Chapter 168
"Let's go!" Qin Luochuan hesitated for a moment, looked at the disciples of Houtu Peak who were surrounded by poisonous insects and corpse refining. He hesitated for a moment, then looked at the eyes that were looking at him, gritted his teeth, waved his hand, and signaled the others to leave with him.
Although some of the other people were unbearable, they also knew that with them, it would be useless to go out. Even if the leader of the Tianzi Sect and the Five Poison Sect did not take action, even the large number of poisonous insects and corpse refining would leave them all.
As the enemy had invaded the hinterland of the sect in large numbers, Meng Xiang and others dared not fly in the air. Although the speed was relatively fast, once they were discovered and surrounded, they might end up being wiped out.
After a brief discussion, everyone unanimously decided to break through the ground. Although the speed was a little slower, because they were familiar with the terrain, the safety was much higher.
After walking for about three hours, the group gradually approached the periphery of the Five Elements Mountain. Although they encountered several dangers along the way, fortunately they were all in danger.
Suddenly, Qin Luochuan, who was walking in the front, stopped and made a gesture of enemy situation to everyone. Everyone immediately became quiet and prepared to attack.
After a while, the practitioners' keen five senses made them hear the sound of bird wings flapping. Looking along the sound, it was a gray bird with a wingspan of only one foot longer. It was very inconspicuous. It was a gray bird, a very common bird in the Five Elements Mountains.
Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that they were too sensitive. With such a large area of the Five Elements Mountain, even if there are many enemies invading, they may not be able to pay attention to every corner.
The gray bird hovered over the woods where everyone was hiding, and then flew away. Wherever they passed, some birds flew up, but they did not choose the same direction as it.
Just as Qin Luochuan took his gaze back from the inconspicuous gray sparrow and was about to lead everyone to continue walking outside the Five Elements Mountain, Meng Xiang suddenly pulled out a two-inch-long spike from a thorn beside him and shot out with a swing of his hand.
The next moment, the gray bird, which had already flew out about two hundred feet, suddenly jumped and then fell from the air in a spin.
"Junior brother, what are you doing? That's just an ordinary gray bird." Qin Luochuan stopped Meng Xiang who was about to rush to the place where the gray bird fell.
"Senior brother, please get out of the way. I think there may be something wrong with that gray bird."
The group quickly rushed to the place where the gray fowl fell, and heard the sound of birds flapping their wings from a distance. When they arrived, they immediately felt something was wrong. The thorns had obviously been inserted into the gray fowl's head. If it were ordinary gray fowls, they would have died long ago, but they still seemed very energetic.
Meng Xiang stretched out his finger and pointed it lightly, and a knife air shot out, slashing the gray bird in half neatly, and immediately blood flowed all over the ground. Everyone's faces also changed at the same time.
The blood of the gray finches was actually purple-black, and it emitted an unpleasant odor, or more accurately, the smell of rotting corpses.
"Let's go!" Qin Luochuan and Hua Jiu looked at each other, and immediately led Meng Xiang and others into the woods, jumped between the branches, ran out for nearly a hundred miles in one breath, and then everyone was relieved.
"It was so dangerous just now! If my junior brother hadn't discovered that there was something wrong with the gray bird, we might have been in big trouble." Hua Jiu seemed a little scared.
"Yes, it's really thanks to my junior brother." Qin Luochuan turned his head to Meng Xiang, "Junior brother, no one noticed that the gray bird was wrong. How did you find it? Tell everyone about it."
Seeing the curious eyes that everyone was cast, Meng Xiang did not keep it in hiding and said directly: "I was able to find that there was something wrong with that gray bird. It was not that I was more skilled than everyone else, but that it was related to the profession I had before I practiced immortality."
"Profession?"
"Yes. Before I practiced, I was a hunter and had some understanding of the temperament of various birds and animals. The gray fowl is a very ordinary bird. Other birds have no possibility of automatically avoiding it when they see it, not to mention that there is a peregrine falcon, which feeds on the gray fowl. So when I saw the gray fowl flying by and other birds avoid it, even its natural enemy, the peregrine fowl, I felt that it had a problem. Besides, even if my judgment is wrong, killing a gray fowl is a simple task."
Hua Jiu shook his head and said, "Master is right, pay attention to everything and learn."
As he said that, his expression suddenly dimmed, "I don't know how Master and Uncle are doing? If they hadn't tried their best to block all kinds of attacks, we wouldn't have rushed out of the arena so quickly."
"Brother, don't worry too much. Master and uncle have a high level of cultivation. Although there are many enemies and strong enemies, they still have no problem protecting themselves."
"Yes. We should believe in the skills of our master and uncle."
Seeing Qin Luochuan and Meng Xiang comforting him, Hua Jiu's face looked a little better and said with a forced smile: "Two junior brothers, you are right. Master and uncle are both masters and will not be in danger easily. On the contrary, we must leave as soon as possible so that we will not become a burden to Master and uncle."
The group walked silently in the mountains. With the protection of trees and rocks, although enemies and corpses flew by several times, they did not find any traces of them. However, the closer they were to the boundary of the Five Elements Mountain, the heavier their mood became.
