101: Chapter 101 Are the Righteous Alliance really that weak?

He used his Divine Eye to observe the distance, which was a bit over five li, or three thousand meters.

This meant that the depth of this cliff actually exceeded three thousand meters!

At three thousand meters deep, this was no simple cliff!

As far as he knew, a deep valley exceeding a thousand meters could be called an "Abyss"!

And this bottomless giant abyss might not have been stepped in by anyone for tens of thousands of years.

Thinking of this, the bit of unhappiness in Chun Xiaobai's heart vanished instantly; he narrowed his eyes and carefully sized up the abyss.

Damn, there might really be... some great treasure down there!

At the thought of the words "great treasure," that bit of unhappiness from being betrayed was immediately tossed to the back of Chun Xiaobai's mind, his eyes shining with golden light.

A place where no one had gone down for tens of thousands of years... if he found a treasure there, could it be anything ordinary?

However, the fact that no one had gone down for tens of thousands of years also meant its danger level was definitely not ordinary.

What if he jumped down recklessly and couldn't get back up?

Thinking of this, Chun Xiaobai felt a bit of trepidation again.

Although he was reckless, he wasn't stupid.

"No, no, I can't rush."

He simply sat down on the edge of the cliff and began to ponder carefully.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he stood up abruptly, casting his gaze toward the central region of the Wanling Mountains.

Got it!

Since he couldn't take the risk to explore it himself, he could let others explore it for him!

...

Chun Xiaobai grinned, patted his butt, and turned to run toward the central region of Wanling Mountain.

He had only run a few hundred li when he encountered a group of Disciples head-on.

However, these Disciples were all dragging injured bodies and wearing tattered clothes; they were clearly remnants who had suffered defeat at the front lines and retreated.

Chun Xiaobai chose not to make a move against these guys.

After all, they were all pitiful people. His line of work had its rules: only rob those who deserve it, and don't prey on the poor.

Even if the other party carried a mountain of gold, as long as they were down-and-out and pitiful, he couldn't break the rules.

He went forward to ask about information from the front lines and then continued walking.

However, his speed wasn't as fast as before this time.

Because he learned from these guys that the Disciples of Tiansha Valley were incredibly fierce, beating the Alliance side into a steady retreat.

Tens of thousands of Disciples had already been crippled and had retreated from the central region in a sorry state.

The situation was not looking good; he decided it would be better to slow down.

If he plunged headlong into it and was directly surrounded by the Tiansha Valley army, the loss would outweigh the gain.

On the way, he encountered many more remnants, in groups of three or five, supporting each other as they retreated.

He went up to ask for news as usual, but the answer he received made his heart sink.

"We've been scattered, everyone's scattered!"

"Holy crap!" Chun Xiaobai immediately stopped in his tracks.

Directly scattered—did that mean their Righteous Alliance had already suffered a crushing defeat?

Hiss...

Is the Righteous Alliance side really this weak?

Over a hundred Sects joined forces to fight one Tiansha Valley, and yet they were chased all over the mountains?

Is this the wrong way to cultivate?

Chun Xiaobai sat down on a large rock, lowering his head to think of a strategy.

Just then, a sudden shout came from behind him: "Hey you, come over here!"

Eh?!

He looked back and saw five Alliance Disciples with overbearing Auras walking toward him, each holding a Magical Artifact shimmering with spiritual light, quickly surrounding him in the middle.

The leading blue-robed Disciple sized up Chun Xiaobai from head to toe before speaking directly.

"Come with me. The front line is in an emergency, and you kid still dare to loiter here!"

"Uh!!"

Chun Xiaobai was stunned. Was This Great King... being press-ganged?

Seeing Chun Xiaobai sitting on the rock without moving, showing no Face at all, the leader's brow furrowed. He stepped forward, and his words instantly took on a different tone.

"Fine! Deserting before a battle and hiding here! Come with us!"

Damn you, you dare to frame me?!

Chun Xiaobai's Face instantly darkened. He tapped his toes lightly on the rock, and dragging an afterimage, he darted through the gap between the five men.

A second later, the movements of all five men froze in place, their Faces still frozen with greed they hadn't had time to hide.

Clearly, these guys had no good intentions from the start. Besides press-ganging, they were also planning to kill and rob.

Chun Xiaobai clapped his hands and looked around. Seeing no one else nearby, he used the materials at hand, took out a large saber, and dug a large pit in the ground.

Like picking up chicks, he lifted the five frozen guys one by one, threw them into the pit, and conveniently snatched all the Storage Pouches from their bodies.

"I have no psychological burden at all spending the money of people like you."

Chun Xiaobai curled his lip, then leaped out of the pit.

He casually took out a Talisman and stuck it on the entrance. The pit was instantly shrouded in a layer of shadow, blending in with the surrounding environment.

Having done all this, he left without looking back.

...

Originally, he intended to hold back a bit longer and observe the situation.

But these blind fools had given him an answer—fishing in troubled waters!

These guys came to press-gang specifically to find Disciples who looked young, had low cultivation, and didn't want to go to the battlefield, forcing them to pay for their lives.

Although he disdained earning this kind of wicked "life-buying" money, then again, the muddier the water, the better the fishing!

If the two armies were still in a standoff with clear boundaries, it would actually be unfavorable for his actions.

Now that the Righteous Alliance was scattered, with Disciples running wild all over the mountains and Tiansha Valley members in pursuit, wasn't that the same as money being delivered to his doorstep?

Chun Xiaobai made up his mind and, without further delay, headed full speed toward the central region of Wanling Mountain.

Although it was called the central region, its area was not small.

Walking along the way, through inquiries and his own judgment, he discovered that the terrain of the Wanling Mountains was actually enclosed by several giant, winding mountain ranges.

The closer to the center, the flatter the terrain and the richer the resources.

This so-called central region was not divided by geography at all, but by the abundance of resources.

Of course, opportunities are accompanied by dangers.

At most, there were some Rank One or Rank Two Yao Beasts on the outskirts, but this central region was different. If one didn't deliberately avoid them, it was easy to run into Rank Three or even Rank Four Great Yao.

"Kacha... kacha... kacha..."

Chun Xiaobai was running when he suddenly heard a strange sound from ahead, like the sound of some mechanical rotation.

He quickly stopped and cautiously extended his Divine Sense forward, only to find a colossal object rapidly approaching his direction!

That thing was a full three zhang tall, a giant humanoid, its entire body shimmering with a metallic glint.

"Is this... a robot?"

"No! Damn, it's a Puppet!"

Instead of being afraid, Chun Xiaobai's eyes lit up.

He had heard that Tiansha Valley started with Puppetry, and the reason the Righteous Alliance feared them was precisely because of the powerful Puppet Beasts in their Sect.

This time, seizing the Wanling Mountains was, to put it bluntly, just to weaken the strength of Tiansha Valley.

If he could get a Puppet Beast to take back, wouldn't that be wonderful!