Chapter 65: Fleeing in the Dark of Night

  Although worried about Wei's injury, Zhang Shan deeply knew the truth that haste makes waste. With his current exhausted state, rushing on the road at midnight was absolutely not a wise move.

  Found a flat place, set up the tent, Zhang Shan didn't feel at ease leaving Ling Yuwei alone, so he didn't go hunting either.

  The two took out dry rations and water from their bags, ate them, and then began discussing tomorrow's affairs.

  After the sky gradually turned dark, they returned to their tents one after another and sat down to rest.

  In the middle of the night, Zhang Shan, who was in a state of meditation, was awakened by the warning from the spirit of the stele.

  "Could it be a monster attack?" Zhang Shan rushed out of the tent in a flash.

  "It's Xing Yuebo and his men, they are less than thirty miles away from here now, and they're heading in this direction." Bi Ling said quickly.

  "How did they track us down so quickly?" Zhang Shan wondered in his heart.

  But knowing it's not the time to think about that, he rushed to Ling Yuwei's tent and lifted the curtain, shouting: "Sister, we have to leave here immediately..."

  "Ah, brother, what... are you going to do? Get out quickly."

  Ling Yuwei's body was clad in only a thin little dress, her beautiful figure almost visible through the dress.

  Unexpectedly, Zhang Shan suddenly poked his head in, and she subconsciously covered her chest with both hands, staring at him flusteredly and scolding him lightly.

  Zhang Shan hastily turned his head and said apologetically, "Sorry, Master Sister, but Xing Yuebo has caught up with us, we have to leave immediately."

  Ling Yuwei was shocked and stood up, no longer caring about his sudden intrusion: "Wait outside for a moment, I'll get dressed and go out."

  Zhang Shan grunted and returned to his own tent to start packing up.

  Before long, Ling Yuwei dressed neatly and emerged from the tent, immediately putting the tent away into the Susu Ring.

  Zhang Shan came before her, squatted down, and carried her on his back. After thinking for a moment, he took out the rope from the Mount Sumeru ring and began to tie her firmly to his body.

  Escaping in the dark of night, with pursuers behind, it's likely that a fight will ensue soon. If I'm not careful and accidentally drop Ling Yuwei, it'll be troublesome.

  Watching him calmly making preparations, Ling Yuwei's tense mood suddenly calmed down, and she inexplicably felt a sense of relief.

  In the afternoon, Ling Yuwei had already informed Zhang Shan of the location and route of the valley in detail. With a clear plan in mind, he settled everything and then plunged into the dense forest.

  Not long after he left, three figures appeared in the place where the two had left, who were Xing Yuebo and others.

  After carefully inspecting this temporary camp, Xing Yuebo sneered: "Finally caught up with us, they just left, we'll chase them and see where they can escape to."

  He took a look at the jade plate in his hand, which was as big as a palm, and led Suo Changtian and Feng Pingyuan to track down the direction where Zhang Shan disappeared.

  Half a time later, Zhang Shan was escaping while communicating with the Ling God consciousness of the monument.

  "Are you saying they can accurately determine our position?" Zhang Shan asked.

  "Yes, no matter how we change direction, they have followed us without any hesitation. Now the distance is not only not increasing, but getting closer and closer." Ling's divine consciousness kept paying attention to the pursuing soldiers behind.

  Zhang Shan rushed towards a small hill: "How can they do this? We won't be able to escape if we don't figure it out."

  "There are only two possibilities: either Xing Yuebo has a tracking spirit beast, or he had previously placed a tracking mark on you guys. I think the latter is more likely."

  "The Monument Spirit thought for a moment and then said: 'I suggest you find a stream, wash your bodies clean, and destroy the clothes you're currently wearing.'"

  "It makes sense, but time is pressing now, we must think of a way to buy some time."

  Zhang Shan stopped on the small hill and pondered for a moment before asking, "Sister, I recall you mentioning that not far from here is the territory of the Man-Eating Vine and the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly?"

  "Yes, the area within a hundred miles is filled with Man-Eating Flower Vines, and many Rainbow Illusory Butterflies inhabit them. The outer layer of Man-Eating Flower Vines only has one or two stages of power, but inside there should be four stages." Ling Yuwei replied.

  "Alright, let's lure those three rascals into the Man-Eating Vine Thicket and then leave through there." Zhang Shan said as he turned around and ran in that direction.

  Ling Yuwei exclaimed in surprise, "In that case, although it may hinder them, won't we also get trapped? The Seven-Colored Butterfly's illusion realm combined with the Devouring Demon Vine's attack, at our current level, we basically can't get through."

  The Rainbow Butterfly itself has no attacking power, but it can emit a colorless and odorless hallucinogenic gas. Whether it is a demon beast or a human being, as long as they inhale it, they will produce hallucinations.

  The Devouring Horror and it are symbiotic, the Seven-colored Phantom Butterfly uses its hallucination to lure living creatures into the Devouring Horror's attack range, allowing the Devouring Horror to devour them, while the pollen of the Devouring Horror is the favorite food of the Seven-colored Phantom Butterfly.

  "I sense that Xing Yuebo is closely pursuing us, and it's likely that he has tampered with our bodies. We need to think of a way to shake them off first and then find a place to deal with this, otherwise we'll definitely be caught up by him." Zhang Shan said while flying away.

  "Junior brother, won't... have made a mistake? Hmm, although my physical body was damaged, my divine sense is undamaged and I didn't sense any pursuers behind us." Ling Yuwei hesitated for a moment before saying.

  "They won't be wrong, they're just about ten miles behind us, and they've been following closely all the way, getting closer and closer," Zhang Shan said with certainty.

  Ling Yuwei listened to his determined tone, half-believing and half-doubting. With Zhang Shan's cultivation level, his divine sense could perceive things ten miles away, which was almost twice her own range.

  Putting aside that question, she worriedly said: "But how can my junior brother avoid those illusions? Those miasma can even enter the body through the pores of the skin, even if one holds their breath tightly."

  Zhang Shan naturally couldn't tell her that there was a stele spirit hidden in his sea of consciousness, and it wasn't affected by this illusion.

  He had already discussed with Ling that when the time comes, he would let it control his body, so as long as he carefully avoided those high-ranking Devouring Vines, there wouldn't be too much danger.

  He blinked his eyes, and Zhang Shan found an excuse to say: "I have cultivated a divine consciousness technique, so I won't be affected by the illusion, so Master Sister can rest assured. Now what I'm worried about are those Devouring Demon Vines."

  "It turns out that Shidi has practiced the divine consciousness technique, no wonder his divine consciousness response distance is so much stronger than mine. I didn't sense anyone following us from behind all along, and just now I even thought Shidi was being suspicious for no reason."

  Ling Yuwei said with a bit of embarrassment, then perked up again: "If Master can defend against this illusion, it's really possible to get through the territory of these man-eating vines."

  A moment later, Ling Yuwei suddenly spoke up and reminded them: "We're here, it's just ahead."

  Zhang Shan stopped and looked ahead with his eyes, twenty zhang away, a cluster of vines about one zhang high and two to three zhang in diameter stretched out behind, as far as the eye could see.

  Still vaguely visible was a butterfly the size of a fist resting on the vines.

  "How far away from the stele can one be without being affected by the miasma?" Zhang Shan asked in his heart.

  "About ten zhang." Bi Ling estimated and replied.

  Zhang Shan slowly walked forward and stopped at a distance of ten zhang from the outer ring of the Devouring Demon Vine.

  He turned around and took a deep breath: "Now it's just waiting for Xing Yuebo to come, as long as he wants to catch us, he can't help but follow us in."

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