Yang Ji stayed alone in the cave, and his mind was full of thoughts. There were too many things he experienced on this trip. Yang Ji thought of his senior brother Chen Shien for a while, and thought of the North Sea giant Ah Tu for a while; he thought of the evil spirit for a while, and the skeleton for a while.
Ghost King.
"I wonder how Senior Brother Jiang is doing?"
Yang Ji huddled beside the bonfire and thought to himself. A group of five people set off from Tieguan Mountain, but in the end only he and Jiang Jianqing were left. This was something no one could have imagined beforehand.
If he knew this result, even if he risked being punished by the elders, many people would probably be unwilling to come, right? As for the Confucian and Taoist senior who had fallen into an evil spirit, Yang Ji didn't know if he could fulfill his wish...
…
Just being alone like this, Yang Ji thought a lot. He didn't know how long it took -
laugh!
About a foot in front of Yang Ji, a piece of soil about the size of a fingernail loosened from the ground. "Xiao Ji" suddenly emerged from the ground, swam to Yang Ji with a passionate look on his face, and rubbed his ankle.
"Sizzle!"
Xiao Ji raised his head and spat out the letter, looking like he was asking for reward.
“Well done!”
Yang Ji's eyes lit up, he came to his senses, stretched out his palm and patted its head gently. Xiao Ji was the major contributor to this breakout.
Yang Ji hasn't left yet, just to wait for it.
"Whoosh!"
Xiao Ji didn't show any politeness. He wrapped his body around it and slipped into Yang Ji's sleeve and disappeared.
"time to go."
Yang Ji patted his butt, stamped out the bonfire, and walked out of the cave.
There was silence outside the cave, and the entire forest was silent. Yang Ji listened carefully for a while, and there was only the chirping of birds.
"Why is it so quiet?"
Yang Ji felt secretly different. The whole forest was quiet as if nothing had happened, and no trace of yesterday was left on the entire earth.
It stands to reason that after a night of hunting, the Tianyin Sect's manhunt will definitely be much smaller, but it will not be as quiet as it is now, as if Yang Ji is the only one in the entire forest.
Yang Ji's eyes were full of suspicion, and he lowered his head and glanced at his sleeve. Xiao Ji also shook his head in his sleeve, indicating that he didn't find anything.
"What's going on? Has the Tianyin Sect given up the pursuit?"
Yang Ji secretly said. Although he didn't understand what was going on, this situation was undoubtedly extremely beneficial to him.
"Whoosh!"
Yang Ji's body jumped up. He suddenly flew out of the cave and swept out.
The leaves were wet and the cloth was covered with dew. Apart from the messy footprints on the ground yesterday, there were no traces of the existence of the Tianyin Sect.
Yang Ji carefully flew up to a large emerald tree that was more than 20 feet high, stepped on the tree branches, and took a careful look under the cover of the top leaves.
Looking at it, Yang Ji couldn't help but shrink his pupils:
The place where there was a fierce and fierce battle yesterday is now empty. The thick fog that still enveloped the entire land yesterday has completely disappeared.
Only then did Yang Ji realize that it was a huge deep valley. The deep valley was full of corpses, including those from the imperial court, those from the Tianyin Sect, and many snake corpses.
But not a single soul could be seen in the entire valley, which seemed to be a dead city.
"Have all the people from the Tianyin Sect...have been withdrawn?"
Yang Ji couldn't believe his eyes. In yesterday's fierce battle, the Tianyin Sect also lost a large number of men, but there should be a lot of men left.
Did they just leave like that?
And judging from what they saw, the people of the Tianyin Sect seemed to have done some simple "cleaning" to erase the traces of their past lives. However, they did not take away the dead bodies on the ground.
"Could it be that they were injured this time and knew that they would encounter a large-scale encirclement and suppression by the imperial court, so they evacuated in advance?"
Yang Ji's heart was full of emotions.
