Chapter 731: Chapter 731

In Fang Bai’s view, the so-called "Hidden Sect World" was not a separate dimensional space, but simply a collective term for some areas that were isolated from the world and seldom interacted with secular society.

The region hidden behind the Shattered Stone Array deep within the Kunlun Mountain Range should only be a part of the "Hidden Sect World." In other secluded areas of Huaxia where human traces are rarely found, there must also be the existence of Hidden Sects.

The Concealment Formations that isolated the Hidden Sect World from the secular world must have been created by powerful martial artists who were adept in formations, with the aim of preventing ordinary people from easily entering the Hidden Sects.

The Kunlun Mountain Range covers a vast area, hundreds of thousands of miles in radius, more than half of which are rarely trodden by humans. These areas are where the people of the Hidden Sects are active and belong to a part of the Hidden Sect World.

Looking for a sect within a region of several hundred thousand miles was like looking for a needle in a haystack, and both Fang Bai and Long Jingtian found the thought daunting.

"If only I had asked those two ’Spirit Crane Sect’ Disciples just now..."

Fang Bai looked at the vast mountains ahead, shook his head with a bitter smile, and said, "It’s no use talking about this now. Let’s just look for it slowly! If we encounter someone from the Hidden Sects again, we’ll just ask!"

"That’s all we can do now!"

Long Jingtian let out a somewhat dejected sigh.

The two of them traveled along a winding mountain path that had been trodden by travelers, listening attentively to the movements around them, hoping to find someone from the Hidden Sects. However, after traveling for almost an hour, the mountains were silent except for the startled cries of forest birds, and not another soul was seen.

All of a sudden, Fang Bai raised his brows and spoke in a low voice.

He extended his Divine Sense, covering a radius of a thousand meters, sensing several fluctuations of Essence Energy ahead. Upon closer inspection, he found that six individuals from a Hidden Sect were speeding toward them.

Long Jingtian was startled, as his own sensory range was not even half of Fang Bai’s due to his lack of Divine Sense, so he had not noticed anything unusual around them. However, knowing that Fang Bai possessed all sorts of miraculous methods and would not joke at this time, he followed Fang Bai into hiding in a cluster of grass beside the mountain path.

A few minutes later, indeed six figures appeared from afar and were approaching rapidly.

The six people were clearly divided into two camps, with two in the front fleeing and four in the back chasing them.

The two escaping in front were clean-cut women in their twenties, wearing green dresses and each holding a short sword. Their hair was disheveled, their clothes disarranged, and as they fled, they kept glancing back with expressions of fear and panic on their faces.

The four chasers, around thirty years old, wore matching black robes, and had sleazy expressions on their faces. While pursuing, they shouted obscene and lewd remarks at the two women in front, bursting out in vile laughter from time to time.

"It’s like finding something effortlessly after a fruitless search..."

Fang Bai muttered as he watched the four men in black robes, a gleam of joy on his face. In a low voice, he said to Long Jingtian, "I’ve had dealings with the disciples of ’Ghost Doctor Valley.’ Those four in black robes should be ’Ghost Doctor Valley’ Disciples!"

Long Jingtian’s gaze also focused on the four black-robed men, his eyes flaring with intensity as he spoke in a voice filled with hate, "Those scoundrels from ’Ghost Doctor Valley!’ The two Hidden Sect martial artists I was chasing earlier were dressed the same way. It seems beyond doubt that the murderers of the eight ’Dragon Guard’ members were ’Ghost Doctor Valley’ Disciples!"

His eyes then shifted to the two fleeing women in green, he frowned and said, "Could those two be ’Spirit Crane Sect’ Disciples? Their attire is the same as that Sun Lingzhi we saw before!"

Fang Bai nodded and replied, "That should be them! Let’s go take a look!"

With that, he rose to his feet, utilized his movement technique, and intercepted the two women in green, blocking their path.

Long Jingtian followed suit, rushing over to stand alongside Fang Bai.

The two green-dressed women, panicking in their flight, were startled to see two people suddenly appear in front of them. They quickly realized that these two were not with their pursuers and attempted to bypass Fang Bai and Long Jingtian.

"Please hold on, ladies!"

Fang Bai extended his hand to block the path of one of the women in green.

The mountain path was narrow, and with Fang Bai and Long Jingtian standing side by side, they nearly completely sealed off the road. The two women in green had the choice to either leap up the slopes on either side to bypass them, or to simply push the two men out of the way.

The woman in green, eager to escape, had no time to deal with these two strangers, Fang Bai and Long Jingtian. Seeing Fang Bai reach out to block the way, she became both shocked and anxious, stamped her foot, and said sternly, "Get out of the way quickly!"

With that, she reached out to push Fang Bai. It seemed she did not wish to hurt Fang Bai, as the force of the push was not strong—it was just enough to move Fang Bai aside without injuring him.

Almost at the same time, the other woman in green also reached out to push Long Jingtian.

Although both women in green were Earth Level early stage martial artists, with considerable strength, how could they be a match for Fang Bai and Long Jingtian?

Fang Bai smiled faintly, extended his right arm forward, bent his fingers upward, and flicked lightly at the wrist of the woman in front of him.

The woman in green felt her arm as if struck by an electric shock, tingling and painful. She let out a cry of alarm and retreated several steps backward, looking at Fang Bai with a face full of fear.

The other woman in green was also repelled by a palm strike from Long Jingtian.

Fang Bai and Long Jingtian had both shown mercy and had not injured the two women in green.

A skilled person reveals their expertise with a single move.

Having exchanged merely one move with Fang Bai and Long Jingtian, the two women in green realized that their opponents’ strength was far beyond their own. Breaking through their blockade was out of the question.

"Haha, see where you two can run to now!"

"Obediently back to ’Ghost Doctor Valley’!"

"Behave yourselves as ’furnace cauldrons,’ and maybe you’ll be left with a path to life!"

"Disobey, and we’ll torture you to death, then throw your bodies onto the barren hills to feed the wild dogs!"

Right then, four men in black who had been in pursuit arrived swiftly, surrounding the two women in green, laughing triumphantly.

The two women in green, realizing they could not escape, stood back to back, with their short swords across their chests, their faces showing anger, and their eyes revealing a resolute determination. Clearly, they were ready to fight to the death and would not submit.

"Who are you two, and what’s your story?"

One of the men in black turned his head to size up Fang Bai and Long Jingtian, asking with an intimidating tone.

The brief confrontation between the two women in green and Fang Bai, Long Jingtian was momentary, and the four men in black had failed to see it. Seeing that Fang Bai and Long Jingtian were dressed as commoners, they looked down upon them with scorn.

Fang Bai did not respond to the man’s question, his gaze falling on the two women in green, as he asked with a smile, "Are you two disciples of the ’Spirit Crane Sect’?"

Although dressed as commoners, Fang Bai and Long Jingtian were extremely powerful. Seeing that they held no malice towards them, hope sprung in the hearts of the two women in green.

"We are disciples of the ’Spirit Crane Sect.’ May we ask for the respected names of you two elders?"

The slightly older woman in green asked respectfully, while also remaining vigilant, ready to counter any sudden attacks from the four men in black.