“Madam, if the murderer isn’t caught, will we be in danger in the future?”
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“Madam, we are just ordinary villagers. We wouldn’t be able to protect ourselves if there was any danger. Please help us find the killer to ease our minds.”
“Yes, Madam, please be merciful and help us!”
“Please, Madam…”
Seeing the villagers pleading anxiously, Feng Jiu sighed softly and said, “Get up. I’ll have someone investigate.”
“Thank you, Madam.”
When the crowd heard this, they couldn’t help but smile and thank her over and over again.
“Leng Hua, have Wei Feng and Gu Mo investigate last night’s abnormalities,” Feng Jiu instructed as she sat in the courtyard sipping tea.
“Yes.” Leng Hua replied, glanced at Leng Shuang, and left.
“Master, we found a dead body in a bush a distance away. It’s one of our guards who was patrolling last night,” a guard reported in a low voice.
As soon as he heard this, the middle-aged man instinctively looked at the woman in red sitting and drinking tea. Seeing her seemingly unconcerned expression, he was about to speak when she set down her teacup and stood up.
“Leng Shuang, it looks like we won’t be able to leave by noon. Have someone prepare lunch when we return,” Feng Jiu said as she slowly walked away.
“Yes, ” Leng Shuang replied, walking away with her.
Watching them leave, the middle-aged man went to inspect the dead guard. He initially thought the guard died in the same manner as his daughter, only to find that the cause of death was a piercing wound on his head.
“Father, what kind of weapon caused this wound?” the man asked his father.
“It doesn’t look like a weapon,” the middle-aged man observed, “but rather something sharp.” Then he turned to the two patrolling guards and asked, “Was there anything unusual about him last night? Where did he go?”
While he was asking, two remarkable men walked over. After glancing at them, they looked at the body on the ground and then at the two guards standing aside.
Wei Feng looked at the two guards and said, “Let’s hear it too, go ahead.”
Recognising them as the woman in red’s subordinates, the middle-aged nodded, signalling the guards to explain the situation clearly.
“Last night, he went behind the house to relieve himself and accidentally fell into the ravine. We heard him shouting and went to look, and he said he was fine. After a while, he came back, his face covered in blood and looking very pale. We were all scared by his appearance. Since the blood had clotted, we didn’t see how deep the wound was and let him treat it. But he never returned, and we just found out he’s dead.”
Wei Feng stroked his chin and asked, “Was there anything unusual in between?”
“Unusual…”
The two guards thought for a moment, and then one slapped his forehead, “Yes! Something seemed odd last night. When we told him to return and apply medicine, he went straight to the young miss’ bedroom. He also felt really odd, not like himself.”
The middle-aged man was surprised but didn’t say anything.
Wei Feng and Gu Mo looked at each other and said to the two guards, “Take us to the ravine where he fell last night.”
The two guards looked at their Master, who gave them a slight nod. They then led the two people toward the weedy area behind the house. Upon arriving, one of them said, “This is the spot where he relieved himself last night and then probably fell into the ravine below by accident.”
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Gu Mo took a step forward, crossing the weeds to the edge of the ravine. He took a careful look and saw traces of flattened and depressed weeds, enough to prove that someone had indeed been here last night.
Looking farther into the ravine, there was a dried blood stain amidst the jumble of stones and sand, and inside that stain, something sharp was exposed.
“Go dig up that thing below. Be careful not to break it,” Wei Feng told the two guards beside him.
As soon as they heard the command, the guards jumped down and began to carefully dig through the dirt and rocks. It didn’t take long for them to feel tingling in their scalps and they involuntarily stepped back, letting out a low cry.
“Aah!”
“What’s the matter?” The middle-aged man asked with a frown.
“Corpse…skeleton…” The two men said, their voices trembling slightly. Although they had killed before, digging up human remains was a first for them and it made them feel scared.
“What do you think it is if not a skeleton?”
Wei Feng looked at them with a half-smile, then turned to the middle-aged man and said “My Master mentioned that your daughter has a Yin energy in her body, likely because her essence, vital energy, and blood have been absorbed by a Yin spirit. If nothing goes wrong, this skeleton should belong to that Yin spirit.”
The middle-aged man turned pale and asked, “If that’s the case, what can we do with this skeleton?” The Yin spirit had most likely already fled.
“It’s useless for you to dig it up, but it’s different for us,” Wei Feng chuckled. “Take the skeleton to us after you dig it up. We know how to make the Yin spirit appear on its own.”
The middle-aged man immediately ordered the two guards, “Hurry up and dig! Dig out the entire skeleton!”
Meanwhile, Feng Jiu was sitting in the house, eating spirit fruits and reading a book. Bai Qingcheng and Qin Xin were preparing lunch, while Luo Yu said he was going to look for some game in the nearby forest to add to the meal.
Not long after, Wei Feng and Gu Mo returned to the house and bowed to Feng Jiu, “Master, as you have said, it is the work of a yin spirit. The skeleton has been found.”
“You handle it, no need to tell me,” Feng Jiu replied, her eyes still focused on her book. “Come back for lunch at noon; Luo Yu is adding more dishes.”
After hearing this, the two men looked at each other, smiled, and replied, “Yes.”
Because of the delay caused by this incident, Feng Jiu and her party decided to stay another night. After all, it’s easier to deal with humans than Yin spirits, which would mean waiting until nightfall.
Feng Jiu didn’t intervene, leaving the matter to her subordinates. With their current skills, it was easy for them to handle such a small problem.
When nighttime came, all the villagers followed the instructions and went inside their homes. With the exception of Madam Xue, the entire Xue family had gathered in the open area.
On the ground, in the middle of the array, a corpse was placed there. Wei Feng and Gu Mo stood next to the array, while in front of the house not too far away, Du Fan and the others sat or stood and watched leisurely, as if they were watching a show.
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Over at Feng Jiu’s house, Leng Shuang and Leng Hua stayed outside while Feng Jiu, who was inside, had entered space and was practicing cross-legged, paying no attention to what was happening outside.
When the sky was getting dark, Wei Feng activated the array. A strong wind suddenly rose up around him and a dark wind came whistling.
The guards and the people of the Xue Family clearly felt at that moment, that the breath in the air had become cold, bone-chillingly cold, and they shivered involuntarily.
No one else was around the array other than Wei Feng and Gu Mo. Even the members of the Xue Family were at least ten metres away from the array. Accompanied by the surge of spirit energy on the array, the corpse on the ground rose up and floated above the array.
In the forest about one hundred miles away, the ghost that was wandering around suddenly screamed, and its shrill scream pierced through the air. It felt like it was out of control, and as if it was being roasted upon flames. The bone-piercing pain in its spine reached deep into its soul.
Its shadow flashed in midair, as if it was being summoned by something. It tried to hug the tree in fear, but at the next moment, it was pulled back by a powerful force.
“Ah!”
The head and chin of the corpse that was floating in the air moved, and a cry of surprise came from the mouth of the corpse. The guards stared in fright.
The middle-aged man clenched his fists and stared at the corpse. This was his daughter’s murderer!
“Let me go! Let me go! Who are you? Why are you using my corpse to capture my soul?” The ferocious and bloodthirsty called out fiercely and the corpse moved around like a beast baring its teeth and claws, trying to attack Wei Feng and Gu Mo. However, the soul was locked in its corpse and there was no way to escape, let alone attack them.
Wei Feng and Gu Mo looked at each other, then they withdrew their gaze and their eyes fell on the middle-aged man not far away from them and they said: “Do you want us to do it? Or do you want to do it yourself?”
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man stepped forward gratefully and said to the both of them: “Thank you gentlemen, please let me do it myself. I will crush him to ashes! I will make sure that he will never be reincarnated!”
Wei Feng and Gu Mo stepped aside upon hearing this and let the middle-aged man handle it by himself. It was only a ghost after all, and it was trapped inside the array so it was impossible for it to escape.
“Yi’er, go, find a hammer!” The middle-aged man ordered in a calm voice.
