Chapter 28 - Passing on the Cultivation Methods (1/2)

As expected, a distance of a little more than 300 miles wasn’t very far. After the fast horses galloped for more than an hour, the wheat field gradually disappeared. Mountains and sprawling green hills started to appear in front of everyone.

“Xiao Lan, are those the An Nan mountains in front of us?”

Mu Feng looked at the stretch of mountains and asked.

“Yes indeed, little lord Feng. We shouldn’t go too deep in as there are rumors saying that demonic monsters reside further inside the mountains. We will encounter danger if we go too deep inside.”

Mu Lan said.

Awoo…!

Just after Mu Lan said that, a long howl of wolves came from the distant mountains, as if in response to her words.

Mu Feng frowned. Seeing that the sun had set, he said: “Let’s rest here for the night. We will go into the mountains tomorrow.”

All of them, of course, listened to Mu Feng, but at that moment, on a distant mountain path, a figure staggered out from the forest and fell down at a place that wasn’t far away from them.

“Brother Feng, somebody’s there.”

Mu Kuang had sharp eyes and spotted the figure. He dismounted and ran to the man, with Mu Feng and the others following him.

All they saw was a muscular man with shaggy hair and a dirty face who wore a leather breastplate lying motionless on the floor. There were blood stains on his body, and it seemed that he was heavily injured.

Mu Feng hurried over to carry the man in his arms and saw that there were claw marks on the man’s chest. His flesh was exposed and blood was dripping out, as though he was attacked by a large beast. Touching his neck, Mu Feng felt a pulse.

“He’s still alive. Mu Kuang, get me some water.”

“Here you go, brother Feng!”

Mu Kuang fetched some water and Mu Feng poured it into the man’s mouth. After drinking a few mouths of water, the man coughed a few times before waking up. He was vigilant at first, but after seeing a few human teenagers, he let out a sigh of relief.

“Ahem, thank you, little brothers. I’m Wang Sheng, thank you so much for saving me.”

The man in his twenties got himself up from Mu Feng’s arms, sat on the ground and clasped hands to Mu Feng and the others.

“You’re welcome, brother Wang Sheng. What happened to you, why are you in such a state?”

Mu Feng asked, still vigilant.

This man was not an ordinary person. There was a flow of meta-power in his body. He was a cultivator, but Mu Feng was not sure which type did he cultivated in.

“Well, I was an herbalist. I went into the mountains to collect some herbs with my companions, but I ended up encountering a Xue Mao tiger. Both of my companions were eaten by it, only I managed to escape death’s door.”

Wang Sheng sighed and said.

There were various resources in the An Nan mountains, and there was no lack of precious herbs or even panaceas. A precious herb would cost tons, up to a thousand gold coins. As for panaceas, those are extremely precious. The sale of a precious panacea is enough for ordinary people to live a sedentary life.

Herbalists are people that specialize in collecting herbs, but most of them aren’t strong.

Oftentimes powerful ones would come together to form a group of mercenaries when they went into the mountains to collect herbs, hunt ferocious beasts, and transport weapons.

“Xue Mao tiger! That’s a Xiong beast!”

Mu Feng was slightly surprised when he heard those words. The weakest among the beasts were called Man beasts. Those were ordinary beasts with no meta-power.

Beasts that managed to cultivate meta-power were known as Xiong beasts. Xiong, as the name implied, meant ferocious. Xiong beasts were strong. The weaker ones had inner power, whereas stronger ones had the power to move mountains and seas.

There was another type, known as Yao beasts. Yao beasts did not look different from Xiong beasts. The only difference was that Yao beasts could assume human forms, and that was why they were associated with the ‘Yao’ word. They were also called the Yao clan.

However, the relationship between humans and Yao had always been bad.

“Yeah, that should be a Xiong beast with inner power. Our strength was only at Tong Mai level, so when we encountered the beast, all we could do is escape. I managed to escape, but both of my companions were killed by it.”