Leaving the Magic Beast Mountain Range

"Damn it! Damn it!" After escaping the formation, Xie Hua flew nonstop toward the Chu Yun Empire. Even as the weakness caused by his draining Dou Qi grew stronger, he refused to stop and rest.

Perhaps he had developed a persecution complex. Whenever Xie Hua considered stopping to rest, an immense sense of terror would strike him, driving him to keep flying.

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"Once I get back, I'll definitely..."

Cursing endlessly in his heart, Xie Hua was considering how to retaliate when a pale white flame suddenly pierced through his heart.

"How... is that possible?!" Filled with terror of death and profound confusion, Xie Hua's body froze in midair. Before he even had time to lower his head for a look, he turned to ash. Until his death, he never understood where he had gone wrong.

"You old bastard, you sure can run!"

The pale white flame swept up Xie Hua's storage ring and vanished into thin air.

On Huo Yuhao's side, Gu He deliberately slowed his flying speed to accommodate him. He had assumed that Huo Yuhao would need to rest and recover his Dou Qi after flying for some time with those strange metal wings. Yet they had already flown for over an hour, and Huo Yuhao's aura remained steady.

"Yuhao, those are..."

"You mean this flying spiritual artifact? I got it from the ruins too."

Ruins again. He could not even be bothered to come up with another excuse! Gu He looked at those spotless, gleaming metal wings, then at the pile of scrap metal in his storage ring, and fell silent.

"By the way, Brother Gu He, how did you end up trapped in that tunnel? What was that tunnel for?" Being carried like this was making Xiao Yan uncomfortable, so he adjusted his balance before asking.

"That was the entrance to an ancient ruin. Perhaps I caused too much of a disturbance when opening it and was discovered by those people." Gu He recalled the humiliation of being blocked at the exit, then remembered that Xie Hua had ultimately escaped. The anger in his heart would not subside.

"So what did you find in the ruins, Brother?"

Gu He glanced at Xiao Yan and said, "You saw that puppet. Other than that, there were some medicinal formulas and a pile of damaged weapons."

"What medicinal formulas?"

Seeing the curiosity in Xiao Yan's eyes, Gu He smiled. "If you want those formulas, come to the Misty Cloud Sect and learn from me after you become a third-tier alchemist."

Gu He did not mention that the formulas he had found were all incomplete. After sharing his own experience, he asked them, "What did you come back for?"

"Actually, we planned to find some more medicinal herbs before heading back."

"What kind of medicinal herbs do you need?"

"Thank you for your kindness, Senior Gu He, but we can look for the herbs ourselves," Huo Yuhao declined.

"No! That disguise Dou Technique of yours may not fool enemies every time." Gu He was truly worried that these youngsters would head back into the core region of the Magic Beast Mountain Range, so he directly rejected Huo Yuhao's intention to stop at the outskirts. "This time, I'm personally seeing you leave the Magic Beast Mountain Range."

"Huh? Seriously? Hey, Brother, you're strangling me under the armpits!"

Time passed amid their conversation. By dusk, they had flown out of the Magic Beast Mountain Range and stopped at the outskirts of a large city.

"This is Black Rock City. You can take flying magical beasts home from here." Gu He gave a brief introduction, then took out an empty storage ring and stuffed all the medicinal herbs he carried into it in one go. He handed it to Huo Yuhao.

"These herbs should be enough for you. Even if you are still missing a few kinds, you can buy them from the Alchemist Association in Black Rock City."

"Senior Gu He..."

Before he could finish, Gu He spread his Dou Qi wings and flew away without using Dou Flame.

"Yuhao!" Xiao Yan took out the Fire-Controlling Medicinal Cauldron left by the cave's owner from his storage ring and quickly tossed it to Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao grabbed one of the cauldron's legs, exerted force with his right hand, and used the Qi Control Art to assist him as he hurled the cauldron toward Gu He.

"Brother Gu He, this cauldron is a gift for you!"

The cauldron slowed in midair and was about to fall when Gu He flashed back and caught it.

"You little brats, what if you had broken it?"

"Senior Gu He! Brother Gu He! Until we meet again!"

"Fine, I'll accept this cauldron. Until we meet again!"

"By the way, Yuhao, when did you learn formations? Did you study them in your previous life?" After Gu He left, Xiao Yan could no longer suppress his curiosity and immediately asked Huo Yuhao about the formation that had even worked on Dou Huang experts.

"Yes." Huo Yuhao nodded. "I saw it from one of my teachers in my previous life. It is called Illusory Space. It can generate suction force to restrain enemies inside the formation. If enemies try to resist with energy, it absorbs their energy as well."

"So those two guys fell into a trap by trying to use Dou Qi to break free from the formation?" Yao Chen, who had returned at some point, was also curious about this.

"Exactly. If they had landed on the ground and relied solely on physical strength, they could have left the formation," Huo Yuhao continued explaining.

"This formation was originally drawn with elemental power. I modified it a little and used six fourth-tier magic cores, so its suction force can only restrain Dou Ling practitioners."

"Other than absorbing Dou Qi, does it have any other functions?" Xiao Yan pressed.

"The original formation could enhance the formation caster's elemental abilities. After modification, it only has the suction force."

"Then you might as well not have changed it," Xiao Yan complained.

"If I hadn't changed it, it would have no practical combat use."

"By the way, Xiao Yan, didn't you come from another world too?" Little Fairy Doctor looked at Xiao Yan. "What did you learn in your previous life? How come we've never seen you use it?"

"Didn't I make sunglasses?"

"That's it?"

"Of course not. I also..." Xiao Yan thought back on the twenty years of his previous life and discovered that his wasted student years had not provided him with even the slightest intellectual help. "I-I wasn't from a supernatural world in my previous life."

"Oh—"

"So, Xiao Yan, you weren't a good student in your previous life either!" Yao Chen spread his hands and wore an infuriating expression. "No wonder you still can't refine a single pill after learning for so long. It seems your teacher must devise more effective measures. Heh heh heh!"

"Isn't it because of you, you old freak? You never gave me a single formula and immediately made me create my own!"

"Come on, Yuhao, Little Fairy Doctor. Let's ignore this bad student. Your teacher has a fragmentary formation scroll here..."

"Why is it another fragment? You old freak, are you a junk collector or something?!"

After a round of laughter and horseplay, Yao Chen turned serious. "Let's discuss our next destination."

"Master, since we have crossed the Magic Beast Mountain Range, let's head to the Tagor Desert next." Xiao Yan picked up the topic. "Teacher, you said you once sensed a Heavenly Flame in the desert. We can cultivate while searching for the Heavenly Flame, and visit my eldest and second brothers while we're there."

"I'm afraid there isn't enough time," Huo Yuhao said. "There are only two months left until the end of the year. Father said we should return to participate in Canaan Academy's entrance examination next spring."

Huo Yuhao paused before continuing, "Also, Xian'er has been away with us for quite a while. It is time for her to return to Green Mountain Town and let everyone know she is safe."

"If we go to Stone Desert City for a visit, we will have to return immediately afterward. There won't be time to cultivate in the Tagor Desert or search for the Heavenly Flame."

"And Brother Yuhao's pills!" Little Fairy Doctor reminded them.

"The pills can be refined anytime," Huo Yuhao replied.

"The sooner, the better," Yao Chen said. "Your teacher has a time-saving method."

"What method?" the three asked.

"Ride flying magical beasts."