Slaying an Old Enemy
"If I remember correctly, you seemed to have some ill intentions back then. Now that the opportunity is right in front of you, why don't you make a move?"
Qin Fei looked at him with great interest.
The Gu worm cultivator gave him a sinister look, ignored him, and instead knelt down in front of the Iron Guard with a "plop".
"Greetings, senior. I am willing to serve you like this fellow Daoist, and I hope you will accept me."
He had assumed that Qin Fei, like him, was a "follower" taken in by this Foundation Establishment cultivator.
He understood clearly that the person who could decide his life or death was not Qin Fei, but this Foundation Establishment Realm senior.
Little did he know that the Iron Guard was nothing more than Qin Fei's puppet.
Seeing the once arrogant Gu worm cultivator bowing and scraping before his puppet, Qin Fei felt a deep sense of emotion.
After years of self-cultivation, I no longer have to struggle to survive in the cracks.
He had no intention of further humiliating the Gu worm cultivator. With a thought, the Iron Guard struck down with his palm.
The Gu worm cultivator's brains spilled out, then turned into a pool of black water from which countless worms surged out and scattered.
"To use one's own body to refine Gu poison, that's quite a ruthless person."
Iron Guard raised one hand and clenched it sharply in the air, instantly turning the surrounding Gu worms into a slurry.
After accepting the Storage Bag, Qin Fei said calmly:
"Let's go, take me to where the beast tide occurred."
He led Shitou other two onto the flying boat, then addressed the kneeling Rogue Cultivator below:
"You are all free now. Go and save yourselves."
As soon as he finished speaking, the flying boat transformed into a streak of light and shot away.
Qin Fei had no time to bother with these Rogue Cultivators.
He knew he wasn't a saint; he could save one person, but not everyone.
All I ask is that I do things with a clear conscience.
The speed of the Divine Travel Boat was very fast, and the scenery on both sides rushed past, but there was not a trace of cold wind inside the boat.
Iron Guard stood at the bow of the boat, vigilantly observing the surroundings.
In the center of the airship, there was a small stone table, just big enough for four people to sit facing each other.
Qin Fei brewed a pot of fresh tea and pushed it in front of the two of them, indicating that they should not be so formal.
After thanking her, Shitou Niang took a small sip, but Shi Yue didn't stand on ceremony and gulped it down in one go.
This was his first time flying, and everything around him was new and exciting.
He was especially excited to see Qin Fei again.
Qin Fei didn't know what he was thinking, but he could guess some of it. He still hadn't forgotten the scene of his first time flying.
He called the Shitou to his side, pointed to the Puppet Soldier beside him, and asked:
"Did you make this yourself?"
Shi Yue nodded frantically like a chick pecking at rice, his face showing an expression of anticipation for praise.
"I refined it. How about it, Uncle Qin? Have you learned even a third of its essence?"
Shi Yue spoke of this puppet with great pride.
After finishing his studies at the Daoist academy that day, he took out the "Great Sage Equaling Heaven" puppets and started tinkering with them.
He channeled his Spiritual Power into each of the two puppets, controlling them to fight.
Before I knew it, I had become completely addicted to it.
When he came to his senses, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have gained some understanding of these puppets.
Shi Yue was overjoyed. He organized his understanding and then gathered materials for a long time before finally forging the Puppet Soldier.
After listening to him finish speaking, Qin Fei nodded slightly.
"Not bad. Although the refining method is somewhat crude, the handling of key parts is quite skillful. With a little more study, he should be able to reach the threshold of First-Tier Puppet Master."
Upon hearing this, Shi Yue jumped three feet high.
But seeing her mother's reproachful look, she stuck out her tongue guiltily.
Qin Fei didn't seem to mind, picked up his teacup, and took a sip.
Just then, the sound of Big Yellow suddenly came from my mind.
"I didn't expect that Shitou actually gleaned something from those puppets you left behind. This child has good talent; with proper training, he might become a great talent."
"Young Qin, you don't have a disciple yet, why don't you take him in?"
Qin Fei shook his head slightly.
He is currently focused on Foundation Establishment and plans to go into seclusion immediately after finding Tang Zhan and the others. He has no time or inclination to teach disciples.
Moreover, the more entanglements one has, the more worries one will have on the path of cultivation, which is not conducive to future cultivation.
Seeing his resolute refusal, the Big Yellow didn't bring it up again, but instead started talking about other things:
"Young Qin, it's fine if you don't want to accept me as your disciple, but you should at least take care of the spirit beasts you're raising, shouldn't you?"
"This is a Purple Flame Deer, not some livestock from the mortal world. We need to feed it some spiritual herbs so it can grow faster."
The Big Yellow had no way to express its suffering.
These days, he and the Purple Flame Deer spend their days grazing on grass in the Mustard Seed Space.
When it's not full, it will suck on its belly a couple of times, causing all the fur on its belly to fall out.
Most importantly, without spiritual materials to feed it, the Purple Flame Deer's cultivation level has improved too slowly, and it is still stuck at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer.
Qin Fei nodded thoughtfully.
"I see."
This was his first time raising a spirit beast, so he had absolutely no experience. It would be good enough if he could even raise the Purple Flame Deer to adulthood.
Thinking of this, Qin Fei suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
Those barbarian soldiers all rode strange beasts; they must have some method for cultivating spirit beasts.
He took out all the Storage Bag he had previously collected and inspected them one by one.
However, the result was somewhat disappointing, not because the method of raising beasts was not found, but because the Jade Slip and books in the Storage Bag were all recorded in the barbarian language.
He couldn't understand it.
"Never mind, let's discuss it after we go to Repel the North City."
Qin Fei stopped talking and focused on continuing his journey.
Three days later, the number of corpses on the ground began to increase significantly.
Some had half their bodies missing, and some had their heads vanished.
Many of the corpses had their chests ripped out, leaving no internal organs, which appeared to be the work of Demon Beast.
Qin Fei slowed down the speed of the flying boat, released his Divine Sense, and carefully examined the clothing and headwear of these people.
"This man was a servant at the Wondrous Pill Pavilion; I never expected him to die here."
He spotted a familiar face on the ground; this person had served him several times when he went to the Wondrous Pill Pavilion to buy pills.
Old Wang, who sold Demon Beast meat at Fangshikou, wasn't spared either.
"The manager of the Spirit Material Pavilion, a man of considerable wealth, also failed to escape alive?"
One by one, familiar faces appeared before Qin Fei; they were all people he had some connection with in Shangyu Market.
Fortunately, the bodies of Tang Zhan and the others never appeared, which relieved him.
"It seems Brother Tang and the others have escaped to somewhere else."
The closest human settlement to Shangyu Market today is a market town called Hongyan Market.
This place is smaller than Shangyu Market; if they were to escape, Tang Zhan and the others probably wouldn't have chosen this place.
If we're talking about top-tier cities, then only Repel the North City remains.
Qin Fei thought about it more and more and it seemed very likely that Tang Zhan and the others, unable to find him, were probably waiting in Repel the North City.
This place, as one of the three major cities in the northern border of the Great Qi, has a population of over 100 million and is one of the gateways to the entire northern border.
Both the Great Qi and the three major sects have deployed heavy troops to guard this place, making it virtually impregnable.
If this place falls, the entire Great Qi will be wide open and in grave danger.
Therefore, this is of paramount importance to the Great Qi, and it must not be lost.
With that thought, Qin Fei waved his hand, and the Divine Travel Boat set off again.
"Let's go, target: Repel the North City."