Niu Youdao, who was about to enter the cabin, paused and turned to look in the direction of the land. "Ashore?"
Gongsun Bu sighed. "Black Peony was worried that you would be in danger and brought Duan Hu ashore. She said that she would help you divert the danger."
"Divert the danger for me?" Niu Youdao retracted his gaze and looked at Gongsun Bu's face. He slowly turned to face him and shouted, "What's the situation?"
This shout attracted Lu Lijun, who was accompanying them, out of the cabin. He stood at the cabin door and looked over.
"We received a message earlier, telling us to depart at dawn. Black Peony predicted that Daoye might be in danger …" Gongsun Bu explained the situation in detail.
Guan Fangyi blinked her big eyes and sighed inwardly. Regardless of whether Black Peony was right or wrong, it was undeniable that she was a loyal subordinate. In this world, people like her were hard to come by!
"Nonsense!" Niu Youdao shouted angrily. He slammed the sword in his hand on the deck a few times. "Not letting the ship ashore means letting you wait on the sea. Why did you run ashore? Who allowed you to run ashore? "
How was Gongsun Bu supposed to answer this? However, Gongsun Bu could also tell that for Niu Youdao to be so angry, there really was danger. He couldn't help but worry for Black Peony and Duan Hu!
Niu Youdao's expression was ugly. He paced back and forth on the deck, looking in the direction of the shoreline from time to time. His eyes were filled with anxiety.
Previously, he had felt that it was a little strange. After escaping from the ranch, the journey had been unbelievably smooth. He hadn't felt any signs of being searched at all.
He had even thought that he might have been overthinking. The situation that he was worried about did not happen at all. There was no resistance at all.
From the looks of it now, either he was really overthinking, or Black Peony had played a role and really helped him attract the search party.
The reason was simple. If there really was that kind of danger, based on the time difference and the situation of the enemy, it was possible to make a certain judgment.
Hopefully, he was just overthinking. Hopefully, the possible danger that he was worried about did not exist.
"Did they bring Golden Wings with them?" Niu Youdao, who was standing at the side of the ship, turned around and asked.
Gongsun Bu replied, "No!"
Niu Youdao: "Did they say which direction they went?"
Gongsun Bu shook his head. "They didn't. They only said that if we couldn't wait for them, they might go to the place where Shen Qiu and the others went and meet us there."
Dong! Niu Youdao stabbed the deck with his sword again. He had nowhere to vent his anger.
Without the golden wings, they couldn't contact Black Peony and the others. They couldn't find them if they didn't know where they had gone. The continent was so big. Relying on these few people to search for them was no different from looking for a needle in a haystack. It was also unrealistic!
"Daoye, what do we do now?" Gongsun Bu asked tentatively. What he meant was, should we still sail?
Niu Youdao was enraged: "What else can we do? Wait! "
Guan Fangyi originally wanted to throw a tantrum, but when she saw the location of the meeting, she was a little unhappy. She felt that Niu Youdao was too cunning. When he sent Uncle Chen and the rest away, he refused to reveal the location. It was obvious that he was guarding against them.
But looking at Niu Youdao's expression, it was obvious that he was angry, so he suppressed his tantrum …
It was a continuous mountain range with steep mountains. It was called the Nine Paths River.
At the foot of the mountain, two riders were galloping.
"Big Sis, this is bad!"
Duan Hu, who was constantly looking around vigilantly on horseback, suddenly cried out.
Black Peony turned her head and looked in the direction he was looking. Under the bright moon in the night sky, a few black shadows swept past. They were large flying beasts.
Black Peony's expression changed drastically. Things had gone beyond her expectations. She had wanted to escape to a more strategic location after causing a commotion. She wanted to use the terrain to help her escape, but she hadn't expected that the other party would use large flying beasts to search for them, especially so many of them.
In her mind, even a single large flying beast was worth an astronomical price. She had never imagined that someone would use so many large flying beasts to chase after them.
She had thought that the chances of escaping were quite high, but the other party had used large flying beasts to chase after them. Their reaction speed had exceeded her expectations. She hadn't expected them to catch up so quickly, so she had missed some opportunities to escape!
She didn't hope that these large flying beasts were just passing by and had nothing to do with them. She knew that this time, they were really in trouble, really in danger!
"Let's go!" Black Peony shouted. She flew up from horseback and flew up the mountain.
Duan Hu also flew up and chased after her. The two of them abandoned their mounts at the same time and threw off the gauze hats on their heads. They revealed their true faces and fled in panic!
In the sky, five flying beasts separated and joined together, searching everywhere, sometimes high and sometimes low.
One of the flying beasts flew close to the ground, flying low above the two empty horses. Then, it slid diagonally into the sky and chased after the two people who were flying up the mountain.
"Screech!" The flying beast let out a long, sharp cry as a warning.
The four flying beasts in the sky immediately changed directions and increased the frequency of their flapping wings, increasing their speed in pursuit.
Soon, Black Peony and Duan Hu were forced to the top of the mountain. On the other side of the mountain was a cliff and a ravine. Torrents surged and roared in the ravine.
One flying beast circled above their heads. Two circled around them. One landed on the other side of the ravine, and the other shuttled back and forth above the torrents in the ravine.
There were three riders on each of the five flying beasts. All of them wore black cloaks and half of their faces were covered, making it impossible to see their faces clearly.
However, from the beards and wrinkles on some of their faces, it seemed that they were quite old.