In a small village like this, almost every household had a hammer. After all, they were ordinary people who had to make their tables and chairs by themselves.
So, after the man responded, he walked into a room and soon came out with a hammer.
“What are you going to do? What are you going to do?”
As it looked at the hammer, but its corpse was floating in midair, trapped and unable to escape, it struggled. The ghost tried to break through the restraint and escape, but no matter how hard it struggled, it was still trapped within the array and was unable to loosen its restraints.
“What am I going to do? Haha, you killed my daughter and let her die such a tragic death, so I am going to crush you to ashes! So that you will never be able to reincarnate!” The middle-aged man said, then reached out and tore a bone out from the floating corpse from midair and threw it to the ground. The hammer smashed down hard onto it.
“Ah!”
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A shrill cry sounded as the bones were smashed to pieces by the middle-aged man with the hammer. As the bones shattered, there was a hissing sound, as if something was corroding. In an instant, the bones turned into ashes and dissipated in the air.
The hatred of crushing the bones to ashes made the guards feel cold to the bone. However, just as their Master was about to remove the second bone with a calm face, the corpse suddenly flickered and the ghost swayed lightly. A woman’s face was faintly revealed…
“Father… I’m in pain… Father, save me, save me…”
The sounds of crying were so familiar that the middle-aged man froze up. He stared blankly at the ghost on the corpse that had turned into his daughter. He was so shocked when he saw his daughter suffering that the hammer fell out of his hand and hit his foot.
“Sss!”
The hammer hitting his foot caused him to gasp in pain, and at the same time, his mind suddenly became clear. He looked steadily at the crying ghost and shook his head, then he said in a deep voice filled with sorrow: “No, you are not my daughter, no!”
He picked up the hammer from the ground and injected spirit energy from his hand. The next moment, he held the hammer and rose into the air: “Give my daughter back her life!”
“Crack!”
That blow had hit the corpse’s head hard and split it open. With the injection of his spirit energy, the corpse’s skill had shattered and turned into ashes instantly, and scattered all over the ground.
The other bones were also destroyed when the skull was shattered, they had also cracked open and fell onto the array on the ground. A shrill sharp scream pierced through the night at that moment, until it gradually dissipated…
The ghost was destroyed and the corpse had turned into ashes. The array on the ground gradually dispersed. The middle-aged man stood in a daze and stared at the hammer in his hand, silently shedding a tear.
“Father…” Two men stepped forward and came to his side to support him.
The middle-aged man finally came to his senses and took a deep breath, then threw the hammer away. He walked towards Wei Feng and Gu Mo: “Gentlemen, I would like to thank your mistress, is that possible?”
Wei Feng glanced at him and said: “My Mistress is resting. She has left instructions, there is no need to say thank you. She isn’t helping you.”
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man paused and asked: “May I ask your Mistress’ surname?” If the woman in red hadn’t stopped and ordered them to help them, he would not have been able to take revenge for his daughter. Now that he had avenged his daughter, even if she didn’t need him to thank her, he still hoped to know who it was that had helped him get his revenge.
Wei Feng glanced at him and said: “My Mistress doesn’t take this trivial matter seriously, you don’t need to either.” Having said that, he turned around and left with Gu Mo.
On the other side, Du Fan and the others who had been watching from the front of the house smiled when they saw them coming back. They walked inside talking and laughing, then the door was closed and blocked all sight from outside.
Upon seeing this, the middle-aged man withdrew his gaze. He instructed his subordinates to send a team of people to keep watch through the night, then he walked into the house with his two sons.
In the room, the father and sons sat opposite each other, but they were silent. After a long time, one of the men asked: “Father, who do you think they are? Who could that lady be? I have seen a lot of strong people, but I have never seen anyone like them before.”
The middle-aged man pondered for a long time, then he said: “After observing them for the past two days, I’m reminded of a person.”
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“Who?” The two sons asked at the same time.
“The Ghost Doctor Feng Jiu.” When the middle-aged man said those words, his eyes couldn’t help but flickered. Based on his observation, the woman in red was most likely the Ghost Doctor Feng Jiu.
Almost everyone knew about the battle that day between the Ghost Doctor Feng Jiu, the Skylink Monarch and the Black Lotus Monarch. In all the lands in the world, there could only be one woman as graceful as the woman in red, and that was the Ghost Doctor Feng Jiu.
Although he had never met her before, it was said that the men and women who followed the Ghost Doctor Feng Jiu were all extremely outstanding. Moreover, each one’s strength was unfathomable. Judging from his conjecture and the people they had met, the woman in red who was addressed as Master by those outstanding men and women, she was most likely the Ghost Doctor.
This area used to be under the rule of the Skylink Monarch. After the demise of the Skylink Monarch and the Black Lotus Monarch, although no other Monarch had come forth to take over, everyone knew that this place already belonged to the Ghost Doctor Feng Jiu and Xuanyuan Mo Ze.
Just because they hadn’t come to take over the area now didn’t mean that they wouldn’t come over in the future and take over as the Monarch. If other Monarchs in the other regions were to have any ideas about this area, then it would be the equivalent of becoming the enemies of the Ghost Doctor Feng Jiu and the others.
Judging from the current situation, it was obvious that no Monarchs were willing to make enemies of the Ghost Doctor Feng Jiu and the others for the sake of this area. That meant that sooner or later, their Monarch here would be the Ghost Doctor Feng Jiu.
“Ghost Doctor Feng Jiu? Is this the Ghost Doctor Feng Jiu who fought against the Black Lotus Monarch?” The two of them couldn’t help but exclaim, startled by their father’s guess.
On this side, the father and sons were guessing the identities of Feng Jiu and the others while on the other side, Feng Jiu and the others rested, talked and laughed, and practiced. The night gradually passed and finally, it was morning the next day.
As soon as it got dark, Feng Jiu and her companions left quietly without the villagers realising. However, the middle-aged man’s family knew but they didn’t come out to see them off and only watched them leave through the window…
A few days later, Feng Jiu and the others came to Hollow Rise Mountain. Before they entered Hollow Rise Mountain, Feng Jiu put the Violet Gold Spirit Deer Carriage back into space, then the group walked into the mountain on foot.
She led them towards the waterfall cave that she and Xuanyuan Mo Ze had discovered. The group of people swept through the forest like wind, without disturbing the few members of the reclusive family in Hollow Rise Mountain.
After they had sensed their dangerous breath in the forest, the fierce beasts fled away one after another, not daring to even come close. They had saved them a lot of trouble.
After they arrived at the waterfall, Feng Jiu said to the people behind her: “Let’s rest here tonight and make preparations. Light a fire to drive away the cold in the night.”
“Yes.” Everyone responded and started to work together quickly.
Feng Jiu looked at the waterfall and couldn’t help but think of the time she had come here with Xuanyuan Mo Ze. Now that she was here again, he was asleep.
She had revisited an old place, but things were different and the people were different. She couldn’t help but feel heavy in her heart. She walked along the water and came to a shallow place, picked up a handful of water and washed her face.
“Master, this mountain spring water is cold, don’t catch a cold.”
Fan Lin came over when he saw her washing her face with the cold water. He was worried that her newly recovered body would not be able to bear the cold spring water in the mountains.
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“It’s fine.” Feng Jiu said, as she sat down on the stone beside the spring, then said: “Fan Lin, can you go and check if everyone has enough medicinal pills on them? If not, help them prepare some.”
“Yes.” Fan Lin responded, but he was worried about her sitting there alone for too long, so after he turned to leave, he motioned for Leng Shuang to pay more attention to her.
Leng Shuang came over to Feng Jiu, and when she saw her sitting on the stone, she asked: “Master, do you want to soak your feet?”
“Sure.” Feng Jiu responded. The mountain spring water was cool so she thought that it would be very comfortable to soak her feet in. Maybe it could also dispel some of the frustration she felt in her heart. Just as she was about to take her boots off, Leng Shuang was faster than her.
“Master, just sit down.” Leng Shuang took off her boots and carefully placed her feet on the edge of the water. The water was very shallow and only covered her ankles.
