Chapter 578: The Start of a Catastrophe (2/2)

While silence pervaded over the crowd of young leaders, their Sound Stones made sounds one after another.

It was their seniors or sect members urging them to go to the huge vortex and telling them that it was the only way out of this horrible place, and that they shouldn’t waste any time.

One after another, they snuck glances at Nie Tian as they told them about Nie Tian’s take on the matter.

They said that this was all part of the outsiders’ scheme, and that a spatial rift that led directly to the Domain of the Falling Stars would appear on this island in four days.

Moments later, Xuan Ke lowered his Sound Stone and cast a respectful gaze towards Nie Tian as he said, “Our senior confirmed with me that he also learned that the appearance of those six spatial rifts were the outsiders’ scheme, and that many outsider experts are indeed planning on invading the Domain of the Falling Stars through them.

“However, they had doubts about your statement that a spatial rift will appear on this island that will take us back to the Domain of the Falling Stars.”

With a complicated look in his eyes, Qian Xin chimed in, “Our senior held the same opinion. He also told me to join them and go through that vortex to the top continent. Perhaps the path will be full of danger, and we might have to face the outsiders’ pursuit, but that will be the only way to leave here. Once we miss it, we might be stuck here forever.”

Calm as ever, Nie Tian’s eyes narrowed as he said, “I told you. Stay here if you trust me. If you don’t, you’re welcome to leave. I won’t try to stop you.”

“The Dong Clan stays!” Dong Baijie said with great determination. “Nie Tian, if what you just said is true, can I tell our surviving clan members to come to us so that they can figure out a way to return to the Domain of the Falling Stars with us?”

The eyes of many people in the crowd lit up.

All of their seniors had told them that their way back would be full of danger, and perhaps crawling with outsiders.

None of them were absolutely confident that they would make it back to the Domain of the Falling Stars.

If it was true that they could return directly to the Domain of the Falling Stars through a spatial rift on this island, it would definitely be the safer choice.

Not only that, if this worked, they might be able to return to the Domain of the Falling Stars months before the outsiders could find those spatial rifts.

Therefore, they all started to consider Dong Baijie’s proposal.

“They can come, but others can’t,” Nie Tian said. “As you know, Worldly realm and Profound realm cultivators won’t be able to enter this island. I don’t know how things will work out. So even if you all invite your sect members to come here, it doesn’t mean that they’ll get to enter. Besides, if they somehow find a way to enter this island, that means the fifth and sixth grade outsiders will be able to enter as well.

“You don’t need me to tell you how that will end for us.”

After a brief pause, he added, “One more thing. If any of you advance to the Worldly realm on this island, everyone’s life will be in danger.”

“The Yin Sect also stays.” Ye Qin made her stance clear.

Chen Hao nodded and said with a dispirited tone, “All of our Profound realm experts have died. It’ll be a suicide mission if we try to go return through that vortex with just the handful of us. We might as well gamble on Nie Tian’s judgment.”

“The Pill Pavilion Sect stays!” Qian Xin said.

“The Water Moon Chamber of Commerce stays,” Qin Yan said with a sad tone.

Her grandfather, Qin Yi, had died, along with many Worldly realm members of the Water Moon Chamber of Commerce. Without powerful experts to protect her, her best chance lay with Nie Tian.

Nie Tian, however, sat down and didn’t say a word. He even closed his eyes.

The members of the Ice Pavilion Sect, the Cao Clan, and the Gu Clan huddled up and discussed what they would do in low voices.

Their discussion went on for an hour before Xuan Ke, Cao Qiushui, and Gu Haofeng came back and said that they decided to trust Nie Tian and stay.

At this point, every force of the small alliance that had formed around Nie Tian agreed on this matter.

They all gambled their lives on Nie Tian’s judgment.

Nie Tian opened his eyes, and with a faint smile, he said, “There are five days to go. Let’s cultivate while we wait. You can also go around to gather spirit plants during the first four days, but you’ve got to stay by my side on the last day. I won’t wait for any of you.”

Despite Nie Tian’s words, none of the young leaders were in the mood to gather spirit plants. They were all submerged in great sorrow.

They all sat close to Nie Tian, with their sect members. They either discussed things in low voices, or sobbed softly.

Nie Tian, however, sat in his Wood Thriving Formation, completely focused on refining his vortex of wood power with the few days he had left.

None of them knew that outsiders would arrive in three days.