Chapter 180
Chapter 180: Wild Boar Form
Translator: Myriea_ActiasLuna Editor: Nou
The group that managed to search around the area Fang Xing was at happened to be new inner court disciples who hadn’t yet become pupils of the four valleys . Furthermore, whether through fortune or misfortune, two of them actually knew Fang Xing: Meng Xuanzhao was one, and the other was the plump Daoist Yu Sanliang . Since the two had met before because of Fang Xing, they knew quite a bit about each other and a gap of mistrust had formed between them .
Once upon a time, Meng Xuanzhao had been one of the most talented outer court disciples, someone on the same level as Qin Xing’er and Liu Heihu . However, after he’d been scammed by Fang Xing twice, he found himself lacking in resources and the entire event cast a shadow over him, slowing his improvements even further . Because of this, the amount of time he needed to break through into tier four had been two whole years more than people like Qin Xing’er, causing him to fall to the same level as Yu Sanliang .
This was precisely the reason why Meng Xuanzhao’s heart was filled with hatred towards Fang Xing, but ever since Fang Xing had risen to prominence in the sect, he didn’t even dare to reveal his hatred to others, much less try to get revenge; he’d normally just hide in the shadows like a rat and grit his teeth in secret . He originally thought he’d never have the chance of getting his revenge anymore, but he hadn’t expected that—just as Fang Xing reached the highest point possible—Fang Xing would suddenly betray the sect, or that even he would be given the heaven-sent chance to search for the boy himself .
He’d imagined it quite a bit . If he was able to find Fang Xing, he’d take a few stabs at him first no matter what .
It was also because of Fang Xing that Meng Xuanzhao felt no friendliness towards Yu Sanliang . Since Meng Xuanzhao had reached the higher end of tier four not long ago while Yu Sanliang was at the lower end, Meng Xuanzhao treated him with even more disdain .
Of course, none of them actually expected to have any chance of finding Fang Xing; this forest was truly just too large, and Elder Qin’nyao had brought a good six hundred pupils along . For them to find Fang Xing instead of the other six hundred was as unlikely as winning the lottery, but Meng Xuanzhao wanted to say such things just because he could .
The group of four chatted while walking towards the side of the cliff . One of them had good eyes and just as they were about to continue on, he suddenly let out a noise of surprise and rushed to the top of a hill . Next to a giant moss-covered stone, he discovered a cluster of dried, yellowed weeds, as though something had been burning around it . "Within such a deep and secluded forest, why are there signs of something being burned?" the disciple curiously muttered .
The others—who’d initially gotten excited that the disciple might have found something worthwhile—were disappointed to see just a patch of burnt weeds and scoffed at him . "What does such a small patch of burnt grass matter? Why are you acting so frightened?"
The disciple instead furrowed his brows . "But that’s not right . In this entire wild grasslands, only this small portion has been burned . It cannot be wildfire, or else it would have been this entire area, so maybe this has something to do with the boy . I say, let’s separate and go search around . After all, we came here for precisely this reason—if we let an opportunity sneak past us, coming here would have been meaningless… . "
The others felt his words were reasonable . They nodded and separated to carefully conduct their search .
Hiding in the trees not far away, the golden crow secretly lamented in his heart . He’d cleaned up as much of the tracks as he could after pulling Fang Xing into the stone cave, and he hadn’t expected such a small burnt patch would draw the attention of a Qing-Yun disciple . This small patch had been caused when Fang Xing’s temperature had first spiked after he’d been put down from the fall, but at first glance, it looked nearly the same as the surrounding wild grass .
‘Should I kill these guys?’ The golden crow hesitated . Now that his cultivation level had improved to tier seven, killing these few fourth-tier disciples wouldn’t be a problem, but he was worried it would cause the news to travel faster and bring the attention of the elders . This way, not only would Fang Xing be in trouble, but he himself would be as well .
The golden crow had decided his own life had the highest priority, so he didn’t want to risk anything . Besides, even if the Qing-Yun Sect was alerted and he killed these people, he still wouldn’t be able to save Fang Xing; with how much heat Fang Xing’s body was releasing, the crow didn’t dare to touch him .
"Nn? What’s that strong burning smell? It smells just like… lava…" The disciples that’d been searching didn’t find any more traces, but they could suddenly smell the scent of heavy smoke .
The golden crow atop the tree was also surprised . ‘Don’t think I can save you now . I did my best to cover you up, and you were the one who just had to make such an obvious sign . Isn’t that just looking for death?’ As he held such thoughts, he also knew that the heat surrounding Fang Xing’s body must have risen again to the point even the stones nearby had started to melt—hence the heavy smell .
"There’s a stone cave, and it seems the smell’s coming from there…" Meng Xuanzhao excitedly yelled . He then defensively positioned his longsword in front of his body and headed into the cave .
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