The cool feeling of the water penetrated the soles of her feet and rushed up to her heart. Her mood gradually relaxed and she leaned back slightly against the stone. She held her head with one hand and narrowed her eyes comfortably.
On the other side, the others were busy picking branches, lighting fires and catching prey. In the hustle and bustle, the fire was lit, the tents were put up and the aroma of roast meat filled the air.
Feng Jiu had placed her feet on the stone to dry. She had only soaked her feet for a short time before she took them out of the water. Due to the comfort of this place, she fell asleep leaning against the stone.
Leng Shuang was next to her keeping watch, and when she saw that she had fallen asleep, she took her cloak out and covered her. After she dried her wet feet, she then carefully put her boots back on for her, and at the same time, she motioned to the people on the other side to keep their voices down so that they didn’t disturb their master.
When she saw that her Master’s head was slightly tilted as she slept, she sat down next to her and let her Master rest her head on her shoulder. She also held her with one hand to prevent her from falling to the other side whilst she was asleep.
Feng Jiu woke up to the aroma of roast meat, but by the time she had woken up, the sky had already darkened. When she saw that she was leaning on Leng Shuang’s shoulder, she yawned and smiled: “I can’t believe I fell asleep, I feel so sleepy all the time nowadays.”
“Fan Lin said that Master is more likely to fall asleep now that she is pregnant.” Leng Shuang said. When she saw that she had woken up, she put the cloak that was covering her, around her body and said: “It’s cold at night Master, put on your cloak!”
“Mmm.” Feng Jiu responded and let her tie her cloak around her.
“Master, the roast meat is ready to eat.” Luo Yu’s voice came from not far ahead.
“Master, I also cooked some spirit rice porridge. If you don’t want to eat roast meat, you can drink some porridge.”
Feng Jiu and Leng Shuang went over. She glanced at them and smiled, then she walked over and sat down by the fire: “That’s fine, I’m quite hungry today.”
Upon seeing this, everyone couldn’t help but smile. They cut a piece of roast meat and handed it to her, then brought a small bowl of spirit rice porridge over to her.
Feng Jiu felt a little hungry, hence, her appetite was quite good. She ate a piece of roast meat and drank two small bowls of spirit rice porridge. After she had finished eating with everyone else, Feng Jiu asked everyone to sit around the fire and talked to them.
“The cave I am going to take you to is right behind the waterfall. You must listen carefully and you must be careful when you enter inside, especially past that curtain door because no one knows when a beast will come out and bite you to death.”
Everyone looked at each other and responded: “Yes, Master.” For their Master to go out of her way and give them such instructions, that must be an extremely dangerous place.”
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On this night, everyone rested early and recharged themselves in preparation for the next day.
The next morning, when the first light fell on the ground, Feng Jiu and the others had already woken up and were packed as they prepared to explore the cave world behind the waterfall.
Feng Jiu led everyone behind the waterfall and walked along the path inside. Luo Yu and Du Fan, who were walking ahead, looked at the darkness around them and said: “Master, how deep is this cave…” But before they could finish speaking, a roar was heard. Immediately afterwards, a shadow rushed towards them from inside the cave where the light was not strong.
“Be careful!”
As Feng Jiu shouted, she saw Luo Yu and Du Fan had reacted suddenly: “Master, step back first!” The two of them said, then faced the charging beast themselves. However, as they approached, Luo Yu couldn’t help but let out a low cry.
“Wow! That is no beast! That is a Sacred Beast!”
“Roar!”
Accompanied by the roar was the pressure of the Sacred Beast that rushed through the cave. However, Leng Hua and the others were in front of Feng Jiu and blocked the pressure, so the pressure of the Sacred Beasts could not hurt her.
When the flames that illuminated from Gu Mo and Wei Feng’s hands inside the cave moved forwards, they saw the appearance of the Sacred Beast clearly.
“What kind of Sacred Beast is this? I’ve never seen it before.” Wei Feng looked at the Sacred Beast in surprise. Each of them had a Sacred Beast as a contract beast, hence, not only could the pressure of the Sacred Beast not harm their Master, it couldn’t harm them either.
However, they were a little shocked that the beast that had suddenly jumped out was a Sacred Beast. After all, even in the extremely dangerous forest outside, it wasn’t easy to encounter Sacred Beasts. So, why were they hiding inside the cave behind the waterfall?
Feng Jiu watched Luo Yu and Du Fan fight against the two Sacred Beasts and said calmly: “The place that we are going to pass through is probably a place filled with extremely dangerous fierce beasts, and most of them should have reached the level of Sacred Beast. That was why I had reminded you to be careful.”
Upon hearing this, everyone was silent. Most of the fierce beasts had already reached the level of Sacred Beast! Then they really couldn’t afford to be careless.
“Roar!”
Another loud roar could be heard and a faint scent of blood filled the cave. Upon smelling the scent of blood, Feng Jiu faintly felt nauseous.
She took out a sour plum from space then put it in her mouth and pressed it under her tongue to suppress her nausea.
“Roar roar!”
The Sacred Beast backed away step by step and stared cautiously at the two people in front of it, then it stared at Feng Jiu and the others behind. Just when it was about to turn and escape, the fan in Du Fan’s hand flew out with a whoosh at a speed faster than sound and attacked the beast.
“Aooo.”
A shrill scream could be heard as the Sacred Beast roared as it was attacked and fell down to the ground with a thud. Its body twitched on the ground a few times and then it died.
Du Fan watched this scene with cold eyes. After he watched the beast fall to the ground, he stepped forward and removed the fan that was embedded in the neck of the Sacred Beast. As soon as he pulled the fan out, a stream of blood shot out like a column of blood and he dodged out of the way quickly to avoid being splashed by the blood.
Luo Yu stepped forward and took out the crystal core, then he patted the Sacred Beast and said: “The meat of this Sacred Beast looks so tough, it probably won’t be tasty”
“Then leave it, after we cross over, there won’t be a lack of meat to eat.” Wei Feng laughed, then he shone the light on the ground and said to Feng Jiu: “Master, be careful. Don’t step on the blood on the floor.”
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“Yes.” Feng Jiu responded and continued walking forward with them.
When they arrived at the place where she and Xuanyuan Mo Ze had been that day, Feng Jiu said to them: “Step back a little and I will open the door.”
Upon seeing this, everyone stepped back and looked at the illusionary wall in surprise. They watched as their Master took out a mirror and placed it on the floor, and as the mirror reached the floor, a ray of light refracted out of nowhere and quickly formed an array on the ground and wall…
When the illusionary wall in front of them opened up, everyone couldn’t help but look at it in surprise. They hadn’t expected it to be such a unique cave. If their Master hadn’t brought them here, they probably wouldn’t have thought to pass through here!
“Let’s go!”
Feng Jiu motioned for them to go over. After they had passed through, she picked up the mirror on the ground and walked over. After they had walked into the other side, the illusionary wall that had opened up slowly closed behind them and cut off everything from both sides.
“Aooo!”
“Roar!”
Perhaps they had sensed a strange breath entering their territory, so the two Sacred Beasts that were entrenched in the cave let out a threatening roar. In the pitch-black light, the four eyes of the two Sacred Beasts glowed with a cold and bloodthirsty light. They stared at the approaching figures and the flames that gradually illuminated the cave.
When the two Sacred Beasts saw Luo Yu, Du Fan and the others walking in front of them, their bodies had already lowered slightly and they also bared their sharp teeth in preparation to fight. However, when the two Sacred Beasts saw the red figure that was being protected by everybody, they suddenly shivered in fear like mice seeing cats.
“Aooo!”
“Aooo!”
Although they still roared, their roars had become weak and were unimpressive. The two Sacred Beasts retreated step by step and stared at Feng Jiu, who was walking slowly, with fear and defensiveness in their eyes.
They remembered the breath of this human being. This human being was not someone they should provoke. However, hadn’t she already been here before? Why was she here again?
