Chapter 1081: Loot

Why didn't the youth help? Was his cultivation strength really only Foundation stage? And that little beast...

Doubts started surfacing in everyone's mind, especially when they saw the confidence in the youth in red, there was a bad hunch in their hearts. The hunch was even stronger than when they saw the Golden Core cultivator being killed earlier.

At that moment, he took a step back and looked at the little beast in front of him. Without hesitation, he put all his energy into his body and his powerful Golden Core strength erupted from him, he turned and fled in the other direction.

He wasn't going to fight, he was running away instead, with all his strength he had he was going to use it to escape and save his life!

She stared blankly when she saw this and touched her chin. She glanced in his direction and then ignored him.

It's fine, run away! He was just one fish in a net full of fish.

She turned and her gaze landed in front of her, her eyebrows raised as she looked. After the battle, the last few cultivators were hacked to death by the rest of them. Therefore, after Luo Fei had killed the last cultivator, he sat down on the floor panting as he rested. Ning Lang was rummaging through the bodies in excitement...

"These guys must have robbed a lot of people, there's quite a lot of stuff in their cosmos sacks, and each person has more than the other." Ning Lang was searching through their things as he spoke excitedly. Not long after, his arms were filled with more than twenty cosmos sacks.

Feng Jiu walked over and glanced at the injuries on them. She noticed that they all had varying degrees of injuries. Other than a small wound on the side of his arm, Ning Lang didn't appear to have any other injuries. As she watched him picking up swords excitedly, Feng Jiu couldn't help but stroked her forehead.

"Ning Lang, just take the valuable items. The swords are worthless, leave them." This guy really didn't let anything go, how much could those ordinary swords be worth?

"We don't want them?"

There were already a few swords in his arms, but when he heard what Feng Jiu said, he threw the swords back onto the ground: "Okay, we won't take them. Besides, there will be more in the future. I will just take these cosmos sacks. We don't want to have too many things anyway."

Upon hearing his words, the few of them shook their heads as their lips twitched.

Feng Jiu glanced around and said: "The bloody smell here is too strong, we can't stay for long, let's go! After we find a place to settle down I will look at your wounds and treat them."

"Okay." The few of them answered as they stood up and held on to each other for support. They walked forwards together, leaving this place.

After they had arrived at a place with no bloody smell, they sat down on the grass and began to tend to their wounds.

"Look. Aren't I smarter? I wore more pieces of clothes and I also had the jewelled protection vest. My cultivation strength is the lowest out of all of us but I have the least injuries, hehehe."

Ning Lang smiled complacently. After he finished bandaging his wound, he took out the items in the cosmos sack and divided them by five: "Okay, one portion each."

They looked at the items and then put them away. Although they were from rich families and these things weren't worth much to them, however, they were trophy items gained from their hard battles.

Chapter 1082: Mountain Map

After they put away their battle spoils, they took out food from space to eat while they rested and discussed their plans moving forwards.

"Oh, look at this."

After swallowing the food in his mouth, Ning Lang took out a folded drawing: "I found this on the Golden Core cultivator, it looks like a map. I looked at it earlier and it seems to be a map of this place."

Feng Jiu took it and had a look at the map. The others leaned over and moved over to sit around her. There were some annotations on the map, and they had indeed been past some of the places on the map.

"Yes, it's a map of this place. But the map is incomplete. It's probably drawn by people who have been past these places. Look, we are in this forest right now, Tree Spirits Forest. According to the markings, if we continue heading east, we will get out of here within a day. The area marked here is more than ten times larger than this forest."

"This map probably hasn't been finished and has already taken up a whole piece of drawing paper. It seems Hell Mountains is really huge."

"Would those Golden Core cultivators have gone past these places? I think that this map must have been obtained from elsewhere by the cultivators." Ning Lang said, then asked Feng Jiu: "This place has been marked and there are drawings of some fierce beasts. We might be in danger if we stay here!"

"Afraid?" Feng Jiu raised her eyebrows and looked at him.

Upon hearing this, Ning Lang straightened his waist: "Afraid? How is that possible? I'm not afraid, and even if we have to fight, I will make it out alive!"

"That's all you're good for." Duan Ye snorted and glanced at him.

Song Ming laughed when he heard that and joked: "I think that you will be reluctant to leave after you've come in. The more danger there is, the more valuable things there will be! Maybe you will stumble upon a precious elixir or something, that's money! You will leave? I don't believe it."

"Hmph, can't bear to leave." Ning Lang grinned and looked at Luo Fei asking: "What was it that you threw away earlier? And those masks? Did you make them?"

"I used it in the past to play pranks on people. It works well on Foundation stage cultivators but not as well on Golden Core cultivators."

Luo Fei replied, then took a sip of water to moisten his throat. When he saw Feng Jiu staring at the map, he asked: "Is there a treasure? Why are you studying the map so seriously?"

"Treasure? Really, where?" Ning Lang's eyes lit up as he asked.

Feng Jiu glanced at them and said: "How can this place have any treasure? I was just looking at the cave dwelling that has been marked out here. I was thinking that when we arrive here, we can put up formations and enchantments around here and then we can refine elixirs inside. You can move about in there.. Once we have familiarised ourselves with the place you can all advance your strength while in there as well."

"We can advance our strength in this place?" Song MIng and Duan Ye looked over and asked: "This place looks like it's still closer to the outskirts, should we not go further in?"

Feng Jiu shook her head: "We can't go further, it will have to be this place. Look at the markings here, this area has been divided into areas and the degree of danger varies in each area. With your Foundation stage strength, you can only move about in this area."

She looked at the four of them and said: "Within one year, you have to advance to the Golden Core stage."

Chapter 1083: This Rock Moves

When they heard this, the four of them were stunned and exclaimed: "Advance into Golden Core stage within one year? That's impossible!"

"That's right, it's not easy to advance after Foundation stage, even the later stages of Foundation stage. If you advance to the Golden Core stage within ten years, that's already considered fast. You want us to advance within one year? How can that be achieved?"

She glanced at them: "How can you say it's not possible when you've not even tried? However, before that, you have to stabilise your foundation first." She put away the map and continued speaking: "While it's still early, let's get going! Let's get out of this place before dark."

"Okay." They packed their things and started walking east. It was fine during the day, but at night the tree spirits in this forest would come out and wreak havoc, it was better to leave quickly.

With a map on hand and daylight on their side, there were no obstacles or dangers along the way. Therefore, they walked all the way through the forest, and by evening, when the sky was getting dark, they had finally walked out of the forest. They looked back at the forest, the trees seemed to come alive at night, the branches stretched out in mid-air and made low-pitched sounds.

"Phew! We have finally made it out." Ning Lang exhaled lightly and said to the rest of them: "Let's find a place to sit down! We've not had a rest the whole journey, I'm a bit tired and out of breath."

Duan Ye looked around and pointed to a spot nearby: "There is a big rock there, let's go over there to rest!"

"Okay." They nodded and walked over towards the nearby rock.

Feng Jiu took the map out and studied it and remembered the direction of the cave dwelling. Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw Cloud Devouring Beast sniffing around where Ning Lang and the rest were sitting resting. She asked: "Cloud Devouring, what's the matter?"

"What do you mean? What's wrong?"

Luo Fei asked and took a fruit out of his bag to eat, continuing to speak: "This is the junction between the two forests, it's peaceful! We've only just sat down to rest, don't be too nervous. Come over, there's still some fruit here.....ah!"

