Chapter 235: Brewing Storm
Li Lang’s group, led by Ma Kong, quickly evacuated from the deviator stronghold. They followed the lead of their strongest ally without hesitation during these critical moments.
“If we’re in such a hurry, does that mean Senior Zhu is in trouble outside?” Li Lang asked as they climbed out of the hole that connected the underground base to the outside world.
“No. She’s fine for now, but she can only last for so long.”
With a few words, Ma Kong explained the situation they were in prior to coming to get them. The two late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators were in a stalemate with dozens of deviators. When a stalemate occurred between two parties with such stark contrast in numbers, the side with superior quantity usually had the advantage. That was because they could cover for each other while their allies rested or consumed pills.
A lone powerful cultivator would never win a war of attrition against a large group that was capable of containing them.
For that reason, Ma Kong hurried them along, rushing away from the area on his Skyrunner. Once they made some distance, he took out a jade of some sort and crushed it. Not long after, a lone Skyrunner rendezvoused with them mid-flight. It was naturally Zhu Yi returning.
“It seems your side has been successful. Good.”
“It’s all thanks to you two Seniors,” Li Lang politely replied as he clasped his fist to them.
Zhu Yi smiled.
“I’m glad nothing irreversible happened, and you had the opportunity to experience real combat against human cultivators as well.”
“Your meaning is—you purposefully orchestrated a plan where we would fight them? I’m sorry Senior, but wasn’t that too risky when we couldn’t confirm the safety of Wei Ping at the time?”
“A cultivator should be no stranger to risk. The plan we came up with was also one with the highest chance of success. We didn’t go out of our way to select it, only to give you experience. It just happens to work out nicely.”