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Just Wanting to Live a Good Life, But Surpassing the Protagonist – 95 News
Bao Longtao had been leaving marks along the way when he came, so he quickly found the hillside where he had fallen. Then, with numb hands and feet, he climbed back up.
As soon as he returned to the top of the hillside, he discovered that the scenery around him had changed. It was no longer a forest, but an empty space with nothing.
“An illusion array, and a very advanced one at that. It can even deceive Nascent Soul cultivators.” Knowing that he had just strayed into a gap in the array, Bao Longtao quickly left a few more subtle markers at the entrance. Not only on the ground, but also in the grass and even on the trees, for fear that they would disappear.
After confirming that everything he had done was sufficiently secure, he took out the sound transmission stone and continued to communicate with his teammates, searching for the location of the main force in the dark fog.
“Why did you suddenly stop moving just now? We thought you had been killed by some poisonous creature.” The sound transmission stone transmitted the laughter of his teammates.
The depths of Lingyou Mountain, ten thousand meters deep, were not safe for Golden Core cultivators. It was okay during the day, but at night, there would be many poisonous creatures that were active at night.
Because he had discovered the spirit foxes and foresaw that a brilliant and prosperous life was beckoning to him, Bao Longtao no longer had the fear of being separated from his teammates that he had at the beginning. At this moment, he was filled with excitement: “You guys are dead, but I’m not. Which direction should I go now?”
Bao Longtao did not tell his teammates about his experience just now, because his teammates were just like him, cultivators without much power or status. With just them, let alone capturing spirit foxes, they might even end up capsizing in the gutter. He wanted to tell this information to the City Lord of Qirong City where he was located. The City Lord was a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator with enough strength and authority to capture the spirit foxes. Most importantly, the City Lord had a good reputation and would not embezzle Bao Longtao’s due rewards afterwards.
After spending a lot of effort, Bao Longtao almost fell into the nest of poisonous creatures several times, but he managed to meet up with his teammates without any danger.
In such a foggy night, the possibility of encountering accidents was still very high. His teammates all praised Bao Longtao for being lucky, while Bao Longtao himself also believed that he had survived a great disaster and that there must be good fortune in the future. Once the city lord captured the spirit foxes, a life of glory and wealth awaited him.
After completing the mission, Bao Longtao remained calm and collected the entire time. No one noticed the excitement he was hiding. Just like that, the group returned to Qirong City.
Dawn was breaking, and it was not suitable to meet the City Lord. Bao Longtao waited with difficulty around the City Lord’s Mansion until nine o’clock in the morning, and immediately requested an audience with the City Lord.
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Ye Yong was practicing the Roaming Dragon Steps in the grove. The increase in his Crystallization cultivation and spiritual power intensity had also greatly increased the speed of the Roaming Dragon Steps.
He was letting himself go, shuttling through the forest like a man of the wind, when suddenly a flash of light appeared in front of him.
He grabbed it and saw that it was a talisman with a few brief words written on it: Young Master’s mission, news has been received. If Ji Zong’s Bao Longtao discovers the whereabouts of the spirit foxes, he will report to the City Lord. The City Lord is secretly preparing a plan to capture the spirit foxes.
“A nobody from the Weakling Sect?” Ye Yong almost fell out of the tree, amused by the name. However, he was still very happy to have news from Hua Ningyan. After examining the sound transmission talisman carefully, he saw an “H ” in the corner that he had written himself.
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This “H” had no special meaning, it was simply a mark. After all, Ye Yong had found many local snakes, and in order to avoid confusion, he had made marks on the sound transmission talismans.
After becoming a cultivator, Ye Yong’s memory was very good. The “H” was the eighth local snake he had found. He remembered that the other party had some relationship with the City Lord’s Mansion, so he had thought at the time that their news would be more well-informed, so he had given them a higher reward than the other local snakes. Now it seemed that as long as he was willing to spend money, he could get a return in a very short period of time.
However, only this one had sent news so far, and preparing a capture plan was not something that could be decided with a snap of the fingers, so there would definitely be more time before the official capture could be implemented.
Ye Yong felt that when many local snakes sent news, it would be about time for the city lord to send troops to capture them, so he was not in a hurry for the time being.
Of course, not being in a hurry was one thing, but going out was another. It was not easy to go to Qirong City to wait for orders. Although there was no rule that he had to report, the higher-ups of Tianluo Sect all had that intention. In any case, they wanted him to try not to go out if there was nothing to do, and if he did go out, he had to inform them.
The problem was that Ye Yong was going to save Hua Ningyan’s clan now. Perhaps the higher-ups of Tianluo Sect were not interested in the weak spirit foxes, but that did not mean that their descendants and disciples were not interested.
For example, if they knew that there were so many spirit foxes, they would definitely want to get a spirit pet with high intelligence and potential for their descendants and disciples.
Ye Yong now had a very high reputation and a lot of say, but interfering with the elders’ plans to seek benefits for their descendants would be going too far.
However, there was an internal traitor in the upper echelons of the Tianluo Sect. If Ye Yong reported his absence, the traitor could take on the mission of protecting him and reveal his whereabouts to their own sect… Ye Yong was not afraid of being controlled by some secret method of the demonic cult, but it did not mean he was willing to waste reversal points to dispel it.
He had already been heartbroken when he spent 130,000 to buy a Linging Seed that was not very useful to him.
Fortunately, since returning from the Blackwater Secret Realm, in addition to Wu Xue, Qin Shimeng and the others had been quite supportive, earning him quite a few reversal points. Otherwise, buying a Linging Seed would send him back to the days of being penniless .
However, there were not many reversal points left, only 100,000. It was definitely enough to be used as cultivation resources, but if he wanted to fight the enemy, he would need to increase it several times over.
Therefore, sneaking out and quietly resolving the matter was the best course of action.
Ye Yong spent a thousand reversal points to buy a Concealing Aura, which would make it nearly impossible for those around him to notice the existence of his artifact. After making some preparations, he returned to his courtyard and told Wu Xue that he was going out for a while.
When Wu Xue learned that the Young Master was leaving, she was both reluctant and nervous. Because she felt that every time the Young Master went out, he would cause a stir. Although Ye Yong always returned safely, who could guarantee the same would happen next time?
It was not that Wu Xue hoped that something would happen to Ye Yong, but she cared too much about him, so she did not want anything unexpected to happen.
“Don’t tell anyone. If someone asks where I went, just say that I’m in seclusion,” Ye Yong patted Wu Xue’s head. “When I get back, you’ll see a spiritual pet that’s thousands of times prettier and tens of thousands of times smarter than that stupid wolf.”
Wu Xue nodded. She guessed that Ye Yong was going to find a spiritual pet. However, Wu Xue had studied arithmetic. Assuming that Xia Shiqi’s IQ was a negative number, wouldn’t the new spiritual pet’s IQ be negative tens of thousands of times ?
When Xia Shiqi heard the words “stupid wolf”, who was originally watching the fish by the pond, instantly turned her gaze towards Ye Yong. Her eyes seemed to be saying, “Don’t talk about me behind my back when I’m not paying attention.”