Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!

Chapter 433 - 424: The Way Out

Cheng Xiaoxiao didn’t give her a chance to rebut.

"What’s with the ’what’? If you’ve got the ability, figure out a way to get everyone out, otherwise why are you blabbering senselessly? Eat more walnuts when you have nothing to do, to boost your brainpower, so it won’t be a mess unable to distinguish priorities. People like me, with innate beauty and unparalleled wisdom, naturally use the brain to solve problems."

Cheng Xiaoxiao finished in one go, feeling refreshed, and gave a few more strikes to the mutant moles chasing behind them.

Sliced down a large swath in an instant.

"You, you, you..."

That senior sister was so angry her heart was pounding, her finger pointing at Cheng Xiaoxiao trembling.

In the past few years at Tianyuan Sect, no one had ever dared to be so rude to her.

She also came from a prominent family, holding a certain status in the Imperial City, and had never experienced such insult.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was a man; how could she bear this?

She had grown up beautiful and poised, with a powerful family background; men, upon seeing her, either tried to curry favor or coveted her beauty, or showed respect and deference. But today faced a peculiar individual, who came up and confronted her.

She simply couldn’t swallow this humiliation.

"If I don’t beat you until you’re searching for your teeth on the ground today, then my surname’s not Xiao."

With so many senior brothers around, why would Cheng Xiaoxiao be afraid of what she might do?

"Junior Sister Xiao, calm down. Now is not the time to solve personal grievances."

"Senior Brother Yuan, why are you siding with her? It’s this person who stirred up all the trouble.

She has the strength but didn’t step forward, surely waiting for everyone to exhaust themselves so she can escape alone. How can such a selfish person remain in the team?"

Facing Yuan Yi, that Xiao surnamed senior sister instantly switched to a pitiful expression.

Her coy tone made Cheng Xiaoxiao’s ears ring.

"Maybe there’s a misunderstanding, Junior Brother is not like that. Everyone, say a few less words." Yuan Yi persuaded gently.

"If someone as brainless as you can stay in the team, why can’t I? And I’ve thought of a way that might allow everyone to survive."

Cheng Xiaoxiao countered confidently.

"Come on, you, stop bragging and quickly apologize to me, or you’ll pay dearly." She didn’t care about timing; after being slapped in the face, there’s no way she’d just let it go.

Yuan Yi ignored what Junior Sister Xiao said and turned to ask Cheng Xiaoxiao, "Junior Brother, what good idea have you thought of?"

Meanwhile, Yuan He observed coldly, keeping his eyes fixed on Cheng Xiaoxiao.

He felt there was something strange about this person.

Yuan Yi’s words immediately drew everyone’s attention.

Right, just now that Junior Brother mentioned a way to avoid disaster.

They hadn’t yet reacted from the arguing atmosphere between the two.

Additionally, due to the noise and the tense situation of battling and retreating, many didn’t hear clearly, except for those closer to Cheng Xiaoxiao.

When it came to serious matters, Cheng Xiaoxiao was unequivocal.

Afraid that the people in battle wouldn’t hear, she raised her voice and shouted loudly, "Which senior brother or sister is familiar with the nearby terrain? Is there a water source? If we find a river, perhaps we can escape the current predicament."

Her voice wasn’t quiet, she believed that within a 500-meter radius, all the senior brothers and sisters heard her.

Yet for a moment, no one responded.

But from their expressions, it was clear they were all pondering seriously or observing the surrounding terrain.

After half a moment, an older disciple truly shouted loudly, "I know where there’s a water source."

He pointed to the right-front, where there was a very tall peak, usually obscured by dense forest, making it impossible to see the summit, yet that peak poked its head out from the lush foliage, looking like a towering peak piercing the clouds.

"There’s a big river at the foot of that mountain."

The older disciple shouted this, yet felt uncertain inside.

Everyone’s hearts leapt with joy; if they could escape there, they would be saved.

But they hadn’t rejoiced long before they heard the older disciple speak again.

"The problem is, that’s the territory of the Giant Golden Monkeys."

With these words, besides Cheng Xiaoxiao, the others all showed strange expressions.

That mountain inhabited by a group of monkeys was Cheng Xiaoxiao’s first thought, but seeing the indescribable expressions of everyone else, she vaguely guessed that place might not be easy to reach, so she asked Yuan Yi beside her.

"Senior Brother Yuan, is that place very dangerous?"

Yuan Yi smiled bitterly.

"That Giant Golden Monkey tribe is large, and extremely fierce, very fast in the forest. A single claw strike can smash half-meter thick city walls, pierce through a Ming Strenght cultivator’s heart. We usually avoid hunting in that area."

Cheng Xiaoxiao was slightly taken aback, are these monkeys that ferocious?

"There’s no choice now, we must first escape the current predicament and discuss later."

Yuan He spoke solemnly.

Blasted out a Thunder Strike, sweeping away most of the mutant moles, and sidestepped to change direction toward that peak.

The people from Red Training Peak also noisily turned direction.

If they separated now, their strength would diminish and they would be more easily caught, possibly leading to total annihilation.

Yuan Yi didn’t have a better idea, he clenched his fist and reluctantly ordered.

"Let’s go, together."

The entire team instantly changed direction, heading toward the mountain peak.

Cutting their way through thorns, rebounding from setbacks, losing several more disciples along the way.

The prolonged journey exacerbated the condition of severely injured disciples.

If not for Cheng Xiaoxiao’s superior hemostatic medicine, many wouldn’t have held out.

But she and that Senior Sister Xiao were still at odds, bickering back and forth several times on the road. Each time, it was Senior Sister Xiao who ended up on the losing end, angrily yelling.

They journeyed from day to night, and from night to dawn. If not for practitioners with advanced cultivation, they would have collapsed.

Encountering solitary predators or fierce beasts during the period, they didn’t have time to hunt before being attacked by the pursuing mutant moles, reduced to skeletons.

Along the way, they found many rare herbs which brought joy, but unfortunately had no time to gather them before swarms of mutant rats passed by, leaving not a strand behind.

With their large numbers and robust blood energy, along with many being injured, the scent of fresh blood drove the mutant rats even crazier, pursuing them relentlessly, with a tenacity that wouldn’t give up until the prey was caught.

The group’s medicinal herbs and elixirs ran out, food was nearly depleted, leaving no chance for respite, utterly spent.

Each person’s heart was filled with despair, looking at the short distance ahead, but after a day and night they still hadn’t reached it.

During this time, Cheng Xiaoxiao utilized the terrain, combined with the ample dry wood and leaves to organize two fire attacks, and thrice used potent poisons to harm and disperse their grouping, taking out a large batch, significantly hindering their advance, giving injured senior brothers enough time to escape, otherwise the team would have been overtaken.

Silencing those who stood with Senior Sister Xiao.

Dragging their nearly spent bodies, through another night of running, they finally heard the pleasant sound of flowing water at dawn.