In the evening both Gai Luo and Ye Xin reached Gai Luo's house where Gai Tao was waiting for them.
When Gai Tao saw how many boars they had caught he nodded in satisfaction, he didn't expect them to succeed in the first mission.
'I underestimated them, I will have to increase their training difficulty from tomorrow.' He thought internally and then looked at Gai Luo and Ye Xin with proud smiles.
"Tell me how many you caught?" He asked.
Although he could tell that they had already caught more than twenty he was still curious.
"Dad, I caught ten of them and Ye Xin caught fifteen." Gai Luo said quickly.
They have already decided beforehand that they will hide their encounter with Xue Yong and his team from his father. And they will also hide the money.
They did this because they didn't wanna make Gai Tao worried.
Gai Tao listened to him and nodded, he looked at Ye Xin and patted his head. "You did great kid." He smiled.
"Thanks, uncle." Ye Xin smiled back.
Gai Tao then nodded and looked at Gai Luo. "You did amazing." He said and hugged Gai Luo.
Gai Luo smiled and an embarrassed look appeared on his face. He wasn't the one that caught all ten of his boars. However he couldn't bring himself to tell his father the truth.
He just stood there embarrassingly.
"Come, let's have dinner." Gai Tao said and moved towards the door.
Ye Xin and Gai Luo looked at each other and with a slight smile moved towards the house.
The night went by, as they ate food and talked. It didn't take them long to drowse off in sleep as they were exhausted by the day's events.
The next day, they again stood in front of Gai Tao and this time he gave them a different mission.
"You two need to catch a Blue Lotus Rhino." Gai Tao said and a solemn expression appeared on his face.
"Honey, isn't it too difficult for kids like them?" Suddenly Gai Luo's mom spoke from the side. She had a worried expression on his face as she looked at them.
"Don't worry, they already caught twenty Striped Boars yesterday, if they worked together then I don't think it would be difficult for them to catch a Blue Lotus Rhino." Gai Tao explained.
"But still, even trained village hunters need at least a team of five to catch a Blue Lotus Rhino, how are these two kids gonna catch it?" Gai Luo's mother was even more worried.
"These kids are no ordinary village hunters. Our Gai Luo has tamed a Sand Eater, a powerful one at that. No one in the village has such a powerful beast as him. And Ye Xin here is not inferior at all. He has caught fifteen boars yesterday."
"Although we don't know the rank of his Squid, it's clear that it's as strong as Gai Luo's Sand Eater, if not stronger. These two would suffice to catch a Blue Lotus Rhino." Gai Tao said and then looked at Gai Luo and Ye Xin.
"Can you guys do it?" He asked with a serious expression.
"Yes, father."
"Yes, Uncle."
Both Gai Luo and Ye Xin replied instantly, they were confident in their abilities.
"But still..." Gai Luo's mother was about to retort.
"They have to do it, they will pass the sect examination and get in a good sect, it will change their lives, isn't this why we saved all our money, to give them a good life." Gai Tao said and intruptted her.
Gai Luo's mother still wanted to say something but stayed silent and then finally she let out a sigh of defeat.
"Mom, don't worry, we are strong." Gai Luo came in front of her mother and said with a confident smile.
His mother looked at him and broke out a smile too. "Take care of yourself and don't put yourself at unnecessary risk." She said and patted him on the head.
Gai Luo nodded, "Don't worry, Ye Xin is with me. He is strong."
Gai Luo's mother looked at Ye Xin and nodded. "Ye Xin, you have to make sure that he doesn't do anything stupid." She said.
"Don't worry, aunt." Ye Xin said with a confident expression on his face.
"Gai Luo, Ye Xin, go and catch a Blue Lotus Rhino, and make sure to work as a team." Gai Tao said.
Both of them heard his words and nodded, and soon after that, they left for the wilderness to catch the Blue Lotus Rhino.