In a sense, the Tianyin Sect won this operation, but it also lost. Although the court lost thousands of fine cavalry, which was an unprecedented heavy blow, the Tianyin Sect only killed only
Just some local soldiers from Langya County.
Compared to the entire behemoth "imperial court", this kind of loss is simply not even "nine cents and one ox". No force can resist the entire gigantic imperial court, and the same goes for the Tianyin Sect.
There will definitely be no good consequences for offending this "behemoth". The Tianyin Sect senses this danger, so it is not necessary to retreat in advance.
One thought after another flashed through Yang Ji's mind, and he suddenly wanted to check. Whether the Tianyin Sect has withdrawn, he would know after checking.
"Forget it."
Yang Ji quickly gave up the idea:
"Soldiers never tire of deceit. Who knows if the Tianyin Sect has set up an ambush? If most of the Tianyin Sect withdraws, but only a few senior officials are left to guard it, wouldn't it be like falling into a trap in the past?"
Yang Ji knew very well that if he really wanted Tianyin Cult Leader to recognize him as the person who destroyed the "evil spirits" and ruined their "god-making plan", he would be crushed to pieces by him and tortured to a life worse than death.
possible.
Leader Tianyin may let others go, but it is absolutely impossible for him to let himself go.
"Curiosity killed the cat, it's better to get out of here and save your life."
Yang Ji jumped up, flew down from the tree, and sank into the depths of the woods like a civet cat. The woods were deep, and along the way, Yang Ji saw many traces left by yesterday's search. However, no one from the Tianyin Sect looked at them.
arrive.
"It seems that it is really possible to leave."
Yang Ji secretly thought in his heart.
"Lai!"
Suddenly a small sound came, mixed with the sound of the woods, and you wouldn't be able to detect it if you weren't careful.
"who?!"
Yang Ji's face changed slightly, and without thinking, there was a buzz from behind, and he was about to use the "Immortal Back Sword" move.
"Wait a minute, don't do anything!"
A panicked voice panted from the woods, and following a familiar voice, a figure appeared in the bushes.
This man was in his twenties, with messy hair and scars all over his body. He looked very familiar.
"He's from the imperial court."
Yang Ji saw the armor on this man and recognized it immediately. He was an elite knight from the imperial court, and he didn't know why he was hiding here.
"Why are you here? Where are the others?"
Yang Jifei flew over and supported the "Jingqi" of the imperial court. The man was seriously injured, his eyes were slack, and he looked like he was about to lose his support.
Yang Ji quickly took out a healing elixir and stuffed it into his mouth. The elixir melted when exposed to water, and soon the imperial knight's breathing slowly became steady, and there was a trace of blood on his face.
"I was separated from others. The war horse was also killed. In order to avoid pursuit, I hid here..."
The man continued intermittently.
From his narration, it turned out that after the "evil spirit" collapsed yesterday, several troops escaped smoothly. Yang Ji had already told "Xiao Ji" to control the snake group to specifically attack those "Tian Yin" in black clothes.
"Religious Faith", so the losses suffered were not great.
"Are you from the Iron Crown Sect?"
The injured imperial "Jingqi" glanced at Yang Ji's robe and suddenly said.
"Um."
Yang Ji glanced at him, slightly surprised. He himself also came from the world, so he knew very well that people outside the sect world didn't understand the sect world at all.
It is really surprising that this person can identify his origin through the clothes on his body.
"Don't be surprised. There were also disciples of the sect who escaped with us yesterday. One of them was wearing the same clothes as you."
The injured imperial court said "Jingqi".
"ah?"
Yang Jimeng was startled and reacted instantly. He grabbed his arm and said excitedly:
"You have seen Senior Brother Jiang, where is he?"
He and Jiang Jianqing were the only two people left in the entire Iron Crown Sect team. This man had seen another person wearing the same clothes as him. Apart from him, it could only be Jiang Jianqing.
In the chaos, Yang Ji and Jiang Jianqing were separated. Yang Ji never knew if he had broken out, but he didn't expect to hear news about him here.
