The moonlight dimmed.
The valley is silent.
Yu Ye was sitting under an old tree, holding a spiritual stone in his hand, his eyes slightly closed, as if he was in meditation.
Zhan Kun, Linghu Bei and Xun Yuan were sitting on the hillside a few feet away, seeming to be breathing in and out.
Wen Gui sat guarding a piece of bluestone.
In other words, he was guarding Ai Yang and Xin Feizi who were sitting on the bluestone, because every move he made was ingratiating himself with the two senior brothers from Tiansha Hall.
After escaping from Hengshan Mountain, dusk had fallen. The group of seven people did not dare to stop and continued running with all their strength until midnight, when they landed in this valley. They have been fighting hard for a long time, and have traveled long distances, and are in urgent need of rest; the other one is waiting for E'an's arrival.
Before E'an arrived, Ai Yang and Xin Feizi became Wen Gui's only support. Otherwise, Zhan Kun will definitely cause trouble for him. He is not afraid of Zhan Kun, but he is afraid that he will join forces with Linghu Bei and Xun Yuan. There is also Yu Ye, who looks young and has low cultivation, but is always doing mischief in the dark. He is not a good person either.
A gust of mountain wind blew, adding a bit of chill to the night.
Wen Gui quietly raised his eyes, then slowly closed his eyes.
"Plop la la——"
At this moment, a strange noise suddenly came from the distance.
Wen Gui jumped up suddenly and whispered: "Two senior brothers, be careful-"
Ai Yang sat motionless and didn't even raise his eyelids.
Xin Feizi shook his head and said, "It's just a bird frightening the forest!"
Sure enough, a bird flew across the night sky, flapped its wings, and disappeared into the darkness in an instant.
"Well, thank you for your advice, senior brother!"
Wen Gui was not embarrassed, and actually thanked him, stretched his sleeves, and sat down cross-legged in a relaxed manner.
"hehe!"
Someone sneered.
Wen Gui's face stiffened and he said angrily: "Why are you making fun of me?"
Sure enough, I saw a sarcastic smile on Brother Zhan's face, but he closed his eyes and whispered softly to himself: "The old bird is always frightened at night. I don't know if it is timid by nature or a guilty conscience. Don't go astray." good!"
"You...hum!"
Wen Gui knew that he was criticizing Sang and Huai, but he couldn't refute it, otherwise he would be humiliated, so he had to give up with a groan.
Under the shadow of a tree not far away, he was sitting in the wild as before.
He seemed indifferent, but he also had a smile on his lips and a hint of joy on his eyebrows.
Wen Gui is disgusting, but there is nothing she can do about him. Only Zhan Kun refused to spare him and always embarrassed him everywhere. As the saying goes, frost is also afraid of being exposed to the sun, and evil people will be punished by evil people.
However, E'an said that he came later, but he still didn't show up. He must have been unable to get rid of his opponent's entanglement.
The Yuanying elder of the Tianji Sect is powerful, cruel and cruel, and has an unpredictable temperament that is terrifying. And his opponent, Guanyi of the Tiantong sect, looks like a loyal old man, but he is not a ruthless person.
Perhaps the longer you practice, the higher your cultivation level becomes, and the more you become indifferent to life and death, but the cost is every living life.
Killing or being killed is really as simple as drinking wine and eating meat. And this road of life and death is the so-called immortal path?
Yu Ye secretly breathed a sigh of relief and slowly opened his eyes.
He took out a jar of wine and broke the mud seal.
The strong aroma of wine drifted in the wind, causing several companions to turn their heads to look. Even Wen Gui swallowed his saliva and salivated with greed.
It turned out to be Leng Chen's wine collection, a jar of thirty-year-old wine.
Yu Ye was a little reluctant.
Fine wine seems to have life. Once you drink it, it will never be alive again.
"Plop la la——"
There are frightened birds flying in the night sky in the distance.
Yu Ye took a sip of wine and a gleam flashed in his eyes.
Zhan Kun, Linghu Bei, Xun Yuan, as well as Ai Yang and Xin Feizi all stood up and watched. Wen Gui also stood up again and muttered: "It's the old bird frightening the forest again..."
