Realizing this, Chen Yan quickly reacted.
That's right, their target had always been only Lin Xinyang.
As for Chen Yan's death, it was most likely just something Mo Zheng did casually along the way.
This also meant that continuing to tangle with Lin Xinyang here was utterly meaningless.
Because Xiao Bo'an would definitely come looking, and then effortlessly use the old grandpa in that ring to kill him.
"Senior Brother Lin."
Chen Yan pondered for a few breaths, then spoke:
"Be careful yourself."
Then, with a movement of his divine sense, the Shadow Binding Rope emerged from his consciousness, attached itself to Lin Xinyang's shadow, and then vanished without a trace.
He was very clear about the unique aspects of the Hidden Immortal Art.
It could obscure the workings of heaven.
He would bet his life that not even He Furen or Wen Hongli, even if Huo Mu himself came, would absolutely be unable to see through the Hidden Immortal Art's restriction and discover the Shadow Binding Rope hidden within Lin Xinyang's shadow.
And the Shadow Binding Rope was connected to Chen Yan's own divine consciousness.
This also meant that after the Shadow Binding Rope infiltrated Lin Xinyang's shadow, Chen Yan could rely on it to locate Lin Xinyang at any time.
As mentioned before, Lin Xinyang was still useful to them, and he was also He Furen's personal disciple...
No, being He Furen's personal disciple didn't mean He Furen wouldn't kill him.
But as long as he still served as a vessel for the Black Flood Dragon Remnant Soul, Lin Xinyang most likely wouldn't die.
"Junior Brother, what are you planning to do?"
Hearing Chen Yan's words, Lin Xinyang was clearly somewhat puzzled:
"Didn't Elder Zhong say for us to stay at the Heavenly Summit Palace and not come down..."
"I'll find you later."
Chen Yan said, then leaped down from the Heavenly Summit Palace's steps towards Heavenly Summit Mountain.
A height of two thousand zhang wouldn't kill a Martial Spring Realm cultivator.
Especially one who had mastered some profound movement techniques. Even though Martial Spring Realm cultivators couldn't fly through the air, they could still land as if walking on flat ground.
Unfortunately, Chen Yan didn't know any damn movement techniques.
He crashed heavily onto the ground, using his true qi as a barrier to absorb part of the impact before landing.
Yet he still ended up rolling around quite awkwardly on the ground several times.
The direction of his descent this time was different from the last cycle.
His landing spot this time was much closer to the Daoyan Arena.
That's right, Chen Yan was heading to the Daoyan Arena.
He was very clear about what was happening there right now.
Several Myriad Transformations Realm cultivators were battling there.
If he got even slightly close, he could very likely be turned into a bloody mist by a stray wisp of innate true energy from who-knows-where.
But he had to go.
Because Chen Yan needed more information, he could only gamble.
If one life wasn't enough, he'd just use another.
With this determination, Chen Yan got up from the ground and began operating the Hidden Immortal Art at full power.
The perfected Hidden Immortal Art elevated the purity of Chen Yan's true qi to another level.
Especially that speck of Clear Light that had been lurking near his Martial Spring before, which had now transformed into a wisp of Clear Rainbow.
He started running towards the direction of the Daoyan Arena.
Unconsciously, Chen Yan felt his steps becoming lighter and lighter.
Puzzled, Chen Yan lowered his head to look and witnessed a scene that was utterly unbelievable to him—
His feet were actually suspended in mid-air, treading on nothing!
And the height was still increasing.
Flying through the air!
Logically speaking, only cultivators at the Qi Sea Realm or above could achieve this!
And the current Chen Yan had not yet experienced the spring surging into a sea, he was still only a Martial Spring Realm cultivator.
Could it be that this was also a benefit brought by mastering the Hidden Immortal Art?
Chen Yan didn't know, and this wasn't something he should be thinking about right now.
"Look, that person is..."
"It's Chief Disciple Chen of the Kongshan Sect!"
Many Chenping Continent cultivators fleeing from the Daoyan Arena saw Chen Yan suspended in mid-air, moving swiftly forward.
"Flying through the air? Didn't he just advance to the Martial Spring Realm a month ago?"
"...Qi Sea Realm?"
Although they were greatly puzzled, the current situation on Heavenly Summit Mountain didn't allow them to keep their attention focused on Chen Yan.
Escaping with their lives was more important.
In fact, the vast majority of cultivators who came to participate in the Dao Inquiry Assembly of Chenping Continent had cultivation realms below the Qi Sea Realm.
Cultivators at the Qi Sea Realm and above, even counting all the disciples of the Five Great Sects, totaled no more than a thousand or so.
That is to say, the vast majority were cultivators of the Lower Three Realms.
Just a slight ripple of the innate true energy from a Myriad Transformations Realm cultivator would wipe out large swathes of them.
It's just that now, those few Myriad Transformations Realm cultivators on He Furen's side were also temporarily unable to spare the effort to exterminate these Lower Three Realms cultivators.
If not for Kongyuan Mountain's Zhong Yin and Yue Chi taking action, and with the help of Star Heaven Sect's Hu Tianyuan, Sect Leader Hu.
Probably everyone who was currently fleeing would have already been slaughtered by Wen Hongli and the others within a few breaths.
At that moment, Chen Yan suddenly spotted a familiar figure near a building to the side.
Lin Qifeng!
He saw his nominal master in a rather unfavorable situation, surrounded by six cultivators.
Techniques and spells were being hurled towards Lin Qifeng's direction as if they cost nothing.
Although somewhat disheveled, Lin Qifeng could actually barely manage to hold his own.
Those six were all Qi Sea Realm cultivators!
That meant Lin Qifeng was currently fighting one against six!
"This old guy..."
Chen Yan gritted his teeth, then stopped, hovering in mid-air, looking towards Lin Qifeng's direction.
It seemed that although Lin Qifeng was a bit disheveled, the six-person siege seemed to be causing him little real harm.
Judging from the attire of those six, they were also cultivators from the Five Great Sects.
Two of them were even from the Kongshan Sect.
It had to be said, although this nominal master of his always called himself trash, as the sect leader's personal disciple, he did have some skills.
He even began to subtly reverse the situation during the constant counterattacks, gradually gaining the upper hand.
Chen Yan decided to lend a hand.
He pulled out the Soul Ice Needles that he always kept in his robe, then held them between his fingertips, activating them with the Hidden Immortal Art.
The needle tips flashed with a gleam of Clear Light, then shot towards one of the people besieging Lin Qifeng.
Immediately after, eight more Soul Ice Needles flew out consecutively from Chen Yan's fingertips, targeting three of the six people respectively.
These were the middle-grade third-tier spiritual artifacts Lin Qifeng had gifted him.
When propelled by true qi, they could easily penetrate the protective true qi of cultivators of the same level.
But those six were not on the same level as Chen Yan.
Using peak Martial Spring Realm cultivation to forcefully challenge the Qi Sea Realm!
It had been mentioned countless times before.
On Chenping Continent, the gap between major realms was like a chasm, and trying to fight across a major realm boundary was absolutely impossible.
But Chen Yan was different.
His Hidden Immortal Art did not belong to Chenping Continent.
The grade of its cultivation method far surpassed any cultivation method from Chenping Continent!
Moreover, Chen Yan's Hidden Immortal Art had already been cultivated to perfection!