"Miss, there is no hope. Let's just keep going." The vice captain of the herb collecting team sighed and suggested.
Lin Xiaoxue nodded, stood up and said: "Everyone, the Red Blood Forest is extremely dangerous, accidents are bound to happen. But don't worry, the dead will not die in vain. The Ling family will compensate your family with one hundred thousand silvers, and the rest of you will get ten thousand each. If something happens to me, it will be the same."
"Miss, you are such a good person! Then we can rest assured. "
"Yeah, as a warrior, accidents are normal. I am just worried that my family will lose their support."
There were only six Condensing Reality Realm warriors in the guard team, and the rest were all at the Mortal Realm. With their strength, even if they hunted demonic beasts every day, it would still take them a few months to earn a hundred thousand silvers. But that was impossible, no one could stay in a place where demonic beasts gathered every day. Normally, a normal Mortal Realm warrior would need at least five years to earn a hundred thousand silvers, and that was assuming that they didn't die all the time. After all, if they were unlucky, they might even run into a high level demonic beast, and they wouldn't even be able to run away.
Now, Lin Xiaoxue had compensated the families of the dead with one hundred thousand silvers, which meant that they did not have to worry about their families anymore. Plus, if they survived, they would also have ten thousand silvers, which boosted their morale even more.
"This girl has the temperament of a leader." Lin Xiaoxue's actions made Ye Chen secretly nod.
* * * *
The dead had already died, and the rest of the people still had to continue their journey.
As they went deeper, they felt like they had entered another world, completely separated from the busy city.
The Red Blood Forest was indeed worthy of its name. Along the way, they had encountered four waves of beasts.
The first wave was three Underground Demon Rats, which were rank 2 beasts.
The second wave was a large group of Silver Ring Snakes, which were rank 2 beasts.
The third wave was five Scorpion Demon Wolves, which were top rank 3 beasts.
The fourth wave was a blind Mighty Rock Bear, which was a rank 4 beast.
Under the attacks of the third and fourth waves of demonic beasts, no one was killed or even injured. However, the first and second waves of demonic beasts had killed four members of the guard team and herb gathering team. If it weren't for Ye Chen and the rest's quick reactions, it wasn't impossible for more than half of the team to die.
The Underground Demon Rat was not very powerful. Under normal circumstances, even a Mortal Realm Stage 7 or 8 warrior could easily beat it. But when it was hiding underground, it was a nightmare for Mortal Realm warriors and even Early Condensing Reality Realm warriors.
Among the guards, a Mortal Realm Stage 10 warrior was dragged into the deep cave by the Underground Demon Rat without any resistance. His screams lasted for a long time before it stopped. The second and third Underground Devil Rats were unlucky. They targeted Ye Chen and Yuan Xuemei. Before they could crawl out of the ground, they were shocked to death by Ye Chen and Yuan Xuemei's zhenqi. The other Underground Devil Rat was so scared that it ran away.
If the Underground Devil Rats had traumatized everyone, then the second wave of demonic beasts, a large group of Silver Ring Snakes, had terrified them.
The Silver Ring Snake was a rank 2 beast. It had an oval head, and its whole body was lined with white and black rings. The white rings were relatively narrow, and its tail was long and thin. Its body length was three to four meters, and it was as thick as an arm. Its poison was slightly weaker than the Dark Green Poison Dragon Spider, but once a Condensing Reality Realm warrior was bitten, he or she would die in a short period of time.
The Silver Ring Snake's attacks were very strange. From the top of the trees, in the bushes, under the fallen leaves, it attacked from all directions. The sound it made was like a storm, it was crazy.
At this critical moment, the disciple of the North Snow Martial Academy, Wang Feng, used his Blizzard Sword Art. Wherever the icy cold sword Qi went, the Silver Ring Snake's speed would be slowed down immediately. Those that were close to it would be cut into pieces. Wang Feng had blocked half of the Silver Ring Snakes all by himself.
