The casual cultivators walked out of the temporary hut one by one, their expressions full of surprise but also a little confused and uneasy.
Soon the whole camp became noisy.
Immediately, some people packed their bags, called acquaintances, and each group started to return eagerly.
Chen Li didn't want to stay in such a dangerous area for too long. After discussing with Zhang Yan, Zhao Changer and others, he decided to leave with this wave of returning people. The more people, the safer. This is the simplest principle.
It was very orderly when we arrived, but when we returned it became noisy, with people all over the mountains and plains.
Although monks in the late stage of Qi training can fly with weapons, firstly, it consumes a lot of spiritual energy and cannot fly very far, so it can only be used for short-distance travel. Secondly, in such a wild place, the road is not safe, so you must always keep enough energy.
of spiritual power.
Therefore, even monks at the ninth level of Qi training can only walk honestly.
Of course, for Chen Li, these are not problems.
His near-maximum wind-controlling spell consumes very little spiritual power, and the spell lasts a long time. It only takes a few spells to travel hundreds of miles. If he sets out in the early morning, he can have dinner at home at noon.
However, he was not alone after all.
You can't leave Zhou Hong behind and let her walk back slowly, right? He can't do such a thing yet.
The forest after burning was a piece of scorched earth, and everything as far as the eye could see was black. Not to mention monsters, there were very few wild beasts. At first, the atmosphere of the crowd was a little depressing, but it soon became more relaxed.
The joking continued.
Chen Li had always been a little uneasy. He always had lunch on the road and simply ate some dry food without even stopping.
To be able to have a Jindan Patriarch come in person is definitely a big event among the big things. He just wants to stay away from here, the sooner the better.
It wasn't until the evening went smoothly that his tense mind finally relaxed a little.
In late autumn, the streams freeze into ice.
It gets even colder as night falls.
The land that had been burned by the fire was quite quiet, and there was a light layer of mist on the ground. People were walking in groups, talking and laughing along the way, but it didn't look deserted.
As the night gets darker, the fog becomes thicker and thicker.
"The fog is too heavy today. If I had known I should have stayed at the abandoned temporary camp just now." Zhao Changer said worriedly.
"It's not safe to live in the wilderness." Zhang Yan said disapprovingly: "I'd rather be on the road!"
"What are so many people afraid of?" Zhao Changer asked.
"Didn't you feel that it was too quiet on this road?" Chen Li suddenly said: "It stands to reason that there should be talented people in front of us, around us."
The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
The team quickly stopped.
Everyone looked at each other and saw the uneasiness on each other's faces.
"It seems that no one was heard except us!" An old cultivator who followed Chen Li's team said in a trembling voice: "The fog is too heavy and we can't go any further. We may be going in the wrong direction!"
Chen Li's face was solemn, and he didn't know if it was an illusion. He always felt that there was a cold gaze staring at him.
He touched a stack of evil-destroying talismans on his chest and found that it was slightly warm.
He took out one card and quickly played it using the throwing technique.
"Snapped!"
The talisman exploded.
A circle of evil-destroying power swept around.
Faintly, there seemed to be a shadow, flashing past in the thick white mist.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Hong asked after seeing Chen Li's actions.
There was a hint of nervousness in his voice.
"Everyone, be careful, we are being targeted by evil spirits!" Chen Li said in a deep voice with a serious look on his face.
When everyone heard this, their expressions suddenly changed, and they all became wary.
"It's over, it's over, how can there be evil spirits here?" The old cultivator murmured to himself: "Did...he escaped here?"
"Old man, please stop being so cunning." Zhao Changer said irritably, "It must not be that one, otherwise we would have died long ago."
The old cultivator quickly closed his mouth with a stern look on his face.
Chen Li was thoughtful when he heard this.
The reason why this evil spirit didn't take action was probably because he was afraid of the stack of evil-destroying talismans on his body.
Even being targeted by them is probably because of this. Having so many evil-destroying talismans on my body, in the eyes of evil spirits, is like a torch in the dark, and it is too conspicuous in the crowd.
Time passes minute by minute.
The atmosphere was extremely depressing and made one breathless.
Chen Li's spiritual sense seemed to capture a vague figure, and he once again played an evil-destroying talisman.
The mist stirred inexplicably from time to time, but failed again.
The pile of evil-busting talismans on his chest became hotter and hotter, and even started to feel slightly hot. Chen Li still didn't notice it. He even closed his eyes and used his spiritual sense to produce an evil-busting talisman from time to time in his hand.
Waves of evil-destroying power swept the surroundings from time to time.
Zhou Hong hugged the pale-faced Zhang Shuniang and silently comforted her.
In just five or six minutes, Chen Li played more than a dozen evil-breaking charms. The surrounding area became quieter and quieter. Only the sound of heavy breathing could be clearly heard, and everyone stared at Chen Li closely.
Everyone knows that as soon as Chen Li's evil-destroying talisman is used up.
It's their time of death.
The Evil-Breaking Talismans are consumed one after another.
When the evil spirits gradually relaxed their vigilance, suddenly, a palm thunder suddenly lit up from the palm of Chen Li's hand.
"boom!"
A bolt of lightning shot through the fog instantly.
