Chapter 1431 Not For Sale But Can Be Borrowed
Chen Dao was very surprised when he saw that. He felt that Feng Jiu’s actions were really quite intriguing sometimes. While no one was able to catch the Specter Grass, Feng Jiu was able to catch the Specter Grass with a dip net with ease, it was truly an unwavering slap in the face!“Just look at him, all of you, he’s not even twenty years old! And he’s only an errand boy, not even an alchemist, and he is able to do something that none of you are able to. Are you ashamed of yourselves?”
As she listened to Chen Dao speaking, Feng Jiu’s mouth twitched. She put away the net and was walking over when an alchemist stood in front of her, blocking her way: “I give you pills in exchange for the two Specter Grass plants.”
Feng Jiu looked back at the person in front of her, her eyes squinted as she smiled and replied: “Not exchanging.”
She was planning on planting those two Specter Grass plants in space! The Specter Grass was an essential ingredient for many pills, and it also has many uses when added to different prescriptions, there was no way she was going to give up the plants.
“I can.....”
Before the alchemist was able to finish his sentence, he was pushed aside by Chen Dao who had walked forwards. He staggered a few steps backwards before he steadied his footsteps. When he saw that it was Chen Dao, he couldn’t help but shouted angrily: “Chen Dao, what are you doing?”
Chen Dao wrapped his arms across his chest and narrowed his eyes as he looked at him: “I was just about to ask you the same thing! Have you no shame? You want him to exchange the spirit plant that he picked himself with you? If you keep pestering him like this, do you believe that I will kick you into the mud pit?”
Rendered speechless by those words, that man could only glance bitterly at Feng Jiu before he pursed his lips and turned around and returned to sit under the tree. However, being arrogant, he was unable to stomach this humiliation.
Chen Dao glanced at that man and snorted, then said to Feng Jiu: “Make sure you keep your own things safe. If they dare to give you any trouble, come to me. You are under my protection, if they dare to cause trouble for you, they are causing trouble for me.”
When Feng Jiu heard this, she grinned: “Thank you Senior Brother Chen.”
“Okay, let’s rest now. We will continue walking at dawn.” He waved his hand and found a place to sit down and rest.
At this time, Feng Jiu leapt up into a tree to sleep. As she leaned against the tree and looked down at the people below her, the corners of her lips curled upwards. She was about to close her eyes when she saw that Luo Heng had also leapt up onto a tree nearby.
“Hey, Feng Jiu. Why do you have a dip net with you? Why didn’t you take it out?”
Feng Jiu glanced at him and smiled: “I used it for fishing in the past, and sometimes I would use it to catch beasts too. It just so happens that it is perfect for catching Specter Grass this time.”
“How about selling it to me? I don’t want your Specter Grass, just your dip net, and I will trade you some pills for it.”
“No, I still need it” She closed her eyes and ignored him.
“Hey.....”
“I’m going to sleep Senior Brother Luo. I won’t sell it to you, however I might lend it to you. But let’s talk about it tomorrow after I wake up.”
Upon hearing this, Luo Heng smiled: “Okay then!” It was good enough to borrow it! With the dip net, he would be able to catch the Specter Grass!
Early the next morning, everyone awoke to the sounds of the birds and insects and saw the rays of sunlight shining through the forest. The morning air was extremely fresh and there was a very peaceful feeling to it. Everyone’s mood was instantly clear.
There were inexhaustible resources here, they might have missed out on Specter Grass, but there were many others. They shouldn’t keep thinking about those two Specter Grass plants as it would make them seem too petty if they did.
Chapter 1432 I Want To Go In
The whole team walked into the forest and entered the innermost area. There were all sorts of spirit herbs that could be seen growing wildly, some in the weeds, some in the bare ground and some out of the seams of rocks.Feng Jiu was at the back happily picking the herbs and found that the further in they went, the higher the level of the herbs were. Other than her, there were a few people in front who had started picking spirit herbs that were useful to them. The ten of them were scattered and there was no conflict.
After a few days, Chen Dao’s team were resting in the forest while Feng Jiu was picking spirit herbs. After she had put a grass plant in her cosmos sack, she saw a pair of shoes and a gorgeous skirt appear in front of her, moving faintly.
