Chapter 9 Preparing to Enter Dangerous Territory

  If Medicine Saint found out that Ling Wusuo was just testing his physical endurance, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood even if nothing happened.

  However, what puzzled Ling Wusuo was that when the Medicine Saint's full-strength blow hit her just now, something sealed in her sea of consciousness seemed to tremble slightly, but ultimately didn't have enough energy to break through.

  Just as she wanted to explore, it disappeared without a trace.

  Ling Wushuang stepped lightly on one foot, her slender body dodging and weaving in mid-air, each time narrowly avoiding Yao Sheng's attacks as the red lights flashed and dissipated, leaving the crowd below gasping in shock.

  However, the attack of the Medicine Saint was ineffective against Ling Wu Shuang, who was high above and could leave at any time, and could only continuously consume his own spiritual power.

  Ling Wusuo's fiery wings quivered, and he came to a stop in mid-air, lowering his head to gaze at Yao Sheng with a harmless smile, "If you've got the skills, come catch up"

  Yaosheng's strength couldn't cause her fatal injuries, but similarly, with her current strength, even if she used her ultimate move on him who was defending with all his might, it wouldn't be fatal either. After some thought, Ling Wushuang decided not to waste her energy anymore.

  "Damn it, Ling Wushuang you're really going to die!" The Medicine Saint was so angry that he jumped up and down, crazily chasing after him in the air. Ling Wushuang lightly dodged in mid-air, no matter how hard he tried to grab him, he just couldn't reach him. Back and forth they went, his face turning purple with rage, he was so angry he almost vomited blood.

  The people around, with faces of all colors, looked even more pleasing to the eye. Seeing the majestic Medicine Saint being teased by Ling Wu Shuang until he was jumping up and down, several blood holes on his body were still oozing out bright red blood. The crowd could only worship the person in mid-air.

  "The damned" Medicine Saint's face turned purple with rage, his skin and flesh trembling uncontrollably.

  Zhan Xi watched from the side, his face a mixture of laughter and tears. After a long while, he clenched his fist, cleared his throat, and with a stern expression, walked towards Yao Sheng who was going crazy, saying in a deep voice: "Yao Sheng, Wu Shuang is a guest of my nomadic tribe, you'd better think twice before doing something like this."

  Zhan Xiu's face was expressionless, and his last sentence was spoken in a gentle tone with an underlying threat.

  "The Vagabond Tribe" was threatened by a young whippersnapper, and the already unsightly face of Yao Sheng turned even paler, his eyes flashing with anger as he gritted his teeth, "The one who should think thrice is you, War Repairs! You'd best consider the consequences of going against the Holy Hall!"

  If he spares Ling Wushuang today, how can he stand in front of people all over the world in the future?

  For someone like the Medicine Saint who has always been high and above, losing face is more serious than losing his life. His ugly appearance today was seen by so many people, if he can't kill everyone in the world, he can only take it out on Ling Wusuo. However, in his rage, he seems to not have realized yet that he can't even touch her sleeve.

  Zhan Xiuzhen's face turned serious, and she quickly stepped forward. Her brown-red robes fluttered without wind. "Medicine Saint, I'm showing respect as a senior, so I can offer some advice. You're an expert, but chasing down a young girl like this - don't you feel ashamed?"

  People around nodded in agreement, voices rising and falling.

  "A saint-level character or a senior expert bullying a little girl is also too shameless"

  "The people in the temple are indeed all of a kind, hypocritical and shameless. I've never had a good impression of them. The previous rumors were actually understated."

  "If I had the ability, I would definitely rush up and help this little girl"

  ……

  All the forest hunters, bold and outspoken, spoke without any scruples. Some of them snickered and said, "You don't know that Medicine Saint bullied Ling Wushuang, I think from start to finish, he was the one being bullied."

  Then a group of people burst out laughing, looking at the Medicine Saint's disheveled appearance, chasing and shouting to kill, but always unable to touch him, with an even more embarrassing expression, and they couldn't help but laugh until their stomachs hurt.

  "War Repairs, do you still want to stop me?!" The Medicine Saint's anger burned fiercely, unable to reach Ling Wu Shuang, his gaze shifted and all the flames were poured onto War Repairs' body. "Because of this ignorant girl, even the Wandering Tribe is implicated, you will also have to settle this account clearly."

