AWB Chapter 103 Who Provoked the Jade-Eyed Fox?
Chapter 103 Who Provoked the Jade-Eyed Fox?
They ignored each other; passing on the legacy was the most important thing.
Yun Zhao and Qi Yan were not in a hurry and walked forward slowly. Those cultivators came for the inheritance, and they didn't care about ordinary spiritual plants and were too lazy to pick them.
This benefited the two of them greatly; wherever they went, they plundered everything in sight, almost even bulldozing off a piece of the land.
The Cold Wood Dragon had high standards and looked down on those low-level spiritual plants. It coiled itself on the hairpin in Yun Zhao's hair and said, "You two have had enough. You look like you've never seen the world before. You're really embarrassing this dragon."
"You actually like those things? If it were me, I wouldn't even give them a second glance!"
Yun Zhao wasn't annoyed and said with a smile, "It's because we don't have any money in our pockets. These spiritual plants can at least be sold for some spirit stones."
In fact, that's not the case. The spiritual energy in the Lingxu Secret Realm is so rich that even a weed grows better than outside, let alone spiritual plants.
Lu Mingdao asked them to pick more spiritual plants to take back, as he wanted to test the difference between using spiritual plants from the Spirit Void Secret Realm to refine pills and using those from outside.
By chance, a long time ago, he obtained a spiritual plant that he had brought out when the Spirit Void Secret Realm opened last time.
After refining the pill, he found that its effects were much better than other pills, so this time, he wanted to make more to try.
Yun Zhao thought to herself, "My senior uncle has a real scientific spirit, of course I support him!"
She had a complete guide to spiritual plants given to her by Lu Mingdao, as well as tens of thousands of jade boxes. She was comparing them with the guide and was thinking of using up all the jade boxes before the secret realm ended.
So she picked them whenever she saw them, regardless of whether they were low-grade or high-grade.
Han Mujiao looked disdainful and casually took out ten million spirit stones. "Here, take it and spend it however you like!"
"Thank you, Uncle Jiao!"
Yun Zhao swore that this was absolutely the most sincere "Uncle" she had ever called out!
Qi Yan, who was silently digging for spiritual plants, twitched at the corner of his mouth. He was just waiting to see when Yun Zhao would empty the Cold Wood Dragon's storage bag.
Well, judging from Han Mujiao's generous manner, he shouldn't have to wait long.
Having received the spirit stones and having dug up enough spirit plants, Yun Zhao continued on his journey.
This time, they only picked the high-grade spiritual plants. Before picking them, they had to fight the guardian monster, which they considered a training exercise.
After walking for a while, Yun Zhao discovered a pattern: the demonic beasts he encountered at the beginning had low cultivation levels, but their cultivation levels gradually increased later on.
Even when they were almost at Lingxu Palace, they encountered a green-eyed fox at the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage.
Yun Zhao glanced at it and then gestured for Qi Yan to leave with her. Although the spiritual plant guarded by the Jade-Eyed Fox was precious, they didn't need it. There was no need to cause a big problem for a single spiritual plant.
Strangely, the spirit plant guarded by the powerful Azure-Eyed Fox was thin and sickly, as if it would die at any moment.
Yun Zhao had no intention of getting entangled with the Azure-Eyed Fox, but as soon as the Azure-Eyed Fox saw them, it acted as if it had seen its father and mother's killers, howling and charging forward.
Qi Yan immediately pushed Yun Zhao behind a tree and began fighting with the Jade-Eyed Fox.
Yun Zhao was pacing anxiously behind a tree. She couldn't go and hinder Qi Yan, but she wanted to help in some way.
But with her cultivation level, what help could she possibly offer?
Or should we throw the Cold Wood Dragon over to help?
"Zhaozhao, something's not right there."
For some reason, the Cold Wood Dragon felt a chill run down its spine and shivered. It pointed in the direction of the spirit plant guarded by the Azure-Eyed Fox.
