Chapter 117: Escape

"Senior... Senior..."

Seeing his hands suddenly drop and there was no movement, Song Qingming hurriedly stepped forward to check, only to find that the aura on this senior had completely dissipated. This time, he really returned to the underworld.

In just a short moment, Song Qingming experienced a series of ups and downs in his heart.

After picking up this person by the river, he thought he had gotten involved in a difficult trouble this time. Later, seeing this person suddenly wake up, although Song Qingming was somewhat afraid, he was very glad that he could finally get rid of this problem. He did not expect that he had not even said a word before dying in front of him. Song Qingming was completely dumbfounded this time, and his heart was also extremely depressed.

This person's injuries were so serious, and he ran into these deep mountains, possibly caused by being chased by enemies on the way. It seems that this place is not safe. In case his enemy sees that he had seen him, he will inevitably suffer from the disaster of the pond fish. Thinking of this, Song Qingming quickly collected the storage bag and the jade box on his body and buried his corpse hastily in a pile of rubble at the foot of the mountain.

"Senior, please do not blame me. Now the situation is dangerous, and the junior cannot stay here for long. After the junior goes to the Xiaoyao Sect to clarify this matter in the future, I will come to collect the senior's corpse. I hope the senior in heaven will bless the junior to be able to escape smoothly this time."

After bowing and worshiping this senior, Song Qingming quickly turned and left here.

Song Qingming had not walked for an hour when three Foundation Establishment cultivators stepped on flying swords and found their way to the riverside.

One of the handsome young men looked carefully by the river and said to the other man and woman beside him: "That's right, the aura indeed reached here. It looks like he couldn't hold on and the poison had already broken out, so he wanted to use the river water to cover his escape from our tracking."

"No matter what, he must not be allowed to escape alive. Otherwise, once the sect learns of this matter, everyone will be in big trouble." The speaker was the Foundation Establishment woman among the three, wearing a veil on her face, unable to see her appearance.

The young man suddenly laughed after listening: "It is Fellow Daoist Hu who is in big trouble. We two are not from Wei Guo. Even if the Xiaoyao Sect learns of this matter in the future, at most we will just stay away from Wei Guo. It is Fellow Daoist Hu, you, who, in order to covet the spiritual objects on that person, conspired with us to kill a Xiaoyao Sect Foundation Establishment cultivator. This is a major event. From now on, I fear there will be no place for you in this Wei Guo. Fellow Daoist, you shouldn't be regretting it now, should you?"

The woman looked at him with displeasure and continued: "Since we have already taken action, what is the use of me regretting it now? I am also afraid that this person has already escaped and attracted Xiaoyao Sect cultivators, making it difficult for us to escape."

"Hehe, this person was hit by our Heavenly Poison Palm, so he definitely cannot walk out of this big mountain. Fellow Daoist Hu, do not worry too much. It is just that during the beast unrest, there are traces of beast activity everywhere in this big mountain. I am just afraid that in case his corpse enters the belly of a beast after his death and disappears, our several calculations will really become empty." After the last older old man comforted the two, he sighed looking at the pitch-black mountain in the night sky.

After the young man pondered for a while, he said again: "Since things have reached this point, let us not waste any more time. Fellow Daoist Hu, you go upstream, Senior Brother Xue goes downstream, and I will check around. Regardless of life or death, transmit sound immediately after finding him. Three days later, we must all converge here. By then, regardless of whether we can find him or not, we must hurry and leave Wei Guo."

The other two nodded and agreed with his opinion. A white light flashed at the scene, and the three had quickly disappeared from the spot.

Song Qingming had only run out dozens of miles when he saw a sword light suddenly pass through the sky above. Song Qingming immediately used the Breath-Concealing Technique and hid under a big tree to the side.

The sword light in the sky circled around the vicinity a few times, but did not discover anything, and soon disappeared out of his field of vision. Only then did Song Qingming get up and run south with all his might.

After seeing the sword light just now, Song Qingming felt nervous again. It was obvious that this person in the sky should be coming for the Xiaoyao Sect senior who had already died. If he wants to survive, he must hurry and use the moonlight to stay away from here. Otherwise, waiting until dawn, losing the cover of the night, it will be difficult for him to hide his tracks.

Walking a few more miles, Song Qingming suddenly saw a low-tier beast with its belly cut open lying by a big tree in the forest. Song Qingming just wanted to step forward to take a look when the sword light in the sky turned back from the front and happened to fly over his head, scaring him into stopping on the spot, standing still, not daring to make a sound.

Fortunately, this time the other party was just passing by and did not see Song Qingming shrouded in the night. It soon disappeared into the sky again. However, Song Qingming below was really scared into a cold sweat. Seeing the sword light disappear, he did not care about that beast anymore, quickly accelerated his pace, bypassed that place, and ran wildly south.

Without resting, he ran south for over a hundred miles until a trace of white light appeared on the eastern horizon. Only then did Song Qingming stop his steps and find a tree trunk to rest for a while.

After running so far, he finally had some time to catch his breath. The night's rush also consumed most of the mana on his body. He hurriedly took out two spirit stones to restore his mana. The continuous running for several days really made him somewhat tired.

Two hours later, Song Qingming, who had recovered almost enough, set off again, preparing to go south first to bypass the beast army, and then go east to Huoyun Mountain to find the old patriarch and the others.

After walking for half a day, Song Qingming unexpectedly saw a sound of fighting coming from the front. Walking closer, he discovered that a team of Qi Refining cultivators was fighting with several low-tier beasts. These people seemed to be local family cultivators of Pingyang County.

Song Qingming reached out and summoned a flying sword from his storage bag, killed into the battlefield from the side by surprise, and soon ended a golden-backed ape with one sword.

The number of cultivators in this team was originally more than the beasts they were fighting, and they had already gained the upper hand. The beast side was already unable to fight, and with Song Qingming's sudden addition, these beasts soon could not resist the cultivator side and all began to turn around and flee in all directions.

Just after the battle ended, an elderly man with a round face and white beard walked forward, bowed to Song Qingming and said: "I am Lu Demiao of the Lu family of Jin Feng Mountain in Pingyang County. Thank you for your help just now. Now there are beasts everywhere nearby. I do not know where you are going, fellow Daoist."

Song Qingming hurriedly raised his hand to return the salute and said: "Senior, you are too polite. We are all human cultivators. Since we met, we should naturally help each other. I am a Qinghe County cultivator. I was originally conscripted to support Huoyun Mountain. A few days ago, when attacking the Jin Shan Market, I was separated from the main force by beasts, and I am trying to take a detour to return to Huoyun Mountain."

"So you are also going to Huoyun Mountain, fellow Daoist. We also received orders from the main family to go to Huoyun Mountain for support. Fellow Daoist, why don't you travel with us? It will be good to have support on the road." Seeing that Song Qingming and their destination were the same, Lu Demiao simply invited him to go together.

Hearing that these people were also going to Huoyun Mountain for support, Song Qingming felt happy in his heart and immediately agreed.

"That is fine. To tell you the truth, I am not very familiar with the terrain nearby, and I have been turning around in the mountains for several days to avoid beasts. Fortunately, I happened to meet you all today."

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