Chapter 1161 Uncontrollable
“The cultivators out there will probably work together to try and break through the array together.” Song Ming said, his expression looked imposing.
Although they are Golden Core stage, they have not long entered the Golden Core stage. If it was a battle, they would find it difficult to exert the fighting power a Golden Core cultivator should have.
There were also the people outside. There were only the four of them plus two beasts. If they really got into a battle, the few of them wouldn’t be able to stop the hundreds of people outside from besieging them.
“We should be fine if we stay inside this array.” Duan Ye said, looking at the others: “Feng Jiu told us not to leave the array.”
“I’m afraid this array won’t be able to hold them off for long.” Ning Lang said as he paced around and looked in the direction of the cave dwelling from time to time. It was strange, the wind and clouds had been surging for a while now, so why hasn’t the thunder cracked down yet?
“Even if it can’t hold them off we will have to.”
Luo Fei said: “If the array can’t hold them off then we will hold them off. Although there are only the four of us, we have Cloud Devouring Beast who is a Spirit Beast, and we also have Flaming Lion even if it is only a Sacred Beast. If the eagle could come back then that would be even better. No matter how hard it is, we will keep it up. I believe as long as we work together, we will be able to hold out until Feng Jiu advances to the next level.”
“That’s right! We will hold them off no matter what!” They looked at each other and shouted in unison. They stacked their hands together: “This is what we must do!”
Feng Jiu had guarded and protected them, now it was their turn to guard and protect her!
Cloud Devouring Beast sat next to him and looked up but did not speak. After looking at them, he looked up in the sky then at the cave dwelling that was absorbing all the spiritual energy around it.
How long would Master’s advancement progress last this time?
Outsiders didn’t know that at this time, Feng Jiu’s body was surging with spiritual energy and her body was absorbing the vitality from the surrounding trees. There was even a slight change to the Ancient Sacred Beast Fire Phoenix who was meditating in space at this time.
Old White who was guarding them inside space was afraid to approach when he saw this and only observed quietly from afar.
Inside space, Fire Phoenix’s curling flame was like that of a newborn baby rotating around. The breath of spiritual power that flowed in from outside increased its training speed and its body experienced some subtle changes.
This was unbeknown to the people outside.
Feng Jiu was sat cross-legged and the green lotus that was inside her dantian was glowing with a cyan coloured light and rotating around, absorbing the vitality from outside greedily.
The absorption was uncontrollable, even Feng Jiu couldn’t stop it. Otherwise she wouldn’t have allowed herself to continue absorbing and cause such a big commotion.
When she had first advanced, her body absorbed the spiritual energy and vitality from outside freely until it was all inside her body. Feng Jiu was finally able to gradually control it after attempting it.
However, even so, the absorbed vitality could not be returned and because the trees had lost their vitality, all that were left was just dead trees.
“Boom!”
The sound of the first thunder struck through the sky and came crashing down. The momentum was so powerful that the people who were trying to break the array were so shocked they crouched down.
The whole ground seemed to have cracked, then they heard an indistinct loud bang that drifted from within the array. It was a clicking sound, like something had cracked.....
It wasn’t just the people on the outside who were startled. Even Duan Ye and the rest inside the array were startled.
Chapter 1162 Just The Last One Left
When they looked back, they saw that there was a crack in the cave dwelling. The crack spread a little by little until there was a click sound and a big rock tumbled down.
“Ssss!”
They took a deep breath and couldn’t help but felt a little shocked: “Is Feng Jiu going to be okay inside? If the cave dwelling collapses, will he be buried alive inside?”
“What are you saying? How is that possible?” Ning Lang glared at Luo Fei, but his palm was wet with cold sweat.
They waited and waited, they felt even more uneasy than when they were advancing levels themselves. On one hand, they had to worry about the people on the outside breaking through the array, and on the other hand, they were worried that something may have happened to Feng Jiu inside.
After all, the success rate for people who advanced to the Golden Core stage was high, but the success rate for people who advanced to the Nascent Soul stage was not quite the same. Fortunately she was an alchemist and a pharmacist so she should have something to assist her. If it was other people, they would most definitely die.
The tribulation lightning of the Nascent Soul stage wasn’t easy to bear. If one had no medicine or elixir, who would dare try to break through to the Nascent Soul stage advancement?
The people on the outside were in a fluster because they wanted to get inside before the third thunder struck, otherwise they would be at a great disadvantage if the person inside were to attain advancement and their strength greatly increased.
