Chapter 5 Hunting time!
"So, the flaming lions ambushing ahead were most likely arranged in advance by Elder Hua Shen?"
"Now that you say that, I suddenly remembered it!"
Ye Zhi suddenly became excited. "I've heard people say before that Elder Hua Shen seems carefree and unemployed, seemingly never practicing cultivation. But in fact, he's a hidden leader, the undisputed number one in our outer sect! He's like a sweeping monk!"
"That's why the sect leader gave Elder Hua Shen the important task of being the chief examiner for this promotion exam."
Her face flushed with excitement. "I also heard that there's a beast garden on the top of that peak, with many demon beasts that came voluntarily to live there..."
Everyone instantly showed a look of joy.
"But there's also a Nine-Colored Pot Snake. Could it also be arranged by Elder Hua Shen?"
Hui Yao was calmer. When they heard her mention the Nine-Colored Pot Snake, it was as if a bucket of cold water was poured over their heads, and their excitement just now disappeared in an instant.
Ye Zhi couldn't help but look at Nan Ran.
Nan Ran smiled awkwardly.
She didn't know... She didn't even know who was talking in her ear.
Nan Ran was a little suspicious. She thought she had traveled through time and space, and according to the principle of time travel, she had unlocked some golden finger.
But she had been there for almost a day, and she heard a "ding" from the system, insisting on binding to her at all costs.
Just when Nan Ran was feeling awkward being stared at—
[I wasn't arranged by some Beastmaster Sect elder.]
[I was brought here by that wicked, smoking three-tailed leaf hawk]
If I hadn't been smart and decisive, and hadn't fought back hard and bit that old vulture's buttocks...
"The Nine-Colored Pot Snake was caught by the Three-Tailed Leaf Eagle. The Nine-Colored Pot Snake must have bitten the Three-Tailed Leaf Eagle's back and then been thrown here."
Nan Ran subconsciously followed up with the words.
Then I felt that the surroundings suddenly became quiet.
Ye Zhi and the others were all looking at her, and even the noisy voice in her ears just now seemed to suddenly freeze.
Then, a sharp explosion suddenly rang in Nan Ran's ears: "How did you know?"
“Ahhhhhhh, for your sake!!”
To other people's ears, it was the hissing sound of a snake spitting out its tongue.
Shi Qing was the first to react: "There!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he swung out his sword, took a deep breath and leaped into the air. He stepped on the air twice, turned around and rushed to the Nine-Colored Pot Snake. He chopped down the sword with quick eyes and hands, piercing it straight into the seven inches.
[Uhhh…]
The Nine-Colored Pot Snake didn't expect that he would lose his life before he even had time to react.
Shi Qing acted quickly and withdrew quickly.
In just a few moves, he cut open the Nine-Colored Pot Snake and took out its demon pill.
Luo Manyi exclaimed in amazement, full of admiration: "Ahh, sister killed me! How amazing! She's worthy of being the number one registered outer sect disciple!"
Nan Ran was also amazed.
Is this... the power of an immortal cultivator?
So heroic! So awesome!
I wonder if she, with her disabled body, will have the chance to embark on the path of cultivating immortals.
Shi Qing is usually a serious and cold beauty. She couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable when Luo Manyi expressed his love to her so directly.
"It's not that I'm that strong, it's mainly because the water and fire elements restrain each other. The Nine-Colored Pot Snake is in the Flame Beast Forest, so its strength is somewhat suppressed. And the Book of Beasts also says that monsters like the Nine-Colored Pot Snake don't have very strong attack power. They are just very good at using the terrain and environment to camouflage and attack people when they are not prepared. Once exposed, their attack power will be instantly reduced and their reaction speed will also slow down."
Shi Qing said modestly: "I was just lucky..."
After hearing this, everyone thought she was amazing. Only Gu Zhi was disdainful and annoyed, whispering jealously, "She's just a bookworm who knows how to read. What's so great about her?"
No one paid attention to his dissatisfaction.
Everyone looked at the demon pill in Shi Qing's hand, their eyes filled with uncontrollable joy.
"With this, does it mean that we have a chance of passing the promotion assessment?!" Hui Yao looked the most excited.
This was her last chance and she didn't want to give up.
Shi Qing nodded.
Even Ye Zhi, the usually steady and temporary captain of their group, couldn't help but smile. "Although the Nine-Colored Pot Snake's attack isn't very strong, it's classified as a high-level demon beast due to its ability to camouflage."
"For this promotion assessment, we only need to hunt five intermediate-level monsters or tame two intermediate-level monsters."
"Now that we have a demon core from a high-level demon beast, it's enough to kill three mid-level demon beasts. We only need to kill two more mid-level demon beasts to pass the test!"
Yeats said this, still unable to contain his excitement.
As for taming monsters, they had never even thought about it.
Most monsters have strong personalities and are ashamed to associate with humans. They would rather die than be tamed.
These outer sect disciples had only touched the surface of beast taming. Most of them could fight against intermediate-level monsters, but taming them was extremely difficult.
"Since the flaming lions ambushing ahead are most likely deliberately arranged by Elder Hua Shen, why don't we go over and take a look?"
Hui Yao was the first to speak up and suggested that she was more inclined to believe Nan Ran and did not want the assessment journey to end there.
"If it was arranged by Elder Hua Shen, it might just be some hidden test. It should be a little dangerous, but not life-threatening." Shi Qing agreed with Hui Yao's suggestion.
"I have no objection."
"That's fine with me."
Yeats and Luo Manyi expressed their opinions one after another, and Nanran followed the crowd.
She was not familiar with the place at all, so she could only follow them.
Otherwise, I might not even know how to get back to the Beastmaster Sect.
I don’t know why, but she seems to have inherited the original owner’s memory. However, the original owner’s memory is as clean as a blank sheet of paper, almost indistinguishable from anything else.
After the others carefully considered for a moment, they also chose to agree after Ye Zhi reminded them, "We all have teleportation talismans given by the sect. If the flaming lion ambushing ahead is not a test of us by the sect, the worst that can happen is that we can just crush the teleportation talisman and exit. Anyway, we won't be able to defeat a high-level attacking monster if we encounter one."
Everyone agreed except Gu Zhi.
He hadn't even finished saying "How dare you believe what a poor student said?", but now he had to swallow it back.
So angry!
Gu Zhi glared at Nan Ran fiercely and completely hated him.
The group, led by Hui Yao and followed by Ye Zhi, headed towards the Liuye River ahead, where the Flame Lion was likely ambushed.
roar!
The few people who had just stepped into the Liuye River were instantly frightened to the point of their legs going limp by a roar full of coercion.
"Azhi, what should we do? There really is a flaming lion. He looks very angry. Will he eat us?"
Luo Manyi grabbed Ye Zhi's sleeve, and was so scared that she was about to cry.
(End of this chapter)
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