“Alright, hurry up and put away this Illusory Snow Lotus. If it weren’t for this lotus, we wouldn’t have to face off with this woman.” The black-clothed man in the lead looked helpless.

“Hmph! What the hell?! Relying on her identity of the Marquis family she wanted us to let go.” The man with raised eyebrows was dissatisfied.

“The people of the Marquis’ household always talk about propriety and righteousness, but in fact they are the most shameless ones.”

“Holding such a competition! I don’t even know how many people will die.”

“Well, what are you talking about? Let’s pick the lotus, whether we will be able to advance to the seventh level of Qi Practice depends on this lotus. ” The leading man said impatiently.

“Brother, I’ll go pick it.” The man with raised eyebrows eagerly said.

The black-clothed man in the lead nodded. As the man with raised eyebrows eagerly went into the water and was about to get close to the lotus when overwhelming pressure came over, “Big Brother, save……” Before the man could finish his words, he was swallowed in a single gulp.

The sudden change startled the two people on the shore, and Xiao Jingting’s heart was also pounding even though he was watching the situation from the tree.

“Mysterious Ink Snake!”

Xiao Jingting was secretly glad that he hadn’t made a move against the Illusory Snow Lotus because he was worried about the three brothers suddenly returning. If he had made a move earlier, he would be the one in the snake’s stomach now.

Previously, Ouyang Mingyue and the three brothers had fought fiercely but the snake didn’t even move, but now all of a sudden, it emerged.

Xiao Jingting’s heart pounded with fear. His head spinning as he noticed that the cultivation of Mysterious Ink Snake was around the ninth level of Qi Practice. The Illusory Snow Lotus was probably prepared by the Mysterious Ink Snake to build its foundation.

The Mysterious Ink Snake looked angrily at the other two men and chased after them.

Xiao Jingting quickly leapt down from the tree and rushed towards the Illusory Snow Lotus. Caution was necessary but if you wanted to go far on the cultivating path, the spirit of adventure was also necessary. You couldn’t lose the opportunity, so when the snake came back there would be nothing left for him.

“You bastard, stop.”

Xiao Jingting was just about to succed when a clear rebuke came.

Xiao Jingting’s heart instantly jumped in fear. Ouyang Mingyue unexpectedly returned. This girl might have been waiting and watching.

Aware of Ouyang Mingyue’s presence, Xiao Jingting turned around and ran without saying a word.

Although Ouyang Mingyue was injured, this woman was armed with a magic weapon that could not be underestimated. Moreover, this woman returned  so he was afraid she had a way.

Seeing Xiao Jingting running away, Ouyang Mingyue immediately chased after him.

Xiao Jingting leaped into the forest and raced hard, using three running amulets in succession. With great difficulty, he was able to get away from Ouyang Mingyue.

Xiao Jingting threw the Illusory Snow Lotus into the Spiritual Spring and the prompting tone in his head finally fell silent.

Xiao Jingting quickly changed his clothes. Thinking of Ouyang Mingyue, Xiao Jingting couldn’t help but be glad that he had used a little disguise when he picked the lotus in case of emergency.

After this, Xiao Jingting once again embarked on a journey of searching for spirit grasses. Xiao Jingting concealed his cultivation to the fifth level of Qi Practice, making few cultivators approach him so Xiao Jingting snatched a few people’s identity cards in passing.

 

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Eight days after entering the forest, Xiao Jingting and Xiao Jinfeng unexpectedly reunited.

“Third brother, I finally found you.” Seeing Xiao Jingting, Xiao Jinfeng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Jingting was also somewhat happy to see Xiao Jinfeng. “Second brother, you were worried about me!”

Xiao Jinfeng nodded and said, “Yes! In order to exchange pills, everyone has gone crazy. In the past few days, there have been constant fights and countless people have died. I was very worried about you.”

Xiao Jingting patted his chest and said, “Brother, don’t underestimate me so much! Actually, I’m also considered an expert.”

Xiao Jinfeng smiled helplessly and said, “You are the expert, how beautiful you think. You might not know but Ouyang Mingyue, the young lady of marquis’ residence, was almost killed by three demonic cultivators. Miss Ouyang’s cultivation is at the seventh level of Qi Practice! Still, she was almost killed. I heard that the three demonic cultivators didn’t end up well, two were eaten by a demon snake and one escaped.”

“There’s Mysterious Ink Snake in the forest that kills people everywhere, making everyone in the forest in danger now!”

Xiao Jingting : “……”

“Miss Ouyang, how is she now?” Xiao Jingting asked probingly.

Xiao Jinfeng glanced at Xiao Jingting and said, “Why are you asking about this?”

Xiao Jingting laughed awkwardly and said, “I’m just asking casually, just curious.”

“These big family ladies carry countless life-preserving things. Although she met with an accident before, she should be alive and kicking again now.” Xiao Jinfeng said. “By the way, I heard that someone snatched the Illusory Snow Lotus from Miss Ouyang’s hands. This guy is really brave.”

Xiao Jingting: “…… ” This brave guy is standing right in front of you right now. Second brother, you really have no eyes.

“That guy, I’m afraid he is going to be in danger.” Xiao Jinfeng said.

Xiao Jingting was puzzled. “Danger?”

Xiao Jinfeng nodded and said, “Yes! When you go out, the Marquis will definitely inspect everyone’s space rings. At that time, the person who carries the Illusory Snow Lotus will definitely be hated by Miss Ouyang.”

Xiao Jingting: “…… ” He has a jade pendant space, so he should be able to escape the inspection. His jade pendant, in other people’s eyes, was just an ordinary spiritual jade.

“Second brother, have you met big brother?” Xiao Jingting asked.

