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Chapter 38 Results (Please Collect)

Chapter 38: Chapter 38 Results (Please Collect)

Canyon entrance.

Black Tiger Gang’s Fu Qing was controlling a Turtle Shell Shield and a Tiger Head Saber, one weapon for offense and another for defense, tangling with Wan Fenglin who had taken out a magic artifact resembling an Alchemy Furnace.

Both of them were cultivators, with Fu Qing at a higher realm, but Wan Fenglin, being an Alchemist, possessed great wealth. Besides the earlier "Dan Thunder," he surprisingly pulled out a stack of First Rank Top Grade Talismans, unleashing countless talismans that shimmered and transformed into Wind Blades, Golden Arrows, and huge rocks for attack, firmly restraining Fu Qing and even doing so with apparent ease.

"Third brother, today I’m going to cleanse our ranks."

Chen Yi glanced at the battlefield, staring at Chen Hongtian whose face was extremely somber, his hand materializing a cyan Wind Blade.

"Big brother, in this lifetime as brothers, do you really intend to go to such lengths?"

Chen Hongtian roared angrily, hastily channeling his Innate True Qi into a Defense Talisman, and the two brothers also began a fierce battle.

Generally speaking, Innate experts could only match up to cultivators at the beginning stage of Qi Cultivation at most, but only the most outstanding ones at the peak of Innate could barely compete with those at the Middle Stage of Qi Cultivation.

Therefore, Chen Hongtian knew he was no match for his elder brother, and his current objective was merely to delay.

On the ground, Hua Feiyue and the couple Meng Yi and Shen Yuxin were circulating their Innate True Qi to expel poison, their faces showing confusion as they watched the battlefield.

Why... had things suddenly turned out like this?

How had the situation developed to this point?

The third brother’s betrayal, and the big brother had even kept them in the dark...

Meng Yi felt his heart twisting like it was being sliced, while Hua Feiyue frowned, contemplating whether she could survive this ordeal.

Unnoticed by everyone, above the fog-cleared canyon, a falcon had appeared at some unknown time!

It circled twice, then suddenly dived down like a black arrow.

Swoosh!

In the next instant, the falcon reached beside a lake, stretching out its claws to snatch up an "Illusion Heart Orchid!"

"What a beast!"

Alchemist Wan, seeing this scene, was on the verge of exploding in rage.

But with Fu Qing right in front of him, he couldn’t spare the effort to intervene, let alone that the falcon flew too quickly and was too far away... The cultivators could only watch helplessly as it flew off.

Boom!

The next moment, though still enemies, they simultaneously moved towards the valley.

The hard-won spoils of war would be too much to bear if stolen by irrelevant beasts!

...

Qinglin Square.

Fang Xing was pretending to be a Medicine Gatherer, dressed as if he was about to head out, with a basket on his back.

As a resident of the square, bearing the monthly pressure of rent, many Innate Martial Artists could hardly survive in the square and were forced to sign a servitude contract to work as tenant farmers at nearby Spirit Fields!

Those who remained had either a unique skill or were desperate to take risks!

They often had to go out to gather herbs or hunt Demon Beasts!

"Living within the square has many advantages, not only safety and order but also the concentration of Spiritual Energy... Nurtured by Spiritual Energy, not only does one’s Cultivation progress rapidly, but it also prolongs life..."

Fang Xing’s Spirit Stones were certainly enough to cover the rent, but doing so conspicuously all the time was also quite eye-catching.

Moreover, the Illusion Heart Orchid was about to arrive.

Thus, he decided to make a trip to the temporary camp.

Many Spiritual Medicines recently unharvested by drones were also stored at the temporary camp, perfect for him to collect in one trip.

Arriving at the square’s entrance, he saw many Martial Artists.

Most were dressed like him, ready to enter the mountains, some even with a tragic air of facing life or death.

After all, nowadays, with an overflow of beast tides, venturing deep into the Great Wilderness was practically risking one’s life!

"Ah... Old Song the Fourth has also fallen..."

Seeing several Martial Artists transporting a body back, the people around felt shared sorrow.

At that moment, a Martial Artist saw Fang Xing and approached him instantly, "Little brother, you are also a Medicine Gatherer. Do you know that the outside has become even more dangerous now? A large number of Demon Beasts have noticed the high population density here and are actually migrating towards Qinglin Mountain Range, turning this place into a hunting ground..."

"Ah, there’s nothing we can do about it..."

Fang Xing sighed, "The bigger the waves, the pricier the fish!"

"True, well said!" The Martial Artist’s eyes lit up, "How about we cooperate?"

"There’s no need."

Fang Xing waved his hand, his expression saying ’strangers not welcome,’ and using his movement technique, he quickly disappeared into the dense forest.

With drones scouting from the sky, the likelihood of him encountering danger was not high, but still possible!

Thus, he couldn’t afford to be careless.

Of course, Fang Xing didn’t need to run directly to the temporary camp.

He merely needed to walk out of Qinglin Square, avoid anyone’s watchful eyes, and then he could retrieve the blessings of nature brought by the drones.

Strictly speaking, the risks were not great.

Just after half an hour’s stroll, he returned with his basket full of herbs.

Of course, to maintain his disguise, he covered the top with some debris, and, having learned from that old man’s lesson with the smoking pipe, he had also specially treated the herbs to mask their scent.

As Fang Xing entered the square with his basket, he saw the Martial Artist who had spoken to him earlier, now turned into a body, severely mutilated.

"This... this is..."

"Ah, their small team was unlucky. They didn’t go far before encountering a ’Fire Element Jackal’..."

