Chapter 26

"I..."

Zhang Hong was about to express his stance, but was interrupted by Xu Yang: "I object too. Alright, go find someone else to show off to. I have to practice; I don't have time to listen to your nonsense."

The group immediately felt like they had punched the air, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

Xu Yang wasn't envious at all, let alone tempted.

"Just keep acting tough. You’ll have a day to regret it."

Tang Ruiyang sneered, thinking that if it weren't for his opposition, Xu Yang would definitely have wanted to join, and his lack of interest was just because he knew it was impossible.

Xu Yang didn't care about them at all.

Money picked up for free?

Where in the world was there such a good thing?

Even Second Uncle Xu only wanted to suck him dry, let alone relatives who were eight poles away.

He didn't know the reason, but he was sure Xue Fangsheng must have a plot. Whether that was true, he would definitely know in the future.

Xu Yang immersed himself in the cultivation of the Turtle-Snake Great Stance. Every day, he would secretly take out some copper coins and give them to Xu Qing to buy meat, gradually spending the money.

Seven days later!

After Tang Ruiyang, Zhang Yong, and the seven others had spent seven days training frantically with the silver they had received, they followed Xue Fangsheng into the mountains again to hunt exotic beasts.

They went, and even after three days, they hadn't returned. ===== CHAPTER 49 =====

Tiansheng Mountain Range!

Under the scorching sun, mist steamed in the mountains. In a forest, Xue Fangsheng led Zhang Yong and his group through the ancient trees.

"If we come a few more times, even if we don't hunt an exotic beast, I’m confident I can succeed in gathering Qi and surpass Xu Yang without a doubt."

Zhang Yong felt the surging breath in his body over the past few days and couldn't help but feel excited.

Following a real martial artist into the mountains, they ate wild beasts when hungry. Not only was every meal meat, but it was the kind where they could eat as much as they wanted.

Although the time for training was less, the growth of blood and qi was faster than training at the martial arts school.

"Senior Brother Fang, should we continue to go deeper?" Luo Dehu’s tone carried a bit of retreat.

They had been deep in the Tiansheng Mountain Range for three days. If they continued to go deeper, they would enter the center of the Tiansheng Mountain Range.

Powerful exotic beasts lived in the center of the Tiansheng Mountain Range; it was said they could easily kill Marrow-Cleansing martial masters.

"Luo Dehu, if you’re afraid, you can quit. We’ll have one less person to split the money with."

Before Xue Fangsheng could speak, Tang Ruiyang spoke first.

Going deeper was dangerous, but the harvest was also greater. If they got a rare exotic beast, they could split over a dozen taels of silver at once, and they wouldn't have to worry about silver before gathering Qi.

"Stop arguing!" Xue Fangsheng roared, tilting his head to listen.

No one dared to speak again.

After a while, Xue Fangsheng said with a smile, "There’s no bird sound nearby, and I haven't seen any other beast tracks. There must be an exotic beast lurking here. Find it for me quickly."

They had actually found another exotic beast!

Zhang Yong and the seven others were overjoyed and immediately scattered in all directions.

"Found tracks!"

After a while, Tang Ruiyang returned to report the good news.

"Once the prey is in hand, I’ll give you an extra tael of silver."

Xue Fangsheng climbed a tree and imitated bird calls for a while. Before long, Zhang Yong and the others all returned, then followed Tang Ruiyang to another place.

"The tracks are very fresh; it should be nearby. It’s a leopard. Let me lure it out."

Xue Fangsheng took a piece of meat he had prepared from the bundle behind him, placed it on the ground, and took out a paper packet, sprinkling the medicinal powder inside evenly over the meat.

"Senior Brother Fang, what are you sprinkling?" Luo Dehu asked curiously.

When they hunted the exotic beast last time, Xue Fangsheng hadn't used this method.

"This is Ten-Fragrance Soft-Muscle Powder. I bought it at a high price on the black market. Even a Qi-Gathering martial artist will fall after inhaling a mouthful, and its unique fragrance is loved by exotic beasts."

As he spoke, he took out a dagger: "You guys bleed a little. If we add human blood, this leopard will definitely drool, and we’ll take it down without any effort."

Hearing that they had to bleed, several people hesitated, but upon hearing Xue Fangsheng say that those who bled could get an extra tael, the seven of them scrambled for the dagger.

