A chance of survival

Huangfu Song screamed in alarm while setting up several Formations outside the Puxian True Ark.

The escaping speed of the flying boat instantly increased several times.

However, that terrifying corpse giant was still closely pursuing from behind.

Moreover, its speed seemed to be not much slower than the Puxian True Ark!

"Hurry, go back to the nearest Luoyan Province. Against this kind of monster, I'm afraid only when the official Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance makes a move can it be dealt with!"

Without needing his instruction, Li Fan had actually already manipulated the flying boat to escape according to the fastest escape route.

But…

According to the distance on the map and their flying speed, they should have long since rushed out of the area covered by the White Mist by this time.

But the surroundings were still a vast expanse of white, seemingly unchanged for ten thousand years.

"We are in trouble. We should have been dragged into the Mystic Domain by this corpse giant without realizing it." Li Fan's expression looked somewhat ugly.

"What?" Huangfu Song's face turned pale with shock, and after checking, he discovered that what Li Fan said was not false.

"This… We can't beat it, and we can't escape. Isn't this a dead end?" Dongfang Yao's face turned slightly pale.

"Escape on one hand, think of a way on the other," Li Fan said decisively.

The Puxian True Ark maintained high-speed flight, attempting to find the exit of the Mystic Domain. Meanwhile, the corpse giant followed closely behind, looking like it would never stop until it caught Li Fan and the others.

Several times, the Puxian True Ark was almost grabbed by the corpse in one go. Fortunately, every time relying on Li Fan and the flying boat manipulation skills he had honed back then in the Immortal Severing Grand Formation, the crisis was averted.

"Damn it, why is it keeping track of us? What deep hatred or great grievance is there?" Unable to bear this kind of stimulation anymore, Huangfu Song couldn't help but roar impotently.

"Hmm?" This unintentional remark actually reminded Li Fan.

This terrifying and eerie corpse giant was clearly related to the Heavenly Doctor. It lacked subjective consciousness and seemed to act entirely on instinct. Why did it relentlessly pursue the three of Li Fan in particular?

While chasing and killing them, it also let out wails of resentment.

"Could it be that it sensed the aura of the [Heavenly Doctor] on my body?" Li Fan instantly thought of this.

However, he quickly dismissed this conjecture.

Not just this lifetime.

Ever since his Clone showed a flaw in front of the Heavenly Doctor, being hunted down by him tearing apart the Tianxuan space and being forced into Huan Zhen, Li Fan hadn't crossed paths with the Heavenly Doctor for a very long time.

Let alone getting tainted with the Heavenly Doctor's aura.

Li Fan glanced again at Huangfu and Dongfang beside him.

They couldn't even hear the "Heavenly Doctor" sound emitted by the corpse giant. Obviously, it was even more impossible for them to have any connection with this mighty figure.

"Therefore, is it something I am carrying that attracted this corpse giant?"

In a flash of lightning, Li Fan faintly thought of a possibility.

After scanning and taking stock of all the items on his body, unsparingly discarding some suspicious ones, yet still failing to change the corpse giant's actions, Li Fan finally locked his sight onto a white rib bone.

This was the only item that dropped from Master Yin after killing him in this lifetime.

It belonged to the first infected person of the Immortal-Mortal Miasma.

"Could it be because of this thing?"

Li Fan pondered for a moment and held it in his hand.

Feeling its strange touch that was both cold and warm, Li Fan forcefully threw it in the opposite direction of the flying boat's advance.

A moment later.

"Tian…"

"Yi…"

That corpse giant indeed changed its target of pursuit!

Abandoning the Puxian True Ark, it roared and went in pursuit of that white rib bone!

"…"

"What does this mean." Li Fan was somewhat stunned, his brows slightly furrowed as he thought carefully.

And next, something that made him feel even more incomprehensible happened.

When the corpse giant obtained that rib bone, Li Fan originally thought it would take crazy revenge.

But its movements slowed slightly, and then it stayed blankly in place.

The rising and falling wails of the "Heavenly Doctor" gradually subsided.

The corpse giant somewhat clumsily held the rib bone in its hands, protecting it near its heart.

Then it sank and disappeared into the vast White Mist.

The change happened in a flash. Except for Li Fan, the other two on the boat failed to figure out what had happened.

They only saw that Li Fan seemed to casually throw out some things, and then he lured away that terrifying giant.

Having survived a disaster, they stared dazedly at Li Fan.

After a long time, Li Fan came back to his senses. He shrugged and said, "It's just good luck."

Huangfu and Dongfang were noncommittal. However, Li Fan had saved their lives after all, and since the other party was unwilling to reveal too much, it was inconvenient for them to press further.

During this period of time, they truly had a life-and-death friendship of sharing life and death together.

Although not saying how deep the affection was, it was definitely much deeper than the bonds between the vast majority of Cultivators in the world.

At least, from the perspective of Huangfu and Dongfang, it was like this.

Everyone had their own secrets, and they tacitly chose to skip over this matter without discussing it.

Without the threat of the giant, the three of them spent some effort and finally escaped from this Mystic Domain.

However, for some reason, this Mystic Domain did not have any reward of Azure Mystic Points.

Preserving their lives was already a great fortune. They could not ask for more.

After discussing, the three shaken people originally decided to go back and rest for a moment.

However, the stimulation brought by the two Dissociation Disks that instantly decreased in the Heaven Measuring Mirror made them change their minds again.

Unable to care that they had just escaped death by the skin of their teeth, they plunged headfirst into the White Mist again.

"Therefore, men die for wealth and birds die for food; this is the principle of heaven and earth, and even we Immortal Cultivators cannot be exempted from it. Unless another Celestial Venerable of Longevity can reverse this principle, otherwise, within our Myriad Immortals Alliance in the future, such things will still happen continuously."

Nangong Shirong talked eloquently in front of Xu Bai, but what he was talking about was not the three of Huangfu Song.

But Tianliang Province's City Lord Xiang Rongxin.

After dozens of days of meticulous investigation and mutual mediation among various forces, the ultimate scapegoat for Wang Qiupo's incident was finally determined.

It was precisely this City Lord Xiang.

There was no help for it; who told the vast majority of Cultivators recommended by Wang Qiupo to all go through his path. Moreover, he confessed without reservation to the matter of having previously received many treasures from Wang Qiupo.

In the end, his position as City Lord was dismissed. Fortunately, his life was spared, and even his cultivation Realm was preserved.

He was merely exiled to the extreme southwest's Cangwu Abyss to guard the monsters at the bottom of the abyss whose riots were becoming more and more frequent.

Nangong Shirong, who made great contributions in this case, thus logically inherited Xiang Rongxin's position.

The internal resolution had already been decided, and in a few days, the official order would be officially issued.

The proud and complacent Nangong Shirong naturally did not forget Xu Bai, this "great contributor".

He even extended an olive branch to Xu Bai, intending to invite him to take office within Tianliang Province.

After all, although his rise this time was very rapid, he did indeed offend a large group of people.

With a weak Foundation, he indeed urgently needed to cultivate his own forces.