Chapter 69
The man who had released the hidden weapon suddenly looked away and looked at Su Jinzhou's injured hand. He smiled sheepishly and said, "I'm sorry, fellow Daoist. I just thought it was the Nightmare Clan that came in, so I attacked. Is the injury serious?"
Ji Tang applied medicine to the wound and bandaged it with a strip of cloth that he had torn from Su Jinzhou's clothes. After doing all this, he looked up at him and said, "It's very serious."
The other party's smile was stiff. He thought that a polite remark would let the matter go, but he didn't expect Ji Tang to play by his own rules. He had no choice but to take out some medicine for external injuries from his storage bag and said, "Fellow Daoist, do you think any of these medicines can be used? Feel free to take them."
Ji Tang looked at the bottles and jars, each with the name of a medicine written on it, but none of them were as effective as the medicine she made herself.
She didn't take it and didn't say anything.
Su Jinzhou gave the other party a way out, "It's okay, fellow Daoist, don't worry."
The wound was deep, but it wasn't a serious injury to Su Jinzhou. The opponent's cultivation was average, but his hidden weapon was extraordinary. It must be a valuable treasure. He was careless for a moment and fell into the trap.
The other party bowed and quickly put the medicine on the table back into the storage bag.
They are now very close to the Nightmare Clan's territory and are in danger at any time. It is better to carry some medicine with them to be prepared. These medicines were obtained by him from the sect with great difficulty. If Ji Tang really took away even one bottle, he would feel very distressed.
"I am Zhou Binran from the Wuwang Sect. What are your names, fellow Taoists?"
"My name is Su Jinzhou, and this is my junior sister Ji Tang."
Both sides bowed.
"Are you two fellow Daoists also coming to Xiangyi Town to wipe out the Nightmare Clan?" He observed them. "Since we've met, why don't you join us? It'll be safer this way."
Ji Tang and Su Jinzhou both lowered their cultivation levels this time.
One of them is in the middle stage of Nascent Soul, and the other is in the late stage of Out-of-Body. Their cultivation is unmatched among their peers in the sect. In the world of cultivation, they can be called great powers.
However, a tall tree attracts the wind, and they just want to keep a low profile, so they simply suppress their cultivation to the early and middle stages of spiritual silence, which is just an average level in the team of more than 30 people.
Su Jinzhou: "Thank you all, fellow Taoists, but my junior sister and I are just passing through here. We have important things to attend to, so we can't stay here to help you."
Zhou Binran: "I see. Is there anything we can do to help you, fellow Daoist?"
Su Jinzhou: "I'm just delivering a message for the sect. No need to trouble you, fellow Daoist. Thank you very much."
Zhou Binran: "You're welcome, fellow Daoist."
Ji Tang then asked, "Fellow Daoist, are the thirty or so cultivators here all disciples of the Wuwang Sect?"
Zhou Binran smiled and waved his hand, "In addition to my Wuwang Sect, there are also disciples from the Jinyu Sect, Guijian Sect, Duzhao Sect and Xiahai Sect." Every time he mentioned one, his hand would move to the corresponding position. After this round of introductions, Jitang also had a general understanding of these people.
"Are you going to the Nightmare Valley?"
Everyone exchanged glances before laughing and saying, "How is that possible? That's the Nightmare Tribe's territory. Aren't we just going in there to deliver food to them?"
They are on different paths, which is better this way, Jitang said no more.
The inn was already full of more than thirty people, so at most one room could be allocated to them.
"I can only inconvenience my two fellow Taoists."
Ji Tang said frankly: "It's enough."
This immediately attracted everyone's obscure gazes.
Ji Tang and Su Jinzhou returned to the room. She slammed the door shut, blocking out the curious gazes from outside.
Su Jinzhou sat at the table and watched her vent her anger on the door. He asked with a smile, "Do you care?"
Ji Tang snorted, "I don't care, but seeing their looks makes me annoyed. What's there to gossip about? Forget about me and my senior brother sleeping in the same room. Even if I sleep in the same bed, is it their business?"
Su Jinzhou suddenly started coughing.
Ji Tang: "That's not what I meant. It's not about sleeping in the same bed, it's about resting in the same bed."
