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Wen Qiao, standing close, was hit directly by the howl in her mind, leaving her dazed and bleeding from all seven orifices.

However, her movements did not pause for a moment. She took out a short dagger made of divine wood and plunged it into the heart of the ghost.

The ghost finally died.

Wen Qiao fell off the ghost as if exhausted, about to roll to the ground when she was caught by the big fur ball that ran over. The big fur ball reached out with its little paws to scoop out the ghost pearl from the ghost’s body and carried the unconscious Wen Qiao away.

Seeing Wen Qiao's condition, Pei Qiyu wiped the blood from his face and said hoarsely, "Let's go!"

There were far too many ghosts around them, and they could not cope. They all summoned the Vajra Talisman, fighting their way through a bloody path, leaving the ghosts far behind.

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Almost everyone was injured in this battle.

Among them, the most severely injured were Wen Qiao and Pei Qiyu. They were like two unfortunate companions, especially Pei Qiyu, who seemed to be injured at every moment since leaving the Pleiades Continent. If it weren't for his robust physical body as a reincarnation of a demon seed, he would have been unable to endure it long ago.

The group hid in a dark crevice in the mountain to recuperate.

The big fur ball stuffed several pieces of honey fat into Wen Qiao's mouth, hugging her tightly. Its beautiful fur was stained with blood, but it didn’t mind at all. Xiao Miaomiao's blood was like a powerful tonic to the beast, and it couldn’t help but secretly lick a few times.

The others, unaware of the truth, thought the big fur ball was truly loyal to its master. Su Molan came over to clean the blood off Wen Qiao's body and fed her a Nourishing Essence Pill.

After half a day, Wen Qiao woke up from her coma.

As soon as she woke up, she felt a severe pain in her mind, realizing that the ghost's dying howl had injured her mind. By the time she killed the ghost, she was already at the end of her strength and fell into a coma.

Fortunately, they had Nourishing Essence Pills, which allowed her to wake up so quickly.

Wen Qiao's gaze swept over the people around her; everyone looked miserable, except one person who, though looking quite bad, seemed to have no serious injuries.

"You..."

Seeing her looking at him, Shi Wuming's heart trembled slightly, and he asked with a fawning expression, "Is there something you need, Miss Wen?"

Wen Qiao blinked and slowly said, "Thank you earlier."

Earlier, when she was attacked by the ghost and fell to the ground, it was Shi Wuming who rushed over to shield her from the ghost's attack. Wen Qiao knew right from wrong. Although Shi Wuming usually acted in a despicable manner and liked to hide behind others, he could still act decisively in real danger and didn't just hide.

Shi Wuming was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, "No need to thank me, no need to thank me, it's what I should do."

Wen Qiao took out a spirit pill and threw it to him, asking, "Are you hurt?"

"Although I'm not hurt, it still hurts a lot," Shi Wuming said with a bitter face as he put the spirit pill in his mouth. "That ghost was incredibly strong, almost tearing my body apart. Judging by its level, it was already a Ghost General..."

Then Shi Wuming introduced them to the levels of the ghosts in the Evil Spirit Abyss.

Ghosts were divided into Ghost Kings, Ghost Generals, Ghost Soldiers, and Ghost Troops. The ones they encountered most often were Ghost Troops and Ghost Soldiers, which Wen Qiao alone could easily defeat. However, above Ghost Generals, they were much harder to deal with. A single Ghost General almost led to their total annihilation, let alone a Ghost King, the most powerful ghost in the Evil Spirit Abyss.

Fortunately, the Ghost King lived deep in the Evil Spirit Abyss and wouldn't come out to confront them.

Thinking about this, Shi Wuming was puzzled.

"I've heard before that the most common ghosts in the Evil Spirit Abyss are Ghost Soldiers and Ghost Troops, and Ghost Generals and Ghost Kings have their own territories and rarely appear. As long as we avoid their territories, we should be fine. Logically, we didn't intrude on any Ghost General's territory earlier, so why did we encounter that thing?"

Chapter 311

Wen Qiao and Pei Qiyu rested for nearly half a month before their injuries were mostly healed.

Because of their injuries, the others dared not hunt ghosts recklessly anymore—without Wen Qiao leading, they couldn't be as bold. They returned to being cautious, only moving within a small area. While they were safe, they made no progress in their search.

Baili Chi and his fellow disciples began to doubt whether Liu Qingyun was still alive.

"Liu Senior Sister couldn't really have..." Sang Yufei hesitated to speak.

The Ge brothers also couldn't confirm that Liu Qingyun was definitely alive. Given the dangerous situation in the Evil Spirit Abyss and Liu Qingyun's injuries at the time, if she encountered a Ghost General like they did, she would have had nowhere to run.

Compared to their worry, Wen Qiao, who hadn't seen Ning Yuzhou either, remained inexplicably calm, which left Sang Yufei and the others incredulous. Could Wen Qiao really not be worried about her fiancé?

Baili Chi couldn't help but ask, "Miss Wen, aren't you worried?"

Wen Qiao glanced at him and said confidently, "My husband will definitely be fine."

Her confident demeanor, however, seemed somewhat baffling to Sang Yufei and the others.

If she wasn't blindly confident in her fiancé, then she must not care about his life or death. But Ning Yuzhou was just a alchemist, and there was nothing particularly impressive about him that would warrant such blind confidence. Could it really be that she didn't care about her fiancé's life or death?

Sang Yufei and the Ge brothers couldn't help but look at Wen Qiao with more speculation.

Once Wen Qiao and Pei Qiyu's injuries were mostly healed and they were back in good shape, they set out again to search for people.

Pei Qiyu grabbed Shi Wuming and made him lead the way, warning him, "If you dare to lead us to a Ghost General's territory, we'll throw you to the ghosts."

Shi Wuming cried out in protest, "How could I do such a thing? That Ghost General appeared on its own, it has nothing to do with me."

Pei Qiyu's face was dark and cold as he said, "I don't care. If we encounter another Ghost General, you'll be held responsible."

This was too unreasonable!

Shi Wuming wanted to protest, but the only person who could stand up for him was Wen Qiao. The others' cultivation levels were far below Pei Qiyu's, so they couldn't be relied upon. But seeing Wen Qiao's expression, she seemed to be in complete agreement with Pei Qiyu, offering no support.