Chapter 288: Calculating (1/2)
Chapter 288: Calculating
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Green Spirit disappointedly screamed. He was so exasperated that he almost pointed his finger at Junior Leopard's head and scolded him for his squander.
”What do you think is the reason why it was so easy for you to practice the third form of Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique, the Nine Forms of Real Dragon? Do you really think it was because you're talented? Have you ever wondered how many people in the world practice the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique, but how many of them can cultivate the second form, not to mention the third form, the Nine Forms of Real Dragon? So many geniuses didn't make it, but you easily succeeded. Don't you think it's strange?”
Hearing this, Junior Leopard coyly smiled and didn't know what Green Spirit meant.
”You should know, boy, it's all because of the Demonic Fire of the Dragon Chimera from primitive times in your body that you could successfully practice the Nine Forms of Real Dragon, and practice the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique to this point. The Dragon Chimera fed on dragons. There is countless real dragon spirit in its Demonic Fire. Thus, you can do this with half the effort. If you integrate the Innate Green Lotus Qi into your Internal Qi, and then forge it with Green Lotus Fire, your hard work will be destroyed, and your tendons and meridians will be damaged. If you feel that your life is too boring and want to taste the life of a disabled man, you may try it. Besides, the Bright Moon Deifying Technique is so wonderful that your Internal Qi has been thoroughly purified. There's no need to purify your Internal Qi again with external force. Now the most important thing for you is to think about how to open the rest of your acupoints.”
”I know I have to open my acupoints. You just told me that the Innate Green Lotus is a treasure, but never told me that it's harmful!” Junior Leopard smiled bitterly and extinguished the fire of his greed for the time being.
”By the way, do they come here just for the Green Lotus Seed? Why not just pull the Innate Green Lotus out?”
”I want to do it as long as I can. Is it so easy to cultivate it? Ever since the man who created this Azure Secret Area put in a seed of the Innate Green Lotus, it's probably the first time that it's going to seed. Additionally, this kind of innate magic root can only survive in certain circumstances. Once it's out of the Green Genuin Water, it won't last for a few days. Besides, it's buried deep in the Green Genuin Water, and only comes to the surface when it seeds. Even if there are three Genuine Immortals and three Human Immortals to help the three Level Nine experts, it would be hard to break the pool, not to mention you, a Level Seven expert to break the divine mud in the bottom of the pool and took out the magic root. Give it up!”
”Is it really that hard?”
”Otherwise, will the three guys be so good standing at the edge of the pool?” Green Spirit sneered again, ”Fortunately, you live in this world short of resources. If you were born in the antiquity times, you would have wiped out the treasure of heaven and earth. How can you say that people in the antiquity times were greedy and used up all the good stuff?” Green Spirit asked him contemptuously.
”I'm so greedy because I haven't seen anything good. The real good things have been taken by you people in the antiquity times!” Junior Leopard muttered angrily. Suddenly, his expression changed, ”Someone else is coming!”
There was a rustle in the jungle, and three figures slowly approached the Green Pool from the dense jungle.
”It's Ji Yeyue!” Seeing who they were, Junior Leopard smiled. ”These three guys are so bold that they should dare to come back. Do they also know that there is a treasure of heaven and earth in this pool?”
However, Junior Leopard didn't think they could take advantage of the three Level Nine experts, even though they were casting covetous looks toward them.
The three of them were positioned in a triangular arrangement, moving forward cautiously. Ji Yeyue's cultivation was the best, and she had already successfully practiced Gang Qi, so she walked in the front. Yu Qingyong and Wu Lingxiao followed her on the left and right, like two hangers-on. Well, there was no other way to do it. The two were both pale, with no trace of blood. At first glance, you would mistake that they were weak because they had been indulging in wine and women.
The three of them moved slowly towards the Green Pool. When they were about 1,000 feet away from the Green Pool, which was about the same distance as Junior Leopard was from the pool, they came to a halt. They felt something was wrong. Unfortunately, they were not like Junior Leopard, who knew the Snake-like Breath Holding Skill, and they were breathless. Thus, they could not hide themselves from the three lvel Nine experts who were standing at the edge of the pool.
”Now that you're here, come out! Happy Monk has just been fooled and is in a bad mood. If you don't come out, it will piss him off and he may pull you out with the Western Guiding Stunt, causing you to suffer!” The strong middle-aged man said with a smile. His words made Happy Monk want to swell his face with a slap, but he didn't dare.
”Ji Yeyue, Yu Qingyong and Wu Lingxiao from Jade Pool, pay our respects to three predecessors!” Now that they could not hide, they straightforwardly walked out from the jungle and stopped in front of the three.
