Rural Romantic Life

Chapter 371 Wang Xiaoman Escapes

Lu Yang replied without any emotional fluctuation, "Well... I don't know what happened either."

"Not long ago, when I was observing the crater, the magma inside suddenly stopped erupting, and the temperature dropped abruptly. I was wondering about this and was about to go inside to investigate when Yun Tianya arrived at the crater. He thought I was behind it and demanded that I hand over the treasure. When I refused, he attacked me..."

"In the end, I knocked him off the crater..."

Lu Yang originally planned to tell Yuan Qing about obtaining the entire spirit stone vein inside the volcano. After all, if it weren't for Yuan Qing's sharing, he wouldn't have been able to obtain this spirit stone vein, let alone the terrifying strange fire like the Wildfire.

However, after a brief moment of thought, he dismissed the idea that he had obtained a spirit stone mine. After all, if Yuan Qing were to accidentally leak this information and some particularly clever people were to guess that he had not only obtained a spirit stone mine but also other powerful treasures, then he would certainly face some unnecessary trouble in the future.

In particular, information about the Wildfire must not be leaked. If it were to be leaked, not only would the mortal world be shaken, but countless powerful figures in the extraordinary world would also come to vie for the Wildfire.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Qing nodded. She felt that Lu Yang was not lying. Not only did his emotions remain unchanged, but his words also made sense. Although she had witnessed the terrifying strength of Lu Yang's martial arts, she did not really believe that he could actually dare to jump into the volcano while it was still spewing lava and the temperature had not dropped, to obtain spirit stone veins and other associated treasures.

Suddenly, Yuanqing suggested, "Let's go. Since the volcano has stopped erupting and the temperature has dropped significantly, why don't we go inside and investigate the situation?"

Xin Yi also felt that Lu Yang couldn't possibly withstand the high temperatures inside the volcano to obtain the spirit stone vein and its associated treasures. She immediately nodded excitedly and said, "Let's go, I want to take a good look at what caused such a sudden and drastic change in the volcano!"

Lu Yang nodded, and then led the group toward the crater.

Afterwards, the four of them arrived at the location of the spirit stone vein inside the volcano. When Yuan Qing saw that the spirit stone vein had vanished without a trace, and there were no other treasures, she was naturally extremely shocked and disappointed: "Could it be that there is no real spirit stone vein inside the volcano at all, and no accompanying treasures?"

However, looking at the huge empty space, she still chose to believe that there must have been an enormous spirit stone vein here, but for some unknown reason, the spirit stone vein had suddenly disappeared.

Xin Yi was also astonished: "Could it be that this huge spirit stone vein was devoured or taken away by some kind of supreme treasure-level companion object?"

Xin Yi learned that some of the companion creatures were extremely terrifying, being wondrous objects born of heaven and earth, true spiritual treasures.

This magical treasure possesses intelligence comparable to that of humans, as well as terrifying and unimaginable abilities. Perhaps this enormous spiritual stone vein gave birth to such a companion magical treasure, which happened to awaken not long ago and directly devoured or took away this enormous spiritual stone vein.

After Xin Yi's explanation, Yuan Qing frowned. She had previously obtained similar information from an ancient book, knowing that the reason why this huge spirit stone vein disappeared for no reason must be that an extraordinary companion spirit treasure was born inside it.

Not long ago, after the other party awakened, it directly devoured or took away this huge spirit stone mine.

This is why the volcano stopped erupting and the temperature dropped several times over.

Soon after, all four of them returned to the crater with disappointed expressions, and then went down the mountain to collect all the remaining spirit stones.

With everyone working together, they managed to collect all the spirit stones from the magma after some time.

The group counted the items, and including what the Cloud Sword Sect disciples had stolen, the total came to 18 spirit stones.

Upon learning that there were a total of 18 spirit stones, Yuan Qing and the others couldn't help but gasp in astonishment. They hadn't expected their gains to be so enormous.

Yuan Qing divided the 160,000 spirit stones into four equal parts and handed them to Lu Yang and the other two, keeping one for herself, saying, "We will each receive 40,000 spirit stones. I plan to give the remaining 20,000 spirit stones to Junior Brother Yang, because if he hadn't defeated Yun Tianya this time, we probably would have only received 1,000 spirit stones at most!"

Xin Yi and Chu Yuyao naturally had no objections, and Lu Yang accepted it without any qualms so as not to arouse Yuan Qing's suspicion.

Indeed, just as the other party said, if he hadn't defeated Yun Tianya this time, they would probably have only received a thousand spirit stones from the other party at most.

After distributing the spirit stones, Yuan Qing bid farewell to Lu Yang and the other two, saying, "Junior Brother Yang, Junior Sister Xin Yi, and Junior Sister Yu Yao, we'll part ways here. I have other matters to attend to!"

Lu Yang nodded and said, "Then, Senior Sister Qing, we'll meet again!"

Yuanqing nodded, then walked in one direction.

Once Yuan Qing's graceful figure disappeared from sight, Lu Yang and the other two quickly turned their attention back and continued driving towards the south.

After a long journey, they were not far from the place they had agreed to meet with Wang Xiaoman.

Just then, a disheveled woman, covered in blood and with disheveled hair, came toward them from not far away as if she were desperate.

Behind him were several figures of disciples from prominent families.

One of the scions of a powerful family threatened Wang Xiaoman, "Wang Xiaoman, you filthy bitch, you still dare to run away? If you keep running, I'll catch you later and torture you to death!"

Another scion of a powerful family licked his lips with a lewd expression and said, "Wang Xiaoman, you used to be so noble, not even deigning to glance at us. But you never imagined you'd end up in such a pathetic state, did you?"

"Wait a minute, I'll show you what I'm capable of. I've been eyeing your body for a long time!"

"Ha ha……"

The other three disciples from the aristocratic families couldn't help but burst into wicked laughter as well.

Wang Xiaoman was completely unfazed by any threats and continued her frantic escape. She knew that if she stopped, the consequences would be unimaginable.

She will definitely be toyed with and tortured to death by those beasts chasing her.

As long as she continues to run, she still has a sliver of hope.

Because as long as she can escape to the rendezvous point with Lu Yang not far ahead, and as long as Lu Yang has arrived there in advance, then she will be saved, and those aristocratic beasts chasing her will truly die without a burial place.