Inside the wilderness Gai Luo looked at Ye Xin, "I talked to my father about the Blue Lotus Rhino, it is said that they have a pretty strong defense, we will have to act as a team to catch it."
Ye Xin looked at him and nodded. "Don't worry." He said.
"I am not worrying." Gai Luo said in an annoyed tone.
Ye Xin sighed at his words and looked forward. "Did you ask Uncle where we can find these Rhinos?"
Gai Luo heard him and nodded. "Yeah, it should be beyond the swamp we went to yesterday, we will just have to go deeper."
"How deep." Ye Xin raised his brows.
"About ten kilometers." Gai Luo said.
Ye Xin listened to him and was a bit shocked. Ten kilometers in this terrain was a long distance. No wonder people needed a team of at least five to catch these Rhinos.
Gai Luo suddenly summoned his Sand Eater and sat on it. He then looked at Ye Xin, "Come on Ye Xin, let's go."
Ye Xin looked at the beast and nodded. He also jumped and sat on the back of it.
Gai Luo smiled and then patted Xiao Sha. "Let's go." He pointed in a certain direction, after which a staircase of sand appeared in front of them and soon enough they were passing above the jungle on a platform of sand.
Ye Xin also summoned Hong Hai, to prevent any sneak attack, this deep in the wilderness, many dangerous and poisonous beasts live, and getting sneaked attacked by them is a death sentence.
About an hour later both of them came in front of a huge rocky mountain, it stood out in the huge foliage of trees.
Both of them stopped at their position. "My father said that rocky mountains are the favorite spots for Blue Lotus Rhinos." Gai Luo said as he looked at the giant mountain.
Ye Xin stayed silent and nodded. He then looked at Hong Hai. "Go and check for any Rhinos." He said.
Hong Hai spun at his place and quickly flew towards the mountain. Ye Xin knew the special power of his Squid, it was the fact that it could move through the air without making a noise.
That was the reason why he was so successful in capturing so many striped boars previously.
Striped Boars were extremely sensitive to sound, however, because of Hong Hai's sneaky nature they were too late before they could sense him.
That was also one of the reasons why Hong Hai managed to stop Xue Yong's red beast.
Hong Hai was a perfect spy beast.
Gai Luo looked at Hong Hai flying away and squinted his eyes. "Can he find a Blue Lotus Rhino?" He asked with his brows furrowed.
"We will see." Ye Xin said and turned silent. He had confidence in Hong Hai. He knew that his squid was smarter than normal wild beasts. It could easily remember complex orders.
Gai Luo nodded at his words and turned silent.
After about an hour of waiting when Gai Luo was getting impatient and was about to speak, both of them noticed a silhouette in the distance.
It was none other than Hong Hai, soon his red body came into their view and it stopped just in front of Ye Xin.
"Did you see any Rhinos?" Ye Xin asked.
Hong Hai listened to his words and nodded. It then circled one of his arms around Ye Xin's arms and pointed in a direction with one of his other arms.
Ye Xin nodded and looked at Gai Luo. "Let's go." He said.
Gai Luo nodded with a serious expression on his face and jumped on the back of his sand eater.
"Lead the way." Ye Xin said while looking at Hong Hai.
Understanding his words Hong Hai flew in the air and started moving in the direction that he previously pointed at.
Ye Xin looked at him moving and also jumped on the back of Sand Eater and soon enough they started following Hong Hai towards the Rocky Mountains.
After travelling for about twenty minutes they finally reached in front of a cave. It was a huge one about ten meters wide and both of them could feel heavy pressure from inside. It was clear that a beast was residing inside the cave.
Both Gai Luo and Ye Xin looked at each other and gulped their saliva. Just the aura of the beast was enough to scare them.
"We have to do it if we wanna get in a good sect." Ye Xin said suddenly breaking the silence.
Gai Luo gulped his saliva again and nodded. "I think it would be best if we created a plan first, brute-forcing this will result in trouble." Gai Luo said.
Ye Xin listened to him and turned silent for a moment and only after that he nodded.