Beneath a verdant mountain, Meng Qingfeng's disheveled figure appeared. Glancing back, he breathed a slight sigh of relief when he didn't see Lu Xin pursuing him.
"Luckily, I had a Three-Cycle Golden Spirit Pill, or I would have been finished here." His expression was extremely unsightly, as he never expected his opponent to be a Celestial Immortal.
Suddenly, his face flushed red, and he supported himself against a blue stone, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Clearly, he had suffered considerable damage. "Damn it, I will avenge this!"
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a sound of rushing air rang out.
"Who is it?" He immediately became vigilant.
"It's me." It was the black-clad man, Zhang He. He slowly walked out, sized up Meng Qingfeng, and said in surprise:
"As expected of a Celestial Immortal, such domineering attack power. Even though your Profound Gold Shield negated most of it, the injuries you sustained are still too much for even a Three-Cycle Golden Spirit Pill to suppress."
Meng Qingfeng's expression darkened further upon hearing this. "Are you here to mock me?"
Zhang He shook his head. Seeing that he was still on guard, he shrugged and said:
"You don't need to be like this. Although we are not on good terms, I wouldn't stoop so low. Otherwise, I wouldn't have deliberately made a noise just now."
Meng Qingfeng secretly breathed a sigh of relief and frowned. "Why didn't you take action earlier?"
He was clearly blaming the other for being the first to flee.
Upon hearing this question, Zhang He's expression turned solemn. "Leaving aside his golden body and armor, just that layer of Celestial Immortal-level astral energy is something I can't break through."
"Hmph." Meng Qingfeng understood this point all too well, but he was simply expressing his dissatisfaction. He was the only one who suffered losses in this battle, not only sustaining serious injuries but also losing the Imperial World-Shocking Spear.
Wanting to retrieve it here was basically impossible.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Just as they were speaking, Qi Fei and Kuang Wan also found their way here.
"Senior Brother Meng, are you alright?"
Seeing Meng Qingfeng's condition and the bloodstains on the blue stone behind him, Qi Fei asked with concern.
Even now, his mind was still buzzing. If Kuang Wan hadn't taken him away, everyone else would have run off, and he would still be rolling around on the spot.
As for the consequences, one could only imagine.
"I'm fine." Meng Qingfeng didn't express any dissatisfaction towards the two, because when it came to fleeing, he had been one step ahead of them.
"Then what should we do now?" Kuang Wan asked.
Meng Qingfeng pondered for a moment. "You all have your tokens, right?"
Seeing the three nod, he continued, "There is only one passage leading to the Immortal Palace. We must get in ahead of him, otherwise, if he blocks the entrance, we will definitely not be able to get in."
The three were clearly aware of the gravity of the situation, but Qi Fei was still somewhat unwilling. "Damn it, I didn't expect him to be a Celestial Immortal. Is there really nothing we can do against him?"
He looked towards the three.
The three remained silent. After a while, Zhang He said, "It's not like there's no way, unless we know a combined attack technique to gather our strength and break through his defense."
"However…"
Speaking to this point, he looked at Qi Fei. "However, firstly, we don't have one. Even if we did, it would take time to coordinate. Secondly, if we fail to kill him in one fell swoop, what awaits us will be slaughter."
"There's also one more thing."
Kuang Wan suddenly added, "From beginning to end, he only used Geng Metal Divine Lightning and a Postnatal Middle-Grade Spiritual Treasure."
Upon hearing this, the others suddenly remembered that the other party still had a Postnatal Supreme Treasure that he hadn't used. But even so, the other party was not someone they could provoke now.
Otherwise, just that body of defense alone would be like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.
"I was just saying."
After hearing their words, Qi Fei completely gave up his unwillingness. He simply hadn't transitioned his identity yet. As the master of the Saint Spirit Immortal Domain and a disciple of the Saint Spirit Immortal Palace, he was used to being proud and arrogant.
For a moment, he hadn't taken the Celestial Immortals outside seriously.
