Chapter 69

"Wow, such a powerful force!"

Not long after leaving Yu Tong, Nie Tian felt a warm current emanating from his stomach.

And he had only eaten a few pounds of the dried meat from Yu Tong's bag!

"It must be a second-level spirit beast! Only the meat of a second-level spirit beast can produce such abundant power! Perhaps, this is even a second-level spirit beast more powerful than the Earth Lizard!"

He immediately realized this.

Within the Qing Huan Realm, there were four second-level spirit beasts. The Ice Python was undoubtedly the strongest, and before it left, it had evolved to the third level.

The remaining second-level spirit beasts included the Earth Lizard, which was killed by Jiang Lingzhu and others, and another one in the volcanic area, which might have been eliminated by Zheng Bin of the Misty Palace.

The dried meat in Yu Tong's bag, if there were no surprises, should have come from the last second-level spirit beast.

A warm current spread throughout Nie Tian's body, and his extremely exhausted body quickly recovered under the nourishment of this energy.

Since he was always on the move, he could not sit down to absorb the power into his Spirit Sea.

However, the power that seeped into his flesh and blood made him feel energetic, and he no longer felt the heaviness in his steps.

He was very clear that if Yu Tong could move, she would undoubtedly chase him with all her might, so he dared not stop to use spirit stones to restore his depleted Spirit Sea.

From time to time, he took out the map he obtained from Yuan Feng, determined a direction, and then dashed forward.

He had already given up on going to the border between the desert and the volcanic area, and abandoned the idea of finding An Ying, Jiang Lingzhu, and others. Now, he only wanted to return to the entrance where he entered the Qing Huan Realm.

He knew that the Ghost Sect and Blood Sect members were likely still deep in the desert, crazily hunting the survivors of the Lingyun Sect and Spirit Treasure Pavilion.

If he went deeper into the desert, he might encounter the disciples of the Ghost Sect and Blood Sect halfway.

In his current state, after forcefully using the Anger Fist, his Spirit Sea was empty. If he encountered the Ghost Sect and Blood Sect members, he would likely be easily killed.

Moreover, once Yu Tong stabilized her injuries and could move, she would also chase him with all her might.

He absolutely could not seek death on his own.

Relying on the few pounds of dried meat he had taken from Yu Tong's bag, his strength gradually recovered. He dared not linger and continued to move forward.

After an unknown amount of time, he saw a series of glaciers in the distance, knowing that he was about to cross the desert.

In his feeling, a long time had passed, and he thought Yu Tong would not chase him for the time being.

"Let's put in a bit more effort. Once I step back into the glacier area, I'll start using spirit stones to restore my strength!" he said to himself.

An hour later.

Dragging his exhausted body, he finally crossed the desert and appeared in the frigid glacier area.

At the first glacier, he found a secluded valley, buried himself in a snow pile, and took out spirit stones to restore his strength.

Without spirit stones, if he only relied on the sparse spiritual energy of the Qing Huan Realm to cultivate, it might take him several days to fully replenish his consumed spiritual energy.

Even low-grade spirit stones contained pure spiritual energy.

Using spirit stones to cultivate and restore strength was much faster than relying on the spiritual energy of the Qing Huan Realm!

A thread of pure spiritual energy was guided from the spirit stone, converging into his Spirit Sea. The sense of satisfaction made Nie Tian almost want to cheer out loud.

"No wonder those guys brought spirit stones with them before entering. Cultivating with spirit stones is indeed much more comfortable!"

A spirit stone was drained of its spiritual energy in a very short time and shattered into an ordinary stone.

He quickly took out the second one.

In just half an hour, he used seven spirit stones, and his depleted Spirit Sea was once again full of spiritual energy.

Once his spiritual energy was restored, he immediately felt confident, knowing he was no longer a target for others to kill at will.

Even so, he did not dare to take the same path back, not wanting to face Yu Tong again.

After a brief adjustment, he emerged from the snow pile and continued forward.

He now only wanted to return to the entrance of the Qing Huan Realm's secret world, waiting there for the arrival of other survivors.

