Chapter 278 Return to the Sect

After confirming that Sha Hao had completely gone far away, Yuan Ming's face suddenly turned as pale as paper, and he sat down on the ground with a "thump", gasping for breath.

The fire cloud in the sky surged a few times and quickly dissipated.

King Kong flew over and looked at Yuan Ming's weak appearance. He wanted to help but had no way to start, so he could only worry.

"Take me away from here, quickly..." Yuan Ming said hoarsely.

King Kong nodded repeatedly, picked up Yuan Ming with two arms, and ran into the valley with the other two arms and legs. After a few ups and downs, he disappeared in the vast mountains and forests.

Yuan Ming did not let King Kong run too far, and soon let him put him down. After hurriedly calling out Huazhi, he sat cross-legged, took out two wood-attributed medium-grade spirit stones, and absorbed the spiritual power from them to recover.

Although Huazhi and King Kong did not get along, Yuan Ming was injured at this moment, so they did not quarrel anymore. They each guarded one side and protected him.

King Kong sat cross-legged on the ground, his huge eyes like copper bells looking around.

Huazhi spread the vines far away, covering a range of hundreds of feet. Any small beasts that passed by were caught by Huazhi, who swallowed their blood and recovered from their injuries.

A quarter of an hour later, Yuan Ming opened his eyes, and his pale face recovered a little.

As Xi Cangqiong's apprentice, Sha Hao's attainments in soul cultivation were indeed good, and his strength was beyond his expectations.

When Yuan Ming fled to the valley, he had little mana left. He had just repeatedly activated the Fire Cloud Secret Art, and his mana had long been consumed. Fortunately, he scared Sha Hao away at the last moment.

Gaga...

Accompanied by a shrill sound, Lei Yu fell from the sky and landed beside Yuan Ming.

"Fortunately, after entering that valley, I released you in advance, otherwise you would really die in Sha Hao's hands today." Yuan Ming stroked Lei Yu's smooth feathers.

"Master, how did you break those illusions?" King Kong turned around and asked curiously.

Huazhi also ran back and sat on the other side of Yuan Ming, obviously wanting to know the answer.

"I didn't break Sha Hao's illusion at all." Yuan Ming shook his head.

"Didn't break the illusion? How could it be? Sha Hao was clearly trapped by your illusion in the end, and was almost blown to death by you." King Kong was puzzled.

"Who said that you can't cast illusions on others when you are in an illusion." Yuan Ming chuckled.

King Kong scratched his head blankly, not understanding what Yuan Ming meant by this.

"I was trapped by Sha Hao's illusion just now, and it was difficult to see the surroundings clearly. However, with your reminder, I realized that Sha Hao's illusion had a distance limit, so I asked Lei Yu to spy on the situation in the valley from above the valley. Sure enough, Lei Yu was not trapped by the spell, and he could clearly see everything in the valley from mid-air. Although Lei Yu's intelligence is not as high as yours and Hua Zhi, he can also tell me some simple information, such as Sha Hao's location. In this way, although I am still in Sha Hao's illusion, it is not much different from not being trapped by the spell." Yuan Ming explained.

"Oh, so that's it, it seems a bit complicated." King Kong still seemed to understand.

"Strong limbs, simple mind." Huazhi had understood and sent a telepathic message to mock.

"You bean sprout, you're asking for a fight!" King Kong was furious, and his palm as big as a palm fan suddenly grabbed Huazhi's head.

Huazhi was prepared, and "slipped" into the ground.

"If you have the ability, don't escape underground!" King Kong was furious.

"If you have the ability, come down and fight!" Huazhi retorted.

"Come up!"

"Come down!"

Yuan Ming sighed and ignored the two, continuing to hold the spirit stone with both hands to restore his magic power.

King Kong and Huazhi made a fuss for a while before they stopped.

"Master, what happened later? How did Sha Hao fall into your illusion?" King Kong ran back to Yuan Ming and asked.

"I used the Fire Cloud Technique to make Sha Hao think that I was getting impatient, so I lured him closer. I took advantage of his unpreparedness to use the illusion. Although my illusion was not as powerful as his, it could be used as long as I knew his position. Sha Hao was caught off guard and fell into it. But he seemed to have a way to break it and escaped in time." Yuan Ming looked at King Kong and explained.

"So that's how it is." King Kong finally understood it completely, and looked at Yuan Ming with admiration in his eyes.

"Master, what do you think Sha Hao used to break your illusion?" Hua Zhi also emerged from the ground and asked.

"I can't guess it either. It may be some special method to break illusions." Yuan Ming said.

After the previous battle, he also vaguely figured out a way to break illusions.

Just now, he used the Fire Cloud Secret Technique to bombard the valley. Because of insufficient mana, he did not use any means to protect his body, so his body was inevitably affected by the explosion and felt quite painful.

Every time the pain came, the illusion in front of him would fluctuate slightly.

Yuan Ming licked his lips, and a cut was made on the tip of his tongue, and blood was still flowing out slowly.

It was not accurate for him to tell King Kong that he had not broken Sha Hao's illusion.

This wound was bitten by himself when Sha Hao was escaping. He used the piercing pain, the blessing of the Dark Moon Art and the incense burner to make him fluctuate between being awake and unconscious.

After Yuan Ming confirmed that his magic power had recovered about 30%, he sacrificed the white jade shuttle and rushed back, and soon returned to the previous valley.

He landed far away from the valley and released a soul crow to explore inside.