"What's wrong?"
“I recognize the spiritual plant guarded by the Azure-Eyed Fox. Generally, that thing grows into a large patch, so why is there only one single seedling now?”
Inspired by the Cold Wood Dragon, Yun Zhao carefully observed the place where the spiritual plant was located and discovered that there were actually human footprints there!
Although the footprints were obscured by something, they were still faintly discernible.
Looking at Qi Yan and Bi Tong Hu, Qi Yan was at the ninth level of the Golden Core stage, yet he could fight Bi Tong Hu, who was at the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage, to a draw. It was unclear whether Qi Yan was too powerful or Bi Tong Hu was too useless.
“Neither,” Hanmu Jiao observed for a moment and said, “The Azure-Eyed Fox is injured, and quite badly so.”
Yun Zhao connected these findings and came to a conclusion--
Someone used despicable means to injure the Azure Fox and steal the spiritual plant it was guarding. Moreover, that person was wearing the same clothes as them, which is why the Azure Fox was so angry when it saw them.
As for why despicable means were used...
Along their journey, whenever they defeated the guardian beast and obtained the spiritual plant, the guardian beast would not seek revenge.
Rather than saying those spiritual plants are their possessions, it's more accurate to say they are what they protect.
Yun Zhao thought they were like NPCs in a game, and players could get certain rewards (heavenly treasures) after defeating them.
They were wearing the robes of direct disciples of the Qingyun Sect. Among the disciples who entered the Qingyun Sect, only a few were capable of injuring the Jade-Eyed Fox.
Yun Zhao thought it was Song Zhiyuan.
There's no particular reason, I just simply felt that he wasn't a good person.
Having figured this out, Yun Zhao jumped out and shouted, "Stop!"
To make sure the two people in the midst of their fierce battle could hear her, she used her spiritual energy to amplify her voice many times over.
Hearing her shout, Qi Yan and Bi Tonghu subconsciously stopped and looked at her. When they realized what they were doing, Bi Tonghu roared angrily and was about to start fighting again.
Yun Zhao hurriedly said, "Stop fighting! We weren't the ones who hurt you, but we can help you find him and get revenge!"
Upon hearing these words, the Azure-Eyed Fox glanced at her subconsciously. After a moment's thought, it howled at Yun Zhao.
The demonic beasts in the Spirit Void Secret Realm are different from those outside. The demonic beasts here cannot speak human language. Even Hanmu Jiao, who is also a demonic beast, and Qi Yan, a member of the demon race, cannot understand their language.
However, Yun Zhao felt that he vaguely understood the meaning behind the Azure-Eyed Fox's cries.
"Are you asking who hurt you?"
The Azure-Eyed Fox looked surprised. It hadn't expected Yun Zhao to understand its meaning. After all, they weren't true demon beasts and couldn't communicate with other demon beasts, let alone humans.
However, the most important thing right now is to find that group of humans from before.
Then, the Azure-Eyed Fox howled at Yun Zhao, and Yun Zhao would occasionally say something in return. It seemed like they were talking at cross purposes, but in reality, they were having a serious conversation.
A few minutes later, Yun Zhao learned what had happened.
The Azure-Eyed Fox had been obediently guarding its spiritual plant. It was probably the most powerful demon beast in the secret realm. Anyone who wanted to challenge it to obtain the spiritual plant must also be a very powerful cultivator.
The Azure-Eyed Fox hadn't seen anyone in the Spirit Void Secret Realm for many years, and it was eagerly anticipating its battle with them.
A few days ago, a group of humans came to it. The leader and a few others fought with it, while the others took advantage of its predicament to dig up the spiritual plant it was guarding!
Yun Zhao was puzzled. "A feint to the east while attacking in the west? Isn't that a tactic? Why are you so angry?"
A fierce glint flashed in the Azure-Eyed Fox's eyes. If that were all, it certainly wouldn't attack any cultivator dressed like that group of people so casually.
That group did other things too!