She was taken aback. When she looked up and saw the person in front of her, a smile appeared on her face: “Senior Sister.” Wasn’t this one of the two girls from before? What did they want from her?
“Junior Brother Feng.”
As soon as her delicate voice spoke, her white and slender fingers were already on Feng Jiu’s shoulders gently rubbing them back and forth. Her beautiful eyes stared at Feng Jiu with an inexplicable meaning in them.
Feng Jiu’s body stiffened. She stood there with a smile on her face as if unsure of what was going on: “Senior Sister, what, what are you doing?”
Although this woman looked like she was in her twenties, however, her strength was definitely more than this age. She actually dared to make a move on an inexperienced person, how despicable.
“Junior Brother Feng, you’ve picked so many herbs but you don’t know how to refine them. Why don’t Senior Sister I, suffer a loss and help you refine them?”
“Hehe, no need. Senior Brother Chen said he would help me refine them.” When her hand touched Feng Jiu’s chest lightly, she smiled silly and backed away a few steps.
When she saw the young boy had retreated, the woman covered her mouth and chuckled. She was just about to take another step forward when she saw the youth look at her in surprise and called out: “Senior Brother Chen!”
When she heard that, her heart stopped in shock. She looked back thinking Chen Dao was behind her. However, when she turned her head, she saw that there was no one around. By the time she turned back to the youth, he had disappeared without a trace.
“Argh, little rascal.” She snorted as she flexed her fingers and walked back.
When Chen Dao, who was chatting to Luo Heng saw Feng Jiu rushing over, he asked: “Did you call me just now? I thought I heard you shout.”
“Yes, I did, I called for you.” Feng Jiu came to their side and smiled: “I wanted to ask if we are going to continue walking inside here.”
“Well.” Chen Dao stroked his moustache and said: “Actually, the elders have instructed us to only walk around the outer areas of the forest, as for the depths of the forest.....” He hesitated, then continued: “Although there are some extremely precious spirit herbs in the depths of the forest, there are also some ferocious spirit beasts guarding them. The sect doesn’t actually recommend for us to venture into the depths.”
Feng Jiu’s eyes lit up and she asked: “Then are we going in?” Her mother is most probably inside. Since they were already here, even if they didn’t want to go inside, she was still keen to go inside and take a look.
“You want to go in?”
When Chen Dao saw the look of anticipation on his face, he was a little surprised: “You don’t even know how to refine pills and you are only going to sell the spirit herbs that you have picked. Besides, I have already said earlier, there are ferocious spirit beasts inside with strong combativeness, so it’s not suitable for us alchemists to go inside.”
Upon hearing this, Feng Jiu grinned: “It’s such a rare opportunity for me to be able to come in here, I want to go and take a look.”
Chapter 1433 It’s A Deal
“I don’t think you should go in.”
Chen Dao continued: “Your strength is not good enough and you will encounter danger if you go in. Besides, we were just saying that we have picked more than enough spirit herbs these last few days and were thinking of finding a place to settle down and refine elixirs.”
“Senior Brother Chen, you all go ahead and refine elixirs. I will just go in for a quick look. Don’t worry about me, I will be fine, really.” Feng Jiu was about to say something else when suddenly, she heard a loud bang.
“Bang! Boom boom boom!”
“What is that noise?”
Everyone was taken aback, they quickly stood up and looked around. The noise had come from midair and for a while, they couldn’t make out where it was coming from.
When she felt the ground vibrate, Feng Jiu was taken aback for a moment, then said: “It could be a giant bear.”
“How do you know?” Luo Heng looked at her and asked.
“The sound of it landing on the ground is heavy and loud, plus there is a rhythm. Only a giant bear can make a sound like that. The ground is still vibrating slightly, so this bear must be huge and most probably above the Saint Beast level.
“Bang! Boom boom boom!”
“It’s coming from over there!” She pointed to the depths of the forest directly in front of her: “It’s getting closer. It’s a giant bear from the depths of the forest!” She drew in a breath and lifted herself up to a branch on a tree then started to look deep into the distance from high above.
Faintly visible, she saw a giant brown bear running over and it was frightful watching it gain speed.
“This is a peak level Saint Beast giant bear! Senior Brother Chen, quickly, take them away from here.” Feng Jiu shouted and pointed to the other side.
