Leaving Tonight!

"Today's wages too!"

After putting away the Blood Cicada Jade Pendant, Zhou Feng still did not forget to demand his pay.

"Of course! Of course!"

Zhao Jun wore a fawning smile, looking as though he had been scared out of his wits.

The Strongmen Zhao Jun had hired also showed no intention of stepping forward to help.

After all, their pay was only that much.

Want their help? Sorry, that required extra payment.

As for the Inner Sect disciple stationed at Meat Gu Cave Number Twenty-Three, he never appeared from start to finish.

Clearly, that Inner Sect disciple could not be bothered to move over such a trivial matter.

The Three Gu Sect's management was extremely crude.

It could be said that they simply used force to suppress everything. No matter what happened below,

as long as the tasks assigned from above were completed, any conflict was considered a minor matter.

Perhaps this was also part of raising Gu!

Huh? Where was Old Wan?

Zhou Feng had originally planned to collect Old Wan's wages as well.

But he suddenly realized that Old Wan, who had been watching from afar, had long since vanished.

Clearly, as an old hand, Old Wan had immediately slipped away once he realized the situation was wrong.

Unlike Zhou Feng, who was all alone, Old Wan had many ties holding him down.

He did not want to die. Offending an Inner Sect disciple was simply too much for Old Wan to bear.

So he had fled early, lest he be directly marked for revenge.

"Alright! Then I won't trouble you any further!"

Looking at that pile of Blood Pills, it was clearly far more than a day's wages.

Zhou Feng did not put on airs and take only what belonged to him.

Instead, he took everything. In this environment, false pride would only get him killed.

With that, Zhou Feng took everything and turned to leave.

"This is troublesome! I probably can't stay in the courtyard anymore!"

As he walked, he began to analyze the situation.

He had thoroughly offended that steward just now.

Under normal circumstances, Zhao Jun would definitely go back and seek help from that Inner Sect disciple.

Moreover, although Zhao Jun had hidden his Killing Intent well, Zhou Feng had still sensed it through Combat Instinct.

If he did nothing now,

he would simply be waiting to die!

Would he stand there and wait for death? Obviously not!

"Since I've started, I might as well finish it!"

After some thought, killing intent gradually rose within him.

Since Zhao Jun wanted his life anyway, why not strike first?

Besides, the best way to contend with an Inner Sect disciple was to become an Inner Sect disciple himself.

Below the Qi Induction Realm, advancement was purely a matter of grinding away.

With sufficient resources, one could break through very quickly.

So how could he obtain more resources?

Wasn't this perfect? Zhao Jun was collecting resources for Zhao Wu, an Inner Sect disciple. In the end, he would definitely carry a large amount of resources back to the Inner Sect.

Then Zhou Feng could simply intercept and kill Zhao Jun.

First, it might buy him time, preventing Zhao Wu in the Inner Sect from learning what had happened.

Second, the resources Zhao Jun had collected would become his.

As long as he broke through to the Qi Induction Realm before being discovered,

he would naturally have the ability to resist.

With that in mind, Zhou Feng planned to return to the courtyard first, pack some things, and then head straight into the mountains to live for a while after succeeding.

It had already been said that the Three Gu Sect was extremely lax in its management of Outer Sect disciples.

In the Outer Sect, one could do whatever one wanted, so long as one showed up for roll call once a month.

That was because nearly all necessities of life in the Outer Sect were monopolized by the sect.

Want to hide in the mountains? Fine. But without food or clothing, how long could you last?

And if you wanted to escape? That was even more impossible, because as soon as you left this area, the Gu insects in your body would grow restless.

That was precisely why the sect managed Outer Sect disciples with such crude methods.

And did not worry in the slightest.

Zhou Feng went back and took out all the dried meat he had stockpiled.

With that dried meat, along with the supplies he would rob from Zhao Jun,

it should be enough for him to survive in the mountains for more than ten days.

He planned to use those ten-odd days to attempt a breakthrough into the Qi Induction Realm.

Though this plan was somewhat difficult to carry out, it was the best one he could think of at present.

Staying here any longer was a slow death anyway, so why not take a gamble?

After enduring for three months, Zhou Feng felt as though he had been stifled into becoming a fool.

The Outer Sect's environment was simply too brutal.

"That new steward is injured. Even if he leaves, he won't leave tonight! There's just enough time!"

Because Zhao Jun had been severely injured by him, he would not choose to leave tonight even if he wanted to depart immediately.

Gu Mountain was extremely dangerous at night. If he encountered disciples patrolling the mountain, he would be captured at once.

Therefore, Zhao Jun was most likely to leave in the morning.

That gave Zhou Feng ample time to prepare.

He could choose an unavoidable path leading toward the mountainside and ambush Zhao Jun there.

While Zhou Feng secretly prepared all of this,

Zhao Jun had only just finished treating his injuries.

"Damn it! I actually wasted an Origin Blood Pill! That damned bastard!"

Inside a room in the Meat Gu Cave, Zhao Jun cursed through gritted teeth.

In order to recover from his injuries quickly, he had directly chosen to swallow an Origin Blood Pill.

The Origin Blood Pill was an upgraded version of the Blood Pill.

Or rather, Blood Pills were merely defective byproducts produced during the refinement of Origin Blood Pills.

Compared to Blood Pills, Origin Blood Pills not only contained more than ten times the blood qi, but were also far purer.

They could assist cultivation while nourishing the entire body.

When injured, they could also replace healing pills and restore one's wounds.

It could be said that Origin Blood Pills were the true hard currency within the sect.

Unfortunately, Origin Blood Pills circulated only among Inner Sect disciples and above.

It was almost impossible to obtain them in the Outer Sect.

If Zhao Jun had not wanted to recover from his injuries as quickly as possible, he would never have been willing to use an Origin Blood Pill.

"That man has already developed killing intent toward me. It's far too unsafe to remain here!"

At this moment, Zhao Jun was completely unlike the fawning figure he had been before Zhou Feng.

Clearly, even if he was a lackey to an Inner Sect disciple, Zhao Jun was no fool.

After realizing that the situation was wrong, Zhao Jun planned to sell off all the resources he had extorted once his injuries had recovered.

The Outer Sect could actually obtain Origin Blood Pills as well, after all, there were so many Flesh Gu here.

And Flesh Gu were materials used to refine Origin Blood Pills. At the same time, quite a few Inner Sect disciples were stationed in the Outer Sect.

Some high-level Meat Gu Caves even had elders stationed there.

These people also needed Origin Blood Pills to assist their cultivation, so if one wanted to obtain Origin Blood Pills in the Outer Sect,

one could only get them through such people.

Zhao Jun's current plan was to trade the resources he had extorted to those people at a low price, then return to the Inner Sect overnight with Blood Pills and Origin Blood Pills.

Once he reached the Inner Sect, he could have his young master deal with that bastard directly!

"Just wait to be turned into a Human Gu!"

Zhao Jun's face gradually twisted as he imagined Zhou Feng being turned into a Human Gu!