A group of people, cursing and grumbling, walked towards Wuji City. They had intended to rob a few people, make a hefty profit, and then live a carefree life in Wuji City. Instead, their attempt to steal a chicken resulted in losing the rice, and they were robbed clean.
"Right, after we get back to the city, we're not allowed to talk about this matter. Otherwise, we'll have no face to mix in Wuji City anymore."
"Right, brother, after we return to the city, let's find the newcomers. Didn't ten people join this year? These ten people are very weak, we can try to gain some profit from them."
"Alright, it seems that's the only way."
The demon wolves they had worked so hard to hunt were stolen. Qi Hong and his companions were somewhat dejected. They had thought the cliff's summit was paradise, but the world above the cliff was far more perilous than their tribal world!
Although the tribe had long suffered from miasma erosion, the outside world held not only miasma but also all sorts of poisonous creatures, formidable demonic beasts, and people with beastly hearts.
"Next time we encounter people who rob us, will we also back down like today?" Yu Da asked unwillingly. When they were in the Land of No Law, he thought that entering Wuji City meant an end to their precarious existence. He hadn't expected that Wuji City itself would be the same, outwardly glorious but inwardly full of hidden dangers and treachery.
"Therefore, we must speed up our cultivation and become stronger as quickly as possible. Only by becoming strong can we stand tall and refuse when such things happen, and even fearlessly engage in conflict!"
The group fell silent. Weakness was the original sin, everywhere. If you are weak, you deserve to be bullied. If you are strong, you can bully those weaker than you.
Having lost the demon wolves, they could only pick some wild fruits to eat. As they approached the camp, they saw Xiao Man sitting by the campfire, roasting meat.
"Boss, you're back!" Xiang Jian exclaimed with surprise. She was finally back. He had been worried something might have happened to her… Xiang Jian strode up to Xiao Man and looked at her in disbelief. What was going on? They had only been separated for a single night, and in that one night, she had gone from Qi Refining seventh stage to Qi Refining ninth stage. Even if she ate pills like candy, she shouldn't have advanced this quickly.
Xiang Jian's entire attention was on Xiao Man, and he didn't look at the roasting meat: "Boss, have you… encountered any fortuitous encounters?"
Xiao Man nodded thoughtfully, "You could say that. I met a group of people and stole a demon wolf."
As soon as she said this, everyone's faces turned grim. It reminded them of how their hard-earned demon wolf had been stolen by a group of people. They sat there sighing, blaming themselves for being too weak, otherwise, their hunted demon wolf wouldn't have been snatched away. Su Dan Novel Network.
The Poisonous Lady covered her mouth and chuckled. When they returned, Xiao Man had just brought back a demon wolf, and they had helped her process it.
"Why do you all look so unhappy?" Zhou Yan inquired. "Captain brought back a demon wolf, you should be happy."
"We can't be happy. We had also hunted a demon wolf. Just as we were about to bring it back, a group of people appeared out of nowhere, insisting the demon wolf was theirs. Relying on their higher cultivation, they snatched our spoils of war."
Xi Wen looked at Yu Da, who nodded. "We expended immense effort to hunt that lone demon wolf, and everyone was injured. In the end, someone else reaped the rewards."
"Your spoils of war were stolen, and Boss went to steal other people's spoils of war, and they were both demon wolves. Boss, you didn't perhaps rob the people who robbed Deputy Captain, did you?" Xi Wen asked curiously.
Xiang Jian then realized something was amiss. He looked at the roasting meat, searching for clues. He indeed found familiar wounds on the meat: "There was someone at the ninth stage of Qi Refining in that group, which is why we retreated. How did you manage it?"
"There was only one person at the ninth stage of Qi Refining. As for the others, they were all lackeys. I fought the person who was holding the line, and he saw the situation was unfavorable, so he abandoned his teammates and fled," Xiao Man said slowly. "It's a shame, he probably had a lot of good stuff on him, but that guy was too cunning, he escaped too quickly, and I couldn't catch him. So, I looted the storage bags of everyone else."
Xiao Man threw out the storage bags. "Those who don't have a storage bag, pick one. As for the contents of the storage bags, do as you see fit. Oh, and the demon wolf yielded a demon crystal."
Xiao Man flicked the demon crystal to Xiang Jian. Xiang Jian caught it, then handed it back to Xiao Man. "The demon crystal is yours. If you hadn't gone to retrieve it, we would have gotten nothing."
"Exactly, Boss, the demon crystal is yours."
"Since that's the case, I'll accept it." Xiao Man pocketed the demon crystal. After eating their fill, she revealed her signature devilish smile. "Now that we're full and satisfied, it's time to get to work."
Everyone looked at Xiao Man in unison, excitement in their eyes. Xiao Man was taken aback by their unusual enthusiasm. It seemed being robbed had made them very uncomfortable, and they were eager to become stronger soon.
"It seems you are all eager to stretch your muscles," Xiao Man nodded slowly. "Coincidentally, when I came back, I found a place for you to practice your skills. The challenge difficulty isn't too high, the opponents have some intelligence, and they aren't too numerous, just three. You six people, three of them, that's no problem. Two per one."
Xiang Jian vaguely felt something was wrong. Their cultivation was all at the beginner level. Asking them to hunt three demonic beasts in the Roland Mountain Range, two per one, would be difficult even for the weakest demonic rabbits, as they were incredibly fast and they couldn't keep up.
"Hunt what?"
"You'll know when we get there."
Xiao Man hid in a tree and watched the demon apes in the mountain hollow below, whispering, "See? Three of them."
"Those are demon apes! Demon apes are highly intelligent and are skilled at imitation. You want us to kill demon apes!" Xiang Jian's face contorted. He suspected Xiao Man was sprinting on the path of fooling them and couldn't get off!
"Separate these three demon apes, two per one, and form your own teams. I think it's feasible!" Xiao Man's lips curved into a radiant smile. She reached out and pushed Xiang Jian, sending him tumbling down!
"Ah!" Caught completely off guard and unprepared, Xiang Jian tumbled right in front of the demon apes.
Roar! With a sky-shattering roar, the demon apes sprang up, looking as if they intended to stomp Xiang Jian into the ground. Terrified, Xiang Jian scrambled away. Xiao Man grabbed Shan Yun. "Go, you're with Xiang Jian."
Shan Yun landed safely on the ground and immediately chose another direction to flee. With her second-stage cultivation, she could only serve as a distraction. Xiao Man then looked at the others.