It took a lot of time to collect the worm skin and worm silk. By the time they reached the foot of the mountain, the sun had already risen. The most violent period of the wild beasts in the forest had passed.
After landing, Shao Xuan first looked for a place to place the things they brought down from the mountain. He sensed his surroundings. The two members of the Yi family didn't move. They didn't seem to have changed since Shao Xuan went up the mountain. However, Yi Qi was already awake. The two of them seemed to be discussing something. They were arguing in a low voice, accompanied by some coughing. Although Yi Qi was awake, he didn't seem to be in a good condition. Shao Xuan could guess Yi Qi's condition from the sounds so he wasn't in a hurry to check on him.
Gan Qie was anxious. After landing, the temperature around them warmed up. The pressure from the mountain was also greatly reduced. Gan Qie felt much better. Of course, what excited him the most was the liquid he collected from the worm skin bag.
"This should be something like a pupa shell. It's just that it's different from a normal pupa shell," said Shao Xuan.
"It's blood." From Gan Qie's point of view, the 'ice water' gave him the impression that it was blood. This was because he wasn't interested in anything else other than blood. The only thing that could make him so excited was blood!
Since he had the worm blood, he naturally wanted to taste it.
Gan Qie opened up a small opening in the wormskin bag and poured the liquid out into his mouth.
Gan Qie drank two big gulps of the liquid. He then tied the worm skin bag around his neck and passed it to Shao Xuan.
After drinking two mouthfuls of worm blood, Gan Qie's face was frighteningly pale. The redness from drinking the blood of many wild beasts in the forest had completely disappeared. Gan Qie's usually expressionless face twitched rapidly. His hand that was holding the worm skin bag was also trembling as if he was trying to suppress a great pain.
Shao Xuan took the worm skin bag. Without asking any questions, Gan Qie left the place and dashed into the forest like a gust of wind.
Shao Xuan looked at the disappearing figure and looked at the bag that Gan Qie handed to him. Although Gan Qie only drank two mouthfuls, each mouthful was more than a normal person's mouthful. The two mouthfuls had reduced the liquid in the bag by a third. This was the result of collecting more than ten hives.
"Are you sure you're alright after drinking so much?" Shao Xuan whispered. He did not dare to try it. He could feel that the liquid was not suitable for drinking. If he drank it casually, it would harm his body, just like the blood of the green-faced fanged beast. The shell that could protect the larvae might not be able to protect humans. It might even be more destructive than the green-faced fanged beast blood.
This knowledge grew stronger as he collected the mysterious liquid. He no longer dared to treat it as normal beast blood. Initially, he wanted to tell Gan Qie his opinion. However, when he turned around, he saw that Gan Qie had drunk it. He didn't know how he was doing now.
Shao Xuan asked Chacha to follow him. However, Chacha flew one round and quickly returned.
Gan Qie's location was quite far from the foot of the mountain. There were more fearsome beasts there. Moreover, during the past full moon, many of the beasts were still in their berserk state. However, the strange thing was that the beasts that seemed to have gone berserk did not approach Gan Qie's location. Many of them even took a detour.
Even Chacha did not want to stay there and observe.
After a while, a sharp whistle was heard. A strong murderous aura exploded. The wind blew, and the dense foliage in the forest was severely deformed. The strong wind was like a dancing blade. The whistling sound was chilling and murderous.
There were some ferocious beasts in the forest. They were originally looking for prey and were planning to launch a surprise attack. However, under this sharp whistle, they were frightened by the sudden appearance of the fierce murderous aura. They quickly turned around and fled into the bushes further away.
After the sharp whistle, a few beasts wailed. The wind was filled with the smell of blood. The startled flock of birds quickly flew away, and the herd of beasts also retreated. In just a moment, the forest, which was originally violent because of the full moon, suddenly became quiet. Only the smell of blood and slaughter was left in the wind, as if there was a dangerous demon hidden in the forest.
The feathers on Chacha's neck stood up. It immediately flew into the sky. When it felt that it was not safe, it would fly high. This was a kind of instinct.
The eight slaves who were guarding Yi Zong and his companion were also on guard. They looked around nervously. Two of them had the same bloodline as Yi Si's Green Mantis. The spines on their backs were sticking out because of fear and panic.
What happened?!
This was what everyone was thinking.
