Chapter 12 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“This Li Changshou, he could have just followed a pair. Why did he have to go on a third path?!”

Among the clouds above the Chaos Treasure Forest, Jiu Jiu was seated atop a grey cloud. She smacked her knee in frustration, and then picked up a wine gourd to take a huge gulp. She wanted to resolve the worry in her heart.

She did not expect so many disciples to come to the North Continent during this Priming Meet. Four of them were even among the most treasured immortal seedlings in the sect. She could not allow anything to happen to them.

Now, five of them were being so bold as to split into three groups. Jiu Jiu began to feel pressured.

‘They are all really young cows that do not fear tigers! Youths who know no fear!’

Yet, Jiu Jiu recalled what she was like when she was still a young disciple. Wasn’t she just as ambitious as they were?

Jiu Jiu picked up her wine gourd and removed the stopper. Then, she paused and replaced it.

‘Forget it. I’ll wait for 20 days.’

Due to the Miasma Qi, Perfected Jiu Jiu’s immortal senses could not expand too far.

The good thing was that they were in the outer region of the North Continent. The beasts there were not that skillful. Moreover, few human cultivators or demons would remain in these outer regions. Instead, most of them would travel deeper.

After pondering for a moment, Jiu Jiu turned to look at Yuwen Ling, who was standing on a gray cloud behind her. She wanted to ask him to follow Youqin Xuanya and Yuan Qing so that she could relieve some stress. However, just before she said it out loud, Jiu Jiu blinked.

‘Aunt-Master Jiu, this person has come for unknown reasons and is slightly suspicious. Don’t trust him easily.’

She recalled the voice transmission that Li Changshou had sent to her when she had been chasing him away. Jiu Jiu did not take Li Changshou’s word for it. After all, the hunk looked like he would collapse with a single blow from her.

However, for some reason, Jiu Jiu really hesitated.

‘Forget it. The five of them have not wandered outside my immortal awareness for now. I don’t need to panic.’

She steered the gray cloud forward, and then turned around to say, “Hunk, follow me closely.”

“Rest a.s.sured, Exalted Immortal,” replied Yuwen Ling, cupping his hands. He maintained a three-foot distance between them as he followed behind Jiu Jiu.

The group chose three different paths. Naturally, the further they walked, the further apart they became.

After pondering about it for a while, Jiu Jiu decided to follow behind w.a.n.g Ji and Liu Yan’er temporarily. As for Yuan Qing and Youqin Xuanya, she was slightly more relieved.

As for Li Changshou, Jiu Jiu was worried, but she could not just let the pairs wander off on their own while she protected the man who went solo. This would make it too obvious that she was being biased.

Jiu Jiu was prepared to follow behind all three groups in turn. At the very most, she would ensure that she spent equal time following and protecting each of them!

The Priming Meet rules were that the immortals only had to send the disciples to the destination and allow them to train inside. There was no need for them to bother about anything else.

As the saying went, “Whether one survived or not would be up to fate.” The disciples would be able to grow much faster in such dangerous circ.u.mstances. However, pus.h.i.+ng them into such dangerous circ.u.mstances came with the risk of losing them or injuring them.

According to Jiu Jiu’s immortal senses, Youqin Xuanya and Yuan Qing were advancing very quickly towards the region that they wanted to reach. The pool where the Fire-Loathing Enlightenment Herbs grew was considered one of the safest places within the Chaos Treasure Forest.

Those two did not dare to fly. However, they were advancing quite quickly. They were not talking much and were running one in front of the other. From time to time, poisonous beasts would attempt to attack them, but they would deal with them easily.

‘Indeed, the Heaven-Breaking Peak’s disciples are the most reliable.’

Jiu Jiu looked further down and could see w.a.n.g Ji and Liu Yan’er’s situation. Both of them were talking as they walked. It looked like they were taking at least a slight interest in each other. Although poisonous insects and beasts often tried to attack them, they dealt with them accordingly. Their skills were quite commendable.

‘Nothing huge is happening, but why do I feel so oddly unsatisfied?’

Jiu Jiu pursed her lips, wanting to observe Li Changshou’s situation. She focused her immortal senses and discovered that he was missing!

Had he been torn into pieces by poisonous beasts so quickly?! Or had he been swallowed whole?!

Jiu Jiu frowned and quickly intensified the search using her immortal senses.

That was not right. He was using a technique to s.h.i.+eld himself from her immortal senses. She could still sense the brat’s aura in the north, and he was also moving at top speed. He was moving at least double the speed of Youqin Xuanya and Yuan Qing!

‘Brat, you’re a Soul Formation cultivator in the Ninth Stage, yet you are flying towards the deeper regions of the Chaos Treasure Forest? Are you rus.h.i.+ng to die?!’

Jiu Jiu tilted her chin upward and groaned wordlessly, causing her already-torn top to shake violently.

She glanced at w.a.n.g Ji and Liu Yan’er, who were currently studying a poisonous flower. Then, she pointed forward with her left hand and sped up to chase Li Changshou.

She would catch this fellow and throw him to w.a.n.g Ji to be taken care of!

A moment later, Jiu Jiu finally caught up with Li Changshou and traveled the same way he was advancing. However, when she looked down to study him, she frowned even more deeply.

That brat seemed to be using a Track-Concealing Talisman to hide his aura. That would allow him to avoid detection from ferocious beasts far away.

What’s more, Li Changshou was not risking flying. Instead, he was using his brilliant Dragon Swimming Across Clouds footwork and causing afterimages to form underneath his feet. This cultivator in the Ninth Stage of Soul Formation was at peak performance.

‘That’s not right. The herb tripod hanging from this fella’s waist…’

Jiu Jiu scrunched up her nose after smelling a strange odor. She looked down to study it for a while, and then immediately looked shocked.

‘It’s the Saliva of the Red Yang Poisonous Dragon?!’

Red Yang Poisonous Dragons lived in the North Sea. They loved eating demons, poisonous beasts, and ordinary living beings. However, they were too violent and conducted ma.s.sacres everywhere. As a result, the already lacking luck of the dragon race had run out. Tens of thousands of years ago, the dragon race had purged them.

‘The Saliva of Red Yang Poisonous Dragons is not considered a rare treasure, but it’s still quite expensive. Where did this brat, Li Changshou, get it?’