Chapter 227: Kidnapped
Cold winds battering against his cheeks. That was the feeling that Wei Ping woke up to. However, it was only when he opened his eyes that he began to realize the situation he was in.
He was being carried on someone’s shoulder, like a sack of potatoes. The dense foliage rapidly passed below him. It only took a few moments for Wei Ping to go through the last things he remembered. He had been caught in some sturdy vines and had fallen off the Skyrunner in his struggle to break free.
While the fall had hurt, he was still conscious after it. Unfortunately for him, that wasn’t all he had to deal with. A large group of deviators lurked around the nearby trees, and one of them noticed his descent. While they didn’t dare to carelessly approach their targets, as they’d proven their strength, a lone straggler was a different story.
It didn’t take long for this deviator to notice Wei Ping was still a mortal, and they hastened their actions because of it. To them, he was easy pickings! They threw caution to the wind and whisked the poor man away. The kidnapper wasn’t going to share his spoils with his companions, so he immediately summoned his Skyrunner and escaped from the area.
“It must be my lucky day,” the man muttered. “It appears this feed practices orthodox techniques! What a pleasant surprise.”
It was these words that had roused Wei Ping. He soon realized he had been captured by a deviator and not a weak one, so he judged it too dangerous to take any arbitrary action. Instead, he faked unconsciousness while focusing on the Tracing Origin Art he implanted on his friends to gauge their location.
His kidnapper was in the Foundation Establishment Realm, albeit in the early stage, but he still had to play his cards carefully. The best-case scenario was to wait for his companions. Mortals were just too weak in the face of a true cultivator.
They’re moving towards me!
After some time, Wei Ping finally relaxed a little when he noticed his companions had started to head in his direction. It meant they had overcome their ordeal and were now in hot pursuit.
He calmly waited and waited, but unfortunately, before they could arrive, his captor arrived at his destination. They went into some underground cave and the presence of many other cultivators could be felt. In order not to risk discovery, Wei Ping didn’t even dare to open his eyes.