Sect Master’s Immortal Journey

Chapter 203: Being out of danger

When faced with the boundless flock of ink-black crows, a line of poetry emerged in Meng Zhang's mind: "The black clouds press down on the city, the city yearns to collapse."

With such a large number of crows, they indeed possessed the ability to siege and conquer a city. Even Foundation Building sects like Taiyi Sect and Qiaoshou Sect would easily fall before them.

Dealing with lone demonic beasts wasn't difficult, not even the Second Rank ones.

However, if they formed a group of their own and could propagate their numbers, these demonic beasts would become extremely formidable. To form a group, they would need at least a Second Rank demonic beast to act as their leader. If a demonic beast group had multiple Second Rank beasts, then the leader would be at least a peak Second Rank, equivalent to the strength of a human at the late stage of Foundation Building.

Demonic beasts followed the most primitive and ruthless law of the jungle: survival of the fittest. If one's strength couldn't subdue the entire group, they wouldn't become the leader.

This was different from human society, where rules, traditions, and familial ties played a role. The leader of a sect or a family might not necessarily be the strongest.

With such a vast flock of crows, their leader was probably not far from being a Third Rank demonic beast.

The five Foundation Building cultivators looked serious, feeling an immense pressure in their hearts.

Gu Tanghai, being the most experienced, was the first to respond correctly. He shouted, "Full speed ahead, follow me!"

The flying boat that Gu Tanghai was on was already at the forefront, responsible for leading the way for the team.

After his shout, the flying boat immediately accelerated at its fastest speed, heading in the opposite direction of the flock of crows.

Gu Tanghai also jumped to the top of the flying boat and used all his strength to fend off the attacks of three crows.

The other flying boats followed suit, and the other four Foundation Building cultivators also jumped to the top of their respective boats, fending off the crows in the same manner.

The Second Rank flying boat exerted its full speed, rapidly depleting its spiritual stones, and its speed increased until it reached its limit.

At every moment, a large number of spiritual stones were consumed, but at this point, no one cared about that.

In the hearts of everyone on the flying boat, there was only one thought: faster, just a bit faster...

The five Foundation Building cultivators put all their efforts into it, making sure the three crows had no chance to attack successfully. Every time they struck, the crows were repelled.

The distant flock of crows, mainly consisting of First Rank ones, couldn't catch up with the Second Rank flying boat escaping at full speed.

As the flying boat continued to flee, the distance between them and the flock of crows grew wider and wider.

Even though some Second Rank crows attempted to break away from the flock and pursue them, they couldn't keep up. The three crows that first launched the surprise attack were already the fastest among the flock.

Now, they had to engage in battle with the five Foundation Building cultivators while desperately trying to keep up with the flying boat's speed.

After covering a long distance, the three crows finally couldn't endure anymore and had to slow down, ceasing their pursuit.

Although they had escaped quite far, no one dared to be complacent; they continued to urge the flying boat to maintain full speed.

Only when the flock of crows in the rear was completely out of sight, and they had flown for a considerable time, did they start to slow down.

Once the flying boat reduced its speed, the five Foundation Building cultivators gathered on Gu Tanghai's flying boat.

At this moment, the five of them couldn't hold back anymore; they no longer maintained the high and composed demeanor they had in front of their disciples.

Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief. Jin Qigu patted his chest with lingering fear and said, "Fortunately, there were no Third Rank demonic beasts in the crow flock; otherwise, we would have been in grave danger this time."

Ruan Dadao continued, "Fortunately, Brother Gu has rich experience and made a timely decision, allowing us to escape in time."

After some discussion, they all decided to be extra cautious in their upcoming journey and not let their guard down.

Due to avoiding the flock of crows, the flying boat team had deviated from their original course. After some careful probing, they adjusted their direction and returned to the correct path, continuing their journey towards the Jiuqu League.

After the thrilling experience, Jin Qiao'er was restricted by Jin Qigu and not allowed to wander around freely; she could only stay on her own flying boat. This made Jin Qiao'er pout with dissatisfaction, wearing a disgruntled expression.

However, Meng Zhang ordered Zhui Dian (Chasing Lightning) to take the initiative and fly to Qiaoshou Sect's flying boat to play with her for a while, which made her happy again.

With such a close call, it seemed like all the bad luck had passed, and the journey ahead became smoother.

The time they had lost due to the deviation from the course was gradually made up in the following journey.

Ten days later, the flying boat team finally exited the Demon Wind Gobi and entered another vast desert.

After spending half a day crossing the desert, the flying boat team entered an endless grassland.

Both Gu Tanghai and Ruan Dadao had been to this side of the Jiuqu League before, and Gu Tanghai had even spent some time living here.

The Jiuqu League was composed of various cultivation forces, with numerous families and sects. The cultivation world here was far more prosperous and developed than the Endless Sea of Sand. There were countless Foundation Building sects and families in the Jiuqu League's territory, and only Gold Core forces had a certain status. The whole alliance was dominated by existences at the level of Primordial Spirit True Monarchs.

Two cultivation forces directly bordering the Endless Sea of Sand were the Gold Core sect Fire Cloud Sect and a branch of the Yellow Lotus Sect.

Both forces had launched major invasions into the Endless Sea of Sand during the great changes in the area several hundred years ago when Purple Gold Sect was weakening. However, after Flying Swan Sect rose to become the ruler of the Endless Sea of Sand, they expelled these two forces.

Fire Cloud Sect and Flying Swan Sect held deep animosity toward each other and had been unable to let go of their hatred for hundreds of years. The two sides often engaged in bloody conflicts along their borders.

Any cultivator coming from the Endless Sea of Sand was seen by Fire Cloud Sect as an ally of Flying Swan Sect. Once they entered Fire Cloud Sect's territory, they would be attacked by Fire Cloud Sect cultivators.

This practice of Fire Cloud Sect seemed justified. Flying Swan Sect was the ruler of the Endless Sea of Sand, so any cultivator coming from there was either a disciple of Flying Swan Sect or its vassal.

Similarly, the branch of Yellow Lotus Sect also held a strong aversion to cultivators coming from the Endless Sea of Sand and subjected them to various difficulties.

Over the years, cultivators coming from the Endless Sea of Sand had learned their lessons. They would avoid the territories of these two forces, take a detour, and head directly to Great Wind City.

With Gu Tanghai leading the way and guiding them, the flying boat team successfully bypassed the territories of Fire Cloud Sect and the Yellow Lotus Sect's branch, taking a big detour and entering the territory of Great Wind City.

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