Luo Fei who was sitting crossed legged eating a fruit and beckoning for Feng Jiu to go over suddenly jumped up without finishing his sentence and whispered in shock.

At the same time, Duan Ye and the rest who had been leaning against the big rock moved away quickly when the rock suddenly moved. Only Luo Fei was left on top of the rock, dumbfounded.

"Ow!"

Cloud Devouring Beast roared, revealing his sharp claws as he opened his mouth wide attempting to bite the big rock. However, without warning, the big rock rose up, exposing a shrunken head and four legs. That was a beast that looked like a rock, it wasn't a rock at all.

At that moment, the Stone Beast seemed frightened. After it stood up, it looked at the few of them and being frightened by Cloud Devouring Beast, it ran away. Luo Fei who was still on the beast's back had not responded and sat down as the beast fled into the forest.

"Ah! What's going on? What's going on?"

Everyone was stunned. In a blink of an eye, they watched as the Stone Beast that they had never seen before carried Luo Fei into the forest, all the while shouting aloud in shock. From big to small, till they had disappeared out of sight and they couldn't hear his voice anymore, that's when they recovered from their shock.

"Damn! Go after them!"

Chapter 1084: Crisis Everywhere

They sped off quickly, with Cloud Devouring following closely next to Feng Jiu, along with Duan Ye, Ning Lang and Song Ming behind.

No one had expected that rock was actually a beast! A beast that looked exactly like a piece of rock. The hard skin, the colour of stone, looked so realistic that no one thought that it would be a beast and not just a big rock.

Hell Mountains was just too weird, even the types of beasts were ones that they had never come across before. Moreover, it was also good at disguising, one really couldn't relax even for a moment or something would happen.

On the other side, as Luo Fei was being carried by the Stone Beast at such a fast speed, he was only able to wrap his legs around the beast tightly as he lay on its back and clasped his hands around the beast. As the speed they travelled was so fast, he was unable to open his eyes as the wind swept against his face. Therefore, he couldn't see the road ahead and look for a good opportunity to jump off.

It wasn't until he had stabilised and balanced the breath in his body that he was able to see clearly. He saw a branch had fallen ahead and prepared to reach for the branch to reduce the impact of falling from the beast.

After he had decided on his plan, he propped himself up and squatted on top of the beast and waited till the appropriate moment to jump from the beast. He grabbed hold of the branch and swayed about for a bit before he landed on the ground.

"Ssss!"

He had fallen on his wound and he gritted his teeth in pain. He relaxed and then when he sat up, he saw Cloud Devouring and the rest running after him. It didn't take long before they reached his side.

"How are you? Are you okay?" Feng Jiu stepped forwards and helped him up. She saw that the bandage on his wound was oozing fresh blood and helped him sit down: "I will apply fresh medicine and bandage for you."

"Ssss!"

Luo Fei took a breath in and his face wrinkled up as Feng Jiu leant him against a tree: "This place is not only dangerous, even the beasts are strange. A big rock is actually disguised as a Stone Beast, it's just terrifying."

After hearing this, Feng Jiu couldn't help but smile: "That's why you have to be careful, this place is really dangerous." As she spoke, she was wrapping his wound with new bandages. At this time, the rest of them had finally caught up.

"Hoo! Luo Fei! Are you okay?"

They came to his side and saw that Feng JIu was putting on fresh bandages on his wound then looked around and asked: "Where's that big rock? Has it run away?"

"It's gone, it ran away."

Lou Fei responded. He looked at them and then at their surroundings: "We've actually came in here after all. The sun is setting and the forest is not peaceful at night. Especially where there are fierce beasts around, we have to be extra careful."

"Don't worry, we will stand guard." They looked around with caution.

After Feng Jiu finished bandaging his wound, they said: "Let's light a fire! That way, even if there are beasts, we will be able to see more clearly. Evasion is not the way forward in a place like this. Sometimes, a battle has to be fought."

"Okay."

They looked at each other and nodded. They left one person behind to stand guard, Ning Lang and Song Ming went to pick up branches nearby and lit a fire where Luo Fei and Feng Jiu sat down, illuminating the dimness around them.

Ning Lang hesitated as he looked at the fire: "But is it too eye-catching like this? The fire is lit! Maybe the beasts will find us because of the fire."

Chapter 1085: The Wolves Are Here

Feng Jiu smiled slightly: "Fighting is unavoidable in this place, and the best way to advance your strength is through battle. You can't avoid fighting, if you do encounter a fight, then go for it! With your strength, as long as you work together, it shouldn't be a problem for you in this area."

Upon hearing this, they looked at each other and nodded, and said nothing more.

They were resting by the fire, and as the night grew deeper, faint sounds of beasts howling nearby drifted to their ears. The sounds of the howling beasts in the dark made them afraid and unable to rest.

"Rustle..."

Suddenly, although there was no wind that night, through the leaves in the forest came a rustling sound. Song Ming and Ning Lang who were keeping guard that night looked at each other when they heard the noise.

"Sounds like there is something."

"I'll go and take a look." Song Ming said and told him to keep an eye on their surroundings while he went in the direction of the noise to take a look.

By the fire, Cloud Devouring Beast who was sprawled next to Feng Jiu straightened its back and looked around, and then sprawled back down again. Feng Jiu's eyes were still shut as she continued to rest, seemingly unaware of what was happening.

Ning Lang thought about it, Feng Jiu gave them the same task, and he was in the same team as Song Ming. Since he went to investigate the noise, he should probably go along with him in case something happened and he needed assistance.

Therefore, once he had made up his mind, he walked away quietly.....

Song Ming who was following the sound of the noise came to a dark place and when he saw a pair of green eyes like ghost fire in the night staring at him, he exclaimed in fright.

He covered his mouth with one hand and stepped backwards, all the while he could feel the hairs on his body raising. There were at least twenty pairs of green eyes staring back at him, and the body, hiss! It wasn't actually that big.

Ning Lang who had caught up with him was approaching from behind when he saw him bent over stepping backwards. He couldn't help but grin and slapped his hand on his shoulder and asked: "Song Ming, what are you doing?"

"Woah!"

Song Ming jumped up in shock and exclaimed. His sudden movement and exclamation attracted the attention of the many pairs of green eyes. Those two dozen pairs of bloodthirsty brutal green eyes turned towards their direction.

"Dammit! What are you doing?" He scolded angrily as he turned back and stared at him. If he could hit him at that moment he really would have done it.

"I was worried that you might be in trouble so I came to have a look. What's wrong?" Ning Lang asked, not understanding what was the problem. He hadn't hit him hard when he had slapped him on his shoulder, and his voice wasn't loud when he called him either. Why was he so frightened?

"Awooooo!"

When he heard the howling sounds behind him, Song Ming grabbed him immediately and started running: "What's the matter? There are wolves! Giant wolves! Run!" Ning Lang was pulled along as he ran back.

Ning Lang who finally recovered from his shock was stunned when he looked back at the howling sounds. His face turned pale when he saw that the giant wolves were nearly a metre tall each. Their bodies were huge and they had dark green bloodthirsty eyes. They revealed sharp fangs as they made howling sounds when they chased after them. He was so shocked that he ended up grabbing Song Ming instead and dragged him with him as he ran, exclaiming: "The wolves are here! The wolves are here! Run! The wolves are here!"

Chapter 1086: Let's Fight Then

When the two people sleeping on the other side heard the commotion, they jumped up quickly, with no sign of sleepiness at all. They saw Feng Jiu sitting up on a tree with Cloud Devouring Beast in her arms, watching them. They were stunned and couldn't help but asked with a strange expression on their faces: "Don't tell us, you want us to practise our skills again?"

