Chapter 704: Escape From Death
The battlefield has been dealt with. The number of monks killed and captured by the pirates exceeds 200, with only a dozen or so fish that slipped through the net. This time, the pirates made a lot of money, and the total harvest is estimated to be more than hundreds of thousands of spirit stones.
With such a big harvest, the escape of Qingyang is nothing to Blood Skull. It is just a top-grade flying spiritual weapon, worth only a few thousand spirit stones. With hundreds of thousands of spirit stones in hand, what good things can't he buy?
The pirates quickly withdrew, and only the yellow-faced pirate felt ashamed. It was too embarrassing to be escaped from his hands by a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building. However, the pirates won a great victory and were eager to go back to celebrate, deal with the prisoners, and distribute the harvest. No one was willing to stay here to look for any fish that slipped through the net. In desperation, he had to follow Blood Skull back to the nest.
As for where Qingyang went? Of course, he hid in the Drunken Immortal Gourd. He had figured it out before. Facing the Yellow-faced Pirate in the late stage of foundation building, he had almost no chance of winning. Even if he found the Alcoholic Queen Bee and the Iron-armed Monkey to help, he might not be able to win. He couldn't escape, and he couldn't fight. The only way was to temporarily hide in the Drunken Immortal Gourd.
But it was not so easy to hide in the Drunken Immortal Gourd. First, the distance between the two sides was too close. If he acted in front of the Yellow-faced Pirate, it was very likely that the other party would see the signs and crack it in advance. The gap in strength between the two sides was too big, and the Yellow-faced Pirate would move much faster than himself.
The second reason was that it was easy to expose his secret. Even if he could hide in it smoothly, the other party would watch him disappear from his sight and might guess some reasons. How could the Yellow-faced Pirate let him go easily after knowing such a big secret? If a team of people were sent to wait here day and night, he would be completely blocked in the Drunken Immortal Gourd.
Only by using some cover and suddenly disappearing when the yellow-faced pirate was in doubt, so that the other party could not guess the real reason, the pirates would give up the search for themselves.
This is exactly the case. Qingyang first angered the yellow-faced pirate with words, and then when the other party attacked, he suddenly used the Five Elements Sword Formation. The yellow-faced pirate was surprised by Qingyang's strength and was attracted to part of his attention. Then the Five Elements Sword Formation was broken, and the remaining attacks of the other party hit Qingyang. With the top-grade defensive spiritual weapon Snake Spirit Armor, Qingyang was injured, but not seriously.
Relying on the recoil force, Qingyang flew back more than ten feet, distanced himself from the yellow-faced pirate, and then sank into the water and flashed into the Drunken Immortal Gourd under the cover of layers of waves. When the yellow-faced pirate came to his senses and went to look for Qingyang again, he could no longer find anyone.
After that, Qingyang had been hiding in the Drunken Immortal Gourd. In order to avoid being discovered, he did not even dare to probe his mind to check the situation. Qingyang also knew that the yellow-faced pirate would definitely not be reconciled and would definitely not leave in a short time. He might send someone to guard outside, so he patiently began to meditate and heal his wounds on the wine pool square in the Drunken Immortal Gourd space.
Soon a month passed, and the internal injuries Qingyang had suffered before had long been healed, and even his cultivation had improved, but he was still not at the right stage for a breakthrough. Feeling that the pirates must have withdrawn by now, Qingyang carefully sent out his divine sense to observe the situation nearby. After confirming that the surroundings were really safe, he flashed out of the Drunken Immortal Gourd.
A month was enough to cover up any traces of fighting on the sea. The outside had long been deserted, and there was no trace of pirates. Qingyang also went to the previous main battlefield to take a look. It was a vast expanse, except for water. The bodies of the monks, the red-tailed sea scorpions, and the wreckage of the spirit ship were all cleaned up by the pirates, without even a hair left. If Qingyang had not experienced it personally, it would be hard to imagine that two tragic melees had occurred here in succession a month ago.
When they set out from Ziyan City, there were more than 200 monks on the spiritual ship. They were safe and sound along the way. Everyone thought they could reach Zhongsha Region safely. Who knew that after an accident, almost all of them were wiped out. Qingyang estimated that no more than 10% of them would be able to escape in the end.
Of course, it is impossible for the other 90% of the monks to die, and there must be many captured by the pirates. However, it is impossible for these people to leave easily. Their final fate is either to be killed for one reason or another, or to be controlled and left as pirates.
During this period of time, Qingyang has been hiding in the Drunken Immortal Gourd. He doesn't know which people finally escaped, nor does he know the fate of Xiao Yuhan, Xiying and others. Everyone just traveled together and didn't have a close relationship. Qingyang couldn't even protect himself, so how could he have the mood to inquire about the whereabouts of others? If those people were caught, they must be in the pirate's nest. Wouldn't it be a trap for them to go there?
Qingyang was not interested in considering the future for others. What he was most worried about now was his own future. This place was still hundreds of thousands of miles away from Zhongshayu. Not to mention the dangers in the vast sea, just driving a spiritual tool all the way would tire people to death, and it was unknown when he could arrive.
The sea was vast, and Qingyang didn't even know where he was. He had no idea where he could stay in the surrounding seas. He could only barely identify the general direction of Zhongshayu and continue to go south. It was hard to say whether he could reach it in the end.
It would be great if there was a spiritual ship passing by, which would save him a lot of trouble, but Qingyang also knew that this was impossible. On the vast sea, if you say you encounter a monster, there is still hope, but the chance of encountering a cultivator is very small, and as for the spiritual ship, it is impossible.
It's useless to fantasize too much, you still have to rely on yourself for everything! Qingyang sighed for a while, then picked up his mood, drove the spiritual tool Yufeng Gourd, and flew all the way to the south.
The speed of Yufeng Gourd is still very fast, and it can fly about 400 miles every hour, but Qingyang is now alone, and there is no rotation. He can only insist on flying for four or five hours a day. If he flies more, his mind and true energy can't support it.
There are too many dangers on the sea, and you must keep some energy to deal with danger at any time. If you run out of mind and true energy and happen to encounter a monster attack, wouldn't it be a waste of life?
Monsters are most active at night, so Qingyang only travels during the day, and hides in the Drunken Immortal Gourd at night to rest and restore mind and true energy.
At this speed, Qingyang can only travel less than 2,000 miles a day, which is much slower than the spiritual ship. It takes about eight or nine months to travel hundreds of thousands of miles, and this is still the case if there is no accident in the middle, but it is like this when acting alone, and there is no rush.