Upon hearing this, Chen Dao frowned and asked: “What about you? Are you not leaving? It’s not the time to fool around now, get down from there and leave with us.”
Feng Jiu looked down at Chen Dao who was standing under the tree and smiled: “Senior Brother Chen, thank you very much, but I have to stay behind. I will stay behind to lure the giant bear to the other side and stall for time. Only then will you all have enough time to escape.”
When he heard this, Chen Dao said: “It’s just a giant bear. I have medicine in my space to deal with it. All I need is a pill to reduce the bear in size.”
Feng Jiu shook her head: “It’s useless dealing with such an enormous bear. Besides, this peak level Saint Beast giant bear is one stage away from becoming a Sacred Beast. Those medicines will have no effect on it at this stage. Just hurry up and leave.”
“Let’s go! If he wants to stay behind then let him stay behind. Let’s run for our lives now!” An alchemist said and went in the direction Feng Jiu pointed to.
“That’s right, let’s go! We don’t have a strong combative strength like you guys. If you’re not leaving, we will leave.” The rest of them ran away quickly. Only Luo Heng and the two female alchemists remained.
“Senior Brother Chen, let’s go!”
Luo Heng said. After glancing at Feng Jiu, he turned and left. As for the two female alchemists, although they were quite surprised that Feng Jiu was standing in the tree and refused to leave, they didn’t say anything and left with everyone else.
“Be careful.”
Chen Dao looked at Feng Jiu and urged once again: “If you encounter danger once you get in there, avoid it if you can. The people from the south will be sent out once the time comes. If you can’t make it out once you are in the depths of the forest, all you have to do is find a place to hide and stay alive.”
Upon hearing those words, Feng Jiu’s eyes moved slightly and her eyes narrowed with a smile: “Yes, I understand Senior Brother Chen. Hurry up and leave! We will meet back in the Sect and I will catch another Spirit Bamboo Rat and bring some wine to enjoy with you.”
“It’s a deal.” He smiled, then turned and left.
Chapter 1434 Oh, a female bear
After she watched them leave in haste, Feng Jiu retracted her gaze and looked at the brown bear. In the next moment, she had lifted herself up using her energy and flew towards the brown bear.
“Come here!”
She stepped on the giant bear’s shoulder and led the bear deeper into the depths of the forest.
“Roar!”
The giant bear was enraged at being stepped on and chased after Feng Jiu, roaring angrily. At this moment, Feng Jiu noticed that there was an arrow wedged into the brown bear’s back. The sleeve of the arrow was black and shiny, it looked poisonous as well. However, if there was poison on the arrow, why had the brown bear not fallen down?
“Roar!”
“Boom boom boom!”
The sound of the giant bear’s roar could be heard resonating through the forest and was accompanied by the banging of its feet as it ran. Everyone who had fled in the other direction looked apprehensive when they saw that Feng Jiu hadn’t followed after them.
“Feng Jiu.....”
Luo Heng looked at Chen Dao and asked: “Are you sure we don’t have to bring him back with us?”
“No, let him go! He is a strange person, nothing will happen to him.”
Chen Dao waved his hand and said to everyone else: “We will find a place to rest for a few days. If you want to pick more spirit herbs we can go to another area to do so. If you want to refine pills, we can find a place to do that. What do you all think?”
When everyone heard this, they nodded in agreement: “Well, yes, let’s do that!”
Hence, under the leadership of Chen Dao, they set off in the other direction.
As for Feng Jiu, she had seen a spirit herb as she headed into the depths of the forest and stopped along the way. At this point, the brown bear who was chasing after her had rushed over with a loud roar, its sharp claws were aimed at her as it leapt forward. The few wind blades that were created by the bear’s sharp claws had made several deep marks on the ground.
“Tsk tsk. Such rage is no good. Be careful or you will ruin my spirit herb.” Feng Jiu put away the spirit herb that she had picked and shook her head as she spoke to that brown bear. After she had avoided the bear, she looked at it up and down.
“Are you male or female?”
She leaped up onto a big tree and sat down with one hand caressing her chin as she stared at the brown bear below. Her pair of clever and sly eyes rolled around as if she had thought of something.
“Roar!”