Ye Chen and Yuan Xuemei were not weak either. They both used their martial arts to kill the Silver Ring Snakes from ten steps away.
Unfortunately, the range that they could protect was limited. One herb collecting team member and two guard team members were bitten by dozens of Silver Ring Snakes. They were poisoned to death immediately, and died on the ground.
Lin Xiaoxue's face was very pale. It was not only because they were getting closer to the deeper part of the Red Blood Forest where there were more and more demonic beasts, but also because there were too many people that had died, and the amount of compensation was too high. It was not that she was stingy, but this time, she had spent a hundred thousand gold and fifty Qi healing pellets to hire five martial disciples. The total value was almost two hundred and fifty thousand gold, which would be two and a half million silver. Now, five people had died, and the compensation was five hundred thousand silver, and the ones that survived would each get ten thousand silver. It would be more than three and a half million silver.
For a small family like the Ling family, five million silver was already a huge loss. It was easy for them to run out of money, and if they ran out of money, it would usually bankrupt a small family.
Biting her lips, Lin Xiaoxue hoped that there would be a good harvest.
After walking for another ten miles, Ye Chen suddenly felt that the natural Yuan Qi around them had become a lot denser, and there was a faint mist in the distance.
Lin Xiaoxue obviously felt the change in the Yuan Qi, and said excitedly, "We are almost at the herb collecting location, let's work harder!"
"Oh!"
Everyone from the Ling family could not help but let out a sigh of relief. Along the way, they had been very nervous, and did not dare to relax for even a second. They were afraid that if they let their guard down, they would become the prey of the demonic beasts, and would never be able to leave the Red Blood Forest and return to their warm homes.
Luckily, there was always a reward. After they finished collecting the herbs, it should be a lot easier to go back.
After a while.
They came to the side of a huge basin. Looking around, the basin was several miles in size, and it was filled with all kinds of herbs, such as Black Ring Grass, Silver Bell Grass, Gold Pearl Iron Blood Grass, Star Flower, Centipede Flower, Vermilion Fruit, Black Snake Fruit, Seven Star Pearl Grass, Tricolor Date Tree, Neverwinter Date Tree, and hundreds of different kinds of herbs could be found here and there. Dense spiritual energy gathered in the sky, forming a faint mist that was faintly discernible. It was like a paradise on earth, a paradise in the mist.
"So many herbs!" Everyone in the herb collecting team's eyes lit up, and their breathing sped up. These herbs might not be worth much individually, but when there were so many of them, it would be very scary. If they could collect all of them, they would be able to sell for one or two million silvers, and if they were made into pellets, the price would be ten times higher. It would not be a problem to make ten million silvers. Some of the more valuable herbs would be even more expensive than that. For example, the Gold Pearl Iron Blood Grass, which was used to make the Qi Healing Pellet, was a rare herb. One of them could be sold for one thousand silvers, which was even more expensive than a good weapon.
Lin Xiaoxue looked very happy, but she did not let the excitement get to her head. She ordered, "Two of the guard team members will protect one of the herb collecting team members. Split up. If anything happens, don't do anything on your own. Report to me immediately."
"Yes!"
Along the way, the guard team members had made a lot of contributions. If it were not for them protecting the herb collecting team members, more people would have died. However, it was all worth it. Besides the money they were supposed to get, each of them could get an extra ten thousand silvers, which was equivalent to a couple of months' income.
After arranging their tasks, Lin Xiaoxue also joined the herb collecting team. From time to time, she would let out a scream. Obviously, some of the herbs were very valuable.
Yuan Xuemei smiled and said, "This basin's natural Yuan Qi is very rich, there might be some demonic beasts here. Let's patrol around."
Ye Chen nodded, "You're right, everyone should take care of their own areas."
"Alright."
Since they had been paid, the five of them would each take a position and patrol around. Occasionally, they would pick some herbs and put them in their storage rings.
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