"Alright, alright," Su Jinzhou asked her to stop. If she continued, he wouldn't just choke. "I know what you mean."
Ji Tang sat down opposite Su Jinzhou and poured him some tea, "Brother, have some tea."
Su Jinzhou drank some tea before his throat felt better. He cleared his throat and said, "They're not traveling with us. Don't worry about them. Take advantage of the time to rest. We'll enter the Nightmare Valley early tomorrow morning."
Ji Tang and Su Jinzhou had no reason to be polite, so she went to the bed and sat cross-legged in meditation.
Su Jinzhou drank another half pot of water before moving the kettle and teacup on the table aside. He pushed himself onto the table with his wrists, intending to practice here for one night.
The next morning, the two said goodbye to everyone and left Xiangyi Town.
They flew to a place not far from the Nightmare Phantom Valley. The Nightmare Phantom Valley was built in a vast forest. There was a valley in the forest. At night, a large number of fireflies would light up the valley with a faint blue light, which is why the Nightmare Phantom Valley got its name.
This is the hometown where Jitang lived as a child, and Su Jinzhou looked at it very carefully.
Ji Tang was eager to return home, so he took Su Jinzhou and flew to the entrance of the Nightmare Fantasy Valley.
As soon as they arrived, they saw a dozen members of the Nightmare Clan guarding the entrance. Ji Tang approached and saw familiar faces inside.
"Ah Qian!"
The other person looked up from behind and saw Jitang. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief: "Atang?!"
"It's me!"
Ah Qian quickly ran to Ji Tang and hugged her happily: "You've been traveling for a long time, but you finally came back!!"
Ji Tang smiled and patted him on the back, introducing him, "This is my senior brother, Su Jinzhou."
Ah Qian looked at him warily, "A human cultivator?"
"Yeah, it's a long story, let's go inside and talk!"
"Wait," Ah Qian stopped Ji Tang, "He is a human cultivator, he can't enter our place."
Ji Tang frowned, "What's wrong with human cultivators? Weren't there enough human cultivators entering the Nightmare Illusion Valley before?"
A Qian glanced behind him inconspicuously and said in a hard voice: "Things are different now, human cultivators cannot enter!" He tightened his hand slightly on Ji Tang's shoulder.
Ji Tang said no more, "Then... then I have to find a place for Brother to stay."
A Qian: "I'll watch you leave." After he said that, he nodded to his fellow tribesmen behind him.
When the three of them were far away from the entrance, Ji Tang couldn't help but ask him, "Ah Qian, what's going on in our tribe? Now our tribe is becoming the public enemy of Chen Wuzhou!"
"It was the clan leader's order. He ordered the stone tablet engraved with the clan rules to be smashed. He said that the Nightmare Clan had been silent for too long and it was time to show their fangs."
"Fangs?" Ji Tang was puzzled. "Everyone in Chenwuzhou wants to annihilate the Nightmare Clan. Is he showing his fangs? He's going against the entire Chenwuzhou! He wants to kill his people!"
A Qian didn't say anything.
Ji Tang saw that he was worried. "Ah Qian, during the time I was away, I became a disciple of Master Wu Shu of the Su Xuan Sect. This is my fellow disciple, Senior Brother Su Jinzhou. He is a completely trustworthy person."
Ah Qian: "Why don't you return to the Nightmare Clan, but become a human cultivator instead? What can a human cultivator teach you?"
Ji Tang: "I know I can't learn the magic of the Nightmare Clan from Master, but I have learned the skill of refining medicine and can use the magic of the Suxuan Sect."
"A spell cultivated by a human?" A Qian was puzzled. "How can our nightmare energy cast a spell cultivated by a human?"
Ji Tang: "There is a magic weapon called the Soul-Transforming Bracelet, which can transform nightmare energy into spiritual power, so that I can cast the magic of human cultivation."
Ah Qian rolled up her sleeves and saw that her wrists were empty. "Where's the bracelet?"
Ji Tang was speechless: "We are not the only ones who know about the Soul Transformation Bracelet. Isn't it obvious that I am not a human cultivator if I wear it now?"
A Qian slapped his forehead.
