Chapter 408 - Discovering Another Spiritual Sword Fragment! (1/2)
“Zhizhi, zhizhi!” the frisky monkey cried out happily when he finally got the chance to take a breather outside, not hearing Zhang Che’s instructions.
“Hurry, help daddy find spiritual herbs, and I’ll give you snacks tonight!” Zhang Che patted the back of the frisky monkey’s head lightly, directly tempting him with delicious food.
After hearing about getting snacks, the frisky monkey’s eyes were immediately shining with two rays of light. Afterwards, he quickly closed his eyes and activated his skills.
A full minute later, the frisky monkey suddenly opened his eyes again and jumped on the spot. He extended his arm, pointing at the mountain range to the west and cried out excitedly, “Zhizhi, zhi, zhizhizhi!”
Zhang Che raised his brow, then asked in surprise, “What is it? Are there many spiritual herbs over there?”
At the same time, he thought to himself, – I knew it! With how the mountains and rivers are gathered here, there’ll surely be spiritual herbs present! Now that the frisky monkey investigated it, it is indeed so!-
However, the frisky monkey shook his head fiercely and cried out, “Zhizhi!”, then stuck out his middle finger at Zhang Che.
“You freaking..!” Zhang Che was infuriated! -Is this fellow blaming me for not letting him come take a breather outside for so long, and purposefully making a fool out of me?
-Hmm? Not right!-
Zhang Che suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He looked at the frisky monkey with widened eyes and asked anxiously, “You’re saying there’s not many spiritual herbs, but only one?”
“Zhi!” the frisky monkey nodded with a wronged look on his face. -I clearly showed you with my finger. Why won’t you believe me?
-Even if that is the case, forget it. But you even looked like you’re going to hit me! How hurtful!-
Pa! Zhang Che patted the frisky monkey’s head lightly, scolding in jest, “Don’t you know to ‘zhi’ just once to indicate there’s only one spiritual herb? What did you mean with that middle finger gesture? Do you not know it means to curse at someone?”
The frisky monkey nodded understanding. -I can’t speak! Of course I can only gesture to show you! Who knew gesturing my fingers would mean I’m cursing at you? What injustice…-
“Alright, alright, don’t feel wronged. Remember to not make such vulgar gestures anymore.” Although Zhang Che was still suspicious whether that fellow did it on purpose, it wasn’t the time to pursue this matter. After saying some words of consolation, Zhang Che continued, “Go, go, go! Let’s quickly go look for that spiritual herb!”
Given how excited the frisky monkey had acted, that spiritual herb was definitely not low-grade stuff! Perhaps, it was a spiritual herb of a higher grade than the ice or fire lotuses!
If that turned out to be true, he’d really struck it rich!
“Zhizhi, zhizhi!” The frisky monkey grew excited again after Zhang Che steered the topic back to the spiritual herb. He jumped onto the Purple Jade Condor’s back, then pointed in a direction with an impatient look on his face.
Zhang Che was very happy about this. The more excited the frisky monkey seemed, the more it proved that his guess was closer to the truth!
-Exactly what kind of spiritual herb is it?- Zhang Che felt his heartbeat accelerating. He quickly recalled his babies, changed his mount to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, and flew towards the mountain range to his west.
A few thousand meters was neither far nor near. Given the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon’s speed, they only needed a few breaths’ time to reach their destination.
In front of them was a seemingly ordinary small mountain. Looking at it from the big picture, and in such terrain, it truly wasn’t anything of note.
However, Zhang Che clearly sensed something about this small mountain seemed to be different than the other places. However, he couldn’t put into words what exactly was different. He wasn’t well-versed in feng shui, either. Naturally he couldn’t tell what was special about this mountain.
Even so, he was sure the spiritual herb on this mountain the frisky monkey had discovered was extraordinary.
The reason was simple: a powerful exotic beast was hiding on this mountain!
Despite it purposefully concealing its aura, Zhang Che’s noticed its presence with the help of the golden vortex.
“It’s a little tricky. Judging from its aura, it seems to be an epic-quality exotic beast. But, ordinary mid-tier epic-quality exotic beasts definitely won’t make me feel this much pressure…”
“Could it be divine-quality?
“Probably not. If it’s a divine-quality beast, it would’ve jumped out and finished me off long ago.
“In other words, this exotic beast isn’t at divine-quality, and it is currently guarding that soon-to-be mature spiritual herb and isn’t willing to come out and fight me. So…”
Just as Zhang Che was hesitating whether to enter the small mountain to scout things out, his sharp senses suddenly noticed some creature seemed to be approaching him from behind.
“What is it?”
Faint killing intent was concealed under that slow approaching aura. Zhang Che couldn’t help but feel his chest tighten. He immediately focus his mind onto the golden vortex, observing his surroundings within three hundred meters from a godly perspective.
In that profound state, Zhang Che discovered a faint silhouette in the woods about two hundred meters behind slowly approaching in his direction.
It might be impossible to notice this silhouette with the naked eye, but Zhang Che could clearly see that it was a middle-aged man riding a bird-type subdued beast with a peculiar appearance. They were carefully flying in his direction with very faint killing intent. It felt like an uncontrollable beast about to erupt at anytime.
“Hmm? That man looks a little familiar!” Zhang Che felt a trace of surprise. Afterwards, he recalled that middle-aged man was the one who had bumped into him in the safety zone when he was returning from the beast world in Cang Long City.
He also quickly remembered that the little beast in that middle-aged man’s arms covered him in its stinky breath yesterday, nearly suffocating him.
Looking back at it now, that fellow had long planned to use such a method to track him!
Indeed, nothing was too bizarre in the beast world. There was actually an exotic beast that was that proficient at tracking! It had already been a full day, not to mention Zhang Che had showered and changed his clothing, and yet it could still follow his trail all the way here based on scent. It was truly terrifying!
-This man is a high-tier beastmaster!- Zhang Che quickly realized the middle-aged man’s strength after feeling out his suppressed aura. -Since when did I offend such a powerful high-tier beastmaster?-
Zhang Che immediately thought of the Zhen family. He cursed inside, -The Zhen family are indeed unresigned. They actually sent out a high-tier beastmaster skilled in tracking to assassinate me! When I return, I’ll definitely settle the scores with them!-
“Ha, little fellow, are you sure there’s a high-grade spiritual herb in here?” Zhang Che suddenly laughed excitedly, caressing the frisky monkey’s head lovingly. Riding on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, they flew towards the small mountain ahead.
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Behind them, Miyazaki Musashi, who had originally closed in to a hundred-some meters from Zhang Che and was ready to strike, suddenly froze for a moment. Afterwards, the corners of his lips curled up, his eyes narrowed into slits.
“Fine. I’ll let you live a little longer. Later I’ll snatch your spiritual herb before killing you. I’ll have you die in desperation and pain!”
His silhouette flashed, entering the small mountain, trailing Zhang Che from a safe distance…
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