On the morning of the other day…"How is everyone?" - Lian Mei
"They are recovering from their injuries ... Still, we need to move if Le Chang ... was ... defeated ... chances are they"ll come after them to recapture them" - Wuhan Xie.
"Let"s take a different route and then go to Turtle City" - Lian Mei.
Both were around a map of the area, they called the best-off group to explain their plan.
"We still have four days until the day of the meeting ... If we take this route we should arrive in three days" - Lian Mei.
"Zi Huan, Zi Lim. What do you guys think?" Asked Wuhan Xie.
"It"s the best option… We should move as far as possible to Turtle City" - Zi Lim.
She was a 17-year-old girl, her hair was blue as the ocean, her eyes were gray and her body slim. She was in the 7th Grade of the Dao of Integration and was wearing some clean clothes given by Wuhan Xie and Lian Mei, her face was bruised and her arm was bandaged, but with Medicinal Pills she would fully recover.
Zi Huan was Zi Lim"s brother. Zi Huan had the same blue hair and gray eyes, the only difference being his huge, muscular body. He was also in the 7th Grade of the Dao of Integration, his arms and legs were bandaged, but it was nothing serious. With the help of the pills in a week, he would be brand new.
"I agree… Most have superficial injuries, but we have some that need more care…" - Zi Huan.
"Alright… Let"s all eat and we"ll walk again. Let us know we"ll stop at noon and sunset only." - Lian Mei.
"Alright…" - Zi Lim.
Wuhan Xie and Lian Mei had a good supply of supplies, but they were not enough for almost three hundred people.
So they both hunted some animals for a meal.
After eating, they cleaned up so as not to leave clues of the direction they took.
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300 miles from there.
"Ugh… my bod… body… hurting…" - Le Chang.
He was lying by a stream, the golden coc.o.o.n was gone.
Light entered his eyes and caused a momentary discomfort, Le Chang quickly inspected his body for damage.
"What???" He exclaimed.
His [Qi Channels], [Meridians] were perfectly normal, there were some broken bones, but no serious damage.
The pain was more from the exhaustion of his body due to the overuse of Qi.
"Wow…" Le Chang sighed with relief.
"Awake boy?" - Seiryuu.
"What happened… How did you save me?" - Le Chang.
"We don"t know for sure ... We just did what the" Golden Being "told us ... He told us to focus on trying to move your body with our wills ... As you tried to do that the coc.o.o.n appeared and you shot through the air." - Gao Yao.
"Being Golden? Do you know who he is?" - Le Chang.
"No… We just saw the same as you, a humanoid Golden Being…" - Seiryuu.
"I see ..." - Le Chang.
"Can you move?" - Gao Yao.
"No…" - Le Chang
"Try to absorb the Qi around you ... You will need at least a day to replace the lost Qi." - Seiryuu.
There, lying on the ground, Le Chang began to cultivate, strands of Qi running toward his body.
Two hours later he was finally able to sit down and was in the Lotus position. Le Chang ate some Medicinal Pills and began operating the Cultivation Techniques [Path of the Dragon G.o.d] and [G.o.d of Death].
Making the medicines run through his body took a few moments for Le Chang"s body to recover.
It took him ten hours to get moving normally.
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One day later…
Le Chang remained in the lotus position, on his body was a small white layer of Qi.
"Amazing… I came in the middle of the 10th Grade Dao Integration…" - Le Chang.
"A saying on the Martial Way that those who survive big storms are always rewarded by Heaven." - Seiryuu.
Le Chang laughed calmly, he felt much stronger than before, if he came back he would not defeat them all yet, but surely he could escape without so much damage.
"It"s been two days since I left… I think it"s time to try to find the group again…" - Le Chang.
It took a whole day for him to come back to life after Seiryuu and Gao Yao saved him, and another day to recover Qi from his body and heal his bones as well as rest his body. He took a map of the region and began to study the geography of the place.
"I did a lot of damage to their base, I believe they will not immediately go after them…" - Le Chang.
"I agree… The group must be at least a day ahead… If they are hiding it will be even harder to find… Also, if they recapture them it will be tricky to carry almost three hundred people since they have no base anymore." - Gao Yao.
Le Chang gave a slight laugh, he caused good damage in the place.
"Also, Wuhan Xie and Lian Mei must have b.u.mped into the group… At the time of their escape, they took the same direction we came from, they likely met both of them… If so their chances of survival would be greatly increased... "- Seiryuu.
"Mm… True… I believe the best place for them to hide is in this valley anyway… By the time it has gone by, the size of the group, the number of injured and considering they have met the girls, I believe they are going to this valley… If you take this route you should arrive in Turtle City in two days. " - Le Chang.
"If you keep driving along the mountain you should intercept the group within a day." - Gao Yao.
"Okay… let"s go over there…" - Le Chang.
It was a good thing that he still had a new change of clothes, meal, and water in its storage ring in great condition.
Of course, Le Chang knew that the damage to his body must be extremely serious while fighting he had to keep his body at all times far beyond its limit.
The Golden Being had restored his [Qi Channels] and [Meridians], it left Le Chang with some doubts if he can do it now, why didn"t he do it before when he was good for nothing? And most importantly, who was the Golden Being within your body.
Le Chang noted that not only was his strength jumped the moment he began to move, but his own body had also been improved, his vision improved further, he could see almost ten miles away with great accuracy.
His hearing caught the movement of the leaves, the wind through the gra.s.s and all the living things around him.
Her muscles, bones, spinal cord, and nerves were stronger and healthier than ever.
The expected one-day time proved inaccurate, at Le Chang"s current speed it took him half a day to find the group.
In a tree canopy, Le Chang could see Wuhan Xie and Lian Mei patrolling the surrounding area for enemies and dangers.
"I found…" he said with a smile.