Within the cold tide, icy mist spread.
Ahead of Xu Changqing and the others, everything, whether in the sky or on the ground, was obscured.
Even Divine Sense probing was hindered by an invisible force.
They could sense that there was something inside, but what exactly it was remained unclear.
"Judging by this thing's spiritual energy fluctuations, it's at least in the Golden Core Realm, isn't it?!"
"Are spirit insects really this terrifying?"
"What do we do?"
Faced with this situation, Hu Bugui and the others were extremely tense.
Xu Changqing pondered for a moment. "I have an idea."
Everyone turned to look at him in unison.
Unable to restrain his impatience, Hu Bugui stepped forward and asked, "Old Xu, what's your idea?"
Xu Changqing blinked. "Run straight away!"
The moment those words came out, everyone froze. It took them quite a while to recover their senses.
Then, one by one, their gazes and expressions turned somewhat strange.
Xu Changqing stated matter-of-factly, "We're on an escort mission, not a demon-hunting mission.
Rather than wasting time here and possibly offending someone, we might as well take a detour and continue in another direction."
One had to know that this was No-Man's-Land.
No Immortal Sect, imperial dynasty, or faction had the authority to govern this place.
To put it bluntly, so long as no particularly huge commotion was caused, or no obvious harm was done, basically no one cared what happened here.
Yu Shi rarely gave a thumbs-up. "Kid, you're truly a talent."
Lu Wu nodded, deeply agreeing. "Indeed."
Ling Chenye, Hu Bugui, Zhao Ziyue, and the others all wore wonderfully complicated expressions.
Miao Huayu and Xu Linshan in particular both seemed to find it perfectly reasonable after hearing him out.
Even Su Jinli's eyes held a trace of amusement at that