Transmigration: A person in a martial arts world, cultivating to ascend to immortality

It was Jiang Yuchuan who saved Yan Guang.

Although the scene was already chaotic due to the surprise attack of the Ghost Ant army, and the crowd was scattered by the impact, Jiang Yuchuan still did not reveal his strength too much. He only carried Yan Guang to a safe place before landing.

"I am truly grateful to Lord Jiang this time! Otherwise, I fear I would have lost my life here!"

After landing, Yan Guang looked at the countless swarms of ghost-faced ants not far from China with lingering fear, patting his chest and expressing his heartfelt gratitude to Jiang Yuchuan.

"It's nothing, it's just a little effort."

To prevent the swarm of ghost-faced ants from relentlessly pursuing him, Jiang Yuchuan thought for a moment, then reached into his sleeve, took out a bottle of insect-repelling powder from his spiritual pearl space, handed it to Yan Guang, and instructed him:

"This is the insect repellent powder I've prepared. It can protect you from these ghost-faced ants. Quickly spread it on yourself."

Yan Guang accepted the powder like a precious treasure, almost moved to tears. "Young Master Jiang has given me something so valuable, what about you?"

"Don't worry, I already used it, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to rescue you from the ant colony."

Although Jiang Yuchuan said this, he didn't actually need to go to any trouble. He only needed to release a little spiritual energy, and these extremely ferocious ghost-faced ants would fear him like a tiger and keep their distance.

Unaware of these things, Yan Guang naturally believed Jiang Yuchuan's words and immediately opened the porcelain bottle, sprinkling the white insect repellent powder inside all over himself.

The place where Jiang Yuchuan and Yan Guang landed wasn't far away, so the swarm of ghost-faced ants quickly followed the scent and surrounded them.

Just then, with quick eyes and nimble hands, the powder was applied.

Sure enough, after Yan Guang's entire body was covered in the medicinal powder, the swarm of ghost-faced ants that had surrounded him immediately stopped, their two thin black antennae on their heads twitching rapidly as if they were trying to find something.

The group of ghost-faced ants that had stopped advancing was less than ten feet away from Jiang Yuchuan and Yan Guang, who were standing motionless in place.

Despite being covered in medicinal powder, Yan Guang still felt uneasy as he looked at the large swarm of dark, frantically waving tentacles of ghost-faced ants in front of him.

After a few more breaths, the ghost-faced ants, having searched in vain, finally changed direction and dispersed from in front of Jiang Yuchuan and Yan Guang.

As if he had once again teetered on the brink of life and death, Yan Guang sat down heavily on the sand after all the ghost-faced ants had dispersed, panting heavily.

"I'll never come back to this lousy place again, even if you kill me!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuchuan smiled slightly: "Since Elder Yan thinks so, it doesn't seem too late to leave now."

Yan Guang had only made a casual complaint, not expecting Jiang Yuchuan to say such a thing, so he chuckled and said, "Young Master Jiang, what are you saying? Although I am timid and afraid of death, I am not someone who gives up halfway. Now that we have come this far, how can we go back empty-handed?"

Jiang Yuchuan smiled and stopped joking. He looked into the distance at the crowd running by and said, "Let's go. If we don't catch up with the group soon, we'll be left behind."

Upon hearing this, Yan Guang immediately stood up and followed Jiang Yuchuan from the edge of the Ghost Ant army to the group that had become a small black dot.

The appearance of the army of ghost ants caught everyone completely off guard.

Many martial artists were unable to dodge in time and were bitten by the ghost-faced ants that suddenly swarmed out of the ground, which caused them to lose their agility and ultimately lead to them being eaten alive.

As Jiang Yuchuan and Yan Guang chased after the surviving team that had broken through the encirclement of the Ghost-Faced Ants, amidst the swarms of ants nearby, one could still hear mournful screams and faint cries for help.

Although only a quarter of an hour has passed since the ghost-faced ants appeared, the dense swarm already contains corpses that have been eaten away, leaving only bare bones.

These corpses, devoured to the point of being nothing but bones, included not only human remains, but also those of sand wolves that hadn't had a chance to escape.

In the face of the army of ghost ants, whether it is a human, a sand wolf, or any other living creature, they are all essentially the same and can be used as food.

Therefore, among the "four pests" of the desert, the Ghost-faced Ant is the most terrifying existence besides the Great Sandstorm. In fact, many martial artists would rather go through a Great Sandstorm than face being besieged by a swarm of Ghost-faced Ants.

It took Jiang Yuchuan and Yan Guang about an hour to finally catch up with the main group.

At this point, the treasure-hunting team had shrunk by more than half compared to the beginning, leaving only about three hundred people.

Even the major powers suffered heavy losses of disciples under the terrifying swarm of ghost-faced ants.

Although everyone was out of danger, they were still clearly shaken and didn't notice or care about Jiang Yuchuan and Yan Guang who had joined the group.

Jiang Yuchuan, who was following behind the group, scanned the survivors with his divine sense and found that even the weakest among them was at the peak of the second-rate level, which was in stark contrast to the chaos at the beginning where even third-rate martial artists could mingle among them.

However, this doesn't mean that all those who died in the rear were weak martial artists. Quite a few top-tier experts also failed to escape the siege of the Ghost-Faced Ant army.

To Jiang Yuchuan's surprise, Song Weipeng and Zhuo Yuehua also appeared in the group unharmed.

The two were just a bit exhausted, but they didn't suffer any serious injuries.

Given their abilities, it is already quite remarkable that they were able to accomplish this in two consecutive crises.

Jiang Yuchuan didn't believe it was just luck; in his opinion, these two were probably hiding some secrets.

Just as Jiang Yuchuan decided to observe the two more closely on their journey ahead, Yan Guang, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke up and asked:

"Although it may seem a bit pretentious to ask this now, I still can't help but wonder why Young Master Jiang saved me in that dangerous situation just now?"

Jiang Yuchuan glanced at Yan Guang, smiled, and asked in return, "Then why did you approach me, Elder Yan, and why were you so ingratiating towards me?"

Yan Guang was shocked upon hearing this. After a long silence, he sighed and said, "I didn't expect that Young Master Jiang already knew."

Jiang Yuchuan shook his head. "I don't know."

Yan Guang didn't pay attention to Jiang Yuchuan's words and slowly said, "Actually, my initial purpose in approaching Young Master Jiang was purely out of curiosity, and I had no other purpose."

"curious?"

“That’s right.” Yan Guang turned to look at Jiang Yuchuan and said seriously, “Young Master Jiang’s appearance is the most peculiar of all. Even if I try my best, I cannot see through it at all!”

Jiang Yuchuan thought to himself, "As expected," but on the surface he deliberately showed a surprised expression. "I didn't expect that Elder Yan would be so skilled in physiognomy. This is really something I didn't expect."

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Yan Guang shook his head and laughed, "I only learned a little bit from a master, I can't say I'm an expert at all."