Listening to the nearby Martial Artists’ discussions and looking at the charred marks on the mutilated wounds, Fang Xing shook his head.

"Eh? Isn’t this brother just went out?"

A Martial Artist saw Fang Xing, casually glanced inside his basket, saw the camouflaged plant roots and stems, and couldn’t help scoffing, "It turns out our brother wasn’t out gathering herbs, but digging up sweet potato roots to stave off hunger!"

"Alas, in today’s world, it’s not just Spirit Rice that’s becoming unaffordable; even ordinary rice is hard to come by."

Fang Xing sighed, walking away under the disdainful gaze of the bystanders.

...

Room fifty-seven in the T-shaped building.

Fang Xing glanced over and noticed that the door to the neighboring room was still tightly shut.

Only when there were noises could one see an eye cautiously peering through the crack of the door, like a poor, helpless little creature.

"Alas, another pitiful little one..."

Fang Xing ignored Meng Zijin, closed his own door, and headed down to the basement.

He tossed the top layer of tuberous roots aside and saw a pile full of medicinal herbs.

Each plant would make an Innate Martial Artist green with envy!

Especially the ’Illusion Heart Orchid’!

This orchid was dreamily beautiful, with a glossy sheen over its stems and petals.

Just a light sniff made Fang Xing feel slightly intoxicated and dizzy, as if he were drunk.

"Indeed a fine item, if I take it to the Green Pill Workshop to commission a concoction, obtaining the ’Calming Pill’ should be no problem..."

"But this Spiritual Medicine was acquired through my plunder; with both the Pill Masters and Black Tiger Gang keeping watch, would the Green Pill Workshop keep my secret?"

Even though the Green Pill Workshop had a good reputation, Fang Xing was still hesitant.

At that moment, he opened the surveillance log to check the follow-up on Cang Mountain’s Five Righteous, the Pill Masters, and Fu Qing...

"Eh?"

In the footage, Chen Yi pierced through Meng Yi’s chest with a Tiger Head Saber, but Meng Yi fiercely pushed his wife, Shen Yuxin, to the side.

In Shen Yuxin’s hands, there was still an ’Illusion Heart Orchid’!

"Hmm? This is... a complete mess."

By the end, Fang Xing barely managed to piece together what happened.

Chen Yi had a backup plan, was not poisoned, and after Hua Feiyue and her two companions detoxified, they quickly joined the battle.

Wan Fenglin, after all just an Alchemist with insufficient combat power, and Chen Hongtian, merely an Innate practitioner, was killed on the spot by the remaining four Righteous!

Sensing imminent disaster, Wan Fenglin used a Life-saving Talisman and successfully escaped!

It looked like the victors were Black Tiger Gang’s Fu Qing and Cang Mountain’s Four Righteous, but during the division of spoils, Chen Yi took the lead and ambushed Fu Qing!

Hua Feiyue and her associates had no choice but to assist in the battle, then Meng Yi was killed by a single stab through the heart, dead beyond doubt.

Before dying, he created a chance for Shen Yuxin to take the spoils and flee.

Fu Qing, drained by Wan Fenglin and ambushed by Chen Yi, along with several Innate Martial Artists’ attack, did not dare to linger and took the lion’s share of the loot before leaving.

A medicine gathering mission came to an end with the curtain dropping, but it resulted in the deaths of two Innates!

The remaining few were also heavily wounded, how tragic it was?

"The treasure hunting and exploring in the Cultivation World are truly dangerous; I should avoid such unexplained activities in the future..."

Fang Xing silently admonished himself, then started cooking rice, preparing dishes, grilling meat...

With the superior Spiritual Energy environment of the square, and supplies of both Spirit Rice and Demon Beast meat, he continued practicing combat techniques daily.

Moreover, the continual rise in the attribute bar’s data gave him the thrill of leveling up in a past-life video game.

It was almost addictive!

...

At night.

Just as Fang Xing was about to sleep, he suddenly heard a heart-wrenching cry next door: "Daddy... sob... I want Daddy..."

"Is that Meng Zijin? Are they back already? That took quite long..."

He lay in bed, turned over, and thought, "Well, my expectations were too high; after all, they couldn’t fly back directly and had to avoid many dangers along the way..."

Although he knew what had transpired, going over now would undoubtedly seem odd.

Thus, Fang Xing stretched lazily, waited three seconds, and let a silver glow envelop him.

He chose to return to Chuying Star to sleep!

It must be said, the public order in the Blue Star Federation was quite good, very safe except for followers of the Evil God.

Living in such an environment, even sleeping at Qinglin Square was more peaceful.

If not for craving the Spiritual Energy environment of the square, he might well have rested continually on this side.

...

The following day.

Qinglin Square.

As Fang Xing stepped out of his house, he saw a white banner erected outside the neighboring shack.

This was a local funeral custom, with a white banner at the door signifying the passing of a family member.

He walked over and saw that the center of the shack had been turned into a mourning hall, displaying a spirit tablet and funeral clothes.

Clearly, Meng Yi’s body had not been retrieved.

After all, Shen Yuxin had fled in quite a hurry, so one couldn’t expect much from her.

"Ah? What... what has happened?"

Upon seeing this scene, Fang Xing was instantly ’shocked to the core.’

"It was my husband. He was gathering Spiritual Medicine outside and, unfortunately, perished..."

Shen Yuxin’s eyes were slightly red, dressed in mourning clothes, she calmly replied, "It’s all fate... I no longer want to stay in this heartbreaking place and have already prepared to leave with Zijin."

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