Beside the severed waterfall, a pile of rubble and dirt suddenly exploded outward, and two figures leaped out in an instant.
Pei Ling and Jade Snow Bat were both covered in dust, their robes caked with grime. They looked rather bedraggled.
The aftershocks of the battle between Wushi Villa and Jiuyi Mountain had been truly terrifying.
Fortunately, aside from being buried alive in dust and sand, neither Pei Ling nor the fox had suffered so much as a scratch.
The only loss was that his pill refining, which had been under automation, had been interrupted, ruining the batch he had been making.
Pei Ling looked at the miserable scene around him and frowned slightly.
Ruining one batch of pills was nothing to him now.
When Sun Mujian had given him the ingredients, he had taken into account that Pill Masters had a chance of failing, so he had provided quite a bit extra.
But Wushi Villa had suddenly attacked Jiuyi Mountain, and the fighting had even affected Mang Mountain. In a situation like this, the farther away he stayed, the better.
Thinking this, Pei Ling frowned even more. "This is a bit of a problem... I signed a contract with Sun Mujian. I can't leave Jiuyi Mountain's territory until I've finished refining the pills he needs..."
"I can only find somewhere farther away, but it still has to be within Jiuyi Mountain's territory..."
With that in mind, Pei Ling quickly dug out the pill furnace that had been buried alongside him. Then he brought out his flying boat, boarded it with Jade Snow Bat, and swiftly fled into the distance.
Rumble, rumble, rumble...
Thunderous sounds continued to roll in from afar. Above, the sky would suddenly fill with dark clouds, seeming to crush the city beneath them, then clear completely,