The two Sacred Beasts continued to retreat step by step, not even daring to turn their backs to leave, too afraid to leave their backs facing Feng Jiu and the people with her. Instead, they walked backwards as they were afraid that Feng Jiu and the people with her would take action unexpectedly.
“Huh? Master, do these two Sacred Beasts recognise you?”
Luo Yu looked at the two Sacred Beasts in surprise. With each step they took forward, the two fierce beasts took three steps backwards but they didn’t dare to turn their backs and run away directly and guarded against them defensively instead. As they looked at the beasts’ eyes staring at their Master closely, it was obvious that they had recognised their Master.
Feng Jiu glanced at them lightly and said: “Last time Mo Ze and I were here, these two Sacred Beasts escaped from us by luck.”
“I see, no wonder they seem so afraid of you.” Luo Yu grinned and said: “Master, there are quite a few fierce beasts at the level of Sacred Beasts here. We have only been walking for a short while and have already encountered three of them.”
When they saw that the Sacred Beasts hadn’t attacked them, Luo Yu and Du Fan who were walking ahead of everyone else didn’t take action. They just stared at the two Sacred Beasts and Du Fan fanned his fan and said with a smile: “All Sacred Beasts are capable of talking to people. Master, do you think we should ask these two Sacred Beasts for directions?”
Upon hearing this, the two Sacred Beasts looked at each other in disbelief that they wanted to ask them for directions. They weren’t even sure if they would survive if they were captured. When they thought of this, they didn’t care about anything else at that moment and after they retreated a few metres, they turned around quickly and ran away.
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When they saw this, everyone was silent. Those two Sacred Beasts were this scared? What did their Master and Hell’s Lord do to them the last time they were here? They actually left such a deep impression on them?
The group of people walked outside and found that the cave had paths to the left and right. There were actually many smaller caves within it, and there also seemed to be the breath of fierce beasts hidden inside those caves. However, none of them dared to come out.
When they went outside, what they saw was an endless forest. The damp forest was full of lush leaves and weeds. Venomous snakes could be seen everywhere amongst the branches as they spat out and made hissing sounds.
“It’s actually more humid than where we just came from, and there are a lot more poisonous insects.” Wei Feng said, and at the same time, he used his sword to cut the surrounding weeds so that they didn’t scratch Feng Jiu.
“Let’s find a place to stay first, then we will take a look and see what this place is.” Leng Hua said, then she asked everyone to go ahead and find a flatter place with less weeds for them to rest at before they made any more plans.
“Master, be careful.” Qin Xin and Bai Qingcheng followed Feng Jiu and reminded her to be careful as she walked. After all, the ground was uneven and there were a lot of stones on the ground.
“Mmm.” Feng Jiu responded and walked forward.
When they came to a sandy piece of land, the surrounding area looked relatively empty, so they took a rest there. Du Fan, Wei Feng and Luo Yu rose to the sky to see how far away they were from the forest. However, what they hadn’t expected when they jumped up was to see the endless forest around them and they were dumbfounded.
“Are we in the depths of the forest? I don’t even see an exit in any direction?” Luo Yu said, a little dumbfounded. There were endless trees towering all around them. When they looked around, there were either mountains or trees and they couldn’t tell which side was the exit.
Du Fan held up his fan to fan himself and suddenly, he put the fan away and pointed in one direction and said: “Look over there, what do you see?”
Wei Feng and Luo Yu looked over in the direction he pointed at and saw a dark area. It looked like a bird, but as it was so far away, they couldn’t see clearly.
“It must be a bird!”
“But this bird seems a bit big…”
“Oh no! It is coming towards us!”
Luo Yu said and pulled the two of them down quickly. However, in just a moment, the birds that had seemed very far away initially had already arrived in front of them. Those dark things rushed towards them with a loud swishing noise.
“Find a place to hide quickly!” Wei Feng shouted to Feng Jiu and the others. He was worried that the birds would attack them if they went down towards them. Therefore, he didn’t dare to go down but instead, he flew in the other direction.
“Swish swish! Ah!”
The sound of sharp airflows cut through the air and the screams came from the mouths of those black giant birds. It looked like a human but yet it didn’t, it looked like a bird but it also didn’t look like a bird, and it extruded a strange and bloodthirsty breath. Whenever those black giant birds flew past, the lush towering trees instantly became like dead trees, with not a single leaf to be found…
When she saw the devastation caused by the flock of birds, Feng Jiu’s eyes narrowed slightly. She raised her sleeve and a cluster of flames struck out quickly as it shot out with a roar.
“Ah… ah…”
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Loud screams came from the mouths of those giant birds. Some of them dodged so fast that they were able to escape quickly, while those that weren’t able to escape were burnt to ashes in midair by the flames and dissipated.
Upon seeing this, Luo Yu, Wei Feng and Du Fan looked at each other then returned to Feng Jiu’s side at once.
“Master.”
Feng Jiu glanced at the three of them and said: “Those are man-eating crows, they like to target their prey in midair. Generally speaking, when one enters a place like this, no one should appear in midair without any protection.”
The three of them couldn’t help but lower their heads: “Master, we will pay more attention next time.” They were careless and hadn’t expected those man-eating crows to be so fast.
Feng Jiu looked up at the sky, and in the next moment, she raised her energy and flew up into the air. After looking around, she confirmed that they were indeed surrounded by endless trees and overlapping mountains. At that moment, she raised her hand and an airship appeared in midair: “Come up!” She stepped inside and activated the boundary barrier of the airship at the same time.
When everyone below saw this, they couldn’t help but feel happy and quickly followed her into the airship.
“Master, are we leaving here in the airship?” Luo Yu asked with some joy. Having spent some time in the damp surroundings below, he felt much more comfortable upon entering the airship.
“After we leave this place, find out what realm this place is.” Feng Jiu said, then she went to the bow of the airship where there was a daybed, and she lay down.
The airship flew slowly into the direction of the sun, isolated from the dangers of the forest below. There were all kinds of things on the airship, so there was no need to guard against the surrounding dangers. Qin Xin and Bai Qingcheng prepared some food for Feng Jiu while the others sat idly and looked at the forest below, viewing the dangerous situation below as a spectator.
“It seems that there are quite a few people here besides us.” Du Fan fanned the fan in his hand gently as he looked at the wisps of smoke rising below.
“The forest is full of trees on both sides, and up here, you can see things that you can’t see when you’re down in the forest.” Luo Yu grinned, he was feeling much more relaxed.
However, at this moment, the airship made a loud bang, as if it had been hit by something.
“What hit our spaceship?” Luo Yu jumped up. Just as he released his spirit intent, he saw a giant eagle trying to break through their boundary barrier. The loud bang was the sound of the giant eagle crashing into their airship.
“Another Sacred Beast, and fifth order one too!” Luo Yu glanced at the giant eagle and felt that the giant eagle was courting death.
They had a boundary barrier to protect the airship so the strength of the people inside the airship had not been revealed. Otherwise, how would a fifth order Sacred Beast dare to target them?
Feng Jiu’s body on the daybed shook slightly from the airship being struck, hence, she frowned slightly and said to them: “Kill it!”
“Yes!” Luo Yu and the others responded and were about to raise their breath when Fan Lin called out.
“Lead the giant eagle away and don’t let it hit the airship. Master is pregnant so the airship can’t shake violently.”
“Yes, we understand.” Luo Yu and Du Fan responded and Gu Mo and Wei Feng followed them out.
The four of them besieged the giant eagle. Even though it was a Sacred Beast, under the attack of the four of them, it panicked and looked for an opportunity to escape.
“Want to escape? Too late!” Luo Yu shouted sharply and the sharp sword in his hand slashed out horizontally. The sharp sword energy burst out instantly and cut the giant eagle’s claws like a sharp blade.
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A shrill cry of an eagle could be heard as a pair of eagle claws were cut off and fell into the forest.
When he saw that the giant eagle was nearly dead, Luo Yu said: “I’ll leave it to you. I am going down to find those eagle claws. Sacred Beast level eagle claws are worth quite a lot of money!”
“Go ahead! Be careful!”
