Chapter 1548 Mark
"This is easy. We will make some marks along the way, and when it gets light, Senior Brother Qi will find them naturally." Chen Xuan said.
"That's the only way."
So every time they turned a corner, a disciple would use a sword to draw a deep mark on the ground, mark it with an arrow, and then place a branch next to it. In this way, as long as Senior Brother Qi passed this section of the road, he would definitely find where they fled to.
As expected, at noon on the second day, Senior Brother Qi caught up, and everyone was very happy. After the impact of the beast tide, the eleven mortal disciples and Senior Brother Qi were all intact, which was indeed a miracle. Everyone knew that Chen Xuan had made great contributions this time, but Elder Gong and the eight cultivator disciples also made contributions, and even those who stayed behind in the Yuyu Sect. It was because of their frontal breakthrough that the large force of the beast tribe was led there, creating conditions for Chen Xuan and his team to break through.
Thinking of this, they couldn't help but start to be wary of Elder Gong and his team. But worrying is useless. What should happen has already happened. It is already noon of the second day. The war has ended long ago. Those who can escape are probably far away from the Black Wind Forest.
Also, what fate awaits the human race trapped inside the forest?
"This news must be spread immediately. Of course, it is also very likely that Elder Gong will escape, but we cannot rely on him completely. There are at least tens of thousands of people trapped. This is a big deal." Senior Brother Qi said.
Everyone nodded, with a solemn look on their faces.
The twelve people could not tell the direction in the forest at all, because they arrived in a completely unfamiliar environment after escaping. At first, everyone could still figure out the general direction, but after crossing several mountains, the direction was completely lost.
Of course, if it was sunny, this problem would be much easier to solve, but it has been raining for the past few days, sometimes heavy, sometimes heavy, and sometimes heavy. The shadow of the sun can't be seen at all, and everyone is really at a loss.
Do we have to wait until the weather clears up before we can go out?
At this time, Chen Xuan was recalling the method of finding the direction in the forest that his father had taught him. Chen Chengfeng had been stationed in the forest for four years, and he had encountered rain and cloudy weather quite often, so he knew how to identify the direction at such times. But at that time, Chen Xuan was still too young, and he didn't take the knowledge Chen Chengfeng taught him to heart at all.
But no matter what, Chen Xuan still remembered some shadows, which seemed to be related to trees.
Chen Xuan looked at an ancient tree in front of him. Its trunk was thick, its branches and leaves were lush, and it occupied a large area. Because of its existence, there were no more decent trees around, mainly because its branches and leaves blocked all the sunlight. Therefore, sunlight is the most important thing for trees. Trees will grow lushly in places with sufficient sunlight. Even on the same tree, only the part that receives the most sunlight will grow vigorously.
The ancient tree in front of him obviously has much denser branches and leaves on his right hand side. This must be the contact point with the sunlight, and the direction of this contact point is - south.
After figuring this out, Chen Xuan was extremely happy and said to the eleven people with depressed faces: "I know how to distinguish the direction of rain in the forest. Everyone come and listen."
Senior Brother Qi shouted: "Really? Do you really know the method?" The others also showed a look of disbelief.
Chen Xuan told these people the relevant knowledge, and they suddenly realized it, but there were still a few who didn't believe it and wanted to find other big trees to verify the authenticity. Of course, the result really verified that Chen Xuan was completely correct.
The place where Chen Xuan and his team were going was the middle, which was due north relative to the Black Wind Forest, and their right hand side was due south, which was the direction they were heading to the west. This direction was exactly the direction where the beast tribe besieged Elder Gong and his team yesterday.
Everyone couldn't help but be shocked. If their group reached there, and the beast tribe had not retreated to the depths of the forest, or chased to the edge of the forest, wouldn't they be trapped?
Of course, this is only a very low possibility. Chen Xuan believes that even if these twelve people really reach the place where they started to escape yesterday, they should not encounter the beast tribe again, because these beast tribes have more important things to do, that is, to wipe out the more than 10,000 cultivators trapped in the forest.
But Brother Qi will not choose any risky actions. His main task now is to bring these low-level disciples back to Shenxinmen safely and report what happened in the Black Wind Forest.
As for what Shenxinmen will do after knowing it, it is not something that he, a disciple of the fourth level of cultivator, can worry about.
So Brother Qi issued an order to adjust the direction, almost turning a 90-degree turn and heading straight north.
