171: Chapter 171 Heading to the Destination

Xie Feng turned to the village leader and spoke in fluent Hyperborean Common, "Stop fighting. We are from the Noph-Keh Protection Association, dedicated to protecting wild populations."

As he spoke, he reversed his hand and pulled out a small bag of salt brought from Jiuzhou and a few pieces of gold beans from his waist, threw them on the frozen earth near the village leader's feet, and added.

"These things are in exchange for sparing its life. You can take them back to cure meat or buy things; they are much tastier than Noph-Keh meat."

The leader lowered his head to look at the bag of rock salt at his feet, looked up again at the bleeding but barely standing Noph-Keh, and then muttered a few words to the other villagers behind him.

There was no retreat.

Xie Feng raised an eyebrow.

"Pushing your luck, are you?"

Xie Feng waved his hand, and a Wither Spell blasted into a nearby tree, instantly turning it into a dead tree.

All the surrounding villagers were so shocked that they dared not move.

"Take the money! Fuck off! Hurry up!"

The leader tucked his stone axe back into his waist belt, bent down to pick up the bag of rock salt, weighed it in his hand, stared at Xie Feng for a long time, and then stuffed the salt bag into his arms, "Fine, this one belongs to you. Next time, don't meddle in other people's business."

"Are you kidding me, bro?"

"You really think you're a big shot? You still dare to talk tough at a time like this?"

Xie Feng flew over, grabbed him, and immediately slapped him twice across the face.

Slap! Slap!

Slapping the leader until he saw stars.

Then Xie Feng viciously began to rummage through his pockets.

"I gave you money, why didn't you just leave? What are you acting all high and mighty for? Give me the money back!"

With that, he took back the gold beans and even fished out a piece of dried meat from the man's pocket.

Third Princess stood at the edge of the dense forest, watching Xie Feng with a calm gaze.

Zhou Jinglan folded his hand fan and held it in his hand, turning his face slightly.

Xu Liujing squatted behind a pine tree and muttered, "Ancestral Master above, I don't know him."

Tu Ziguan nodded from behind, "As expected of my shameless bro, even robbing savages."

Xie Feng threw the savage leader onto the ground and kicked him in the ass.

The savages left very decisively, probably feeling that being able to return alive tonight was enough.

After the villagers had completely retreated, Xie Feng let out a slow breath.

He turned to face the Noph-Keh, which was still arching its six giant limbs and ready to continue fighting at any moment, transferred his blind cane to his left hand, and opened his right hand with his palm facing upward and his five fingers slightly spread.

He spoke at the same time, his voice pouring from the tip of his tongue, which had split into tentacle-like shapes:

"Don't be afraid. I'm here to help you. The God of the Ivory Throne—Rhan-Tegoth, I need you to take me to His sleeping place."

The Noph-Keh shook its head. Although this person had saved it, it was obvious that it was unwilling to reveal the location of its exalted deity. Xie Feng coaxed it for a long time, but it simply refused to nod.

Veins bulged straight on Xie Feng's forehead. Do you know how much effort it took to find a dead thing like you? He had to beg a kid in the city to teach him how to read!

"Why don't you two factions fight? I find that you guys really don't know who's boss anymore."

Then he enchanted his stick and knocked the heavily injured Noph-Keh flat with a single strike.

The people behind who had been listening for a long time without understanding were very confused.

Weren't they chatting nicely? How did they suddenly start fighting?

Xu Liujing poked Tu Ziguan in confusion.

"What's going on? I remember Mr. Xie is usually very easy to talk to."

Tu Ziguan waved his hand.

"You don't understand. That's all superficial; my bro even robs beasts."

The veins on Xie Feng's forehead bulged even more.

"Stop fucking talking nonsense! Come over here and hold it down! Brain Matter! Come out and work!"

"Coming, coming!"

A line of Imperial Guards plus Tu Wu and the others hurried over to pin the Noph-Keh down tightly.

Brain Matter crawled out from between Xie Feng's eyebrows, its chitinous carapace glistening in the night. Its three mouths yawned, and then it cursed in Shaggai Insect, "Asking me to do manual labor again?"

It shook its head in mid-air and flew toward the Noph-Keh, which was pinned down tightly and still struggling desperately.

Seeing a pigeon-sized dark brown beetle flying toward it, the Noph-Keh exerted force with all six giant limbs simultaneously, almost throwing all the Imperial Guards off. It let out a terrified, sharp screech from its mouth, startling several tundra birds to flap away from the treetops.

Brain Matter impatiently burrowed into its left ear.

The Noph-Keh's screech stopped abruptly, its eyeballs rolling up to reveal greyish-white whites, and its six giant limbs convulsed a few times before going limp.

After a moment, the Noph-Keh stood up again, opened its huge mouth, and emitted jiuzhou mandarin from its throat, "Stand straight. Who stepped on my left front paw just now?"

Xie Feng looked puzzled. This insect-traitor had pretty strong learning ability; during the time it spent in his head, it had actually learned jiuzhou mandarin.

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up. Is the location of the sleeping place of the God of the Ivory Throne in its brain?"

"North-northwest, walk along the edge of the permafrost fissure, and cross two mountain ridges. The Ivory Throne is in the deepest part of the mountain col, and the sleeping place is surrounded by a circle of Noph-Keh sentries."

Xie Feng looked at the Noph-Keh, and then looked at Brain Matter.

"Brain Matter, how long can you last staying in its brain?"

"It depends. This Noph-Keh's brain capacity is much larger than a human's, but its thought structure is not complicated. It's mainly thinking about three things: being afraid of being caught by snake-folk, being afraid of being beaten by Voormis, and being hungry. There's no dark side; its negative emotions are less than one percent of yours."

Brain Matter used the Noph-Keh's mouth to let out an uncoordinated yawn, and then the Noph-Keh turned around, its six giant limbs beginning to stride along the permafrost trail.

"Who asked you?!"

Xie Feng flipped over and sat on it.

Tu Ziguan picked up the maxim gun mount from the ground and hoisted it back onto his shoulder, rubbing his arm as he followed behind. When that Noph-Keh was struggling earlier, its front limbs had hit the barrel, and the barrel was still bent at a subtle angle.

The Imperial Guards regrouped and followed on both sides. Xu Liujing stood up from behind the pine tree, patted the debris off his knees, and laboriously climbed onto the back of the Noph-Keh.

Everyone was a Cultivator, and they directly prepared to travel through the night.

Time was tight and the task was heavy; not sleeping had no effect on Cultivators.

Not far from the party, two tall and short white wizards hung far behind, trailing the footsteps of the Noph-Keh.

"Can these guys really find the sleeping place of the God of the Ivory Throne? Truly extraordinary. We tortured them so harshly, yet these damned white-haired beasts refused to speak, and yet they actually have a way?"

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and follow! This time we will definitely make a great contribution! As long as we can get the magic book and sacrifice them to the Lord of Immortality, we can leap forward and surpass that damned woman."

"Let's go!"

After the two people left, another person popped out.

It was none other than the heroic-looking young mage.

"Are these people going to look for the God of the Ivory Throne? The two guys behind look like 'The Chilling Ones' at a glance. No, I have to follow and take a look. I cannot let the White Worm continue to expand its influence!"

Three teams, each harboring their own thoughts, headed toward the most dangerous mountain range.

The Eiglophian Mountains.

(I'll post the map again.)