Chapter 25: Blue Feather Magic Eagle, Restless Beasts!
"Ya Fei... Sister, how much of a discount can I get for this delicate skin mask with the VIP card?"
Xiao Ze touched the mask on his face and felt very satisfied.
"Xiao Ze, since you've called me Sister, I'll look out for you."
Ya Fei leaned against Xiao Ze's body, able to feel the young man's strong physique, smiling sweetly.
"I can still afford the money for this mask, so I'll give it to you for free!"
"No! Sister Ya Fei, since I've called you Sister, I can't take advantage of you. It would seem like I'm only calling you Sister for money."
Xiao Ze decisively refused. He wasn't without money, so there was no need to take advantage of others.
Besides, Xiao Ze regarded Ya Fei as a sister, not someone to leech off.
Seeing Xiao Ze's somewhat stubborn gaze, Ya Fei fell silent for a moment.
She felt a bit helpless. It seemed like this new brother of hers was too stubborn!
"...Well then, normally the VIP card gives an 20% discount, but I'll give you a 50% discount! Five thousand gold coins!"
"That way, you won't feel like you're taking advantage of Sister, and I'll be satisfied with giving my brother a little benefit."
Xiao Ze thought for a moment, then nodded and handed over a storage gold card.
"Thank you, Sister Ya Fei!"
Ya Fei took the card with a smile and handed it to her subordinate to make the payment.
Meanwhile, Xiao Ze chatted with Ya Fei for a while.
There was no helping it; he couldn't resist her kindness!
Just by calling her sister, he got a three thousand gold coin discount, which was enough for two beast feasts!
These few sister calls were really worth it!
Shortly after, when the subordinate returned with the storage gold card, Xiao Ze stood up to take his leave.
"Sister Ya Fei, I need you to keep my departure a secret."
"Don't worry, trust your sister to keep her word!" Ya Fei nodded earnestly, looking Xiao Ze up and down with a smile before opening her arms wide.
"Before you leave, won't you give your sister a goodbye hug?"
"Uh..." Xiao Ze was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.
Ya Fei walked up to him and gave him a big hug.
Unfortunately, it was Xiao Ze's mask that received Ya Fei's wide embrace instead of him, feeling the warmth of Ya Fei's generous heart.
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In the eastern part of the Beast Mountain Range.
Xiao Ze quickly traversed through the forest, hearing the piercing cries of a blue feather magic eagle behind him.
A blue feather magic eagle was chasing him from behind.
After leaving Uthang City, Xiao Ze understood clearly that where there were many people, there were also many troubles.
He tried to choose less populated areas to travel through.
Anyway, he had a simple map with him, roughly marking several locations in the eastern part of the Beast Mountain Range. By following it, he could eventually reach Qing Shan Town.
Even in a world with extraordinary martial arts, privately drawing detailed maps of terrain was a serious crime punishable by death.
He managed to obtain this simple map with the generous help of his newly recognized sister, Ya Fei.
Of course, choosing to stay away from people also meant facing the difficulties of the wilderness.
Rugged roads and difficult terrain were one thing, but for a martial artist, they were manageable.
The main difficulty lay in the various beasts and even magic beasts lurking in the wilderness!
Xiao Ze traveled along the Beast Mountain Range, inadvertently provoking a second-rank flying magic beast—a blue feather magic eagle.
Swoosh! A pale cyan Qi attack descended from the sky, breaking off branches along the way.
Xiao Ze exerted force under his feet, suddenly increasing his speed.
The area where he had previously stood was now destroyed by the wind attribute Qi.
"Huh! This beast still thinks it can't be killed by me!"
Xiao Ze glanced at the blue feather magic eagle flying in the air and headed deeper into the forest.
Sure enough, the blue feather magic eagle circled for a while before flapping its wings and flying towards him again.
Xiao Ze deliberately slowed down, pretending to be lacking in Qi and exhausted.
The blue feather magic eagle didn't doubt much. It had hunted prey of this level before, which would have long been exhausted.
It was somewhat surprised that this prey could persist for so long!
It slowly lowered its body and once again released a pale cyan Qi attack.
Xiao Ze pretended to narrowly avoid the attack.
Rolling in embarrassment on the ground, he saw the blue feather magic eagle dive down again, its claws, like golden stones, aiming for his head.
If an ordinary person were caught by these claws, their head would surely be crushed like a watermelon.
Feeling the strong wind pressure around him, Xiao Ze remained calm, a faint smile forming on his lips.
When the distance was enough, Xiao Ze suddenly flipped over, conjuring a water mirror with his right hand.
"Force-dispersing water mirror!"
The oval water mirror blocked the claws in front of him, but it was easily penetrated.
However, the pale cyan Qi covering the claws was also completely worn away!
The force-dispersing water mirror was a defensive martial skill used by Master Ruolin in the original work, only available to high-level practitioners of the Yellow Rank.
But it was a very useful defensive martial skill, with every water attribute practitioner having one in their arsenal.
Shortly after, Xiao Ze felt a strong wind pressure on his body, but he remained unfazed, his movements unhesitant.
"Blue Sea Whirlpool!"
A large amount of Qi was consumed from Xiao Ze's body as the water mirror on his right hand was shattered.
Covering a radius of several meters, it formed a huge whirlpool on land!
At the same time, Xiao Ze's body was repelled by the water flow, directly flung away!
The blue feather magic eagle, staying in place, wasn't so lucky.
The whirlpool spun rapidly, interrupting its takeoff, and within these high-speed rotating vortexes hid blades of water!
As time passed, the wounds on the blue feather magic eagle increased, and the blue sea whirlpool took on a faint red hue.
The eagle opened its mouth wide, but was mercilessly filled with seawater! Its eyes were filled with fear as it looked at the prey several meters away.
Wasn't its Qi exhausted, its strength depleted!
Xiao Ze stood up leisurely.
Exhausted Qi?
Joke! The Qi he had consumed from running this whole way was probably less than what he had recovered!
After advancing to the Fighter stage, Xiao Ze's Qi vortex had also been strengthened, and his ability to recover Qi had improved.
In general, his Qi consumption might not even be as fast as his recovery rate.
The Blue Sea Whirlpool was a low-level martial skill of the Profound Rank, and its power wasn't that great.
But because Xiao Ze's Qi quality was unusually high, and his mastery was also very high, it was quite effective.
Before long, the blue feather magic eagle met its end in the Blue Sea Whirlpool.
Its body was torn into a pile of minced meat, mixed with a large number of feathers in the water flow.
"My current strength should be more than enough to deal with second-rank magic beasts. Under one burst, I can directly kill them."
"But it might not be the case for third-rank magic beasts. Challenging higher-level opponents is always the most difficult!"
Xiao Ze retrieved a pale cyan magic core from the water.
A harvest of a second-rank magic core.
Hunting magic beasts didn't necessarily yield magic cores.
It depended on probability, and Xiao Ze was lucky to get one on his first try.
"Luck is pretty good. This magic core alone is worth several thousand gold coins!"
Xiao Ze took out the map, climbed up a tree, and observed the surrounding terrain.
He was surprised to find that he was already close to Qing Shan Town.
Boom!
Xiao Ze felt the ground shake, and looking into the distance, he saw a group of magic beasts running towards him.
"Drawn by the commotion of the battle here... No, it seems like they're fleeing?"
Seeing the group of fleeing magic beasts, Xiao Ze decided to play it safe and watch the situation quietly.
Although they were only first-rank magic beasts, it was still unclear what could make them flee in panic.
Could it be high-level magic beasts? If that were the case, he would have to join the fleeing crowd too!
(The end of this chapter)