bookrandom Chapter 252 Why don't you join us temporarily?
Chapter 252 Why don't you join us temporarily?
When he arrived at the team's camp, Matt told him that Chen Dahai and Xuan Jing had both gone into seclusion.
If all goes well, they may both break through to a higher level, at which point Zhong Ming will no longer be the only late-stage Qi Refining cultivator in the team.
Ahem, look at the other team. Although the first and second teams suffered heavy casualties, their cultivation levels are high. Crimson Eyes is at the eighth level of Qi Refining, and Matt and the second team leader are at the seventh level of Qi Refining. They are frighteningly strong. If we can find another person at the eighth level of Qi Refining, we can compete for first place.
"Cuihong, how about we form a team temporarily?" Matt invited Zhong Ming, suggesting that the group could temporarily form a five-person team to carry out some simple tasks.
"Okay... Don't go too far. Is there any search and rescue mission?"
"It's long gone. A few days ago, the new cultivators swept through the damaged city like a whirlwind... looted... and cleaned it all up." Matt sounded a little guilty. "I didn't go out before, I stayed in the medical ward the whole time, you have to believe me."
Zhong Ming was helpless. At times like these, high-level cultivators were in dire need, while low-level cultivators were abundant. This was where the power of the dynasty was manifested.
"So... what suggestions do you have?"
“I saw a search and rescue mission. Some villages have been wiped out, but there are very few corpses. Most of them are villages of ordinary people, so the corpses are not of much value. In addition, the merfolk are very poor and do not have storage bags, so it is unlikely that they carried the corpses away. The villagers may have hidden themselves. We are responsible for the search and rescue.”
"Not always."
Zhong Ming has firsthand experience with this.
Are ordinary human lives worthless? Yes, but that's how Qingxi Town was destroyed. Whether a life is valuable or not depends entirely on whether you have the right methods.
"Do you know they eat people?"
"I know, but they're a raiding force; they loot wherever they go. They shouldn't waste time doing anything else..."
Matt didn't continue. He could think of a hundred horrific acts, so there was no need to elaborate.
"In that case, let's set off now."
An hour later.
The five-person team entered a vast plain.
Agriculture is thriving here, with countless fields pieced together, and several villages can be clearly seen in the surrounding area at a glance.
In some places, black smoke billowed out; in others, crows circled overhead. Scavengers were enjoying a feast to their hearts' content. Just a quick glance was enough to make my heart ache.
We failed to hold on, and this is the price we pay for that.
“We’re going to a… mountain ahead.” Matt hesitated for a moment before finally uttering the word.
"Mountains? Where are the mountains?"
Matt pointed westward, and following his finger, Zhong Ming saw a small hill. If it weren't for its slight protrusion, he would have thought it was a tall orchard.
"At such a close distance, it must have been searched several times already, right?"
"No, no, no, almost no one comes here. At first, the merfolk all went into the forest, which caused a large number of soldiers to chase into the forest area as well. Everyone got lost, and this area was only briefly glanced at from the air by Foundation Establishment cultivators."
"Understood. Let's go."
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On the hillside, several mermaids sat in the woods, grumbling and whimpering, with meat in their mouths. They used bone knives to cut grass and low shrubs, weaving them into a drape over their backs.
"Did you all hear that clearly? Try to speak in Yunzhou dialect as much as possible." This sentence was spoken stiffly, with unexpected pauses that made it very unpleasant to listen to.
"Yes, Chief, but for us like this... it doesn't seem to matter whether we speak Yunzhou dialect or not."
"Go back to that village at night and look for it again. I remember there was a wooden cart. I've figured it out. It must have been pulled by a demon beast."
The speaker was a merman in the late stage of Qi Refining, who brought six low-level members of his clan to seek opportunities. Their cultivation levels were too low, and they had never had the chance to talk to people on the mainland before. When they first saw the carriage, they thought it was a small room for punishing prisoners.
If we hadn't seen someone fleeing in a carriage, who knows how much treasure would have been lost.
He secretly channeled his inner energy, which swirled deftly around his fingers and then traveled forward along thin, transparent threads.
"Chief, your corpse puppetry is getting better and better."
"Wait, let me think again, how did they run?"
With a flick of his hands, a horse and a person in front of him stood up in a daze.
Now, these two are just puppets. Their bodies have been hollowed out and filled with straw and frames, and they are controlled by him like marionettes. After applying some odor-removing material, they can be mistaken for real puppets.
This was originally a fishing method that uses fake bait to mimic the behavior of live fish, attracting more powerful carnivorous fish to appear. Merfolk often make large shallow-water fish corpse puppets and go to deep water areas to try to lure the big guys hiding in the deep sea to the surface to hunt them.
"Hey, they're just like them! Their movements are exactly the same. The leader is amazing."
"Not quite there yet. Let's practice some more tonight. From now on, we'll hide in the carriage to avoid those guys in the sky."
Foundation Establishment cultivators would fly through the sky from time to time, easily killing many merfolk. If he hadn't reacted quickly and had his back covered with branches as soon as he entered the forest, his bare white back might have become a target long ago.
"Wait, Chief, there's movement."
"Don't be afraid, hide quickly and don't make a sound."
In terms of concealment, the Merfolk are also very good at it. They can hold their breath for a very long time, because in the deep sea, the gills of their weaker members are also difficult to function properly.
They hid deep in the woods, waiting quietly.
Despite the late spring chill, Zhong Ming walked with ease, discovering that his chest pain subsided as long as his footsteps were rhythmic.
"Red-Eyed Fairy, you retrieved all my weapons for me? Thank you so much! I'll treat you to something sometime..."
"Hey, hey, hey, are you trying to steal my man? Don't you dare try to poach him. He's one of our team's most valuable assets," Matt immediately interjected.
He knew very well that Akame wasn't good at handling these kinds of strong emotions, so it was better for him to suppress them first.
"If you have any conscience, consider this help as a return gift."
"Hey, you're really good at protecting her."
Zhong Ming curled his lip, "Nonsense."
"Wait, there's something going on."
Zhong Ming raised his hand and cautiously looked around.