Jia Mei didn't stand on the ceremony as she continued to indulge in her food; she was hungry and exhausted, and the current situation felt like she was pulled out of hell just now.
Even the bland meat tasted like a delicacy to her.
After finishing the meat, she looked at Ye Xin and bowed down a bit, "Thanks for saving my life; I will never forget this debt." She said.
Ye Xin listened to her words and stayed silent for a few seconds. After that, he sighed. "We are teammates; you would have saved my life, too, if I was in danger." He said.
Jia Mei smiled at his words, and a grateful expression appeared on her face; she could tell that Ye Xin was a kind-hearted person.
Taking in a few deep breaths she calmed down. She then looked at her body; all the places where Qian Geming had injured her were now wrapped by white bandages, and she could feel a strong smell of medicine in the air.
She remembered Mao Roulan giving everyone the basic supplies before they entered the portal, those supplies consisted of a water bottle, a big knife, a big bowl for cooking and a fire ignitor. There were also medicines, bandages and antidotes.
She looked at her small bag and found out that all her supplies were there, which meant that Ye Xin had used his own supplies and was even more gratefull.
However, suddenly a blush formed on her face when she realised that the cut that was on her stomach was also near her chest, and it reveled her bossoms a bit from below Qian Geming attacked her.
However, now the places were covered with bandages and the clothes were put back again.
She moved her eyes up and met with Ye Xin's, and then even more shame appeared on her; she averted her gaze, and her face turned even redder.
Ye Xin looked at her weird actions and then a frown appeared on his face; however, he soon realised that she was thinking, and even his face flushed red. He had never been intimate with a female before so thoughts of dressing a beautiful girl was enough to flush him.
Although he often dreamed about Miss Mo Xia, who was his village healer, he never dared to propose to her; this was all new to him.
"Cough... Actually, Hong Hai dressed you up." He quickly said, however, regretted it just as he did so. His words hinted at the fact that both of them were thinking the same thing and the atmosphere got even more stiff after that.
Jia Mei forced a smile after a few seconds, and a frown appeared on his face. She knew who Hong Hai was; Ye Xin had introduced his pet previously when they first met.
"How many merits do you have?" Ye Xin suddenly asked to alleviate the awkwardness between them.
Jia Mei blinked a few times and nodded; she looked through her bag and found her detection stone; it also read her total merits, which were about thirty-five.
She killed three beasts before she encountered Duan Bo. She doesn't know how the merit distribution system works; however, killing three beasts gave her thirty-five points.
She has heard from Mao Roulan that merits are decided on the basis of how strong was the beast that you killed.
Also, they know that if their team wanted to be on the top three teams, they would at least need to collect ten thousand merit points in seven days. Which meant about two thousand each.
However, it was possible that not all of them would be united by the end, so Mao Roulan told them to get at least four thousand each.
Which would come to five hundred and seventy points per day.
However, Jia Mei only managed to get thirty-five points before she ran into Duan Bo and Qian Geming.
She was not angry by the fact that she missed her points, but instead, she was grateful to be alive; if not for Ye Xin, then she would have died for sure.
She looked at him and smiled. "How many did you get." She expected him to get about two hundred points.
Ye Xin looked at her and showed her his detection stone. Since she has shared her merit points with him, he didn't mind sharing his with her. And in the end, they were team members so he was not afraid of her.
Jai Mei focused her gaze on the small stone and then her eyes widened in surprise. Her mouth fell open, and she looked at Ye Xin again with a flabbergasted look on her face.
"One thousand three hundred?!" She exclaimed in shock. This was too high of a number; Ye Xin was doing the work of two people alone. And that was after the fact that he had wasted his time helping her and bandaging her; he even prepared food for her.
At this rate, he will achieve his Target in just four days. 'He is strong!' she thought, and her eyes widened a bit. She saw him in a new light.
Gulping her saliva, she remembered something and a disgusted expression appeared on her; she then looked at him again.
"What happened to those two guys?" She asked; she was obviously talking about Duan Bo and Qian Geming; they were trying to kill her and violate her before Ye Xin came and saved her.
Although she saw Ye Xin arriving at the end moment, after that, she turned unconscious, and she wondered how Ye Xin managed to defeat Qian Geming.
Qian Geming had a powerful beast, and defeating him was not easy.
That was the reason why she was curious about how Ye Xin dealt with the two. Her guess was that Ye Xin managed to run away from them because of his beast; she remembered that Hong Hai could fly, and it would be easy to escape from a flying beast.
Ye Xin also thought about Qian Geming and remembered the fight, he then sighed, "I killed them." He said bluntly, and there was no expression change on his face when he said that.
There was no guilt.
Jia Mei gasped. However, there was a relieved glint in her eyes; she felt as if the demons inside her suddenly died down, and even tears formed in her eyes.
Ye Xin saw her relieved expression and sighed. He could tell what she must be going through when she faced those two evil guys.
He wanted to console her; however, he didn't know how to do it. He just stayed silent. "Let's go and hunt some beasts, we can also try to find our teammates." Ye Xin said and stood up.
Jia Mei listened to him and nodded. Standing, she took in a deep breath, and after that, she started following him.
"Can your beast fly?" Ye Xin asked as he summoned Hong Hai after some time.
Jia Mei narrowed her eyes and shook her head with disappointment, "No it can't." She said.
"Don't worry, you can come with me, no need to be disappointed, Hong Hai can carry us both." Ye Xin said.
Jia Mei smiled slightly and nodded. "Thanks, Ye Xin." She said and quickly held one of Hong Hai's arms.
Hong Hai, on the other hand, moved more of its arms and wrapped them around her waist.
Her body suddenly shook as she felt the tentacle-like arms wrapping around her waist; however, she quickly calmed down after taking in a few deep breaths.
"Are you ok?" Ye Xin suddenly asked as he looked at her with a worried look on his face; he had just heard her gasp and thought that Hong Hai had somehow hurt her.
"No... Ahh... I am fine, I am completely fine. Don't worry." She said hastily as her cheeks turned slightly, and she avoided eye contact.
Ye Xin nodded and then looked at Hong Hai. "Let's go and find some more beasts, night time is best for hunting."
Ye Xin knew that most of the predators preferred to hunt at night, and the stronger the beast he killed, the more merits he would get, so hunting at night would be the best choice for him.
Hong Hai nodded and then moved three of its arms towards Ye Xin, and soon enough, they were flying above the forest.
About twenty kilometres away from them, a team of three moved through the wilderness with their beast by their side.
The group consisted of two guys and a girl with two ponytails. The girl had a horned rabbit as a pet and the guy in the middle had a red humanoid beast.
The last guy had a crow on his shoulder.
"It's good that we met so quickly; this will increase our chances of getting into Heihui Sect." The guy in the middle said.
"Brother we are so lucky." The girl with ponytails suddenly said.
"Boss, we have already collected one thousand merit points combined and we haven't found out all of our teammates, at this rate we will be able to get ten thousand points by the end of seven days."