Unfortunately, the first one to grab the dagger was Luo Dehu.

He had some ruthlessness and immediately cut a gash on his hand, blood gushing out.

"Three people bleeding is enough. The rest of you save your strength to transport the exotic beast out of the mountains."

Seeing the seven people’s appearance, Xue Fangsheng immediately pointed to two others to be responsible for bleeding along with Luo Dehu.

One of them was Tang Ruiyang, and the other was named Yang Dacai.

Tang Ruiyang was secretly happy, knowing that Xue Fangsheng was taking care of him. In this way, he could get an extra two taels this time.

The three people, pale-faced, finished bleeding. A bloody smell permeated the forest, drifting away with the wind, and then Xue Fangsheng led the others to hide far away.

"It’s here!"

Half an hour later, a leopard poked its head out from a large rock.

It looked no different from an ordinary leopard, but in the center of its forehead, there was a small horn an inch long.

Natural anomalies must have demons.

Every exotic beast had some unusual characteristics.

"We’re rich!"

Everyone’s heart jumped, and their breathing became rapid.

Leopard-type exotic beasts were very expensive, generally selling for one tael of silver per catty. The size of the leopard in front of them should be around two hundred catties.

Even if Zhang Yong and the others could only get 30%, each person could get seven or eight taels.

The leopard exotic beast looked around vigilantly for a while before finally licking up the blood scattered on the leaves impatiently.

After eating, it didn't stay long and immediately turned to leave, but after taking a few steps, it roared and collapsed to the ground.

"It’s done. Bleed it, and leave quickly!"

The fallen leaves covering him exploded, and Xue Fangsheng floated up from the ground, running quickly toward the fallen exotic beast.

The exotic beast had vigorous energy; even something like Ten-Fragrance Soft-Muscle Powder could only paralyze it temporarily. He had to kill it quickly.

Otherwise, if such a powerful exotic beast recovered, he might not necessarily benefit.

Zhang Yong and the others hiding on the sides also stood up from their hiding places and ran quickly toward the exotic beast.

They could take the opportunity to drink some of the exotic beast’s blood when bleeding it; the benefits were not small.

"Bang!"

Xue Fangsheng slapped out, and the exotic beast’s forehead collapsed instantly, its brains turned into paste by the force; it was breathing more than it was exhaling.

Immediately after, he hoisted it up, wanting to see how much it weighed.

"Roar..."

Suddenly, a roar rang out, and the trees shook.

Xue Fangsheng looked on in horror. Not far away, a tiger leaped out from somewhere, its eyes fixed on the leopard he was holding.

Wind rose on the flat ground, and the leaves blew. Xue Fangsheng’s pupils contracted violently. He saw that on the tiger’s back, there were two meat balls the size of fists, covered in dense scales.

This was also a tiger with exotic anomalies.

"Run!"

Ordinary tigers could fight Qi-Gathering martial artists, let alone this exotic species that had become an exotic beast. He was afraid that even a Marrow-Cleansing martial master might not be a match. He hadn't expected there to be another exotic beast nearby.

But fortunately, he had prepared early, and there was an unlucky ghost near where this exotic beast appeared.

Xue Fangsheng turned and ran, fleeing for his life along the path he had come.

"Senior Brother Fang, save me!" A scream full of fear rang out from behind; it was the person closest to the exotic beast.

"Save you? You really thought 30% of the profit was so easy to get!"

Xue Fangsheng sneered in his heart. He found so many people, besides wanting someone to bleed, it was so that when he encountered an irresistible exotic beast, he could run faster than everyone else.

He looked back and saw that the unlucky ghost had already been pounced on by the tiger exotic beast and had his head bitten off; it was both bloody and terrifying.

"Split up and run, otherwise none of us will survive!"

Seeing these mud-legged people running toward him, Xue Fangsheng shouted loudly.

"Xue Fangsheng, you won't die a good death!" Tang Ruiyang’s eyes were splitting with rage.

No matter how stupid he was, at this moment he understood why Xue Fangsheng had found so many of them to hunt exotic beasts together. It turned out they were food prepared by Xue Fangsheng for the exotic beast.

Unfortunately, he only ran a short distance before being pounced on by the tiger exotic beast.