The brown bear rushed forward with a loud roar but it was unable to get up onto the tree. It couldn’t help but hug the trunk of the big tree and shook it violently as it tried to shake the human on the tree off. When Feng Jiu saw this, she couldn’t help but laugh.
“Your intelligence is limited! Do you think you can shake me off like that?” She sat on the tree branch and laughed as she glanced down at the giant bear’s belly.
“Oh, it’s a female bear! What a coincidence, I have a male bear at home. How about you come back with me to marry my male bear and be its companion?” She smiled, her eyes shone brightly. The more she thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.
This brown bear was the same breed as her Little Black. However, in comparison to her Little Black, this bear was much higher in rank and was about to enter the Sacred Beast level. If she brought the bear back, Little Black would no doubt be overjoyed.
She was bringing a companion back for her little beast!
“Roar roar!”
The female bear roared angrily and smashed the big tree heavily. The big tree’s branches had straightened out from being shaken and its leaves were falling off. However, Feng Jiu was still sitting on the tree branch and the female bear with an arrow wedged in its back was gradually growing weaker.
“Aoooo!”
It fell to the ground and sat there guarding the tree. It was panting away, as if it was getting tired, or, it could also be due to the injury on its back. Eventually, it fell flat on its stomach.
Chapter 1435 I Have Little Black At Home
“Hey!”
She called out from the tree and threw some little branches down. When she saw that the female bear was lying motionless on her stomach, she jumped down from the tree. As she was approaching the bear and was about to help it remove the arrow from its back, she saw the female bear raise its head suddenly and pounced at her.
“Roar!”
“Huh! How crafty!”
She whispered and retreated quickly on her toes, avoiding the female bear’s attack. When she saw that its eyes were filled with anger and hatred, she knew that it must be angry.
“I didn’t hurt you, it’s useless getting angry at me!” She waved her hand and sighed: “Shall I help you remove the arrow from your back? Even if you can withstand the poison, it’s not a good idea to leave the arrow wedged in your back, right?”
“Roar roar!”
“Enough, stop shouting, do you really think I can’t defeat you!” She rolled her eyes and glanced at the female bear. In the next moment, two silver needles appeared between her fingers and the corners of her lips curled up slightly, revealing a sly smile.
“For my Little Black, I will take you in!”
As soon as she had finished speaking, the two silver needles flew out with a swish and pierced the female bear that was just about to pounce. The female bear let out a long howl and her whole body plunged forward and it collapsed onto the ground.
“Boom!”
As she looked at the weak fallen female bear, Feng Jiu smiled and stepped forward: “See? I didn’t lie, did I? You really aren’t my opponent.”
She came to the female bear’s back and inspected the wound then her eyebrows twisted slightly: “These kinds of sleeved arrows are barbed. If I were to just pull it out, a chunk of flesh would probably be pulled out along with it. Tsk tsk, I don’t know what kind of person would use sleeved arrows, let alone barbed ones.”
As she murmured to herself, she took out her dagger. Since she was unable to pull out the sleeved arrow directly, she had no choice but to cut open the wound to remove the sleeved arrow. Fortunately, she had anaesthetic drugs that she applied to the wound before she started.
After about the time it took half a stick of incense stick to burn, a sleeved arrow that was dripping in blood was finally removed from the giant bear’s back. Feng Jiu had applied medicine to the wound before she bandaged it. After she cleaned her hands, she gave the brown bear a pill to eat and then removed the two silver needles from the bear’s body.
“All done.”
She backed away a few steps then smiled and asked: “Did you take an antidote for poison? Otherwise, why are you not affected by the poison? Are there spirit herbs in this forest that can cure hundreds of poison?”
She thought about it and decided that it was a strong possibility.
“Roar!”
The brown bear gave a low growl, still wary. However, after seeing that Feng Jiu had taken no further action, its roar lowered even more and it lay on its stomach. Once it had recovered its physical strength, it leapt up sharply and ran into the forest quickly.
“Hey, you’re leaving just like that?” Feng Jiu stared after it and shouted: “I really have a Little Black at home to be your companion.”
“Roar!”
It’s only response was a roar and then it ran away, its thumping sound getting more and more distant.
Upon seeing this, she could only shake her head and continue walking towards the forest. It was more important to find her mother! She wondered what spirit herb Master Third Sun had wanted her mother to pick. The more precious the spirit herb, the more dangerous it was. Would she be in danger entering the depths of the forest by herself?