Du Fan smiled and watched him go down before looking back. When he saw that Gu Mo and Wei Feng had already killed the giant eagle and dug out its crystal core as they chatted, he said: “I’m going back to the airship first.”
After he entered the airship, Du Fan reported to Feng Jiu: “Master, the giant eagle has been dealt with. Luo Yu cut off the eagle’s claws and they fell into the forest below. He went down to look for it and will be back soon.”
“Mmm.” Feng Jiu responded and narrowed her eyes but said nothing.
Not long after, Wei Feng and Gu Mo also returned. Their bodies were stained with the blood of the giant eagle which made Feng Jiu frown in discomfort. That nauseating feeling surfaced again and caused her to retch involuntarily.
“Vomit…”
“Master!”
“Master!”
Everyone was shocked when they saw this and hurried forward. At this time, Fan Lin and Leng Shuang blocked Wei Feng and Gu Mo, who had also came forward, and said in unison: “You both stay away from Master.”
When Wei Feng and Gu Mo were told this, they couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment and were a little confused.
“Master, drink some water.” Qin Xin came forward with some water.
“Master, sour plum.” Leng Shuang turned around and took out a sour plum then handed it to her.
Fan Lin saw that her face had turned pale suddenly and said to the both of them: “Hurry up, go and wash away the scent of blood on your body and change your clothes.”
Upon hearing this, the both of them realised that it was the scent of blood on their bodies that had made their Master nauseous. However, their Master never used to react this way in the past, why…
As if he knew what they were thinking about, Fan Lin motioned for the two of them to leave, then he followed them and said to them: “When a women are pregnant, some can’t stand to eat oily food, some can’t stand the smell of fish, and some can’t stand the scent of blood. You should pay more attention in the future. Master will get better after the first three months.”
Upon hearing this, they nodded: “We understand. We will go and change our clothes now.” As they spoke, they walked towards the cabins.
After hearing this, Leng Hua and the others looked at each other and silently remembered those words that Fan Lin had said and kept them in their hearts.
Because they were waiting for Luo Yu to return, the airship had stopped in midair. After Feng Jiu rested for a while and sucked a sour plum in her mouth, it suppressed the nausea. When she thought about the fact that she was unable to stand the scent of blood nowadays, and the signs of morning sickness, her eyes shifted and she called out to Fan Lin.
“Fan Lin, come here.”
“Master, are you feeling better?” Fan Lin asked when he came over.
“Mmm.” Feng Jiu responded and said: “Come and prepare some medicinal pills for me. You will make them and I will instruct you.”
Fan Lin was startled for a moment when he heard this, but he still nodded: “Yes.”
When Leng Hua and Gray Wolf brought a long table over, they saw Feng Jiu taking some spirit herbs out from space. She placed various spirit herbs on the table and Fan Lin took out his medicine tools at once.
“Remove the stems and take the leaves from these few spirit herbs then mix the leaves with the Frosted Flower and set it aside.”
Feng Jiu rested her head in one hand as she watched Fan Lin making the medicine and instructed him on how to extract the spirit herbs and use them to prepare the medicine. She took a sip of water from Qin Xin and glanced around the airship, then asked: “Why isn’t Luo Yu back yet?”
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Upon hearing her question, everyone realised that Luo Yu, who had gone to the forest below, still hadn’t returned after such a long time. At that moment, Du Fan said: “I will go down to take a look.”
“I’ll go with you.” Wei Feng said, then they swept out of the airship’s boundary barrier and headed to the forest below.
Down below, Luo Yu was unable to find the pair of eagle claws when he got there, but he saw the blood stains on the ground. So, he looked around and saw a group of mercenaries in the forest sitting around a fire laughing and drinking.
“Did you take my eagle claws?”
He asked them. He stood not far away from them and his eyes fell on the blood on the ground. Right next to where one of them was sitting, was something wrapped in a piece of black cloth that vaguely revealed its shape. It was undoubtedly a pair of eagle claws.
“Your eagle claws? Hahahahaha! Brothers, listen. This man says that he has eagle claws. Hahaha, could this not be a human but actually a beast?” One of the mercenaries raised his head and laughed, mocking Luo Yu. They obviously didn’t take him seriously.
When Luo Yu heard this, a cold light flashed across his eyes. He looked at those people and smiled: “It’s been a long time since anyone has dared to speak this way to me. You are very brave.”
As soon as he had spoken, no one saw how his figure had flashed past and in a blink of an eye, the man who had originally stood about ten metres away from them was already in front of them. He had already grabbed the mercenary who had mocked him before and grabbed his throat, lifting him up into the air with one hand.
“Want to die? Just say it and I will help you.”
Luo Yu’s cold voice contained murderous intent as he tightened his grip around the mercenary’s neck. The mercenary’s strong body and strong back was held back by him with one hand. The mercenary struggled for a long time but was unable to break free.
His face was flushed and he had difficulty breathing, then his face turned from red to purple and the strength of his struggle weakened little by little, until the sound of bones cracking could be heard and the mercenary stopped breathing. His limp body was lifted up with one hand and thrown into the middle of the group of mercenaries.
His speed was too fast and it shocked the group of mercenaries. It wasn’t until the body of the dead mercenary had landed in front of them that they suddenly came to their senses.
“How dare you kill him?” One of the mercenaries shouted angrily. He picked up the broadsword next to him and gathered his strength, then he rushed forward: “Brothers! Kill this kid!”
“Kill him!”
“Kill him!”
The fierce voices of the mercenaries were filled with bloodthirsty intent. Even if they didn’t avenge the death of their brother, they couldn’t tolerate this man for being so presumptuous in front of them! If they didn’t kill him, the reputation of their mercenary group would be tarnished!
When he saw the group of people rushing towards him, Luo Yu snorted coldly. With a flick of his sleeves, a sharp gust of wind came out of his palms and struck the mercenaries who had rushed forward.
“Swish! Huff!”
“Boom!”
“Puff!”
“Ah!”
The mercenaries who had rushed forward were knocked back and the scene in front of him was total chaos in an instant…
Du Fan and Wei Feng, who had come down to the forest looking for Luo Yu, stood not far away and watched. When they saw that those mercenaries actually dared to provoke Luo Yu, and even insulted him, they couldn’t help but sneered: “Those people really think that they have very long lives.”
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With Luo Yu’s strength, those people still dared to provoke him, weren’t they just courting death? When they saw those people being knocked back by the palm wind, Du Fan called out to Luo Yu: “Take your things and let’s leave. Master is still waiting!”
“Understood.”
Luo Yu responded and walked forward and opened the black cloth that was wrapped around the eagle claws and took a look, then he put them into his space ring. When he turned around and walked towards them, a mercenary who was holding his aching chest held a knife and attacked him fiercely.
“I’ll kill you!” The man shouted. But before he even got close, he was struck away by Luo Yu’s palm wind and slammed into a tree heavily.
“Pftt!”
A mouthful of blood spurted out and the mercenary twitched a few times before he took his last breath.
Luo Yu stared at the dead mercenary with cold eyes, then he glanced at the other mercenaries: “Is there anyone else who wants to die? I can send you on your way to reunite with them!”
“It is our mistake to not realise your greatness, please spare our lives this time, Young Master.” One of the mercenaries said quickly as he retreated.
“Get lost!” Luo Yu shouted coldly, his pressure was released with his shout.
When the mercenaries heard this, they crawled away immediately as if they had been granted amnesty.
Du Fan and Wei Feng glanced at him and said: “There are blood stains on your body, you should clean up before you return to the airship. Master feels nauseous when she smells the scent of blood now.”
Upon hearing this, Luo Yu paused for a moment and noticed that there was some blood stains on his body. He didn’t know if it was the blood from cutting off the giant eagle’s claws before or the blood of one of those mercenaries.
So, he looked around and said: “There doesn’t seem to be a water source around here.”
“Yes there is. There should be a spring about fifty metres away from here, to the left.” Wei Feng said with a smile and motioned for him to go over there to clean up, then he said: “We won’t wait for you. Come back up after you’ve changed your clothes.”