She said that she had brought them in here to improve their strength and combat skills. Since there was a chance of actual combat, of course she wasn't going to let this chance slip by. However, ever since they had entered the forest, there's not been a quiet moment. They finally had a chance to take a rest, did they really have to fight?

Feng Jiu looked at the dark sky and replied: "It's already quite late, by the time the fight is over, it will probably be morning. Since you've already had a rest, is there a reason why you shouldn't have another fight?"

She looked up ahead and said: "I've had a look, there are twenty two wolves in the pack and they are all nine-tiered beasts. As for the wolf king, it has not come over and is standing further away howling. Based on your strength, the four of you can fight this battle."

"Ah! The wolves are here. Quick, run!"

Ning Lang's sharp cries could be heard, he was like a whirlwind passing by as he dragged Song Ming to the few of them. When he saw them standing there in a daze, he asked anxiously: "What are you still doing here? Run! There are wolves behind us, there are about twenty of them. Each one of them is about a metre high, it's terrifying. Hurry up, run!"

As soon as he stopped speaking, he was about to run when Song Ming shook his arm off and glared at him as he gasped for breath. He looked up at Feng Jiu and then at the two below the tree and asked: "What are you talking about? You're not thinking about fighting are you?"

"You've guessed it."

Duan Ye and Luo Fei replied. They could feel the wolves behind Song Ming approaching. One of them took out the Eight-Star Flying Wheel, and the other took out a long sword, their spiritual breath surged from their bodies as they readied to fight.

Upon seeing this, Song Ming didn't say much. He just gritted his teeth and said: "Let's fight then! These fierce beasts each have a big beast crystal on their foreheads."

He took out his knife. His knife was shorter than a sword and longer than a dagger. It was a three-finger wide blade. There was a sharp airflow along with the bloodthirsty light that glowed from the sharp blade as the spiritual power surged from his hand.

When Ning Lang saw them with their weapons, he realised that there was no escaping this battle. Therefore, he swallowed and said: "Okay! Let's fight then! For the beast crystal!" He took out his dagger and looked nervously behind him.

Feng Jiu who was on the tree looked on, her lips curved upwards and she said: "Don't worry, if your life is in danger, I will save you." As long as it didn't endanger their lives, she would let them handle it. This was the only way they would become more confident in the days to come.

With this promise, they didn't hesitate and decided to take the initiative to attack instead of waiting to be attacked.

Therefore, when the sharp claws of the nine-tiered giant wolves leapt forwards, their spiritual breaths surged as they struck back with swords in hand, attacking the fierce beasts with the intent to kill.

"Awoooo!"

A wolf's howl sounded out, the howling sound contained the pressure of the mighty beast and echoed through the night. The other wolves in the forest seemed to be responding to the wolf's howl as they howled one by one, the sounds of the wolves howling spread through the forest.

Feng Jiu glanced at Duan Ye and the rest, then looked across towards the direction of the Wolf King who was standing on high ground somewhere in the distance...

Chapter 1087: The Wolf King

The Wolf King that stood up high at a distance away was different to the nine tiered giant ferocious wolves. The holy beast was stronger, his body much larger than the pack of wolves Duan Ye and the rest were fighting with.

Its fur was also different to the gray wolves over here. It was a snowy-white colour, bright and white like snow. Under the moonlight its fur radiated a snow-coloured glow, it was beautiful and dazzling.

The strength and level of the holy beast was almost the same. However, as she already had a life contract with Little Fire Phoenix, , the war beast Cloud Devouring Beast, Old White that she rode on, and also Little Black who guarded the doors for her. Therefore, there was no need for another contract beast.

But....

She squinted as she made her mind up, she didn't need it. However, out of Ning Lang and the rest of them, only Duan Ye had Flaming Lion, the rest of them didn't have any contract beasts. Since she had brought them in here to advance their cultivation levels, they should also be given a chance to see if they could tame the Snow Wolf to become a contract beast.

All of a sudden, sharp claws came towards her. She looked at the nine-tiered ferocious beast that leapt up towards her with indifference. Her tranquil eyes glanced at it with a cold glare, the coercion of the ancient spirit beast shot out through her eyes.

"Awooo!"

The nine-tiered ferocious wolf howled and thrashed around as it fell from mid-air. As it fell from mid-air, the wolf's throat was cut by Duan Ye's Eight-Star Flying Wheel.

Blood splattered everywhere, the strong smell of blood and the sounds of the wolf's sharp howling spread through the forest. The smell of the wolf's blood agitated the other wolves and they howled one after another, their combating power became stronger and fiercer.

"Ssss!"

The sound of gasping and cries of pain came from the people down below from time to time. They were already injured to begin with, and were now inflicted with more injuries. Under the siege of over twenty wolves, their bodies were covered with claw marks.

Feng Jiu looked down at the bodies of the nine-tiered beasts that had fallen to the ground and saw that they had become more proficient with practice. Therefore, she said: "Up high over there is the Wolf King, other than Duan Ye, which one of the three of you will go and tame it?"

"What? The Wolf King? How can one of us make the Wolf King submit? These wolves are already so difficult to deal with, won't the Wolf King be even more powerful?" Ning Lang shouted. At this time, he was sprawled on the back of one of the wolves, his legs were tightly wrapped around the wolf's body as he slashed fiercely into the back of the wolf's neck with the dagger in his hand.

The wolf howled as it slumped to the ground after the dagger sliced into the back of his neck. His front paws buckled under first and his whole body lay on the ground twitching.

As Ning Lang pulled out his dagger, a stream of blood shot out and startled him. He spat a couple of times and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand as he felt the warmth of the blood on his face, feeling sick.

His face was covered in blood, it was disgusting.

"I won't be able to tame it. I'm on the brink of collapsing dealing with these alone."

Luo Fei spoke. He was already injured and his wound was bleeding again and had to be rebandaged, he was already at his limit fighting against these nine-tiered ferocious wolves. If he did go to try to tame the Wolf King, he would no doubt become the Wolf King's snack.

When he thought about this, he shook his head. There was no way he could go if he wasn't confident.

Chapter 1088: This Is It

Feng Jiu glanced at the other two and when she saw their reactions, she nodded: "Okay then!" She had hoped that one of them would take the opportunity to tame a holy beast. However, it seemed that they hadn't thought of doing that yet, nor did they possess the strength yet.

Although she could tame the Wolf King for them, it was better to tame your own contract beast otherwise the contract beast wouldn't submit to its Master.

"Awooo!"

The Wolf King let out a howl from up high and the wolves below retreated quickly. The few of them exhaled lightly and looked down at the corpses of the wolves on the ground when the wolves ran away.

Their physical strength was unable to keep up after only killing a few wolves. The new injuries on top of the old injuries had them gritting their teeth. If the wolves hadn't retreated, they probably wouldn't have been able to continue fighting.

Feng Jiu's gaze flickered slightly as she looked at the few of them holding on to the trees gasping for their breath. Their physical strength was not good enough. Although their old injuries weren't healed, they weren't serious injuries and they were only fighting with the wolves for a short while. It looked like they needed to improve their physical strength.

Ning Lang dug out the beast crystals and gave them to Feng Jiu who had come down from the tree: ""These are the beast crystals from the wolves."

Feng Jiu looked at them and said: "These beast crystals are wind attributed crystals. They can help with your cultivation of wind attributes. Whoever is of wind attribute, take it." After speaking, she gave the crystals to Ning Lang and said: "Let's go! We shall go and find the cave dwelling on the map."