After identifying the direction, Chen Xuan and his team left the Black Wind Forest shortly after nightfall. After leaving the forest, everyone really felt that they had completely escaped danger. However, they did not dare to waste time. They had more important things to do, that is, to tell other human beings about the situation in the forest, and the most important thing was to inform Shenxinmen as soon as possible.
Senior Brother Qi had no choice but to take on the responsibility. Although he did not yet have the ability to fly with a sword, he was the most suitable person to travel quickly compared to the remaining mortal realm disciples. He instructed a mortal ninth-level disciple to take charge and left in a hurry.
Everyone was anxious and hungry now. Chen Xuan wanted to take out the food in the space ring several times for everyone to share, but he held back in the end. As the saying goes, if you can't bear it, you will mess up your plans. After what happened with the top-quality wood spirit crystal, Chen Xuan's mind has matured a lot. Anyway, if you don't eat for one or two meals, everyone will not starve to death, and if you reveal that you have a space ring, it will cause a lot of trouble, and the worst ending will involve Old Man Hu and Xian'er. As long as they knew that their space ring came from them, and coupled with the hollow stone incident caused by Old Man Hu, some people would definitely suspect that Old Man Hu knew some secrets.
The next morning, Chen Xuan and the others dragged their exhausted bodies and finally found the human town.
There are also many cultivators who plan to go to the Black Wind Forest gathered in this town. Some of them are about to go to the Black Wind Forest, and the rest are those who have not yet made material preparations.
Seeing Chen Xuan and the others looking embarrassed, someone immediately came over to ask what happened. And as long as someone asked, these eleven people would tell those people what they had experienced. At first almost no one believed what they said and laughed at them for being alarmist. But by noon, whether it was because the same news came from other towns, or because the three of them became tigers, everyone in this town started talking about the strange events in the Black Wind Forest. The person who told the story even seemed to have experienced it himself, and he spoke vividly. If Chen Xuan and the others heard it, they might think that when they were charging into battle, that person might be peeking nearby. However, these eleven people had already left the town at this time. After asking about the road, they headed straight towards the Shenxin Gate.
Three days later, Chen Xuan and the others returned to Shenxin Sect and were immediately invited by the elders to report the situation.
When he arrived at the elder group, Chen Xuan learned about the situation of Elder Gong and the eight cultivator realm disciples. Elder Gong fled back to the sect with three disciples, but the other five disciples lost their precious lives in this mission. The situation of the Yuyu Sect was even worse. Only Elder Yuan escaped, and even Deputy Wang of the fifth level was lost in the beast tide.
When the group of elders heard Elder Gong's report, they couldn't help but be furious. The Shenxin Sect only accepted three or five disciples a year. Now, five of them are confirmed to have died. There are also twelve disciples who are also surrounded in the forest. I'm afraid there are more. It's more bad than good. This caused the sect to lose at least three years of disciples at once, and the sect couldn't help but be shocked. Fortunately, only half the time later, Senior Brother Qi returned to the sect and reported the news that all the other eleven people had escaped safely. This finally made the faces of those too young elders feel a little relieved.
It's just that five disciples died, which is barely better than before. As for these five disciples who are already in the realm of cultivators, they are not within the scope of their consideration. In their eyes, the low-level disciples are all the same. They are all talents. As long as they are given time, they are not sure who will be responsible for the sect. More effective.
Corresponding to the rage of Shenxin Sect, the entire continent was also in an uproar. It has been four years since the beast tide appeared in the Black Wind Forest. What happened to the people who were trapped inside the forest?
Some sects and even their elites left the Black Wind Forest. If all these people were wiped out by the beasts this time, I am afraid that many human sects would be greatly reduced in strength. What is completely different from the Shenxin Sect is that the average sect can reach the cultivator level and is already at the top of the sect.
Although the Human Alliance should also be aware of this incident, because it takes a lot of time for them to contact people everywhere, there is no way to take measures to rescue those who are besieged in a short time. Therefore, all the sects related to this incident immediately chose to send more personnel to the outskirts of the Black Wind Forest to stand by.
The five disciples of the Shenxin Sect were confirmed to have sacrificed their lives, but the Shenxin Sect was also shouldering the responsibility, and all the people they sent were peerless masters. Firstly, they wanted to avenge the five disciples, and secondly, because they knew that there were so many orcs in the Black Wind Forest that could form a beast tide, they just took advantage of this opportunity to complete the tasks assigned by the Human Alliance. After all, they were just wondering where to find so many high-level orcs!