Chapter 432 - Spreading Awareness (2/2)

”The Saint beast,” Luo Mei said.

Alex's eyes went wide. ”Sister, what do you mean by saint beast?” he asked. ”Are you saying there is a beast out there with Saint Realm cultivation base?”

”Yes. There was a Saint Beast, a black Jaguar-type beast, during the first attack. The Emperor himself fought it, but couldn't beat it off. He said that if the beasts hadn't returned back on their own during that time, he would have surely died there,” Luo Mei said.

Alex was shocked to hear these 2 new pieces of information.

'So there is another saint beast out there, and the Emperor himself is in the Saint realm too, huh?' Alex thought.

”Alright, let's not waste any more time. If last time is anything to go by, we have mere hours, but it's better if we don't rely on that. It's better to act like we could be under attack at any moment now,” Alex said.

”Yes, let's go,” Luo Mei said and immediately searched for Zhang Xie with her spiritual sense. Once she found him, she opened the carriage and walked into the evening light.

”Senior Zhang, it's an emergency,” Luo Mei said.

”Huh? Little Miss, what's wrong?” Zhang Xie said as he opened the door to his carriage.

”Senior Zhang, I just got a message from my master. He said that there is another Beast Invasion coming and that we need to get away from this path right now and get as far away from the forest as possible,” Luo Mei said.

”Miss, this… you aren't joking right?” Zhang Xie said. He had always been afraid of the beast invasion, but despite his uncle's opposition for him to go on a caravan, he had insisted that he would be safe.

And now…

”Senior Zhang,” Alex called out. ”Take this.”

Alex brought out two pills and handed them to Zhang Xie. Zhang Xie looked at the pills for a while, but couldn't understand what they were.

”What are these pills, young man?” he asked.

”These are called the Beast Attracting Pills. When you pour in a little Qi and throw it away, it will attract every beast below True realm to its place. If the situation is dire, use these,” Alex said.

”This pill… I've never heard of this,” Zhang Xie said.

”I wouldn't doubt you have, but you must have heard about the Royal Alchemist saving the day in the capital during the first wave of Beast invasion,” Alex said.

Zhang Xie's eyes shined widely as hope appeared in them. ”You mean—”

”Yes, they may be a little worse since I was the one that made them, but they are the same pills as the Royal Alchemist's,” Alex said.

Zhang Xie immediately pocketed it with a smile, but then stopped. ”Why aren't you keeping it? You can use it if the situation is dire, young man,” he said.

”I have some myself. As an Alchemist, I have a lot of such pills,” Alex said. ”As for why I'm giving it to you is because… I will need to go somewhere else.”

”Huh? Where do you plan on going?” Zhang Xie asked.

”I'm going to lure the beasts from here and go perpendicular to the forests. You guys go diagonally towards the Northwest side and get as far away from here as possible. It's a shame you can't go directly towards the north due to the terrain,” Alex said as he looked at the uneven hills to the north.

”I can't let you do that, young man. You are my responsibility. I promised sect leader Wen. I can't let you go anywhere,” Zhang Xie.

”You don't have a choice, senior Zhang. I'm leaving with or without your approval. Please take care of my Senior sister in my stead,” Alex said.

”Huh? No, I'm coming with you,” Luo Mei said.

”No, sister. It will be dangerous. You need to go with the caravan,” Alex said. ”I will lure them away and since I have that escape technique, I will surely be fine.”

Secretly, he sent spiritual sense to Luo Mei to say something else.

”Go with them. Since the beasts are following me, you will be in more danger. I also happen to have a boat artifact that I've somewhat managed to learn to use and will get as far away from here as possible.”

”Adding onto that my ability to conceal myself and go invisible, the beasts won't find me so easily,” Alex said.

”That's…” Luo Mei was torn. She was already sad about losing her father, and now she had to see her newly made brother throw away his life to save theirs.

”Don't worry, sister. I will find the caravan as soon as the beasts return back,” Alex said. ”Take care.”

Alex suddenly stopped moving and watched the caravan and Luo Mei go along with the caravan.

Alex stayed there for a minute or two watch as the caravan changed its course and started heading Northwest where they would most likely encounter any beasts as most would be coming for this area.

The ones that did go there would have to fight the True cultivators in that caravan.

Alex didn't know how many there were, but there should have been enough to fight off a random bandit army.

Once the caravan was no longer in view, he took out a boat from his storage space.

”Alright, time to leave.”