Chapter 286: Encounter

The two rushed into the grass, still laughing loudly.

The black wolf demon behind, seeing this, promptly halted its movement, not daring to approach rashly.

From these two humans' words, this grass patch is clearly problematic.

But at this moment, inside the grass, the two are utterly bewildered, staring at each other.

Where are they? Why is there not a single person in the grass?

Where are Brother Xu and the others?

I don't know; maybe they left.

That can't be; Brother Xu isn't that kind of person.

The demon beasts were lured by you, but where the hell are the people? The grass inside is empty; in a moment, the two grew somewhat panicked, and right now outside the grass there's a black wolf demon eager to try.

After waiting a long time and seeing nothing wrong, the black wolf demon gradually realized it had been tricked by these two humans.

Killing intent surged in its eyes; damn humans, daring to trick it.

I'll kill you.

It leapt up and lunged at the grass; seeing this, the two were startled and turned to run.

Miscalculation; again it's a chase, but this time the two flee toward the grass where Xu Jie and the others are.

Seeing this, Xu Jie signaled everyone to prepare.

What should we do?

Run, what else can we do?

The two are certainly no match for that black wolf demon; besides fleeing, they have no other choice. Charging into the grass, they intended to keep fleeing, but at a glance they spotted Xu Jie and the others.

Brother Xu, why are you here?

Hearing this, Xu Jie's mouth twitched, and he replied irritably.

We've been here all along; you got lost yourselves.

Got lost? No way; I remember it was just that patch of grass.

Cut the nonsense, go hide behind.

Even the ambush site gets messed up; Xu Jie doesn't want to explain anything to the two.

At this moment, the black wolf demon behind let out a roar and also charged into the grass.

Vile humans, still trying to trick me? Give me......... holy shit............

Originally it thought the two humans were still tricking it, there was no one in the grass, but as soon as it charged in it saw Xu Jie and the others rolling up their sleeves.

The black wolf demon shuddered, but it was obviously too late; Myriad Phenomena grabbed its head with one hand and slammed it to the ground.

Afterward Lu Youyou took out the Demon-Binding Rope, and in a few moves bound the wolf demon; swift and clean, without delay.

Seeing the black wolf demon subdued, the two bandit heroes then turned back.

Brother Xu.

Hmm, you did well; now you can go take this demon beast's treasure.

Still, Brother Xu's method works; now there's nothing to worry about.

Now isn't the time to talk about this; first take the treasure, then speak.

The two soon left, while Xu Jie and the others continued lying in ambush here, waiting for other demon beasts to take the bait.

Besides, Xu Jie's method is indeed effective; not long after, several demon beasts have taken the bait.

They were easily taken down; now the grass patch is packed with demon beasts, all tightly bound by the Demon-Binding Rope, their mouths gagged, unable to make a sound.

Their eyes full of fear as they looked at Xu Jie and the others; what do these humans mean? Why capture them?

They have never encountered such a thing; to the demon beasts, these humans' actions are truly strange.

They don't want the treasure, just the beasts? A bunch of demon beasts, what are they for? With this effort, why not go loot the treasure?

After a day, the harvest is exactly several times that of yesterday.

Not only Xu Jie and the others, but even the bandit heroes gained a rich harvest; thus Xu Jie's prestige among the bandits rose another level.

Even many have expressed willingness to follow Xu Jie's lead.

Seeing Xu Jie surrounded by a group of bandit heroes, Zhao Zhengping said.

I think Third Junior Brother is quite suited for banditry; look at this prestige, it's far stronger than in the Dao Yi Sect.

Do you think Third Senior Brother will become the bandit king?

It's uncertain.

Currently, Xu Jie among the bandits indeed faintly bears the aura of a bandit king, causing Ye Zhangqing and others to glance askance.

After bidding farewell to the bandits and returning to Lingcheng, Ye Zhangqing began cooking.

Demons with good bloodlines are directly raised; ordinary ones or those useless are simply killed and eaten.

Still a plentiful dinner; everyone ate heartily.

But during the meal, some Inner Door Disciples of Divine Sword Peak wondered.

By the way, where's Fifth Senior Brother Wang? Why didn't he come?

I don't know; I haven't seen him since daytime.

Hope nothing happened to him.

Not even coming to eat is strange; know that Divine Sword Peak disciples might forget other things, but eating is absolutely unforgettable—even if they only have a breath left, they'd come for a mouthful, even just to sniff the aroma.

As for Fifth Brother Wang, aside from the time he went out for training, he has never missed a daily meal.

Several disciples found it strange; not only here, but the Inner Door Disciples of Jade Maiden Peak are also puzzled.

What about Senior Sister Song Yi?

I don't know.

Both were absent, leaving their companions arriving utterly bewildered; it was really strange.

While the disciples were eating, deep in Huling, this place had already become Heihu Yaowang's territory.

Huling had many demon kings, each basically possessing their own territory; at this moment, within Heihu Yaowang's territory, under the cover of night, two silhouettes moved swiftly.

Their movements were light and agile, making no sound, and it seemed these two silhouettes were extremely familiar with this place.

Along the way, they precisely avoided the patrols of numerous demon beasts.

"I remember that Heihu Yaowang's final treasury is right here, isn't it?"

After running for a while, they finally stopped in front of a cave.

Clad in black night attire and wearing a mask, their faces unseen; however, as soon as the words fell, another black-clad masked figure came rushing from the opposite direction.

The two locked eyes, gazes meeting, whereupon one of them tentatively asked a question.

"Ganfan Xianzi?"

Hearing that, the other black-clad figure also whispered a question.

"Ganfan Ren?"

"Huh???"

"Is she a woman?" Upon hearing Ganfan Xianzi's reply, Ganfan Ren said softly.

"You came here for............."

"Heihu Yaowang's treasury—you're after it too, right?"

"So we see eye to eye, then?"

Both of them had come for Heihu Yaowang's final treasury.

Earlier, one person had stolen a treasury from Heihu Yaowang; now only this last one remains, and upon hearing of the theft in Lin, they both independently thought of this place.

Having confirmed their purpose, Ganfan Xianzi spoke.

"Since our goals are the same, why don't we cooperate?"

"Sure."

Soon they agreed to cooperate, and the two tiptoed into the cave.

The cave was very dark, but for the two of them it was nothing; they could easily see clearly.

The surroundings were quiet, as if there was no one around, but the two still dared not let their guard down, after all this was the last treasury; Heihu Yaowang would surely have tight defenses, mechanisms and such would surely not be few.