29 Bai Ling-ers though (1/2)

Bai Ling-er watched as a man she had never met before walked into the clearing she had made.

At first when she found him she was simply wary of him. But after he told her about the fact that he overhead them she started to panic. They initially thought about ignoring the entire thing or reporting it to Bai Qing, but they realized that neither were an option to them. It was only when he gave the cultivation technique that she started to consider joining forces with him.

After he explained the entire plan to them Bai Ling-er was finally sure that maybe there was a chance that it would work. For the first time Bai Ling-er felt hope. Hope that not only would it be possible to get the supreme weed fruit, but it might even be possible to change their lives.

The plan that he came up with was simple, but it covered almost everything due to it being flexible enough. Once the plan was set in motion, the most important thing was to stick to the main points. As long as they were kept, it would be fine.

The trio spend the entire afternoon preparing for the plan. As they made various traps and false trails necessary for the plans, the stranger also explained on different techniques necessary for the plan. The movement technique that he explained was much simpler that the one spread by the clan for low leveled people in the clan, despite being much faster. But even though it as simpler, only Bai Ling-er was able to properly learn it by the time night came. Since she was already faster than most people of her cultivation stage, this meant that she was much faster that almost everyone in the clan by now.

Surprisingly Bai Shi quickly took to a technique that hid one's presence. This technique was also necessary to the plan. With the two of them practicing the new techniques, it was up to thestranger to plant the traps and trails. Once it was done, he gave them a pair of dark robes that hid their appearance very well. Since the perception of qi step practitioners were not strong enough, this could easily hide their identities.

When it neared midnight, after mildly threatening them on what would happen if they tried to double cross him, the stranger went inside the cave. As Bai Ling-er and Bai Shi stood outside the cave, they started to wonder if the plan was indeed a good idea. But they had no choice at this point. They had made a deal with the devil.

Bai Ling-er quickly made way to a place near the cliff edge. Then, using the cliff, they climbed a little to the top, until their heads were almost out of the grass canopy. They were trying to spy on anyone who would be coming to the cave. It was possible to see any movements in the grass and see if was caused by a person. The important thing was that they had to see when Bai Qing was coming as well as whether he had left someone behind as a scout. It would be disastrous if the stranger was to be trapped at both ends when running away.

”Do you thing that this will work?” Bai Shi asked.

”I don't know?” Bai Ling-er replied. ”But if it failed, we are all going to hell anyway. At this point we have no choice but to co-operate.”

”But what if he failed to get the fruits. Or is caught by prince Qing.”

”If he fails then thats that. But if he is caught, then we are all dead.”

”Can we trust him.”

”Of course not. I guarantee you that his name is a lie, and how exactly are we supposed to find a person just by his face from the entire clan. The only consolation for is that if everything fails, then we can deny everything, and prince Qing probably wont kill us. He is much more tactical and less brutal than some other princes.”

A somber mood fell upon them as they contemplated the results of their actions. As they waited for Bai Qing to show up, they took turns keeping watch and practicing their techniques.

A while later, they saw some movements in the grass. The movements stopped for a while before it headed towards the cave. The couple took a deep breath, and strengthened their resolve. Bai Qing had come.

The couple waited for a while before Bai Shi started to quietly move towards the cave. He was going to check if there was a scout. He used the newly learned technique to approach the area. After a while, Bai Shi found a scout standing near the cave entrance. He was at the seventh stage of the qi condensation realm. The two of them waited for a while after that, keeping watch on the scout from the cliffs.

As they watched the scout, they saw him stopping some of the beasts that were on their way to the cave.But due to the large number of beasts that were trying to enter, only a few ended up being stopped. Most of the beasts that entered quickly came running out anyway.

As the moon started to creep towards midnight, they finally moved from their position. With only a few minutes left till midnight, the duo finally made their move.

They quickly ran up to the scout. Since the two of them were no longer concerned about hiding their presence, they were quickly found out. The scout turned towards them and shouted, ”Halt. Prince Qinq is carrying out an operation here. Leave immediately.”

The duo simply disregarded the threat and attacked him without any warning. As people who had grown up poor, they had reasonable fighting experience. The two of them attacked as one. They had a lot of experience working together and did not have any problem coordinating their attacks.