Fortunately, I had concealed everything perfectly. When the old man landed, he did not immediately notice the hidden rope! But he kept looking around, now gazing left and right to see whether we had left any footprints, now looking at the area beneath his feet as if he were still searching for traces of our movements.
Yet the old man refused to leave, and the longer he remained motionless, the more anxious I became!
As time passed, Xianli, who was swimming over from beneath the water, was very likely to be discovered. If she were caught the moment she surfaced, wouldn't I have to obediently go back with him? For all I knew, the old man might kill us in a fit of rage.
A mighty immortal at the Spirit Integration Realm had been allowed to escape right under his nose by two children at the Foundation Establishment Realm. Who could hold their head high after that?
Feng Zhen was a man who cared deeply about his dignity. Never mind that we had treated him like this—of all the useful treasures in his cave abode, I had stuffed no small number into my storage pouch. If we were caught, we would either receive a vicious beating or lose our lives.
The situation was extremely dangerous, so I had to do something to draw the old man away!
I casually picked up a stone, glanced to either side, and flicked it toward a fierce beast that was trembling and crouching there under the pressure of the old man's overwhelming aura. The next moment, startled, the fierce beast let out a strange cry and fled!
Naturally, it did not dare run toward me. Instead, it fled in the opposite direction from the old man!
The old man was immediately attracted by the