"It was Abbot's Voice." Xun Bai said, staggered.
"Why would Qi Solidification Cultivators enter the forest?" Lai Shi asked with a frown.
"Let's not care about it. Since Abbot gave the green light, you four can break through now." Ezio said and looked at the four. "We are close to the periphery of the inner forest. When we take all the fruits, we will run out of the cave, and look for another safe location without getting caught with the help of Brother Xian's Signium."
"Okay, let's do it." Xian Zhou was okay with the plan and walked into the cave.
Ezio and others followed and circled around the lake. When they finished the circle, Ezio gave them a nod and jumped over where the Millenium Yin Cherry plant was.
He took out a black cloth from the Mysterious Room that was big enough to cover him and the plant together. As soon as he did that, the shrill of Wuchuge filled the cave. They got restless and started to attack, but radiant light kept them away.
Ezio, in fact, didn't know how to pluck fruits. He lied about it because he had a trump card that could help him to acquire the fruits. The matter of plant withering was also a lie. He was planning to take it and plant it in Heaven's Backyard with the help of Botanist Ezio.
When he surrounded the plant with his inner energy, the plant vanished from the middle of the lake, and Botanist Ezio gave him the green light. Ezio removed the cloth and started to run towards the corridor they came from.
"Run!" he yelled, and all the other four followed after him. The Wuchuge were restless and followed after them. Some went to take the cloth off and see the big space where the Millenium Yin Fruit should have been, and shrieked madly.
Ezio and four were running with everything they had, and Yang Yu was at the back. If it weren't for her, they all would be dead by now.
Ezio looked inside the Mysterious Room while he was running, and noticed 5 fruit lying in the middle of it. Botanist Ezio left one of them on the tree to further inspect it.
The shadows were moving restlessly on the walls, and the radiant light of an angel was illuminating the path like a lighthouse, showing the way for the party. But the path was too long. It took them almost a week to arrive at the cave. Even with their maximum speed, it would take them at least a few hours.
Others wanted to do something but were helpless. Wuchuge had no weakness except the light element, without it there was no way of hurting them. Ezio never said it out loud but he was glad Yang Yu had a useless Signium instead of an attack type. If it were an attack type, the effect would be smaller than what it was now.
The weapon type Signiums couldn't be as effective without a medium. For example, if Yang Yu had a Light Sword Signium, she would need a weapon and a compatible technique to utilize the light element. Yes, she could actually kill Wuchuge, but how many could she kill before they were all dead?
But because it was a useless auxiliary type Signium, she could only use it to illuminate and push away the darkness. It couldn't kill or heavily hurt Wuchuge but could keep them at bay.
After 12 hours of chase, the party erupted from the cave and jumped to the other side of the cliff. Yang Yu was too tired at this point because she was using her Signium all the time. Xian Zhou piggybacked her and started to feel the ground with his Signium.
Wuchuge were afraid of coming out of the cave and were still inside. But their screams were audible even when they were hundreds of meters away.
"Let's get out of here." Ezio looked around nervously and ran as fast as he could. "I am not the only one who can connect Wuchuge and Millennium Yin Cherry."
The party ran for at least half an hour before arriving at another cave. They jumped in without caring, but Xian Zhou's face was resolute. Ezio at first didn't understand the reason. But as soon as he entered the cave he noticed two other people inside the cave eying them with fear.
"Hello, disciples of the Cleansing Buddhist Sect." the boy said, clasping his fist. "I am Gale Guy. We have nothing to do with the killings, I promise. We just ran away and my girlfriend got hurt."
Ezio looked at the boy and girl. The girl had a deep sword wound on her back. Ezio deduced what happened from what the boy said. Obviously, there were Qi Solidification cultivators entering the forest to apprehend someone.
'Probably someone broke through and refused to leave. In normal cases, the said person would be detected by the formation, and an elder would come inside the forest to take the person out. But from Abbot's restless voice, I can guess that the other two leaders weren't listening to his reasons and sent Qi Solidification disciples.
As soon as they entered, all the rules were ignored, and everyone started to advance inside the forest and attack each other. If there are so many people who can break through after entering for a week, they must have been prepared beforehand.
Abbot wouldn't let them enter if he had any other choice. Then the first person breakthrough must be from the Cleansing Buddhist Sect, and the said person must have attacked others. Otherwise, these two wouldn't be so afraid to see us.
But the other two sects wouldn't leave it up to chance. Their accomplices must be an authoritative figure inside the sect. Let's say the Supreme Elder of the Tian Family. Then, their target is really me.'
As much as Ezio wanted to stay humble, he was after all a supreme genius and the most handsome man in the world. They were after whom, if not him.
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