Chapter 331 - The Hopeless Plight (1/2)

The young man spoke nothing and walked towards him. Qingluan moved to the side of Xiao Chen and whispered, “My Lord, this person is suspicious, please be wary.”

The rest turned and looked at them. This boy seemed to be somewhat weird, but after all, he was not invaded by Devil Qi. Although everyone was at risk at this moment, it was not of the morals of the Orthodox Path to abandon a teen boy just like that.

“Amitabha…” Xu Gu read out a mantra and said, “Let’s go, we must find a quiet place before dark.”

Everyone said no more. After a few hours of walking, they finally found a deadwood forest when twilight arrived. The Devil Qi in this forest was relatively light, and the surrounding trees are tall, but most of them had withered. Led by Su Zimu and Qin Shaoyang, the others laid a defensive formation near the woods to prevent a night raid by the devil creatures.

In the night, the cold wind in the forest blew and wailed like a baby crying. Each person set up several bonfires and sat together. At this moment, they looked a little languid.

Qingluan saw that Xiao Chen was still frowning deeply. Presumably, he was still upset about the conflicts that happened before they entered the woods. She said, “Not to worry, my Lord. The speech about parting ways by Master Yi Tong was just so that people will not talk behind your back…”

Xiao Chen nodded. Yi Tong was not someone stingy.

On the other side, Xu Gu sat alone. He held a rosary and chanted mantra softly with his eyes closed. In the distance, Qingyu and Zhou Li were standing together with Xiao Chen and the boy in red. They looked up at the ink-black night sky above. Right next to them it was Ziyun’er who watched around vigilantly.

After a while, Bai Yushu took out the remaining small amount of food and water from the Divine Vessel to distribute them to everyone. Xiaoyue also gave the rest a Carnage Destruction Pill again.

At this moment, everyone was in their own world. This Abyss of Devil’s Aura seemed to be isolated from the world. No matter how much one walked, one was not able to get out. Now there was not much food and water left. Most importantly, there were not many Carnage Destruction Pill left.

Carnage Destruction Pill was now the only lifeline for everyone. Without the Carnage Destruction Pill, no one could fight against the Devil Qi. Now there were a total of 17 people, and the Carnage Destruction Pill could at the most last up to five days. If one person had gone missing, the rest could get more food and medicine, and the chance of leaving the abyss would increase by 10%…

Everyone understood this, but no one would say it. Ling Fei called Wan Yanyan to the side and whispered to him. It was unclear what he said. The bonfire made the shadows of them looked rather hideous.

Xiao Chen walked over to the boy in red and handed the pastry that had just been distributed to him by Bai Yushu. He said, “Here you go, little brother.”

The teenager had been looking up at the night sky. Then he turned his head and looked at him. He hesitated for a moment and took the pastry from him.

Xiao Chen chuckled and walked back, while Qingluan and Ziyun’er watched their surroundings alertly.

On the other side, Yu Yifeng also sent two pastries to Zhou Li. Zhou Li nodded and said, “Thank you, Senior Brother.” Then he looked at Qingyu who was lying on the ground and said, “Junior Sister, get up and eat something. Don’t worry, Junior Brother Xiao will have a way…”

Qingyu was covered with Zhou Li’s long gown. She was quivering from the cold. Her face was getting paler and paler. She had gotten a high fever. Because she was infected by the Devil Qi, she could not be too close to rest. She moved her lips as though she wanted to say something, but she said nothing in the end.

Xiao Chen saw this scene from a distance and sighed. There were no other ways for him at the moment.

Time flew and the night was colder, and it seemed that it would keep on getting colder. The cracking sound in the fire was hypnotizing, everyone was getting sleepier but they were afraid to sleep. It was not only the devil creatures they had to take precautions against, it was also the hearts of people.

Zhiluan yawned and said slowly, “The food we have left with now is only enough for 3 days, and if we still can’t go out…”

As he spoke, he suddenly shuddered and continued, “I heard of a story in the Burg of the Feral Phoenix previously. Something about more than 20 people who had an air crash on the Thousand Summits Mountain 100 years ago. They could not find food, so they started to eat the corpses of their mates, and finally, 3 people went out alive…”

Everyone felt a chill behind their backs. Although they are cultivators, they were not yet immortals. In the absence of food and water, they could only last for seven days. If they continued this way, everyone would most likely collapse.

Ziyun’er saw that it was about to continue its story, she glared at him and said, “Shut up! If you say more, the first one to eat is you!” Scared, Zhiluan retracted its neck and hid behind Xiao Chen quickly, only exposing its head to see everyone.

Near midnight, the forest was even more chilling. It was harder for everyone to resist the sleepiness. Xiaoyue said, “Every two people take turns to stay and the rest will rest. We don’t know what will happen tomorrow. We need to have enough energy.”

The rest of the people had long wanted to find a comfortable and clean bed to sleep. They agreed to what she said. Therefore, two stayed up to watch and the rest rested. Xiao Chen was not planning to sleep, but he dozed off in the end during the wee hours of the morning.

The next morning, no idea who woke up first. With a yell, “Junior Sister Qingyu!” It woke everyone up.