They saw her walking ahead and looked at each other as she had not asked about their injuries. As they followed behind her, they wondered, why did she look unhappy?

Was she not satisfied with their performance?

They walked behind her without stopping. Along the way, Cloud Devouring Beast released the coercion of his mythical beast energy. Perhaps that was why as soon as some fierce beasts approached them, they avoided them when they sensed its energy.

Therefore, they didn't encounter any danger along the way. They walked till it was nearly daybreak when Feng Jiu stopped and took out the map to look at it. She walked a little further on and then turned around to face them.

"The cave dwelling on the map is at the bottom of the mountain peak up ahead. It will take about two hours from here to get there. Let's pick up the pace!"

"Okay."

They didn't dare to say anything else. They realised that Feng Jiu was probably disappointed with them because they didn't go and tame the Wolf King last night. Therefore, they didn't dare to say anything along the way.

After about two hours, they arrived at the bottom of the mountain peak. Sure enough, the entrance to the cave dwelling was there, almost hidden by the vines growing around it.

"This is it."

Feng Jiu stepped forward to inspect it, as her hand moved past it, a rush of wind shot out and the vines that covered the entrance fell away revealing the original cave dwelling entrance.

She walked inside the cave dwelling to investigate, it was just another cave. The only difference was that it looked like someone used to live there. Other than a stone bed, there was also a stone table, the cave wasn't too small, nor was it huge.

She came out and said to them: "You can take a rest here! Treat your injuries. Don't go anywhere, wait for me here." She left Cloud Devouring Beast behind as she turned to leave.

Upon seeing this, they looked at each other and couldn't help but ask with worry: "Where are you going?"

Chapter 1089: He seems angry?

"I'm going to take a walk around, you all take a rest!" She said to them and walked out without looking back.

They watched the figure in red walk into the forest and looked at each other, then sat down in the cave dwelling. Ning Lang scratched his head and said: "Why do I feel like he is angry?"

"I don't think he's angry, I think he's disappointed." Duan Ye looked down and started tending to his injuries.

Upon hearing this, the rest of them fell silent for a while, they didn't know what to say. They wrapped their wounds with bandages and sat in the cave dwelling waiting for Feng Jiu to return. However, it was nearly noon and he still had not returned.

"Would something have happened? Why has he been gone for so long?"

"That's right! Didn't he say that he was just going for a walk? It's been half a day."

"Shall we go and look for him?"

"He told us to stay here. If we go out and can't find him, he will probably really get angry when he comes back."

The four of them discussed this at length and finally, their eyes landed on Cloud Devouring Beast who was sprawled on the ground of the cave dwelling. Song Ming shouted: "Cloud Devouring Beast, will your master be okay? Do you want to go out to take a look?"

Cloud Devouring Beast glanced at them and closed its eyes, ignoring them.

Upon seeing that they were being ignored, they looked away and continued sitting in the cave. They took some food out to eat while they waited for Feng Jiu.

"His strength is the strongest out of all of us, there shouldn't be a problem. Besides, if there was any danger, Cloud Devouring Beast wouldn't be sitting here idly."

After hearing what Duan Ye said, the rest of them nodded their heads in agreement. Another two hours had passed before they finally saw the familiar figure in red walking in a short distance away. When they saw this, they smiled happily.

"Look, Feng Jiu is back." They went to greet her: "Where did you go? Why did you take so long? We were worried that something had happened to you."

Feng Jiu glanced at them and replied: "I took a walk around the whole area and I put up barrier formations surrounding the cave dwelling about two hundred metres away from here. From now on, this cave dwelling is the central point. Two hundred metres from here are enchantments and formations encircling it."

"During this time, if I've not asked you to go out, then don't come out at all." She walked into the cave dwelling and continued speaking: "Come in! I will tell you what you need to do next, and also tell you about the enchantments and formations surrounding you."

They were shocked when they heard this. There were enchantments and formations all around this area? How much spiritual energy did that take? But she looked the same as before she had left earlier. If she hadn't told them, they wouldn't have known what she did when he went out.

What were they supposed to do next? What was it?

With uncertainty in their hearts, they followed Feng Jiu hesitantly back into the cave dwelling. When they saw her sit down at the stone table, they gathered around and looked at her.

Feng Jiu was sitting at the stone table looking at them. She saw that their expressions were calm, but tension and nervousness showed in their eyes. When she saw this, she couldn't help but smile.

"From tomorrow onwards, you have a month's deadline to train and improve your physical strength. Until then, you are not allowed to leave this place without my permission."

"Physical strength? But our physical strength is quite good? Do we still have to train?" As soon as Ning Lang finished speaking, he saw Feng Jiu glaring at him. He couldn't help but lowered his head slightly.

Chapter 1090: Different

Their physical strength was not bad. However, it probably wasn't up to standard in her eyes? Forget it, he should probably not say anything else as he didn't want to make her angry.

Seriously, when she was angry, even if she didn't scold or beat people up, but her somber face with pursed lips and cold eyes made people tremble in fear when they saw it. It was really scary.

Luo Fei glanced at Ning Lang then asked Feng Jiu with a pleasing smile: "Then what happens after a month? What are we going to do after a month?"

"After you've completed this task I've given you then I will tell you." She glanced at them and instructed: "All of you need to find a big rock that weighs no less than fifty kilograms. You will place it on your backs and do squats around the cave everyday. I will tell Cloud Devouring Beast keep an eye on you. If anyone is lazy....."

She paused, her lips curved upwards slightly: "I think it's best that you don't be lazy, otherwise my punishment will make your heart jump in shock."

Upon hearing this, their backs had a feeling of chill pass through them. They felt that once they came inside and Feng Jiu told them they had to train, it was as if Feng Jiu was a completely different person.

Along the way she was talking and joking with them like a friend. At this moment, she showed the majestic authority and power of a teacher and made it known to them that if they went against her instructions, the punishment meted out would shock them.

Just listening to her telling them this, their hearts were flustered and felt uneasy. Of course they wouldn't dare disobey her.

After she had given them further instructions, she chased them out of the cave dwelling. This was because only one person was able to live in the cave dwelling. They had to figure out how they were going to live outside the cave dwelling.

"Tell you what! Let's build a wooden hut out here. It would be more convenient if we lived together anyway. It will also be faster if we work together." Luo Fei suggested, his eyes filled with excitement.

"Yes, besides we aren't going to be here just for a few days. We will most probably be staying here for at least a few months. It's probably better not to use the tents but rather work together to build a wooden hut instead! But it must be at least fifty metres away from Feng Jiu."

Upon hearing this, their eyes fell on Duan Ye: "Why does it have to be at least fifty metres away from Feng Jiu?"

"Didn't he say earlier? He wants to refine pills! Let's build the wooden hut at the upper ground! We will go and chop some wood and gather some grass first and build the wooden hut before it gets dark."

"Okay."

They responded and divided their work as they worked together. Some distance above Feng Jiu's cave dwelling, they started knocking piling into the ground and building the wooden hut. By the time the simple wooden hut was built, they were exhausted.

They looked at their achievement, although it was simple and ugly, but they were very happy because at least it was habitable.

"Let's go and find the big rocks! Feng Jiu said that it had to be at least fifty kilograms. I had a look earlier and there are some over there." Duan Ye said and pointed to a place not far up ahead. It was at the foot of the mountain. When he had a look earlier, there were loads of rocks.

"Let's go!"

