The people who surrounded Chen Hai were Li Kuishan Sun Tu and an Earth Immortal named Fang Ji.
These people were all familiar faces. When they saw that the person who broke into this courtyard was Chen Hai, they were stunned for a long time.
"It turns out it's you, Daoyou Chen. I haven't heard from you for so many days. We thought something had happened to you?"
The few people who reacted breathed a sigh of relief.
With a complex expression on his face, after looking at Chen Hai up and down for a while, Li Kuishan opened his mouth and asked.
Of course, both Li Kuishan and the other two people obviously still have some doubts about Chen Hai's return.
After all, so many days had passed since Manli led everyone in the Demon Palace to raid them and defeat the enemy camp.
After the war, although there were heavy casualties and chaos everywhere in the camp, it has basically recovered.
If Chen Hai was safe, he should have returned to the camp long ago.
After such a long time, Chen Hai, who had not been heard from since, suddenly returned to his station and appeared in front of a few people. It was definitely impossible for them to have no doubts in their hearts.
"When the camp was in chaos and there was a bloody battle with those guys in the Demon Palace, something happened here."
"The ghost of a sword cultivator is still there and he keeps chasing me. I was forced to have no choice but to hide in an abandoned mine."
"The mine is connected in all directions and complicated. After hiding in it for a few days, I actually lost my way and couldn't get out!"
"Wandering around inside, it wasn't until not long ago that I finally found the exit and reappeared above the ground."
How should he explain that he has been missing for so long? Chen Hai has already made an excuse for himself.
Facing Li Kuishan's inquiry, he explained frankly.
As he spoke, he deliberately relaxed his breath-holding technique a little, allowing him to show his level of strength from the early stage of Earth Immortal to the middle stage of Earth Immortal.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, your level of strength..."
Chen Hai's move was indeed of some use. The attention of Li Kuishan and others was immediately attracted to him.
With a look of astonishment on his face, Wu Meng glanced at Chen Hai again.
There was obviously something profound in his gaze.
Perhaps, he felt that what Chen Hai said about being chased by a heavenly-level sword cultivator was just an excuse.
The guy in front of me disappeared for a long time mainly because he was greedy for life and afraid of death, so he hid to improve his level of strength.
After all, there were no abandoned mines in the central area of the camp where the melee took place that day.
You have to be at least a dozen miles away on the edge of the enemy camp to see some abandoned mines.
Before Chen Hai's breakthrough, he was only in the early stage of Earth Immortal and was at the bottom of the team in terms of strength. How could he escape such a long distance and get into the abandoned mine when being chased by a Heavenly Immortal level sword cultivator?
Inside the cave?
Not only Wu Meng, but also Li Kuishan and Fang Ji should have similar thoughts in their hearts.
Being in the same team, although they didn't have much contact with Chen Hai, they still had some understanding of his personality.
In their eyes, Chen Hai, who has always stayed behind closed doors, never accepted tasks, and only shrank in his room, has always had the kind of temperament that is unprofitable and can't afford to be early.
It was hard for them to believe that such a person would sacrifice his life and blood for the sake of Heaven and fight bloody battles with the enemies of the Demon Palace.
To say that in order to avoid the battle, he found an opportunity to retreat into the mine to practice and improve his strength?
In the eyes of Li Kuishan, Wu Meng and others, this should be normal operation.
The few people who had figured out the 'truth' of the matter looked at each other and nodded.
However, they were too lazy to expose Chen Hai's lies. After all, the relationship between them and Chen Hai was just colleagues, not his superiors.
Before, they habitually asked Chen Hai, wherever he was hiding these days when he was missing? As long as it didn't have much impact on them, it didn't have much to do with them.
"Being able to escape from the hands of a fairy-level sword cultivator and hide in an abandoned mine to save your life, Fellow Daoist Chen, I have to say, you are really lucky!" Among the few people, only Fang Ji, with his yin and yang aura, secretly mocked Chen.
A few words about the sea.
After all, due to the last chaos, several members of their team were reduced again.
During the melee with the elites of the Demon Palace, Fang Ji saw with his own eyes that several people with whom he had a good relationship were killed at the hands of those in the Demon Palace right under his nose.
Looking at Chen Hai who hid in the mine due to fear of war and whose realm has improved, and then thought about his dead friends...
He really felt sorry for those people. Naturally, he didn't have much of a good impression of Chen Hai in front of him.
"I was chased by the sword cultivator from the Demon Palace. I really thought I was dead at the time!"
"If you can escape with your life, that's pure luck."
"As the saying goes, there is great terror between life and death. Perhaps because of this, we can take a step further and enter the realm of the middle stage of the Earth Immortal."
After laughing twice, Chen Hai explained.
Although he could hear the sarcasm in Fang Ji's words, he was too lazy to argue with him.
After all, even if he doesn't use his trump card, he can kill a little earthly immortal with just one slap.
In Chen Hai's opinion, it was really beneath his status to be serious about such a small person.
"It's a good thing that Daoyou Chen's strength can be improved. It means that the overall strength of our team has been improved."
After making a haha, Li Kuishan smiled but added: "There are only a few of us left in our team."
"The chaos caused by the attack on the Demon Palace not long ago caused us to suffer heavy losses in defeating the enemy camp. We want to wait until the top can fill up the vacancies in our team, but we don't know how long it will take!"
"A few days ago, Captain Wu Meng came over to our place to do a manpower count."
"Because there has been no news about you, Daoyou Chen, we thought something had happened to you and reported you as a missing person to the superiors."
"Now, not only have you returned safely, but your level has also improved. You must go to Captain Wu to explain this matter to him."
"Otherwise, you will be a black sheep in the camp, and it will be inconvenient for you to do anything!"
They had already come up with reasonable excuses for Chen Hai's disappearance for more than ten days, and several people did not continue to hold on to this matter.
While walking towards the direction of the wing rooms in the courtyard, Li Kuishan smiled and suggested to Chen Hai.
"Well! Thank you for the reminder, Fellow Daoist Li, I naturally know what you are talking about!"
Smiling, Chen Hai nodded: "I feel very sorry for suddenly returning to the place where our team is stationed in the middle of the night and disturbing a few people."
"It would definitely not be appropriate to go to Captain Wu Meng at this time."
"I've been missing for so long and haven't heard from him. I'll have to wait until dawn before I go over to his place and explain it to him."
Seeing that Chen Hai had already given a reply, Li Kuishan did not say any more.
Regardless of him, Wu Meng or Fang Ji, they all went back to the wing where they lived.
Now they are the only ones left in the seventh squadron of the ninth squadron, and several of the newly built side rooms in the courtyard are unoccupied.
After finding a random room, Chen Hai stepped into it and closed the door.
On the big wooden bed, he just rested for a while. The sun was rising and a new day had arrived.
When the sun fully rose, Chen Hai walked out of the wing and headed straight for the place where captain Wu Meng lived.