Chapter 319 The Facts Must Be Acknowledged
Zhong Ling'er also lowered her voice, "After we collected the bodies, fog started to rise from under our feet again."
Zulong had reminded her at that time that the fog was not right and that there was evil energy in it. However, he also told her that it would be unlikely for five evil cultivators to directly attack more than two thousand people, especially since their cultivation level was only around the fusion level. If their strength did not allow it, they could only use the old tricks and play some shady tricks.
But she really didn't expect that these people still didn't learn their lesson after suffering a loss. When they saw the spiritual spring, they rushed forward in a frenzy, and then lost their minds and fought each other.
Xuanyuan Hongyuan took two steps back. As expected, the junior sister had already noticed something was wrong.
He turned around and secretly told his team: "Don't act rashly. See what the people of Taiqiong Sect do and follow their lead."
There was a strong evil spirit in the blood. People who stayed by the blood pool for a while would feel drowsy and unable to control the desire to fight. This time, Zhong Ling'er simply threw out a stack of purple thunder talismans. After a flash of purple lightning, the pool of blood was evaporated and the evil spirit also dissipated.
The Purple Sky Divine Thunder is the nemesis of evil spirits, so Zhong Ling'er, with the Purple Thunder Talisman and thunder magic in her hands, did not take the evil cultivators seriously at all.
Of course, all this can go smoothly only if there are no bad teammates.
A group of people headed forward again, but they came to a river. The river was so wide that they couldn't see the other side. Some people wanted to fly over with swords, but they didn't know that there was a ban above the river and flying was not allowed at all.
After walking along the river bank for a while, everyone found that there were many boats on the shore, so it became natural to cross the river by boat.
But the key issue was that these boats could carry no more than 2,000 people, and accommodating half of them was already the limit, so there was a debate among everyone as to who should cross the river.
Some people decided to follow Zhong Ling'er's arrangements and surrounded her without fighting or competing, just waiting for her to speak. However, most people still remembered that alliances were not allowed this time and everyone was in a competitive relationship. Since they had not seen any evil ghosts along the way, it was very likely that the evil ghosts had gathered on the other side, so they could take a boat over and have another try.
Ji Boxhao stepped forward and said, "Since only half of the people can pass, let's draw lots for the sake of fairness."
The sword flashed, and he cut a clump of grass and held it in his hand, "One person from each team come over and draw lots, and the shorter part stays."
This method seemed fair, and everyone had no objection, so they rushed over and picked up the grass leaves they thought were longer.
Xuanyuan Hongyuan could see clearly that Ji Boxhao held the bottom of the grass after mowing. The bottom of the grass was flat after being cut, so the length of the grass leaves could be directly judged by the height of the grass leaves above. When Ji Boxhao asked everyone to draw, he deliberately turned his body away from himself and the direction of Taiqiong Sect, which resulted in them all being the last to draw. Needless to say, the longer grass leaves had been drawn at this time.
The seemingly fair draw was actually not fair, but Zhong Ling'er said nothing. Instead, he calmly accepted the fact that he did not draw a ship. He also said nothing and chose to remain silent amid several protests.
Ji Bochao and other people from Zhongzhou and Xizhou were qualified to board the ship. They allocated the ships and happily prepared to travel to a wider world.
Zhong Ling'er and her group could only sigh in disappointment as they looked at the ship that was gradually drifting away.
"Oh, if my super-large pot was still there, this problem would be solved. I miss my pot so much."
Xuanyuan Hongyuan smiled and said, "I'll give Junior Sister a boat later. Riding a boat is much more comfortable than a pot."
Zhong Ling'er's eyes sparkled, "Master Xuanyuan, you don't have to be so extravagant as to give me a boat. You just need to give me a super large pot. A pot is more practical than a boat. It can be used as a boat, and it can also cook seafood. It can also plug holes at critical moments. This is a must-have item for travel."
Xuanyuan Hongyuan twitched his lips. Don't think he doesn't know that the materials used in a super large pot are equivalent to ten ships. He shouldn't have responded to that sentence just now.
"Junior Sister, let's talk about these things later. Now we have to think about how to cross the river."
Zhong Ling'er blinked in surprise, "Cross the river, why do we have to cross the river? We have traveled through most of the ghost area in the past few days, and we didn't even see two rivers. Where did the river come from?"
Everyone was surprised. Xiao Haotian said hurriedly, "Yes, there is no river without water. Could it be that this river is the same as the spiritual spring we just saw, transformed from blood?"
Unexpectedly, Zhong Ling'er shook her head and said, "That's not the case. Even if more than a thousand people bleed to death, it is impossible for a river to form. As for what the river water really contains, no one will know unless the evil cultivator's illusion is broken."
"It's just that the Ghost King is not here now, so it will take some effort for us to break the illusion on our own. I hope they can hold on until we find a solution."
Nangong Jing, who was also left behind, said angrily, "Zhong Ling'er, if you found out about the problem, why didn't you tell me earlier? You told me after those people left. Aren't you just sending them to their deaths?"
Zhong Ling'er asked in confusion, "Aren't we competing now? They just said that the rules prohibit us from forming alliances. Besides, they are going to catch evil spirits. Why should I stop them? There will definitely be evil spirits wherever they go. If I stop them, I will only get more complaints."
Nangong Jing shouted, "Zhong Ling'er, even if we didn't form an alliance, it wouldn't be that hard for you to tell us if you found any problems. You're fussing over such a simple matter. You're really willing to do anything to win."
Zhong Ling'er said gloomily, "Okay, you are right, so you must tell everyone when you find out something. Also, I am a vindictive person who will do anything to win. I admit it. You should all stay away from me and ignore me."
Nangong Jing didn't expect Zhong Ling'er to have such an attitude. Having said that, it would be bad for him to stay any longer, so he said to everyone: "Everyone has seen that Zhong Ling'er is a villain who doesn't help others in need. We don't want to be with her anymore. We might as well go catch a few more evil ghosts. Even if we can't win, we can still be a demon hunter."
He said to his fellow disciples, "Let's go and stay away from this villain Zhong Ling'er, so as to avoid being harmed by her."
The disciples all looked at Leng Qingyu. Leng Qingyu looked gloomy and glanced at Nangong Jing. "I don't think Zhong Ling'er is wrong. Everyone should be responsible for their own choices, and can't rely on others' reminders and help for everything."
"Also, what kind of person is Zhong Ling'er? She saved us twice, which speaks volumes about what kind of person she is."
He didn't leave, and the other people from the Lingjian Sect didn't move either. They all stopped in their tracks. Leng Qingyu's last words were very realistic. No matter how bad Zhong Ling'er was, she saved everyone twice. This was an ironclad fact and they had to acknowledge it.
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