Wanyao Youyun

Chapter 222 Reverse Tracking

"The problem is that I really can't hand it over!" Feng Huan said as he deliberately spread his hands, with a helpless expression on his face, as if he had suffered a great injustice. "What I said is all the truth, why don't you guys believe me!"

Hearing this, a fellow apprentice in the crowd could no longer suppress his anger. He widened his eyes, glared at Feng Huan, and shouted, "Stop talking nonsense here! You are a water-attributed cultivator, and you dare to claim that you can refine fire spirits. It's simply a pipe dream! Do you think that we are all three-year-old children?"

Another junior fellow apprentice echoed, "Brother, in my opinion, this guy is clearly trying to tease us. What's the point of wasting time talking to him? It's better to just kill him and put an end to it. Besides, this place is deserted, so even if we kill him, no one will know that it was us who did it."

The man who was called Senior Brother hesitated for a moment, after all, he was always cautious. He took a deep breath and slowly persuaded Feng Huan: "My Junior Brother from Xinghejian, I advise you to hand over the Fire Spirit. I don't want to be too extreme, but in this situation, you can't escape. Why would you lose your life for something that is useless to you?"

"Humph, who said I can't run away! If you dare, just come and chase me!" Feng Huan shouted at the group of people with disdain. Since he couldn't get more useful information from them, the best strategy was to run away. It was more important to get away first. If only that senior brother dared to catch up, it wouldn't be difficult to take him down in one fell swoop with his own strength.

Just as everyone was in shock, a flash of green light suddenly appeared behind Feng Huan. Then, a pair of huge and gorgeous green wings slowly spread out. The wings trembled slightly, instantly raising a strong airflow, carrying Feng Huan forward at a speed as fast as an arrow from a bow. In the blink of an eye, he had already flown dozens of feet away.

"Haha, come and catch up with me, young master!" As Feng Huan's figure gradually walked away, his extremely arrogant laughter still echoed in the air.

Looking at the direction where Feng Huan was going away, the senior brother couldn't help but frowned and muttered to himself, "How is this possible? He is only at the fourth level of Condensation Realm but he can possess such amazing flying ability. And judging from the means he displayed just now, he has obviously awakened the power of the wind element. With his outstanding talent, he shouldn't need to come here specifically to look for any opportunity to make a breakthrough. He probably just came here to gain some experience. Besides, I don't seem to have ever heard of such an astonishing genius emerging in Xinghe Gorge. Could it be... that this person is the peerless genius they have hidden for the upcoming martial arts competition? If so, we have really met a tough guy this time." Thinking of this, the senior brother's face became more and more solemn.

The various holy lands and spiritual realms seem to maintain harmonious relations like friendly neighbors, but in fact, under that calm appearance, the open and covert struggles never stop. Every five years, an event called "Genius Exchange" will kick off, which is actually a show of force. At that time, the seven top sects will carefully select outstanding disciples in the 94th Condensation Realm from their sects to let them learn from each other and compete with each other.

In the past, there were many hidden geniuses among the major sects. They might have been unknown before, but once they came to the martial arts competition, they would appear out of nowhere, showing amazing strength and talent, catching their opponents off guard.

At this moment, recalling the past, the brother could not help but hesitate. The current situation was really tricky, because he was the only one who could barely keep up with the other party's galloping pace and start chasing. However, even if he caught up, he would probably not be able to capture the other party successfully with his own strength. What's more, even if they could successfully delay the other party and wait for other fellow disciples to come to reinforce, they would never dare to easily hurt or even take his life. After all, for such a genius, all sects and factions have given extremely high-standard protection measures. If he unfortunately died in this mysterious secret realm, then the sect he belonged to would definitely track him down to the end and would never give up. By then, in order to calm the other party's anger, they would most likely be handed over as scapegoats and left to others to deal with. In this way, the consequences would be simply unimaginable.

"Brother, let's catch up! If we delay any longer, that guy will run away completely!" One of them saw the brother standing there motionless, lost in thought, and couldn't help but urge him anxiously. However, in the face of the anxious shouts of the fellow students, the brother just sighed softly, and the whole person seemed to be a deflated ball, looking extremely decadent and frustrated.

