36 Crisis

Being cautious about the unknown... but the unknown consisted entirely of stupid hacks.

He carefully put the wood-element egg into a sandwich layer of his bag and wrapped it in a towel. Shao Zifeng then put his travel bag on his back, but after a few steps, he was still not at ease. He took the bag off his back and laid it on his chest as he patted it slightly, before nodding in satisfaction.

With a travel bag in one hand, and his kitchen knife in another, Shao Zifeng prepared to explore the Taoist temple, and then find a room to stay in, yet he could not stop thinking random thoughts, his heart was both happy and worried.

Although the upper limit of this elemental egg was extremely high, the elemental consolidation was itself a big problem. The wood element around the Taoist temple had been absorbed by it, the thousand-year sycamore tree too had been sucked dry, how can he find enough wood element for it?

He did not know if a wood-type energy potion would work, and even if they could, in order to raise a 5-star quality pet beast, the generally low-level energy potions could be excluded. But a high-level energy potion would require a Combat Trainer-level certification. A newbie like Shao Zifeng who had only just registered as a combat trainer can forget about a High-level energy potion quota.

He still had to go through that platform, and he had no idea if he could buy it or not.

Thinking of this, Shao Zifeng had a headache. The high-level energy potions were divided into eight different registries. At present he knew the highest-level 'Energy potion Type-VIII' cost at least six digits, and that the prices on that platform were much higher than any official shops. While he still had about 500,000 yuan in funds, it was already being stretched thin to raise Ballie...

Ballie...

Shao Zifeng suddenly felt a little sad. He had not seen it for nearly a day and had no idea if it was doing well. After passing through this time and space, this seemed like the first time he had been away from it for such a long time.

Shao Zifeng, with a gloomy expression, raised his hand and stretched out his index finger to try to summon it.

"Squeak, squeak..."

A familiar voice interrupted Shao Zifeng's movement as he looked up with a shock.

I saw a mouse cautiously hiding behind the beams in the shadow of the moonlight. It was poking its head out and looking me up and down. It seemed a little anxious as it squeaked.　　

It looked somewhat familiar... Bah, all rats in the world should look the same, right?

"Little guy, why did you look for me? Do you need my help?" Shao Zifeng knelt down and spoke to it with a gentle tone.

"Squeak, squeak!" Hearing Shao Zifeng's voice, the mouse immediately stood up on its hind legs as its two front paws kept making gestures.

Seeing the rat prancing about, Shao Zifeng thought it was a little funny. The little guy waving its paws about looked rather interesting, however seeing that it was so anxious it would be improper to laugh so he pretended to be serious as he looked at the mouse.

After asking a few questions and the mouse had said no to all of it. Seeing Shao Zifeng did not understand it, the mouse got even more anxious and its emotional fluctuations got bigger and bigger, and what was passed onto Shao Zifeng became clearer as well.

"Squeek... some... chasing you... Squeak... kill..."

The broken emotions were transmitted over and Shao Zifeng was shocked. Although the mouse's thoughts were not as clear as Ballie due to its low aptitude, after piecing these several words together, the meaning was still quite obvious.

He looked uncertain. Shao Zifeng did not believe that a pet beast with limited intelligence would lie to him. Thinking about the Bloodsiphon Tarantulas he had encountered in the old city, the tarantulas that Ballie had killed, and Luo Feng's warning.

Shao Zifeng knew that in this era with omnipresent surveillance, he definitely could not help but to reveal some information about himself.

What's more, the entire city was searched without any results. That group of people must have been hiding deeper than expected.

It was precisely because there was surveillance everywhere in the city that this field training became the best place for someone who wanted to kill him to do so.

The mouse did not know if Shao Zifeng understood what it meant, and could not be bothered with a human's innate fear, it bit the legs of Shao Zifeng's trousers with its teeth and dragged him outside.

"Eh!" Shao Zifeng, who was thinking about the problem, staggered and almost fell.

It had to be said that, even though it was just only level one mutant creature with a one-star potential, it was not weak at all.

Don't worry, can you tell me the general appearance of that person?" Although Shao Zifeng did not suspect anything untoward, he still wanted to know more information, at least to prepare for the worst.

"Squeak?" The mouse tilted its head to try to understand what he meant. After trying hard to remember, the images of what happened in the evening appeared. The tall man punched the wall, and send dust flying, a violent sense of fear came rushing, and its got scared silly.

"Squeeak... big... so big... Squeak.."

As the rat was overwhelmed by fear, in addition to the intermittent meaning transfer, this time an image was also delivered.

A tall, bald man slammed his fist against the wall, and before him was a locator flashing a faint red light.

Baldy Qiang? Shao Zifeng was a little surprised. He opened his travel bag and searched for it...

So I did drop the locator...

Erm...

So what happened was when he brought the bread to the mouse, he accidentally dropped the locator, and then when Baldy Qiang found the locator, he punched the wall out of anger, and that happened to be seen by the mouse.

So it was...

A misunderstanding?

Shao Zifeng relaxed for a moment, and seeing Baldy Qiang so angry was a bit funny. After all, was the guy not always smirking...

Suddenly, Shao Zifeng's smile froze.

No.

Something was wrong.

Normally, when it comes to field training, students are not required to gather back during nightfall.

Even if he dropped his locator, with Baldy Qiang's personality, he would not have blown his fuse like this.

Something must have gone wrong in the middle that made the petty Baldy Qiang so angry.

There must be something unexpected, or... someone!

Shao Zifeng perked up as he clutching the knife tightly in one hand. His mind ran quickly, thinking about how to deal with this potential threat.

The bright moonlight shone upon the courtyard and reflected a dim light, the beige powder on the ground was covered with Shao Zifeng's footprints.

Seeing these footprints, Shao Zifeng grabbed the travel bag. He needed to leave here, he had left too many traces in the temple. He needed to leave now!

...

Wutong Mountain, the lush woods were dark and deep. The occasional moonlight shone upon the mountain through the gaps between the branches, the night wind blew and the shadows of the tree swayed.

Rustle... Rustle... Rustle...

There was a rushed crawl coming from the dark and spooked a flock of birds.

A figure wearing an 'explorer' cloak sat on the thick hair of a Bloodsiphon Tarantula, stopping from time to time to look around as if searching for something.

When the Bloodsiphon Tarantula passed through a sparse part of the woods, the cold moonlight shone upon the figure's face through the branches.

The stubbled face looked even paler under the moonlight, his eyes were bloodshot yet cold and merciless.

This person was Pei Yong.

"Spidey, go in that direction." Pei Yong patted the back of the Bloodsiphon Tarantula expressionlessly as he pointed in the direction of the Qifeng Temple.

"Criiik..." The Bloodsiphon Tarantula, which had not sucked any blood, responded with unusual gentleness.

Its eight sharp spider claws poked holes in the ground and rushed in the direction that Pei Yong had pointed.