After taking a few steps forward, they saw a person covered in blood rushing out of the woods.
"Ahhh... Help! Help!"
Upon hearing someone cry for help, some disciples were eager to help. They took a few steps forward and grabbed the person, who was terrified and whose legs seemed to be going weak.
"Brother, are you alright? You're covered in injuries. What happened?"
"...I am a cultivator here. Recently, I ran out of rice at home, so I thought I would come here to hunt a few magical beasts and exchange them for some food. But who knew that today, for some reason, the magical beasts in this magical beast forest are particularly violent. Every single one of them seems to have scarlet eyes and wants to eat you. Their rioting is quite serious. Someone died here a while ago."
"Brother, please get up. Here's some money for you to help with the family's difficulties."
Xie Zhou didn't consider himself a very good person, but after hearing that the monster riot was quite obvious, he wanted to find out where the monsters were most active in the Monster Mountain Range.
The people around should be quite familiar with him. This is a classic case of "you can't catch a wolf without risking your cub," so spending this money on this person is definitely worthwhile.
This man looked like an honest person, dressed in coarse linen clothes, and his face was sallow, which suggested that his family was in trouble.
The elder brother was very grateful and wanted to decline, but he felt that accepting the money would be a great help to his family.
He then said gratefully, "Thank you... kind people. But judging from your appearance, you must be people sent by those sects to hunt magical beasts. Please be careful. The place I went to is the northwest of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. It used to be very safe there, but who knew there were still those rioting, location-locked magical beasts there. Be careful, be careful..."
"Alright, alright, brother, you don't need to do this. You should go home now."
"Um……"
The system then popped up and said...
"Hmm? Master, you've changed your ways. When did you become so kind? You've always been a miser, never stingy with a single penny for others. But you're really willing to give it to me now."
Life sometimes plays tricks on you, and some of those tricks can go too far.
Seeing the man happily limping towards his home, Xie Zhou felt a surge of warmth in his heart.
"Alright, everyone in position. Next, we're going to enter the Monster Forest to hunt those monsters. As you can see, the monsters in the Monster Mountain Range are extremely violent right now, and they could easily endanger your lives."
"Therefore, when entering, you must be vigilant and not leave the group. If anything happens, you must report to me. If you want to hunt magical beasts, you must act in groups. And if you spend too much time with the magical beasts, you must come back quickly. Don't lose more than you gain."
Remember, your own safety is of utmost importance!
"yes!"
After giving instructions on what to pay attention to, Xie Zhou led the team into the outer perimeter of the Monster Mountain Range.
They were also preparing to advance towards the outer edge of the Monster Mountain Range in an orderly manner when suddenly a shout came from outside.
"Junior Sister Xie, Junior Sister Xie, please wait a moment..."
The Sword Sect members had only taken a few steps when they heard someone calling Xie Zhou, so they stopped and looked in that direction.
Xie Zhou, who was walking ahead, heard a noise, turned around, and saw it was Senior Brother Song.
"What's wrong?"
Xie Zhou walked over to Song Wu, who smiled and said, "We were ahead of you, but we didn't expect to run into you here."
"Have you seen people frantically fleeing from the Monster Mountain Range? They say the monsters are extremely rampant right now, and we should be extra careful?"
"That's right."
"So we plan not to rush into exploring the Monster Mountain Range, but to observe the outer perimeter first."
“Great minds think alike, so do we. We’ve already looked around and there are no rampaging monsters, but the marks on the ground are terrible, as if a very fierce battle had taken place.”
"Hmm... let's be careful."
However, the cultivators in the surrounding area are all saying that there has been a riot. Some are skeptical, but perhaps it's too serious, and everyone knows about it.
The two teams then traveled together, cautiously exploring the outskirts of the Monster Mountain Range.
However, apart from discovering those messy traces, no sign of any rampaging monster lurking around was found.
There wasn't a single one left. Xie Zhou took his spirit sword and searched the grass for any traces of magical beasts, but found that there was no sign of them at all. The words of those cultivators were both true and false.
The other disciples also became suspicious, frowning as they asked, "What exactly is going on? We haven't seen a single rampaging magical beast. Weren't they supposed to be out?"
"I was thinking of hunting a few to take back with me!"
"Let's look again..."
The same goes for Wuyou Pavilion. They've basically searched the entire outer area but haven't found a single magical beast. They're getting closer and closer to the depths of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
Song Wu shouted a warning: "The few of you in front, don't go any further. We've searched the outer area enough that there are no magical beasts left, but just to be safe, don't go any further in that direction. You guys come back right now."
Given the strength of both teams, the monsters on the outskirts of the Monster Mountain Range pose little threat to them; they are all young and immature monsters, so they can hardly be considered monsters.
They wanted to catch them, but there was nothing interesting to see, so they gave up.
The disciples of Wuyou Pavilion, who had been warned by Song Wu, had long harbored the idea of venturing deep into the Monster Mountain Range to find monsters and have a thrilling battle.
Several arrogant individuals, with submissive expressions on their faces, nodded hastily.
He said to Song Wu, "Yes, I didn't notice it just now. We walked far away. Luckily, Senior Brother reminded me. But Senior Brother, we don't even have a decent magical beast here. How can we talk about hunting magical beasts? What those cultivators said was all lies."
"It's better to be safe than sorry. Your safe return is the best outcome. Also, don't act alone. We'll regroup in a bit and head deeper into the Monster Mountain Range."
"Yes, what you said is true, senior brother."
They then lingered at the boundary point leading into the depths of the Monster Mountain Range.
One of them said, "Don't you want to know what the demonic beasts deep inside are like? I think Senior Brother is just too scared to go. It's not as serious as those cultivators make it out to be. Look here, there's no sign of any riots at all."
"I really want to go and see it too. We can't let the Sword Sect down. We must catch the first magical beast."
"Yes, yes, I really want to know if those magical beasts are as ferocious as described in the book. If we manage to hunt one down, we'll be so proud of ourselves."
The four of them had an idea in mind and ignored Senior Brother Song's objections.
They discussed it and secretly broke away from the group, venturing alone into the Monster Mountain Range.
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