But in the blink of an eye, there was suddenly a little light in the dark valley, like fireflies, flying quickly across the valley and grass.
He came, but with fierce murderous intent, clearly a series of life-threatening sword rays.
"Walk--"
Ai Yang shouted loudly and stood up from the ground with Xin Feizi.
Wen Gui followed closely behind.
Zhan Kun, Linghu Bei, and Xun Yuan followed and jumped into the air, never forgetting to call out: "Junior Brother Yu..."
Junior brother Yu and Yu Ye were still sitting under the shadow of the tree drinking wine until they drank the last drop of wine, then they threw the wine jar away without finishing. More than a dozen sword rays had rushed in, and there was no way to avoid them. The "boom" light flashed, and the tree trunks that were more than a foot thick had been blown to pieces.
At this moment, more than ten sword lights appeared again around the hillsides and valleys.
The masters from Lelang County had already chased them and discovered everyone, but they were quietly hiding in the dark, trying to form an encirclement, not wanting to accidentally disturb the night birds and reveal their whereabouts.
There are twenty or thirty golden elixir masters. Once the encirclement succeeds, if they use the sword formation again, the consequences will be disastrous.
Zhan Kun had no time to pay attention to him, so he was about to fly away, but was blocked by several sword lights. While he was still in a hurry, he suddenly heard someone shouting: "Go north -"
A figure appeared hundreds of feet away, it was Yu Ye. In the direction where he was, there was still a gap in the encircling formation.
Ai Yang also discovered the turning point and hurriedly said: "Everyone, go north——"
They were all masters of the eighth level of the Golden Core and above, and when it was time to escape, they each spared no effort to escape.
In an instant, all seven people escaped from the siege.
The plot of a group of golden elixir masters failed, and they appeared one after another, but they were unwilling to give up and chased after them.
Run away!
There was no need for Ai Yang's instructions or other people's reminders, just show off your magical powers and flee all the way north.
Yu Ye used his escape techniques several times in succession and reached a distance of seven or eight hundred miles. He stood with his sword in mid-air and looked back.
But under the dark sky, dozens of rays of light came across the night sky. Among them are the light of flying swords and the light of escaping magic. They are as strange as meteors, but they are also full of dangers due to the competition of life and death.
Those masters should be elite disciples of the Tiantong sect, but they were ordered to hunt them down?
If this is the case, I am afraid that the situation of the seven people in the group is not good.
"Junior Brother Yu——"
But while he was breathing, a figure wrapped in light approached. It was Zhan Kun. His escape was much faster than ordinary people. He said in a hurry: "We must stop him, otherwise it will be difficult to escape..."
Yu Ye's figure flashed, his hands came out, and the restrictions flew out, filling a hundred feet radius in an instant.
Zhan Kun didn't care to stop, and activated the ban at the same time, and sent a message: "Brother Linghu, Brother Xun, Brother Ai, Brother Xin, be careful——"
Wen Gui had already rushed over and almost hit the ban.
Linghu Bei, Xun Yuan and others followed, but more than ten figures followed them. Each received a sound transmission and successfully passed through the gap in the restriction. Finally, Xin Feizi sealed the way to death. Then the light flashed and the sound vibrated continuously. One after another, figures hit the restriction and suddenly became chaotic.
Ai Yang raised his hand and waved, and everyone continued to fly away...
At dawn.
Seven figures descended from the sky, "thump, thump" and sat slumped on the grass in the forest, all panting and exhausted.
After a series of hard fights, escapes, and continuous escape techniques, even the masters of the ninth level of the Golden Core were miserable. Fortunately, they had escaped the pursuit of the Tiantong disciples.
Yu Ye was sitting leaning against a small tree, with his mouth open and breathing heavily, looking even more miserable. And he took out a few pills and threw them into his mouth, with a strange smile on his face.
In the past, one person was running for his life; now, groups of people are running for his life, and they are all disciples of famous sects, but they are no different from how he was in despair and panic back then.
"Senior Brother Xin, where have you and I been?"
"I don't know yet, let's check..."
