201: Chapter 201 Enveloped in Mist

"Boss, should we shoot that thing down?"

On the ground, a man looked at the spirit boat speeding across the sky, his face showing a hint of eagerness as he spoke.

"If you want to die, don't take me with you."

A burly man behind him said.

Shoot it down?

Was he asking them to go to their deaths?

"But isn't this spirit boat exactly like the one the higher-ups are looking for?"

The man rubbed his head and said.

"That's still not something we can handle."

The burly man looked up at the sky, watching the spirit boat recede into the distance.

Judging by the direction the spirit boat was coming from, it was from Yuanxu Mountain's sphere of influence.

And something like a spirit boat wasn't something an ordinary power could afford.

This indicated that the people on the spirit boat were likely from a significant power within Yuanxu Mountain's territory, or perhaps they were even from Yuanxu Mountain itself.

No matter which it was, it wasn't something they could deal with.

He wasn't stupid enough to do that.

"Then what should we do?"

The man asked somewhat foolishly.

"What do we do? Report it, of course. There are plenty of rewards for reporting."

The burly man said.

"Big brother is still the smart one."

"Nonsense, of course I'm smarter than you. Otherwise, how could I be your big brother?"

...

Inside a certain mountain villa.

An old man sat cross-legged on a prayer mat.

Around the old man sat several young men and women, their faces looking numb.

Wisps of blood Qi emerged from their bodies, flowing toward the old man.

As the blood Qi continuously dissipated from their bodies, they gradually became shriveled until not a single drop of their lifeblood remained.

After consuming so much blood Qi, the old man's complexion gradually became ruddy, and his appearance grew younger, transforming from an old man into a middle-aged man.

A moment later, an enchanting woman walked in from outside. She stepped over the shriveled corpses, walked up to the middle-aged man, and naturally fell into his embrace.

The middle-aged man slowly opened his eyes at that moment.

"Young lives."

Pang Ren's eyes showed undisguised greed.

Young lives intoxicated him, making him feel the meaning of his own life.

However, this state could not be maintained for long. For his cultivation and to maintain this state, he had to consume even more young lives.

"The next ones need to have stronger cultivation. Those in the Spirit Guiding Realm are no longer enough."

Pang Ren said.

These young men and women were all cultivators in the Spirit Guiding Realm, but for the current him, Spirit Guiding Realm cultivators could no longer satisfy him at all.

He needed stronger young lives to satisfy himself.

"Then we'll have to wait a few more days."

The enchanting woman said as she felt Pang Ren's body.

Their recent movements had been somewhat frequent and had already begun to attract the attention of those guys.

They needed to lie low for a while.

"Additionally, we've received news. People from Yuanxu Mountain have appeared."

The enchanting woman continued.

"Should we make a move?"

Pang Ren did not reply immediately.

"Did they tell us the identity of the people on the spirit boat?"

Pang Ren said after a moment of thought.

"Same as usual, no."

The enchanting woman shook her head.

"However, if we pull this off, there's a possibility for both of our cultivations to take a step further."

The enchanting woman said with a look of greed on her face.

Her cultivation had been stagnant for some time. As long as they pulled off this job, the benefits for them would be immense.

"The reward this time is a bit too generous."

Pang Ren said in a deep voice.

The reward this time was much better than before, and added to the fact that they didn't know the other party's identity.

This caused Pang Ren to feel a bit of apprehension.

"Are you afraid?"

The enchanting woman leaned close to Pang Ren's ear and whispered softly.

"Of course not."

Pang Ren pulled the enchanting woman into his arms and said.

Afraid?

Of course he wasn't afraid.

To reach his current level, he had never been afraid.

They would take this job.

But before that, he wanted to enjoy his life.

In an instant, clothes were torn to shreds.

...

"Senior Brother, I'm a bit bored."

Yu Yaoqin stood on the spirit boat and said listlessly.

"On the spirit boat every day, this kind of life is so dull."

She didn't want to stay on the spirit boat every day; she wanted to go down and play, to visit different towns.

"I find it a bit dull as well."

Hu Miaotong smiled slightly and said.

She didn't want to stay on the spirit boat all the time either. Since they had come to the Human Race's territory, she naturally wanted to experience it.

As for Su Lianxue, since boarding the spirit boat, she had spent most of her time on cultivation.

To her, there was no such thing as being bored or not.

"Bored? I think it's alright."

Lin Ming laughed.

He didn't find it boring; he just wanted to reach Yanyun Mountain quickly and finish the task Revered Master had assigned.

Then he could return to the mountain and continue preparing his Medicinal Pills, Origin Weapons, and Formations.

This time, he was definitely going to prepare something big and harvest a massive crop of 'leeks'. Otherwise, he would be doing a disservice to his identity as a Saint-tier Alchemist, Artifact Refiner, and Formation Master.

"Senior Brother, let's not take the spirit boat, okay?"

Yu Yaoqin said coquettishly.

"I also think it's better if we don't take the spirit boat."

Gong Hui said.

"Alright then."

Lin Ming thought about it. Since everyone didn't want to take the spirit boat, they would temporarily stop using it.

He would satisfy everyone's suggestion.

"Yay!"

Yu Yaoqin looked happy and said.

"After we reach the next city, we'll take a carriage."

Lin Ming said.

They couldn't possibly travel on foot.

Therefore, until they reached the next city, they would still use the spirit boat as their means of transport.

The group had no objections to this.

But Lin Ming estimated that someone probably still had an opinion, but she was currently buried in her cultivation.

Soon, they arrived at a city.

After entering the city, they purchased two carriages. Carriages pulled by Sea-Opening Realm Bristle-Maned Horses cost quite a few Origin Stones.

But Lin Ming, who now had a small fortune, indicated that this was no problem at all.

After staying in the city for a few hours, the group didn't delay any further and continued their journey.

Until nightfall, the group practiced their cultivation by a lake, with Gong Hui standing watch alone.

Lin Ming had originally suggested taking turns, but Gong Hui refused.

With his cultivation, he could already replace sleep with meditative cultivation, so standing watch alone was not a difficult task for him.

A crescent moon hung in the sky.

A fire burned brightly on a pile of wood.

Suddenly, a burst of white mist spread out from the woods.

This burst of white mist drifted toward Lin Ming and the others.

Gong Hui didn't pay it much mind, thinking it was just a normal natural phenomenon.

It wasn't until he noticed a snake in the white mist collapse instantly that he realized something was wrong with the mist.

"Wake up, quickly!"

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