After a brief daze, he could only watch Xu Yue's taillights vanish into the endless yellow sand.
Meng Qi also jolted awake and swiftly fled in another direction.
Originally, he had planned to run into Liusha Town and rendezvous with Junior Brother Zhen Hui, to see if they could seek shelter from that beautiful proprietress.
After all, Xu Yue had vaguely guessed that the beautiful proprietress who had suddenly appeared, with no ties to any aristocratic family or sect, was likely connected to the Six Paths Lords as well and had obtained an opportunity like the 'Reincarnation Space'!
But when Xu Yue mentioned drawing away the pursuers for Zhen Hui, Meng Qi hesitated briefly before choosing to trust Xu Yue as well.
Both he and Xu Yue had already opened their apertures, and both possessed divine arts carrying true intent. Even if they encountered Crying Old Man's disciples or granddisciples, they still had a good chance so long as they did not run into those two Nine Apertures experts.
As for their junior brother, who had only accumulated qi, the only option was to seek the protection of that mysterious Exterior Scenery expert.
Meng Qi had no objections to Xu Yue immediately fleeing, nor to their splitting up. He did not waste time hemming and hawing.
This was a life-or-death moment. Naturally, they had to choose the option with the greatest chance of survival!
Their movement techniques followed entirely different styles. Forcing themselves to flee together risked getting them both wiped out at once.
Having made his choice, Meng Qi's footwork unconsciously sped up again.
Although the only lightness skill he had was the extremely cheap Eight Steps of Divine Movement, despite its apparent simplicity, its straightforward speed was not slow at all.
Supported by Meng Qi's powerful physical body