Let the system try to save the world

Xitong stood up and prepared to retrieve the silver bullets he had just fired. These bullets were specially made and were more like small magical weapons than bullets. One less bullet would be used, so it would be better to retrieve them.

He found the bullet embedded in the tree trunk according to the curve just fired, and Xitong's eyes fixed.

What flowed out of the bullet holes in the tree was not sap, but gurgling red blood.

Xitong looked up suddenly and saw that the woods that were far away from the river bank just now were now only a few dozen meters away from the river.

"The woods... are moving?" Xitong said in disbelief. This serious violation of common sense made him ignore this possibility for a moment.

"Cross the river!" Xitong picked up the supplies on the ground and threw them to Shen Anzhi. He carried Gu Yugui on his back and waded into the river.

No wonder Kalu was kneeling on the ground all the time and ran away so quickly.

Xitong gritted his teeth. These natives of the cultivation world knew more about the hidden talents in the Dust and Smoke World than they did. Even though no terrible consequences had been caused, he was too careless.

At the same time, on the other side——

In a secret hall somewhere, a young man with the same face as Kalu suddenly twitched all over. He sat up abruptly and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

The relief in the center of the hall depicts a woman with a kind face. She is wearing a wide-sleeved crane cloak embroidered with roses and a robe embroidered with auspicious clouds. In her pair of white hands like green onions, she is twirling a bamboo pen, and seems to be drawing a picture.

The relief under the woman's feet depicts countless demons and monsters with strange faces. If you look at it from a straight angle, you can see the woman's compassionate and sad eyes.

But if you look from the side, you can't see the woman's lively eyes, you can only see those hideous monsters with the intention of eating people. The difference between the two is enough to show the superb skills of the sculptor.

"Luka? What's wrong with you?" A woman next to him was sitting cross-legged on the ground. She turned around quickly when she heard the voice.

"Nothing, the puppet outside is just useless." Kalu, or Luka, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He looked at the group of people sitting at the wall far away, who were clearly separated from the people in the cultivation world. "Captain Cao, it seems that your people are here."

"Thank you." The man called Captain Cao answered briefly, then closed his eyes and leaned against the wall to rest.

"Brother Lu, when will the eldest brother come?" A female cultivator lying on the ground next to Lu Ka called out weakly, "I'm so hungry, we haven't eaten for a few days..."

"Eleven days." The woman who spoke earlier looked at the marks carved on the ground with stones. There were people lying scattered around them, and almost all of them were using sleep to reduce their hunger.

The number of people is far less than 123. I don’t know what accidents happened to those people.

If there hadn't been a hole in the roof of the hall, and water dripping from somewhere was barely enough for these people to drink, there would have been casualties five days ago.

"Now Senior Brother Lu's puppet is gone too." The younger female cultivator wailed, "Senior Brother, Jinli is starving to death... If you don't come, you won't be able to see your beloved Lili anymore..."

"Stop howling." A young man sitting at the foot of the wall spoke up impatiently, "If you hadn't insisted on saying that we stole your wood spirits, how could we have ended up like this?"

"Who else could it be if not you?" Jin Li sat up in anger, but soon lay down weakly. She simply lay there and argued with the man, "The Xuanqing Realm has never heard of your group of people. Even the casual cultivators said they have never seen you. If it wasn't you who took it, who else could it be?"

"Well, I haven't seen you yet. How can you say we stole it just because I haven't seen you?" the young man retorted.

"Jin Li, shut up." The older female cultivator obviously had great authority, and even though she was somewhat dissatisfied, Jin Li shut up awkwardly.

"Junior sister, this is your first time out of the mountains. I'm sorry if I've offended you." said the woman.

"It's our fault." Captain Cao said simply, "Lü Jiang, apologize."

"I'm sorry." The young man Lu Jiangxin said reluctantly.

"If everyone hadn't lost their skills now, I would definitely beat you up." Jin Li raised his fist hatefully.

"You're not done yet, are you?" Lu Jiang rolled up his sleeves.

"Spend less energy on quarreling." Luka growled, "I don't know where you get the energy from. You have been quarreling every day for the past eleven days. If you continue to quarrel, I will stew the two of you and eat them."

"Third Brother... don't be angry." Jin Li pulled his sleeve, "I won't argue anymore."

"I am the third." The older female cultivator raised her eyelids and said.

"Third Senior Sister... let's not argue at this time." Jin Li said. She looked at the mural and clasped her hands together devoutly. "Goddess Yaoguang bless you. I sincerely ask Senior Brother to bring the roast chicken..."

"Big Brother, please bring the roast suckling pig..." Jin Li silently reported the name of the dish.

"The formation outside was set up by Goddess Yaoguang herself. It has 9981 formations, with a large formation enclosing a small formation." Lu Ka lay down again. "Plus, the stone statues wandering in it are all at the Jindan level. Even the eldest brother will need some effort to break it. He should have reached the entrance of the temple by now. I hope everything goes well for him."

“If the second brother were still here…” said the older female cultivator, the one who was slandered by Luka for bathing in the river.

"I've already told you not to mention him in front of me." Luka turned over and faced her with his back. "A fallen demon traitor... so what if he became the Demon Lord? He's just a bastard who betrayed his master and ancestors."

"It should be said that his formation is the best among us." Yan Yao said, "You can't deny it."

“Rong Yuan…” Luka clenched his fists.

"But then again," Yan Yao said, "Where did the wood elf go? Lu Ka, do you have any idea?"

The woman's calm gaze seemed to penetrate his spine and directly question Luka's heart.

Luka unclenched his fist and turned over to lie down again. He said sullenly, "I don't know."

The hall fell into silence again, and the only sound could be heard: water from the dome dripping into the water bowl.

A group of people were drowsy. No one knew how long it had passed before a loud noise woke everyone up from their sleep. Yan Yao opened her eyes and held the small bowl that contained more than half a bowl of water to prevent the water from spilling.

These nearly fifty people depend on these few sips of water. If they run out of water, I don’t know how long they can last.

"Someone is breaking the formation!" Jin Li said excitedly.

"Someone is trying to break the formation." Lu Ka's face was solemn. "Such a violent method of breaking will only make the formation more chaotic. This cannot be done by the eldest brother."

"Xi Wanan is a steady person. He would never do such a thing even if the sky falls." Yan Yao agreed with his statement.

The explosions were getting closer and closer, and Yan Yao wondered, "What is he doing? It doesn't seem like he came here to break the formation. It seems like he is deliberately making the formation more chaotic and luring the statues out."