”You come from the Jade Pool!” The middle-aged strong man nodded and gave them a significant look, ”Ji Yeyue, I've heard of you. That woman, Yu Qing, seems to think highly of you!”
Hearing this, Ji Yeyue frowned. What was ”that woman Yu Qing”? Yu Qing was her teacher, and the Leader of the Jade Pool. What was with calling her ”that woman”?
”Are you a disciple of Yu Qing?” From the moment Ji Yeyue appeared, Happy Monk's eyes were wantonly wandering on her delicate body, unwilling to leave.
”Humph!” She was very dissatisfied with this kind of hot and blatant stare, and did not want to give this predecessor, a Ninth-level expert a little face, so she just gave a cold snort and kept ignoring him.
”Heehee, good, a cool girl, I like it!” Happy Monk laughed, ”It's hot enough!”
”You!” Ji Yeyue was in a bad temper, so when she heard his obvious lecherousness, her look immediately darkened. Just when she was about to lose her temper, a cold voice sounded in her ears.
”Flower Monk, you'd better shut up! I don't mind killing you here!” said the man with a cruel face, holding a sword. At the same time, a wisp of murderous intent emanated from his body, directly charging at Happy Monk.
Happy Monk's expression suddenly froze. Then he glanced at the long sword at the man's waist, ”Fu*k, you old slayer, did I mess with you?”
”Swish!” There was a sound of sword.
Happy Monk gave a shudder, shook his head angrily, and then stopped talking.
”How is your teacher?” After scaring off Happy Monk, the man holding the sword asked Ji Yeyue. His voice was gentle, and not as cold as he had been towards Happy Monk.
”My teacher has always been healthy. Every time she mentions you, she praises you for being the best in sword technique. She believes that one day you will be able to set up your own sect, pass down the Uniform Dao, and restore the name of sword practitioners!”
”Mmm, thanks for her auspicious words!” The man holding a sword smiled, twiddling his beard, and looked at the two men behind him, ”This time, you guys have come to the Azure Secret Area for experience, right?”
”Yes, our teacher ordered the three of us to come here for experience for a period of time. Unexpectedly, we met you three predecessors. What a coincidence!”
”Oh, well, it's a little bit of a hassle. The three of us have important things to do here. Although you're a disciple of Yu Qing, we can't invite you to stay here. You may go somewhere else and come back in a few days. How about it?”
It was a negotiation, but his tone was not negotiable.
”Ah?” All of the three were stunned for a moment, especially Yu Qingyong who looked a little anxious. Remember, the reason they came here was to get the Green Genuin Water in the Green Pool to enhance their cultivation, and even to help them break through the Bone-Forging Realm and enter into the Tendon-Changing Realm. Besides, because of the characteristics of Green Genuin Water in the Green Pool, there were no powerful evil beasts or monsters here, so they wouldn't need to worry about falling into the water and dying unsatisfied. Therefore, in the whole Azure Secret Area, the Green Pool's surroundings were the safest. What was more, he and Wu Lingxiao were seriously hurt and needed the Green Genuin Water badly. How could he reconcile himself to go away now?
However, they had no choice. The three men in front of them were all Level Nine experts. Since they were determined to usurp this damn place, they could only retreat.
Ji Yeyue's cultivation was the best among the three of them, and she was one of the principals for this experience. Hence, after thinking to herself, she said, ”Since predecessors are busy here, we dare not disturb you anymore. We're leaving right now. Please forgive us for disturbing you!” Then she beckoned the other two and got ready to leave. But suddenly, she turned around again, as if she had thought of something.
”What, anything else?” The man holding the sword asked.
”Oh, as you can see, my senior brother and junior brother are injured. They need the Green Genuin Water to heal. So we want to know when we can come back.”
”The fastest you can come in is three days, the slowest, five days. Well, you can come back after five days!” The man holding the sword thought for a moment and then answered.
”Okay, then we'll be back in five days!” Ji Yeyue nodded, took off from the edge of the pool and entered the jungle with the two men.
”Heehee, old slayer, unexpectedly you're really considerate to women! Oh, you didn't get her teacher, so you want to get her? That's not bad. This woman is masked, but...”
As Happy Monk's words became more and more vulgar, the man holding the sword became more and more gloomy.
”Swish!”
Happy Monk wanted to continue, but frightened by the Sword Qi of the man's sword, he finally fell into a thorough silence.
”Happy Monk, if I were you, I would not covet Ji Yeyue!” Seeing that the two of them were on the verge of breaking out into a fight, the strong middle-aged man began to do the peacemaking. But apparently, this time, he was leaning toward the side of the man holding the sword, ”Once you bother her, even if you have stepped into the Metaphysic Realm and had the help of those Living Buddhas in the Great Wheel Temple, you wouldn't manage to escape, let alone that you haven't reached the Metaphysic Realm yet!”
