The disciples of Mountain Heng nodded, "Qin Jiu! You're remarkable this time. Our Mountain Heng remembers you! When we reach the Nascent Soul Realm, we'll seek you out to settle this, and undoubtedly restore our honor!"
The disciples of Mountain Heng understood that continuing the fight was pointless; they were merely paving the way for others. Even if they managed to kill the severely weakened Qin Jiu now, it wouldn't prove their worth to their sect, and would also earn the enmity of Mo Zhu Mountain and Mount Song, creating immense karmic repercussions.
So the group decisively turned to seizing other peaks instead. After all, their numbers were quite substantial, and besides Qin Jiu's peak, there were still eight other peaks to challenge.
Ji Qingyan watched them leave, smiled, and quietly retreated underground.