  "Who would have thought, Zhan Xiuyi let out a cold snort, not moving in the slightest. With a wave of his arm, a black long spear shot out and stood upright on the ground, producing a loud clanging sound. Along with it, his sharp words rang out: 'As long as I, Zhan Xiuyi, am here, you will never be able to move Wu Shuang.'"

  Ling Wu's feet stepped on the clear wind, and upon hearing Zhan Xiou's words, his heart warmed up. The fire wings behind him lightly trembled, with sparks of light flashing like shooting stars, leaving a trail of red light in the air as he drew a beautiful arc, appearing beside Zhan Xiou in the blink of an eye.

  The fire wings behind him fluttered lightly and dissipated with the wind.

  "Medicine Saint, are you certain that with your current spiritual power, you can engage in a battle with me?" Ling Wu Shuang stood with his hands clasped behind his back beside the War Repair Body, his eyes scanning up and down, gazing at the person in front of him whose face was ashen.

  The furious Crown Prince of Medicine, Ling Wu Shuang, made a series of swift moves, expending an enormous amount of spiritual energy. Meanwhile, Ling Wu Shuang dodged and weaved with ease, not wasting any effort at all. In his prime, even a full-force strike from him would have caused significant harm to Ling Wu Shuang. What more could he do now that his spiritual energy was depleted? If she were to turn around and run away, the Crown Prince of Medicine would only end up humiliating himself further by continuing to pursue her.

  "Ling Wusong, you are despicable!" The voice of the Medicine Saint revealed his jealousy and anger, but he calmed down slightly, as if only then did he understand this principle.

  "Overpraising, overpraising", Ling Wu Xiang smiled with a smirk on his face.

  Zhan Xiu suddenly understood, **tugged at the corner of his mouth**, and said, "Wu Shuang was circling around without leaving, intentionally provoking Yao Sheng, it turned out that this was his plan, good guy, really sinister..."

  "Medicine Saint, I'd like to remind you of something as well. This isn't a sacred hall, so think carefully about what you want to do." The calm voice came from behind the martial artist, causing Medicine Saint's expression to become even more overcast and his brow to furrow deeper.

  A middle-aged man with a gentle gait, resembling War Xi in appearance by 70%, was indeed the leader of the Vagabond Clan, War Qi, War Xi's father and a sixth-grade high-ranking saint.

  "Zhan Qi"'s lips were pressed into a straight line, his thoughts racing. In this place, provoking the Wandering Tribe was not a wise choice, but such a great humiliation, how could it be endured!

  Zhan Qi's face was calm and serene as he spoke in a low tone: "Yao Sheng, chasing down a junior like this is truly unbefitting of a master's demeanor."

  Ling Wushuang is Xiu'er's friend, and moreover, just saying that she saved the lives of over a hundred people in the vagabond tribe, this is a great kindness to him. Today's matter, he cannot stand by idly, even if it means offending the Holy Temple, he cannot go against his own conscience.

  Yao Sheng's face stiffened, he straightened his body, and tightly pursed his lips as he stared at the person in front of him, "Zhan Qi, are you certain you want to protect this stinky little girl!?"

  Zhan Qi's eyes met Yao Sheng's fierce gaze head-on, his body language unyielding. Although he didn't say another word, his attitude clearly conveyed that the person in front of him was guaranteed to be safe!

  "Alright, alright, very well." The Medicine Saint's face turned pale, and he slowly spat out a few words. His greyish-white eyes, like venom, suddenly locked onto Ling Wu Xue, his gaze piercing. A sentence seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, "You stinky girl, wait for me, this debt, I will settle with you sooner or later!"

  Having said that, Yao Sheng suddenly swung his sleeves and turned around to leave. Continuing the standoff would only lead to humiliation.

  "This sentence, I also give to you." Ling Wu's soft words made Yao Sheng's back stiffen for a moment, but he gritted his teeth and continued to leave, the veins on his hands bulging with restraint.

  "Master, Master!" A medicine boy under him had a pale complexion, but after the previous example of being turned into ashes, who dared to be rude to Ling Wusuo at this time? Seeing Yao Sheng leave, he trembled with fear and quickly followed.

