That afternoon, we had covered more than a hundred miles, and were already halfway through the journey.
"Master Yi, I remember that if we go further, we still have to walk more than 20 miles of mountain roads to find the next water source. Why don't we rest here today?" Manager Han said to Yi Ming.
Yi Ming looked up at the sky, and saw that the sun was gradually getting darker. He nodded, turned around and said to everyone, "Okay, let's rest here today."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, some stopped, some stopped their car.
The driver untied Lu Ma, Xiao Shitou went to collect firewood, Zhao Jiu opened the tent, and the two servants from the medicine store took the empty water bags and went to the nearby stream to fetch water.
"Master Yi is a martial arts expert. When I took this route before, some escorts were caught in a panic by the attacks of wild beasts, but Master Yi captured them easily." Manager Han came to Yi Ming, with one hand hanging down from his waist, and complimented Yi Ming.
He was telling the truth. Hede Pharmacy was just an ordinary pharmacy. Although it made a lot of profit, it could not afford to support martial arts masters. So it could only ask the escort agency for escort when the time came.
They originally had a long-term cooperative escort agency, but this time because two herbs were not mature yet and other herbs were urgently needed, they fell behind and hired the Dalin Escort Agency.
But this time, it was the most relaxing trip for Manager Han.
In the past, bodyguards could not detect the sneak attacks of wild beasts. Although they could always react in time, ordinary people like them could not avoid being frightened or even injured. When they were unlucky, people died.
However, this time, after walking for three days, they were attacked three times. Except for the first time when the mountain cat attacked Yi Ming by surprise and was killed by Yi Ming's counterattack, Yi Ming discovered and attacked the other two first, so they were not frightened at all.
"Manager Han, you are overpraising me. It's just that Yi is more sensitive to the eyes of wild beasts."
"That's a skill, too. Escort Master Yi is like a fish in water in the mountains and forests."
After a wave of business praise, night fell and the sky was filled with stars.
After eating the dry food, everyone fell asleep. Yi Ming took a dry branch to poke the fire, and added two dry firewoods to make the fire burn more vigorously.
Seeing that Xiao Shitou and Zhao Jiu were already asleep with their clothes on, he also sat cross-legged, ready to practice.
Now that he has reached the fifth level of Qi Refining, it is definitely impossible for him to not sleep, but sleeping for one or two hours a day is enough.
So these days he meditated in the first half of the night and took a short nap in the second half of the night when it was almost dawn, which was enough to ensure he was energetic for the next day.
Half an hour later, the night deepened.
A pair of bright spots of light suddenly appeared at the edge of the woods, flickering and staring at the people who had fallen into deep sleep.
"Hmm?" Yi Ming suddenly opened his eyes and happened to make eye contact with the other person.
A murderous aura filled the air, and Yi Ming saw naked murderous intent in the other person's eyes.
"A vicious beast!"
"grumble!"
"choke!"
The long sword was unsheathed, and Yi Ming used the sword to lead the man and stabbed out. A sword light flew across a distance of several feet in the blink of an eye and collided with the sharp beak of the ferocious beast.
"when!"
Yi Ming's hand shook slightly, and he released the force. He held the sword across his chest and glanced at the ferocious beast. With the help of the moonlight and starlight, he could see the murderous appearance of the beast.
The appearance of the ferocious beast was similar to that of a golden pheasant, but it was obviously larger in size, with a wingspan of seven feet, colorful wings, and curled tail feathers. Its eyes were dark red and stared at Yi Ming closely.
"What's that sound?"
"Master Yi!"
"Are there any wild animals?"
Yi Ming narrowed his eyes slightly, his mind raced, and then in the next moment, his true energy surged, and a green light wrapped around the sword. The sharp sword energy flickered and flickered, stimulating the pheasant's feathers to stand up.
"grumble!"
"I'm just waiting for you to escape." Yi Ming chuckled, followed closely, pointed his sword at the golden pheasant, and shouted to the outside of the woods, "There is a blind beast that has already escaped. I'll see if I can catch up with it. Be careful!"
The golden pheasant is an early yellow-level ferocious beast. If Yi Ming uses all his strength, he can definitely capture it. However, this place is too close to the camping point, and it will be easy for Manager Han and others to discover any clues.
So Yi Ming made a decision quickly. He would use the sword energy of "Spiritual Wind Sword Technique" to scare away the golden pheasant first, and then catch up with it and kill it to extract its essence. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
As for whether he could catch up or not? Haha, the perfect "Cloud Piercing Escape" is not a skill to be practiced for fun.
"Master Yi!"
"Ye Lin is in danger, Master Yi, be careful!"
"Let the beast run away. There's no need to chase after it!"
Yi Ming ignored his companions' voices. He had finally encountered a ferocious beast, so how could he let it escape?
He clearly remembered the prices of the ferocious beast materials in the shops in Hualin City.
Black Night Tiger Claw, lower grade yellow level, priced at 25 spirit stones.
Flying Fire Eagle Feather, lower grade yellow, priced at 30 spirit stones.
To put it in perspective, one spirit stone is equal to one thousand taels of gold, and thirty spirit stones are equal to thirty thousand taels of gold!
The difference in value between ferocious beasts and wild beasts is so huge!
Just like ordinary people and cultivators, they are people from two completely different worlds.
"Swish, swish, swish", the golden pheasant spread its wings and flew in front, shuttling back and forth at a high speed.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh", Yi Ming was running away quickly behind without stopping.
Fortunately, this golden pheasant cannot fly high and will not escape Yi Ming's attack range.
After chasing for five miles, Yi Ming felt that the people at the camp would definitely not be able to catch up, so he suddenly sped up and arrived behind the pheasant in a few steps. He pinched the sword in his hand, and the long sword with green light surged, slashing towards the pheasant's wings.
"grumble!"
The golden pheasant spread its wings and turned its head, and its sharp beak accurately met Yi Ming's sword.
"when!"
“Chiu!”
The golden pheasant let out a wail, fell to the ground, and rolled around in a panic, trying to escape.
It is also miserable. As the lowest level yellow-level early stage ferocious beast, it is the food of other ferocious beasts in the deep mountains and old forests. If it is close to famous mountains and rivers full of spiritual energy, it will easily be killed by cultivators and their fur will be plucked and their meat will be eaten.
So no one knows how much effort it took to get to the edge of the Qinglin Mountains, which is poor in spiritual energy. But who would have thought that before the good times lasted long, they were discovered by a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Refining and were chased all the way.
"Chirp!" The golden pheasant neighed, flapped its wings, and soared into the air.
But before it could get three feet into the air, a long sword came flying at it. The green light was so sharp that it pierced through one of its wings.
The golden pheasant landed on the ground, and Yi Ming pointed the sword in his hand. The sword barely turned a circle in the air and returned to his hand.
"After all, it's a common weapon, and it's too difficult to operate."
Yi Ming took a breath, and his long sword stabbed out sword lights, like stars, covering the golden pheasant that fell to the ground.
(End of this chapter)