"Forget it!" The senior brother shook his head slowly, his tone full of helplessness and unwillingness, "How can we afford to provoke such a brilliant person? Instead of wasting our energy here, we might as well try our luck somewhere else. Maybe in this mysterious secret realm, there are still many opportunities that have not yet been discovered."

"Ah? How can this be! We have spent so much effort and finally forced the fire spirit into a desperate situation, are we just going to watch him take it away?" Upon hearing what the senior brother said, there was immediately a burst of dissatisfied shouts from the crowd. It was obvious that they found it very difficult to accept giving up like this, and they were feeling depressed and had no place to vent.

"Hmph! If you think you have what it takes, go after him! Do you think you can become his opponent with your little skills?" The elder brother's face darkened, and he swept his eyes across the crowd, scolding them harshly. Before he finished speaking, he waved his sleeves, turned around, and strode away in another direction.

"Really? You only know how to show off to your own family every time!" The man who had just been scolded by his senior brother muttered in a low voice, his face full of indignation, but in the end he did not dare to disobey his senior brother's orders, and had to follow reluctantly.

"Okay, stop complaining! Brother must have his reasons for doing this. You've just seen the talent that person displayed, which is definitely not something we can contend with. Let's just follow Brother's arrangements to avoid any more trouble." At this time, a calmer companion came forward, reached out and grabbed the person who was still chattering and complaining, and together they ran towards the direction where Brother had left.

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"Hmm, no one is chasing us!" Feng Huan was a little disappointed after flying for a while without seeing anyone chasing us. "I finally met these people, but they turned out to be a group of cowardly bandits. It seems that this Longxing Continent is just in name only. What a waste of so many resources."

In fact, Feng Huan didn't know that this secret realm was originally for those cultivators who were not very talented and could not break through on their own to find a breakthrough opportunity. A true genius would only break through on his own and would not rely on external forces. Therefore, there would not be any geniuses in this secret realm. It was for this reason that the senior brother from Linghuoshan thought that Feng Huan was a hidden genius in Xinghejian and came here just to gain experience.

"It seems that the power of the Vermillion Bird Soul Shadow has improved a lot, surpassing the White Tiger Soul Shadow." Seeing that they had not caught up, Feng Huan stopped and checked the situation inside his body. He found that the Vermillion Bird Soul Shadow was much more solid than before, and more spiritual than before, which should be the credit of the Fire Spirit.

"I don't know what this fire spirit is, but it can materialize soul shadows just like Xiao Jin. I should continue looking here, and maybe I can find other similar things to materialize the White Tiger's soul shadow. Yes, I'm just sitting around doing nothing anyway. But I know nothing about this place, and it's difficult to search blindly. It's better for me to follow the people from Linghuoshan." Thinking of this, Feng Huan's heart was burning, and he immediately changed direction and returned the same way.

Feng Huan's tracking ability was not very strong, but fortunately the group of people from Linghuoshan did not deliberately hide their tracks, so he did not spend too much time to find them, and then followed them from a distance. This time he leisurely hung in the air, following and observing all the way to make sure he was not discovered. If the people of Linghuoshan knew that Feng Huan regarded them as a guiding light, I wonder how they would feel in their hearts.

Feng Huan followed and suddenly saw that everyone at Linghuoshan had stopped. A cave entrance emitting strange light appeared in front of him, and the surrounding clear air was so dense that it was almost tangible. Everyone was excited, but they were also worried about whether there was danger in the cave.

"Brother, there seem to be a lot of treasures in this cave, but what if there is a trap?" a fellow apprentice asked worriedly.

The senior brother thought for a moment and said, "This secret realm is open every five years. In fact, many landowners have already explored it before, but there are always some new changes. This cave sect's data does not record it, so it is very likely to be new. Let's go in carefully and take a look. If there is anything wrong, we will leave immediately."

Everyone slowly approached the cave entrance, and at this moment, a strong suction force came from the cave. Everyone was startled and wanted to retreat, but it was too late, and they were sucked into the cave.