Yue Qing

A leopard is running with all its might.

"Now!"

A boy shouted.

Right after the boy shouted, another boy appeared; he jumped out of the woods from the front and slammed the leopard into the ground with a powerful kick.

The leopard was caught off guard and couldn't guard itself. Even though it was a rank 4 shadow leopard, it was violently smashed onto the ground.

The boy landed on the ground. He was The Last One and the one following it was Yang Zhai.

Yang Zhai came to a stop beside the leopard.

He activated the Deep Grip Ka and inserted it into the Shadow Leopard's head.

After enslaving it, he healed it and stood up. Its sacrifice was Red Ginseng. It looked like a roach with four antennas. Its color was deep green with violet stripes on its back.

As for the Deep Heal Ka, it also looked like a roach, but its color matched that of a wood with rings on it.

Both of them were rank 4 and were used for enslaving and healing beasts respectively.

"It took me a whole week to enslave this leopard, sigh…"

He sighed after thinking of the past week.

This leopard was very clever and would run on the first moment it sensed danger. He had been chasing it for the past week.

"Did you find them?"

After a while, Reen came flying and landed on his left shoulder.

"No, master, I couldn't find them. It seems like they have left these areas," Reen answered.

"That's strange; they shouldn't have left these areas without me; something must have happened to them…" He muttered.

He ran the day after he captured and absorbed the Veilstalker because of two rank 6 bears. Those two bears wandered off there in search of a territory.

However, Jun Haru and the other two went missing. He had ordered Vara and Reen to look for them but couldn't find them. Vara even ended up getting tired and he couldn't summon Vara anymore for a few days.

"What about the village?"

"It's been surrounded and will be annihilated in a few weeks when their resources end. However, Jun Haru and the others are also not there," replied Reen.

"Should I go again and look some more?"

"No, go back. I can't have you getting tired either. I will be needing you."

I can't wait for them anymore. I need to leave for the Eroh Domain; the auction will begin soon; I will also need to cross the Region of Vulpia. Now that I have some essence stones, I can't miss this auction: He thought.

He left the Luo Sect a month earlier than anticipated, which gave him extra time to explore the Eroh Domain.

At first, he wasn't going for the Eroh Domain and was thinking of skipping it directly. But after getting some essence stones from the Luo Sect, he had decided to attend it in case something impressive appeared.

As for Mantora Mountain, he had decided to find some people along the way.

After thinking of this, he left. As for the Shadow Leopard, it was following closely behind.

He couldn't go around with a whole army.

He left, leaving the two wherever they were.

…..

The sun has just risen, and the wind is blowing gently. It struck the body like a sweet love caressing someone after a fierce war: a gentle and desired peace.

The birds are chirping as if enjoying this peace.

There is a group of people riding shiqs. They also have a few palanquins being carried by cultivators. Beside them are many shiqs with cultivators on them. There are also many carriages.

They are traveling in a very large group. This seems to be a huge qafila¹.

"We will soon be entering the region of vulpia!"

A cultivator at the front shouted.

The region of Vulpia is said to be a region where no cultivator could travel alone. This was why someone was waiting about a mile away from the Region of Vulpia.

"We are about to reach Vulpia, be careful." A cultivator said to the cultivators near him.

"Yes!" They nodded and said seriously.

While they were traveling they saw a boy walk in front of their qafila.

"Stop,"

The cultivator at the front said, stopping the whole qafila.

There is also a leopard sitting at the side of this passage.

The leader of this qafila got off his shiq. He walked up to the boy and asked,

"Who are you?"

"I want to cross this region, can you please take me with you?" Yang Zhai bowed slightly and requested politely.

The man was silent and looked at the boy.

"Why should we? We don't even know you."

"I can do all the chores for your qafila. I will even pay you ten mid-grade essence stones."

"Hmm… no, we have enough people on our end, we don't need you…"

"Sir, please listen to me…"

Yang Zhai got into a fierce conversation with the leader. For some reason, even though he had already rejected Yang Zhai, he was still in a fierce conversation with Yang Zhai.

"What's happening?" A girl asked her servant.

She had white color irises with silver pupils. There was a tint of slight red in them. Her hair was white with silver lines in them. The ends of her hair were black. Her hair extended to her knees.

She was wearing a white hanfu with stripes of silver in them, the edges of the dress being black. Her full-length skirt was adorned with pleats, giving an elegant appearance to her hanfu. A lavender color sash hung around her waist.

Her skin was very fair porcelain, and it seemed to have never encountered wounds.

"Young miss, a boy wants us to take him with us in order to cross this Vulpia." A servant answered.

The girl nodded and pulled her head back into her palanquin.

"Leave him, and let's go; why are we waiting here?" A boy sitting beside the girl asked.

He had teal-colored irises with silver pupils. There was a subtle tint of red in them. His hair was red with silver lines in them. His hair extended to her shoulders.

He was wearing a blue hanfu with stripes of silver in them, the edges of the dress being white. A white color sash was tied around his waist.

His skin has a light brown tone.

"Young master, I don't know, but it seems that the Elder Jin is busy having a conversation with the boy even after rejecting him." Replied the servant.

"You are very interesting, you ended up making me pity you, but I still can't take you with me." Elder Jin replied with a smile.

"I will just follow you and won't even ask for a shiq, so just let me follow you from behind…"

Said Yang Zhai, making Elder Jin hesitate.

"You, is that leopard yours?" The girl from before asked.

She came to check what was happening and asked this.

The boy who was sitting beside her in the palanquin also followed her.

Yang Zhai looked behind at the Shadow Leopard and then looked at the girl. He nodded and answered,

"Yes, he is with me."

When Yang Zhai said this, Elder Jin looked at the boy with shock. The boy beside the girl looked at Yang Zhai with shock.

Now that I think about it, it has been sitting quietly from the beginning without doing anything. No wonder I thought it was strange: Elder Jin thought.

"Fine, you can join us." The girl nodded.

"I am really grateful," Yang Zhai replied.

"But, my lady…" Elder Jin said.

"Sister, are you sure?" The boy beside her looked at the girl with confusion.

"My name is Yue Qing. This is Elder Jin. Elder Jin, please provide him with one shiq as well. Also, you can make him do the chores if he is willing to," the girl said.

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1 Qafila- Used in the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, and other regions, the word 'qafila' means 'caravan.' It is found in languages such as Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Hindi, and many more.