“Oh…”
“I’m dying, I’m dying, I’m dying…”
“I’m going to die…”
“What should I do, what should I do?”
Tian Xiaoqing was so anxious she scratched her ears and cheeks.
She looked at the light membrane surrounding her body.
The outside of the light membrane was already completely covered by densely packed Tiger-striped Golden Bees, making it impossible to see what was happening outside.
She couldn't see the sky, couldn't see the sun, and couldn't see her Senior Sister and two Junior Brothers. All she could see was the light on the membrane growing dimmer and dimmer.
At this rate, the light membrane would surely shatter within ten breaths.
“Don’t panic!” He Pingsheng couldn't see anyone else either, but he was relatively calm: “Senior Sister… Senior Brother… outside the cliff is the Void Realm, and about a hundred zhang below is a deep pool!”
“My idea is: if we jump down from here, we might not necessarily die from the fall, right?”
Everyone was a Cultivator at the Late Stage of the Qi Refinement Stage. Under normal circumstances, falling from a hundred-zhang cliff might be fatal, but since there was a pool of water below, they definitely wouldn't die from the fall.
“That won’t happen!” Xu Kunlun’s voice came: “But you’ll most likely break a leg!”
Zhao Ling’er said: “I don’t know how to swim, and I don’t have a Water Escape Spell. If I fall into the water and break a leg, I’ll definitely die!”
Tian Xiaoqing said: “I can’t either… I don’t know how to swim either!”
“What should I do?”
“I’m going to die…”
“I can’t take it anymore!”
Bang…
A crisp sound came.
It was the sound of a jade talisman being crushed.
“Junior Brother, Senior Sister, I’m leaving!”
Whoosh…
Three breaths later, Tian Xiaoqing was directly teleported away.
He Pingsheng said: “Don’t go… Jump down with me… I know the Ren Water Escape Technique…”
Zhao Ling’er said: “No… I’m afraid of heights… Junior Brother, when you get treasures later, share some with us!”
Crack…
Zhao Ling’er’s jade token shattered.
“Junior Brother… I’m leaving too!”
Crack…
Xu Kunlun’s jade token also shattered.
In an instant, the three of them had left.
Only He Pingsheng was left at the cave entrance.
Leave?
Or stay?
He Pingsheng took a deep breath, then immediately made a decision.
He suddenly leaped up, striding ten zhang forward.
Then, his entire body, like a stone, carrying the huge light membrane and the countless Tiger-striped Golden Bees on it, plummeted down the cliff.
A hundred zhang was still very high.
A dizzying sensation came over him.
Two breaths later, some light penetrated the light membrane around He Pingsheng’s body.
Many Tiger-striped Golden Bees had flown away.
Another breath passed.
Bang…
He Pingsheng landed in the emerald green pool, stirring up a huge wave.
Intense pain came from his left leg, which had first touched the water.
Accompanying it was a crisp sound of bone cracking.
A hundred zhang was still too high.
This was over half a li in height!
Falling from such a height wouldn’t kill a person, but He Pingsheng’s left leg, having landed first on the water, was struck by a huge impact force, causing a crack in the bone.
“Ah…”
He roared and plunged into the deep water.
Fortunately, only his left leg was injured.
The other parts were fine.
Moreover, after sinking into the water, the group of Tiger-striped Golden Bees did not continue to pursue him.
After all, they had no innate ability to dive.
The unfortunate thing was that He Pingsheng’s Green Wood Shield, which had four layers of Restriction, had fallen into the deep water.
He wouldn't be able to find it anytime soon.
“Escape…” He Pingsheng endured the pain, immediately cast the Ren Water Escape Technique, and his body, like a swimming fish, instantly glided dozens of zhang across the bottom of the water, heading downstream.
After swimming for about half an incense stick’s time like this, he dared to surface.
This place was already several li away from the cliff, so naturally there would be no Tiger-striped Golden Bees.
He Pingsheng dragged his soaking wet body and injured leg ashore.
Looking around, he found the place to be quite peaceful.
He found a relatively flat boulder, then took out his Materials for setting up a Formation, and simply drew a top-grade Level 1 Formation on the boulder.
A Defense Array.
With this Defense Array, he wouldn't have to worry for the time being.
This thing could defend against attacks from any Cultivator or Yao Beast at the Qi Refinement Stage.
After everything was set up, He Pingsheng took out a green jade bottle from his Storage Pouch.
He opened the jade bottle and took out a blood-red Medicinal Pill: a Gold Bone Pill.
And its quality was top-grade.
He swallowed one top-grade Gold Bone Pill.
He Pingsheng then sat quietly within the Defense Array, waiting for his body to recover.
Because the Medicinal Pill was top-grade, it worked very quickly.
After about an incense stick’s time, the injury on his leg had recovered as good as new.
It was that miraculous.
After all the commotion, it was already late.
He Pingsheng had no intention of continuing to search for treasures; instead, he planned to spend the night here!
…
Cuiping Mountain, on the huge plaza.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
Three consecutive flashes of white light appeared.
Xu Kunlun, Tian Xiaoqing, and Zhao Ling’er appeared on the plaza.
“Hahahaha… Tai Xu Sect!”
“They are Tai Xu Sect Disciples!”
“Xuanyang old geezer, you lost…”
“Hehehe…”
As soon as the three appeared on the plaza, they heard voices from nearby.
Turning their heads, they saw their Old Ancestor, Elder Xuanyang, looking at them with a dark expression.
It turned out that several School Elders had gathered to gamble, seeing whose Disciple would be teleported out first.
Unexpectedly, it was a Tai Xu Sect Disciple.
Xuanyang angrily said: “It hasn’t even been a day, you three, why are you so foolish… What did you encounter?”
Zhao Ling’er said: “Old Ancestor… I’m sorry, Disciple knows her mistake!”
The three quickly knelt on the ground.
Xuanyang said: “Don’t kneel, tell me, what happened?”
“Yes!” Zhao Ling’er said: “Disciple… Disciple and a few others encountered the Tiger-striped Golden Bees, and were chased by tens of thousands of them, with no escape, so we could only…”
“What?”
“Tiger-striped Golden Bees?”
“Where?”
“Where…”
Upon hearing these four words, the surrounding Elders all jumped up.
This was a good thing.
Although they didn't need it, among low-level Disciples, this tiger-striped golden bee honey was a supreme treasure.
It was also an excellent harmonizing spiritual liquid for Alchemy.
“Shut up!” Elder Xuanyang, seeing that the matter was serious, quickly said solemnly: “Don’t say any more…”
“You three, come with me!”
He quickly led the three to a secluded spot, then with a wave of his hand, he opened a barrier that enveloped the three and said: “Alright… tell me… where did you find the Tiger-striped Golden Bees?”
If they knew the exact location, when the Secret Realm opened next time, they could provide a countermeasure, specifically allowing Disciples to go there to collect the honey.
Although the Secret Realm belonged to everyone.
However, the treasure locations discovered by the various Schools were still kept secret from each other.
Such things would generally not be shared.
“I don’t know!” Zhao Ling’er shook her head: “We haven’t figured out where that place is yet.”
Seeing Xuanyang’s gloomy face, Zhao Ling’er quickly said: “But Elder, don’t worry… Junior Brother is still inside, when he comes out, just ask him and you’ll know!”