Insufficient balance

  Qin Si Ruo suddenly appeared in front of Tang Hao, with a playful smile on her face: "What's the whispering about? The transmission gate has been set up, we can depart now."

  Qin Huan appeared at some point, looking helpless as he said: "Si Ruo, you're really something. You've set everything up without even notifying me first. You're truly a woman who can't be left alone."

  Tang Hao's face turned red for a moment, and it seemed that he was now a woman, which made the words sound awkward.

  Qin Si Ruo blushed and said: "Brother, what are you talking about? Wan Er sister is my best friend."

  Tang Hao also felt extremely uncomfortable upon hearing this sentence, and for this entire month, Tang Hao hadn't had a good night's sleep.

  Wang Qiu burst out laughing and said, "Let's set off first, if it gets dark and we transmit to the wrong place again, it'll be dangerous in these desolate mountains."

  Everyone nodded and gathered their belongings before walking up to the portal.

  "Master, aren't you leaving?" Qin Guan said to Wang Qun who was standing far away seeing off the crowd.

  Wang Qiu shook his head and said, "This is my home, I don't want to leave here. Moreover, I'll stay behind to control the White Gold City's formation, although it can't stop the lust demons that have obtained physical bodies, but it can still trap those dry corpses and prevent them from causing chaos."

  "The Ling Xian Pavilion is gone, what's the point of you being here, Wang Lao?" Tang Hao suddenly said in a mysterious tone.

  Wang Qiu's eyes lit up, and he smiled helplessly, saying: "The Lingxian Pavilion is no more, but I'm waiting for you to establish a second Lingxian Pavilion. At that time, I might leave this place."

  "Rest assured, Master, I will establish a second Lingxian Pavilion."

  Wang Qizhen smiled and turned around, perhaps he didn't want to see everyone leave.

  Tang Hao nodded at the other two and walked into the transmission gate.

  After a dizziness, everyone found themselves still in the Xuan Yin mountain range. It seems that the intensity of the mark was too weak and not enough to bring them into the foot of Feng Zu Sect.

  Qin Si Ru licked her tongue and said, "It seems that there was some mistake in the calculation, but fortunately this should be the outer periphery of the Xuan Yin mountain range."

  Tang Hao sent his divine sense to explore the tree, discovering that the flying birds on the tree were only at the Qi Refining stage of cultivation. However, they had reached the seventh level of the Qi Refining stage. In comparison, Qin Xiao was at the seventh level of the Qi Refining stage, while Qin Si Ruo was at the sixth level. Tang Hao, although only at the fifth level, was confident in his ability to kill ordinary seventh-level demonic beasts. These flying birds were not particularly difficult for them to deal with either.

  The flying bird saw someone probing and made a sharp cry to intimidate the crowd, so Tang Hao withdrew his divine sense.

  Suddenly a vine bound up the flying bird and dragged it into a bright flower, instantly turning into a pile of bones that spat out.

  Tang Hao's heart skipped a beat, but the fact that the flying bird was at the seventh level of Qi Refining didn't mean all the creatures here were at the same level. Although they wouldn't be far off, a small boundary was often an insurmountable chasm.

  In terms of the speed at which the Corpse Flower captures its prey, it's probably two realms higher than that flying bird. Let alone winning against a cultivator in the ninth stage of Qi Refining, you should be thinking about running away quickly.

  The man-eating flower saw that everyone wanted to escape, and the vines that were originally going to slowly approach also all exposed themselves, flying quickly towards the three people.

  Everyone was fighting and retreating, Qin Si set up an array on himself, his whole body emitting green light, everything within a 10-meter radius around him slowed down, except for Tang Huang and Qin Xiao. Qin Xiao summoned a storm, the storm contained countless knife edges, obviously much stronger than in White Gold City.

  Dào Guāng cut off most of the vines, but some still approached the three. Táng Huǎng held a dagger and cut off the approaching daggers one by one, narrowly escaping danger.

  As time passed, Tang Hao and the others continued to retreat to the outer periphery. The Man-Eating Flower saw this and didn't want its vines to go to waste, so it released a burst of red light all over its body before dimming down. Its originally bright red color had become somewhat dull, but its originally dark green vines now had a hint of blood-red color.

  It's clear that this is not just a change in color, the vines have also become more robust, and the number of vines breaking through Qin Xiao's Wind Ring has increased, which undoubtedly adds to Tang Huang's burden.