Ai Yang and Xin Feizi took out the map slips to find out where they were.
"You and I may have strayed from the direction. This place is still three to five miles away from Kunyuan Gate."
"That's it for now, I hope it's okay..."
While the two were discussing, they heard Wen Gui complain: "We should have arrived at Kunyuan City as soon as possible and could have taken the road to Yulin to return to Yunxia. It's just Yu Ye's fault..."
Yu Ye frowned and ignored it.
Zhan Kun refused to give up and scolded: "Senior Brother Wen, you and I are rushing in the dark. We will inevitably make mistakes on the way, but what does it have to do with Junior Brother Yu?"
Wen Gui said: "He is leading the way..."
"Has he ever led the way?"
"He ran away quickly..."
"shut up!"
Zhan Kun interrupted again and said sarcastically: "When it comes to escaping from battle, who can escape as fast as you?"
"Junior brothers!"
Xin Feizi waved his hand and advised: "Don't argue..."
But Ai Yang's expression changed, and he suddenly flew up with his sword, landing on the ground again in a moment, and said angrily: "The disciples of Tiantong Sect have chased us three to four hundred miles away, and the masters among them have discovered traces of you and me."
His spiritual consciousness was quite powerful and could see three to five hundred miles away, and he noticed the danger in time, causing everyone present to panic.
Wen Gui was spinning around in circles, scratching his ears and cheeks and said, "Oh, if this continues, it will be impossible to escape. I'm afraid I'll be caught up before reaching Yunxia County..." He stopped suddenly and faced Ai Yang and Xin Feizi. Said: "For the present plan, we must leave people behind, otherwise we will be trapped in a tight siege and no one will be able to escape!"
Ai Yang nodded and said: "It is an expedient measure for someone to cut off the rear and for someone to escape to avoid the whole army being annihilated!"
Xin Feizi hesitated and said, "Who will be the queen?"
Wen Gui seemed to have planned it for a long time, and blurted out: "Junior brother Zhan, he is very powerful, and with the help of senior brothers Linghu and Xun, he is enough to deal with many masters from the Tiantong sect!"
"hehe!"
Zhan Kun shook his head and said with an honest smile: "In terms of cultivation and resourcefulness, no one can compare with Senior Brother Wen. If you stay here as the queen, everything will be safe!"
Linghu Bei and Xun Yuan had angry expressions on their faces and said, "If Junior Brother Wen stays behind, we are willing to sacrifice our lives to accompany him!"
"no no!"
Wen Gui waved his hand hurriedly.
Ai Yang has lost his patience and said: "It won't help if we delay like this!"
Xin Feizi stood up and said: "No one wants to stay as a queen, just let nature take its course!"
Wen Gui rolled his eyes and said hurriedly: "In that case, why not draw lots to determine destiny?"
Ai Yang said: "Oh, do you have any objections?"
Seeing that everyone was silent, Xin Feizi rolled up a handful of weeds with his sleeves, selected seven grass stems from them, cut off three of them with his own hands, then turned them over, covered them with restraints, and urged: "Without further delay, please—"
Wen Gui took out a grass stem first, but hid it in his sleeve and refused to show it to anyone.
Ai Yang also stepped forward to take out one, but his grass stem was intact.
Zhan Kun, Linghu Bei and Xun Yuan exchanged glances and said, "Junior Brother Yu, please——"
This is taking care of Yu Ye.
Yu Ye did not refuse and took a grass stem from Xin Feizi's hand. And he didn't even look at it, just threw it on the ground. The grass stem was only half cut, so he became the candidate to be cut off.
With an apology on his face, Zhan Kun, Linghu Bei and Xun Yuan extracted the grass stems, but both of them were intact.
"Haha, it's destiny!"
Xin Feizi raised the last half of the grass stalk and said, "Junior brother Yu and I will stay together..."
"Wait!"
Zhan Kun hurriedly interrupted and said: "Senior Brother Wen, since you proposed drawing lots, you should just leave it to fate and take it out——"
Wen Gui froze in place, with a look of embarrassment on his face.
He lingered for a moment, then slowly opened his palms, revealing the half of the grass stem he had hidden...