They went over together and each of them carried a big rock back to the wooden hut. When they thought about the enchantments and formations that surround this area, they were able to fall asleep at ease.

When the first ray of light hit the wooden hut the next morning, the four of them washed up quickly and went out......

Chapter 1091: Keep An Eye On Them

When they got outside, they saw that Feng Jiu was already waiting for them. Therefore, they carried their big rocks and walked forwards: "Feng Jiu, are the rocks we brought back alright?"

Each person carried a big rock in their arms, weighing about fifty kilograms or so.

Feng Jiu glanced at them and nodded: "Yes, get started! Put your rock on your back and start doing squats in the shape of a half moon around here and then a half moon over there."

After she had instructed them, she looked at Cloud Devouring Beast and said: "Keep and eye on them. If they didn't complete the task or are being lazy, bite them hard. Don't kill them though, if they're dead that's it, at least if they're injured they can be treated."

"Oh." Cloud Devouring Beast replied, and it squatted down on the grass watching them with a grin,

After they heard what Feng Jiu said, other than Luo Fei who didn't know that Cloud Devouring Beast was a spirit beast, everyone else's scalp had a tingling feeling...

In the following month, Feng Jiu left the four of them under Cloud Devouring Beast's watchful eyes. She set up an enchantment outside the entrance of the cave dwelling and stayed inside refining pills.

From that first day onwards, they could hear rumbling sounds coming from the cave dwelling, and sometimes there was thunder in the sky. At first, Luo Fei didn't know about Feng Jiu's identity as the Ghost Doctor, he had only found out later on after asking Duan Ye and the rest of them.

Although he was a wealthy person in the academy and had people reporting news to him, however, he only knew about Feng Jiu coming from a Six Star Academy. He didn't know that he had such an amazing identity.

No wonder, it was no wonder that Duan Ye and the other two would follow him so willingly. To spend one year by the Ghost Doctor's side, that was an opportunity that one could only wish for.

They carried the big rocks on their backs and did squats in a half moon shape around the area. Initially, they lasted nearly four hours before they ran out of energy and had a hard time breathing. But Cloud Devouring Beast was harsh, it only listened to Feng Jiu's instructions and hence bared its sharp teeth at them. They were frightened and gritted their teeth continuing with the squats instead of taking a rest.

After half a month, their physical strength had improved. Not only were they able to do squats all morning with the big rocks on their backs without taking a break, they had also started running. Hence over the next half a month, they ran with the big rocks on their backs.

In here, they seemed to be cut off from the world outside, perhaps it was because of Feng Jiu's enchantments and formations. People and beasts from the outside hadn't ventured in here once. The peacefulness here also made them forget about the fact that they were in Hell Mountains...

The one month deadline had passed, and today, Feng Jiu who had not come out of the cave dwelling for a month had finally stepped out. She was still in her dazzling red robes, it was clean as always, undamaged and unsoiled. It made one wonder, was she really practising alchemy in there all this time?

She looked like she was resting in the cave dwelling the past month. She didn't look tired or haggard, but instead looked radiant like always and her sharp eyes were full of fierceness.

Although they were curious, they were afraid to ask as they were in awe of her imposing teacher's manner and had a trace of fear in their hearts. Of course they didn't dare ask her any questions about her own business.

Upon seeing Feng Jiu step out, Cloud Devouring Beast went to her side happily and squatted next to her. He looked well-behaved and cute. You couldn't see the brutality it possessed when it chased after them with its sharp teeth baring. They watched with their eyes wide.

Feng Jiu glanced over at them, her eyes flicked over them before she finally spoke......

Chapter 1092: Rewards And Punishments

"A month's time has passed, I can see that the training has been effective on your bodies."

Their bodies were significantly stronger, and after a month, these youths who were around sixteen to seventeen seemed to have grown half a head taller. She was very satisfied.

"Feng Jiu, what shall we do next?" Luo Fei asked with a smile.

The others waited for a response to Luo Fei's question. She had said a month ago that they would discuss what would happen next after the month had passed. That time was now.

"Starting from tomorrow, you will go into the forest to train for ten days. You will kill fierce beasts and dig out the beast crystals. The beast crystals collected in the ten days cannot be less than one hundred. In addition to that, every ten days the beast crystals will be counted, the person who has collected the least crystals will be punished severely. Half of the beast crystals collected by everyone will be given to me. As for the person who has collected the least crystals, he will have to give the remaining crystals to the person who has collected the most crystals as a reward."

When they heard this, their mouths opened wide. However, they didn't voice out any dissatisfaction.

They glanced at each other and clenched their teeth. They nodded and replied: "We understand."

They were secretly nervous, especially Ning Lang. The money addict was already thinking about how he would become victorious out of all of them. Even if he failed to win, he couldn't come last, that was too embarrassing.

Feng Jiu glanced at the few of them and asked: "Do you have any comments? If you do, then speak now, not later."

"No." They shook their heads.

Seeing this, Feng Jiu took out four vials: "This medicine can be used to treat internal and external injuries. If you administer it, it will treat internal injuries. If you crush it and sprinkle it over your wounds, it can stop bleeding."

When they heard this, their eyes lit up as they received the vial and opened it to look inside. A vial of medicine made by the Ghost Doctor was sold at a sky-high price, and even if one had money, one may not be able to buy it either. Not only did the Ghost Doctor bring them in here to train and protect them by keeping them safe, but also gave them medicine. They were pleasantly surprised by this.

"Okay, don't bother me if there's nothing wrong. If you encounter problems or dangers that you can't deal with yourself, then you can look for me." She threw a few jade slips at them and said: "Just stay in this area, don't venture too far."

"Okay." They responded happily and carefully put away the things she gave them.

After giving instructions, Feng Jiu didn't go back into the cave dwelling but started to walk out of the enchantment instead. Upon seeing this, they looked at each other and asked: "Are you going out?"

"Yes, I'm going out to get some exercise and look for some spirit herbs." She replied without turning her head.

When they heard this, they stepped forwards quickly and said: "We will go with you! What spirit herbs are you looking for? We can help."

"No need, just look after yourselves." She waved her hand and walked away. Not long later, she disappeared from their sights.

When they couldn't see Feng Jiu anymore, they paused. Ning Lang asked: "What should we do? Are we going to train separately? Or are we working in pairs?"

"Are you confident if we train separately?" Duan Ye asked the three of them.

"It should be okay. If we encounter situations we can't deal with we can run away." Luo Fei said. He thought that it was better if they trained separately, that way, the beast crystals they collect will be different.

Song Ming shook his head: "It's too dangerous to train alone, I think it's better if we work in pairs."

Chapter 1093: Strange Fruit In The Forest

Ning Lang nodded: "I also think that it's better to work in pairs, at least we will have back up this way. If each person kills their own beast, there won't be any conflict about whose beast crystals belong to whom. On the contrary, if we do encounter any danger, it can be dealt with better if there are two people together."

Duan Ye nodded as well: "Alright, then let's split into the pairs that Feng Jiu had decided on initially! I will pair up with Luo Fei, and the both of you will be on the same team."

Luo Fei shrugged his shoulders: "Okay! I'm fine either way."

"Since Feng Jiu has already gone out, let's not wait till tomorrow, let's go!"

Ning Lang gestured as he intended to go out of the enchantment circle into the forest. All this while they had been training their physical strength, but it was time to train their combat skills as well.

"Okay, let's go!"

They then walked out of the enchantment circle together. Cloud Devouring Beast saw this and after a moment's pondering, it decided to follow them, taking up the responsibility of being their bodyguard.