Their escape route had been completely cut off and they were completely surrounded. Black Peony and Duan Hu's hearts were filled with nervousness and apprehension. It would be a lie to say that they weren't afraid at all.
A person floated down from one of the flying beasts and landed in front of them. He examined the two people's appearances.
For experienced people, they could tell at a glance that the two people weren't disguised.
It was very obvious that Black Peony's skin color and appearance didn't match Guan Fangyi's, and Duan Hu's age also clearly didn't match Niu Youdao's. He was clearly much older than Niu Youdao, so it was impossible for him to be Niu Youdao.
Black Peony said in a low voice, "Who are you people? Why are you chasing us relentlessly?"
"You're not Niu Youdao and Guan Fangyi. You're pretending to be them to lure us away. Speak, where did Niu Youdao go?" the person asked in a low voice.
Black Peony said, "I don't understand what you're saying!"
"You still dare to be stubborn!" The person flipped his hand and struck out with a palm. A palm silhouette the size of a table, suffused with blue light, blasted out!
The two were greatly shocked. They couldn't dodge it. As soon as the other attacked, the two of them knew that the other's strength wasn't something they could resist at all.
However, the two of them had traveled together in the cultivation world for many years, so they could be considered to have a tacit understanding of each other.
Black Peony immediately used all of her cultivation and shot out her palms to defend.
Duan Hu's palms immediately struck Black Peony's back, using all of his cultivation to provide transcendence energy support for Black Peony in order to defend against the other's attack.
Boom! The blue palm silhouette broke through the two's combined defense with a single strike.
Black Peony flung her arms away, and the sound of bones breaking could be heard. She raised her head to the sky and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Bang! The Black Peony bounced off and crashed into Duan Hu, who also spat out a mouthful of blood. However, most of the attack's power was absorbed by Black Peony. Duan Hu was clearly much better off.
The two figures were sent flying by the palm and fell into the ravine, smashing into the rapids in the ravine one after another.
The birds that were flying back and forth in the ravine swept over. A person flew down, flipped his hand, and a Night Pearl appeared. He dove into the water and chased after the two of them!
The moment Duan Hu entered the water, he immediately picked up Black Peony, who had almost lost all ability to move, and dove into the water with all his might. He quickly advanced along the rapids. He knew very well that this river might be the only hope for the two of them to escape.
There seemed to be flashes of light chasing after him. Duan Hu panicked.
In his panic, he wouldn't let go of any opportunity that he could sense. This was his survival instinct. He swiped his hand at a place that might be the entrance of a cave or a gap in the stone wall. It was a small opening that could only fit one person. Duan Hu couldn't care less. Holding Black Peony with one arm, he pushed Black Peony in.
Seeing that Black Peony could easily push in, it meant that there was still space inside. He also dove in himself.
Once he dove in, he discovered that it was a water cave. He didn't know how big the space inside was. He immediately hugged Black Peony and stuck close to it, not daring to move. He covered Black Peony's mouth with one hand to prevent the smell of blood from leaking out.
There was a flash of light outside the cave. After it left, Duan Hu used one of his feet to probe behind him and found another small cave entrance.
In the beginning, he didn't pay attention to this small cave entrance. Hugging Black Peony, he swam into the larger space inside. The two of them quickly emerged from the water. They didn't know how big the space inside was.
He originally wanted to go ashore with Black Peony, but after thinking about it, he actually dove back into the water. He found the cave entrance next to the previous one. After a little exploration, he discovered that the space inside seemed to only be able to accommodate three or four people. He stuffed Black Peony in and carried a large rock from the water cave alone. As he dove in, he dragged the large rock to block the small cave entrance.
The surface of the rapids blossomed with the light of a Night Pearl. A person emerged from the water and shook the Night Pearl, then dove back into the water.
Immediately, ten people flew down from the sky. One by one, they took out their Night Pearls and dove into the water. Immediately, they saw light at the bottom of the rapids.
Two birds, each carrying a person, shuttled back and forth above the river, patrolling.
In the sky, there were also two birds, each carrying a person, patrolling around the mountains.
The black-robed person who attacked stood on the cliff, and a bird stood beside him.
Someone found the cave entrance that Duan Hu was hiding in and dove in with the Night Pearl.
Duan Hu, who was hiding in the small cave next to the cave entrance, immediately became extremely nervous. He could see the light seeping in through the cracks in the rocks that blocked the small cave entrance.
However, the quick-witted decision he made in a moment of desperation was correct. The person who came had ignored the cave entrance and dove into the cave. After he dove into the cave, he missed the large rock in the corner and entered inside. He used his arts to search everywhere, but he didn't expect that there was someone hiding at the entrance of the cave.
To a certain extent, Black Peony had chosen the Nine Paths River as the escape route from the beginning.
The person entered and floated to the surface of the water. He went up to the riverbank, raised the Night Pearl, and searched the underground space that was several dozen zhang deep. He didn't miss any of the connected caves of various sizes.
After a thorough search and seeing no one, the person returned to the water and dove out of the cave. He dove into the fast-flowing river outside and continued to search other places.
Duan Hu, who was hiding in the small cave, saw the light flash by outside.
He knew that the person should have gone out, but he still didn't dare to act rashly and continued to hide.
Only when he felt that the unconscious Black Peony in his arms was about to stop breathing did he have no choice but to take the risk and carefully push open the rocks that blocked the cave entrance. He pulled Black Peony out and dove into the cave, carrying Black Peony to the riverbank.
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