Chapter 47 (1/2)

As they rushed to the location marked on the map, Zhao Chen couldn’t hold it back anymore.”Shen Zhe, what is your level in body polishing exactly? The peak of stage seven?”

He was at the peak of level six but he could barely escape after facing the Silver Lion. His friend was obviously much stronger than him.

“It’s probably because of my battle technique…” said Shen Zhe.

He had caught too much attention by creating the eighth stage of body polishing. He didn’t want to reveal this to Zhao Chen even though he was one of his best friends.

Zhao Chen nodded.

Stage seven was already his best guess. As for the eighth stage, it must’ve been created by a super genius. He didn’t think that his brother could’ve done that.

“I need to work harder and surpass him…” thought Zhao Chen with determination while clenching his fists.

They were both known as bad students, but Shen Zhe was refining herbs as well as practicing battle techniques…

The gap was too large!

He had to work harder.

Shen Zhe felt that something had been staring at him while they walked. He was highly vigilant, but he found no danger after walking for ten minutes. He was finally relieved.

“We’re here…” said Zhao Chen.

The two of them had reached a dense wood where the tall trees blocked the sky. The place was gloomy even during the day, not to mention the night.

Nothing could be seen, at all.

Thankfully, they were both high-level Body Practitioners and their sight was extraordinary. They would have been barely able to walk there if otherwise.

“The Blue Fox absorbs moonlight essence and only appears at night, so we have to act now, even if it’s dark…” said Zhao Chen.

Shen Zhe nodded.

He had read the files about the beast. That was why he went there in such a hurry.

It would have been much safer to enter the mountain during the day.

“Give me the Pearl Chicken…”

Shen Zhe extended his hand after he walked for a while.

According to the files, it was impossible to catch a Blue Fox by searching.

After all, this was their territory; it would be impossible to find them without spending half a month searching.

More importantly, if they had fled the area in advance, what could they do?

Therefore…

The only way was to allure them to show up!

The Blue Fox, as a fox, liked chicken the best. Pearl Chicken could radiate an intense fragrance and the beast couldn’t resist the temptation.

However, foxes were naturally paranoid. It wasn’t easy to catch them even with a tantalizing bait.

Zhao Chen took out the chicken and gave it to Shen Zhe, who looked around and found a suitable place.

It was an enormous boulder at the center of the woods; it had no grass nearby.

Shen Zhe tossed the Pearl Chicken on top of the boulder, and a vague fragrance was spread out.

“To the tree!”

Shen Zhe jumped to a tree top nearby and Zhao Chen followed him.

The tree was the only hideout near the boulder.

“Control your power and don’t release any smell…”

Mages and Martial Artists had to use special tricks to cover their auras, but Body Practitioners didn’t have to.

Even a level-one Mage could barely detect them if they controlled their breath and heartbeat.

That was also the reason why nobody discovered that Shen Zhe was a stage-eight Body Practitioner.

If a level-one Martial Artist were there, the Blue Fox would’ve sensed the burning scorch from a distance and would have figured out that the chicken was a bait.

Sha! Shua!

Hiding on the branches for almost an hour, they finally heard noises coming from the dry leaves. A fox that was one foot long was approaching vigilantly.

It stopped and sniffed around after taking each step.

“It’s here…”

Shen Zhe’s eyes glowed.

The Blue Fox was hooked by the smell of chicken on the boulder, but it seemed to have realized that it might be a trap. It observed the environment with care and approached slowly.

The Blue Fox circled around the boulder instead of climbing it.

“It’s truly cunning enough…”

Shen Zhe secretly nodded.

He had known that the creature was cautious, but he didn’t expect it to be so prudent.

The fox circled the boulder three times and was relieved after not finding any traps. Then it charged at the Pearl Chicken on top.

Zhao Chen was about to jump off, when Shen Zhe held his shoulder and shook his head.

He looked again, only to discover that the Blue Fox dashed ten meters away before it reached the chicken.

It found no predators or traps after dashing off. So, it went back to the chicken again.

“It was a… test?”

Zhao Chen’s eyes widened.