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Chapter 4662: 5.0414 Stray Dogs

The hydro-repellent pearls in their inner worlds had all been plundered by that gang of bandits; they didn't even leave them a change of clothes!

What those insane bandits did was truly beyond the pale.

Now, everything they owned, except for the clothes on their backs—which were spared, presumably out of some twisted sense of humanity—had been seized.

No food, no pills, nothing at all; they were utterly miserable.

Duo Shanmei angrily slapped the water's surface. "Everyone, pay attention! Be careful of things underwater."

As she spoke, startled screams came from a few Duoshi disciples nearby.

"Corpse fish? Are corpse fish coming?" one Duoshi disciple shrieked in panic.

"Stop spouting nonsense! There are no corpse fish! Look closely, don't just imagine things because you're tangled in seaweed and scare yourselves!" Are you not miserable enough already? Do you have to conjure up some nonsense to feel better?

Duo Shanmei rebuked angrily, her expression heavily distorted.

They had drifted for an entire night without encountering any corpse fish, which perhaps indicated that this particular body of water wasn't particularly dangerous.

"Quick, get out, quick!" A Heavenly Stairway Talisman flashed and disappeared, and several figures tumbled out of the ethereal portal, scrambling and crawling.

Zhao Yi and Gu Yixuan rushed forward to help the stumbling Mu Xiaoxue, who almost collapsed.

The two guards standing at the main gate of Shadow City were startled and hurried forward, exclaiming, "Senior Brother Zhao? Senior Brother Gu? Miss! What happened to you?"

"Quick, look around for anyone chasing us!" Gu Yixuan shouted at the guard. "Hurry, don't just stand there, check everywhere. If you see any suspicious individuals, kill them without question!"

Zhao Yi glanced at him disdainfully, scoffing indifferently, "I think you're just scared witless."

"A Heavenly Stairway Talisman can transmit a distance of about two thousand li at once. Junior Sister used a total of ten Heavenly Stairway Talismans, plus the teleportation array. What kind of speed do you think someone could achieve to travel ten thousand li a day and track us?"

Gu Yixuan was immediately too embarrassed to respond.

Indeed, he had been overly cautious and worried. At normal speeds, even someone in the Immortal Venerate realm couldn't travel ten thousand li in a day.

The divine sense of a Transcendent God realm cultivator could at most cover a distance of a thousand li...

Gu Yixuan breathed a sigh of relief, then glared fiercely at Zhao Yi.

Although Zhao Yi was speaking the truth, Gu Yixuan found his condescending and arrogant tone irritating.

Mu Xiaoxue, leaning in Zhao Yi's arms, gasped for breath, her voice on the verge of tears. "Zhao, Senior Brother Zhao, quick, quick, help me see my father."

"You must save my mother; don't let her fall into Qiao Mu's hands."

"Okay, Junior Sister, don't worry. I'll carry you to see Master right away." Zhao Yi's face was full of tender affection, and he quickly scooped Mu Xiaoxue into his arms.

But then, a cold rebuke came from the main entrance.

"Someone, take down that hussy, Mu Xiaoxue."

As soon as Mu Xiaoxue heard that sharp, harsh voice, she couldn't help but shiver, immediately shrinking further into Zhao Yi's embrace.

Zhao Yi felt a surge of tenderness in his heart and quickly wrapped his junior sister in his arms, looking coldly at the two fierce-looking disciples who had rushed up to him.

"What are you doing?"