Chapter 364: Wang Xiaoyun (1/2)
Xue Wei instantly retreated. The beasts within this Ascended's Realm were very different from the beasts he was used to facing. They did not care about his bloodline at all.
It was a new feeling, but he found that he quite liked the feeling of battling beasts. They were much more straightforward to kill than humans; they did not seem to have any schemes.
The beasts had their natural advantages. Some were fast as the wind; some were overwhelmingly strong. Some had unique attributes, and others had spiritual energy.
The beasts were as different as humans were, although there were many of the same races, the beasts were still different.
The snake which had rushed towards Xue Wei was not too big, but it was so fast that Xue Wei hardly had the chance to escape.
His bloodlust erupted, and his aura was released in a moment.
Scale Shield!
Without even taking the time to think, the Qi within his body erupted in a Scale Shield, and the red snake struck it head-on.
A resounding boom spread alongside a small explosion from the impact. At the same time, a sizzling sound could be heard as the poison oozed out of the fangs of the snake, landing on the scale shield and slowly dissipating the Qi.
Xue Wei was taken aback when he saw that the poison was capable of destroying his shield.
Life Scale Shield!
Wood elemental Qi was added to the shield, and it started holding better, making the snake realize that it no longer was dissipating, and a hiss resounded before it withdrew into the thick grass once more.
Xue Wei was on high alert. Was the snake planning on escaping, or was it going to ambush them later?
Anyway, he was going to take the ginseng fast, and he quickly dug it up before he placed it in an ice jade box and tossed it into his storage treasure.
”Let's leave right away,” Xue Wei made a quick decision. He had a strange and somewhat uncomfortable feeling that the snake had not given up, but it had retreated, so if they stayed, they would likely be subject to another ambush.
The others all agreed with Xue Wei. Having had such difficulties blocking the snake, they knew that it was not easy to defeat, and considering that they had already gotten the ginseng, so no one needed to defeat the snake.
Meanwhile, the Dongfang family had followed the treasure that would lead them towards the other great families, and luckily for them, the first group they met were the Ouyang family.
The Ouyang family leader looked at the Dongfang family leader; his eyes narrowing slightly.
”What brings you to our group?” the Ouyang family leader could not help but ask. Although the eight great families were officially allies, it was rare for them actually to help one another.
”We encountered a group of five youngsters,” the leader of the Dongfang family began explaining. ”This group was encountered within a deep underground treasure trove, a place where treasures were everywhere.
”They defeated the most of the trials and got the rarest of the treasures, alongside the final treasure, a blood drop from a God-ranked Vermilion Bird.
”After finishing the trials, all of us were moved into a big hall where there were treasure rooms all across the hall, containing ancient skills, pills, herbs, and the like.
”Unfortunately, these five people had a strength that even our entire team could not contend against.
”So the entire hall was looted by them. We were not too happy with this, but when the situation arises, we have no other option than to accept it. We have to be alive to enjoy the treasure after all.
”We put a mark on them, so we will be able to find them again, but we were looking for someone to work together with us, and then our thoughts landed on the Ouyang family. Mainly because our families both specialize in swords and are able to work together a bit better than, for instance, the Baili or the Du families.”
The more he spoke, the brighter the eyes of the Ouyang family became. Everyone wanted treasures, and no one was the exception of this. Knowing that a group of mere five experts had managed to loot an entire treasure trove, they were both angry and jealous. Why had they not come across such an incredible treasure trove?
In fact, although the Ouyang family had managed to get their hands on quite a few treasures, it was nothing compared to an ancient underground world filled with refined treasures.
Although the herbs, fruits, and the like that they had found were useful, they were nothing compared to ancient pills.
Thinking like this, the leader of the Ouyang family could not help but ponder deeply. If the Dongfang family had certainty of success against this group of youngsters, then they would never have looked for the Ouyang family.
No one was willing to trade the treasures that they obtained. This also proved that even if they went together, Ouyang and Dongfang families together, then there would still be a certain amount of sacrifices.
Even so, the leader of the Ouyang family had to admit that he had been enticed by the words of the underground treasure trove. He was very eager to see what treasures they had found, and even more so to see whether or not there were any spiritual swords present.
His own sword was not bad, but it was far from being able to contend against the proper spiritual swords. If there were refined treasures, there were also likely to be refined weapons.