After quickly cleaning up the battlefield, Lu Yuan and the others continued deeper into the Scorching Sun Forest.
Since the Grey Wolf King was killed by Lu Yuan, the corpse rightfully belongs to him.
As for the other gray direwolf corpses, Yang Lin and the others asked Lu Yuan to take them all. After all, gray direwolves are valuable from head to toe. Not only can their fur be used to make excellent armor, but even their teeth can be made into weapons. They can then sell them to recycling points and make a lot of money.
But Lu Yuan insisted on not accepting it.
"Most of these gray direwolves were killed by you, and besides, I don't need this little bit of money, so you should keep them."
Selling all the gray direwolf carcasses wouldn't bring in much money, less than the profit from a single item at an auction. Plus, there's the hassle of going to a recycling center to sell them, which is just too much trouble.
After listening to Lu Yuan's words, Yang Lin and the others did not say anything more. They each put the Grey Wolf's corpse into their spatial storage, but they were planning to give Lu Yuan a thank-you gift after they sold all the Grey Wolf's corpse.
On the rest of the journey, they encountered a jackal, a tree python, and a leopard.
Fortunately, their strength level wasn't high, and Zhou Cheng and Liu Tianhao took care of it without Yang Lin and Du Pengyi even having to lift a finger.
"Mr. Lu, do you see any of these demonic beasts that you could use?"
Zhou Cheng laid out all the monster corpses he had hunted in front of Lu Yuan, letting him choose whatever he wanted.
Although this little bit of stuff is nothing to Lu Yuan, considering that Lu Yuan's level is only Xuanzhen, there's not much he can actually use.
Moreover, the elixirs from these demonic beasts are all valuable items. Since they have never cultivated healing-type beasts before, they are unsure whether these items can help Xiao Yi improve her strength. Therefore, they can only lay out everything and let Lu Yuan choose for himself.
"Give me this tree python, I don't need the rest."
Lu Yuan pointed to the wood-attribute tree python on the ground, which would be perfect for feeding Chi Lin.
"no problem!"
Zhou Cheng readily handed the tree python to Lu Yuan, and then put the other demonic beasts into his spatial storage.
At this moment, their beast-taming space not only contained dozens of gray wolves, but also the corpses of four or five other demonic beasts.
It's no exaggeration to say that this was the most rewarding mission they've ever undertaken!
...
It was approaching noon.
Lu Yuan and his group of five finally entered the inner circle of the Scorching Sun Forest and met up with the first squad at their target location.
"Captain Yang, you guys are too slow! I'm even starting to wonder if you've all been eaten by monsters!"
As soon as they met, Zhao Hun spoke sarcastically.
His team entered the inner circle of the Scorching Sun Forest last night and has already hunted down nearly ten monsters, making them the team with the most kills.
Yang Lin and his companions looked disheveled and exhausted, clearly having suffered a setback at the hands of the demonic beasts. Otherwise, why would they have dawdled and only arrived now?
Thinking of this, Zhao Hun's expression became even more smug.
He had always regarded Yang Lin as his rival, and now that he finally had the chance, he was determined to mock him.
"Captain Yang, you're only joining us so late, you must have hunted quite a few monsters, right? Why don't you tell us and let us see?"
Yang Lin gave Zhao Hun a cold look.
Having gone through so many years of ups and downs, how could he not know what Zhao Hun was planning? But killing the Gray Wolf pack was too absurd. It wouldn't be a problem for the few of them, but it would be bad if it caused trouble for Lu Yuan.
So he simply said it.
"We didn't encounter any monsters, just killed five low-level ones."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Hun immediately sneered.
"Just five low-level demonic beasts? Captain Yang's strength has declined. It's such a waste of time to kill just five low-level demonic beasts. How about I help you apply to the higher-ups for early retirement, so as not to waste our time!"
The rest of the first squad laughed along, looking at Yang Lin with mockery.
"I want to retire too! But unfortunately, there's no other capable squad in the armed forces besides us, so the higher-ups won't let me retire!"
Yang Lin shrugged helplessly, his sarcastic tone dripping with sarcasm.
Liu Tianhao and the others behind him chuckled, their eyes filled with pity as they looked at the first squad.
Don't be fooled by their captain's usual calm and polite demeanor; he's actually a cunning and ruthless man, capable of driving people crazy with his sharp tongue!
really.
Zhao Hun was quite angry at Yang Lin's words.
"What do you mean? Our team hunted down eight demonic beasts, including two high-level Earth Spirit level 5 beasts. We're much stronger than you guys!"
Faced with Zhao Hun's aggressive questioning, Yang Lin simply nodded repeatedly, seemingly unconcerned.
"Yes, yes, yes! You're amazing!"
Hearing Yang Lin's sarcastic tone, Zhao Hun's face instantly turned red, feeling as if he had punched cotton.
See here.
Lu Yuan couldn't help but chuckle, while giving Zhao Hun a meaningful glance.
It seems that the relationship between the armed squads of Shenwu Pavilion is not as harmonious as he thought, at least not between Zhao Hun and Yang Lin. He could feel the strong malice from Zhao Hun alone.
"What happened between Captain Yang and Zhao Hun?"
Lu Yuan quietly asked Zhou Cheng, who was standing next to him.
Zhou Cheng whispered in Lu Yuan's ear:
“Our two teams once went into a secret realm together. Legend has it that there was a very powerful treasure in there. Zhao Hun was determined to get it and was convinced that he would get the treasure. But unexpectedly, the captain got it in the end. Ever since then, Zhao Hun has disliked the captain and the two of them would bicker every now and then.”
Hearing this, Liu Tianhao added, "That's not all. Before this, Zhao Hun had always regarded the captain as a rival, competing with him both openly and secretly. In short, the two had a long-standing grudge and had never gotten along before!"
After listening to their explanations, Lu Yuan nodded in sudden understanding.
"What about the treasures in that secret realm? What exactly are they?"
He wasn't interested in the origins of the feud between Zhao Hun and Yang Lin, but was quite curious about the treasure.
Liu Tianhao gestured towards Lu Yuan with his lip.
"The treasure is now in your hands, the jade pendant that the captain gave you as a reward for the mission!"
"It's it?!"
Lu Yuan was startled.
No wonder Yang Lin himself didn't know the effects of the jade pendant, yet he could insist that it was a good thing, a legendary treasure from the secret realm.
"But isn't this something very precious? I'm just here with you guys on a raiding mission, isn't it a bit too valuable?"
"It doesn't matter!"
Liu Tianhao waved his hand.
"Anyway, the captain hasn't figured out what this jade pendant is for all these years, so it's a waste to keep it in our hands. But I have a feeling that you, Mr. Lu, will definitely find a way to use it!"
Zhou Cheng, standing next to him, nodded in agreement, his face full of seriousness.
After the battle with the Grey Wolf Pack, the two of them now completely trust Lu Yuan. There are some things that others can't do, but Lu Yuan can definitely do!
Lu Yuan twitched his lips at this, his expression quite helpless.
He never expected that killing a wolf king would cause such a huge reaction.
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