In the evening, when the smell of blood had permeated through the air, she paused, then headed towards the direction of the scent of blood.
About three hundred metres away, she saw ten alchemists panting and sitting under a tree resting. They looked scared out of their wits with multiple wounds on their bodies and blood oozing out of their wounds.
Chapter 1436 We Have Been Surrounded
When she saw that they were all members of the Sect, she walked over: “What happened to all of you? Did you encounter a fierce beast?”The sudden sound they heard had made the ten of them jump up in fright.
Some of them were covering their wounds, and some exclaimed in fright. When they saw the youth in cyan coloured robes walk out, they stared at him.
“Who are you?”
“Oh, I am also a member of the Pill Sun Sect, I’m from Third Sun Peak.” She was stunned for a moment, then smiled with a silly grin on her face.
One of the alchemists was frowning as he stared at Feng Jiu: “You are from Pill Sun Sect? How did a Foundation Formation Cultivator get in here?”
“I remember now, Chen Dao brought him in. I saw him following Chen Dao, he is definitely an errand boy from the Third Sun Peak.” Another alchemist said and when he realised that he was indeed a member of their sect, he let out a breath of relief.
As long as they knew that he wouldn’t be a threat to them it was fine.
“Did you encounter a fierce beast? Why are all of you injured?”
She asked out of curiosity as these men were Golden Core cultivators and one of them was even a Nascent Soul cultivator. How did they get this awkward? Could it be that these alchemists only cultivated spiritual power and not practiced their combative power? What a waste of their strength rank.
“None of your business!” An alchemist said as he applied medicine to his wound. However, he had hurt his hand and was unable to bandage it after he had applied the medicine. Therefore, he shouted over to Feng Jiu: “Come and help me bandage my wound.”
After hearing those words and seeing that no one was willing to answer her questions, showing obvious disdain at her status as an errand boy, she smiled and said: “But that’s none of my business!”
When everyone heard this, they were shocked, and then furious: “You’re just an errand boy, you should count yourself lucky that we would think highly enough of you to allow you to come near us and bandage our wounds.”
Feng Jiu waved her hand: “Forget it, I am just an errand boy, but I didn’t come in here to help you bandage your wounds.” She chuckled and said: “You’re all alchemists, can’t you help each other bandage your wounds? Why do you need an errand boy like me to do it?”
Upon hearing Feng Jiu’s words, everyone’s expressions wavered slightly. When they realised that Feng Jiu was seriously not going to help them bandage their wounds, their faces darkened in anger. This errand boy was too presumptuous! They would make him suffer after they returned to the Sect.
“Awoooo!”
Suddenly a howl of a wolf could be heard, followed by intervals of wolves howling. When they heard the sounds of the wolves howling, the expressions of the ten alchemists changed and they stood up immediately.
“It’s a pack of wolves!”
“It’s a pack of wolves! What should we do?”
As she watched their pale stricken faces, Feng Jiu leant against a tree leisurely and said: “It must be a pack of wolves. Your bodies are covered in blood and the scent of blood is so strong that I could smell it from a few hundred metres away, let alone these wolves that like to feast on human meat.”
When they heard Feng Jiu’s words, someone panicked: “Quick! Let’s get out of here!” They would only be safe if they left the depths of the forest and went to the outermost area of the forest.
At this moment, they were filled with regret. If they hadn’t come inside to pick precious spirit herbs, they wouldn’t have put themselves in such grave danger.
“Awoooo!”
The sounds of the wolves howling drew nearer and nearer and they seemed to have surrounded them in a semi-circle. The ten alchemists tried to move towards the outermost area when they heard a howling of a wolf and stopped in cold sweat.
“We have been surrounded.....”
Chapter 1437 I Will Take Care Of It
Feng Jiu leaned against the tree with her arms folded and looked at the panic-stricken alchemists with a strange expression on her face. Well, she thought that these alchemists were too afraid of death.
In fact, cultivators with Golden Core strength shouldn’t have felt so overwhelmed, even if they only possessed the spiritual power and lacked combative power. Yet, these people were afraid of dying from the wolves’ claws just from hearing the howling of the wolves. They didn’t even have the will to fight, even if they had the ability to fight, what then?
