Who Brought Him into the Cultivation World?-Chapter 269 - 228: Worse Than Death? Mud Bull Pill

The thick mist continually rolled and gradually dispersed.

This was a hidden place, deserted and desolate, with layers of illusions concealing it thoroughly.

The Ox's body suddenly stumbled out of the dense fog, staggering a few steps before collapsing onto the ground, her face completely drained of color.

Even though she managed to use the command flag to teleport away at the last critical moment, she still suffered from the combined assault of the White Dragon and the mountain's shadow. If she had been a step late, their full-force combination would have surely killed her on the spot.

She was exceedingly grateful for her habit of being cautious, having set up a formation node outside White Emperor City early on.

Just as Han Yu had guessed, the command flag was indeed infused with Divine Techniques, specifically the Five Ghosts Transporting Technique, but used differently from the usual manner. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Under normal circumstances, the Five Ghosts Transporting Technique allows free movement within a one-mile radius. Long-distance traversal requires repeated use of the technique.

However, once infused into a crafted command flag, the set formation node allows for rapid transportation using pre-prepared techniques, capable of reaching up to a ten-mile range.

The only downside is its lack of flexibility compared to ordinary use, being fixed to a point.

Fortunately, its advantage lies in the sufficient distance, being quicker to use and allowing for two-way fixed-point teleportation, capable of transporting both there and back, as well as transferring people or objects within the formation node.

The Ox gasped for breath while propped on the ground, forced out a mouthful of clotted blood, and only then did her breathing ease, for the impact earlier had been too fierce. Her lungs burned with agony, clearly severely injured, making her entire body tremble with cold.

After resting for a moment, she finally managed to push herself up, took out a small porcelain bottle from her bosom, and swallowed a red Pill, feeling a gradual warmth spread once the Pill reached her stomach.

Then she took out and scattered some seeds outside. With a few spell seals, a shower of Spiritual Rain nurtured them, making them root and sprout into a small cluster of thorns, forming a protective barrier around her like a defense.

Only after setting up these defenses did the Ox sit cross-legged, beginning to sort out her disordered Spiritual Power and utilizing the medicinal effects to restore her damaged organs.

As time passed, after two full two-hour periods, she finally exhaled a long breath and stood up with ease. However, before she could celebrate, her pretty face sank; her thorn barrier had been triggered.

Amidst the overgrown weeds and rubble, a cluster of inconspicuous thorns grew, beside which stood a massive rock about one zhang wide and over three zhang high, like a small hill, overseeing a lone cultivator.

Faced with the relentless, twisting thorn tendrils, the cultivator didn't panic but instead took a few steps back, quietly waiting by the side.

Soon, ripples emanated from the rock, gradually revealing its true form, a hollowed interior, where the Ox emerged with a frost-covered face. She assumed Han Yu and the others had pursued her, but instead, she encountered a Divine Gaze cultivator.

"Lord Ox!"

Upon seeing the Ox emerge, the cultivator quickly bowed in respect.

"Why are you looking for me?"

Realizing there was no outside enemy, the Ox slightly relaxed, but the cultivator's next words knotted her brows again.

"The Lord has summoned you!"

The Lord?

There was only one person audacious enough to be addressed like that, and he was precisely the one she didn't want to meet.

"The Lord suggested it would be best if you obeyed."

The cultivator spoke with obvious apprehension, torn between not daring to disobey instructions from above and feared the Ox.

"Lead the way."

The Ox took a deep breath and spoke to the cultivator.

Mere twenty miles away, two figures landed outside a courtyard, one leading the other.

Indeed, in this desolate location, a courtyard had sprung up from the ground, oddly constructed here, and judging by its appearance, it was newly built. The scent of bamboo hung in the air.

In this courtyard, constructed entirely from green bamboo, a few cultivators stood guard, while the main hall stood wide open, awaiting the Ox's arrival.

Truthfully, she was reluctant to face the person inside, for he was cold, base, and often deceptive. Under his command, she could easily die unremarkably for his accomplishments.

Yet, nominally, he was in charge, otherwise, she wouldn't have joined forces with Qi Bai and Li Qingbai to first establish merits and attempt to bypass him, though ultimately in vain.

Silently, she walked in slowly, and a mocking face gradually lifted in front of the hall; it was the middle-aged man who had dealt with Han Yu before.

Leaning lazily on a large chair, he gazed at the Ox with a faint smile, and after a moment, spoke cheerfully.

"Had I not detected fluctuations from a formation node nearby, I wouldn't have known you snuck here unannounced."

While he was the leader, the Ox ought first to report to him for instructions, yet she acted independently and silently, with intentions everyone knew well.

"Judge! I received orders from King Yama, who wants the Dragon Blood Stone, not for us to report to you."

The Ox raised her head to meet his gaze without an ounce of fear.

Us?