Hide in the world of gods and demons

Chapter 183 Escape (Part Two)
The shuttle traveled slowly, flying further and further away as Chen Li and his group lived in constant fear.

Fortunately, the white bird, frightened by the ancestor's self-destruction, had become a "bird startled by the twang of a bow," circling in the sky and crying out incessantly, and for the time being had no mind to pay attention to the fleeing cultivators.

A dozen minutes later, the shuttle flew over a mountain.

Chen Li looked down to observe the terrain and quickly landed the shuttle.

"Husband, why aren't we leaving?" Zhang Shuniang couldn't help but ask.

"It's not safe now, let's wait until nightfall to leave," Chen Li said.

This shuttle is too slow.

Although the seller initially claimed that the Spirit Wood Shuttle was faster than the initial Foundation Establishment stage sword flight, there was a lot of exaggeration in that claim.

From the first to the third level of Foundation Establishment, all are in the early stage of Foundation Establishment. They use second-tier low-grade flying swords and second-tier mid-grade flying swords, and all of them fly by sword.

The differences between them are enormous.

Its actual speed is only at the level of a low-grade flying sword at the first level of Foundation Establishment and the second level of Control.

It is naturally much faster than Qi Refining cultivators, but compared to other Foundation Establishment cultivators, it is naturally the slowest.

Moreover, the shuttle is too big a target, and it flies in the air, making it easy for the white bird to spot. It's practically a live target, which is too unsafe. Continuing to fly forward recklessly is just gambling with one's life.

Based on Chen Li's observations over the past few days, perhaps due to the natural habits of the creature, this white bird is clearly accustomed to being active during the day and has never been seen coming out at night. Compared to daytime, nighttime activity is undoubtedly much safer.

Of course, besides safety and other considerations, Chen Li also had some other thoughts in mind.

The illusory body that was previously left at the Huanzhen Sect is still alive.

This also reminded him.

With the destruction of the True Sect, he has inevitably become a rogue cultivator again. Rogue cultivators are free, but they also have difficulty obtaining cultivation techniques. As for the current sect, it would be an exaggeration to say that it is completely undefended for him, but it is not far off.

The only loss is some illusionary form.

This risk is undoubtedly worth taking; it's not even a risk.

……

The shuttle shuddered slightly and landed on a pile of rocks by a stream.

The group walked out one by one.

Bai Wei's hands and feet went weak, and she tripped and almost fell to the ground.

"Watch out!" Chen Li reached out to steady him.

Bai Wei blushed: "Thank you, sir!"

She then knelt down and kowtowed deeply, saying, "Thank you, sir, first wife, and second wife, for your kindness in not abandoning me."

The other two maids, seeing this, also quickly knelt down, their faces full of respect and gratitude.

Logically speaking, Chen Li shouldn't have brought these servants along during this critical moment of escape, which would have slowed down the shuttle and increased the risk. However, he simply couldn't bring himself to do such a heartless thing.

"What are you doing? Get up quickly, the ground is covered in stones," Zhou Hong said hurriedly, making a gesture to help him up.

The women rarely left their homes and spent more time chatting and spending time together than with Chen Li.

Especially Bai Wei, who was outstanding in appearance and character, was only fourteen years old when she arrived. Everyone had watched her grow up. Although they were master and servant, her status was somewhere between a maid and a close friend.

"Sigh, get up, all of you. Just focus on doing your work well from now on," Chen Li said.

"It's the master!"

……

Chen Li put away the spirit wood shuttle, instructed Zhou Hong and Shu Niang to keep an eye on the situation, and then walked towards the edge of the mountain. At this moment, he was worried about the safety of this place, and also distracted by controlling the illusionary body at the Zhen Huan Sect's mountain gate, so he really didn't have the mind to say much.

He chose a place with lush vegetation, used insect-repelling magic to drive away the insects, ants, snakes, and rats in the surrounding area, and then used a traction method to dig a cave in the rock as a temporary place to live. The dense vegetation here could be arranged to effectively conceal the entrance.

