Chapter 67: Meeting on the way

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chapter 67: meeting on the way meng zhang responded to the call of twin success valley and happened to achieve great merit this time. he had already completed his mission and wasn't very willing to enter the sand monster nest. killing as many sand monsters as possible wouldn't yield any spoils of war; it would only be a waste of effort. if he was unlucky and got injured by the sand monsters, that would truly be unfortunate. meng zhang's primary task now was to protect himself and tian zhen from harm, and eliminating sand monsters was secondary. he couldn't blame meng zhang for being cautious in this battle. considering the situation of taiyi sect, they couldn't afford any more losses. using the deception breaking eye, meng zhang could see through nearby obstacles. he led tian zhen and fang yong, avoiding the large groups of sand monsters and killing the smaller teams that they couldn't avoid. this way, they also contributed to the human cultivators of the endless sea of sand. the zhao family cultivators, led by their patriarch zhao yanbei, had remained together and were not dispersed. they also had no intention of eliminating sand monsters; their goal was to find the figures of taiyi sect cultivators. in the chaotic battle, without any foundation building stage cultivators present, it was quite normal for two mid-refining qi stage cultivators to die. unfortunately, meng zhang had already taken his people and avoided them, leaving them no chance. later on, the zhao family cultivators were also forced to disperse in the tunnels. even though meng zhang avoided the zhao family cultivators, he still encountered trouble. keeping the deception breaking eye active for too long put a great burden on his eyes. so, meng zhang couldn't keep it continuously activated and had to turn it on and off from time to time. as meng zhang led the two of them into a new tunnel, it was precisely when he turned off the deception breaking eye that an anomaly occurred in the tunnel. a human cultivator's head suddenly emerged from the ground, and then the body gradually surfaced. clearly, this cultivator was using the earth escape spell to travel through the ground and was trying to return to the surface by undoing the spell. this cultivator saw meng zhang's group, also consisting of human cultivators, but didn't pay much attention and continued ascending. just as the upper half of his body emerged, the anomaly happened. a black shadow swam through the ground and suddenly caught hold of the lower half of the cultivator's body. the cultivator screamed miserably and struggled desperately, but the black shadow, though seemingly small, possessed astonishing strength and firmly entangled his lower body. meng zhang was startled by the scene. it was evident that this black shadow was a special sand monster with a talent similar to the earth escape spell. apparently, traveling through the ground with the earth escape spell was also a dangerous task. after wandering underground for a while, even meng zhang wasn't sure where they had ended up. fortunately, these tunnels were designed for large sand monsters to move in and out, so they were exceptionally wide and tall. meng zhang didn't feel cramped while walking inside for a long time. meng zhang had originally planned to use a messaging talisman to contact tian zhen. however, he realized that both he and tian zhen were moving constantly and not staying in one place. even if he sent a messaging talisman, the other party might not receive it. the messaging talisman was a low-level talisman that could only be sent to a fixed area. as for the communication flying swords with some search capabilities, only foundation building stage cultivators could use them. to avoid the large groups of sand monsters, meng zhang kept moving with fang yong inside the tunnel. after an unknown amount of time, they arrived at a crossroads where several different tunnels converged. as they arrived at this crossroads, two other groups of cultivators were also approaching from the other two tunnels. one group of cultivators was unfamiliar to meng zhang. the other group, led by zhao family disciples, was very familiar—zhao renlong and zhao renhu, the two brothers. both brothers were elders of the zhao family, each possessing a mid-refining qi completion level of cultivation. though they were approaching their seventies and had no hope of reaching foundation building stage, they had honed their cultivation base to become increasingly pure. moreover, they spent a lot of time cultivating two powerful offensive techniques. when they saw meng zhang, both of them had a pleased expression. it had been zhao family's long-standing wish to take advantage of the chaos underground to kill meng zhang. however, they hesitated slightly upon seeing another group of unknown cultivators nearby. killing meng zhang secretly in the underground without any witnesses would be no problem. however, now that there were onlookers, it would be dangerous. if they couldn't eliminate everyone, the consequences would be unimaginable. while the zhao family cultivators hesitated, meng zhang didn't hesitate at all. he immediately threw out a huge shield. this magic tool was also a stolen item bought from the black market in firewell market. after refining it with the blood refining martyr art, it was transformed into a disposable tool. meng zhang's target wasn't the zhao family disciples but the space directly above the crossroads. 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Chapter 67: Meeting on the way

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