After leaving the enchantment circle, Feng Jiu took out the map and had a look. One of the areas on the map was marked out as a dangerous area, the level of danger was much higher than the place they were in at the moment. It was an area where fierce beasts often gathered. In addition to that, that area also had many precious elixir herbs.

Therefore, after she put away the map, she started walking towards that area. With her strength, she was confident that she would be able to walk in that place freely.

It took about two hours to walk to that area. Along the way, she saw poisonous snakes from time to time, and those snakes tried to stop her from moving forwards. She couldn't help but felt surprised.

She felt the snakes trying to stop her and she became more curious. She kept pushing her way forwards until she passed through a mist. In the mist, she heard hissing sounds. Her eyebrows raised as she became more aware, her eyes landing on an oddly shaped wild fruit tree not far away in front of her. A look of surprise crossed her eyes.

That tree was about four to five metres tall. What surprised her was that the tree didn't grow from the ground but looked like it was inserted into a vase. That was because the tree's trunk was shaped like a vase. The tree was in full bloom, and that was already a strange sight in itself.

Moreover, there weren't any wild fruit trees in this area, there was just this tree. The tree's shape was weird and there was a mist all around it, like it was trying to conceal the tree.

Because of the mist and the remoteness of this area, if it weren't because she realised the snakes were trying to stop her from approaching, she wouldn't have continued walking forwards out of curiosity and found such a strange tree.

What surprised her even more was that under the tree were a nest of colourful poisonous snakes. There were at least a few hundred snakes of different sizes. At this time, some of the snakes moved their heads upwards and made hissing noises. Some other snakes had noticed her presence and were slithering towards her.

She was surprised when she saw this. She looked over at the fruit tree again and saw a few fist sized green coloured fruits dangling from the branches between the lush leaves. They were quite eye-catching.

Because she was still some distance away from the tree, she was only able to make out the size of the fist sized fruits. She could vaguely see that they were different from ordinary fruits and there was a faint layer of spiritual energy wrapped around it.

Chapter 1094: Snake Nest

"This is a spiritual fruit?" Her eyes lit up as she stared at it. No wonder there were so many poisonous snakes guarding the fruit which resembled the shape of a bottle, because it was a spiritual fruit! But what kind of spiritual fruit was this? Why had she never seen it before?

Feeling uncertain, she was about to step forward to take a closer look when she heard loud hissing noises. Several poisonous snakes sprang out. With a wave of her hand, a sharp wind blade struck two of the snakes.

The fierce wind blade was as sharp as a knife. She thought that the wind blade would cut the snakes into several pieces like before. However, when the wind blade struck the snakes, there was a loud clang. The two snakes were only knocked over by the wind blade and fell to the ground, there were no visible wounds on the snakes. They got back up and slithered over towards her again quickly.

Upon seeing this, she was slightly surprised and retreated quickly. She felt very strange, how could her wind blade not kill the poisonous snakes? Moreover, there was a 'clang' that sounded like metal when it struck the poisonous snakes.

While she retreated, she sized up the poisonous snakes and saw that the snakes that were attacking her were a small snake and a medium snake. Some of the larger poisonous snakes were curled up under the tree. Amongst them was a much larger snake, it was most likely the Snake King. It was as thick as a man's arm and about three metres long. At this time, the snake was staring at her with its red eyes, flicking its tongue.

"Are you threatening me?"

She raised her eyebrows, planning her move, as she watched the Snake King screech at her, its tongue flicking, staring at her fiercely with its red bloodthirsty snake eyes.

These snakes probably belong to gold attributes and therefore cannot be killed by swords. What about realgar, what snakes feared most? She retrieved a bottle of realgar from her space, unscrewed the lid and threw it at the snakes.

However, when the realgar landed on the snakes, she couldn't help but blink involuntarily when she saw that it had no effect on them at all. The snakes were still nested under the tree and didn't slither away, as if they didn't smell the realgar at all.

Upon seeing this, she touched her chin and her eyes moved slightly. Realgar was useless? How could it be useless? Normally, any kind of poisonous snake wouldn't be able to withstand the smell of realgar. Realgar was the natural nemesis of snakes. The situation at hand had her worried.

Her eyes shifted and landed on the tree. The snakes were unharmed by swords and not afraid of realgar, but what about the fruit on the strange spiritual tree?

It seemed that she needed to understand what kind of tree this was, and why the snakes were so reluctant to leave the tree. Since neither realgar nor sword could hurt the snakes, what about..... Poison?

With this idea in her head, she jumped up and moved to an area further away from the tree. She set up barrier enchantments around her to prevent the snakes from coming in and then retrieved the pill furnace from space and picked out several herbal medicines. She began working and mixed together about twenty or so herbal medicines and elixir medicines, then finally, she was ready to ignite the pill furnace.

Flames screamed under the pill furnace, until when the right temperature was reached, she put the prepared mixture into it. After about an hour, the twenty or so medicines were combined within the pill furnace and the smell of the medicines permeated the air. She couldn't help but start to wonder.

The snakes became unusual because of the unknown spiritual fruit tree, once her pot of medicine was ready, would it have the desired effect she wanted to achieve?

When she thought of this, her eyes twitched and she retrieved three more medicines from space and added it to the pill furnace.

Chapter 1095: Nest Of Snakes Fighting Between Themselves

She thought that the pills would be ready in about four to six hours. However, the pill furnace made a rumbling sound from time to time, till the temperature of the pill furnace started to burn. The pill furnace was red hot, and Feng Jiu who had never encountered this problem before was getting a little nervous.

"Is the furnace going to blow up? Should she continue? I added more thunder vines and reduced the quantities of snake grass and ground spark, so why has it turned out like that?"

She murmured, puzzlement in her eyes. As she looked at the red hot furnace, she couldn't help by step back slightly. In the past, when the pill furnaces exploded, it just exploded, unlike this time where the entire furnace was red but it still hadn't exploded.

She was worried as this was not the best pill furnace. She thought that this pill furnace was good enough since the pills were lower than fifth grade. She didn't realise this would happen when she added more medicines.

If the pill furnace exploded, her medicines would be wasted. However, the pills weren't ready so she couldn't open the pill furnace. She could only stand by and watch and be prepared in case it exploded.

It was evening when Feng Jiu saw that the pills were nearly formed and the hot air poured out of the pill furnace. She stepped backwards involuntarily and whispered: "Did I put in too much ground sparks? Or did I add too much thunder vine? It looks like it's going to explode!"

Just as she stopped whispering, she saw a gush of air. She was so shocked that she rushed out of the enchantment circle and escaped into the distance. The furnace behind her exploded with a loud bang.

"Damn!"

Feng Jiu was dumbfounded as she looked at the exploded furnace. The pill furnace had melted into scraps of metal and was scattered all over the place. A huge cloud of smoke like black mushrooms rushed upwards to the sky and gushed out from below. It stayed stagnant in the air for a while before it was dispersed by the wind.

She hadn't noticed that just as the pill furnace exploded, a black elixir had flown out and landed near the nest of snakes.

When a little snake caught the scent of the elixir, it slithered towards it hissing and swallowed the black elixir. Just after the snake had swallowed the elixir, its belly wobbled as if there was a stream of air inside it. The snake's body exuded the spiritual power and breath of the elixir.

This attracted the attention of the other snakes. One snake about two fingers wide and one metre long slithered forwards quickly towards the small snake. It opened its mouth and swallowed the small snake whole.