"Alright, I've temporarily suppressed my injuries. Let's hurry to the teleportation array first." Meng Qingfeng urged, not wanting to delay any longer.
The three naturally had no further objections.
Subsequently, they quickly headed towards the teleportation array.
However, what they didn't know was that the bloodstains Meng Qingfeng left on that blue stone were slowly seeping into the stone.
As if something was absorbing it.
After a while, the bloodstains completely disappeared, and the blue stone remained the same as before, as if nothing had changed.
However, at the same time, Meng Qingfeng, who was sitting in meditation on Kuang Wan's cloud, suddenly opened his eyes.
"Senior Brother Meng, what's wrong?" Kuang Wan noticed something was amiss and asked in confusion.
Meng Qingfeng shook his head blankly. "I don't know why, but I suddenly had a feeling of palpitations."
… …
On the other side, Little Vermilion Bird had already returned to Lu Xin's shoulder, chirping and wanting Lu Xin to continue taking it to retrieve its things.
Lu Xin said unhappily, "You little fellow, you tremble with fear when there's danger, but you run out when there's no danger. No wonder the outside world says you're relying on someone else's power."
Little Vermilion Bird blinked its eyes, looking puzzled.
"Just pretend you don't understand." Lu Xin tapped its head.
Beside him, Du Zhiyan chuckled. "You also have times when you're at a loss for words."
Lu Xin glanced at her, indifferently saying, "It's better to be timid like this, so that it won't cause me a bunch of trouble after we get out."
"You've already said it's relying on someone else's power, afraid it'll rely on you to back it up, cause trouble, and then hide behind you?" Du Zhiyan teased.
"Hiss, what you said actually makes sense." After being reminded, Lu Xin looked at Little Vermilion Bird.
"Chirp chirp." Little Vermilion Bird immediately waved its wings, indicating not to listen to her nonsense.
Lu Xin thought about it. Although this little fellow was clever and mischievous, it was still like a child and needed to be educated.
So he began to teach it what it meant to be discreet.
He was very familiar with this. He had taught the Eastern Flower Divine Palace, so he could easily come up with various examples for different scenarios.
The two women beside him looked at him with strange expressions. They never expected that someone in the world would be bored enough to summarize these strange things.
"I'll teach you in detail later." Looking at Little Vermilion Bird's confused appearance, Lu Xin felt that it couldn't digest too much at once and had to take it slowly.
"Did you summarize all of these?" Du Zhiyan asked curiously.
Lu Xin nodded. "No matter how high your cultivation is or how strong your divine powers are, if you die, you have nothing. So the first principle of cultivation is to protect your life."
"Is that why you're unwilling to even reveal your name?" Lu Leiyun suddenly said.
Lu Xin paused for a moment, then shook his head. "It's not entirely that. The main reason is that I don't want to bring misfortune to those close to me."
The two women understood, and they no longer asked in detail, focusing on hurrying on their way.
This area was really not small. Although the three were not slow, the two women were also here for the first time and were not familiar with the terrain, so they took a lot of detours.
"Huh, there's a fight ahead."
Due to Lu Xin's presence, everyone started fleeing like an avalanche as soon as they saw him, which is why they had only encountered people who didn't pay attention to them after walking for so long.
"They're fighting for tokens." Lu Xin saw clearly.
"That's normal."
Lu Leiyun withdrew her divine sense. "After all, there are only a hundred tokens here, which means there are only a hundred spots. If it weren't for you, this place would have already entered a fierce competition."
"Is it my fault?"
Lu Xin shrugged, then narrowed his eyes. "They're all from the Seventy-Two Halls. They dared to surround and kill me before. Now that we've met, there's no way I can let them get their wish."
"Actively causing trouble, is that what you call being discreet?" Du Zhiyan glared at him.
"Of course, otherwise, why would I have painstakingly snuck in here? Isn't it just to bully the weak with my strength?" Lu Xin thought it was a matter of course.
Du Zhiyan was speechless.
And Lu Xin had already disappeared from the spot.