“What shall we do? What shall we do? Oh, that’s it, climb up the tree, quickly!”
As she watched them leaping up the tree one after another, she couldn’t help but grinned: “Some of the wolves in here can leap up trees.” As soon as she had finished speaking, she saw their faces freeze one by one as they stared blankly at each other.
“Awoooo!”
The sound of the wolves howling could be heard again. And at this time, a few wolves had emerged ten metres away, each one was one metre high with grey fur, the slightly ajar mouths of the wolves revealed sharp wolf teeth dripping saliva as their bloodthirsty eyes stared at them.
“Wolves, the wolves are here!”
The alchemists’ faces turned pale. Though some of them held swords in their hands, their hands were shaking involuntarily. As honoured alchemists, they looked upon fighting in disdain. They might be able to deal with some lower strength beasts, however, they were shocked just looking at these bloodthirsty brutal wolves. How could they still have the strength to fight them?
As she looked at the pale faces of the alchemists up on the tree, Feng Jiu grinned: “Dear alchemists, although I am just an errand boy, I am still a Foundation Formation cultivator. Though I am not good in alchemy, I excel in combat and I am more than capable to deal with these wolves.”
Upon hearing those words, everyone was stunned and looked at Feng Jiu in surprise: “Really?”
“Of course.” She raised her chin and replied.
“Then hurry up and drive the wolves away!”
When she heard this, Feng Jiu smiled happily: “It’s really not that difficult to drive the wolves away. However, I will be doing the work with no reward.....”
When they heard this, everyone looked at each other and said: “If you drive the wolves away, each of us will give you a bottle of medicinal pills!”
“Medicinal pills? No, I don’t want them.”
She shook her head: “I don’t want medicinal pills.” She had her own medicinal pills, why would she need theirs? Besides, she might not want their medicinal pills.
“You don’t want them?”
Everyone was startled: “You don’t want medicinal pills from us? You are so dumb! Do you know how precious our medicinal pills are?” He is definitely just an errand boy, he didn’t even want medicinal pills?
“If you don’t want medicinal pills, then what do you want?” Someone asked in surprise.
“Gold, silver, gems, jade and jewellery are all fine. I just don’t want medicinal pills.” She grinned and asked: “Do you have any of the things I asked for?”
Upon hearing her request, there was an odd expression on everyone’s faces: “You really just want gold, silver and jewellery?”
“Yeah.” She nodded in response.
“First, drive away the wolves and then we will pay you.” One of the alchemists said.
Unexpectedly, Feng Jiu laughed loudly and said: “It’s okay, the wolves haven’t gotten near yet. I think that it’s better that I collect the gold, silver and jewellery first. That way, I will have more courage and work harder, don’t you think so?”
“But how can we take it out in this kind of situation? It’s inconvenient!”
Upon hearing this, Feng Jiu waved her hand: “It’s not inconvenient at all. Come on, you’re all up in the tree, I will make my collection one by one.” Saying that, she jumped over to the closest person.
Chapter 1438 Shock
Under Feng Jiu’s cheeky stare and grin, that person had no choice but to undo his cosmos sack to dig out some gold coins and gems for her. After he watched Feng Jiu take the gold and gems then put it in her cosmos sack, the corners of his lips twitched and he asked: “Is this enough?” He would be broke if he dug for more.
“Yes, it’s about right!” Feng Jie nodded and grinned at him with narrowed eyes. She patted his shoulder and said: “Don’t worry. With me around, you won’t be losing any arms or legs.”
When he heard those words, the alchemist’s mouth twitched. He looked down at the youth’s toes as he jumped over to another person and received his so-called reward.
Although everyone had taken out gold coins and precious gems to give to her, there were a couple who were reluctant and stared at Feng Jiu suspiciously saying: “You can drive away the wolves all by yourself? You’ve got to be kidding. You better think about it carefully. If you deceive us, you will suffer when we get back!”
“Awooooo!”
The sound of wolves howling could be heard once again. One of the gray wolves then slammed into the tree and the tree shook violently. The alchemist on the tree was unable to steady his footing and he slipped. He fell onto the wolf’s back and rolled to the side. His face paled in shock and he screamed.
“Arghhh! Help!”
“Awooooo!”
“Hiss!”