Chen Li did not dare to set up an array here.

The Yin-Yang Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array might fool a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but he wasn't optimistic about whether it could conceal the vision of a third-tier demon beast. In fact, the array's presence might even attract the attention of the white bird. For safety's sake, he decided to leave it unarranged.

The group entered the cave and sat down against the wall, each of them showing signs of fatigue.

Smelling the fresh earthy scent inside the cave, Chen Li couldn't help but feel a desolate loneliness, as if he were a lost dog, with no one to rely on in the world.

"Let's eat something and get some rest while things are still peaceful. We need to travel all night. Once we get through this night, we'll be truly safe, and the rest of the journey will be smooth sailing," Chen Li said after a moment of silence.

He took out water and food from the storage bag, handed it to Zhou Hong, and gestured for her to distribute it to everyone.

……

After settling in for a while...

The illusory body located at the gate of the Zhenhuan Sect also disappeared due to the spell's duration.

However, this is not a big deal.

Chen Li cast two illusionary spells in succession, then used his spiritual power to roll up a ten-directional storage bag in each of them, cast an invisibility spell, and quickly left the cave, flying all the way to Luanluo Mountain.

Compared to ordinary invisibility spells, the max-level invisibility spell has a much more stable magical structure. Although it is still easily interfered with, as long as magical artifacts and other spells are not used, the use of general spiritual power is basically unimpeded.

At the foot of the mountain, there were still dense crowds of refugees everywhere, but fortunately, the white bird, which had already eaten its fill, had no interest in these people for the time being.

Perhaps in the eyes of the monsters, the human escape is no different from a frightened herd of beasts migrating from one place to another.

If it so desires, the entire area within a thousand miles can be its hunting ground.

Based on the intelligence gathered by the previous illusionary body.

Shiratori is very busy right now.

The True Sect is currently undertaking large-scale construction projects.

It leveled the entire ancestral cave, and then constantly grabbed huge logs from the wild forest to build its own nest. The bird was busy as a bee.

It must be said that the appearance of the white bird truly lived up to the name of Luanluo Mountain; perhaps it was all preordained.

Taking advantage of the white bird's departure and its journey into the forest, Chen Li's two illusory bodies split into two directions and quickly infiltrated the mountain gate.

This place is in ruins, with collapsed buildings, broken trees, collapsed rocks, and corpses lying everywhere. Just a day ago, this place was full of flowers and cultivators coming and going. Now, it is a desolate scene like hell.

Everything felt like a nightmare.

Chen Li reached out and pulled a storage bag from the corpse of a young and delicate Qi Refining disciple.

The storage bag is embroidered with the three characters "Huanzhen Sect". Those who can possess the sect's standard storage bag are basically inner disciples in the sect.

Chen Li sighed.

With a little spiritual energy input, the storage bag opened.

It contained mostly worthless odds and ends; including the value of the storage bag, it was worth about a hundred mid-grade spirit stones in total.

Chen Li used a traction technique to give the body a simple burial before continuing on his way.

Storage bags and ritual implements were everywhere.

Although they contain mostly low-level items, with almost none of them being second-tier, their sheer quantity makes them quite valuable.

This is just a drop in the ocean compared to the wealth of the entire Zhen Huan Sect. Putting everything else aside, the seven giant flying boats hovering on the mountaintop alone are an astronomical sum. Unfortunately, these giant flying boats cannot be scaled up or down, and he doesn't know how to operate them.

Otherwise, even if we manage to get one.

It seems that the expenses from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core are basically enough.

If we could find the Golden Core Ancestor's storage bag...

Chen Li shook his head to suppress his chaotic thoughts and continued searching the mountains and fields for valuable items.

The other illusory body went straight to the Sutra Repository.

P.S.: Sigh, I'm not saying anything more!