Whose Young Master?

While Zhang Yunji and Luan Feng were whispering to each other, Ma Feifei had already led his gang of thugs toward Nine Heavens Mountain.

As one of the four major adventurer destinations on the Azure Dragon Continent, Nine Heavens Mountain Nine Heavens Mountain the first choice for cultivators on the Azure Dragon Continent to seek opportunities because it connects the borders of the Qin, Chu, and Zhao kingdoms and is considered the safest of the four.

As the preferred destination, the Nine Heavens Mountain naturally attracts countless adventurers. According to unofficial statistics, no fewer than a million cultivators enter the Nine Heavens Mountain every day to hunt spirit beasts and seek opportunities. However, although a million cultivators may seem like a lot, the actual number becomes quite small when distributed across different parts of the Nine Heavens Mountain.

Especially in the outer areas of the Nine Heavens Mountain, where the territory is vast and low-level spirit beasts abound, fifty percent of the cultivators choose to stay in the outer areas to hunt spirit beasts.

The remaining 50% of cultivators, who look down on the low-level spirit beasts and herbs on the outskirts, choose to venture deeper into the fourth to seventh levels of the Nine Heavens Mountain to hunt higher-level spirit beasts and seek opportunities.

The area inside is far more dangerous than the outer perimeter. Adventurers not only have to face attacks from the spirit beasts of the Nine Heavens Mountain, but also have to guard against being ambushed and having their resources stolen by other adventurers. Therefore, the intensity of the fighting in this place is often many times greater than that in the outer perimeter.

Although it was already six o'clock, there were still many cultivators around the Nine Heavens Mountain. Ma Feifei and his group attracted the attention of many cultivators as they passed by.

"Is the shopkeeper heading deep into the Nine Heavens Mountain?" A cultivator asked curiously, looking at Ma Feifei and his group, who were fully armed.

"Judging by this, it's definitely him. Didn't you see the shopkeeper even brought that Sky-reaching Ape Monkey?" The answer he received naturally wasn't from Ma Feifei, but from another cultivator.

"If you bring a mythical beast into the Nine Mountains, are you going to the Ninth Mountain?" A practitioner asked doubtfully.

"Not necessarily... I've recently heard that many spirit beasts deep within the Nine Heavens Mountain have suddenly increased in strength. It's said that a treasure capable of amplifying strength has appeared deep within the Nine Heavens Mountain. Perhaps the shopkeeper went there to look for that treasure." Another cultivator stroked his chin and Analytic.

"Speaking of which, it's quite strange. Not only have the spirit beasts deep within the Nine Heavens Mountain become stronger, but even the third-tier spirit beasts on the outskirts have increased in strength quite a bit. My Psyduck almost died in the mouth of a Serrated Tiger a couple of days ago."

"That's perfectly normal. Don't even mention a third-tier spirit beast. Try letting your Psyduck fight a first-tier spirit beast. If you're a step too late to recall it, your Psyduck will probably be dead."

"Yeah, that Psyduck is so stupid, I don't know why you're still keeping it. You should get a new one."

"..."

As night fell, the full moon rose in the sky. At the sixth level of the mountain, a team of adventurers from the Qin State was hunting a seventh-tier spirit beast Crimson Water Scorpion.

The team consists of four people: one man and three women.

The man was the weakest, only at the Spirit Ancestor ninth stage realm, while the three women each possessed the Spirit King ninth stage realm. Although the man was weaker, he was clearly their leader. When the four attacked the Crimson Water Scorpion together, the three women each used three-tenths of their strength to protect the man, in case he was accidentally killed by the Crimson Water Scorpion.

Logically speaking, it shouldn't be difficult for three cultivators at the Spirit King ninth stage realm to jointly kill a seventh-tier spirit beast. However, the four of them fought the Crimson Water Scorpion for a long time and it was still alive and well. On the contrary, it was the three women who were exhausted and drenched in sweat.

The man thrust his eighth-tier spirit sword at the tail of the Crimson Water Scorpion, but it couldn't penetrate even a fraction. The Crimson Water Scorpion's tail swept directly at him, but was blocked in time by a female companion wielding a long whip.

"A seventh-tier spirit beast is this powerful? It seems we're doomed to perish here in the sixth level of the mountain today." The man sighed as he looked at the several-meter-tall Crimson Water Scorpion.

Upon hearing this, the three female companions' lips twitched, but they remained silent. Instead, they intensified their Spiritual Power and attacked the Crimson Water Scorpion.

Seeing their all-out attack, the Crimson Water Scorpion remained unfazed and thrust its stinger at the man once more.