The other alchemists on the trees couldn’t help but gasp when they witnessed this scene. With their pale faces, they hugged the branches to prevent themselves from falling off the tree. Especially after the alchemist had fallen off the tree, not only was there the wolf under the tree, but a few other wolves had also started making their way over to him.
As they stood on the trees, they could imagine what happened next would be the alchemist being torn to pieces. When they thought of that, their bodies trembled and they involuntarily squatted down as their legs had become weak from fear.
Feng Jiu however, had reacted differently to them. After she had heard the movement behind her and turned around quickly. She flew down quickly when she saw what had happened and raised her hand. A sharp cold light flashed before everyone’s eyes, and in the next moment, only a scream of hiss sounded, then blood burst out everywhere and spilled onto the ground!
“Ah....”
The alchemist who had fallen under the tree screamed in horror when he saw the pack of wolves close in on him and shut his eyes, not daring to open them.
When his face was covered in warm blood, he opened his eyes to see a figure dressed in azure standing before him holding a blood-stained dagger. The giant wolf that had pounced towards him was lying on the ground dead, his neck slashed. That one metre long wolf was taken down by him just like that.
“D..dead, dead?”
That alchemist collapsed to the ground, his body on top of the wolf’s corpse. He was at a loss and could only feel the red blood in front of him.
“What are you still doing here? Get up there quickly!”
Feng Jiu kicked the wolf’s corpse away with one leg and helped the alchemist up with one hand, then she threw him up onto the tree with great strength.
“Ah!”
The alchemist exclaimed and hugged the tree tightly, staring dumbfoundedly at the young figure in azure down below...
It was the same for the other alchemists on the tree. They only saw the azure figure weave through the wolf pack with the dagger moving up and down in her hand, reflecting light and bloody, murderous....
He, was he really just an errand boy? Was he really just a Foundation Formation cultivator? When did Foundation Formation cultivators become this strong?
Chapter 1439 Who Is He?
“Awoooo!”
The wolves’ blood had provoked the wolves and brought out their nature even more. They roared ferociously and their razor sharp wolf claws were like sharp blades when they were drawn, leaving deep claw marks on the tree trunk.
As more and more wolves joined the pile of wolf corpses on the ground, everyone on the tree couldn’t help but swallow involuntarily, horror and fear blatant in their eyes. The youth that was circling the wolf pack actually took the lives of the fierce beasts so easily, like that of a Slaying God. They couldn’t even see a single wound on his body, and the blood that was splashed onto his azure clothes belonged to the giant wolves....
“Awooooo!”
A long howl of a wolf came and the remaining seven of eight wolves stared at Feng Jiu unwillingly, grinning and hissing. In the end, they could only retreat in haste howling as they fled.
Feng Jiu’s gaze swept across and she saw the Wolf King standing far away at a distance. After looking at the Wolf King, she turned back and knelt down and then started digging the beast crystals out of the giant wolves.
At this point, when the alchemists on the tree saw that the danger had been removed, they let out a breath of relief softly. They looked at each other and felt comfortable enough to come down from the tree. They adjusted their robes and tried hard to maintain their noble bearing as alchemists.
However, each one of them had panicked and pale faces, and some were still trembling slightly. There was no colour in their faces at all, but it was funny to see them struggle to maintain their dignity.
After she had put away the beast crystals, Feng Jiu turned around to face the two men behind her and stretched out her hand. She revealed a harmless smile and said: “You haven’t given me my reward yet.”
The two of them were momentarily startled. When they thought back to the brutality she exerted when she killed the wolves, their hearts trembled and they immediately opened their cosmos sacks to take out a good amount of gold and jewels and placed them in Feng Jiu’s hands.
When they saw Feng Jiu checking the weight of the gold and jewels in her hands, the two men said hastily: “That’s all we have. You don’t need to use gold coins in the Secret Realm so we haven’t got much with us. We have lots of medicinal pills if you want them.”
When they said those words, the two men felt strange, even the people next to them felt weird about the situation, and their expressions showed their confusion.
In the past, people usually begged them to give or sell medicinal pills to them. This was the first time they had to ask an errand boy if they wanted their medicinal pills, and they were giving them away for free too. This was indeed a strange feeling for them.
“Forget it. Although we are from different peaks, after all, we belong to the same Sect. I won’t be so calculative with you.”
