278: Chapter 278 Are you really Gu Ming?

Chapter 278: Are You Really Gu Ming?

It seemed that once past that volcano, they would reach the final destination of the underground world.

He could only see a rough outline now.

Just like before, it was obscured by mist.

Only when the people inside reached that point could his divine sense follow them in and investigate clearly.

......

Underground world, in front of the volcano.

Gu Ming stopped.

It wasn't that he didn't want to reach the summit; he faintly felt a summoning power from the top of the mountain.

He naturally wanted to go up and see what was happening.

However, he was still a step too slow and was caught up by the two people behind him, who blocked his path.

Fortunately, these two people were in a very sorry state at the moment.

Especially the old man who looked very powerful; his aura was weak, and he was covered in injuries, with blood continuously flowing from the corners of his mouth, clearly indicating that his strength was less than one-tenth of what it normally was.

As for the young man, although his injuries were not severe, his cultivation aura was not much different from his own.

It wasn't that he had no chance of escaping.

"Bastard, why aren't you running now? Why did you stop!"

Mu Yang shouted, slightly out of breath.

He now saw clearly that the one who had been toying with them was indeed a young man.

His cultivation was even slightly inferior to his own.

It was this guy who caused them to not only be injured but also suffer heavy losses.

The fire spirits were endless, and the deeper they went, the stronger the fire spirits' attacks became.

In the end, even Elder Ling couldn't withstand them.

His defensive means were directly ruined by more than half.

Even so, Elder Ling was severely injured.

Fortunately, the fire spirits did not follow them in during the latter half of the journey, otherwise, it would be hard to say if they could have made it here.

Therefore, looking at this guy who was so close, the anger in his eyes was almost bursting out.

Elder Ling quickly swallowed a pill and vigilantly looked around, preventing the guy who harmed them from escaping.

They did not act immediately, firstly because they needed time to recover their strength, and secondly, they did not want this guy to die too easily.

He must be made to suffer immensely.

Mu Yang could still feel a foul odor in his mouth even now; how could he be content without severely tormenting this guy?

"Well... um, sirs, this isn't my fault, and besides, didn't I leave half of the divine crystals inside for you? Why do you have such great hatred for me?"

Gu Ming thought about how to escape while smiling apologetically to divert the attention of the two people in front of him.

As long as they didn't directly attack, he would have a chance.

Moreover, he wasn't wrong; he had indeed left half of the divine crystals in the magma behind them without collecting them.

As for the fire spirit attacks, he didn't think he had lured them out.

If he really had, why didn't they attack him, but only these two people?

These two people were just relying on their high strength and wanted to snatch his fortuitous encounter.

If there was anything he had done to offend these two, it was just accidentally bumping one of them into that stinky seawater.

But that was at most just a psychological discomfort, and it didn't cause any substantial harm!

Was it necessary to look at him with such deep hatred?

He was also very wronged, alright.

"Hmph, you bastard, how dare you say you left half? If you hadn't taken away the life source of the fire spirits, would they have woken up and attacked us?"

Hearing Gu Ming's innocent explanation and his wronged expression, Mu Yang was so angry that he almost ascended on the spot.

This bastard still dared to quibble at this point.

This was so obvious; he absolutely didn't believe this guy couldn't see it.

When they reached the latter half of the path, there were no more fire spirit attacks, and he immediately saw the trick.

This was also why he, though very covetous of those divine crystals, did not try to seize them.

But this guy could speak so innocently, as if he, Mu Yang, were the great villain.

"Young man, stop talking nonsense. Hand over everything you obtained in the Stone Forest, and I will leave you a complete corpse!"

At this moment, Elder Ling patted Mu Yang's shoulder and spoke.

He had already recovered some of his strength by then.

Dealing with this young man was still more than enough.

This young man was clearly feigning ignorance; there was no need for them to say more. Just make him hand over the fortuitous encounter and then throw him into the magma to feed the fire spirits.

"Cough... cough, Senior, I truly didn't know these divine crystals were the life source of those fire spirits. Junior Gu Ming apologizes to you and this young master!"

Hearing their words, Gu Ming suddenly understood.

He had been wondering why these two had such great enmity towards him.

With that, he sincerely bowed in apology.

At the same time, he took out the two fiery red treasure pearls refined from the two divine crystals from his embrace and handed them over, continuing:

"Senior, this is what those divine crystals turned into. These are what you two deserve, please accept them."

He wasn't very interested in these two pearls.

In his perception, they were of no use to him; instead, looking at the flowing crimson inside, he found them somewhat eerie.

Therefore, he took them out without hesitation.

Since these two things were the cause of the other party's hatred, he would just hand them over.

However.

As soon as his words fell, Mu Yang and Elder Ling's expressions instantly froze.

They didn't even notice that the two pearls were already in their hands.

"You... you said your name is... Gu Ming?"

After a long while, Mu Yang recovered from his shock.

He even stammered when he spoke.

Didn't they enter the Ghost Domain precisely to find Gu Ming!

They had originally thought that being forced into this underground world meant there was no longer any possibility of finding Gu Ming.

Unexpectedly, through a twist of fate, they actually found him.

It's just that the process...

But now was not the time to dwell on the process, but to carefully confirm it.

The Holy Land's mission for him was to find Gu Ming, the Chosen One, and recruit him into the Holy Land.

Their goal was to use the Chosen One's luck to enter the Middle Prison, the second layer of the Starfall Spirit Prison, two years later.

Which is also known as the Reincarnation Well by the people of the Eternal Continent.

They couldn't enter the Eternal Continent, but that didn't include the Starfall Spirit Prison.

The Starfall Spirit Prison originally did not belong to the Eternal Continent; it was an independent space, only its entrance was on the Eternal Continent.

As long as he entered the Middle Prison, the second layer of the Starfall Spirit Prison, he could use the Holy Land's special secret method to bring people in.

Among those imprisoned in the Middle Prison were people their Holy Land wanted to find.

If this guy in front of him was truly Gu Ming, then he could pretend that everything before had not happened.

He was still clear about which was more important: the Holy Land's interests or personal interests.

Elder Ling's icy expression also softened at this moment.

They had only heard his name before and had never seen him in person.

So they didn't know what he looked like.

Moreover, even if they knew, they would still need to confirm, as some disguise techniques were very powerful.

Therefore, he strongly agreed with Young Master confirming the other party's identity.