Chapter 44: The Bloodiness Enchanting All (1/2)
Translator: Soldier
The Magic Beasts Forest was mighty and vast, with numerous rolling mountains. Apart from various rare birds and unique beasts, there were also countless precious medicinal herbs in it.
Generally speaking, the magic beasts that lived on the periphery of the forest were usually low-level ones. The deeper into the forest the area was, the higher the level of the magic beasts were, and the more powerful they were.
Those who came in large groups or small teams -- even mercenaries -- rarely ventured into the depths of the forest.
After hundreds of thousands of years' accumulation, the deeper the area, the rarer and more abundant the precious medicinal herbs.
Ever since they entered the Magic Beasts Forest, Wu Qin had been guiding them wandering on the periphery.
When they ran into magic beasts, he'd always ask Li Xin'er and the other five trainees to kill them.
Yun Wu and Long Qingxie just followed behind them, idly watching as if they were enjoying the performances of a circus.
After that ”fierce fight” ahead was over.
Li Xin'er neatly took out a dagger, cut open the head of the magic beast and extracted a gray walnut-like magic core.
”Mr. Wu, this is the last Tier I peak-stage magic core we need. The mission is accomplished.”
Grabbing the magic core covered in brains, Li Xin'er proudly raised her hand and yelled happily in Wu Qin's direction.
Yet her eyes were focusing on Long Qingxie who was behind Wu Qin.
It seemed as though she wanted to find a ghost of special feeling for her in his eyes.
It was a pity that his eyes had been on the ”boy” beside him all along. He didn't even glance at her out of the corner of his eye.
She couldn't help getting annoyed.
A faint smile finally appeared on Wu Qin's face when he saw this, ”Not bad. Come here, all of you.”
It had only been a day and a night.
Yet they had managed to collect five Tier I intermediate-stage magic cores, two Tier I advanced-stage magic cores and a Tier I peak-stage magic core.
This speed was very quick!
The time they had used was far less than what Wu Qin had expected, an element of gratification tinged with haughtiness arising in him.
Hearing Wu Qin's call, Li Xin'er and the others hurriedly came over from beside the body of that Magic beast.
”What's our next assignment, Mr. Wu?”
Wu Qin was very happy to see that his students were so motivated.
Yet at this time, Wu Qin turned his head back and looked at Yun Wu and Long Qingxie who had been following them for a whole day yet hadn't made any moves.
”Young friends, would you please join us and give us a hand from time to time?”
Long Qingxie languidly leaned against a tree beside him and said idly, ”I only answer to my Tiny. If she says yes, I'll have some fun with you.”
With a single remark, he put Yun Wu in the limelight again.
With a sepulchral look in her eyes, Li Xin'er secretly clenched her fists.
Wu Qin's glance rested on Yun Wu again, ”Then, what do you say, young friend?”
Unexpectedly, with her lips curving in a smile, Yun Wu agreed exceptionally crisply, ”Okay. But, I wanna team up with Ms. Li.”
In a broad mauve men's robe, not only didn't her slim figure seem delicate, but also the robe imparted an elegant, ethereal temperament to her. Without the apathy in her eyes, she would be a standard adorable little boy.
Hearing Yun Wu's remaks, Li Xin'er was amazed.
Teaming up with her?
She had expected that she could partner the handsome silver-haired man, but to her surprise that boy wanted to team up with her.
Did he have a crush on her?
Hem!
‘Does he actually think that he's worthy of me?’
But, this sounded fine, because she was in fact worried that she might not be able to find an opportunity to strike.
They separated into two teams with four members each to gather the medicinal materials on a list.
Yun Wu, Li Xin'er, Gu Qin and another female trainee named Xin Yi composed a team.
Yet Long Qingxie were assigned to the other team along with the other three trainees.
This, needless to say, was Wu Qin's deliberate arrangements.
In order to find out who released that mystical force that day, the only way, naturally, was to divide them from each other.
”Be careful, Tiny.”
Long Qingxie stroked her head like a doting parent, but the next moment, in a muted voice that could only be heard by themselves, he said, ”Don't be too soft and don't leave any survivors. When the job's done, I'll come and find you.”
The white clothing gave him an ethereal, otherworldly air as if he was a white lotus growing in earthliness, yet deep down in his enchanting eyes, there was a flicker of bloodiness.
If people stayed with this man long enough, they would find that beneath his sweet appearance there was a blood-thirsty, deceitful soul.
What are you waiting for?
Move!”
Before Yun Wu could respond to Long Qingxie's ”husband-and-wife” concern for her, Li Xin'er's sullen, angry rebuke was heard.
Women's jealousy was actually horrible.
Once they were determined to do something or own something, they would rack their brains and do whatever they could to get what they wanted.
Originally, according to Wu Qin's instructions, they were supposed to gather medicinal materials within an area of about a hundred meters into the forest.