"ah!"
A frightening scream sounded.
Chen Li's heart skipped a beat, and there was a "pop" sound as if something was breaking in his chest.
The terrifying figure in the mist seemed to be angered by Chen Li's attack, and instead of retreating, it rushed forward like a phantom.
The evil-destroying talismans on his chest began to heat up rapidly, as if they were on fire. Chen Li's scalp exploded, his hair stood on end, and his whole body was stiffened by an extremely terrifying aura.
He couldn't react at all.
In an instant.
The evil spirit is close at hand.
"It's over!" Only one thought flashed through Chen Li's mind.
At this moment of death, the evil spirit stopped suddenly just a few feet away from Chen Li. White smoke and burnt odor erupted from his body, and the air was distorted. The evil spirit was wrapped in a layer of faint shadow, gray and white, and the skin
It's dry and smells terrible.
"This is because I am afraid of the evil-breaking talisman..."
"Damn it!" Chen Li gritted his teeth and resisted the terrifying breath, his lips wriggled, and when he raised his hand, he struck a palm thunder.
Xie Sui's body flashed, like a phantom, escaping in an instant.
But the next moment, Chen Li mobilized all his spiritual power and suddenly drew his sword. The sword flashed with lightning, and the blade cut through the air, making a sharp roar.
"when!"
The sharp sword blade struck the opponent, but was blocked by the shadow on his body, leaving him unscathed.
"I still don't believe it." Chen Li was also inspired by fear. A light a hundred times more dazzling than the sun lit up from his eyes, and the night turned into day in an instant.
Evil spirits seem to be afraid of light.
His whole body froze under the flash of light.
After refining the marrow, Chen Li reacted so quickly. When he saw his flaw, he took the opportunity to rub himself up. He gathered all his strength into one force and stabbed Xie Sui with a sword. Among all his sword techniques, the stabbing sword was the fastest.
It is also the most powerful sword.
In an instant, a loud explosion suddenly sounded.
The long sword was like a terrifying electric light, piercing the thick air.
Xie Sui came back to his senses and only had time to turn slightly.
"boom!"
A pale and oozing arm was instantly exploded.
"ah!"
Xie Sui once again let out a frightening scream, and then Chen Li felt his eyes blur and lost sight of him.
"Where did it go?"
Chen Li used the Flash Technique again, his eyes constantly scanning like searchlights, but no trace of the other party was found either in front of him or behind him. Then, he found that even the severed arm that he had just blown off was gone.
Only a few black blood stains were left in place.
"How is this possible? Could it be that he has legs?"
He looked wary.
It's been a long time.
Until the burning sensation from the thick stack of evil-breaking talismans on his chest gradually faded away.
Only then did Chen Li realize that the evil spirit had been completely frightened away by him.
He felt relieved and almost sat down on the ground.
It was only then that he noticed that everyone was lying on the ground in a mess. Chen Li was shocked and quickly went over to help Zhou Hong up and checked. Fortunately, he just fainted.
"Then... evil spirits...!" Zhou Hong said weakly after waking up.
"Don't worry, the evil spirit has left." Chen Li asked with concern: "Are you okay?"
"It's nothing serious, I just have a little headache." Zhou Hong covered her head and said.
"You sit down for a while, I'll wake up the others."
"Yeah!" Zhou Hong responded weakly.
Next, Chen Li woke everyone up one by one.
"I'm still alive." Zhao Changer pinched his thigh fiercely and said in surprise: "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Chen, for saving me!"
Chen Li waved his hand: "If you want to thank me, don't say it. This is not a place to stay for a long time. Let's leave now."
"Yes, yes, yes!" The old cultivator quickly stood up and said: "Evil spirits are the most vindictive. Once targeted, they will be like tarsal bones and will not stop until death."
Zhang Yan helped Zhang Shuniang up: "Look, the thick fog has faded."
The surrounding fog is getting lighter and lighter.
Obviously, the thick fog before was not natural at all.
There was no one around and it was quiet.
"We seemed to have been going in circles before." Zhou Hong said: "We are completely separated from the main force."
"It shouldn't have fallen very far!" Chen Li said.
…
The group of people set out on the road again.
On the way, Chen Li took out the pendant from his chest and found that the mysterious ruby that was obtained from the great-great-grandson of the Zhou family and could be used to resist mental attacks was full of cracks.
"Kacha!"
My hands didn't use much force.
The ruby broke into several pieces and fell to the ground.
"No wonder, with Xie Sui's frightened scream before, everyone else fainted and fell to the ground, but he was fine." Chen Li thought to himself.
"It's a pity...it's completely useless!"
With a look of pain on his face, Chen Li pulled off the rope chain and threw it to the ground.
Not just this jade pendant.
More than 30 evil-breaking talismans were also consumed. As for the remaining more than 100 talismans, he checked and found that most of the spiritual power on them was also consumed, making them almost useless. It can be said that the loss was heavy.
Fortunately, he is still alive.
Fortunately, I have many evil-destroying charms on me.
Otherwise, I'm afraid this time it will be a disaster.
Everyone speeded up their pace all the way, hurrying and hurrying, and finally caught up with the tail of the large army in the early morning.