The cave had long become a ruins.
The water serpent with its tail injured by Chen Yun seemed to be enraged, rolling and growling continuously in the pool.
Innumerable wave sprays exciting splashing, that a clump of water drops, whoosh whoosh whoosh as the locust arrow, beating on the rock wall, instantly drill out tiny hole thumb thickness.
Even the stone walls, covered with thick ice, were like this.
If it hits a person, it's going to be terrible.
Out of the 40-plus Xiu Shi present, apart from Chen Yun who had practiced body refinement to a high degree, everyone else had never practiced it.
Furthermore, their strength was exhausted from the battle with the water serpent just now.
Normally, these water droplets could be fatal to Wu Kejou and Gao Cheng and others.
Chen Yun had just released the Golden Light Charm, unleashing almost all of his power, not even able to stabilize his Dao Body. He suddenly turned back to his original form.
Although his ordinary physical form was still formidable, making him fearless of the flying water droplets, he couldn't protect everyone anymore.
Fortunately, at this moment, Qin Ming used secret techniques to restore almost all of his power, and he leaped up suddenly, rapidly forming hand signs and chanting the spell like a fierce wind and pouring rain. "Greetings to the Earth Mother Goddess, the Yellow Jade Palace. With great compassion, save the sufferings. Om ma li duo liao ling yi shou hai……"
This time, the speed of reciting the spell compared to the previous time was like a rocket and a snail crawling.
As the sound of Qin Ming reciting the spell fell.
His whole body emitted a white light like the scorching sun in mid-June, enveloping everyone inside.
The splashed water droplets were all repelled by the white light and immediately dissolved.
As if the white light contained infinite and endless heat.
Then, Qin Ming roared, "It may be a bit uncomfortable in a while, everyone hold on and bear with it. We can escape in a moment!"
We finally managed to escape!
It wasn't in vain that I risked my life to save everyone!
Chen Yun let out a long sigh in his heart.
As he was thinking, the white light enveloping everyone from Qin Ming suddenly sank into the soil.
Instantly, Chen Yun felt a powerful force shatter through layers of earth.
He and the others quickly moved through the depths of the earth, as if they were practicing earth tunneling!
No, it was slightly different from the earth tunneling in one of the Five Elements Escape Techniques.
Normal earth tunneling is about merging with the earth element, allowing one to freely travel without disrupting the original structure of the underground.
Qin Ming's escape technique seems to be more like "digging channels".
Yes, it's using a powerful force to break open a channel in the earth by crushing rocks and soil, and then moving forward along this channel continuously.
Clearly, this method is much weaker than the Daoist earth tunneling technique.
"But it's an outsider. It's not as profound as our orthodox methods in the Xuanmen Sect."
Chen Yun couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration in his heart.
At the same time, he also understood why Qin Ming said that it might be a bit uncomfortable when they were moving through the earth later.
With each hole they dug, the white light protecting everyone constantly felt back-reaction, how could they not be uncomfortable?
I don't know if the water serpent cannot survive outside the pond.
Or maybe Qin Ming's earth tunneling technique was sudden, allowing the water serpent to not have time to notice.
Anyway, Chen Yun felt that they had traveled a long distance through the earth without sensing any trace of the water serpent chasing them.
He wasn't quite reassured, so he tried to extend his spiritual awareness to probe the situation, and indeed, he found no signs of movement at all.
Hū!
It seems that we have escaped from the danger!
Chen Yun couldn't help but let out a breath of relief.
……
It took about 20 breaths of time to travel through the earth.
Then, Chen Yun heard a loud rumble of rock and stone crumbling, and his eyes were met with a sudden clearing.
In a hurry, Chen Yun looked around and saw Qin Ming using secret techniques to lead everyone to a canyon.
There were many spirit beasts and birds grazing in this canyon, and there was a large river nearby.
Before he could take a closer look, it seemed that Qin Ming's strength had been completely depleted, and the white light vanished abruptly.
Chen Yun and the others fell heavily to the ground.
Some even made a low moan in pain.
However, even so, each person's face still showed joy!
"We are saved!"
"Hahaha! We have finally escaped from the danger!"
"It's all thanks to Mr. Chen, the Master Wu, and Master Qin!"
"Hahaha, we have survived! We have survived, hahaha!"
The Dragoness Sanjiao, Gao Chen, Xu Yang, and Zhang Ling, along with the other remaining Xiu Shi who were conscious, were laughing loudly over there.
Yes, from the situation just now, being beaten by the water serpent and running away in panic seemed like a very embarrassing thing, not something to be happy about.
Yes, as long as people know how powerful the water serpent is, they would know that these people, under the sneak attack of the water serpent, could still escape alive, which is already something enough to brag about for a lifetime. Plus the joy of surviving death, how could they not be happy?
Don't mention the Dragoness Sanjiao, Gao Chen, and other Xiu Shi.
Even Chen Yun couldn't help but feel a hidden surge of excitement and relief at this moment, grateful for having saved his own life.
Saying the truth, he originally escaped and didn't even think about going back to save everyone.
However, when he saw the crowd was about to be killed by the water serpent, Chen Yun instinctively transformed into his Dao Body to save them.
Yes, his decision to save the crowd was not driven by reason but by instinct.
Frankly speaking, if it happened again, Chen Yun wouldn't act as impulsively as he did just now to save the crowd.
Just as Chen Yun was secretly relieved, Wu Kejou, who was panting heavily, suddenly laughed and said, "The main reason we can survive this time is still Mr. Chen's unwavering support. Without him, even waiting for Master Qin to use his secret techniques would be useless, as we would have been killed by the water serpent's tail at that time."
