Chapter 331 - The Hopeless Plight

The young man spoke nothing and walked towards him. Qingluan moved to the side of Xiao Chen and whispered, “My Lord, this person is suspicious, please be wary.”

The rest turned and looked at them. This boy seemed to be somewhat weird, but after all, he was not invaded by Devil Qi. Although everyone was at risk at this moment, it was not of the morals of the Orthodox Path to abandon a teen boy just like that.

“Amitabha…” Xu Gu read out a mantra and said, “Let’s go, we must find a quiet place before dark.”

Everyone said no more. After a few hours of walking, they finally found a deadwood forest when twilight arrived. The Devil Qi in this forest was relatively light, and the surrounding trees are tall, but most of them had withered. Led by Su Zimu and Qin Shaoyang, the others laid a defensive formation near the woods to prevent a night raid by the devil creatures.

In the night, the cold wind in the forest blew and wailed like a baby crying. Each person set up several bonfires and sat together. At this moment, they looked a little languid.

Qingluan saw that Xiao Chen was still frowning deeply. Presumably, he was still upset about the conflicts that happened before they entered the woods. She said, “Not to worry, my Lord. The speech about parting ways by Master Yi Tong was just so that people will not talk behind your back…”

Xiao Chen nodded. Yi Tong was not someone stingy.

On the other side, Xu Gu sat alone. He held a rosary and chanted mantra softly with his eyes closed. In the distance, Qingyu and Zhou Li were standing together with Xiao Chen and the boy in red. They looked up at the ink-black night sky above. Right next to them it was Ziyun’er who watched around vigilantly.

After a while, Bai Yushu took out the remaining small amount of food and water from the Divine Vessel to distribute them to everyone. Xiaoyue also gave the rest a Carnage Destruction Pill again.

At this moment, everyone was in their own world. This Abyss of Devil’s Aura seemed to be isolated from the world. No matter how much one walked, one was not able to get out. Now there was not much food and water left. Most importantly, there were not many Carnage Destruction Pill left.

Carnage Destruction Pill was now the only lifeline for everyone. Without the Carnage Destruction Pill, no one could fight against the Devil Qi. Now there were a total of 17 people, and the Carnage Destruction Pill could at the most last up to five days. If one person had gone missing, the rest could get more food and medicine, and the chance of leaving the abyss would increase by 10%…

Everyone understood this, but no one would say it. Ling Fei called Wan Yanyan to the side and whispered to him. It was unclear what he said. The bonfire made the shadows of them looked rather hideous.

Xiao Chen walked over to the boy in red and handed the pastry that had just been distributed to him by Bai Yushu. He said, “Here you go, little brother.”

The teenager had been looking up at the night sky. Then he turned his head and looked at him. He hesitated for a moment and took the pastry from him.

Xiao Chen chuckled and walked back, while Qingluan and Ziyun’er watched their surroundings alertly.

On the other side, Yu Yifeng also sent two pastries to Zhou Li. Zhou Li nodded and said, “Thank you, Senior Brother.” Then he looked at Qingyu who was lying on the ground and said, “Junior Sister, get up and eat something. Don’t worry, Junior Brother Xiao will have a way…”

Qingyu was covered with Zhou Li’s long gown. She was quivering from the cold. Her face was getting paler and paler. She had gotten a high fever. Because she was infected by the Devil Qi, she could not be too close to rest. She moved her lips as though she wanted to say something, but she said nothing in the end.

Xiao Chen saw this scene from a distance and sighed. There were no other ways for him at the moment.

Time flew and the night was colder, and it seemed that it would keep on getting colder. The cracking sound in the fire was hypnotizing, everyone was getting sleepier but they were afraid to sleep. It was not only the devil creatures they had to take precautions against, it was also the hearts of people.

Zhiluan yawned and said slowly, “The food we have left with now is only enough for 3 days, and if we still can’t go out…”

As he spoke, he suddenly shuddered and continued, “I heard of a story in the Burg of the Feral Phoenix previously. Something about more than 20 people who had an air crash on the Thousand Summits Mountain 100 years ago. They could not find food, so they started to eat the corpses of their mates, and finally, 3 people went out alive…”

Everyone felt a chill behind their backs. Although they are cultivators, they were not yet immortals. In the absence of food and water, they could only last for seven days. If they continued this way, everyone would most likely collapse.

Ziyun’er saw that it was about to continue its story, she glared at him and said, “Shut up! If you say more, the first one to eat is you!” Scared, Zhiluan retracted its neck and hid behind Xiao Chen quickly, only exposing its head to see everyone.

Near midnight, the forest was even more chilling. It was harder for everyone to resist the sleepiness. Xiaoyue said, “Every two people take turns to stay and the rest will rest. We don’t know what will happen tomorrow. We need to have enough energy.”

The rest of the people had long wanted to find a comfortable and clean bed to sleep. They agreed to what she said. Therefore, two stayed up to watch and the rest rested. Xiao Chen was not planning to sleep, but he dozed off in the end during the wee hours of the morning.

The next morning, no idea who woke up first. With a yell, “Junior Sister Qingyu!” It woke everyone up.

