A Fine Show

Before long, the two Crimson Ice Serpents launched a sneak attack and bit two members of the group...

"Ah!! Captain, save me!" Since this was only a small team, only the captain carried medicine to treat snake venom.

The two men collapsed to the ground the instant they were bitten, screaming desperately for help.

"I'm coming!" The captain put on an anxious expression as well and rushed toward them. But with the two men paralyzed by poison, the remaining Horned Wolf charged straight at them...

"Ah!!!" ×2

"Damn it!!" The captain let out an appropriately furious roar, as though he were enraged by his teammates being bitten to death by the Horned Wolf.

What an actor! Yun Shu thought to himself as he watched the captain from not far behind.

Then Yun Shu quietly hid himself. He had gradually become proficient at concealing his aura with the Divine Concealment Art, so without powerful perception or Soul Strength, no one could find him.

As for why Yun Shu was hiding? Come on, he had just watched this guy set up his own teammates to die. If he did not run now, was he supposed to wait around to be set up next...

Since the man was willing to do anything for money, Yun Shu reckoned that by the time they left the Monster Mountain Range, everyone here would be dead.

Still, that made things easier for Yun Shu.

In the end, it would all benefit him anyway. Yun Shu refused to believe that a mere Two-Star Dou Zhe could withstand a magazine of bullets.

Once the captain had schemed all his teammates to death, it would be Yun Shu's turn to act. There was no rush yet...

"Lu... Damn it!!" After killing one Horned Wolf, the captain turned around, only to discover that Yun Shu had vanished.

"I never expected a brat with only Five-Stage Dou Qi to see things so clearly..." The captain narrowed his eyes. To him, Yun Shu's disappearance meant that he had seen through him.

"Interesting. We'll see about that..."

Hidden in the shadows, Yun Shu felt rather speechless as he watched the captain's expression change repeatedly in such a short time. This man really had a lot going on in his head.

Next, Yun Shu concealed his aura and followed behind the group, listening to the few remaining members complain about him...

About half an hour later, the people below encountered another wave of magical beasts.

Under the captain's subtle manipulation, another two teammates died.

That left only three people in the team. Moreover, the remaining two seemed to have noticed that something was off.

If the first loss of companions could be considered unavoidable, then the second was rather strange. The captain had clearly possessed the strength to help, yet he had tripped over a branch and missed the best chance to save them.

They're about to turn on each other... Yun Shu watched the three people below, the corners of his lips gradually curling up. Dealing with just one remaining person was far more convenient than dealing with three.

Wasn't the reason Yun Shu had followed them all this time simply to save himself some effort...

Although the valuables on the four people who had died earlier had been stripped away, some things such as their clothes and weapons had been left behind. Yun Shu did not let those go either. Other than things that naturally existed in this world, practically every man-made object had value.

Of course, that was not to say naturally occurring materials were worthless. Things like Strange Fire, Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and Medicinal Herbs were certainly extremely valuable as well. It was simply that there was too much dirt, water, and wood. Even if he gave a ton or ten tons of dirt to the system, it probably would not be as valuable as a single loaf of bread.

Speaking of which...

"Eh?!! Fuck! What a huge loss!" Only then did Yun Shu realize that he could gather Medicinal Herbs and offer them to the system for Lottery draws. Natural treasures like Medicinal Herbs inherently had value.

"Fuck... It feels like I missed out on a hundred million!" Yun Shu might not recognize Medicinal Herbs, but he could simply pluck a flower or blade of grass and give it to the system to test.

If it had value, he could remember what it looked like. That way, his system could serve as a tool for identifying the value of Medicinal Herbs. And Lottery draws gave rewards too. Although a single herb might not be worth much...

If he drew enough times, he could slowly save them up and wait until he had accumulated a certain amount before using them for a Lottery draw...

"No, once I settle this matter, I have to make more trips from Green Mountain Town into the Monster Mountain Range!" Yun Shu thought to himself. Otherwise, it would feel like too much of a loss.

Since Green Mountain Town had no alchemists, presumably not many people could recognize those precious Medicinal Herbs. Even though the Ten Thousand Medicines Hall and the Little Fairy Doctor often went gathering, physicians might not recognize many high-grade herbs that only alchemists needed.

Therefore, there had to be plenty of precious Medicinal Herbs near the outer region of the Monster Mountain Range by Green Mountain Town...

As for Wu Tan City, forget it. With the Mittel Auction House and a Second-Rank Alchemist there, there were probably no Medicinal Herbs left near the outer region of the Monster Mountain Range.

"Damn it! I knew it was you!!" Just as Yun Shu was regretting the matter of Medicinal Herbs, an angry roar suddenly rang out from below.

The last two Dou Qi cultivators had noticed the captain's abnormal behavior, and he was actually planning to attack them directly...

"Don't blame me. The Deer Horn is simply too valuable. As for that clueless brat Lu Fei, with only Five-Stage Dou Qi, he must have already died in the outer region of the Monster Mountain Range!" The captain finally revealed his true face.

"Damn it!!" The remaining two men had also been poisoned by now, and they did not have long to live.

Clap! Clap! Clap!!

"What a fine show!" Yun Shu's voice came from above their heads. Seeing that the last two were nearly dead, he decided to stop hiding.

"Lu Fei! So you brat aren't dead after all!!" The captain smiled when he saw Yun Shu. He had been afraid that Yun Shu would return to Wu Tan City and expose his true nature. But now, Yun Shu had actually appeared right in front of him. Wasn't this just delivering himself to his death?

"Lu Fei... Run!! This beast in human skin wants to kill all of us so he can keep the Deer Horn for himself!" One poisoned mercenary shouted at Yun Shu.

"Run? Hehe!! Since you've shown yourself, don't think of leaving!"

"Indeed. I never planned to leave just like this..."

Before the captain and the two dying men, Yun Shu took out a black object. It looked like... a hammer? Or something...

"Little Lu Fei! Don't tell me you plan to fight me with that... hammer? Hahaha..." The captain could not hold back his laughter when he saw the pistol in Yun Shu's hand.

"Congratulations, you got it right. Your reward is a magazine of peanuts!"

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang...

Yun Shu aimed the gun at the man before him and fired several shots in succession, not stopping until every bullet in the gun had been spent...