  Suddenly a vine wrapped around Qin Si Ruo, Tang Huan hurriedly cut down the vine, but unexpectedly the vine contained highly toxic poison, and Qin Si Ruo actually fainted.

  Qin Si Ruo's withdrawal undoubtedly pushed them to the brink, and Tang Huan and Qin Xiao had no choice but to protect Qin Si Ruo in the middle, back to back, resisting the attack of the vines.

  "It's been a month since the beast tide, and if any of our disciples who participated in the competition haven't been rescued yet, they're definitely dead. I don't know what Sister Lin is thinking, still telling us to keep searching." A girl's voice suddenly rang out, although she was over a hundred meters away, Tang Huang's divine sense had become sensitive enough under the polishing of the cyan ribbon that he could feel movements and hear voices from over a hundred meters away.

  "Someone come quick! Save us! We are disciples who have come to take the exam!"

  "No choice, she's the favorite of our Master Ancestor after all. I reckon in a few more days, she'll be able to build her foundation. By then, we should address her as Master Aunt. It's best if you don't offend her, Clock Junior Sister." A male voice rang out.

  "What a master aunt! I remember when she first came in, there was one Clock Master Sister on the left and another Clock Master Sister on the right, calling out to her so eagerly." The female voice continued to say resentfully.

  "Zhong Shimei, did you hear anything? It sounds like a woman's voice." The man said suddenly.

  "Is there anyone else here besides me? I guess it's just my echo." The woman said disdainfully.

  The man said: "To be honest, I'm extremely sensitive to female voices. It sounds like someone's calling for help, let's go take a look."

  The woman had no choice but to follow the man, and as they walked over, they indeed heard Tang Hao's cry for help. Although neither of them was particularly eager to lend a hand, they had accepted the sect's mission to rescue people, and the more people they rescued, the greater their reward would be. So without much thought, they went straight to Tang Hao's side.

  As soon as they arrived at Tang Hao's side, their faces turned green instantly. It can be said that they were only in the Qi Refining stage of seven layers of cultivation and could not possibly be a match for this Man-Eating Flower. However, unfortunately, the Man-Eating Flower had already set its sights on them, and they could only grit their teeth and defend themselves.

  Although two people came, they were just standing on their own, and the defensive effect was not much better than when Qin Siyu was there, but in the end, they could maintain a balance between offense and defense.

  But to say, Tang Hao and the others won't be like this man-eating flower, able to fight while absorbing spiritual energy from the earth. So when their spiritual energy is exhausted, they will ultimately die under the man-eating flower.

  The woman threw out a jade slip, which exploded in mid-air, and then said to Tang Huang and the others: "Don't bother with that woman anymore, or we'll all die here."

  In fact, if Tang Hao and the others defended while retreating, they could still reach a safe area. However, if someone split off to carry her, the original balance would inevitably be broken.

  Qin Si Ru didn't know when she woke up, but her body couldn't exert any strength, and she couldn't even speak, she could only look at Tang Huan and Qin Xiao with a helpless gaze.

  Tang Hao gritted his teeth and said, "She's my good friend, I won't abandon her." Tang Hao wasn't a reckless person, in fact he had already thought of a plan. If all else failed, he would use Shadow Clone to take Qin Siyu's place, while his true self used Spiritual Power Vortex to devour an inferior spiritual stone to make up for the lack of spiritual power after using Shadow Clone. However, if he did this, his physique would inevitably be exposed, and Tang Hao wouldn't do that unless absolutely necessary.

  "She is my sister, I will never give up on her."

  The two of them were helpless, because they knew that once they chose to quit, it would break this temporary balance, and at that time no one could escape. Under helplessness, they had no choice but to continue defending with Tang Huang and others.

  Tang Hao felt that his spiritual power was gradually running out, and he began to consider using the Spiritual Power Vortex. After cutting off a tendril, he casually took out a low-grade spirit stone from his storage bag.

  Qin Heng sighed and said, "It's useless. The recovery speed of low-grade spirit stones is too slow, it can't keep up with the current consumption. It's better to focus on defense rather than dividing attention to absorb low-grade spirit stones."

  Tang Hao didn't respond to Qin Xiao's words and was about to use his Shadow Clone technique when suddenly, countless five-colored light swords shot out from the tree where the Man-Eating Flower was located, directly pulverizing it. At the same time, a white figure appeared on the tree, coldly saying: "Can't even handle something like this, luckily I won't have to go on missions with you guys in the future."

  Tang Hao raised his head and looked at that figure, and three words involuntarily came out of his mouth: "Lin Yun Dan."