Shao Xuan could tell that the smell was Gan Qie's. However, the smell of blood was mixed with the smell of beast blood. It was definitely not the smell of a small number of beasts. With such a strong smell of blood, at least ten beasts had been killed.
Why did Gan Qie suddenly kill so many beasts? Did he replenish his food supply? That couldn't be right. If he only wanted to eat, he wouldn't have killed so many beasts. So, was it because of the bug blood?
Just as Shao Xuan was about to go over to take a look, the wind gradually stopped. The pungent smell of blood also gradually dissipated. Actually, it wasn't that the smell of blood had dissipated. It was just that the wind had weakened. The smell of blood was no longer carried in this direction.
After a while, Shao Xuan sensed that Gan Qie was coming over. He stopped and looked over.
Not long after, Gan Qie walked out of the forest. His cloak was messy and there was a large amount of beast blood splattered on it. He looked like he had just crawled out of a battlefield. His footsteps were heavy. He looked like he was injured.
As Gan Qie walked over, the murderous aura on his body gradually disappeared. When he looked over at Shao Xuan, his eyes were still red. However, because he had retracted his aura, the murderous aura had faded.
"What's wrong?" Shao Xuan asked.
"It's nothing. It's just a small change," Gan Qie replied.
Shao Xuan looked at Gan Qie carefully. Although Gan Qie looked a little tired, the sickly paleness was gone. In fact, he looked more like a normal person. The red light in his eyes had completely disappeared. If one didn't look at the fresh blood on his body, he looked no different from a normal person.
However, Shao Xuan felt that Gan Qie had changed a lot. This change was probably positive for Gan Qie. Otherwise, Gan Qie wouldn't be so obsessed with the mysterious bug blood.
"Do you still want to drink?" Shao Xuan handed over the bag of bug skin that Gan Qie drank from. When they went down the mountain, they had agreed that Yanjiao would take a third of the liquid that Gan Qie collected. Therefore, there was still a third of the liquid left for Gan Qie to drink.
Gan Qie didn't say anything. After taking the bag, he drank another mouthful. However, this mouthful was much smaller than the first two mouthfuls. He wasn't in a rush either. It seemed like he was just casually tasting the liquid.
After drinking, Gan Qie paused for a moment. Then, he handed the bag of bug skin back to Shao Xuan. "You can have the rest."
"You're not drinking anymore?" Shao Xuan looked at Gan Qie in shock. He couldn't believe that Gan Qie could walk out of the forest alive after drinking the liquid. While he was waiting, he had already dipped his finger in a little bit of the liquid. He also knew that the liquid was something that Yanjiao people couldn't use.
However, Gan Qie was an anomaly. He could handle things that other people couldn't handle.
"These things might be the kind of things that you guessed would be extremely useful for forging. I can feel that it's similar to the green-faced fanged blood from your tribe. "Gan Qie explained in detail.
Gan Qie was better at distinguishing blood than Shao Xuan. Since he said so, Shao Xuan's guess was much more likely to be correct.
"Is that all?" Shao Xuan didn't argue. He kept the bag of bug skin and tied it properly. Mu Yao had brought the Royal City people here to search for the bug blood that the Gongjia ancestors had mentioned. It was a pity that before Mu Yao could find it, they were attacked by a group of giant mountain eagles. They didn't know how Mu Yao was doing but perhaps they could find out more from the Yi family.
The team that came all the way here to search for bug blood had suffered great losses. They were nowhere to be found and Shao Xuan had found them.
According to Shao Xuan's plan, he wanted to bring Yi Zong and Yi Qi back to the tribe. He wanted to get more information from the Yi family. Perhaps they could tell him more about the use of bug blood. Unfortunately, one of them might not be able to hold on until then.
Yi Qi's injuries were worse than Yi Zong's. Although the slaves had tried their best to save him, there was little effect. Yi Qi also had no intention of living. Not only that, he wanted to die here. Because if he lived, Shao Xuan would bring him to the Yanjiao tribe. Yi Qi didn't want to suffer such humiliation.
Yi Qi hated Shao Xuan deeply. To him, Shao Xuan was just like Yi Xiang, a great threat to the Yi family. Even though they managed to escape from the broken boundary because of Shao Xuan, the scene of Shao Xuan smashing the giant tortoise into the boundary made Yi Qi choke. The sight of Shao Xuan made him want to vomit blood.