“Yes, I know.” Luo Yu responded and walked over to where Wei Feng had directed him to. There was indeed a small spring hidden in the weeds. He took his clothes off immediately and washed himself.
On the airship, Feng Jiu looked at the amount of medicine that Fan Lin was about to add and said hurriedly: “Wait a minute.”
Fan Lin looked at her and couldn’t help but asked nervously: “Master, is there something wrong?” The first batch of medicine he had prepared earlier was useless due to his mistakes in the steps. This was now the second batch of medicine he was preparing.
When she saw his nervous expression, Feng Jiu smiled: “You’ve measured too much, just add two thirds of that amount. It cannot be added all at once either, they must be added in three separate steps and you have to grind the medicine while adding it.”
“Yes.” He breathed out slowly and wiped the sweat off his forehead, then followed her instructions carefully.
“Master, Luo Yu will be back shortly.” Du Fan walked over with a smile with Wei Feng following behind him.
“Mmm.” Feng Jiu responded and said: “Wait until Fan Lin has finished preparing these medicinal pills before we leave. You can all rest!”
“Yes.” The two of them responded then went to the side and sat down.
Feng Jiu held her chin and watched Fan Lin make the medicinal pills. She watched as he followed her instructions carefully before he finally added the Frosted Flower and the Hundred Flower Honey to knead it into the medicinal pills. She picked up one and smelt it. The faint fragrance had the sweetness of the flower nectar and she nodded in satisfaction.
“Not bad, the taste is very pure.”
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As she spoke, she put the medicinal pill into her mouth and swallowed it. When it entered her mouth, she felt a cool, sweet taste, as if the taste of flowers was spreading in her mouth. Her mood relaxed instantly.
When he saw that she had eaten a medicinal pill, Fan Lin picked up one and smelt it, then he tasted it as well. The taste in his mouth didn’t feel like he was taking medicinal pills, but rather the sweetness of a candy. He couldn’t help but ask: “Master, this pill used more than a dozen spirit herbs and was finally kneaded with Frosted Flower and Hundred Flower Honey. It tastes fragrant and resembles medicine but doesn’t. What effects does it have?”
He recognised the medicines used, and amongst the dozen medicines used, there were some spirit herbs that were good for preventing a miscarriage, but this medicinal pill didn’t seem like ordinary miscarriage prevention medicines. Furthermore, although it was not difficult to find those dozen medicines, the refining steps and the accuracy required to add the quantities of medicines was complicated. If she hadn’t been there to guide him, he wouldn’t have been able to prepare it.
“This medicinal pill can prevent morning sickness, prevent miscarriage, and nourish one’s body. Well, in a word, it is suitable for pregnant women to take.” She smiled and looked at him and asked: “Have you memorised all the steps and quantities?”
Fan Lin was in a daze after he heard her words and when he heard her ask if he had remembered the refining method, he responded immediately: “Subordinate has already remembered it.”
“Mmm, then refine another batch. Just follow the method I taught you earlier. I’m sleepy so I am going inside to take a nap. Let’s leave when Luo Yu comes back!” She yawned and sat up, then she got up and walked towards the cabin inside.
Fan Lin prepared all the spirit herbs that he needed to use, then he continued to refine the medicinal pills. Although those dozen pills were not thousand-year old elixirs, they were still very precious. It was probably only their Master who could refine this type of medicinal pills for preventing a miscarriage, preventing morning sickness and nourishing the body. Others wouldn’t even be able to refine it even if they tried.
Not long after, Luo Yu walked into the airship feeling refreshed and grinned at everyone: “I’m back. Huh? Where is Master?” He looked around the airship but saw no sign of Feng Jiu.
“Master said she was tired and wanted to take a nap. Why? Did you want to speak to Master about something?”
“If she’s asleep that’s fine. Qin Xin, take these berries and wash them. Master can eat them when she wakes up.” Luo Yu took out a large plate of strawberries from space and handed it to Qin Xin.
“Yes.” Qin Xin responded with a smile. After she took it from him, she didn’t say anything and took them to wash.
“Did you pick them down there? I was wondering why it took you so long to change your clothes. It turns out that you went to pick those wild berries!” Du Fan smiled and added: “It just so happens that Master hasn’t had much appetite recently. She is probably tired of eating spirit fruits so it would be good for her to try these wild berries from the forest.”
Luo Yu grinned and said: “I was thinking about Master not having much appetite recently and when I saw these wild berries next to the spring, I picked them for Master to snack on.”
As he spoke, he glanced at Fan Lin who was refining the medicinal pills and raised his chin slightly and asked: “Why is he making medicine?”
“Oh, Master asked him to prepare them, it can help to prevent miscarriage.” Du Fan said, then he saw that Leng Hua and Gray Wolf had already taken control of the airship and started flying. As the airship moved slowly and flew over the forest, everyone sat down and started chatting.
Feng Jiu slept for the whole day and didn’t wake up until it was dark.
“Master, you’re awake? The food has just been prepared and is ready to eat.” Qin Xin smiled and said when she saw that she had woken up.
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Feng Jiu took a look and saw that the airship had stopped in the middle of the forest, and other than Qin Xin and Leng Shuang, everyone else was busy outside the airship around the fire.
“What are you doing?”
Feng Jiu asked, and as she walked closer, she saw that they seemed to be cooking. When she saw this scene, she couldn’t help but be surprised, especially when she saw that Du Fan and the others had rolled up their sleeves to cook. A smile spread across her face.
“When everyone saw that it was getting dark, we decided to stop the airship and look for some wild vegetables in the surrounding area.” Qin Xin said softly: “Since we brought cooking supplies, everyone said we might as well cook some rice and dishes. Look over there Master, these are the dishes that they have already prepared.”
Feng Jiu looked over and saw seven or eight dishes on the table at the bow of the boat. She walked over and took a look, and saw the wild vegetables that Qin Xin was talking about were some matsutake mushrooms. They had also made soup, and they must also have gone to catch some game as well as there was meat, vegetables and soup. The meal was very sumptuous.
“Master, we are eating rice tonight. We didn’t cook any rice porridge. You can eat some rice later or drink some soup if you prefer. You’ve been eating rice porridge the past few days and I haven’t seen you eat much. Everyone was just saying earlier that Master has lost a lot of weight!”
Upon hearing this, Feng Jiu smiled: “It looks very appetising, I think I will eat more tonight.”
She sat down at the table and said to Qin Xin: “Tell them to come up to eat when they’ve finished cooking! Otherwise the food will get cold.”
“Yes.” Qin Xin responded, got off the airship then walked over to everyone.
Beside the fire, the aroma of food filled the air. Wei Feng turned over the fried meat on the iron plate and asked: “Is your fried meat ready? My fried meat is almost cooked.”
“It’s nearly ready, nearly ready.” Du Fan responded, wiped the sweat with his sleeve. He scooped up the meat in the pot and placed it on a plate, then he handed it to Qin Xin who had come over: “Here, take this up.”
Qin Xin took it, then said to everyone: “Master has asked everyone to go up to eat when you’ve finished cooking otherwise the food will get cold.”
Everyone grinned when they heard this: “It’s nearly ready, we will be up in a moment. Ask Master to eat first.”
One dish after another was brought up to the airship. Gu Mo and Shadow One, who were guarding the surroundings glanced at the fierce beasts who eyed them but daren’t approach, then they looked away casually.
Because they didn’t want to be disturbed while they cooked, they had released the pressure in their bodies. Their powerful pressure had almost enveloped the surroundings and those fierce beasts didn’t dare to take even half a step closer. As night fell and darkness covered the earth, the fierce beasts wouldn’t have missed such a good hunting opportunity otherwise.
“Let’s all go and eat! Let the fire burn.” Du Fan said, then he put away everything after he had cleaned them. After he wiped his hands, he walked over to the airship.
Everyone else also cleaned and put away their things, then boarded the airship carrying freshly cooked dishes. The tables were put together and everyone sat in a circle. The scene was very lively.
“Master, try this matsutake mushroom fried with spirit animal meat. I cooked it for you.”
