I Killed Them on a Whim
“It was but a spark that touched my mother, yet not even Patriarch can stop the fire spreading. We only have three months’ time to save her…”
“Yet you don’t want these spirit stones? How much more do you need?”
“Patriarch has collected 200,000 for us already. Unfortunately, owing to our small sect’s budget, Dad and I have to hunt fiend beasts to earn more. We’re going to have to hunt several more level six fiend beasts to sell to earn enough.”
“Understood.”
After listlessly watching Mu Yu leave, Xuan Sitong looked back at her father’s wound. “Let’s rest for another two hours before we resume our hunt. I guess we will have to opt for level five fiends beasts now.”
Xuan Zhengtang heaved a heavy breath. “They won’t sell for nearly as much as level six fiend beasts. The outer perimeter is home to level four fiend beasts. If we want to capture level six fiend beasts, we need to venture deeper into the woods; however, level seven fiend beasts also roam the deeper parts. Therefore, the risk is exponentially greater.”
“Regardless, I’ll make sure we collect enough even if it means I have to hunt down more level four fiend beasts to buy the pill from Pill Cauldron Sect.”
“Good girl,” praised Xuan Zhengtang, wearing a consoled smile. “We can be poor, but we can’t be quitters.”
Rumble!
The Xuans had just resumed their quest when, all of a sudden, the rumbling up ahead scared them stiff for it could have been the sign of a high-level fiend beast.
“What was that, Dad?”
“Let’s find out. Stay alert,” whispered Xuan Zhengtang.
Upon climbing onto a tree branch, they saw several floored level six fiend beasts still bleeding in a crater.
“D-Dad, am I seeing things?”
“Eight level six fiend beasts and two level seven fiend beasts! Who killed them?”
“I killed them on a whim,” stated Mu Yu, from a branch he was sitting on, Xiaoshuai whistling whilst lazing on him.
“Y-you killed them on a whim?” Grabbing his daughter to leave, Xuan Zhengtang conveyed, “S-sorry for getting in your way. We shall take our leave.”
“Wait. I need a favour. Sell them off for me, and I’ll loan you whatever they sell for. What do you think?”
“W-we would need years to repay the loan. Ar-are you sure you want to lend it to us?”
“I’m not familiar with this area, so I’d like you to escort me to a city. In addition, I need you to collect information on elemental demons for me. If you’re fine with helping me, I’ll consider the loan a payment for your time.”
“If you don’t take the job, we’ll offer it to someone else,” added Xiaoshuai.
“We would be glad to help you,” Xuan Zhengtang answered immediately.
“In that case, deal with these fiend beasts, and then take me to the city that elemental demons are most active in.”
“Right away, Young Master Yu. We often find traces of elemental demons at our city, Eastern Desert City. It is the very place my wife was hurt. We chose to come all the way out here to hunt because of how active they are within the city’s vicinity.”
“Eastern Desert City it is, then.”
“Did you really kill them?” Xuan Sitong inquired, still unable to believe her eyes.
“Probably. I didn’t see anyone else throw fiend beasts into the hole I dug up.”
“But…” Xuan Sitong called off her question in case she asked something she should not have, and Mu Yu cancelled his offer.
Xiaoshuai started to grow grumpy because he could not lazy in Mu Yu’s shirt and had to sleep on Mu Yu’s thigh, instead.
“Yu Feng, may I ask which sect you are from and why the boy is with you?” Xuan Sitong questioned.
“The two of us are family; we’re not affiliated with any sect.”
Xuan Zhengtang didn’t buy it as it was ridiculous for Mu Yu to have grown so much without guidance. Though he suspected Mu Yu was an ultimate immortal, he did not recall a Yu Feng on the rankings. Nevertheless, it was not his business as long as he was able to earn the funds to save his wife.
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