381 Chapter 374 : : Shamelessness Is In Blood

Jade Mountain King and One Sword Immortal thought for a while then decided to go with the flow, they joined the queue.

Both of them were famous experts below the Sky Body Formation stage, they had enough assets to not care about one or two spirit fruits.

Just when it was their turn and Jade Mountain King passed the fruit, his eyes landed on the dark faces of the three old men, he hadn't focused on them much before but after being so close and sensing their cultivation base, he looked at the familiar faces and his pupils enlarged.

"It's you!" He blurted out.

The three old men that were always looking at the ground to hide their faces from other people, raised their head and looked at the two men in confusion, their eyelids flickered and they recognized them.

The three old men faced the duo.

Before betraying Dark Crow Legion, killing their young sect leader for the heirloom, and running away, they were elders of Dark Crow Legion, a mercenary organization. Every force always keeps count of the number of experts that are at least Core Forming stages in other forces, these three old men were still Golden Core stage experts.

"You three were hiding here? Humph, I wonder what would happen once Dark Crow knows about it, or should I just send you to him personally," One Sword Immortal said in a cold tone.

Dark Crow was the title of the leader of Dark Crow Legion.

One Sword Immortal was a lone cultivator so he had to earn his cultivation resources on his own efforts, because of that, he had accepted several missions from mercenary organizations like Dark Crow Legion and had good ties with them, sending these three wanted criminal to them will not only raise his contribution but he will also receive some generous gifts.

Furthermore, he personally loathed such kinds of people, who would harm their own organization which spent a lot of resources and time in nurturing them, for personal benefits.

Jade Mountain King had the same thought, he had a good relationship with the Dark Crow, that's why if he didn't act and the words got out then their relationship would be affected.

When One Sword Immortal threatened them, both he and Jade Mountain King expected them to fight back and resist or at least try to escape, but for some reason, they saw the fire of hope burning in the eyes of the three old men.

Old One looked at Old Two and Old three then nodded, the trio took a glimpse of Little Aru who was looking at all five people with a little annoyance in his eyes.

How could they ignore him while chatting? Even father and mother don't dare do that!

When Old three looked at this innocent creature, their nightmare like memories began to play in front of their eyes, they remembered how they had to hear that Zeref's Lullaby, the remembered the time when he struck the honeycomb of Fiery Honey Bee to taste the honey and because of the soul seals, they had to use their bodies as meat shields to defend him from the whole colony of Fiery Honey Bees.

The number of angry beasts they fought in the last few months might be more than the ones they had to face in the last hundred years.

Moreover, sometimes in the name of playing, he would tackle them for fun, a normal beast's tackle at his cultivations stage shouldn't hurt but only God knows what does he eat that allowed him to send them off several meters into the distance with a single tackle.

They were wondering what does that Miraculous Alchemist Ye Tian fed this monster to grow so strong.

After seeing these memories, their eyes almost teared up, the three brothers had gotten really close after so many life and death experiences. They had almost given up on life when these two holy beings came and told them that they could take them out of this hell.

Even if Dark Crow caught them, as long as they show enough sincerity, he might not actually kill them because they were three Golden Core stage experts. At most, they had to work day and night for a hundred or so years at low status to pay off.

That young clan leader was important but he wasn't his blood, and even if it was, it wouldn't make much of a difference, because people at his stage had too many bastard sons here and there, whom he wouldn't care unless their talent was up to par.

Not everyone had the mentality of Rex, someone from earth society.

People like Crimson Sun Emperor who fell in love weren't that many in numbers when compared to the overall population of cultivators.

As for the heirloom, it was already sold, it can't be retrieved so what was the use of killing three golden sheep for it? As long as it wasn't Dark Crow's personal revenge, they had a chance.

The three old fellows took a step forward.

"We are willing to surrender," All three of them said in unison.

"..." (Jade Mountain King)

"..." (One Sword Immortal)

{Was our fame that high?} Jade Mountain King couldn't help but ask.

{Yeah... But their expression looks somewhat wrong,} One Sword Immortal replied.

They were just thinking when they felt a soft white head pushing them back.

..Aoo.. Aooo...

They looked down at the creature who seemed to say something.

{Brother Jade, I heard you had a lover from the monster race, can you translate?} One Sword Immortal asked when he saw Little Aru giving a speech in an unknown language.

{Are you joking? She was mostly human with fox ears and tail, she always spoke in human language and she migrated soon after our love flourished, because of the start of the war, how can I understand this?} Jade Mountain King.

Just when they were still having their doubts they saw the dark elven girl nodding towards him as she understood, she then turned to them and spoke.

"He says... 10,000 Spirit Fruit for each," She said in her sweet childish tone.

Little Aru nodded in agreement.

Jade Mountain King's jaw dropped.

One Sword Immortal wasn't having it any better.

They won't mind tacking out one or two spirit fruits but 10,000 for each? It will be a total of 30,000 for three!

Spirit fruits are not cabbages, it takes decades to cultivate them, which includes nurturing them, protecting them, and investing resources to guarantee their quality.

30,000 Spirit Fruits? Only Alchemist Association dares to make this transaction but the question is, are they willing?

With such an amount of resources, Jade Mountain King could raise his True Jade Place's battle strength by a big margin and One Sword Immortal could start preparing for his breakthrough to the Sky Body Formation stage.

They turned to look at Little Aru who was now pointing at the Space Box beside the sofa with his paw, it seemed like he was telling them to put those 30,000 spirit fruits in the box.

{Brother Jade, he definitely has the blood of an Alchemist flowing through his veins,} One Sword Immortal said.

Jade Mountain King nodded in agreement.

Fighting in an unknown person's territory wasn't a good idea so they were about to try and negotiate when they saw a stream of blue light descending from the sky.

