Chapter 711 – The White Lotus Appears Again (1/2)

“Travel in a straight line!” Li Qingshan said suddenly.

Goldie A’bao was taken aback before returning to his senses. He was no longer the Goldie A’bao of the past.

The path through the forest was not straight. Instead, it twisted and turned due to the terrain. If the Bone Eating tribe really came after him, they would definitely send people straight for the Fragrant Flower market and intercept them mid-way. Traveling in a straight line would be much faster than following the path.

As a merchant who had lived in the Mist province his entire life, he actually needed the reminder of someone else, so he could not help but become rather ashamed. Actually, he had yet to completely adjust to this new power and forgot that many of the dangers and obstructions in the jungle were no longer a big deal to him.

“Yes, sir!”

When he arrived at a bend, he travelled straight, leaping off the cliff. He constantly bounded off the rocks and slowed down his fall before landing gently on a tree within the forest. The branch bent, and he used the force to leap to another large tree, continuing on the way.

“You won’t get lost, right?”

“Don’t worry, sir. I definitely won’t!”

“Be careful of the snake!” Li Qingshan said casually.

Goldie A’bao was taken aback, confused by what was going on. He leapt over a few more trees, and a thick vine suddenly sprang alive. It was actually a python with a pattern extremely similar to tree vines, lunging towards him with its big, gaping mouth!

The lunge was as fast as a fired crossbow bolt. In the past, he would have lost his life then and there, but it was different now. He extended his left hand and grabbed the snake right below its head.

“Leave it to me! Don’t stop!” Li Qingshan added. He extended his tiny hand to the snake, and the python immediately began to writhe.

Goldie A’bao obliged, rousing up with even more force and spirit. As he carried the snake, he leapt between the trees.

A while later, a withered, dead snake was tossed down from a tree. Another ball of blood-red flames appeared in Li Qingshan’s hand.

“Sir A’yue, do snakes work too? The Bone Eating tribe only eats people!” Goldie A’bao was rather worried.

“How can I be compared to those barbarians?”

“Thank you, sir!”

Goldie A’bao stopped worrying. He felt like he had truly struck it lucky this time. Even the complete annihilation of the merchant group was worth it, but it was not because he was heartless and cruel. It was all too common for people to die in this remote rainforest. After spending several decades as a merchant, this was not the first time he had encountered something like this. He had grown accustomed to it a long time ago. Only his personal strength was the most important.

“But that doesn’t mean there aren’t side effects!” Li Qingshan changed the topic, which made Goldie A’bao’s heart lurch. “What side effects?”

“If your life force is overly impure, it’s actually not good at all. I think you can undergo the first heavenly tribulation at most for the rest of your life. You can forget about going any higher!”

“Heavenly tribulation!”

Goldie A’bao was only fixated on the two words he had only heard about in legends. The existence of the heavenly tribulation was already an existence akin to gods. He could even look down on the Bone Eating tribe by then.

This was just like telling a penniless beggar, “Sigh, you can only be a millionaire in your life. You can forget about some billionaire tycoon.” They would only be too happy to agree to something like that!

“Please, sir, you have to let me take on these side effects. I’m willing to toil away for you as a beast of burden!” Goldie A’bao said from the bottom of his heart. He had already understood how great of a person he was latching onto. Toiling away as a beast of burden for an existence like that was definitely not a disgrace, but glory.

“Then that’ll be up to your performance. You still don’t have the right to toil away as a beast of burden for me. If you were a beauty, I’d consider riding you, but you better save it with how you’re like right now!”

“Sir, if you like beauties, there’s as many as you’d like in the Fragrant Flower market. I can guarantee your satisfaction, sir!” Goldie A’bao chuckled.

Li Qingshan glanced at his crotch and said in exasperation, “Shut up! Get going!”

The sky began to light up, and the red sun began to rise in the east. A figure leapt through the sea of trees, climbing to the top of an extremely tall tree with just a few bounds.

Goldie A’bao gazed into the distance. He discovered that a night of travelling was already equivalent to two or three normal days. He did not have to rest. He did not have to take detours. This was the benefit of strength. Actually, he still ended up taking some detours. As he travelled through the forest, Li Qingshan specially told him to detour around certain places.