Qin Ming laughed heartily, "Indeed, when that water serpent suddenly attacked, we couldn't react at all. It was only because Mr. Chen dodged the attack first that we had a chance. Without his subsequent support, I wouldn't have been able to perform the secret technique of 'The Supreme Commanded Script to Save the Calamity and Demonstrate the Path'. So, this time, the greatest credit goes to Mr. Chen for our rescue."
While congratulating themselves on surviving, the Dragoness Sanjiao, Gao Chen, and others quickly realized what had happened and turned towards Chen Yun, thanking him one by one.
"Mr. Chen, today we were able to save our lives thanks to your great law."
"If it were not for your help, Mr. Chen, perhaps only you could have escaped by sheer luck."
"Now that all of us over 40 have successfully escaped, Mr. Chen should be given the top credit!"
The looks from Xu Yang, Ding Xu, and others towards Chen Yun were full of gratitude.
Chen Yun didn't act as modest as before; he accepted the gratitude of everyone quite calmly, as it was something he deserved.
After all, he could have successfully escaped and saved his own life, but now he had been severely injured in order to save others. Accepting some thanks was definitely reasonable.
"Don't be so polite to me." Chen Yun, with a calm expression, looked at everyone, "You should first restore your strength in case we encounter any more danger later."
"Yes, everyone listen to Mr. Chen and first restore your own strength."
Wu Kejou was the first to agree, and he had no longer the attitude of thinking that Chen Yun was usurping his right to "give orders."
In fact, after saying this, he added, "This time Mr. Chen saved the lives of more than 40 people, which is a great contribution. Without any sign of gratitude, it's really hard to justify."
Qin Ming chimed in with him, "Master Wu, what do you think we should do to express our gratitude to Mr. Chen?"
"Yes, Mr. Chen saved the lives of so many people, we must show our gratitude." The Dragoness Sanjiao also agreed.
Zhang Ling, while feeding injury-recovery Dan pills to the unconscious people, also said in agreement, "Beforehand, Mr. Chen gained the Xuanbai Gourd, wasn't he going to compensate us all? In my opinion, since Mr. Chen saved us such a great favor now, we should all decline the compensation from the Xuanbai Gourd."
"Not just that, treasures may be precious, but they can't compare to our lives?" Ding Xu volunteered, "I suggest that we take out a tenth of the heavenly and earthly spiritual roots, celestial rare materials, and everything else we obtain along the way, including treasured items, to give to Mr. Chen."
"Okay, this idea is good."
"Mr. Chen deserves to receive so much."
"And the two masters, Wu and Qin, also made great contributions. They should each receive half of the celestial rare materials obtained by chance."
"I have no objections. Let's wait until everyone is awake and then discuss this matter with everyone again."
The group quickly formulated a plan without giving Chen Yun, Wu Kejou, and Qin Ming a chance to speak.
Yes, everyone is grateful for Chen Yun, Wu Kejou, and Qin Ming's lifesaving favors.
Just as everyone knows that the things they have in their pockets, these three people with profound cultivation may not be interested in them.
Therefore, they directly allocated two-tenths of the best benefits of entering the Moonsun Lake's Heavenly Realm.
One-tenth of it was given directly to Chen Yun.
Another one-tenth was divided equally between Wu Kejou and Qin Ming.
One-tenth may not sound like much.
But in reality, Chen Yun understood that this benefit was incredibly generous and hard to believe!
If the others really did say that we can successfully make it out alive, I might end up with hundreds of pieces of heavenly and earthly spiritual roots, as well as countless materials for refining weapons.
If our luck is good enough, we might even have a chance to obtain one or two items of treasure.
Yes, that's what one-tenth of the benefit is all about!
Chen Yun couldn't help but feel delighted, thinking that it was worth the impulsiveness to rush up and save everyone this time!
Just as everyone had just finished discussing, preparing to restore their own strength.
Suddenly!
Bang! A loud and sudden roar resounded from a distance!
Chen Yun, Wu Kejou, and Qin Ming, along with the others, all jumped in surprise upon hearing the commotion from a distance.
The sound of the explosion was like a mountain collapsing and the earth cracking open. If it wasn't mistaken, it should have come from the Extreme Cold Cave!
"What?"
"How can there suddenly be a massive roar of landslides and earth splits coming from the Extreme Cold Cave?"
"Could it be that the water serpent is chasing out?"
The Dragoness Sanjiao, Gao Chen, and Xu Yang, along with others, were terrified.
Chen Yun didn't speak, he had already looked in the direction of the Extreme Cold Cave.
He saw that there were countless fine particles, resembling sand, flying up into the air from that direction, as if someone had thrown a handful of sand.
You know, they were hundreds of miles away from the Extreme Cold Cave here, but they could still see the fine, dense "sand" flying up into the air from there, like someone had thrown a handful of sand.
It is common knowledge that those things thrown into the air are not sand, but giant rocks!
"This..." Wu Kejou's face turned pale, his expression filled with terror, "No good! The water serpent has really chased out! We must leave this place quickly!"
Qin Ming smiled bitterly and said, "I have already exhausted my energy, and my friends here have not yet recovered. Where can we escape to now?"
Chen Yun's recovery ability was extremely strong. Although it had only been a short while, it was not a problem for him to barely activate the Golden Light of Earth Travel to escape up to one or two thousand kilometers.
But he didn't do that.
Because Chen Yun felt that a powerful force seemed to be locking onto him, separated by hundreds of miles.
If he didn't mistake the feeling, that power was indeed released by the water serpent.
He knew it was because he had injured the water serpent earlier, causing the creature to harbor a grudge against him.
It seems that this time the water serpent has broken through the small mountain, and it's probably coming for himself!
I pushed through to write two chapters, but my condition wasn't great, so the quality of the chapters might not be very good.
(Chapter Ends)