"Young master, be careful!" the three women shouted, abandoning their momentum midway and changing course to Sheer Force block the tail stab.

'Clang~'

The three women's magical weapons struck the stinger of the Crimson Water Scorpion with a loud bang, forcing the man to take a step back. The Crimson Water Scorpion also failed to strike the man due to the women's obstruction.

"A good opportunity!" The man had escaped the attack range of the Crimson Water Scorpion. The three women were overjoyed and increased their strength to attack the Crimson Water Scorpion, trying to kill it in one blow.

"You beast, you always target me! Do you think I'm a pushover?" The man was also enraged by the attack from the Crimson Water Scorpion. He raised his eighth-tier spirit sword and joined the battle, Beat Up the Crimson Water Scorpion together with the three women.

The Crimson Water Scorpion, which was already surrounded, raised its pincers high as if cheering when the man suddenly joined the battle. Ignoring the attacks of the three women, it directly clamped down on the man.

A cultivator at the Spirit Ancestor ninth stage realm has absolutely no chance of winning against a seventh-tier spirit beast in a one-on-one situation. The three women were well aware of this. Even with the Crimson Water Scorpion's defenses wide open, they dared not take the risk. If the Crimson Water Scorpion were to perish together with their young master, the situation would be dire. Therefore, they had no choice but to change course again, intercepting the Crimson Water Scorpion's attack midway to protect their young master.

"It's not the god-like opponents you should fear, but the pig-like teammates!" Ma Feifei and his group were standing under a big tree not far away. After seeing this scene, Ma Feifei couldn't help but sigh.

Chang Kong nodded in agreement, Ba Jiu and the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey stood behind them eating the Plum Blossom that Ma Feifei had given them.

Ma Feifei had been standing there watching for quite a while. At first, she was puzzled as to why the three Spirit King ninth stage were unable to Beat Up a seventh-tier spirit beast. She even wondered if the scorpion had mutated. However, after watching for a while, she realized that it wasn't that they couldn't defeat it, but rather that a fourth person in the field was holding them back.

This reminded Ma Feifei of a story, a tale from the Three Kingdoms period known as the Lü Bu. It was originally a good story, but later someone somehow Analytic that if the Battle of Lü Bu against Lü Bu had been changed to the Battle of Two Heroes against Lü Bu, they probably would have defeated Lü Bu much earlier.

The reason for this is that everyone believes Liu Bei's strength is not great. He is far inferior to Lü Bu, the number one God of War of the Three Kingdoms. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had to be constantly distracted to take care of Liu Bei, which is why the three heroes could not defeat Lü Bu in the Lü Bu.

Of course, the true history is unknown, but Ma Feifei felt that this could be applied to the scene before them. If the man hadn't participated in the battle, the Crimson Water Scorpion would probably have died at the hands of the three women long ago. However, the man seemed unaware that he was a burden and insisted on hunting the Crimson Water Scorpion with them. The Crimson Water Scorpion was a high-level seventh-tier spirit beast, possessing intelligence no less than that of humans. As the battle progressed, it noticed the three women's special care for the man. To survive, the Crimson Water Scorpion Crimson Water Scorpion knew what to do. So, whenever it sensed danger, it would go after the man with the intention of dying together, forcing the three women to change their attack direction to protect the man, thus escaping danger.

Then, this Crimson Water Scorpion stubbornly survived in front of three cultivators at the ninth level of the Spirit King ninth stage realm.

"Hmm... a strong will to survive." That was the only assessment Ma Feifei could give of the Crimson Water Scorpion. As for the man who was dragging them down, Ma Feifei could only say, "Brother, your IQ is even lower than my Dragon Girl's."

"Let's go." Ma Feifei didn't intend to meddle in other people's business. She had only stopped to look out of curiosity. Now that her curiosity had worn off, she should continue on her way. The Nine Heavens Mountain was still a long way off.

"Huh..." Suddenly, Ma Feifei, with his sharp eyes, saw a shimmering light flash from the tail of the Crimson Water Scorpion, which reflected into Ma Feifei line of sight, forcing Ma Feifei to stop and stare at the tail of the Crimson Water Scorpion.

"Call out!"

"Puff!"

At this moment, the Crimson Water Scorpion was ultimately unable to withstand the attacks of the three powerful figures at the Spirit King realm. Caught off guard, a woman wielding a spirit sword pierced its large pincers, severing them completely.

"Hiss~!" The Crimson Water Scorpion hissed in pain, its tail began to sweep wildly, launching an indiscriminate attack. It was at this moment that Ma Feifei saw that glimmer of light again.

"Tianshu Fragment!"