Everyone turned to the sound, only to see Zhou Li panicking in the distance. Qingyu who was lying there yesterday had disappeared, leaving only a blue and white gown. Yu Yifeng hastily walked over and said, “What happened!”

Zhou Li’s eyes were red and he said anxiously, “I was watching over her last night, but then I somehow fell asleep. When I woke up, Junior Sister was gone…”

When he said this, he suddenly stared at Ling Fei and Wan Yanyan who were a distance away and yelled, “Is it you!” With a “clink”, he summoned his flying sword and attacked the two.

“Junior Brother, don’t be impulsive!” Yu Yifeng hurriedly stopped the flying sword.

At this moment, the rest also looked at both Ling Fei and Wan Yanyan. Ling Fei laughed scornfully. “Zhou Li, there is no proof or evidence. You shouldn’t make accusations!”

Yu Yifeng frowned deeply as he looked at the crowd. “Who was last on duty last night?”

After hearing this, the crowd looked at each other. It seemed that in the early hours of the morning, everyone fell asleep in a daze. Xiao Chen turned to look at the boy in red who seemed to have woken up slightly earlier than him. He asked, “Little brother, did you see the girl in white from yesterday?”

The boy did not reply. He stretched out his left hand and pointed to the southeast direction. Zhou Li sprinted and rushed towards the direction he pointed. Behind him, Yu Yifeng and Xiao Chen followed closely. Su Zimu and Xiaoyue exchanged glances before they follow suit.

After running for about 20 miles, a cliff could be seen. The cold wind on the cliff blew, making the dresses of a woman in white danced.

Suddenly the woman raised her sword in her hand and was about to wipe it on her neck. Xiao Chen condensed a Qi on his finger and pointed at her. A strong air blasted, with a “clink”, the woman’s sword bounced several meters away.

Zhou Li dashed over and grabbed the woman in his arms, and sobbed. “Junior Sister Qingyu, what are you doing! Junior Brother Xiao said there will be a way; how can you…”

Qingyu pushed him away, tears streaming down her face. “Don’t, don’t touch me, I’m already a monster… I don’t want to become a monster in front of you…” Then she started to sob so uncontrollably that she could not speak anymore.

The rest of the people also came over at this moment, but they did not dare to go closer. The back of Qingyu’s hand was already covered with a layer of black scales. Even on her neck, there were many devil patterns… The skin was oozing black Qi, which looked frightening. She was to be completely demonized within 6 hours.

The cold wind howled and no one spoke. So what if they were former companions.

All of a sudden, Zhou Li knelt in front of Xiao Chen and cried, “Junior Brother Xiao, you can cure Miss Ye. I beg you…”

“Senior Brother Zhou, don’t do this!” Xiao Chen hurriedly lifted him up. He looked at Qingyu and was about to walk over when a blue one purple two figure suddenly blocked his way. It was Qingluan and Ziyun’er.

Xiao Chen shook his head and pushed the two sisters away. He walked near Qingyu, but Qingyu took a step back and said, “Don’t, Don’t be near me…”

Xiao Chen sighed. He was now clueless of what to do. Suddenly an idea flashed into his mind like a lightning. He remembered the time in the tomb of Xiao family when he had accidentally seen a Devilish Skill in a book called Mystic Diabolic Enchantment.

There was a method in the book that could direct the Devil Qi from any place into oneself. Now that it was impossible to dispel the Devil Qi from Qingyu’s body, but it is not necessarily impossible to direct it into himself.

As he thought about this, Xiao Chen looked at people not far away and said, “Can you please support me with a Barrier later to prevent the Devil Qi from penetrating from the surrounding area?”

He had to run the skill in the Mystic Diabolic Enchantment to absorb the Devil Qi in Qingyu’s body. But once this skill set off, it was bound to also absorbed the Devil Qi from the surrounding. Therefore, it was needed for a Barrier to block off the surrounding Devil Qi.

Qingluan and Ziyun’er knew what he was thinking. Both of them knelt on one knee and bowed. “No! My Lord, please put yourself first! ”

“Don’t worry. I can’t be invaded by ordinary Devil Qi.” Xiao Chen was not worried. In the past, his body had produced Devil Qi before because of the Heaven’s Talisman. However, he had managed to resolve it with the mind cultivation method of the Yaoguang School.

Moments later, the crowd together held up the Barrier to block the Devil Qi of the surrounding from invading outside the barrier. The two sisters, Qingluan and Ziyun’er frowned deeply but they knew it was impossible to persuade Xiao Chen.

Inside the Barrier, Xiao Chen sat cross-legged behind Qingyu and said, “You don’t have to worry. Remember not to exercise resistance later.” With his arms shaking, his two palms placed against the center of her back.

Everyone was on tenterhooks, with cold sweats on their back. A demonized Qingyu would be easy to deal with, but Xiao Chen had the highest cultivation level here. If he was to be demonized, who could fight against him here? However, there were no other ways at present. Each of them could only do their best to maintain the barrier to prevent the Devil Qi from outside to get in.