The blue light faded and an elegant blue feathered bird appeared standing in front of Little Aru.

Jade Mountain King and One Sword Immortal quickly backed off, the bird wasn't a bit simple in their eyes, they sensed the aura of a Monster Venerable from this beast.

Rex had purposely made Kenery stronger because her speed was in high need when traveling between cities.

Kenery ignored the duo, she peeked at the box filled with spirit fruits then glanced at Little Aru, her eyes carried a deep meaning which was easily conveyed to him.

You were trying to devour them alone?

Little Aru switched glances between the box and Kenery, he seemed to be deeply struggling inside, the question was...

Food or Friend?

In the end, he made a tough choice and put his claw on the box. Kenery frowned, she too raised her claw and put it on the box.

Little Aru hesitated. He peeked at the old trio from the corner of his eyes.

All three old men felt their back getting drenched in a cold sweat, if they were told to fight, then there was no doubt that things will get ugly for them.

Coco who was munching on a juicy fruit till now noticed his slight hesitation, she pulled his head closer to her mouth and whispered in his ear.

"It's our earning," Coco said while chewing on the fruit.

But just as she spoke, she felt the cold stare of Kenery and hurriedly changed the flow of her words.

"But... Friends should share," She added.

Little Aru thought about it and nodded, Kenery was satisfied with his response. She backed off, giving some space to him for distribution of the loo- earning.

The two powerhouses and all the spectators who were watching from afar were quiet, whether it was the three Golden Core stage experts, the sun of a Calamity Lord, or this Monster Venerable Bird, they could not afford to offend any of them.

Little Aru started distributing the spirit fruits, he picked one yellow spirit fruit and placed it in front of Kenery, followed by another in front of Elvie.

Although Kenery knew that the distribution of Elvie and Coco would likely be fed upon by this glutenin but she didn't mind, it was still a lot for him to willingly share the fruits when the one getting the other share wasn't Rex or Lerna.

Little Aru then placed one red spirit fruit in front of Coco then at his left side.

There was no surprise till now but what came next almost made Kenery hit her beak on the ground.

Little Aru put another fruit in front of his second head, then in front of his third head, fourth head, and finally fifth. After doing that, he started the second cycle and placed one more fruit in front of Kenery with a sincere look in his eyes that was devoid of any kind of guilt.

Coco stopped eating and looked at Little Aru, there was a hint of respect in her eyes.

Elvie didn't know how to react.

Jade Mountain King and One Sword Immortal blushed in shame, they destroyed any thought of negotiation they were going to have with him. The spectators had their mouths twitching.

Little Aru completely ignored everyone's gaze as he continued his 'honest' distribution.

Kenery looked at the ten spirit fruits in front of Little Aru and two in front of her.

Sharing my claw! Do you think my IQ is negative?

A cold light flashed in Kenery's eyes, in the next second, she grabbed onto the spirit fruit-filled box and fled into the sky.

Little Aru looked at the flying Kenery in the distance with a 'WTF' expression.

"What are you doing, chase her!" Coco hurriedly reminded him, while her little hands swept through all the spirit fruits on the ground.

Little Aru nodded, he unfolded his majestic white wings, placed the two little lasses on his back, and chased after Kenery. The three old men didn't have much of a choice and followed behind them.

{I kind of understand now why those three old men were so willing to surrender,} One Sword Immortal said while looking at the fading silhouettes in the sky.

{Hmm... I think it's better to leave Dark Crow Legion's problem to Dark Crow himself,} Jade Mountain King said.

One Sword Immortal nodded in agreement.

...

On the terrace of the castle...

Rex was training under Zakiya to increase his comprehension of the Shadow Law. His comprehension skills were obviously far greater than the clones so when it comes to such things he does them himself.

Right now, he was standing 10 meters away from a wooden table, his shadow was extending to the table and even climbing above it like a snake.

"Don't force it instead, try to feel it, once your shadow merges with the shadow of the table it would get stronger. It's better to try and merge it peacefully rather than force it into subordination. Always remember one thing, the shadow of a non-living thing is far easier to control compared to the shadow of a living thing," Zakiya said.

She was sitting on a chair not too far away, her legs were folded onto the top of each other on another table in front of her. She was observing his every movement and correcting the wrong ones.

Rex nodded and concentrated.

He had already comprehended Shadow Law to Entry mastery level, if he can't do that much after being guided by the Shadow Law originator and having Calm Mind then it only means he was never made for this law.

In truth, if it wasn't for him focusing on too many things, he could have to comprehend it sooner but he couldn't abandon their progress.

Just when he was concentrating on merging the shadows properly, his eyes landed on a few figures flying towards the caste, because of him getting distracted like that, the shadow merging failed.

'Kenery?' Rex recognized the one in front, he made a grasping motion, and the whole group chasing each other felt an irresistible force pulling, and slamming them on the terrace.

The force disappeared and their falling speed became almost zero before they landed on the hard surface of the terrace.

Kenery, Little Aru, Coco, Elvie, and the old men trio all landed in front of him.

Rex looked at the Space Box filled with spirit fruits and his eyelids flickered.

'So this was where my fifth Space Box went?' He thought.

Kenery stood up, she took a deep breath and inwardly sneered at Little Aru, her motive was almost achieved, she was just about to tell everything to Rex when Little Aru hurriedly dashed towards him with teary eyes.

..Aooo.. Aoo...

When Kenery heard what he was trying to convey, she almost spurted out blood and fainted.

The spiced story he told was the same she was going to tell, but their roles were completely switched.

Zakiya looked at Little Aru's 'I was wronged' expression and shook her head.

'Shamelessness is in blood,' she thought.