At the Green Illusion Realm’s exit, the three sect’s trial takers silently waited.
Unfortunately even after a few days had passed, no other survivors had arrived.
There was still half a month left, before the conclusion of the Green Illusion Realm trial. Logically speaking, if there were other survivors, they would arrive at the exit during this period.
Sadly, however, although no one said it outright, deep down, they all thought that no one else would be arriving here, as they feared that everyone else was probably killed off at the hands of the Ghost Sect and Blood Sect.
During this period, Nie Tian was also unable to resume his rapid cultivation through consuming large amounts of spirit beast meat.
His daily allotted portion of spirit beast meat wasn't even one tenth of what he had gotten in the past. He wasn’t even able to get enough to properly fill his stomach.
“If that weird Nie Tian over there hadn't eaten so much, everyone wouldn't have been reduced to this state of rationing our food.” Black Mist Palace’s Han Xin ripped small bites from her spirit beat meat, while hatefully glaring at Nie Tian.
The Black Mist Palace’s disciples, while roasting the spirit beast meat, looked angrily towards Nie Tian.
Pan Tao, Jiang Lingzhu, and the others were together with Nie Tian, and pretended to not hear the whispering.
The spirit beast meat, that the Black Mist Palace had been carrying, was originally enough to support them until the exit reopened, so recently when Nie Tian had requested the spirit beast meat, Zheng Bin actually wasn't stingy and had tried to satisfy him as much as possible.
However, later on, with the arrival of Jiang Lingzhu, Nie Xian, and the Ling Bao Court’s An Ying, food suddenly became scarce.
Because Zheng Bin and the others haddn’t encounter the Ghost Sect and Blood Sect, their trip back had gone very smoothly, and thus they had always had enough spirit beast meat to spare.
The spirit beast meat was originally enough to satisfy them, as they would even have some spare.
Due to the Ghost Sect and Blood Sect’s pursuit, Jiang Lingzhu, An Ying, and the others could only travel light, thus most of the spirit beast meat had been discarded midway.
Jiang Lingzhu possessed a storage bracelet, but because of her lack of experience, had not stocked up on food.
The food, that they had been carrying, had already been eaten before arriving near the exit.
And because the door to the Green Illusion Realm was very close, there were no spirit beasts roaming around. Additionally, because they had wanted to prevent a surprise attack from the Ghost Sect and Blood Sect, they didn’t dare to go too far looking for spirit beast meat, and so they could only go to the Black Mist Palace and ask for food.
Yet, the once abundant in food Black Mist Palace, a few days ago, had met Nie Tian, a single person, who had devoured a large portion of their spirit beast meat.
So when they discovered that Jiang Lingzhu, An Ying, and the others had arrived completely empty-handed, there was no choice but to take out their reserves of spirit beast meat to give to Jiang Lingzhu, An Ying, and the others to eat.
There was still half a month left until the exit of the Green Illusion Realm would open, however, the spirit beast meat was clearly not enough.
And so for lack of a better option, everyone could only “save on food and clothing” (live frugally) and “tighten their belts” (live more frugally) as the days passed by, hoping to wait until the day the exit of the Green Illusion Realm would open.
The people from the Black Mist Palace, often very hungry, would think about Nie Tian as the “rice bucket”.
And in the same way, when it came to the time to distribute food, they would all resentfully stare at Nie Tian, while softly cursing.
Nie Tian knew that he was in the wrong, but he didn’t refute, allowing them to blame and grumble, as if he didn’t hear them.
- Gu gu! -
After swallowing a small piece of spirit beast meat, Nie Tian’s belly cried out in disappointment. With a bitter smile, he rubbed his tummy and said, “I’ve wronged you yet again today.”
Though his appetite was the most astonishing, after the food shortage, he received the same amount of spirit beast meat from the Black Mist Palace as everyone else.
If there were even people with small appetites frequently going hungry, then what could be said of Nie Tian's current situation?
“Here, for you!” At this moment, Jiang Miao, who sat by Nie Tian’s side, placed a portion of her spirit beast meat in front of him. “I eat very little and am not the least bit hungry; this piece is for you to eat.” Jiang Miao whispered.
“Yo!” Jiang Lingzhu chuckled in a strange voice.
An Ying glanced over, but didn’t speak, as she quietly continued to eat her food.
Pan Tao showed a smile, as he chuckled.
Jiang Miao’s face turned red. Embarrassed, she lowered her head, not daring to look at Nie Tian.
Nie Tian froze for a moment and with a slightly questioning look, looked at Jiang Miao. He noticed that Jiang Miao’s baby-like face was clearly thinner than before.
“Thank you, however, I also am actually not too hungry.” Nie Tian didn’t pick up the spirit beast meat, but instead suddenly stood up and said, “I’m going to take a stroll around and see whether or not I can find some food to eat.”
“Don’t! It’s too dangerous!” Jiang Miao hastily replied.
“Nie Tian, don’t leave.” A bit farther away was Nie Xian, his face imposing. “The Ghost Sect and Blood Sect’s disciples most likely will come, and if you accidentally run into them, I’m afraid it will be hard for you to return to us.”
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