However, the faster they wanted to get through, the more they couldn’t get past the array. Also, the array that Feng Jiu had laid out was mapped out one after another, it wouldn’t be so easy to break through.
After the first tribulation lightning had struck down, the second tribulation lightning still had not struck down by evening. The cultivators on the outside rejoiced in their hearts at this. When they saw the sky had darkened, they quickly had some people light up torches as they hoped to find a solution soon.
By this time, they had spent a whole day and broke two arrays consecutively. However, there were arrays within arrays and traps which made it unpredictable. The further back they reached, the longer it took for them to break the array.
“Boom!”
At midnight, when the atmosphere of the whole forest was strange and the cultivators were unable to resist the intensity of the situation and rested nervously, a flash of lightning flew across the sky and a loud boom came crashing down again.
The second tribulation lightning had struck, startling everyone who was resting on the ground. They had jumped up in fright and rubbed their eyes then tried to break through the arrays again with the torches.
However, the dark night had brought a lot of inconvenience to the people who were trying to break through the arrays. Not only did they not succeed, some people died when they accidentally touched the hidden traps in the arrays. Ultimately, they stopped.
With the lack of light, they were unable to break through the arrays. They couldn’t disregard their lives for the sake of breaking through the arrays. They weren’t selfless enough to sacrifice their own lives for others.
Within the arrays, Duan Ye and the rest were afraid to close their eyes. They guarded the arrays and counted down the tribulation lightnings. When the second tribulation lightning fell, they exhaled lightly in relief.
After the second tribulation lightning had struck, there was one more tribulation lightning to go, it was just the last one left.
At first they thought that it would take a long time for Feng Jiu to advance into the Nascent Soul stage, maybe even ten days to half a month before advancement was completed. But now that the second tribulation lightning had struck, they only had to wait for the last one.
They believed that they didn’t have to wait much longer. When they thought about this, they couldn’t help but feel excited.
Chapter 1163 Like A Ghost Forest
As the first rays of morning light hit the forest, the warmth from the sunshine didn’t bring much warmth to everyone in the forest. The branches were bare and there were no green leaves, the weeds were withered and there was no water at all. Even the birds wouldn’t come to the forest knowing how strange the atmosphere was.
It was the same during the day once you got used to looking at it. However, at night it was like a ghost forest. It was no wonder that everyone was angry, because all the trees in the forest had died, the fierce beasts that were in the forest had fled elsewhere.
Some of the cultivators who wanted to hunt for fun couldn’t even find half a prey to hunt.
The dark clouds were still surging in the sky. From time to time when the gusts of wind blew through the forest, it felt even more like a ghost forest. The people in the forest felt that the wind blowing made the forest feel creepy.
“What’s going on? We’ve not been able to break through the array since yesterday. Should we try using a fire attack to see if we can burn our way in?” Someone suggested loudly but was opposed by others immediately.
“It won’t work. If a fire attack would work then we wouldn’t still be waiting here. This is array within arrays, one after another. It wasn’t easy to unlock the two of them.”
“Then what should we do? It’s been so long, if this continues, the person inside might advance.”
Upon hearing this, the two hundred odd people fell silent. They felt that there must be a treasure inside this place, otherwise no one would lay such complicated arrays and traps one after another one here.
“What about tunneling through the earth?” Someone shouted: “There are so many of us here, surely there is a cultivator with an earth element within us? We can tunnel through the earth underground and see what’s going on in there.”
However, after hearing that man’s words, everyone’s eyes fell on him and their faces had a strange expression, as if he had said something weird. After glancing at that cultivator, they ignored him and continued discussing with the people around them.
Upon seeing this, the man scratched his head and asked the person beside him: “What’s wrong with what I said?”
“That’s because you don’t understand the properties of earth. Even if someone knows how to tunnel through the earth, it’s useless because even if he gets past the arrays he won’t get past the boundary. Do you know how deep he will have to tunnel underground in order to get past the boundary?”
“No, I don’t. Do you not just tunnel under the earth?” The man asked.
“Hmph, if you don’t know then don’t shout.” The man beside him replied and said nothing more to him.
A day’s time passed once again, just like that. As evening approached, the sky gradually darkened and the surroundings became dark once again. Everyone couldn’t help but be anxious as they still weren’t able to break through the array. Would the third tribulation lightning strike down just like that?
