There were dozens of alchemists present.
Their spiritual powers were considered excellent even in the Sea Spirit Country.
Among those present,
Zhao Shuning had the strongest spiritual power.
Therefore,
she was the first to sense the danger.
"Be careful!"
After uttering these two words, Zhao Shuning quickly activated both hands and mobilized all her spiritual power.
From below the cliff,
the sound of waves crashing began to be heard.
Then,
it grew stronger and stronger.
At this moment,
the alchemists present exchanged glances and all realized something was wrong.
They quickly mobilized their own spiritual power as well.
With a loud bang, a huge purple protective shield appeared above everyone's heads, forming a semi - circle that protected everyone inside.
No one dared to speak.
Because at this time,
there were sharp sounds ringing in their ears.
These sounds were extremely piercing and directly penetrated the protective shield they had set up.
Zhao Shuning felt more and more uneasy.
She turned around and said seriously, "Xia Jingning, don't you know what hidden things there are in this Wuyi Mountain?"
Xia Jingning was also sweating profusely at this time, fully supporting the protective shield.
Having just suffered a setback and now facing this sudden disaster, he was a bit dazed.
"I don't know." At this moment, Xia Jingning's mind was empty, and this was the only thing he could say.
Because they had witnessed Zhao Shuning's power before,
the cultivators behind now respected Zhao Shuning much more.
"Senior, do you know what is under this cliff?"
"How can it have such great lethality?"
"Yes, in all our years, this is the first time we've encountered such powerful spiritual power. It's much stronger than ours."
Zhao Shuning frowned deeply.
The cultivators were still "consulting" her.
"However, we've already seen the senior's abilities before. With her here, there should be no problem."
"Yes, the senior just blocked all our attacks with one hand. Now, there shouldn't be any problem."
Zhao Shuning cursed secretly in her heart.
Putting such a high hat on her at this time, did they want to push her to the front to be the one to die?
Didn't these people have eyes?
Couldn't they see that she was already using both hands?
Xia Jingning smelled something unusual.
Now that he knew the soul - shifting formation couldn't be realized, he no longer had the same hostility towards Zhao Shuning as before.
In this situation,
it would be a miracle if they could get out of Wuyi Mountain.
Xia Jingning took a step towards Zhao Shuning.
It seemed as if he had made some kind of decision.
He lowered his voice and said, "Senior, I'd like to ask you for a favor."
Zhao Shuning couldn't spare the energy to look at him at this time.
She just casually replied, "What?"
Xia Jingning sighed.
He said sincerely, "I know I did something wrong before. I brought shame to the Duke's Mansion and many negative impacts to my father. They only have me as their child, and I haven't left them any descendants yet."
"Get to the point."
Zhao Shuning sounded a bit impatient.
Before,
she never thought Xia Jingning would say such sad things.
"Later, I will do my best to hold off this monster. I know that with the senior's abilities, it might be a bit difficult to protect all of us. But if you want to escape, you can definitely do it."
"Before the monster climbs up the cliff, the cultivators I brought can hold on for a while. Senior, please leave now."
Zhao Shuning turned around and glanced at Xia Jingning.
This kid.
At this moment, he finally had a bit of Xia Qingyan's shadow.
They were both people who had done wrong, and their obsessions were deeply rooted.
"Please, after you get out, apologize to my father on my behalf and tell him that Jingning is unfilial."
"Save these words and tell them to your father yourself."
The spiritual power in Zhao Shuning's hands became even stronger.
The other cultivators also heard the conversation between Xia Jingning and Zhao Shuning. Although they were dissatisfied with just dying like this, they also understood that a powerful person like Zhao Shuning didn't have to die for them.
"Senior!"
A jade pendant engraved with the character "Ning" suddenly appeared in front of Xia Jingning.
It floated towards Zhao Shuning.
"What's this?"
"This is the symbol of the royal status in our Sea Spirit Country. Now I'm giving it to you. Please take my apology to my father."
"Take it back. I'm not the kind of person who will run away in the face of danger."
"But—"
"There's no but. It's just a divine beast! I've dealt with them before. If it comes to the worst— I'll just call for reinforcements."
Zhao Shuning sounded valiant in the first half of her words.
But in the second half,
her confidence was obviously lacking.
She took out a bone whistle with one hand.
That bone whistle was given to her by Zhao Huai before she left the Nether Valley.
She put it to her lips and silently recited the mental formula in her heart.
A series of extremely urgent bone whistle sounds immediately spread out of the protective shield.
When everyone heard this sound,
their bodies all trembled.
This—
This senior was so beautiful, but how could she blow the bone whistle so badly? This sound was even more ear - piercing than the sound from the monster under the cliff.
After Zhao Shuning finished blowing,
she put the bone whistle back into her bosom.
Seeing the shocked expressions on everyone's faces,
she said calmly, "What are you looking at? It's my first time blowing it. I'll do better next time."
Everyone was speechless.
Was it really the first time?
Then,
would it work?
Zhao Shuning had such a stubborn temper. If everyone forced her to stay and help them face the danger, she would leave without a care.
But as long as they voluntarily let her go,
she just couldn't bring herself to leave.
It was fatal! This terrible sense of righteousness was really fatal.
"Senior, may I ask your name? If we can get out, we will surely thank you properly."
Zhao Shuning rolled her eyes.
Who wanted their thanks.
But the crowd kept talking.
And the discussion got louder and louder. Zhao Shuning was really annoyed, so she had to say, "Zhao Shuning."
Zhao Shuning?
When he heard this name,
Xia Jingning suddenly froze.
Zhao Shuning naturally noticed Xia Jingning's abnormality and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xia Jingning murmured, "I seem to have heard this name somewhere."
"I'm quite famous in the Eastern Swamp Wilderness. It's not surprising that you've heard of me."
"No, I seem to have heard this name since I was a child."
"So amazing?" Zhao Shuning just said it casually.
But Xia Jingning said very seriously,
"All the royal children in our Sea Spirit Country who have the family brand will be given a jade pendant with the character 'Ning' on it, and their names will also have the character 'Ning' in them. This is the supreme honor."
"Oh? Maybe it's just a coincidence because there's also a 'Ning' in my name."
"No."
Xia Jingning suddenly seemed to think of something, and his eyes widened extremely.