This scene kept repeating itself, the bigger snake swallowed the smaller snake. There were several snakes fighting with each other as if there was something delicious to eat. All the snakes in the snake nest slithered out and they fought amongst themselves. They chased after the snake that had swallowed the elixir, fighting to swallow the snake.

Even the Snake King under the Spiritual tree raised its head and flicked its tongue making a hissing sound. Its bloodthirsty eyes stared nervously at the nest of snakes fighting before it.

After Feng Jiu watched the cloud of black smoke disappear, she sighed to herself: "Does this mean I have to start again?"

She was a little disappointed and was planning to prepare another pot of medicine when out of the corner of her eye, she noticed the nest of snakes near the spiritual tree fighting. When she saw the big snakes open its mouths and swallow the smaller snakes, she couldn't help but blink in surprise.

Chapter 1096: Seizing The Tree from the Snake's Mouth

What had happened?

Why was it all in chaos over there? Other than the Snake King that was still tightly wrapped around the trunk of the spirit tree, the other snakes had left the snake nest and were tangled up a few metres away from the tree.

She had some suspicions and stepped closer. When she was a few metres away, she was surprised as she could smell the aroma of medicine in the air.

"This.....isn't this the smell of snake grass?"

She was a little stunned as she stared at the snakes fighting. Suddenly, her eyes lit up: "Could it be that the pill was completed? That's right, that is the smell of snake grass! Hahahaha!"

She laughed suddenly and her expression full of joy as she looked at the small snake was swallowed by the big snake. She watched as the big snakes fought amongst themselves, biting and twisting.....

Fight, fight!

It would be even better if that big snake also came to fight with the other snakes. Then she could make use of the opportunity and get close to the tree and move the whole tree into space to grow within the spirit field. She would be able to study the tree in her own time.

Having made up her mind, she proceeded to lure the big snake away. She made use of the darkened sky and concealed herself. She surrounded herself with the breath around her and became merged with the trees in the forest.

In the dark, she watched the snake look around and staring at the place she was standing at previously and then looked around again. It gradually loosened its body and slithered forward.

It wasn't moving fast, it seemed to be unsure about leaving the spirit tree unprotected. Therefore, even though its three metre long body had slithered away from the tree, its tail was still wrapped around the spirit tree's trunk.

The nest of snakes that were fighting amongst themselves were moving further and further away from the spirit tree. They had actually moved about five metres away from the spirit tree, so if the Snake King wanted to compete, it had to leave the spirit tree. After its snake head had slithered two to three metres away, it glanced back at the unripe fruits on the spirit tree. Its bloodthirsty eyes looked around again and then it slithered forwards fiercely.

Its speed was extremely fast, there was a swish sound as its body surged forwards. Its mouth opened so wide it reached the back of its head. Its mouth wasn't that at first, but now it was big enough to swallow an adult rabbit whole.

At the moment the Snake King surged forwards with its mouth open wide and bit the snake's head then swallowed it whole into its belly, Feng Jiu snuck behind it and reached the spirit tree.

There were no snakes in the snake nest under the spirit tree, they had all rushed out to fight for the elixir. Therefore, she got to the tree without any obstructions. With one hand on the spirit tree, her eyes were fixed on the Snake King that had slithered away.

The spiritual power in her body surged and her palm gathered spiritual breath reaching the same level as her consciousness, accompanied by a clear shout from her: "Collect!"

The spirit bottle tree that was deeply rooted into the ground disappeared before her eyes in an instant. It was teleported into her space and replanted in her spirit field.

"Ssss!"

The Snake King that had just swallowed the snake looked back and saw that the spirit bottle tree had been taken by Feng Jiu. Its bloodthirsty eyes turned red and the snake let out a loud hiss.

Terrifying breath and evil spread out instantly, the snake's tail flicked and slammed down hard on the ground, sending a sharp air blade towards Feng Jiu. At the same time, the snake turned around and slithered towards Feng Jiu at great speed.

Chapter 1097: Chased By A Snake

Upon seeing this, Feng Jiu retreated quickly and grinned: "When something lands in my hands, no one can take it away, let alone you, a snake." By the time she finished speaking, she had already retreated several metres away.

"Ssss!"

"Boom!"

The Snake King was enraged and flicked out its tongue, at the same time, venom came spitting out of its mouth. The venom shot out towards Feng Jiu but it was not as quick as Feng Jiu and it landed a metre away from Feng Jiu.

"Damn! You're vicious!"

Feng Jiu glanced back and saw the moment its saliva landed on the ground, it dissolved the ground and corroded everything beneath it as it made a sizzling sound as a hole formed in the ground. The weeds and trees that were spattered with the snake's saliva withered and became lifeless. She stared dumbfounded at the scene before her.

Her playful attitude disappeared when she saw this. The Snake King was a holy beast, and although it couldn't speak, its spiritual wisdom was awakened. Now that it had seen her take the spirit tree, it would definitely chase her.

She was confident that with her speed, the snake would be unable to catch up to her. The problem was the venom that it spat from its mouth could travel several metres and it was extremely toxic. If she wasn't careful, it would be catastrophic.

But...

She was surprised as she looked back at the snake, it had eaten the snake that had swallowed her elixir, but why had it not exploded? She had added a lot of poison in her elixir, along with Thunder Vine, Ground Sparks and Snake Grass, those ingredients were impossible to resist and fatal to snakes!

So why was the snake on in any discomfort after eating it, but seemed to have become...... thicker and stronger?

She was sure that the snake's body was as thick as a man's arm, but why did the snake's body look like it had more than doubled in thickness? Also, the colour of the snake's skin seemed to be changing?

What was the reason? Even if her elixir had been neutralised by them, but it should have hurt them a little bit and not made them stronger?

"Boom!"

She saw the snake tail slam on the ground and the ground cracked open causing the trees that blocked its path falling to the side. The force caused so much destruction that she couldn't help but quickened her speed and ran as she was chased by the Snake King from behind.

What made Feng Jiu's scalp tingle and go numb was the Snake King's hissing scream that reverberated through the forest. Wherever they passed, poisonous snakes in the forest joined in the pursuit and followed behind the Snake King forming a large army of snakes hunting down Feng Jiu at the front.

Upon seeing the large flock of colourful poisonous snakes behind her, Feng Jiu sucked in a deep breath: "Hai, if I ran any slower I might actually get eaten by you." The figure in red flashed past as she accelerated and increased her breath as she swept through the forest like a ghost. The distance between her and the snakes gradually increased.

As the daylight dimmed, loud thudding noises and the hissing sounds of the poisonous snakes drifted through the forest. The movement was so great that some of the fierce beasts in the forest couldn't help but avoid them.

The chase didn't stop when night fell. On the contrary, on this night, as Feng Jiu ran and the snakes chased her from behind, they attempted to surround her.....

Chapter 1098: Looks Familiar

Early the next morning.

Somewhere in this area, some cultivators were resting in the forest. This group of cultivators were the same group who had a tiff with Feng Jiu and the rest.

Although they were hit by Feng JIu, their injuries were not fatal. Feng Jiu was only teaching them a lesson and messed with them so that they couldn't catch up with them.

These cultivators had finally made their way over. Ever since they entered the forest, they searched for Feng Jiu and the rest so that they could kill them to appease their hatred. They have been in the forest for nearly a month but still haven't found Feng Jiu and the rest.

"Boss, maybe those lads have been killed by others or dragged away by fierce beasts. They wouldn't be able to survive till now. Otherwise it's impossible that we've been in here for nearly a month and not seen them."