Just as they were thinking about it, the clouds began rolling in the sky and a flash of lightning appeared followed by the last tribulation lightning rumbling down. In an instant, it was not just a breath that slowly swayed outwards, but a powerful pressure of a Nascent Soul cultivator’s strength.
It was like a huge boulder that was thrown into the sea causing big waves rolling in the sea. The powerful airflow and pressure that swayed outwards had come from within the array and rushed out like a huge wave.
When he saw that, Duan Ye pulled Ning Lang and shouted to Song Ming and Luo Fei: “Get down!”
The four of them along with Cloud Devouring Beast and Flaming Lion lay down on the ground as soon as his voice faded......
Chapter 1164 The Strong
The powerful air currents blew over them like water ripples, each layer pushing outwards. As they were lying on the ground face down, they were unable to look up. The dust and fallen leaves rolled around in the wind and they had no choice but to close their eyes.
The powerful air current rushed out from the array, layers upon layers rolled outwards and pushed the cultivators within the array out of the way. Some of them were pushed into the hidden traps within the arrays and shot to death, some fled in fear and fell to the ground in their moment of panic.
As the air current rushed outside, the dust and leaves were rolled into the current and everyone was covered with dust and falling leaves. At this moment, everyone closed their eyes and used their clothes to wrap their heads to prevent the wind and sand from getting into their eyes.
Therefore, no one saw that in the first array, when the last tribulation lightning had shot down and the air current was surging, a blaze of flame had shot up into the sky. The flame had formed into the shape of a phoenix with its wings converging into the dark sky. It was extremely dazzling in the dark sky. A sound like that of a phoenix bird spread across the dark forest, echoing for a long time.....
No one around saw this, but some people in the depths of the forest saw it. As soon as the cultivators saw the flame of the phoenix rise into the sky and the shrill cry of the phoenix resounded through the forest, they set off on their flying swords immediately and came from all directions....
The strong men in the forest were from the Eight Great Empires, the place known as the City Of The Sky. With the strong men arriving, even with their magic weapons, they wouldn’t be able to get to the outer circle in a flash.
The fastest person to get to the outer circle was an old man dressed in grey clothes. It had taken him less than an hour to get here from the inner circle. The figure blew through the night like a shooting star. In the dark night, it was extremely bright like the moonlight.
When the old man stood in mid-air, a powerful coercion of his Nascent Soul strength pervaded from his body. When the pressure came out, the two hundred cultivators around paled in shock. They all knelt down one by one not daring to raise their heads.
“What are you all doing here?” The old and majestic voice was sharp and cold.
Everyone’s knees shuddered and no one dared to answer him. No one dared to look up and see who that person was either until that voice shouted again.
“Speak!”
“Your, your honor, we, we are trying to break through the arrays, but, but we haven’t been able to get inside.” One person trembled as he replied.
In mid-air, when the strong man heard what the cultivator said, he glanced down and waved his sleeve. Sounds of banging could be heard, the fog disappeared and the arrays were broken revealing the scene inside.
After the arrays were broken, the old man came down from mid-air, his robe whisked slightly as he walked step by step forwards until he reached the front of the array and extended a finger.
A ray of light flashed swaying like water ripples and with a bang, the array gave way and the old man walked in.
When the crowd behind him heard the sounds, they lifted their heads slightly and carefully looked forwards. They saw only the back of the old man as he walked inside. As for what was inside, other than a burning flame, there was nothing else, not even the people they thought were advancing to the next level......
Chapter 1165 The People Have Left
Without needing to walk in, the old man was able to use his spirit intent to sweep across the array and he knew that there was no one inside after the array was broken. With one hand behind his back, his eyes narrowed sharply and he stared at the cave dwelling for a long time before he turned around and asked.
“Who lived here originally?”
“Your, your Honor, we don’t know. We’ve never seen anyone come out from there.”
When he heard this, a flash of light gleamed in the old man’s eyes. They must have left, how eager.
He had rushed here from the depths of the forest because he had sensed the pressure of the ancient sacred breath. He hadn’t expected the person to have left even though he had rushed here as quickly as possible.
However, he could sense that the person had only just advanced and must not be of bad character and had a strong sense of crisis. It was unexpected that this kind of person would exist in lower grade countries.
“What’s wrong with the trees in this area? Why are they all withered?” He glanced at the surrounding trees and was surprised to see that all the trees had lost their life and vitality.