”What do you mean?” Happy Monk's expression changed slightly, displaying his disapproval of those words, ”She is only a disciple of that woman Yu Qing! Even if she is Yu Qing's daughter, as long as...”
”Her last name is Ji!” The man holding the sword grinned, ”And her teacher is Yu Qing, who is from the Jade Pool. I don't believe there is such a coincidence in this world!”
At this point, Happy Monk seemed to contemplating something, mumbling to himself, ”Her last name is Ji, and her teacher is Yu Qing. What do you mean?”
Suddenly, his fat body shivered abruptly and his eyes were as big as brass bells, as if he had thought of something. Then he jumped up like a fat cat whose tail was stepped, ”You mean she is... It's impossible!”
”Impossible? Heehee, not really! There's no cat that doesn't nick fish in this world!” The middle-aged strong man said with a very wretched smile, ”Happy Monk, it's for your own good. It's always wise to play it safe. If Ji Yeyue is the daughter of that guy and Yu Qing, do you think that the Snow Mountain Great Wheel Temple can protect you?”
”Whose daughter she is is none of my business!” Happy Monk gave a strange cry, as if he had heard something completely irrelevant, ”I just met her once. There's no need to take responsibility for it!”
The middle-aged strong man and the man holding the sword smiled at each other and stopped talking. Then they sat cross-legged on the edge of Green Pool and closed their eyes.
”Heehee, it's really full of gossip!” Hidden in the branches of ancient trees, Junior Leopard listened with keen pleasure. Although the three people talked in vague terms, he had almost figured out the whole thing from their conversation, which was nothing more than a romantic affair of some predecessors in the martial arts world; Ji Yeyue was probably the illegitimate daughter of the Leader of the Jade Pool, Yu Qing and a big shot.
Why would her father be a big shot?
Because they had said that Happy Monk couldn't manage to escape even with the help of those Living Buddhas from the Great Wheel Temple. He had not heard of the Great Wheel Temple, nor did he know those Living Buddhas. However, Happy Monk was a Level Nine expert, and he would step into the Mysterious Realm if it went well this time. How could the man who he couldn't provoke be a nobody?
But of course, this gossip had nothing to do with him. He now only wanted to take a Green Lotus Seed from the three Level Nine experts.
In fact, it was very difficult, but it could be very easy in a way. The key was timing.
He knew the Three Realms Division, and with his cultivation growth, he could exert it superbly. He could move over 1,000 feet at a time. As long as the timing was good, there was no problem for him to grab one or two lotus seeds.
But what to do after that?
Depending on the Three Realms Division, he was confident of escaping under the siege of three Level Nine experts. Of course, he would not be foolish enough to provoke the three Level Nine experts, his target was Happy Monk. Now that he had had a grudge against him, he didn't mind making it bigger. After all, he did not believe that after Happy Monk's Green Lotus Seed was robbed, the other two would help this rebarbative monk.
Happy Monk was a level Nine expert, but after striking a few moves against him, Junior Leopard knew he could not defeat him. However, it was not difficult to escape from him.
The biggest problem now was that it was easy to escape from Happy Monk, but it was extremely difficult to leave the Azure Secret Area.
He now knew that there were nine exits in the Azure Secret Area, which were in the hands of nine great influences. In other words, the Azure Secret Area was carved up by nine powerful influences. Every exit must be heavily guarded, and it was impossible for him to get out so easily. Moreover, his understanding of the Azure Secret Area was too limited, and he needed more information.
”Three days later, the Innate Green Lotus will outcrop, so I have to wait for three days. I might as well take this opportunity to learn about the Azure Secret Area. I can't get the information from these three old guys, but I can get it from Ji Yeyue and the other two guys.”
Ji Yeyue is only a Level Seven expert, and the other two are Level Six masters that are badly injured. I should be able to get important information about the Azure Secret Area from them.”
Thinking of this, he moved horizontally by exercising the Three Realms Division four times . At last, nearly 5,000 feet away, he found traces of the three people.
5,000 feet was basically out of the range of the three Level Nine experts' spiritual mind. However, Junior Leopard still did not dare to be careless. He kept close behind the three men, running the Snake-like Breath Holding Skill.
The three men did not have the ability to hide their tracks as Junior Leopard did, and the jungle here wasn't peaceful. Although they didn't meet Dragon Sparrows and evil beasts at the level of those they met when they had just entered here, they did come across a lot of Level Five and Six evil beasts. There were even a few Level Seven evil beasts. Ji Yeyue repelled all of them. It was safe to say that the thousands of feet trail was totally blazed by her.