The terrain of the Five Elements Mountain is a bit special. The five peaks are located on a large plain. There are not many trees around the mountain, and there are not even many tall grasses. After Meng Xiang and others left the range of the Five Elements Mountain, they need to pass through a 200-mile-wide grassland, and in this process they will be completely exposed to the enemy's vision.
Qin Luochuan discussed with everyone and decided to choose a route first and wait until it gets dark before taking action. Although the night vision ability of practitioners and some birds is very strong, it is not as good as seeing far in the darkness during the day.
In fact, there is another reason why they chose to leave at night, which is to treat the wounded. Although Bai Zhanpeng, who was in a coma and Lu Xiaochuan, who was in a semi-unconscious, were fed by Hua Jiu, the heart protection pill was protected, so that their injuries did not worsen.
However, the Ziyang True Fire carried by the Taoist art released by the Lord of Ziyang Palace is extremely powerful. If it is not treated very quickly, the effect of the Heart Protection Pill will probably lose its effect.
In the newly dug cave on the mountain, Hua Jiu and Hua An Huaquan became busy. Hua Jiu treated Bai Zhanpeng and Lu Xiaochuan, Hua An attacked, and Hua Quan treated others internal and external injuries.
When it was getting dark, the treatment finally came to an end. Hua Jiu and Hua An Huaquan master and apprentice both looked good. Although Bai Zhanpeng and Lu Xiaochuan both regained their consciousness, the Ziyang True Fire that invaded their bodies could not be completely removed. If the Ziyang True Fire was not removed, it would consume their original energy. Once the original energy was exhausted, they would be completely helpless.
Bai Zhanpeng wriggled his chapped lips and comforted Hua Jiu in a weak and hoarse tone: "Master, you... don't be sad. You have tried your best. Senior Brother Lu and I have a bad life, no wonder others. It's dark, you keep me and we will lead the enemy away, and you will break out, and be sure to leave hope for our Lieyang Peak. One day, our Lieyang Peak can rise again, and Senior Brother Lu and I will be smiling."
Lu Xiaochuan continued, "Junior Brother Bai is right. No wonder Master, we have a bad life, we deserve this disaster. Master, after you leave, help me transfer a successor and let him inherit my mantle. This is my experience in studying talismans over the years. I can't bear to turn it into dust with me." As he said that, he struggled to take off the storage ring on his finger and handed it to Hua Jiu tremblingly.
Hua Jiu took the storage ring and put it in his arms, then suddenly stretched out his hands, pinching a sharp silver needle in each hand, and stabbed Bai Zhanpeng and Lu Xiaochuan a few times. They quickly closed their eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
Qin Luochuan looked at Hua Jiu with a worried look on his face and asked, "Senior Brother, is the situation really so bad?"
"The actual situation is even worse. The Ziyang True Fire is the natal true fire derived from the Ziyang Divine Art of the Ziyang Palace Town Sect. It is extremely domineering and can incinerate all things. They have invaded the meridians and internal organs of Zhan Peng and Xiaochuan. If it weren't for the medicinal power of the Heart Protection Pill, they would have turned into coke and died of death."
"Are they really no rescue?"
"That's not. As far as I know, there is another thing that can relieve the purple yang true fire in their bodies."
"What?" Not only Qin Luochuan became excited, but Meng Xiang and others were also shocked.
Hua Jiu saw the hopeful eyes that everyone had cast at him, shook his head and said, "Don't have too much hope. The spiritual medicine I mentioned that can save Zhan Peng and Xiaochuan is called Nine Yin Fruit, which is the most yin and cold, and can relieve all fire poisons. But I have only seen Nine Yin Fruit in medical books and I don't know anything about its appearance and origin."
After hearing Hua Jiu's words, the light of hope in Meng Xiang and others' eyes immediately dimmed, and they all lowered their heads and remained silent. The air in the entire cave became more and more dull, making everyone feel a little breathless.
Just when Meng Xiang felt that the air in the cave was almost depressed, Hua Jiu and Qin Luochuan finally took action, tied Bai Zhanpeng and Lu Xiaochuan to their backs respectively, and the others stood up and prepared to cross the prairie.
After walking out of the cave entrance and removing the maze, Meng Xiang looked at his pocket watch. It was 2:50 in the morning, which was the darkest time of the night. If nothing unexpected happened, they would cross the prairie in a quarter of an hour.
The group came down from the mountain where they were hiding, followed the route they had chosen, and quickly arrived at the edge of the Five Elements Mountain. Everyone was like the ghost of the night, without making a sound.
After Meng Xiang learned through Mo Yu Crow that there were no traces of enemies or corpse refining nearby, the group of people slipped silently into the deep night like bats. They used flight techniques. Although they did not fly quickly with magic weapons, they had little movement.
It seems that the saying that if the disaster is not over, the blessings will come true on them. Meng Xiang and his party successfully crossed two-thirds of the distance from the prairie and did not encounter any danger. Everyone's hearts were hanging a little.
However, just when Meng Xiang and others thought they were safe, a sudden light shone behind them, and explosions and fighting sounds sounded.
Meng Xiang looked back and was furious. No one had the same idea as them. He was going to leave the Five Elements Mountain in the dark, but their luck was obviously not as good as theirs, and they were discovered by the enemy.
However, what annoyed Meng Xiang the most was that the person who was found was facing them in the direction of escape. They became the pond fish that was affected by the fire at the city gate.
Chapter completed!