"Senior Lu, I'll go with you." The bearded man was the first to respond.
"Let's go too." Sure enough, the few rogue cultivators from before also responded one after another.
For a moment, everyone's face turned ugly. Many people even looked at Shen Luo angrily.
"Senior Lu, fellow cultivators, please don't say such things out of anger." The old man smiled awkwardly, trying to be the peacemaker.
He did not know that these people had already decided to leave.
Lu Yong just glanced at him and did not have any intention to ease the tension.
At this moment, Bai Xiaoyun suddenly took a step forward. Lu Yong and the others subconsciously took a step back.
"Everyone has their own ambitions. Since you want to leave, we won't force you to stay. Please leave." Bai Xiaoyun's eyes narrowed slightly as he said.
As he spoke, an invisible aura spread out, causing the hearts of all the cultivators present to beat wildly.
His attitude was the same as Shen Luo's, or even more forceful. He actually directly ordered them to leave.
Originally, many cultivators had other thoughts, but due to Shen Luo's previous words, they did not dare to abandon their relatives and go with Lu Yong and the others. Now, looking at Bai Xiaoyun's appearance, they immediately put away all the thoughts that they should not have.
After all, compared to an Out-of-Body cultivator, a Mahayana cultivator was more reliable.
Lu Yong looked around and saw that there was no one else besides those who had followed him before. He cursed in his heart, but could only say respectfully, "Then I'll take my leave."
After that, he slightly saluted with his fists and turned to leave with those people.
Shen Luo looked at the backs of those people leaving and did not feel any loss. He thought to himself, "Indecisiveness will lead to trouble."
"They … really left. Then what should we do next?" After those people left, Chen Chuan asked.
"After I rest for a few days and recover from my injuries, I'll sneak into Mount Wu alone and find a passable path." Bai Xiaoyun pondered for a moment and said.
"There are many big demons and giant demons in Mount Wu. It's too risky for you to sneak in alone." Shen Luo heard and immediately frowned.
"Yes, it's too risky. It's not appropriate, not appropriate …" The others also dissuaded him.
"Other than that, I'm afraid there's no other way," Bai Xiaoyun muttered.
"I have an idea here. We can give it a try." Shen Luo had already thought about it and said.
"What method?" Everyone hurriedly asked.
"Let's take a detour to the east and go around the entire Wushan Mountain Range. Then we'll go through Zhenhai Pass and go northwest back to Chang 'an. What do you think?" Shen Luo suggested.
Hearing this, everyone fell into deep thought.
"Although this is a long detour … it seems to be much safer," someone muttered.
"I haven't received any news about the Sea Suppression Stronghold's fall …" Chen Chuan said hesitantly.
"Now that communication has been cut off, who knows if the other side has been breached? If we rush over rashly, I'm afraid we'll end up with nothing," another person said worriedly.
"Actually, there's no harm in that. You may not know this, but the geology of Zhenhai Pass is special. There are many Catacombs passages eroded by the underground rivers that enter the sea. When the time comes, we can sneak in through the underground waterways, "Shen Luo explained.
Zhenhai Pass was located in Yuzhou, close to the Eastern Sea. Shen Luo had never been there.
He had only read about the underground waterways in some ancient books. The reason he mentioned it now was to reassure everyone.
"If that's the case, it's indeed a good idea." Chen Chuan thought for a while and nodded.
The others also thought that the idea was feasible and nodded in agreement.
"Since no one has any objections, we'll continue our journey after half a day's rest," Bai Xiaoyun said decisively.
Without Lu Yong and the others, there were only about twenty cultivators left in the team, including the men they had lost in the Sword Gate Pass. The ordinary people suffered even greater losses, with only about a hundred people left.
Under the leadership of Bai Xiaoyun, this troop whose morale was at its lowest, embarked on a circuitous route to the east with great difficulty.
…
Time passed quickly, and several months had passed.
In the territory of Yuzhou, in a continuous mountain range, hundreds of huge green toads were jumping and galloping in the forest, crushing the dense forest and stirring up clouds of dust.
The skin of these green toads was like bronze, densely packed with poisonous glands and lumps. A layer of powdery crystals that looked like copper rust had formed on them, and they were scattered all over the ground with the wind.
Wherever the powdery crystals fell, the flowers and trees would wither and turn yellow instantly. Even the soil on the ground was not spared. It was stained with a layer of dark green and turned into a wasteland.
However, a short old man was sitting cross-legged on the back of the giant toad in the lead. He was wearing a very loose green robe, but it was still bulging due to his fat body.
The old man's face was rather ugly. His forehead was wide and flat, and his nose was flat and flat. His two eyes were surprisingly large, and coupled with his wide and fat toad mouth, he looked like an old toad that had turned into a demon.
The old man crossed his arms in front of his chest, as if he was meditating. There were two big bulges from his chin to his neck, which expanded and contracted with the rhythm of his breathing. Two wisps of dark green poisonous gas were emitted from the corner of his mouth.
At this moment, a sharp whistling sound suddenly came from above the old man's head. Then, a huge shadow circled in the air and landed on this side.
The toad old man withdrew his Qi Containment Posture and looked up. He saw a huge golden eagle, about ten feet long, gliding over with its wings spread. When it was about to land, it retracted its wings, and its golden feathers were immediately covered by flowing light, turning into a middle-aged man with a golden crown on his head.
This man was quite handsome. His eyebrows were slanted to his temples, his eyes were sharp, and his aquiline nose was curved at a perfect angle. He didn't look sinister at all, but his expression was very cold.
"Fellow Cultivator Sun Zhi's expression, it seems that you haven't found those stray dogs?" The toad old man asked with a smile.
"Humph, old toad, don't laugh at me. Your disciples and disciples were also fooled by them. After so long, they still couldn't find those people." The aquiline-nosed man named Sun Zhi snorted coldly.
"Forget it, we didn't come here to find those people. They are just some ants struggling at death's door. We have to go to the East Sea as soon as possible. If we delay, it will not be worth it." The toad old man wasn't angry when he heard this. He just waved his hand and persuaded.
"No, from the traces of these people, they are obviously heading east. Maybe they are going to the East Sea. I have to find them." Sun Zhi frowned and said in a deep voice.
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