Chapter 925: 374: Third on the Must-Kill List, Chen Laodeng!
Brothers in Dire Straits (5.4K)_2 Chapter 925: 374: Third on the Must-Kill List, Chen Laodeng!
Brothers in Dire Straits (5.4K)_2 Now that the other party has ended their deep cultivation state, it’s an appropriate time for communication.
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This was a bottomless valley with rugged rocks and crumbling stones.
The entrance to the valley was shrouded in a light white mist, within which countless tiny creatures, like gnats, fluttered.
The valley floor was covered with lush grasses; ancient trees and low shrubs intermingled, with vines entwining around them.
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Among some vines hung pale white bones, signaling the ominous nature of this place.
Aside from the dense foliage and the rapid streams, there were no other large creatures here.
Instead, the area was filled with piles of bones and newly risen grave mounds that emitted a strange and dismal atmosphere.
Changchun True Monarch Qiu Feng and the leader of the Evergreen Sect, Cheng Zhenwei, had been trapped here for many years.
The two of them worked together, but they could only shrink within a cave where they had barely managed to set up a formation, unable to escape or even dare to move much for years.
They simply buried the bodies of some sect disciples and cultivated in silence, accumulating strength in hopes of escaping.
All because, within the floating white mist at the mouth of the valley, there were thousands and thousands of infamous Ice Cloud Blood Mosquitoes.
It’s said not even Golden Core cultivators, let alone Nascent Soul True Monarchs, could survive if surrounded by them.
And within the deep ravine below, there were many fierce Lingbo Manes, no less vicious than the Ice Cloud Blood Mosquitoes.
Additionally, considering the Skeletal Demon Vine Trees amidst the valley…
This deep valley could truly be called a desolate place of no return.
It might appear unremarkable on ordinary days, but any creature that entered it became but bones.
It had been decades since they were initially sent by the sect to scout a secret path as planned.
Now, not only had the scouting plan failed, but they were also trapped in such a desperate place, where no cries for help reached heaven or earth.
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“Brother Cheng, thank you for protecting me,”
“After this consolidation, in as few as twenty or as many as thirty years, I will be ready to undergo the Nascent Soul transformation.
By then, we can try to break out of this cage!”
Inside the cave, as Qiu Feng ended his exercise of energy, he exhaled a breath of turbid air and calmly spoke to Cheng Zhenwei, who was guarding the entrance as the protector.
Cheng Zhenwei heard this and bitterly smiled, “Brother Qiu, even with the Nascent Soul transformation, I doubt we could break through the interception of any of the three vicious creatures, let alone with me as a liability with you.
When the time comes, just escape by yourself.
After you get out, if you can find some of the old ancestors from our sect to come and rescue me, it won’t be too late…”
Qiu Feng frowned at these words, but only sighed inwardly, not pressing the matter further.
The other had indeed spoken sensibly.
Even with a Nascent Soul, he only had a fifty percent chance of escaping this place.
If he took the other with him, it was likely they’d both perish.
If one could escape and bring back help, that would truly be joyous for both.
Had it not been for the barren and treacherous nature of this place, with just a first-grade Spirit Vein, it would be extremely difficult to form an Infant Soul in such a place in one’s entire life; he would have preferred to cultivate to the Nascent Soul before attempting to break out.
Cheng Zhenwei lamented, “Now, who knows what the state of the war is like outside?
Initially, Evergreen Sect and I were both attacked by the Five Elements Sword Sect and the North Ridge Immortal Door.
In our flight and fight, we accidentally entered this place, deviating from the secret path we used to travel before.
Otherwise, if someone from the sect had been searching for us over the years, perhaps they would have found us…”
By the end, Cheng Zhenwei let out another bitter smile and shook his head.
He had been rivals with Qiu Feng and Xing Huiguang for a lifetime.
Even after each set up their own branches, when they met, they would address each other as sect leaders, never as closely as calling each other brothers.
But having been trapped together in this desolate place for years, the competitiveness they once felt towards each other dissipated, and the barriers between them vanished.
It was as if they had returned to their younger days training together in the sect, when they were all full of vigor, fighting demons and exorcising devils, calling each other brothers in spirit and practice.
Now in their old age, they had once again picked up their past titles and friendship.
“Brother Qiu, how did we originally stumble into this place following the underground river?”
“Is this located in the Eastern Region or the Western Region?”
As Cheng Zhenwei stood up and turned to ask, he noticed Qiu Feng’s brows raise, his expression filled with a multitude of complexities—joy, shock, solemnity, surprise—and he was taken aback.
“Brother Qiu?”
“It’s Brother Chen, no…
it’s, it’s the Taoist son,”
Qiu Feng excitedly announced with a brilliant light in his eyes, looking at the astonished Cheng Zhenwei.
“Taoist son is making contact with me through Divine Sense.”
“The Taoist son?” Cheng Zhenwei’s voice rose several decibels, “Chen Dengming?”
“That’s right.
He’s asking where we are.
I’ve informed him about our situation here.”
“This…
But we don’t even know where we are right now.
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This place could very well be the final resting place of some ancient high-ranking figure, a place that once entered, cannot be exited…”
“I told the Taoist son about the place where we were ambushed.
He will mobilize the strength of the sect to find us.”
By the end of his words, Qiu Feng’s gaunt face also showed a look of invigoration and a healthy glow.
Decades had passed.
They had always been unable to make contact with the outside world.
The feng shui of this valley seemed peculiar, as if a high-ranking figure had set up a field here; Divine Sense could not penetrate the mist to reach far, and there was also the risk of disturbing the Ice Cloud Blood Mosquitoes.
With the three vicious creatures as gatekeepers, escaping seemed impossible.
When they first entered the valley following the undercurrent, almost everyone had perished under the assault of the three creatures.
Only the two of them, strong enough, had barely escaped that catastrophe and survived until now.
Now that Chen Dengming had made contact with them, they finally saw some hope of escape.
Otherwise, they could only fight to the death.
If they died in the end, they could only hope that their Divine Spirits drifted back to the sect and into the longevity incense.