and mine; such fortunes couldn't possibly all fall to one man.

The deaths of the two Earth Dragon Sect disciples were precisely timed with the stint when Ding Fan and the twenty people he led were passing by.

The corridor was already narrow, filled only with Hundred Herbs Sect individuals, which prevented any panic from arising.

After the two were killed, Ding Fan tucked them away in an unseen corner before he continued leading the crowd toward the cave entrance.

The path from there became even easier to navigate.

The narrow corridors couldn't accommodate overseers, and the Earth Dragon Sect indeed didn't have so many disciples to supervise. As a result, nobody noticed when Ding Fan led the people of the Hundred Herbs Sect out of the cave.

"How... how did you all get out?"

As the people of the Hundred Herbs Sect just exited the cavern, there were sharp-eyed individuals who detected their presence.

By now, Ding Fan had no more concerns to hold back; the Earth Dragon Sect's experts were preoccupied with dealing with the Jade Dragon, and they had no spare effort to deal with him. It was the perfect opportunity for him to lead these people out.

In one vigorous motion, Ding Fan unleashed several Wind Blades.

The supervising overseer who had spotted the Hundred Herbs Sect, along with other overseers, was briskly taken care of by Ding Fan.

Killing a few Human Level Martial Artists was as easy for him as butchering chickens and slaughtering dogs.

Following those few deaths, the entire mining area descended into chaos.

Seeing their overseers killed, many forced laborers began to flee in disarray.

Ding Fan had no intention of playing the good Samaritan at this time, the difficulty of rescuing so many people at once was simply too high, especially with the presence of an extremely powerful offensive array within Nanfeng Mountain.

If the caretaker of the array targeted him with that powerful array, he would truly be finished here.

Therefore, managing to rescue the Hundred Herbs Sect's members, along with Lan Qier's parents, would be a great achievement.

While everyone was in a panic, the people of the Hundred Herbs Sect along with Lan Qier's parents didn't run off headlessly, if Ding Fan didn't leave, neither would they. Although their contact with Ding Fan had been brief, they all felt something.

That was, Ding Fan was their pillar of strength.

The reason Ding Fan wasn't leaving was simple; he couldn't take the Spirit Stones inside the mine with him, but how could he possibly let go of the ore that had been dug out?

Right then, Ding Fan grabbed the Spirit Stones from over a hundred wheelbarrows that had stopped at the entrance through the air, and all of them were instantaneously collected into the Small World.

So many Spirit Stones certainly couldn't fit into an ordinary Storage Bag or a storage ring.

Although these Spirit Stones couldn't compare to the veins inside the mine, they were still a considerable fortune.

After getting the Spirit Stones, Ding Fan immediately led the people of the Hundred Herbs Sect to escape in the direction they had come from.

And just at this moment, a thunderous boom suddenly erupted.

The boom was tremendous, and the entire ground of Nanfeng Mountain shook violently...

Ding Fan knew that, according to the timing, it should be that all the Explosive Runes he had left behind had exploded.

Boom, boom... Following the explosions, the ground started to tremble fiercely.

Ding Fan was stunned for a moment, but soon he understood.

It must have been the violent explosion that had shattered the Jade Dragon, and now the whole Nanfeng Mountain was likely to collapse entirely.

At this time, the entire Nanfeng Mountain was in chaos, and everyone was running for their lives.

Ding Fan led the people of the Hundred Herbs Sect to the entrance where he had infiltrated Nanfeng Mountain. By now, the Great Formation on the mountain had crumbled along with the collapse of Nanfeng Mountain.

Patches of the mountain had already begun to sink into the ground unceasingly.

"Members of the Hundred Herbs Sect, come to quickly!" Ding Fan used his True Qi to project his voice far away.

The place where Ding Fan had infiltrated Nanfeng Mountain was a cliff, and now the Hundred Herbs Sect members had all lost their cultivation. Ding Fan simply didn't have the time to send these people down one by one.

Fortunately, Sun Qi and Bai Fangqi were both thoughtful, having been on standby nearby early on.

When Nanfeng Mountain began to collapse, the two men had directly crossed the water to wait at the foot of the mountain. So as soon as Ding Fan called out, Sun Qi, Bai Fangqi, and even Lan Qier, who was close by, all came to Ding Fan's side.

"Mom... Dad..." Lan Qier searched through the crowd and finally found her parents; she threw herself into their arms and burst into tears.

The members of the Hundred Herbs Sect, upon seeing Sect Master Bai and Sun Qi, also couldn't help but cry. This reunion felt as though they were seeing each other again in another lifetime...

"If you want to cry, go cry somewhere else. There's no time for that here," Ding Fan said coldly to the crowd.

The crowd, struck by Ding Fan's sharp scolding, immediately fell silent. Now indeed was not the time to cry.

Lan Qier, seeing Ding Fan's words were not polite, stubbornly raised her head to look at him.

Lan Qier's parents, on the other hand, held her back. Now was not the time for quarreling.

"Master, what do we do?" Sun Qi glanced at the collapsing Nanfeng Mountain; judging by the speed of the collapse, it wouldn't be long before the place they were standing would also fall apart. The rıghtful source is 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵•𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒•𝙣𝙚𝙩

The Hundred Herbs Sect members present, hearing Sun Qi refer to Ding Fan as "Master," were all puzzled.

It's known that Sun Qi held a high position within the Hundred Herbs Sect, and yet he addressed a young man in his early twenties as "Master"...

"You all stay up there and throw the people down. One every ten seconds," Ding Fan didn't bother paying attention to the astonishment of the Hundred Herbs Sect members; after dropping these words, he immediately leaped off the cliff.

"Everyone, follow my instructions, one person jumping every ten seconds... Don't be scared, if my master is having us do this, he must have a way to ensure everyone's safety," Sun Qi said to the members of the Hundred Herbs Sect.

The Third Brother finished speaking and then, without a second word, went ahead and jumped straight off the cliff.

This towering cliff was incredibly high; falling from this height, not to mention a human being, even a piece of iron would be smashed to a pancake.

Lan Qier was skeptical about what Ding Fan could do at that moment; she didn't believe Ding Fan could catch these people at the bottom.

While Lan Qier had her doubts, the members of the Hundred Herbs Sect didn't hesitate at all, jumping one every ten seconds, and soon all the members from the peak had jumped down.

"Lan Qier, tell your parents to jump quickly," Sun Qi said to Lan Qier who was standing by.

After the interaction they just had, Lan Qier's relationship with Sun Qi and the others had eased up quite a bit.

Lan Qier looked down the cliff and furrowed her brows deeply; she truly didn't trust Ding Fan. It was impossible to survive such a high fall.

Just then, the ground not far from them began to collapse.

Lan Qier then hurriedly said to her parents, "Dad, Mom, jump."

With the current situation before them, not jumping was certain death. Jumping might offer a glimmer of hope, so Lan Qier had no choice but to place all her bets on Ding Fan...