"Those lads are quite capable, they won't die so easily. Moreover, it won't be as satisfying if they have been killed by others. Therefore, I hope that they are still alive so that they can die by our hands!"

The two strong men were sitting under a tree talking, One of them was especially sullen and exuded murderous energy when they talked about Feng Jiu.

They have been wandering the world for many years, so it was one thing to be defeated, but another matter entirely to be defeated by some young lads. The thought of that suffocated their hearts.

"They haven't gone far, they should be around here somewhere. I don't believe that after nearly a month we won't find them in this area!" He tightened his fists, his expression somber: "Once they fall into my hands, I will let them know that death is a luxury!"

"Boss, rest assured, I will let our comrades know to keep an eye out for them." The strong man said to him, and his expression changed suddenly.

The Golden Core cultivator noticed that something was amiss and asked: "What's wrong?"

The strong man didn't speak, instead he lay on his side and listened to the ground carefully. After a while, he got up and said: "Boss, something is wrong. Something is coming our way. It's still quite a distance away. I can hear the sound. It's about a thousand metres away but the speed is very fast."

"Coming this way? What is it? A fierce beast?" The Golden Core cultivator asked.

"There is the sound of someone running and also some heavy thudding noises. It's too far away and that's all I can hear. I can't tell what is causing the sound of the thudding noises." The strong man said with a solemn face and asked: "Boss, shall we avoid it?"

The Golden Core peak-level cultivator nodded his head: "Since you can't tell what it is, let's avoid it for now. Tell our comrades to move to one side and avoid it."

"Yes." The strong man responded then shouted in a loud voice and led his comrades quickly to one side.

However, that Golden Core peak-level cultivator didn't retreat far. He let the others retreat further away while he waited to see what was approaching. Was it a person? Or was it a fierce beast?

Therefore, when they had gathered their breath and retreated to the sides, they were surprised when they saw a figure of red approach from far. Even the Golden Core peak-level cultivator was startled and surprised.

"Why does that figure look so familiar?"

The figure in red was dazzling even before it came near. It was already visible from far away. Therefore, the Golden Core peak-level cultivator narrowed his eyes and stepped out of the darkness.

Chapter 1099: It's That Kid In Red

Upon seeing that flying figure in red approach and draw near, that Golden Core peak-level cultivator's expression was serious. He then suddenly looked up and laughed out loud: "Hahahaha! It took no effort at all! That kid in red has come to us!"

When they heard his words, the cultivators in the back rushed out and tried to block Feng Jiu's path.

Feng Jiu who was flying from last night fleeing from the snakes chasing after her from behind would not have been able to last this long if she didn't have medicines to supplement her physical strength. Therefore, when she saw the group of cultivators appear in front of her, she was startled.

They looked a little familiar!

Was it the group of cultivators they met at the edge of the cliff?

Once she remembered who they were and saw that they had knives in their hands staring at her viciously and murderously, she couldn't help but grin and waved happily at them. Whilst she ran towards them, she shouted loudly: "It's you! Hahaha! We have so much fate"

The cultivators were startled when they saw the boy in red running towards them with excitement and a big grin on his face. They were puzzled. Does he not remember them? Has he forgotten their quarrel? Otherwise, why would he still run towards them with excitement when he saw them holding knives in their hands with murderous looks?

"Boom!"

Suddenly, the loud bang behind got the attention of the cultivators and they heard hissing sounds immediately. They froze for a moment, then looked behind the boy in red. Their faces paled when they saw what was behind him.

"Bloody hell, what, what is that?"

"So many snakes? What the hell did this kid do? How did he provoke so many snakes?"

"Hiss! Quick run! The giant snake in front is a holy beast! If you don't run now you will become a snake's snack!"

1"Dammit! That kid has trapped us! He wants to kill us!"

The cultivators sucked in a cold breath and cursed indignantly then turned around and ran away. No one cared about looking for Feng Jiu now. Even the Golden Core peak-level cultivator in charge was scared at this point. He glared angrily and resentfully at Feng Jiu, he clenched his teeth and shouted: "Kid! Don't come our way! You run far away! Further away from us!"

However, Feng Jiu grinned and ran in their direction shouting: "Wait for me! Don't run too fast, wait for me!"

The cultivators looked back and saw the young boy in red waving at them with a smile on his face as he ran towards them. About one hundred metres behind him was a large nest of poisonous snakes, they were large and small in size and of various colours.

The most terrifying thing was the giant snake at the front. Just looking at the giant snake terrified them so much their goosebumps raised up. At that point, the cultivators were scolding Feng Jiu.

"Damn it bastard! Don't follow us!"

"Don't follow us, go away! Don't come near us!"

"The flock of snakes are after you, don't lead them to us, go away, go away!"

Their voices were full of panic and fear as the cultivators ran. Feng Jiu who was chasing behind them grinned and said in a loud voice: "I have to follow you, as long as I am with you I won't be afraid!"

Chapter 1100: Object In The Belly

She caught up with them very quickly and ran into the group of cultivators grinning at them: "I didn't expect to meet you here, I am really happy. You will have to run faster or the nest of snakes behind will catch up."

"Damn it! Go away!" One of the cultivators beside her scolded, the sword in his hand veered towards Feng Jiu with a murderous intention.

Feng Jiu's eyes flickered, her mouth twitched upwards and she said: "Don't use your swords and knives! I don't really like fighting that much. But if you want to practice, I can help you."

When her voice fell, she dodged the sword and waved her sleeve and sent out a spiritual power that was visible to the naked eye. It poured out like a wave and pushed the cultivator to the back putting more than ten metres between them.

"Ah!"

The cultivator exclaimed. The force pushed him back more than ten metres and his steps were unsteady as he stepped backwards. Instead of going forwards, he had stepped backwards and the nest of snakes surged forwards.

"Sizzle..."

The poisonous snakes spit out venom and the cultivator was horrified. He glanced backwards and screamed: "Ah! Help! Help me...."

Behind him, the snakes swarmed up and were just ten metres behind him. The Snake KIng's mouth opened and spit out venom. The venom splashed onto the ground and made a sizzling sound as it corroded the ground...

"Ah!"

Even though the venom didn't hit the cultivator, the cultivator was so scared that he let out a terrified scream. His legs went weak and his steps were staggered as his pace slowed down. The Snake King behind him opened its mouth wide and slithered forwards swallowing the cultivator whole.

"Crack!"

The sounds of bones breaking accompanied the screams from behind. The cultivators in front looked back and their faces paled when they saw what had happened.

They saw half of the Foundation mid-level cultivator's body being swallowed by the Snake King. As the Snake King's mouth closed, they saw its sharp teeth dripping with venom snap the cultivator's body, breaking the bones at the waist.

The struggling body stopped moving with the sound of the cracking of his bones and was soon swallowed whole by the Snake King. The Snake King's body contracted and expanded from swallowing the body and finally returned to its original state when the body moved to the snake's belly. The bloodthirsty fierce eyes of the snake stared at the cultivators and the snake hissed loudly as it chased after them.

"Ah! Quick, run! Run!"

The cultivators in front were shocked by what they saw and their hearts shuddered. The breath of death enveloped them suddenly and they were even more frightened and shocked.

At this moment, some of the cultivators who couldn't stand the pursuit of the snakes screamed and fled to the sides hoping to escape a horrible death.

However, not long after they had fled, screams were heard.

The screams attracted the attention of the other cultivators. It turned out that thousands of snakes had surrounded the whole area. Not long after those cultivators had fled to the side, they were tangled up by flocks of snakes and soon became the object in the snakes' bellies......