“Master, try this soup, I made it.”
“Master, I made this fried meat, it’s delicious.”
“Master…”
Everyone scrambled to dish out food for Feng Jiu and asked her to try the food that they had cooked. One pair of chopsticks per person dishing out food for her, and within a short while, her bowl was high as a hill.
As she looked at the food in her bowl, Feng Jiu didn’t know whether she should laugh or cry. She glanced at everybody and said helplessly: “That’s enough, don’t pick anymore food for me, you all go ahead and eat!”
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Everyone looked at each other and laughed, then instead of picking food for her, they started helping themselves to the food and wine. They ate the food and drank wine, enjoying their free time.
The air was filled with the aroma of mouth-watering aroma of food, and even a group of family members some distance away were in disbelief when they smelt the aroma of the food in the air.
“Why do I smell the aroma of rice and vegetables?” A man said, and he started sniffing vigorously. The more he smelt, the more fragrant it became, and the more he smelt it, the hungrier he became.
“The aroma of food? How is that possible? Where is it coming from? How can there be the aroma of food? It must be the aroma of meat. Rice and vegetables are hard to find, although there should be lots of meat being roasted around here.” Another person said. He did indeed smell the aroma of food in the air.
“Huh? It really is the aroma of rice and vegetables! Who is so capable? He can actually cook here?”
“There are a lot of fierce beasts in this place and there are also quite a few Sacred Beasts, how can someone cook here? Isn’t this just a way of courting death?”
“But I really smell the aroma of rice and vegetables. We have been out here for several months and we’ve not eaten rice or vegetables for several months. We have dry food or roast meat everyday and now when I smell the aroma of roast meat I feel full.”
“Me too. I’ve been eating roast meat for so many months that I don’t think that I will eat roast meat for a long time after I return home. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a bowl of hot soup to drink right now?”
“Don’t think about it, who would bother to bring cooking utensils out with them, especially to a place like this? You’re lucky to be alive at all in this place.”
Everyone was talking and discussing as they ate the dry food in their hands. However, now that the aroma of rice and vegetables filled the air, they no longer wanted to take a bite of the dry food in their hands.
“I’m going to relieve myself.” A man stood up and said.
“I’m going too.” Another man said. The two of them looked at each other and walked behind a big tree together.
However, the two of them were unable to suppress their curiosity and they took advantage of the time to relieve themselves to see where the aroma of the rice and vegetables came from instead. In such a dangerous place, could people actually be cooking with pots and ladles?
After they waited for a while and saw that those people still hadn’t returned, the people who were discussing couldn’t help but look at each other and whispered: “Have they gone to take a look?”
“Probably, of course they aren’t relieving themselves. How long have they been gone now?”
“Do they not care about their lives? They actually dare to run off by themselves in the middle of the night? They really think that they have too long to live.”
“They’re curious! What can they do if they can’t suppress their curiosity? Don’t tell me you’re not curious?”
“I am quite curious as to where the aroma of rice and vegetables is coming from, but I won’t go out at night to take a look. What if I encounter a fierce beast? Those two… No, I have to report this to the Patriarch.”
As those people were talking on this side, those two men walked lightly and gathered their breath. They jumped up onto the branches lightly to look for the aroma of the rice and vegetables. However, they saw a pair of bloodthirsty eyes staring at them from a certain place in the dark night. They couldn’t help but were so frightened that their hairs stood on end.
“Psst! Why are there so many fierce beasts surrounding this place?”
“Keep your voice down, can’t you tell that there are Sacred Beasts amongst the fierce beasts?”
“What are they staring at in front of them? There are too many trees and weeds, I can’t see clearly.”
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“There seems to be a fire, but why don’t I see anyone?” The other person said. Because their line of sight was blocked by branches and weeds, they were unable to see the scene clearly in front of them.
The curiosity in their hearts made them forget the danger and they couldn’t help but jump forward again. When they got closer, they immediately noticed the strong pressure that filled the air. When they felt the pressure, the two of them couldn’t help but gasp.
“What powerful pressure! This person’s strength must be very strong.” One of them said, and he strained himself looking forward, wanting to see who the person was who had released this pressure.
One of them couldn’t help but jump a little higher, and because he stood higher, his line of sight became better. He looked forwards again and could clearly see the scene in front of him.
“It looks like an airship, and there are more than a dozen people on the airship having a meal!”
Over there, the two of them were staring at Feng Jiu and the others on the airship. However, they didn’t know that they were noticed by Feng Jiu and the others as soon as they approached.
“Those two people in the tree are quite courageous. There are so many fierce beasts around them and they still dare to come close.” Du Fan took a sip of his wine and glanced at the two figures on the tree not far away from the corner of his eyes.
Even though they were hiding in a big tree and the lush leaves and branches blocked their bodies, the surrounding area was filled with their coercion and spirit intent, so they could easily detect someone approaching them.
Du Fan and the others were drinking and chatting when suddenly, an exclamation sound suddenly broke the tranquillity of the night.
“Ah…”
With a cry of surprise, one of the men standing on the tree shook his hand, as if something had flown out of his hand, then he lost his balance and fell onto the ground below.
“Roar!”
A bloodthirsty roar sounded and several fierce beasts rushed towards the man who had fallen to the ground. One of the fierce beasts rushed forward and bit the man’s leg, and in an instant, the scent of blood filled the air.
“Oh no!”
The person who was still on the tree was frightened when he saw that the leg of the person below had been bitten and tugged viciously by a fierce beast. He pulled out his sharp sword immediately to attack the fierce beast below: “Let him go!”
He shouted loudly and it was accompanied by his sword energy. However, how could the strength of those two people match a murderous Sacred Beast? What’s more, there were more than one Sacred Beast in the surrounding area.
“Ah! It’s so painful! Let me go! Let me go! Help, help…”
“Sss!”
The other man who had rushed down to save him was struck viciously by the fierce beast and he felt like the bones where he was hit were about to break. The pain made him gasp. But even though his body was in severe pain, he didn’t dare to let go of the sword in his hand but instead injected spirit energy into it and slashed out.
“Get lost! Get out of here!”
He slashed out at the fierce beast that was biting the other man. However, when the fierce beast avoided the attack, it pulled the other man back with it. The pain from the sharp teeth that had pierced his flesh and bone caused the man’s face to lose all colour as he screamed repeatedly.
“Mother… it hurts so much…”
His voice gradually weakened and blood flowed all over the floor. The scent of blood that filled the air became stronger and stronger.
At this time, the man on the other side was also attacked and his calf was pierced by the horns of one of the fierce beasts, and he fell to the ground. At this moment, Feng Jiu, who was on the airship, raised her eyes and looked towards them.
In the dark night, even though they were quite far away, she could still clearly see the two men on the ground covered in blood and screaming in pain from the fierce beasts’ attack.
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The two people whose situation looked dire looked quite young. At this moment, they were covered in blood and their lives were hanging by a thread. Unrelated people had sneaked over to observe them regardless of the consequences. Logically speaking, she wouldn’t pay any attention to them. However, maybe it was because one of the dying men had shouted: Mother, it hurts so much, so it touched her heart and she felt a little pity for him.
The fierce beasts around them grinned and bared their teeth as they moved forward and watched the fierce beast about to tear the man’s leg off with all its strength when suddenly, a cold voice containing ancient coercion was heard at this moment, directed at the group of fierce beasts.
“Retreat!”
That word was cold and powerful, as if it had come from ancient times. The powerful coercion visible to the naked eye formed a word ‘retreat’ and fell into the middle of the group of fierce beasts. The fierce beasts let out a low cry in shock, opened their mouths, and quickly retreated, not daring to even stay for a moment longer.
Those fierce beasts had been lurking all night, staring at them all night, as if they were waiting for an opportunity. However, at this moment, just because of the word ‘retreat’ which contained a powerful ancient coercion, they were so frightened that they ran away and disappeared without a trace one after another.
As the fierce beasts fled, the two people lay on the ground motionless. If it weren’t for their chests rising slightly, people would have thought they were dead.
