Chapter 130: Hidden Deep Enough

What they didn't expect even more was that although Liu Qiting's strike just now hit the Flowing Flower Leopard, it also shattered the several formation puppets that were entangling it, allowing this beast, which was already on the verge of death, to temporarily break free from the containment of the formation.

Having been trapped by the formation for so long, the Flowing Flower Leopard had long since discovered the few people outside controlling the formation. Now that it had broken free from the formation's control, it immediately aimed its fury at Song Qingming and the others who were still operating the formation.

Watching the Flowing Flower Leopard rush toward the unprepared Song Qingming and the others, Song Qingze and the others hurriedly chased after it. However, their speed compared to the Flowing Flower Leopard was truly much slower, and for a time, they couldn't catch up at all and couldn't intercept the Flowing Flower Leopard.

Fortunately, there was an inconspicuous Du Yucheng between the Flowing Flower Leopard and Song Qingming and the others. The Four Symbols Dragon-Trapping Formation needed some time to re-condense the formation puppets. As long as Du Yucheng could temporarily contain the Flowing Flower Leopard, the formation puppets could immediately block the Flowing Flower Leopard's attack again after they were generated.

Unexpectedly, this guy Du Yucheng, as soon as he saw the Flowing Flower Leopard rushing toward this side, had no intention of intercepting it at all and directly stepped aside.

The three people who were still controlling the formation saw this situation and were so angry they almost spat out a mouthful of blood. They really wanted to curse his mother.

Wei Wuyang, who had been mainly responsible for operating the formation, was the first to suffer. His protective shield light was shattered by a slap from the Flowing Flower Leopard, which had rushed to his front in a fit of rage, and half of his head was smashed into the ground along with it.

Gu Feng and Song Qingming took advantage of this buffer time to hurriedly drop the formation flags in their hands and retreat to both sides. Gu Feng opened his big hand and quickly sacrificed a blue top-grade defensive spiritual talisman, blocking several spell attacks from the Flowing Flower Leopard.

Song Qingming also immediately released the giant bear puppet beast he had obtained not long ago to block in front of him. The giant bear puppet beast used its arms to forcefully support a yellow barrier, also blocking the four or five attacks flying toward them.

Fortunately, this Flowing Flower Leopard was already at the end of its rope. The strike that just killed Wei Wuyang had also exhausted its last bit of strength, and it no longer had the ability to continue chasing Gu Feng and Song Qingming. It could only stand in place and release those spell attacks whose power had been greatly reduced, all of which were easily blocked by Song Qingming and the other.

At the same time, Song Qingze and Liu Qiting also chased up. The combined strike of the three from behind knocked the Flowing Flower Leopard to the ground again. After struggling for a few times, the Flowing Flower Leopard could not stand up again and was soon beheaded by Song Qingze with a sword.

"Senior Brother Wei!" After killing the Flowing Flower Leopard, Song Qingze looked at Wei Wuyang's miserable corpse, his face instantly filled with grief.

After choosing to join the Xiaoyao Sect, Song Qingze had basically lost contact with his relatives and clansmen, coming alone to this strange place thousands of miles away.

Wei Wuyang was not only his fellow sect brother but also an elder brother who took great care of him. Neither of them had any relatives in the Xiaoyao Sect, and they had always had a very good relationship. Unexpectedly, he had died so unexpectedly here this time.

Song Qingming and Gu Feng looked at each other. The two of them could be considered to have picked up their lives just now. If that Flowing Flower Leopard had attacked them first, the two of them would likely have been hard-pressed to deal with it.

But in the end, Du Yucheng had had a chance to save the three of them just now. No one expected that this guy would shrink to the side as soon as he faced danger, without even the thought of trying to save his teammates.

What made Song Qingming even more angry was that after Du Yucheng saw Wei Wuyang die, his face actually showed a very sad expression just like everyone else. On the surface, it looked as if Wei Wuyang's death just now had absolutely nothing to do with him, his fellow sect brother.

Fortunately, only Song Qingming and Gu Feng had clearly seen this situation just now. Otherwise, if Song Qingze had known about this situation, he would likely have fallen out with Du Yucheng immediately.

Seeing that Gu Feng had no intention of speaking, Song Qingming thought about it and didn't say much more. Although his relationship with Song Qingze was unusual, after all, these people were all from the same sect. It was certainly not a wise move for him, an outsider, to sow discord between them here.

If there was a chance, he still had to remind Third Brother not to get too close to Du Yucheng.

Originally, in Song Qingming's eyes, Du Yucheng had always been a person with very little presence. If it weren't for the fact that Song Qingming knew Du Yucheng and Wu Ziyuan had fallen into the water pool with him because of the Liu Tianlong storage bag incident, and had specifically paid attention to their situation later, Song Qingming wouldn't have been able to recognize him at a glance when he just saw Du Yucheng a few days ago.

It wasn't until just now that Song Qingming had a new understanding of Du Yucheng. Song Qingming felt that Du Yucheng had one point that made him feel very much out of reach: he was too good at hiding his true self. The honest and taciturn Du Yucheng from over a decade ago and the Du Yucheng who was now looking at Wei Wuyang's corpse with a face full of sadness didn't seem to be the real him.

But Du Yucheng acted really well and hid deep enough. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Song Qingming estimated that he would have been deceived by his current appearance again.

Up to now, there was one point Song Qingming could finally confirm: after returning from the Mount Fuyun range, after the Liu family was erased from the Xiaoyao Sect, Du Yucheng appeared in the Xiaoyao Sect again. These two things should be related.

Du Yucheng being able to join the Xiaoyao Sect and reach the ninth layer of Qi Refining so quickly must have been because he obtained a significant opportunity. After the Liu family's incident back then, Song Qingming had never figured out how the Xiaoyao Sect knew about it. Now it seemed it should have been Du Yucheng who tipped them off. Otherwise, with his aptitude, how could he have become an inner sect disciple of the Xiaoyao Sect so quickly?

Du Yucheng should be unaware of the fact that he obtained Liu Tianlong's storage bag. Otherwise, since Du Yucheng could use the entire Liu family as a stepping stone to join the Xiaoyao Sect, how could he have let go of him, who obtained the Water Spirit Fruit?

After collecting Wei Wuyang's corpse, the group collected the materials on the Flowing Flower Leopard and didn't linger here too much, immediately setting off to return to Mount Guyang.

Although they lost one person on this trip, after completing the mission, the Xiaoyao Sect cultivators who participated in the mission could each share a few hundred points of merit. Except for Song Qingze, the others were still very happy.

Although Song Qingming didn't get Wei Wuyang's share, he still shared 250 spirit stones, which indeed solved some of his urgent needs for someone who urgently needed spirit stones.

After returning to Mount Guyang, Song Qingming bid farewell to everyone and returned to Yangshan Market alone, starting his daily routine of making talismans in the market to earn spirit stones.

After meeting Du Yucheng on this trip, Song Qingming also changed his plan slightly. Since the destruction of the Liu family was related to Du Yucheng, it was indeed a bit dangerous to take the Water Spirit Fruit he had directly to the Xiaoyao Sect to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill. If the old matters from over a decade ago were dug up, the entire Song family might repeat the Liu family's mistakes.

It was better to gather enough spirit stones to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill first. If he failed in Foundation Establishment, he would then take the Water Spirit Fruit to other places to think of a way.

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