Chapter 45 (1/2)

“Where is it?”

Once he gathered the ingredients and made the medication to treat his wound, he would be able to continue illuminating the stars and improving his strength.

“There’s a forest to the north of Mount Thorn where the sun cannot be seen during the day. It’s known as Dreary Wood. The supplier I mentioned saw a Blue Fox there!” said Zhao Chen.

Shen Zhe asked with a frown, “Is it far away?”

The contest would be held in two days. They wouldn’t be able to return in time if the place was too far away.

“It is. However, fast horses can make a round trip in a day and two nights. It means that they can be back before the contest!” said Zhao Chen after some calculations.

“One day and two nights?”

Shen Zhe frowned.

“It’s still too far away…”

An idea suddenly popped up in his head. “Right… Didn’t Ms. Bai Yu say that there was a channel inside Mount Thorn?”

His notebook had redefined the time it took for Ms. Bai to carry an iron-toothed wolf back to the school.

The iron-toothed wolves’ habitat was even more distant than Dreary Wood. A one-way trip took her a day and a night!

However, Ms. Bai returned in four hours through the crack while she was being pursued by a wolf king and burdened with an unconscious iron-toothed wolf.

If he were to take that road, would he be able to reach his destination in a couple of hours?

“Tell me the specific location of Dreary Wood, the look of the Blue Fox, and the ways to capture it!” said Shen Zhe in a hurry.

“The ways to capture it? You’re not going to do it yourself, are you?”

Zhao Chen was stunned. “My father said that he would send someone to hunt it. However, it remains to be seen if they can catch the beast…”

“I would rather do it myself!”

Shen Zhe stood up.

Few people knew about the crack. Besides, with the two ultra stars in his body, his eighth stage in body polishing and the Falling Leaves Palm that he had just learned, he was as good as the weaker level-one Martial Artists!

It would be faster if he were to take action himself!

It was possible that he could return the next morning without needing to skip any of his classes!

It was inappropriate to skip classes all the time, particularly when skipping classes meant physical punishment.

“You would?”

Zhao Chen realized that his friend was stronger than him and could be counted as an expert. Reassured, he said, “I’ll have a fast horse prepared for you. You can read the files on the way. One more thing, my father said that you’d better catch the Blue Fox alive, so that its blood remains effective until you find the Gold and Silver Tobacco…”

“Okay!”

Shen Zhe nodded.

Soon, everything was prepared. Shen Zhe sat on the horse’s back and said, “Help me ask for leave if I don’t make it back tomorrow morning…”

“I’ll go with you. We can watch each other’s backs. It’ll be too dangerous if you go there alone…” Zhao Chen smiled.

“Okay!”

Shen Zhe nodded.

He was still new to that world. With Zhao Chen leading the way, he would be spared of many problems.

They requested Wang Xiaofeng to ask for leave in their stead if they couldn’t make it back. Then, they rode to Mount Thorn.

“It seems that I don’t know how to ride a horse…”

He didn’t feel anything when the horse trotted in the city, but Shen Zhe immediately sensed that something was wrong when the horse began to gallop.

It wasn’t nearly as comfortable as in a car. If his control over his body were any less good, he would’ve fallen off a long time ago.

Even so, he felt that his muscles were tightening and he could barely breathe.

“What’s wrong?” asked Zhao Chen.

“I…” Shen Zhe felt like vomiting. “I have horse sickness…”

There were people who were sick of cars, ships and planes… But he was sick of horses!

“Horse sickness?”

Zhao Chen’s eyes bulged.

“Is that even a thing?”

More importantly…

Shen Zhe played polo with them all the time. He never mentioned such an ailment!

“Yes, sir!”

Shen Zhe nodded.