The situation in the valley did not change. The bodies of He Wendao, Bai Ye, Lu Shen, and the five disciples of Shengye Sect were still there, and the scattered magic weapons were also there.

Yuan Ming asked the soul crow to explore around again, and after confirming that there was no problem, he entered.

Looking at the corpses on the ground, he couldn't help but feel a little sad.

But he quickly put aside this strange emotion and collected the corpses on the ground and several scattered magic tools.

Huazhi shot out two vines from the spirit beast bag and sank into the ground, and soon dragged out Shi Dian's body that had been sucked dry by Huazhi.

Yuan Ming also collected it, and then stood still and closed his eyes.

On the way here, he quietly left a magic mark in Xu Tian's body, so that he could take care of it and sense it as long as it was no more than a hundred miles away.

Yuan Ming quickly opened his eyes, sacrificed the white jade shuttle and flew far away. After searching for a long time, he came to the sky above a hidden mountain valley.

He landed and used his spiritual sense to scan. There were actually many cultivators in the mountain valley who were rushing on the road quickly. Almost all the escaped disciples of Shengye Sect were here, including Xu Tian and Luo Xing'er.

"That's good, so I don't have to look for them one by one." Yuan Ming nodded slightly and landed.

The disciples of Shengye Sect walking in the valley were a little nervous when they saw someone appearing. When they saw that it was Yuan Ming, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Senior Ha Gong, I'm so glad that you're okay." Xu Tian said happily.

Luo Xing'er was also overjoyed when she saw that Yuan Ming was safe and sound.

"You were scattered and fled before, how did you get together?" Yuan Ming nodded to the two and asked.

"Senior Ha Gong, after Elder Lu Shen sent a message to me, I controlled the flying boat to carry the disciples on the boat and flew away immediately. Then I notified the remaining disciples to gather together. The flying boat is huge, and I was afraid of being discovered by the enemy's spirit beasts. I didn't dare to drive the flying boat to carry everyone back, so we decided to walk back on the ground." A tall young man from Shengye Sect stood out from the crowd, saluted Yuan Ming, and said.

Yuan Ming recognized the driver of the flying boat, named Luo Shan, a peak Qi Refining cultivator. He could not help but look at his response with new eyes. If the flying boat was a step later, the disciples on the flying boat would be caught by Sha Hao. Walking in the valley, the vast mountains are also conducive to hiding.

"Senior Ha Gong, I wonder how Elder Lu Shen and Elder Bai Ye are doing?" Luo Shan asked again.

"Lu Shen, Bai Ye Daoyou and others have all fallen. Fortunately, the enemy is injured and has left. You are safe." Yuan Ming said.

When everyone heard this, they finally let go of their worries. A few timid disciples even cried with joy.

"What should we do now? Can you escort us back to the sect alone?" Luo Shan asked.

"Where is the flying boat?" Yuan Ming asked.

"The flying boat is parked in another valley at the moment." Luo Shan replied.

"You go and drive the green wood flying boat. I will protect these disciples here. We can leave on the flying boat now. Don't worry, I am here." Yuan Ming said after a moment of hesitation.

Then he lent the flying shuttle to Luo Shan and asked him to go and come back quickly. Luo Shan then sacrificed the white jade flying shuttle and broke through the air.

Yuan Ming rode on the Qingyun Crane to patrol in the sky.

Many disciples of Shengye Sect showed admiration for Yuan Ming in the sky.

"This senior Ha Gong doesn't look very old, but I didn't expect him to be so powerful. Even Elder Lu Shen fell into the hands of the enemy, but he was able to escape safely." A round-faced female disciple of Shengye Sect held her cheek with her hands, her eyes shining.

"Of course, senior Ha Gong, but..." Luo Xing'er raised her snow-white chin and was about to tell the glorious deeds of Yuan Ming killing the Great Jin State Master, but was stopped by Xu Tian with a look.

"Junior Brother Xu, Junior Sister Luo, do you seem to know this senior Ha Gong?" Another disciple looked at the two.

"I have never seen him, but senior Ha Gong is acquainted with the elders in my family. Xing'er and I have heard of some of his deeds." Xu Tian explained.

"What deeds did senior Ha Gong do? Come and listen!" The round-faced female disciple asked.

"This senior Ha Gong is low-key by nature and doesn't like to be talked about behind his back. We are not in a position to say more. Please forgive us." Xu Tian shook his head and said.

Yuan Ming offended Changchun Temple. Since he used Ha Gong's pseudonym, he obviously didn't want to reveal his identity. Xu Tian learned some information from his grandmother, so he naturally wouldn't point it out.

Everyone was disappointed to hear this, but they didn't ask any more questions.

A few moments later, Luo Shan drove the Qingmu flying boat to emit a bright green light, and soon returned to the valley, picked up all the disciples of Shengye Sect, and the flying boat slowly flew up and began to rush towards the gate of Shengye Sect.

"Who of you has a way to contact the sect?" Yuan Ming looked at the others and asked.

The Qingmu flying boat was huge and quite conspicuous. It would be best to contact Shengye Sect and ask them to send someone over as soon as possible to avoid any more accidents on the way.

Everyone shook their heads.

"The magic tools for contacting the sect are all with Elder Lu Shen." Luo Shan said so.

Yuan Ming frowned and didn't take out Lu Shen's storage magic tool.

He almost sacrificed his life for Ye Zong's mission. He would not return Lu Shen's storage magic tool and would just consider it as compensation for his hard work.