"By the way, why did you tell a girl where you died? Did you want her to avenge you?" Ning Yanlan remembered something, but she didn't understand what was going on.

Jiang Yuan said dejectedly, "Didn't you just say you didn't hear me clearly?"

"Uh!" Ning Yanlan paused, then her expression returned to normal as she said, "I didn't quite catch the girl's name!"

"Well, how should I put it!" Jiang Yuan shrugged, looking at the huge wound on his chest, and said with a faint smile, "I know her. If I die, Xuan'er won't be able to get over it for a long time! It's better to leave her with a goal, so that she can start over completely after achieving it!"

"Men can be dramatic too!" Ning Yanlan laughed and punched him.

"Ouch!" Jiang Yuan's facial muscles twitched. "Big sister, could you please go easy on me? I'm seriously injured!"

Ning Yanlan's punch landed squarely on Jiang Yuan's shoulder, the force of which pulled at his chest muscles—a truly deadly movement.

"You're not afraid of death, so what's there to be afraid of in pain!" Ning Yanlan said, but her movements slowed down, and she was very careful even when channeling the light of nature.

"Being fearless pays off! But getting punched like this doesn't!" Jiang Yuan joked, pointing to the Blood-bellied Eagle with its head drooping. "Look, it's paying me back with its life!"

"Show-off!" Ning Yanlan laughed and scolded, "Don't move around, the Light of Nature won't take effect for a while!"

After about ten minutes, granulation tissue slowly grew from the three deep wounds on Jiang Yuan's chest where he had been clawed. In no time, the wounds were smooth, with a faint red scab forming on the surface. Moreover, his internal injuries had also healed considerably, and he could continue moving without much difficulty.

"Alright, the injuries have almost healed!"

Jiang Yuan stopped Ning Yanlan's actions. Ning Yanlan was exhausted from healing him. After all, she was just an ordinary person whose spiritual power had just reached level one, and such strenuous treatment was beyond her capacity.

"call!"

Ning Yanlan withdrew her hand. Even without Jiang Yuan's prompting, she couldn't hold on for much longer. She stopped what she was doing and slowly took out a pack of women's cigarettes from her trench coat. Then, with slightly awkward movements, she lit the cigarette and leaned against the wall, coughing as she smoked.

"You smoke?" Jiang Yuan asked curiously. Ning Yanlan had a faint fragrance about her, not the lingering tobacco smell of a seasoned smoker, which was why he was curious.

"I just learned it a few days ago, and I must say, it's quite effective at relieving fatigue!" Ning Yanlan seemed unaccustomed to the spiciness of tobacco and kept coughing.

Jiang Yuan remained silent; he had no right to interfere with other people's hobbies.

When the cigarette was half-burned, Ning Yanlan lowered her hand, still holding the cigarette. After thinking for a moment, she handed over the half-burned cigarette, "Want a few puffs?"

"..." Jiang Yuan looked surprised, because this was the first time a woman had offered him a cigarette, and he had even smoked half of it.

"What? Don't get the wrong idea!" Ning Yanlan turned her head away and said, "I don't like the taste, so I only smoke half a cigarette each time!"

"I just don't want to waste it!" Ning Yanlan said quietly.

Jiang Yuan didn't look at Ning Yanlan. He simply took the cigarette, put it in his mouth, took a deep drag, and said, "Smoke less. The smell of tobacco can't compare to your perfume!"

After two puffs, the already short cigarette was finished, but Jiang Yuan remembered the taste on the cigarette holder.

Ning Yanlan smiled genuinely upon hearing this. She straightened Jiang Yuan's clothes, which were torn in several places, and said, "Put these on so we can get down to business!"

He only had this one piece of clothing, so he had to wear it even if it was torn. After putting it on, Jiang Yuan crawled to the side of the Blood Belly Eagle, where a core that shone with a golden light lay quietly. This was the spoils of war from killing the Blood Belly Eagle.

"Identified by the Heavenly Eye!"

"Second-tier Radiant Gold Core, Status: Unused, Requires three second-tier Holy Spirit Stones to activate!"

When the information entered Jiang Yuan's mind, all the previous adventures were worthwhile; this was the reward for walking on the edge of a knife.

Similarly, he had a second-tier Holy Spirit Stone that he had dug out from the Blood-bellied Eagle. Judging from its quality, it was of exceptionally high quality, making it a Lord-level stone.

"Jiang Yuan, it looks like there are a lot of monsters watching from the side!" Ning Yanlan also crawled over.

The two dared not stand up, for this was a field, and if they stood up, they would be discovered by the monsters that were waiting for an opportunity. At that time, all the monsters would know that the Lord-level Bloodbelly Eagle was dead, and they would not care at all.

"It seems we can't leave!" Jiang Yuan stuffed the core into his backpack, pointing in the direction of Ning Yanlan's red motorcycle, which was now completely occupied by a group of giant horned sheep.

“The giant horned sheep are idiots! They mistook my car for their companions!” Ning Yanlan sighed helplessly.

Jiang Yuan: "..."

You know what, they do look a bit alike!

"Jiang Yuan, there's a village over there!" Ning Yanlan looked around for a long time and finally found a dozen or so low, flat-roofed houses connected together not far away.

Jiang Yuan looked over and indeed saw a village several miles away from the roadside, with a river six or seven meters wide directly separating the village from the fields.

"Can we still go back now?" Jiang Yuan didn't know the situation here, so he still had to ask Ning Yanlan.

"I'm afraid it's not going to work! The roadside is where the monsters are most concentrated, and now that we don't have a means of transportation, we can't force our way through!" Ning Yanlan looked at her beloved car with heartache.

“There are still several miles to go, and it’s definitely not going to work if we try to sneak through!” Jiang Yuan wasn’t stupid either. If they tried to sneak through at this distance, they would be discovered 100%. The two of them were not strong enough, and if they encountered a large number of monsters, they would have no chance to escape and would only become food for the monsters.

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