Xiao Jinfeng shook his head saying, “No, I heard that he and a few people from their academy formed a group and went to do the task, so I don’t think there will be anything wrong.”

“That’s good.” Xiao Jingting said. With Xiao Qingyan’s death, the original body owner’s parents would definitely make a scene.

“How many identity cards did you get?” Xiao Jinfeng asked.

Xiao Jingting took out a few scattered identity cards and shook them. Xiao Jinfeng frowned and divided more than a dozen to Xiao Jingting. “These are for you.”

Xiao Jingting politely took it. Anyway he was still cultivator at sixth level of Qi Practice. When settling accounts, if his points were too low it would not look good. 

 

……

 

After Xiao Jingting and Xiao Jinfeng met, they were considered a strong alliance. Together, they killed many demonic beasts and obtained many identity cards.

“Eve Mist, the main material for refining the Nourishing Yuan Pill.” Another series of voices echoed in Xiao Jingting’s consciousness.

Xiao Jingting rolled his eyes. This jade pendant only knew how to report good things, not dangers. Making him exposed to danger several times.

“Third brother, where are we going?” Xiao Jinfeng asked.

“East.” Xiao Jingting said.

The two of them did not have any goal. Xiao Jingting said to go east so Xiao Jinfeng had nothing to disagree with.

Xiao Jingting and Xiao Jinfeng arrived at a lake and saw a cultivator at sixth level of Qi Practice, four cultivators at fifth level of Qi Practice and several cultivators at fourth level of Qi Practice shrunk to one side with a look of fear on their faces. Xiao Jingting spotted Sun Miaomiao among the cultivators at the fourth level of Qi Practice.

“Sun Miaomiao actually survived.” Xiao Jingting was a little surprised.

Xiao Jinfeng nodded and said, “Yes!” There were constant fights in the secret realm and countless people died. There were really not many people who had survived to this point, but were at the fourth level of Qi Practice.

Xiao Jingting saw Eve Mist blooming by the lake. The Eve Mist was pink. Covered with a layer of mist, it was very pretty.

Next to the Eve Mist flower, there were several gray doves circling.

“The eve mist flower can be refined into a Nourishing Yuan Pill, which can be used from the seventh to the ninth level of Qi Practice and could be used repeatedly to improve one’s cultivation.” Among the precious spirit grasses distributed by the Marquis’s mansion this time, there was Eve Mist. If a cultivator had been taking Nourishing Yuan Pill all the time, his cultivation progress would be extremely fast. A mature Eve Mist plant could be exchanged for a Nourishing Yuan Pill.

“Younger martial brothers and sisters, while you go and draw these gray doves away, we will get Eve Mist. Naturally you will also have your share.” A beautiful young man said, with a smile on his face. 

“Senior brother, we don’t want the eve mist, just let us go.”

“Younger martial brothers and sisters, how can you not even have such courage?” The delicate young man knitted his eyebrows, unhappy.

Sun Miaomiao grabbed the young man’s hand and said, “Senior brother, if you are so powerful, why do you need us to lure these gray doves away? You will surely win even if you face them head on.”

Xiao Jingting rubbed his nose. Sun Miaomiao grabbed someone’s hand and almost stuck her chest to it. Xiao Jingting thought: No wonder Sun Miaomiao was able to live until now. A person who is so flexible was naturally able to survive.

The young man shook off Sun Miaomiao’s hand and said, “Sister, there is no need to say more. Gray doves are so powerful that senior brother wouldn’t dare to take it lightly, so he has no choice but to wrong his younger sister.”

Sun Miaomiao’s eyes were filled with fear and her face was pleading. However, when the young man looked at Sun Miaomiao, he seemed reluctant to give up, sighing and ignoring Sun Miaomiao.

Xiao Jingting looked at Xiao Jinfeng. “Second brother, what did he mean?”

“This kind of gray dove has very poor eyesight, but it has a very sensitive sense of smell. If I’m not wrong, those individuals are trying to use human lives to lure those grey doves away.”

” How would they lure it away?” Xiao Jingting asked.

“The doves are bloodthirsty, so just cut a few wounds.” Xiao Jinfeng said.

Xiao Jingting was stunned. This terrifying world, ah! Human life was treated like grass.

The man on the side who was at the sixth level of Qi Practice stood up and aimed his gaze at Sun Miaomiao and others.

“Second brother, are we going to make a move?” Xiao Jingting asked. Xiao Jingting didn’t have much affection for Sun Miaomiao but if he were to watch a person die in front of him or be eaten by a bird, he still couldn’t bear it.

Xiao Jinfeng nodded and said, “Let’s go.”

“Who is there?” Feeling the duo’s aura that was no less than his own, Guo Hao abruptly turned around and looked in Xiao Jingting’s direction as if he was an enemy.

Several cultivators at the fifth level of Qi Practice quickly gathered around Guo Hao.

Sun Miaomiao couldn’t help but be overjoyed when she saw Xiao Jinfeng and Xiao Jingting. After being overjoyed, thinking that she had just fawned over someone else and was rejected, Sun Miaomiao felt really ashamed again.

Although she felt ashamed in her heart, the joy of surviving still overpowered the shame.

“Jinfeng, Jingting, it’s great to see you.” Sun Miaomiao slipped behind Xiao Jinfeng and Xiao Jingting.

Several cultivators at the fourth level of Qi Practice seeing that Sun Miaomiao knew these two people and their cultivation was not bad, also quickly slipped behind them.

Guo Hao sized up Xiao Jingting and Xiao Jinfeng with a smile and said, “So it’s Young Master Xiao Jingting and Young Master Xiao Jinfeng! I’ve heard a lot about you.”

 

 

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