"Are you in this forest to take the test for entering the Skyline Beast Academy?" one of the elders aboard the flying beast asked Jiao Long.
Jiao Long stared at the kind-faced elder and nodded, confirming that he was definitely there for the test. "Didn't you know that the school elders already came here to pick up the other students due to all the beast riots? Since you're still here, you can come with us; we are also elders from the academy.". The elder informed Jiao Long.
"I'm sorry, but I won't be able to leave with you; my friends are still waiting for me," Jiao Long gently declined the elder.
"I do not think your friend will still be waiting for you since the elders from the academy went to every nook and cranny of the area where the test is taking place to make the announcement, and they even told the ones that couldn't make it to come to a checkpoint to join the other elders waiting for the students there," the elder told Jiao Long.
Jiao Long respectfully declines the elder once more, saying, "I'm sorry, but I will have to disappoint you because I'm sure my friends are still waiting for me." The other elder next to the nice one frowned and squeezed his face, wondering why Jiao Long was being so stubborn and doesn't know what's best for himself.
The compassionate elder loved Jiao Long's attitude, and because Jiao Long is confident that his companion is still waiting for him, it signifies that they have already established trust, which is uncommon in this world when even parents may sell their children for benefits.
"You can go since you're quite sure that your friends are still waiting for you. What about this? After meeting up with your friends, you should move towards the north of the beast mountain. There's a big mountain there that looks like it has been split in the middle. You and your friends stay there, and after I'm done with investigating why the beasts suddenly chose to riot, I will meet you there to take you back to the academy in three days, because you won't be able to go to the academy yourself. The gentle elder informed Jiao Long.
Jiao Long nodded, confirming that he will go there after he has rejoined with his friends. He looked at the gorgeous lady and noticed that after she had frowned at him when he stared at her in an ungentlemanly manner earlier, she had not looked at him since then. "She is a cold woman through and through," Jiao Long thought to himself. When the other grumpy elder noticed that the gentle elder had finished speaking with Jiao Long, he told the beast to depart.
Jiao Long watched the beast fly away and made his way towards the cave where he had left Caishen and Shayuan. He noticed that the shrubs he had planted at the entrance of the cave to disguise the opening had not moved, indicating that Shayuan and Caishen were still inside the cave. He swiftly pulled the plants away and entered. As soon as he entered the cave, a beast talon nearly swiped his face off; if he hadn't dodged fast, his face would have been deformed.
Jiao Long asked Caishen if he was attempting to murder his friend. With a short and apologetic glance at Jiao Long, Caishen said, "I apologize; I didn't realize it was you outside the cave. I thought a beast had found its way here. Did you find the medicine?"
"I did. Where's Shayuan? Is he still ok?"
Caishen told Jiao Long, "He's already on his last breath, but he's hanging on."
When Jiao Long noticed that Shayuan was having trouble breathing and that his body temperature was so high that someone could boil water with only his body temperature, he promptly removed the medication, mashed it into a paste, and applied it all over Shayuan's wound. After that, he boiled some of the medication over a fire and gave it to Shayuan. Since the drug acts externally and Shayuan uses his cultivation to get around the medication from within, he ought to be fully recovered by tomorrow.
Jiao Long assisted Caishen in applying the medicine to his legs as well, and he tore some of his linen to bind the wound. "I heard that the academy elders came down here to gather the students taking the test; why did you not go with them?" said Jiao Long to Caishen. "How can we leave without you? We know that you won't forsake us, and you will never leave with the elders without finding the medicine first, so how can we leave you only at the beasts mountain forest at the mercy of those beasts all alone? If we do that, won't we be ungrateful fellas?" Jiao Long's cousin Caishen replied.
Jiao Long was moved when he heard what Caishen stated, and he was astounded by the rapport and confidence they have for each other despite not knowing each other for a long time. "once shayuan wakes up tomorrow we should rest for tomorrow and then next tomorrow we can go hunt for level two beast for me, I've already entered realm two" . Jiao Long stated to Caishen, then went on to explain what the compassionate elder had said to him, as well as tell Caishen when they would be departing to meet the elder.