Published: March 8, 2025
The soil shifted, and Chu Yang's head emerged, covered in dirt, looking around like a sneaky turtle. He chuckled, "Seems like everything's fine now."
Behind him, Dong Wushang said in a low voice, "Boss, this plan of yours is truly brilliant! How did you know they would only search the bottom of the cliff?"
Chu Yang snorted, "Heaven's secrets cannot be leaked."
Dong Wushang laughed heartily but didn’t pry further. That's just his personality; if something is confusing, he won’t dwell on it. Especially when it comes to good things—if he can't figure it out, there's no need to worry. After all, someone else is thinking for them...
Last night, the three of them had come here, spending immense effort to carve a passage through the mountain, eventually creating a hole at the bottom of the cliff. First, the Sword Spirit confirmed the location of the underground river, then the three of them worked together until this afternoon to finish. After resting briefly, they were ready for action at night.
In reality, their hiding place was right here.
Everyone saw them jump off the cliff when the mountain collapsed, but in reality, they had only dived down to grab hold and burrowed back.
At that moment, the mountain fell, and everything left no trace.
Moreover, the tunnel leading to the underground river was there; everyone would only suspect they had vanished without a trace, never thinking they were still here, right on top of the cliff!
All those searching at the bottom of the cliff would exert themselves, but no matter how powerful the supreme ones were, what could they find?
The poison afflicting the trio of Han Xiaoran was still quite troublesome.
If Chu Yang wanted to resolve it, he would need to use the Complete Version of the Ninefold Pill. However, the poison they had was actually a great tonic for Chu Le'er. Not just this type of poison; in fact, any poison in the world was a great supplement for Chu Le'er!
So after using the spirit spring water to suppress the poison in the three of them, Chu Yang wanted them to return to the Chu Family. But the journey of thousands of miles, with the three of them together, was indeed too conspicuous.
They probably wouldn't make it a few hundred miles before being captured again. But if they followed him northwest, the journey would be even more dangerous...
Chu Yang contemplated for a long time, unsure of what to decide.
Dong Wushang suggested, "How about I and Rui Butong escort Brother Han back to the Chu Family first, and then come back to find you? This way, although the boss would be alone and unsupported, he would also be unburdened and able to adapt to any situation. We here can be more thorough in our considerations."
Chu Yang pondered for a moment and said, "That's fine. However, even if you escort them back, you will need extremely clever disguises. By the way, where's Butong?"
"I'm right here..." a weak voice said. Soon, a head emerged from a pile of stones not far away as Rui Butong crawled out, covered in dirt. "This time, the gains are truly significant. Supreme second tier."
Chu Yang had a sudden idea, "Why don't you lie still, and I, along with Wushang, kill you a thousand times today? Then your strength would be legendary! We wouldn't have to fear anything."
Rui Butong retorted angrily, "What's the difference from suicide? Dying is still dying!"
Dong Wushang clapped his hands, his eyes lighting up, "Right! Right! Right!"
Rui Butong fumed, "If this nirvana rebirth could really be used like that, then every Phoenix would have long become the strongest existence in the universe; can't you see that?"
"Why is that?" Chu Yang asked, "Is there a limitation?"
"Of course, there are limitations!" Rui Butong rolled his eyes, "The underlying principles are things you wouldn't understand, but in short, it's about 'inevitable external forces causing death, hatred, suffocation, and fear'... Even if rebirth is possible, the fear of death is completely real... You don't know that feeling... it's too devastating..."