Chapter 96 – The Jungle Python (2/2)

Wang Zhong was a bit surprised: “Oh boy, you’ve already reached the peak of the ‘transformation’ layer!”

“I don’t think I would have been able to do this without the help of the Dan pellets.” Lone Leaf smiled.

Wang Zhong said: “I guess being a student of a big school does have its benefits… they do give you a lot of expensive Dan pellets to assist with your training.”

Lone Leaf continued to smile, but didn’t say anything.

Bi Fan handed over Lone Leaf and Wang Zhong’s shares of the Vine’s collection, and the four of them continued on their way.

The Devil’s Secret Forest was a vast treasure trove, and once inside, one would need more than just luck to stumble upon something, like… a discerning vision.

There were probably several other extremely precious herbs inside this forest, like the purple Vine which the four of them had just acquired, but these herbs were rarely ever taken by others, as most people were oddly blind to their value.

Young practitioners generally concentrate on martial training, and rarely ever have any knowledge of refining materials, like herbs.

The disciples of big martial arts sects, especially, are made to focus their attention on training their strength, and are really given any knowledge on other subjects such as alchemy. These schools usually wait till their students have first acquired enough strength, before they diversify their disciple’s horizons and imparted knowledge of other skills.

Except of course those students, who demonstrate an innate gift for activities like Alchemy at an early age; these kids are usually trained in their specific sciences only since an early age. However, these people rarely ever ventured out into the wild, and are very highly unlikely to adventure into the Devil’s Abyss.

This was one of the primary reasons, owing to which Bi Fan and his friends, had been lucky enough to find such a valuable Panacea.

In the past, Bi Fan had been compelled to learn and study herbs, but this knowledge of his, was coming in handy at this time.

They hadn’t ventured very deep into the Forest, when they ran into the Purple vine, so obviously, they could sense that the Devil’s Forest probably has quite a few more of such treasures within its boundary.

Bi Fan’s eyes were full of expectations, and his excitement was visible in the manner in which he was looking around the forest.

As a former medicine orchard farmer, Bi Fan had a gift for being able to spot precious herbs; so obviously, his excitement was beyond that of a boy who was looking for magical weapons.

“Brother Bi Fan, how did you know about that?” Lone Leaf was quite intrigued by Bi Fan’s knowledge.

He wasn’t the only one; even Wang Zhong and Blue Dragon were marveling at Bi Fan’s versatility.

A person only has a limited amount of energy to expend. So, if Wang Zhong was interested in martial training, then his knowledge on other aspects was fairly limited.

Bi Fan on the other hand, since a young age, had been concentrating on martial training, while developing such a deep understanding of herbs; a feat, which obviously required a lot of effort.

Bi Fan replied: “I don’t know much, but I’m slowly learning. I like alchemy, and some day, if I find the right teacher, I would like to learn more about the science of alchemy.”

“Well, I can’t do that. I’m a very lazy person, so I’m just going to concentrate on martial training.” Wang Zhong spoke up.

Blue Dragon nodded in agreement: “I just like to fight, so I’ll just redeem these vines for spar (currency).”

“If possible, I too would like to dip my hands in the refining and alchemy divisions… Ah, that would be pretty useful. But then again, it takes too much effort.” Although Lone Leaf had some desire to learn the science, but, he too, preferred martial training over other sciences.

Bi Fan mulled over their words for a few while, but didn’t give up on the idea of learning alchemy.

“Jungle Python!” Wang Zhong sucked down a gulp of cold air, as he cautioned the others.

First, they heard the sounds of rustling; followed by the sight of trees shaking at a distance.

Wang Zhong hadn’t seen the culprit yet, and was plainly relying on his vast experience while making the speculation.

After a few moments, the four of them were finally able to see the giant jungle Python; the long, and thick, jungle python.

This jungle Python was long enough to encircle two people at the same time, and they hadn’t even seen the entire length of its body yet.

The Jungle Python saw the four humans, and the Chimera, and suddenly raised his head, opened his mouth, and a stale smell filled the air.

“This guy has some serious breath issues.” Lone Leaf observed, as he covered his nose.

Jungle Pythons are gifted with immense physical strength, and are far more powerful than ordinary Apes.

The Python that there confronted with, was already at the peak of the ‘Transformation’ layer, which when coupled with his brute physical strength, made it effectively as strong as an ‘Emerging from the Womb’ layer enemy. Bi Fan had been confronted with a Python in his past travels, which is why he knew this quite well.

Bi Fan and Wang Zhong looked at each other; their body language carried a trace of fear.

This wasn’t good for them; this jungle python was too strong, and neither of them wanted to find themselves buried into the belly of one.

As for the treasure this Python was guarding, well, let’s just say that the four of them were least bothered to think about it.