Three days passed by in a hurry.
At the exit of the canyon, more than a hundred monks gathered together, all kinds of escaping lights dancing, and the momentum was huge.
Zhang Yao had just arrived at the exit of the canyon when he saw Chen Qingju at the front of the crowd, standing out like a chicken.
"Um?"
Zhang Yao's expression moved slightly, and he found that Chen Qingju was saying something with a smile on her face. There were three other Qi Refining monks standing beside her.
Obviously, these three people are the three perfect Qi refining monks mentioned by Chen Qingju.
"This woman doesn't know what she is planning..."
Zhang Yao withdrew his gaze and blended into the crowd in a low-key manner, secretly sizing up his temporary companion beside him.
Most of the northbound team of more than a hundred people are in the late stage of Qi refining, and a few are in the middle stage of Qi refining.
As for the monks who have achieved perfect Qi refining, there are only four monks in total, and they stick together and act together, which is quite eye-catching.
A moment later:
Almost all of the nearly 150 monks participating in the northbound team had arrived, and many monks were noisy and urging the organizers.
The organizers put away the flags they were carrying and looked at Chen Qingju, showing their intention to explore.
"As expected, she is the real leader of this northbound team."
Zhang Yao squinted his eyes, not having much surprise in his heart.
In all the previous northbound teams, the person with the highest cultivation level was basically the organizer and leader.
Chen Qingju was the first to arrive, so she must have seized the opportunity to observe the registered monks openly and select the 'companions' she needed.
The three monks who had achieved perfect Qi refining were all convinced by her, so naturally no one competed with her for this position.
"Isn't this woman an insider of those robbing cultivator gangs?"
Zhang Yao had some doubts in his heart and secretly guessed.
But if it is as he expected, it will be a good thing for him. As long as he keeps an eye on Chen Qingju, it will not be difficult to follow the clues and successfully hunt down the leader of the robbery cultivator behind her.
"It's a pity that one is missing..."
Chen Qingju, who was in front of the crowd, looked away, feeling secretly sorry in her heart.
She actually noticed Zhang Yao.
It's just that Zhang Yao's refusal was too firm that day, so she gave up on doing anything unnecessary.
After she regained her attention, she discussed with the three monks who had perfected their Qi refining skills and made final preparations before departure.
A moment later:
"Set off!"
After Chen Qingju gave the order, she and the three monks who had perfected their Qi refining set up the escape light and flew side by side.
More than a hundred Qi Refining cultivators all harnessed the escaping light to follow behind them. They seemed to be a mighty mass and the momentum was quite astonishing.
"Rumble..."
The escaping light passed across the sky, and the sea of clouds rolled endlessly.
The speed of light escape of more than a hundred Qi Refining monks varies, but most of the later monks have about the same speed.
The several Qi Refining Consummation monks headed by them deliberately slowed down to cooperate with the large troops.
But even so, the monks in the middle stage of Qi refining soon couldn't keep up.
The gap in cultivation level made these middle-stage Qi-refining monks try their best to escape, but they still gradually fell behind.
Many monks looked on with cold eyes and flew past, minding their own business.
Some monks in the middle stage of Qi refining went home dejectedly; but there were still some monks in the middle stage who were unwilling to take chances and still followed the large army at a distance.
"With such poor cultivation, traveling through this last barren area is like a narrow escape..."
Zhang Yao shook his head secretly and ignored these straggler monks, continuing to mix with the large army and move northward.
Just a moment later:
The escape light of hundreds of monks went straight across the border of Lu State and entered the endless barren belt that stretched to the horizon.
The feeling of desolation and death rushed towards them, and many monks looked solemn. They took out spiritual stones and held them in their palms, constantly absorbing spiritual energy to refine and replenish their magic power.
The same is true for the leading Qi Refining Perfection monks.
Because of the existence of the robbery cultivator gang, the deserted area is full of dangers. Even those with profound power must remain cautious at all times.
"boom……"
Hundreds of escaping lights go all the way north, traveling across the flat and dead land, giving the illusion of time and space frozen.
If it weren't for the gradual shift of the sun in the sky, the light and darkness would still be changing, almost giving people the illusion that they were standing still.
No one in the team of hundreds of people whispered to each other. Everyone was sulking and running away, constantly refining spiritual energy to restore mana without daring to stop for a moment.
After flying for more than ten hours in one breath:
Most of the more than a hundred monks who were in the late stages of Qi refining and had reached perfection showed signs of fatigue, and the spiritual stones in their hands had been changed many times.
The Qi veins all over the body have a limit of carrying capacity, and Qi refining monks are not perpetual motion machines, and cannot rely on spiritual stones to infinitely restore mana.
After flying thousands of miles in the deserted area, it is already close to the limit of most people. If they fly another thousand or two thousand miles, the mana replenishment of the monks in the later stage of Qi refining cannot keep up with the consumption, and the spiritual energy will escape and the mana will be reversed. risks of.
"Everyone, be careful!"
Chen Qingju, the leader, suddenly shouted loudly:
"We have entered the last five hundred miles of our journey!"
"Those robbing cultivator gangs may come over at any time, so everyone must be vigilant!"
As soon as these words came out, many monks suddenly looked solemn and showed signs of alertness.
Some took out the magic weapon and held it in their hands; some quickly swallowed the elixir, their eyes constantly scanning the surroundings, and they were ready.
No one can live in the deserted belt for a long time, and the Jiexiu gang's home base is also on the border of Dali. They are always watching the movements in the deserted belt and preparing to intercept and kill them.
Under normal circumstances, even a monk with perfect Qi refining can only sense the fluctuations of spiritual energy within a few dozen miles, and cannot detect it further away.
But in the deserted zone, any slight fluctuation of spiritual energy can spread hundreds of miles like ripples on a calm lake, and there is no way to avoid being sensed by others.
Ten miles, twenty miles, fifty miles...
Many monks accelerated their speed of escaping light, and fled anxiously, always paying attention to the movement on the horizon.
"boom!"
After a while, a whistling sound that escaped the light and pierced the air was faintly heard in the distance, making many monks change their expressions.
When he looked up, he saw large areas of escaping light appearing from the three directions of due north, northeast, and northwest at the same time, charging towards them with great force.
The distance of only tens of miles is only a blink of an eye for the monks who are in the late stage of Qi refining and have reached perfection.
"So many tribulation cultivators!"
Zhang Yao was also shocked.
He originally thought that the robbery cultivators in the deserted area could only be a gang of a dozen people at most, but he did not expect that among the three robbery cultivator gangs, the largest one even had a size of more than thirty people.
What kind of chaos has Dali's world of immortality become, leading to the emergence of so many calamity cultivators?
"There are actually so many!"
"Damn it! This is bad!"
"Let's go! Let's go!"
Many monks in the northbound team suddenly became confused and almost subconsciously broke away from the team and fled separately.
The Jie cultivators entrenched on the border are all desperadoes with ferocious fighting skills and ruthless attacks. If they fight head-on with them, they don't have much chance of winning.
If you don't leave now, if you are held back and more gangs of robber cultivators arrive, you won't be able to escape!
(End of chapter)
