Chapter 191: The Safest Place (1/2)
Chapter 191: The Safest Place
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Mo Wuji bolted. Previously, he still exercised caution when he entered the Thunder Fog Forest and made sure that he did not delve too deep for fear of encountering terrifying demonic beasts. But now, Mo Wuji did not give a sh*t; even if there was a strong demonic beast in front of him, he would not hesitate to charge forward.
Albeit Honest Qi, or that short wintermelon, their powers were far beyond what Mo Wuji could match. If the two discovered a slightest trace of him, he would die horribly.
Mo Wuji ran for close to four days before he finally stopped. It wasn't because he didn't want to run any further, but because he truly didn't dare to do so.
As he arrived, he heard the sounds of a ferocious roar. He had heard such a beast roar before; back in the Five Elements Desolate Domain, the cry of a demonic beast undergoing heavenly tribulation was equally terrifying.
If he were to continue running, he might just run straight into the demonic beast's mouth. With this pause, Mo Wuji finally had the time to look at the two storage rings in his hand. His heart was filled with anticipation; these two rings were his greatest spoils of war. These two rings alone made it all worthwhile.
He was in no rush to erase the imprints on the rings, it was more important to find a place to conceal himself.
Keeping the rings close to himself, Mo Wuji started cautiously searching for a hiding place. Even though he had ran for four whole days in the Thunder Fog Forest, it was still not safe.
Naturally, the safest place for him would be the lightning valleys. But unfortunately, he did not dare enter a lightning valley for now; he was afraid that Honest Qi would specially search for him within lightning valleys. After all, he had stayed in a lightning valley before and he was still discovered by Honest Qi.
A lightning lake might also be a good alternative. Mo Wuji turned to look at a nearby lightning lake but his heart was still filled with apprehension.
Minutes later, Mo Wuji gave up on the idea of hiding in the lightning lake. If Honest Qi had not discovered him hiding within a lightning valley, then the lightning lake might be a good choice. But for now, the lightning lake might not be the best of options.
Mo Wuji gazed towards the unfathomably deep and boundless Thunder Fog Forest and sighed inwardly. At this moment, leaving the Thunder Fog Forest was the best option.
However, it was easy to enter the Thunder Fog Forest, but it was difficult to exit it.
Where exactly can I hide? Mo Wuji grabbed his hair in desperation. Suddenly, he turned to look at the ground beneath his feet. Due to his footsteps, the ground had been trampled and flattened. If a person passed by and saw this scene, they would definitely deduce that someone had passed by. It was as jarring as and as open as the center of a highway road.
What was that phrase again? The most dangerous place was also the safest. There’s also this other word called blindspot.
It’s decided, this open area would be his hiding spot, just that he wouldn’t be above the ground, but underneath it.
Mo Wuji’s gaze turned towards the lightning lake; it wasn’t easy to dig his way under the ground from the lightning lake. After all, he didn’t know any earth type skills.
But regardless of the difficulty, Mo Wuji was resolute on this decision. Honest Qi definitely wouldn’t expect for him to hide underneath this open ground. This was because Spirit Building cultivators wouldn’t be able to form an inner breath, thus, they would need air to survive. It was due to this reason that cultivators did not confine themselves in spaces devoid of air. Even Mo Wuji wouldn’t be able to stay underground without air.
However, Mo Wuji had an advantage which others didn’t: he was a practitioner of the Array Dao. He would be able to install an elementary life array which would be able to provide him with vitality and air. Thus, he wouldn’t suffocate to death while he was underground, and would be able to stay there for as long as he liked. Of course, this was on the premise that he could successfully install the elementary life array.
Mo Wuji walked towards the lightning lake and picked the safest spot for him to enter. There was another advantage in digging from the lightning lake; the constant descending of lightning would cause soil to splatter and quickly cover the hole.
Two days later, Mo Wuji grudgingly stopped after filling all his storage bags with soil. He was truly unable to endure any further. Even though he had compressed the soil, and had dug many storage bags of soil, the area he obtained was not more than 1 square meter. With such a small space, he wouldn’t even be able to sleep.
Even though the space was small, Mo Wuji did not wish to dig any further. He suspected that if he were to continue boring through the ground, he would get bored to death. In the past two days, his circulation had even gotten erratic.
Mo Wuji immediately installed an elementary life array and some illumination stones for light. It was only then did he have some time to take in some proper breaths of air. If he had the chance in the future, he would definitely learn some five element skills. With such skills, he wouldn’t need to struggle underground.
At this moment, his spiritual will wasn’t able to scan the ground above, nor did he have the need to. Even though he had spiritual will, he was still a Spirit Building Stage cultivator. Furthermore, if his spiritual will could reach above, then others’ might also reach down below.
In half an incense’s time, Mo Wuji gradually regained his former countenance, but he was too lazy to change his clothes. He immediately retrieved those two rings.
Eh, the instant Mo Wuji’s eyes swept across the jade token hung at his waist, he noticed that there was an additional row of words on it.
Mo Wuji hurriedly grabbed it. Previously, he had been constantly running for his life and didn’t have the time to look at his contribution points. Thereafter, he was busy preparing a hiding spot so he didn’t have the opportunity to look at it.
It was only with that cursory sweep that he discovered that new row of words that he was abruptly reminded of something: Perhaps that coffin man might have died in his hands! The Hundred Sect Alliance’s jade tokens would only record the contribution points from the fleeting soul of an alien cultivator who was personally killed by an alliance member.
When Mo Wuji was tossing and turning the coffin man, that fella still had a few breaths left in him. Thereafter, he stuffed two pills into the coffin man’s mouth. He might have just choked that coffin fella with that act.
But that doesn’t seem likely. Don’t tell me that when I was carrying that fella away, I really killed him?