“Your Honor, it was the person inside advancing. Sudden gales of winds rolled into strong air currents absorbing the breath of spiritual energy around here and drew away the life and vitality of the trees. That’s what’s happened.”
When he heard this, the old man’s expression shifted slightly. Lost life? What kind of method was that? Was there such a method? This was someone from a lower grade country? Or was it someone from the Eight Great Empires practising here?
As soon as the idea came into his head, he rejected it immediately.
Although the formations and arrays were quite good, it was obvious that the person who laid there was not higher than Golden Core stage, so it couldn’t be possible that it was someone from the Eight Great Empires. So did the person have a treasure on him?
As he thought about that, he raised his sleeves and he lifted up into the air. It had taken him less than an hour to get here so if he were to search, he would search in this area.
After the old man left, the people on the ground waited for a while and when they couldn’t hear any movement, they raised their heads to look. When they couldn’t see anyone, they relaxed and stood up wiping their cold sweat and rubbing their legs.
“He must be a strong man from the Eight Great Empires. His coercion is too powerful.”
“My legs have gone soft from fear, luckily he didn’t kill us.”
“That’s right. The strong men from the Eight Great Empires aren’t the same. We tried for so long and still couldn’t break the arrays but he broke through them as soon as he arrived.”
“But where did the people inside go? Why are they not inside? We have been outside this whole time so they couldn’t have come out.”
“Could they have left from the other side of the mountain? Look at the mountain by the cave dwelling. Maybe they left from here in the middle of the night?”
“But why did the strong man want to find the person inside here? Did the person possess treasures? Otherwise, how can the strong men from the inner circle be enticed to come out here?”
As he spoke, there were several swooshes and many figures appeared in mid-air hovering above their heads in the sky.
Feeling the strong breath and power from the people hovering above them, the cultivators who had only just got up from the ground knelt back down again quickly.
“Greetings your, your Honors.”
They shuddered as they spoke, their faces pale as their foreheads touched the ground. Inside they were cursing the person who was inside the array for running away and leaving them here with this burden.
Chapter 1166 Fortunately They Had Left
The people who had arrived here at the same time glanced at each other and one of them asked: “What was that flash of fire earlier?”
“Fire, flash of fire? We don’t know anything about that!”
“Impudence!” A loud and deep voice shoute. Coercion struck out and caused the blood in everyone’s chest below to churn, blood spilling out at the corners of their mouths.
“The fire struck into the sky, you dare say you didn’t see anything?” That cultivator’s pressure filled his whole body as he looked down at the cultivators, leaving them speechless.
Upon seeing this, one of the female cultivators in that group chuckled and said: ” Why are you so rash? Maybe they really didn’t see anything?”
When he heard that, the male cultivator didn’t say anything else but just flicked his sleeves and stood there waiting for her to continue speaking.
The female cultivator smiled lightly and looked at the people below. She asked: “What do you know? Just tell us everything.”
“At some point someone had advanced inside, and not just once. We were curious and wanted to see if there was some treasure inside. It’s just that we have been unable to break through the arrays laid out here. Earlier, an elder came and broke all the arrays. It was then we realised that the person inside had already left. I assume that the elder is searching for him and headed in that direction. ”
The cultivator replied and pointed in the direction of the mountain peak. He wiped the cold sweat on his forehead. Only God knew how much fear he had and how much he had endured just so he didn’t stutter when he spoke.
Upon hearing the words of the person down below, the people in mid-air looked at each other and glided in the direction of the mountain peak.
The people on the ground breathed a sigh of relief and quickly spread out after those people had left for the mountain peak. They didn’t dare to gather together again in case they came back angry when they couldn’t find the person.
At the same time, in another part of the forest, Feng Jiu finally came to a stop after having left with them swiftly and travelled for some time.
“Have a break! Remember, if someone comes you must remain calm and not mention anything that had happened earlier.” She said to them calmly.
They looked at each other and asked: “Why did we run the moment we came out? And why did we leave in secret? Even if you have advanced into the Nascent Soul stage, it’s not that big a deal, is it?”
They were taken aback by it all. She had come out not long after the third sky thunder had struck. They didn’t know why she had taken them with her and left secretly in such a hurry. They had flown for a long distance without stopping.
