How Would You Know What Your Teammates Would Do If You Didn't Try?

Unfortunately, the spirit-hunting group from earlier had not seen this scene. Otherwise, they would definitely have called off their next move. But unfortunately, they had not seen it. After Xiao Qing got the last bottle of soy sauce, she pulled her little cart toward the Star Dou Great Forest. Not long after she left, an ordinary doctor from nearby was brought over as well.

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However, he was not a Spirit Master. Support-type Spirit Masters already had a difficult time cultivating, and healing types among the Support System were even rarer than phoenix feathers and qilin horns. Even if they existed, they would not appear in a place like this. Still, though he was only an ordinary doctor, anyone who could establish himself here naturally had his own unique skills.

"What kind of person did this guy offend?"

The people nearby explained everything to him one by one. After listening, the doctor examined the man for a while, then sighed and said faintly,

"Should I say this guy was lucky, or unlucky?"

"What do you mean?" the person who had fetched the doctor asked.

"I'll tell you in a moment. None of you touched him, right?"

"No, no, no."

"Good." As he spoke, the doctor took off his gloves. The gloves, made from the hide of a special Spirit Beast, had already changed color.

"He was lucky because the person who attacked him did hold back. Otherwise, he would have been reduced to a puddle of water long ago. He was unlucky because that person's Martial Soul was probably the Nine-Section Jade."

"The Nine-Section Jade?"

"One of the most poisonous things in the world. There's a saying: the mouth of the Jade Green Snake, the stinger on a Wasp's tail. Though the latter two lines are the important part, the poison of the Jade Green Snake has no cure. At least, for me, it is an incurable lethal poison."

"Then what should we do with him?"

"Leave him alone. That person held back, so the poison will fade in a few days. But whether there will be any lasting effects is hard to say. Don't touch him. My Poison-Avoiding Toad gloves are ruined. Put it on his tab when he wakes up."

Everyone looked at the soy sauce stall owner lying on the ground and could only leave helplessly. Well, not everyone. A few kind-hearted stall owners set up a sign beside him that read "Do Not Touch," then tossed him several quilts so he would not freeze to death there.

At the entrance, the members of the spirit-hunting group were waiting for the fat sheep they had in mind to take the bait.

"Big Brother, are you sure she'll come this way?"

"Of course. There was more than one route into the forest, but this one was the flattest. Since she was pulling a cart, she definitely wouldn't take the other roads. We already drove off the other spirit-hunting groups. When the time comes, she'll definitely hire us." As he spoke, the sound of wheels crushing snow drifted over, accompanied by the increasingly audible creak of cart axles.

"She's here. Big Brother really is clever."

"Why else would I be your big brother? Don't get anxious. Pretend nothing happened."

According to his plan, a spirit-hunting group like theirs naturally could not be like those low-level teams, mostly only in their teens, shouting everywhere to solicit customers. That would make people suspicious. So he had his subordinates sit near the entrance as though they had not noticed anything. Then he watched as Xiao Qing ignored them completely and skipped past while pulling her little cart.

She went past... went past... past.

Seeing his underlings all turn to look at him, he immediately came up with another excuse.

"Ahem. Going straight in like she's camping means she doesn't understand any common sense. She's obviously out for the first time. Since that's the case, she definitely won't go too deep into the forest. So not only is she a fat sheep, she's an excellent fat sheep. We won't even have to risk going deep into the forest. Come on, boys, follow her."

At that moment, Xiao Qing's mind was filled with food. Although Ye Qing did not need to eat, and she herself did not need such a low-level method of energy intake either, delicious food was simply irresistible. Under the system's instruction and training, Ye Qing's cooking had reached perfection. And beneath his sharp claws, any knife was utterly outclassed. Thus, the food Ye Qing made was more for enjoyment.

She still remembered the first dish she had eaten, something called "Beggar Bird." She had caught the bird herself, and birds had once been her main source of food. Yet after Ye Qing worked his magic on it, it became an unimaginable delicacy.

At the time, Ye Qing had told her, "We're short on seasonings. If we had enough, I'd let you taste what the Eight Great Cuisines and the Manchu-Han Imperial Feast are like." Even someone like Xiong Jun occasionally came to mooch meals off Ye Qing. By comparison, Bi Ji and Di Tian came much less often.

But just as she imagined what she might eat that night, a scent carried by the wind made her frown. Even in human form, a snake's natural talents remained. She sensed several auras in the wind that had been following her all this way. She then quickened her pace and turned into a patch of woods ahead.

"Big Brother, I think she noticed us."

"So what if she did? There's no one around here anymore. Go, catch up to her. In weather this cold, there isn't even a leaf left. Let's see where she can hide."

After chasing after her, they discovered that she had not run away. Instead, she was sitting on her cart and waiting for them.

"You've followed me all the way here. What do you want?"

"Something's wrong!" That reaction alone made the leader realize he had misjudged her. The girl before him could not possibly be a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Beneath that sheep's skin, there might be a man-eating tiger. But as the saying went, pig teammates always dealt you a fatal blow at the crucial moment. That was exactly what he encountered now.

"We've had our eyes on you for a long time. Hand over all your money and valuables, then let us brothers have some fun. Maybe we'll spare your life. No one will find this place. You can scream yourself hoarse, and nobody will come save you."

"Damn it!" Seeing his underling directly cut off all his possible retreats, he made a signal behind his back toward the distance. His spirit-hunting group appeared to have six people, but there were actually seven. He himself was a four-ringed Soul Ancestor, while the five people around him ranged from level twenty to level forty.

The person hidden in the shadows was also a Soul Ancestor, with a bow and arrow Martial Soul. He normally would not show himself and only acted after receiving the leader's signal. But this time, arriving together with the signal was a blast of Excalibur—ah, no, a green beam cannon that blasted toward the treetop where he was hiding.

The Soul Ancestor stared in disbelief at the hole pierced through his chest.

"How... could this be?" After muttering those words, his world sank into darkness. Until his death, he could not understand it. His Third Spirit Skill was clearly Mimicry Imitation, allowing him to blend perfectly into his surroundings. How had an enemy so far away discovered him?

As for Xiao Qing, she looked at the people before her and said indifferently,

"According to the rules, should I introduce myself? Level 59 Agility Attack Type Battle Soul King, Martial Soul: Nine-Section Jade."

At that moment, Xiao Qing's eyes were no longer human eyes. They had long since become the Vertical Pupils of a snake. Thermal vision, one of the innate abilities of snake Spirit Beasts. In this freezing winter, warm-blooded humans had nowhere to hide in Xiao Qing's eyes. She had discovered him the moment he hid in the treetop, and what followed was a Cero.

"Level 59... Spirit King." Though he did not want to believe it, the Spirit Rings behind the little girl were undeniably real. Combined with that ruthless and decisive attack just now, the leader's clothes were soaked with cold sweat.

"This is going to kill us..."

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