Eternal Life Starts from Tai Chi-Chapter 124: Return to the Cyan Yuan Sect, Lianyun Road
With the No-Life Evil Cult’s Inner Masters gone from Tan City, the remaining members were like fish in a barrel. They were hunted down one by one. If they could be taken alive, they were, so they could be brutally interrogated for information about the No-Life Evil Cult.
They were also forced to betray other cult members still hiding in Tan City, including some Servant Disciples within Tan Yun Mansion. However, there were fewer than five of them in total, and they were all responsible for unimportant tasks. They weren’t even given opportunities to do things like poison people.
These people played no significant role before they were discovered and taken by the Cyan Yuan Sect to be used as test subjects.
The Taiyin Heavenly God Skill was already in the hands of the Cyan Yuan Sect’s upper echelon. Naturally, they had to test its flaws and, at the same time, free those who were controlled by the Soul Capturing Technique. They could also get some useful information from these people.
When Yang Chan heard about this, he just treated it as an interesting tidbit and didn’t pay it much mind.
He knew the contents of the Taiyin Heavenly God Skill, but since he had a better Cultivation Method, he naturally wouldn’t choose to practice this one. The cultivation experience within it could be used as a reference, but that was all.
After all, this Cultivation Technique was incomplete, and he had no idea how the No-Life Evil Cult had tampered with it. In comparison, the Flood Dragon Demon Breath Method was much safer. It also complemented his current Cultivation Technique, had greater potential, and offered stronger Combat Power.
The choice was so obvious it required no second thought.
Soon, news arrived that arrangements had been made for the injured disciples to leave. Yang Chan, Han Bingyu, and the others would return to the Cyan Yuan Sect along with these injured disciples, allowing them to evacuate Tan City early.
Yang Chan had known about this in advance, so he wasn’t surprised. Han Bingyu and the others, however, seemed a bit reluctant, as they had been earning a steady stream of Contribution Points and acquiring many Cultivation Resources every day since leaving the sect.
Now that Tan City was less dangerous, they were naturally happy to stay a while longer. After all, once they returned to the Cyan Yuan Sect, such good opportunities would be gone.
Of course, once the mission was assigned, it had to be carried out.
Before departing, Yang Chan met with Gu An one last time, then set off with the injured disciples back to the Cyan Yuan Sect.
Most of the Inner Master experts were still in Tan City, beginning to work on the next phase of their plan. This had nothing to do with Yang Chan, so he didn’t care.
On the way back to the Cyan Yuan Sect, Yang Chan was quite happy. He was different from the others because he wasn’t in such desperate need of Cultivation Resources.
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「Lianyun Road.」
This was an essential road back to the Cyan Yuan Sect, not too far from Tan City. Periodically, the Cyan Yuan Sect would arrange to send a portion of the injured disciples back—mostly those who were maimed or critically wounded.
When the infirmaries in Tan City became too crowded, they would be sent back to the Cyan Yuan Sect. Another reason was that the sect had a greater variety of medicines and more treatment methods, offering a better chance of a full recovery.
It was no good to just let the severely injured disciples hang on in Tan City if they couldn’t be properly treated there. It was better to send them back to the Cyan Yuan Sect to be treated by highly skilled individuals like Intermediate Pharmacists, which gave them a higher chance of survival.
Delaying treatment for their injuries for too long would do them no good.
Although some might not survive the journey, those who couldn’t make it would have certainly died in Tan City anyway. Conversely, those who did survive the trip would live.
This was also a form of selection.
Therefore, this road back to the Cyan Yuan Sect was traveled quite often. The dozen or so disciples leading the convoy had all completed this mission many times, so they were confident in their ability to escort the injured disciples back to the Cyan Yuan Sect.
Yang Chan, Han Bingyu, and the other Pharmacist’s Assistants would also periodically check on the injured disciples, doing their best to stabilize their conditions so they could hold on until they reached the Cyan Yuan Sect. This was considered part of their mission.
Compared to previous trips, this convoy returning to the Cyan Yuan Sect was a bit larger. This was because Gu An, Lü Zhenghai, and the others wanted to head to Yu State to deal with the No-Life Evil Cult and wouldn’t be leaving many people behind in Tan City. Naturally, they sent most of the severely injured disciples back to the Cyan Yuan Sect first, while the more lightly injured disciples were allowed to return with them.
Of course, a portion of the disciples would be heading to Yu State. However, those chosen for Yu State would be carefully selected, as this was a joint operation with other Sects. They needed elites to swiftly eliminate the No-Life Evil Cult, giving the Evil Cult no chance to breathe.
Gu An had mentioned these matters to Yang Chan in passing but hadn’t gone into detail. Yang Chan didn’t press for more information. ’If I ask too much and get sent to Yu State for support, that would be a real pain,’ he thought.
So, Yang Chan didn’t ask about anything else and simply followed Gu An’s arrangements to return to the Cyan Yuan Sect.
"Pharmacist Yang, someone over here needs you to take a look."
Han Bingyu rushed over to the carriage Yang Chan was in and said hurriedly.
Someone’s condition was quite serious; they were continuously spitting up blood. She wanted Yang Chan to see if he could save the person’s life.
"Let’s go."
Hearing this, Yang Chan didn’t delay. The return trip to the Cyan Yuan Sect was rather slow because they were using horse-drawn carriages. The severely injured disciples could only be transported back this way.
This was his duty, and he certainly wouldn’t neglect it.
Yang Chan followed Han Bingyu over and saw an injured disciple with a faint aura. The man’s four limbs were intact, but he had been stabbed in the chest, the wound just a hair’s breadth from his heart.
It was lucky he hadn’t died on the spot, but his condition was not good. His wound had become infected.
This was very common; many of the injured died this way. Cleaning internal wounds was extremely troublesome and dangerous, so most of the time, only the external wound was treated. After that, it all came down to the individual’s constitution. Those who could endure it would live. Those who couldn’t... well, only their bones would be brought back.
If the deceased had a family, their remains would be sent directly to their hometown, and the Cyan Yuan Sect would provide compensation for their death and extend its protection to their family. This was one of the benefits of being an Official Disciple of the Cyan Yuan Sect.
Even in death, they were not simply abandoned. This allowed the disciples to fight without worrying about what they left behind. Furthermore, the families of these deceased disciples might even be given an opportunity to join the Cyan Yuan Sect, with higher priority than other candidates.
Those who received such grace from the Cyan Yuan Sect would naturally have a much higher degree of loyalty than others.
If a disciple had no family, they would be buried within the Cyan Yuan Sect’s grounds, and their name would be recorded, ensuring they did not become a lonely, wandering soul. This made the orphans, who had no family, feel a closer bond with the Cyan Yuan Sect.
These acts were also for the benefit of the living, reassuring those like the orphans that they could serve the Cyan Yuan Sect with peace of mind, because the Cyan Yuan Sect would never forget them.
Yang Chan naturally understood how beneficial these policies were to most people. They subtly won the hearts of the Cyan Yuan Sect Disciples, making them even more loyal to the Cyan Yuan Sect.
It was just one of many methods the Cyan Yuan Sect used to foster greater loyalty among its disciples.