“There was too much movement entering the Nascent Soul stage and it will definitely attract the strong men of the inner circles of Hell Mountains. If we can avoid them we should as we are not their opponents.” She said slowly. She knew that they didn’t see the flame of the Fire Phoenix shoot into the sky but they heard the sound of the phoenix.
“Do you mean the sound of the phoenix? Why was there a sound of a phoenix? That sound....”
They looked at Feng JIu, uncertainty in their hearts as they felt that this was another thing they didn’t know about.
Moreover, it must have been something extraordinary to have attracted the strong men from the depths. Also, why did her advancement cause anything with vitality to die? Uncertainty rose in their hearts but they didn’t ask anymore. If she was willing to tell them, she would without them asking.
“That is my life contract beast.”
Feng Jiu said and looked up in the sky at the silhouettes that flew across, her expression imposing: “Sure enough it has attracted the people from the depths. Good thing we left quickly.” After she had advanced they had left immediately without any delay, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Chapter 1167 The Old Man
“Will they come looking here?” Ning Lang asked worriedly.
“Maybe.” She looked at them: “So I want you all to remain calm, in front of the absolute strongest, life and death is but only a moment’s difference.”
They were stunned when they realised the seriousness of the matter. They sat down together and discussed the countermeasures.
“They went in the direction of that mountain peak, fortunately we didn’t go that way.” Luo Fei said, looking at Feng Jiu and saw that she had restrained her Nascent Soul breath inside her. If they hadn’t already known that she had advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, they really wouldn’t be able to tell that she was a Nascent Soul cultivator.
“Rest up! We won’t avoid them anymore. The situation will be very bad if we get discovered, so we will just use the countermeasure we discussed before.” Feng Jiu signalled that it was getting dark and that they should lean against the tree to get some rest.
They nodded and leaned against the tree to rest. However, after two hours, a strong breath struck them suddenly. It was a coercion that couldn’t be ignored and they all awoke startled.
In actual fact, they were already awake, after all, who could really sleep in a place like this? They were human, of course they could pretend.
“Who is it?”
Feng Jiu asked, looking up into the air. There in mid-air was an old man, his gray robes fluttered in the wind and the powerful coercion permeated from his body. That coercion was the kind that Golden Core cultivators couldn’t bear.
As a result of that, behind her, Duan Ye’s face was pale as the blood rumbled in his body. There was a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth and beads of cold sweat oozed from his forehead. He felt like someone had held his throat and squeezed so hard that he was unable to breath.
When Feng Jiu saw that, she forced out a trace of blood that oozed from the corner of her mouth and hurriedly bowed in greeting with one hand behind her back.
“Greetings, senior.”
Their expressions and actions were taken in by the old man in grey robes. As he stood in mid-air, he looked at the teenagers up and down and saw that there was nothing unusual about them and that they were Golden Core cultivators. However, the teenager in red robes in front surprised him a little. Even under his coercion he was able to bow.
Therefore, he gathered and restrained his coercion and asked in a deep voice: “Who are you? Why are you here?”
When the other party’s coercion was withdrawn, it was like a huge stone was lifted off their chests. They breathed out in relief but were still unable to relax.
Duan Ye and the rest fell to the ground once his coercion was withdrawn, their faces pale like they were shocked, their bodies trembled as they sat down.
Only Feng Jiu replied respectfully after she eased her breath: “In answer to your questions senior, we have come to this place to practice our skills. Because the sky is dark, we have stopped to rest here.”
“Did you hear anything unusual?” The old man asked again, his eyes fell on Feng Jiu.
“Unusual? When we were asleep earlier, I heard the sound of a phoenix call out, but it disappeared after a while.” Ning Lang replied as he wiped the trace of blood from his mouth.
“Yes, that’s right. Someone should have advanced earlier on. I think it came from that direction.” Song Ming nodded and pointed in the direction they had come from.
The old man’s eyes narrowed and he said: “When you heard the sky thunder were you not curious? Did you not want to go over there to take a look?”
“Of course! We went to take a look!”
Chapter 1168 Where there are strong people, there will also be a lot of weak people
Luo Fei who was talking looked at the old man and said: “Senior, you don’t know but that place is filled with arrays and there were a lot of cultivators there. Our numbers are small so we didn’t dare go forward.”
“Didn’t dare go forward?” The old man’s eyes flickered over all of them as he pondered over their words.
A silly smile filled Ning Lang’s chubby face as he scratched his head and said: “That’s right! My father made it clear that when there are a lot of people, don’t go near and don’t fight with others over things. Senior, is there something you need?”