The Ice Python had left, and the glacier area was no longer fraught with danger. The first-level spirit beasts scattered in various places had been killed by the Spirit Treasure Pavilion and Ash Valley members in the previous period.

Originally, he had wanted to capture a few first-level spirit beasts to expand his Spirit Sea, but unfortunately, he did not encounter any spirit beasts on his way back.

Time passed quickly, and after a long while, he used the map from Yuan Feng to cross the glacier area and finally returned to where he had come from.

At the foot of an unknown mountain, scattered among the piles of grayish-white animal bones were broken stones.

At a smooth rock wall, nine young men and women in white gathered together, tearing at spirit beast meat and laughing joyfully.

"White clothes, Misty Palace..."

As soon as Nie Tian approached, he took a distant look and discovered that the nine people were all Misty Palace trial participants.

Seeing that nine Misty Palace trial participants had already arrived, he was both surprised and delighted.

He was happy because with these nine people here, even if Yu Tong from the Blood Sect came, he would not be so afraid.

With the nine Misty Palace participants, including their leader Zheng Bin, if Yu Tong came alone, the recovered Nie Tian would definitely make her pay.

With the nine Misty Palace participants here, he was safe and no longer had to be on edge.

However, the appearance of these nine people also meant that An Ying, Jiang Lingzhu, and others had not been able to meet up with Zheng Bin and his group at the border between the desert and the volcanic area.

With just An Ying and Jiang Lingzhu's strength, they were probably not a match for the Ghost Sect and Blood Sect, and it was unknown how many had been killed.

"Hey!"

While he was lost in thought, a graceful girl from the Misty Palace by the rock wall suddenly noticed him.

To this day, he was still bare-chested, and his body was covered with old, crusted-over scars.

These crisscrossing scars were dense, and with his constant travel, he had no time to pay attention to his appearance, making him look disheveled and haggard. The crusted-over scars, which looked like fine snakes, made him appear somewhat fierce.

"Who are you?"

Zheng Bin of the Misty Palace suddenly stood up, looking at him coldly.

Zheng Bin, dressed in white, was handsome and dignified. Compared to the current disheveled Nie Tian, he was like a dashing figure radiating the light of the sun.

The three Misty Palace girls, when Zheng Bin spoke, all turned their beautiful eyes to him, filled with admiration.

But when they looked at Nie Tian, their faces suddenly turned cold, and their admiration turned to disgust.

"I am also a trial participant of the Qing Huan Realm, entering with Sister An Ying." Nie Tian replied while naturally walking towards them.

"From the Spirit Treasure Pavilion?" A girl with an oval face suddenly perked up, her eyes shining as she asked, "Did you kill the Ice Python in the glacier area?"

All the Misty Palace trial participants perked up upon hearing her words.

The glacier area, desert, and volcanic area of the Qing Huan Realm were not in a straight line.

Therefore, after the Misty Palace killed their target spirit beast in the volcanic area, they did not return through the desert and glacier area.

They returned from another direction.

A long time had passed, and they knew that going to the glacier area and desert now would not allow them to kill the Ice Python and Earth Lizard, so they had already given up.

The rules of the Qing Huan Realm only prohibited killing, not private duels.

They had come early to rest and wait, ready to seize the heads of the spirit beasts from the other three parties.

Nie Tian, coming alone from the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, was, in their view, a lamb ready to be slaughtered.

"No, we did not encounter the Ice Python." Nie Tian frowned.

He was about to explain that the disciples of the Ghost Sect and Blood Sect had appeared when Zheng Bin of the Misty Palace snorted and said coldly, "Search his entire body, then tie him up to prevent the Spirit Treasure Pavilion people from using him as a fighting force against us when they return."

"Alright, let's follow our plan." The oval-faced girl agreed.

Then, two young men in white from the Misty Palace excitedly leaped up, not even greeting him, and tried to capture Nie Tian first.

The Misty Palace people thought that since Nie Tian had appeared, An Ying and others from the Spirit Treasure Pavilion were not far behind.

They wanted to capture Nie Tian first to prevent him from becoming a support for An Ying.

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