"We escaped alive?" Xiao Xinghai murmured with lingering fear, still finding it hard to believe. This was a mobile natural disaster of the East Sea. He had heard that the chances of escaping a mirage were less than ten percent, and the chances of escaping unscathed were less than one percent.
What kind of secret treasure did Lu Yang have that guided them so effectively?
Tao Yaoye's cultivation had dropped back to the mid Nascent Soul stage. Her aura was frail, and even taking Qi-replenishing pills did no good.
Seeing her so weak she was about to collapse, Lu Yang hurried forward to support her, asking with concern, "How are you feeling?"
As he spoke, Lu Yang moved to take out some medicinal pills to treat her injuries.
Tao Yaoye gently shook her head, her voice feeble. "This is an aftereffect of invoking the Feathering Immortal Physique. Pills won't help. I just need a few days of quiet rest to recover on my own."
"Where did we end up?" Meng Jingzhou tried looking for landmarks, but unfortunately, there was nothing on the sea's surface except for the drifting cluster of thick mist.
"Wait a moment."
Xiao Xinghai dipped his head into the sea, then pulled it back up and wiped his face. "Down below is the territory of the Winged Fish Clan, one of our Kunpeng Clan's vassal races. I'm quite familiar with them."
Just as Xiao Xinghai was about to lead everyone beneath the waves, several kunpeng, each hundreds of zhang long, flew over from the distance, shouting excitedly with clear joy in their voices.
"Young Master, you made it out safely!"
"Uncle Kun, Uncle Yue, what are you doing here?" Xiao Xinghai recognized the newcomers as his father's trusted confidants and lowered his guard.
"When the clan head heard that you and the distinguished guests had been swallowed by the mirage, he ordered the two of us to shadow it so we could keep track of your movements at all times."
These two Kunpeng Clan elders hadn't dared to get too close to the mirage and had been watching closely from a distance the entire time.
"Come, let's head back. The clan head was so anxious he went to blockade the Mirage Clan's gate! If he learns you've returned safe and sound, who knows how thrilled he'll be."
Uncle Kun and Uncle Yue originally intended to produce healing pills for Lu Yang and the others, but the moment they saw them pouring out an assortment of pills radiant with pill patterns and rich with pill fragrance, they quickly abandoned the idea.
When everyone returned safely, Clan Head Xiao was overjoyed. He had never expected that they could leave the mirage, let alone without a single one of them going mad.
"It's good that you're back. It's good that you're back," Clan Head Xiao said, promptly arranging quarters for everyone so they could get some proper rest.
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Late at night, Lu Yang emerged from his meditative state—or more accurately, while immersed in cultivation, he was roused awake by the Immortal Fairy using her tail.
"Go, go, go! The ruins haven't drifted far yet," the Immortal Fairy said excitedly.
Although the Kunpeng Clan had no need for sleep, they were accustomed to cultivating at night. Consequently, there were very few people outside, making it the perfect opportunity for covert action.
Steering the Sword Cleansing Pool, Lu Yang flew out of the Kunpeng Clan in the direction indicated by the Immortal Fairy. Before long, he found the thick mist drifting aimlessly across the water.
Suddenly, Lu Yang shook off the Immortal Fairy's bewitchment and realized the flaw in the plan.
"Hold on. There are plenty of Body Integration stage corpses in there. Isn't going back inside just asking to die?"
"Listen to yourself! With this fairy here, how could anything happen to you? Earlier, with so many people around, certain methods were inconvenient to use. All this fairy needs to do is release a sliver of immortal might, and those zombies will definitely never dare approach."
"That's a relief, then." Lu Yang was once again swayed by the Immortal Fairy.
Lu Yang felt a very comfortable energy attach itself to the surface of his body, but when he tried to sense it carefully, he couldn't detect anything at all.
He stepped into the immortal war ruins, and beneath the protection of her immortal might, he truly did not encounter a single zombie controlled by the Dao fruit along the way.
Chapter 839