When he heard this, the old man looked at NIng Lang and asked: “Did you see any suspicious people pass by?”
“Suspicious people?”
Feng Jiu thought for a moment and replied: “I think there was one but I couldn’t see the person clearly. I only know he was a middle-aged man in gray robes who flew on a flying sword very low through the forest. He disappeared after a while and we didn’t dare to say anything.”
The old man’s expression changed and he said: “Where did he go?” It was plausible for a middle-aged man to enter the Nascent Soul stage. As for the teenagers in front of him, the one in red robes was Golden Core Middle-Stage and the others were Golden Core Early-Stage.
Therefore, he wouldn’t have thought that these people would have had anything to do with the person he was looking for.
After they watched the old man glance at them and leave with a swish of his sleeve, they finally looked at each other and sat back down by the tree. Was the danger finally over?
“We will leave at first light.” Feng Jiu said, looking up at the sky: “You all sleep! I will keep watch.”
They glanced at each other and said: “We can’t fall asleep anyway, why don’t we leave now?”
Feng Jiu smiled: “Afraid?”
“Afraid? Not really. But that man’s strength was so strong that we couldn’t even see through his cultivation level. He’s definitely not just a Nascent Soul cultivator.”
“Yes, he’s definitely not a Nascent Soul cultivator. Those who can enter Hell Mountains cultivation level are higher than the Nascent Soul?” She whispered. As she looked up at the stars in the sky, her eyes yielded.
She had already entered the Nascent Soul stage. Although her ten year contract was not up yet, she could still go to the Eight Great Empires. But before that, she had to make a trip to the First Grade Country and bring her mother back in glory to reunite with her father. Only then would she be able to go to the Eight Great Empires with ease.
When they heard this, their hearts stirred. They asked: “Then what stage is higher than Nascent Soul?”
Out of all the countries, no matter how big or small, even the First Grade Countries, the highest cultivation level was the Nascent Soul stage. So what was the stage above Nascent Soul?
Was it as powerful and strong as the strong man earlier? Was he so powerful that he was able to kill them with just one look and a spirit intent?
“What is the level above the Nascent Soul stage?” Feng Jiu murmured quietly. After a long time, a smile appeared on her lips: “Since we are not in contact right now, it’s a waste of time talking about it. When we are in contact again in the future, maybe we will find out.”
She paused and then continued speaking: “Actually, not all the cultivators in the Eight Great Empires will be higher than the Nascent Soul stage. The person earlier had an uncommon amount of power and strength, so his status must be extraordinary. But there aren’t many of such people. On the contrary, where there are strong people, there will also be a lot of weak people.”
Chapter 1169 Giant Snake’s Gift
As they were unable to sleep, they chatted all night. At dawn, they got ready to leave and had planned to get away from this place.
However, as they were just about to leave on their flying swords, a giant snake appeared out of nowhere about ten metres away in front of them. The snake raised its head and spat out venom.
“Ah! Snake!”
Ning Lang exclaimed in shock. The shouts broke the tranquility in the forest and everyone was vigilant at once.
“Is this the snake you were talking about?” Duan Ye looked at Feng Jiu and asked.
“Why did the snake follow you?” Song Ming asked curiously.
“But when did the snake get here? We didn’t even notice. ” Luo Fei looked surprised. If the snake had attacked them without them knowing, then....
Feng Jiu also found it strange that the snake hadn’t attacked them yet. The snake was ten metres away and hadn’t even made a sound, they were too careless.
“Hiss!”
When the snake saw Feng Jiu looking at it, it made a loud hissing sound and wriggled its body forwards.
“Let’s go! The snake is highly venomous.” Feng Jiu signalled them to raise their flying swords higher up in the air to avoid the snake.
They stepped up on their swords and rose up to mid air and waited for her. Feng Jiu was on her flying feather and getting ready to leave when the snake rushed forwards violently and slammed its tail on the ground. Its mouth spat out some things soon after.
There were cosmos sacks, jade pendants, short daggers and some shiny treasures. There were large and small items all cluttered in a pile.. The snake arched its head and looked at Feng Jiu making a hissing sound.
“Wow! These are all valuable things!” Ning Lang’s eyes lit up. He looked at Feng Jiu and asked: “Is it giving you these things?”
Duan Ye and the rest also looked at Feng Jiu. A snake actually spat all these things out of its mouth to give to Feng Jiu? How strange.