“Chengjun! Chenglin! Where are you?”
People were shouting from not far away, and the footsteps that accompanied them were chaotic. There were probably many people coming over.
Feng Jiu withdrew her gaze calmly, then picked up a piece of meat and ate it, and drank another bowl of soup. She appeared to have quite a good appetite. While they continued eating, those people came over and naturally found the two people lying on the ground dying.
“Chengjun! Chenglin!”
When everyone saw them like this, they couldn’t help but gasp and immediately helped them up then took out a medicinal pill and fed them one each.
“How did you get injured so badly? Did you encounter a fierce beast?”
“Sss! This injury…”
The older man couldn’t help but gasp when he saw the bloody scene of the man’s flesh torn apart by the fierce beast.
Everyone surrounded the two people and asked questions while a middle-aged man amongst them glanced around and frowned slightly when his eyes fell on the airship.
He hadn’t expected that there were actually people here and that they would be on an airship. Being able to fly an airship in such a place and cook food showed how powerful those people were.
However, a person with such a powerful strength would also be a cold-blooded and ruthless person. He watched those two people being bitten by the fierce beasts and didn’t help.
At this time, he didn’t think that had this person not taken action, how could those fierce beasts possibly retreat? If they hadn’t taken action, how could the two of them have held on until their arrival?
Whilst this middle-aged man thought about his own biased views, another middle-aged man checked the wounds of the two people and secretly breathed a sigh of relief then ordered the people around him: “Help them stop the bleeding and bandage their wounds first.”
“Yes, Patriarch.” Everyone responded and started to help the two men stop their bleeding and bandage their wounds.
The man who had been referred to as Patriarch turned to look at Feng Jiu and the others on the airship, then he bowed with his hands cupped respectfully in front of him towards them.
“Thank you for all your help, I am very grateful.” A voice that contained spirit energy came out of his mouth and clearly reached the ears of Feng Jiu and the others.
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Upon hearing this, and seeing the man bow, Feng Jiu’s lips curled up but she didn’t say anything. It’s good that he knew to be grateful. There were many people who would be ungrateful even if they had received help.
“Patriarch, why are you thanking them? If they really wanted to save them, they wouldn’t have let Chengjun and Chenglin be bitten to this state before they took action!” The voice of the middle-aged man on the side contained anger as he didn’t think that those people had helped at all.
“Shut up!” The Patriarch of the Mu Family frowned and shouted in a deep voice. His sharp, majestic eyes swept over the middle-aged man: “Stand down!”
The middle-aged man was scolded in public and he looked a little embarrassed, but when he heard the warning, a cold look flashed across his eyes and he gritted his teeth to suppress the anger in his heart. He snorted coldly and stepped aside without speaking. However, his angry eyes were still staring at Feng Jiu and the others.
“Everyone, I have been too lenient with my subordinates, please do not take offense. We will take our leave first.” He bowed apologetically to Feng Jiu and the others, then led everyone away.
As he watched them leave, Du Fan glanced at them and said: “It’s not that he’s too lenient with his subordinates, it’s that he’s a good judge of character. With such a person by his side in this forest with fierce beasts rampant, something will happen sooner or later.”
“If something happens, it’s someone else’s business, what does it have to do with us?”
Wei Feng sneered. They weren’t kind-hearted people, so when they came to a place like this, they were prepared to suffer the consequences. What was the use of asking for help when you were in danger? It was better to count on yourself than to ask for help.
“Come on, let’s continue drinking.” Du Fan said, then he lifted up the wine glass in his hand and clinked it with Wei Feng, who was beside him, and said with a smile: “We can’t drink too much while we are outside, we will just finish this.”
Feng Jiu couldn’t help but smile when she saw everyone so relaxed. She drank another half a bowl of soup, then said to everyone: “I’m full, you continue!”
She got up first and went to lie down on the daybed nearby. She looked up at the sky in the forest. The stars were dotted and it seemed extremely peaceful. However, there were countless dangers that lurked under the peaceful night.
The people on the other side strengthened their guard after they had carried their injured members back. They set up boundary barriers and arrays to prevent danger from coming in the night.
At this time, the middle-aged man looked at their Patriarch and said angrily: “Patriarch, those people clearly didn’t come to their rescue, so why did you thank them? They watched without doing anything as Chengjun and Chenglin were torn apart by the fierce beasts. How can those people be kind-hearted?”
Patriarch Mu glanced at him and said in a deep voice: “If they hadn’t taken action, do you think the two of them would have survived? It is a fact that they saved them, we should be grateful. You should realise that it is their benevolence that saved them, they didn’t have to save them. After all, we are not anyone to them, and they don’t owe us anything.”
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man was speechless for a while, he only felt anger that had nowhere to vent. What benevolence? Since they were going to save them, why didn’t they save them earlier? If they didn’t want to save them, why didn’t they just sit back and watch?
Patriarch Mu looked at him and frowned slightly, then said: “Third Brother, you are too short-tempered, remember to calm your mind.”
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man lowered his gaze and concealed the sinister look in his eyes.
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Calm my mind? Hah!
“Our mission on this trip has been completed. We originally had sixty or seventy people, but we now only have forty people left. Our losses are heavy, and now two more people are seriously injured. We need to be more careful on our way back this time.” Patriarch Mu said to everyone seriously.
“Patriarch, they are using airships, can we not use airships as well? If we use an airship, we would be able to get out of this forest faster.”
Someone lower ranked said softly. Patriarch Mu glanced at that person, then looked at everyone. When he saw the look of anticipation in their eyes, he sighed softly and said: “This forest is known as the Wilderness of Chaos and Danger, not only because there are extremely powerful Sacred fierce beasts in here. It is also because very few people dare to fly above the forest in the sky, let alone use an airship.”
He walked slowly with his hands behind his back, then continued speaking: “There will be no less flying beasts in the sky than there are Sacred beasts in the forest. There are trees we can use for cover in the forest, but if we go up to the sky, we will directly expose ourselves to danger. Who will be able to guarantee that they will be safe and sound under such circumstances?”
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other and asked: “Patriarch, does that mean those people we met earlier who were eating on the airship are very strong and powerful?”
“There seem to be only about a dozen of them, and they all appear to be very young.”
“Four of them are women.”
Patriarch Mu looked at them and nodded: “Yes, although I don’t know how strong they are, but to be able to be so comfortable and leisurely in such a dangerous place shows that they are definitely not ordinary people. You must remember that in such a dangerous place, in addition to being guarded against fierce beasts, we must also not provoke powerful cultivators.”
“Yes, Patriarch, we will remember this.” Everyone responded and kept his words in their hearts because this would very likely be the one piece of advice that would save their lives in the future.
“Boom!”
“Roar! Roar!”
Suddenly, there was a loud noise as the array was triggered. Immediately afterwards, roars of fierce beasts could be heard. When they heard the sounds, everyone quickly became vigilant.
“It’s the fierce beasts!”
“No! Patriarch, a Sacred beast has broken through our array!”
“Patriarch! The boundary barrier that we set up has been broken through by a Sacred beast!”
“Patriarch! There are not just two fierce beasts surrounding us, there are more than a dozen and several of them are Sacred level beasts!”
For a moment, the scene became chaotic. When everyone heard that there weren’t just one or two fierce beasts, but more than a dozen, including a few Sacred level beasts, everyone’s expressions became solemn.
It hadn’t been easy for them to survive along the way, but they had always been cautious. Even when they had been attacked by fierce beasts, there had never been more than two at a time. But this situation now…
As they listened to the roars of the fierce beasts around them, everyone’s hearts sank. They feared that it would be difficult to survive this time.
The only person who could be considered calm at this point in time was Patriarch Mu. He glanced at everyone and listened to the ferocious roars of the fierce beasts around them. Although he knew that there were many fierce beasts around them, he also knew that they had set up more than one array around them. So he said to everyone in a deep voice: “Listen to me! Everyone gather your breath and don’t make a sound! Stand back to back and don’t move! I have a way to avoid this disaster!”