"When the Nightmare Clan first went out hunting, my master asked me to practice in seclusion, and I just came out not long ago. In this situation, the Suxuan Sect not only did not expel me, but also wanted to protect me. My master is also protecting me. That is my second home, so you can rest assured."
Only then did A Qian nod to Su Jinzhou.
Ji Tang: "Now you can say it, Senior Brother is one of us."
A Qian sorted out his thoughts before saying, "You said we offended the entire Chenwuzhou. That's both right and wrong."
Ji Tang was stunned: "What do you mean?"
"On the surface, we have indeed become the public enemy of Chenwuzhou, but in reality, many sects and palaces in Chenwuzhou are our allies."
Ji Tang stopped in shock, "You mean—"
Su Jinzhou: "This is a serious matter, this is not the place to discuss it."
A Qian: "I just said that to reassure my fellow tribesmen. They still have to guard the entrance and won't follow us. But just in case, I have a good place to go."
He identified the direction and said, "Let's go to the tree house."
Su Jinzhou and Jitang were one step behind Aqian. He asked Jitang, "Where is the tree house?"
"It was a place where we played when we were little. It was a thing we did when we were little. I never thought it could still be used now."
The tree house was not far away. A Qian led the way and soon arrived at the tree house.
Su Jinzhou looked at the big tree in front of him. The trunk of the tree was very thick. It would take seven or eight people to hug it with their arms outstretched. It was covered with vines. Countless trunks were crossed and stacked on top, extending very far. The green leaves were dense, and no sunlight could fall. The extended branches were entwined with the branches of the surrounding trees, forming a huge air barrier.
A Qian approached the tree trunk, gently pulled apart the vines, gestured to the back, and walked in first.
Only then did Su Jinzhou discover that there was a tree hole behind the vines that he could walk into.
Ji Tang: "This tree is very old. It was here when we were young. Back then, the trunk was injured for some reason, but it was very resilient. Over time, the wound became like this. When I left the Nightmare Clan, it wasn't as magnificent as it is now."
"We often hid in the tree holes to play. It was a secret base for kids."
Su Jinzhou: "Besides you and A Qian, does anyone else know about this place?"
Ji Tang smiled: "There is another one, you also know him."
Su Jinzhou immediately knew who it was, "Tan Qingyue."
"That's right."
They entered the tree hole, and the vines fell down again, covering the tree hole.
Ah Qian dug out a candlestick from the corner and carefully lit a candle. "The sunlight here is blocked by the big trees, so we can only use candles."
Su Jinzhou knew this was directed at him, "You guys have prepared quite a few gadgets."
"Those?" Ah Qian followed his gaze to the corner, where there were slingshots, small stones, and clay dolls, all piled up in a mess. "Those were all my toys when I was a kid. I never put them away."
Ji Tang was familiar with the place and found three cushions from the other side. "I didn't expect that after all this time, this place is still the same as before."
Ah Qian: "You and Ah Yue are not coming back, and I don't come here often. What am I doing here? Playing with slingshots?"
Ji Tang heard the dissatisfaction in his voice, "Good Ah Qian, am I not back?"
"I think you've almost forgotten your home."
Su Jinzhou rescued his junior sister, "Did you also put this candle here when you were little?"
Ah Qian: "How is that possible? I brought that with me last time, and I'm using it now."
Jitang put his hands behind his back and gave Su Jinzhou a thumbs up.
Su Jinzhou touched the tree trunk and asked, "Is it safe here?"
"It's safe. When we were little, there were only three of us playing here, and no one in our generation knew about it. Now that we've grown up, we rarely come here, so no one will even discover this place."
Su Jinzhou felt dust on the tree trunk, which showed that no one had been here for a long time.
Ji Tang then continued to ask, "You said that many sects and palaces in Chenwuzhou are our allies. What's going on?"
A Qian: "I don't know when the clan leader established connections with some sects and palaces. We only found out about it later."
"How did you find out?"
A Qian was silent for a moment before saying, "When dream eaters from our tribe are captured, their captors are all human cultivators. Some cultivators kill them outright, while others release them. I was captured once too, and I thought I was doomed, but the cultivator just pretended to keep me in a cave and released me after a few days."
Why does this sound more and more like what Su Jinzhou did?
Jitang glanced at Su Jinzhou.
Su Jinzhou glanced at her and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
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