Feng Jiu was also stunned: “I don’t know either! Last time it brought with it lots of small snakes and chased after me! However, it looks like there is just this one snake around here this time. The cosmos sack and other items probably belonged to the people it ate. As for why its giving them to me, I don’t know why yet.”
“Then shall we go down to get it?” Ning Lang suggested.
“Go down? Are you not afraid of being swallowed by the snake?” Luo Fei glanced at him and asked.
“It probably won’t happen will it? It doesn’t look like it wants to hurt us. And look! That’s a small hill’s worth of treasures. There’s so many things, I’m sure there will be even more inside the cosmos sacks! We can’t not take them!”
Upon seeing this, Feng Jiu sat on her flying feather and lowered herself slightly. She looked at the snake and asked: “Is this for me?”
“Hiss!”
The giant snake made a hissing sound, as if it understood what Feng Jiu had said, and nodded.
Of course, sacred beasts had their minds opened so it was normal they could understand.
“Really for me?”
She was a little surprised and asked again. She had moved that spirit fruit tree into space and this snake had wanted to eat her for a long time. Why was it so kind suddenly?
“Hiss!”
The snake nodded again. In order to show its sincerity, the snake lowered its head and backed away whilst staring at Feng Jiu.
Chapter 1170 Why Is It You?
Upon seeing this, she stepped down from her flying feather and walked over to the pile of treasures. With a flick of her sleeves, she kept everything into space. At this moment, the snake tapped its tail and sprawled on the floor and hissed. It looked like it wanted to move forwards but was afraid that she would be scared and run off. She couldn’t help but smile.
“I will accept these items from you. I will also give you something in return as a courtesy!” She threw a bottle of medicine at the snake and the snake caught it between its mouth.
“The elixir in the bottle can help you advance to a spirit beast level. This is my compensation to you.” After she finished speaking, she flew back up to join the others.
As they looked down at the giant snake raising its head and shaking its tail, as if it was saying goodbye to them, they were a little surprised.
Snakes were cold-blooded animals, they were the least emotional things. Snakes gave people a blood-thirsty, cold and ruthless feeling. They hadn’t expected a highly venomous snake would give them gifts.
“Okay, let’s go! We shouldn’t stay here for too long.” Feng Jiu said and led them out of the forest.
Compared to when they had first entered the forest and couldn’t figure out the directions and where they were, after living in here for nearly a year, they were familiar with the way out.
When they first went into the forest, they were Foundation Formation Stage cultivators. After nearly a year, they were Golden Core Stage cultivators. They were inexplicably excited just thinking about it. When they returned home and their families saw that their strength had increased, they would no doubt be overjoyed.
They left the forest in a happy mood. But when they arrived at Tree Spirit Forest where they couldn’t fly, Feng Jiu heard a loud horrible sound before they came down from mid-air.
“What’s wrong?” They asked her.
“Look at the people below, do they look familiar?” She gestured and pointed to the intersection of the two forests where a shadowy figure was lurking in the ravine.
“Familiar? We don’t have any acquaintances here but we probably have enemies.” Luo Fei said, glancing down. The figure was dirty and seemed to be injured.
“Who is that?” Ning Lang asked. He looked down but didn’t recognise the person.
“Let’s go down to take a look.” As soon as Feng Jiu finished speaking, her flying feather swept down from mid-air and in a blink of an eye she arrived at the ravine.
The man that was hiding in the ravine seemed to be aware of someone’s arrival but he didn’t move, nor did he run. He just sat there and leaned against the mud, nibbling on the bark.
Feng Jiu approached slowly step by step. When she saw the man, she couldn’t help but be startled: “It’s you?”
This man was the Golden Core mercenary and he was also the person who had helped them once. But, why was he here? How did he get himself into such an awkward situation?
“Oh, you’re the mercenary!” Ning Lang also recognised him and exclaimed: “What happened to you?”
When they heard this, Duan Ye and Luo Fei also remembered the man. However, they hadn’t expected the mercenary to end up like this. What happened? After all, he was a Golden Core cultivator, how did he end up in such an awkward situation?
The mercenary chewed on the bark and looked up at them. His calm eyes were surprised when he saw them: “It’s you?”
“Is your leg injured?” Feng Jiiu asked. Before he was able to answer, she said to the people next to her: “Help him out of there so that I can inspect his wound.”