She smiled and put away the items in her hands then said to them: “You better get to the outermost area quickly! There are more than just giant wolves in the depths of the forest. If you get surrounded, you will lose your lives for sure. Don’t die for some spirit herbs that you have never even seen before.”
As she looked at the alchemists who were being lectured by her like young children, Feng Jiu had to suppress the weird feeling and gather her composure. She coughed lightly: “Well, if there is nothing else then I shall be leaving. In the future please take care of me when we are back in the Sect.”
Everyone was shocked when they heard this and said hurriedly: “Of course, of course.”
They watched the youth nod his head and leave. After his azure figure had disappeared into the forest, everyone recovered from their daze and looked at each other: “Who is he? Does anyone know his name?”
Chapter 1440 Drinking water that was used to wash the fee
Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads. They only knew that the youth was an errand boy from Third Sun Peak and came in here with Chen Dao, other than that, they didn’t know anything else.
“It’s fine, once we return to the Sect we will be able to find out who he is. We need to leave here at once, the scent of blood is too strong.” One of them said and hurriedly led everyone towards the outside of the forest.
At the other side, Feng Jiu who had just made a tidy profit was in a very good mood. The pace of her footsteps was extremely fast and strange, as if her feet were not even touching the ground.
Around evening time, she found a source of water in the forest that was flowing downwards from a high place. The water was clear at the bottom with a few leaves floating on the surface.
After she had washed her face, she removed her shoes and sat by the water and soaked her feet in the water. The cold water penetrated her body through the soles of her feet and she closed her eyes as she welcomed the comfortable feeling.
“It’s so cooling.”
She murmured softly with a smile on her face and her hands behind her back. Her head tilted upwards as she squinted as she looked up into the sky and listened to the birds in the forest chirping, the wind rustling over the leaves and the relaxing sounds of the mountain spring. She was completely relaxed.
Sometimes she felt a bit at a loss, wandering around by herself and practicing by herself. She had led this kind of life for quite a long time now, and it was rare for her to have loved ones in her life. In fact, sometimes she just wanted to be a lazy and idle person.
When she brings her mother home, she would also go back with her. She didn’t care about the Eight Supreme Empires, it was better for her to return to her Phoenix Empire and be an idler there.
While she was deep in thought, she suddenly heard a voice coming from the forest. She was taken aback and stood up immediately. After she wiped her feet and put her shoes back on, she walked the trail of the mountain spring water.
About a hundred metres away, she saw two middle-aged men washing their faces in the spring water and then taking a few sips of water. As she watched the two men drinking the water that flowed down from where she had washed her feet in earlier, the corners of her mouth twitched and she couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
“Who is it?”
The two men turned around immediately on guard and called out in a deep voice. After their gazes had swept around their surroundings and fell on the youth in azure robes, they frowned.
“Who are you?”
Feng Jiu’s gaze swept across the badges that were pinned on their chest and medallions that were hung down from their waist, and he calmed his thoughts. She coughed lightly then stepped forwards and bowed: “Third Sun Peak’s errand boy disciple Feng Jiu greets Martial Uncles.”
“You are an errand boy disciple from Third Sun Peak?”
The two men were slightly surprised as they looked at the youth in azure robes. They glanced at the medallion that was hanging from the boy’s waist and thought it a little strange. They asked in confusion: “You’re only at Foundation Formation stage aren’t you? You’re just an errand boy, so how did you get in here?”
“Martial Uncle, it was Senior Brother Chen Dao who brought me in here. I am in the same team as Senior Brother Chen Dao. However, we got separated when we encountered a Giant Bear in the forest. I was chased into the forest by the Giant Bear and that’s how I bumped into Martial Uncles.”
Her expression was filled with excitement and surprise as she looked at the two people in front of her with respect: “I have delivered medicinal herbs to both your cave dwellings Martial Uncles. I just wasn’t fortunate enough to meet Martial Uncles in person. I didn’t expect to bump into Martial Uncles here. I am really lucky.”
Truly lucky indeed, they even drank the water I had washed my feet in. She didn’t know what to say.
From the badges on their chests and the medallions on their waists, she reckoned that they were disciples of Master Third Sun. This was normal for them to be in here. After all, there were precious herbs in here that were not available outside.
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