"No, we can't hand you fifty thousand mid-grade essence stones right away."
Wang Lei shook his head.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, we will hand you fifty thousand only if we get rid of rank 5 Water hound."
Jaen Fen's eyes narrowed.
"Then that's not going to work."
"We will give you ten thousand right now though." Wang Lei said with a smile.
These guys want to bind me here. So that they can easily get rid of me after they kill the water hound: Jaen Fen considered.
"How about this? For now, give me twenty thousand mid-grade essence stones."
Jaen Fen wanted to get as much out of them as possible.
"Fine, we will give you twenty thousand mid-grade grade essence stones for now."
After Wang Lei said this, he activated his storage Ka and twenty thousand essence stones appeared beside them.
Jaen Fen also activated the storage bracelet and stored the essence stones.
After that, he left.
"So, he had a storage ire, but he still wanted storage kas. No wonder he wanted low-grade essence stones in the past. It will only benefit us." Wang Lei said with a smile.
…..
"Ha Eun…"
Both Ha Eun and Ji Woo are sitting in a small room across a floor table. This room was lit by a few candles.
They were writing something on two scrolls.
"What is it…" Ha Eun didn't look at Ji Woo and continued to write.
"I think… I like Jaen Fen…" replied Ji Woo.
When Ha Eun heard this, she stopped writing and looked at Ji Woo.
"Really! And how did that happen?" She was surprised by what Ji Woo said.
"His actions and behavior are quite unique. From the first day we met, I was slightly struck by the way he handled things. Even though he extorted our parents, I admired that too. It's like, despite being only nineteen, he's been through the trials of life..."
Ji Woo looked at Ha Eun and said with a smile.
"So, you are impressed by his demeanor, what if it's not his real self? What will you do then?"
"Well… then I can get used to that."
"You really do like him. But what about Jun Yi? You know that he loves you, don't you?" Ha Eun shook her head and said.
"Anyway, you should tell Jaen Fen before he leaves this sect."
…..
Meanwhile,
"Jun Yi, what will you do about it? You should have already noticed that Ji Woo is growing more enthusiastic about Jaen Fen." Min Jae looked at Jun Yi and said.
They were taking a walk around the village.
"What can I do? If she likes Jaen Fen, then I will respect that. Not everything can be achieved." Jun Yi shook his head and said awkwardly.
"But, he is an outsider!"
"Love doesn't care about outside or inside. Have you seen his face? Do you think anyone can like Jaen Fen with that burnt and disgusting face, but she does. She must really be enthusiastic about him…"
"Even though his face can be healed, she still started liking him with his current appearance, which is not easy. I am fine as long as he takes care of her. It's not like we were companions to begin with."
…..
The next day,
"Yang Zhai, can you teach me Red Poison… I think it will help me a lot."
Mah Qi sat on the floor in front of Yang Zhai, at a distance of one meter, and made a request.
"I am busy right now; go and ask Li Na; she will teach you. Tell her that I allowed it." Yang Zhai said calmly.
"But… I want to learn rank 4 Red Poison… so…"
Mah Qi looked down and hesitated before saying.
Yang Zhai looked at her for a while before saying,
"Fine, I will teach you after we leave this sect, go and cultivate."
"I will…"
Mah Qi stood up and left with a smile.
"It seems she is getting used to me, good." Yang Zhai returned to cultivation.
…..
The next morning,
"That Water Hound is still in the southeast direction from this village, approximately a mile away. He hasn't moved from its usual spot." Reen floated in front of Yang Zhai.
So, it has not changed its position since the attack. That's good; now we can attack it without worries, Yang Zhai reflected.
After a while,
Jaen Fen and the others are standing at the southeast side of the wall protecting the sect.
"Are you sure?" Wang Lei asked.
"I am, I checked it again and again just to be sure. You can go ahead without worries."
"How can we trust you?" Tian Yu asked with doubt.
"Then kill me after you come back, it's not like I can go anywhere with this many water hounds surrounding us." Jaen Fen replied.
The others fell silent. Jaen Fen was right. He, too, was stuck with them here, so lying wouldn't do him any good.
"Fine, we will believe you, let's go!" Wang Lei shouted and dashed into the army of hundreds of thousands of hounds.
All three rank 5 cultivators of Luo Sect were going for the attack, along with thirteen rank 4 cultivators. They needed at least this many to deal with the rank 5 Water Hound while surrounded by an army of water hounds.
What they planned was to jump over the hounds' backs to reach the rank 5 Water Hound.
There, many rank 4 cultivators would protect the rank 5 cultivators from the surrounding lower-ranked hounds while the rank 5 cultivators focused on the rank 5 Water Hound.
All three rank 5 cultivators joined the effort to quickly deal with the rank 5 hound and to be prepared for any unexpected situations. The rank 4 cultivators could only hold off the onslaught for a short time before becoming exhausted and falling.
As for why Jaen Fen didn't accompany them? Well, Wang Lei did ask him to join, but he refused saying that he was tired from all the work he did to find the position of the Water Hound.
We can't delay the attack just for Jaen Fen, the Water Hound might change its position if we wait another day just for Jaen Fen to accompany us just to be sure. We need to believe him and start the attack. Anyway, he won't go anywhere as long as we have his thirty thousand mid-grade essence stoneS: Wang Lei thought.
"It's about time I begin as well."
Yang Zhai mutters nonchalantly.
As such, he jumps down the wall and starts to run in a certain direction.
"There it is,"
He came to a stop in front of the Spirit Garden of the Luo Sect.
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