When Shao Xuan arrived, Yi Qi was lying on the ground. Yi Zong was kneeling beside Yi Qi. Eight slaves stood guard around them.
When he saw Shao Xuan, Yi Qi spat out another mouthful of blood. He glared at Shao Xuan and opened his mouth, but he still turned to look at Yi Zong. He raised his hand and grabbed Yi Zong's arm. His fingers were so tight that it looked like he wanted to break Yi Zong's arm. He stared at Yi Zong and said with all his strength, "You must do what you promised me! You must! "
Yi Zong nodded silently.
Seeing this, Yi Qi roared towards the sky, using the last bit of strength he had left to vent the unwillingness in his heart. He was someone of high status in the Yi family and a respected "master" in the Royal City. Who knew that he would end up like this?
Yi Xiang's appearance was a huge blow to Yi Qi. He could still remember the helplessness and despair he felt when he faced Yi Xiang. Even though he was only one of a hundred people in the formation and did not stand guard at the front like Yi Tuan and the rest, he still felt it strongly.
Yi Qi knew very well what happened to the Yi family at the headquarters. That was why he could not accept it. He was even a little scared. He was worried that the Yi family's glory would end here, just like the tribes that disappeared with time.
Yi Xiang aside, even this Yanjiao kid had dealt them such a huge blow! They even managed to escape from Yi Xiang's boundary only because of Shao Xuan. That sliver of hope in the midst of despair was created by the tribesmen he had always looked down on. It would be strange if he was happy.
If Shao Xuan knew what Yi Qi was thinking, he would have scoffed.
The Yi family was used to being arrogant, thinking that everyone was inferior to them. Shao Xuan ignored Yi Qi's resentment that Shao Xuan broke the Yi family's ancestral oracle and used the giant tortoise to break the boundary.
Nonsense. If he did not borrow the tortoise shell, was he supposed to break the boundary with his bare hands? How painful would that be? How tiring would that be?
It was already tiring enough to support the fire giant. Of course he had to choose the most efficient way to get out of this predicament.
What were the first two skills that had been passed down from their ancestors to the present day that were recognized by the tribesmen?
One was fire, and the other was a tool.
Only idiots would not use the tools they had!
Thankfully, Shao Xuan did not know what Yi Qi was thinking and did not say it out loud. If Yi Qi heard Shao Xuan's reply, he would have spat out more blood before he died.
Yi Qi breathed his last.
The Yi family had a tradition of choosing their own graves and did not insist on being buried at the Yi family headquarters. Moreover, the Royal City was not the ancestral land of the Yi family. In terms of feelings, the Yi family did not have as much attachment to the Royal City as the Ji family. After all, the Ji family had many farms and valleys. The Yi family only needed to bring their own divination tools and did not have a strong sense of belonging to the Royal City.
When Yi Qi felt that he could not hold on for much longer, he had already negotiated with Yi Zong. Two of his four slaves would be buried with him while the other two would follow Yi Zong.
Yi Zong found a place near the mountains to bury Yi Qi. Yi Zong did not need to do anything for the other two slaves buried with him. After digging the graves, they would end their own lives.
The slaves brought here by Yi Cong and Yi Qi were all well trained. The mark of a slave was deeply imprinted in their minds. They would never betray their masters. Even if they had other ideas, they would carry them out.
Shao Xuan did not interfere with the burial of Yi Qi. Yi Zong had talked to him about the terms. What surprised Shao Xuan was that Yi Qi would rather die than be captured by Shao Xuan and brought back to the Yanjiao tribe. Before his death, Yi Qi even made Yi Zong promise him that he would never let the Yanjiao bring his body back to the Yanjiao tribe. On the contrary, Yi Zong did not reject being taken back to the Yanjiao tribe as a captive at all.
Shao Xuan was not sure whether this idea was true or not, but it was at least seventy to eighty percent credible. Yi Zong might have really been willing to be captured, but he did not say what other ideas he had behind this. However, he did promise Shao Xuan that he would not do anything harmful to the Yanjiao tribe. He swore on the totem of the Yi family.
Regardless of whether it was true or not, after Yi Zong buried Yi Qi, Shao Xuan took Yi Zong and his six slaves away from the mountains and returned to the Yanjiao tribe.
Twenty worm skins, a large bundle of worm silk, and two small bags of mysterious "ice water" left behind by the star butterfly during its metamorphosis were also taken away.
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