"My name is Jiang Jianqing, right?... Don't get excited. He's fine. We were able to break out this time thanks to his help. That's why I remember him."
The injured imperial "Jingqi" said intermittently:
"Yesterday, the people from the Tianyin Sect were chasing after us. After escaping all the way here, we dispersed. I saw him going in that direction..."
He stretched out a finger and pointed in the direction where Jiang Jianqing left in his impression.
"That's great. Thank you."
Yang Ji was overjoyed: "Let's go, I'll take you out of here."
"No!"
Unexpectedly, the injured "Jingqi" pushed away Yang Jiwan's support and shook his head:
"My current injury is not suitable for exercise...if possible, can you leave some more of your elixir for me?"
He pointed at the bottle in Yang Ji's arms.
Yang Ji was startled, and then he immediately realized. The elixir in his arms was not a precious thing. But for the imperial soldiers outside the sect circles, this kind of thing was undoubtedly extremely precious.
"Take it, I'll give you these."
Yang Ji did not hesitate, reached out and took out the elixir bottle. He gave him the remaining half of the bottle. The man was overjoyed when he got the elixir and thanked him profusely.
Yang Ji didn't care, got up and took him to a hidden place and immediately flew away.
"I wonder how Senior Brother Jiang is doing now?"
Yang Ji secretly thought to himself. Yang Ji was indeed a little surprised to learn about Jiang Jianqing's whereabouts from a royal knight.
However, judging from the man's account, Jiang Jianqing probably experienced a fierce battle and was seriously injured.
"Xiao Ji, I'm sorry to trouble you."
Yang Ji thought for a while and suddenly patted Xiao Ji's head. Xiao Ji was not polite and jumped out of his sleeves with a swish.
Xiao Ji had spent time with Jiang Jianqing and was very familiar with his scent. As long as he knew the direction in which Jiang Jianqing left, Xiao Ji could easily find him within a certain range.
The wind howled on both sides, and Yang Ji followed "Xiao Ji", stepping on the branches, jumping back and forth among the trees, and quickly swept forward.
"hiss!"
I don't know how long it took, but Xiao Ji suddenly jumped down from the tree wave and suddenly hissed when he landed on the ground.
"arrive?"
Yang Ji jumped down and said a little surprised.
The surroundings were quiet and filled with woods. There was no sign of him at all.
"Xiao Ji, what are you doing?"
Yang Ji was a little surprised. Xiao Ji had tracked the target directly before, so his reaction this time was a little strange. But soon, Yang Ji ignored it.
"What a strong smell of blood!"
Yang Ji's nose twitched. The air in the woods was very fresh. The smell of blood was very obvious in a place like this, not to mention that the smell of blood that Yang Ji smelled at this time was still very strong.
Yang Ji glanced around. There were no bodies around, and there were no signs of fighting, only some messy signs.
"There's blood!"
Suddenly, Yang Ji's eyes fell on a patch of grass, and his pupils suddenly shrank. The blood stains on the blades of the grass were still very fresh, and had not been more than an hour old at most.
The blood stains on the grass extended all the way, and finally disappeared behind a few lush cypress trees that were close together.
Yang Ji's heart tightened, and he suddenly felt uneasy. Following the blood stains on the leaves, Yang Ji walked towards the few cypress trees mixed with the grass.
The smell of blood became stronger.
Hiss!
Xiao Ji looked at Yang Ji and screamed even more urgently.
Whoosh!
Yang Ji hesitated for a moment, and finally stretched out his hand to push aside the branches and leaves of the cypress tree. The next moment, with a snap, a pale face suddenly came into view. The eyes were wide open, looking at him in shock, anger, and disbelief.
The sky is motionless...
"boom!"
Seeing this corpse, Yang Ji let out a roar, as if he was struck by lightning. He felt that the world was spinning, and his mind went blank for a moment:
"Senior brother!..."
At that moment, Yang Jiru fell into the icy abyss! (To be continued...)