  Ling Wushuang's red lips curled up slightly, her goal was not here, nor did she plan to take action against the people of Sheng Tang at this time.

  "The people in the temple have all arrived, it seems that this place is indeed not ordinary." Zhan Qi's face was calm and quiet, staring in the direction where Yao Sheng left, as if deep in thought.

  Zhan Xiu let out a sigh of relief, then turned his head to look at Ling Wushuang beside him, glaring at her fiercely, still feeling a bit frightened. "Wushuang, you really scared me to death! You little girl, you dare to provoke anyone!"

  He almost had a heart attack from this little girl, but unexpectedly, Wú Shuāng was able to withstand the full force of a 9th rank Saint's attack. This shocked him, even as the father of a high-ranking Saint, he didn't dare to easily take on the full force of Yào Shèng's attack.

  "War big brother, I'm fine," Ling Wushuang smiled awkwardly and rubbed his nose.

  "You!" Zhan Xiu's expression was a mix of laughter and tears, helplessly stretching out his hand to point at her.

  The people around were even more amazed, and unexpectedly, the final result was that Yao Sheng left with a sullen face, being played by Ling Wu Shuang, yet he didn't show any temper.

  Zhan Qi snapped back to reality and turned around to look at Ling Wu Shuang, laughing loudly: "This is the one, isn't it? The executor of the Four Families' orders, Ling Wu Shuang?"

  It was just then that Ling Wu Shuang nodded and smiled, and her words defending Zuo Mo had also given her a somewhat favorable impression.

  "It's indeed a hero emerging in youth!" War Qi sighed with emotion as he looked at the person before him.

  When they met, Shu Er talked the most about not himself, but Ling Wu Shuang, whom he had just met halfway. This was the first time he heard Shu Er praise someone so much.

  Moreover, a teenager who is already at the third rank of sanctity is quite astonishing. More importantly, this aura and courage are far beyond what ordinary people can match.

  Ling Wushuang coughed dryly and laughed in a hoarse voice: "Commander is overpraising"

  Zhan Xiu moved his lips, clenched his fist and laughed dryly. In fact, he had discovered that Wu Shuang was a bit cunning, a bit sinister, but most importantly, at the critical moment, he was shameless to some extent.

  Zhan Qi let out a long sigh and said in a clear voice, "I'm just telling the truth. However, I suppose you didn't come all this way just for this operation, did you?"

  Zhan Qi and Zhan Xiu had similar stern faces, but with a warm smile, he listened to Xiu Er say that Ling Wu Shuang had come specifically to find him, and it was unlikely that he would just be going out for training.

  "Yes" Ling Wu Xiang smiled slightly, just as she was about to speak, several people rushed up behind Zhan Qi and whispered a few words in his ear.

  "Master, it's time to start, the major tribes have also arrived. " Hong Shu walked a few steps to Ling Wushuang and Zhan Xiuxiu, his face was slightly excited.

  Zhan Qi nodded, replied with a "good", waved his hand to let several people retreat, and then looked at Ling Wushuang again, smiling: "Actually already came, don't know if little girl has interest, together with us participate in this action?"

  Facing Ling Qi's invitation, Ling Wu didn't hesitate and nodded with a smile, "Okay"

  She was also interested in this dangerous place, and as for the rest of the things, she didn't rush to settle them at once.

  "There are still some things that need to be planned carefully, let's go inside and talk," Zhan Qilang said with a loud laugh, raising his hand in a gesture of invitation.

  Ling Wushuang nodded in agreement and walked towards the main tent with Zhan Shuxu and others, chatting and laughing along the way.

  This wonderful show also made everyone's eyes wide with wonder.

  "So that little girl is actually Ling Wushuang, the one who holds the command of the four major families, the genius and evil star of the Ling family."

  "So it was her after all, but wasn't she still a Saint just over a month ago?"

  "This is also too scary, just one month, and it has actually been upgraded by two levels, my god"

  ……

  There are people around who know Ling Wushuang, but more don't. However, after this commotion, Ling Wushuang's name quickly spread among a group of forest hunters.

  "Despicable woman, what's so great about her, just knows how to show off." Amidst the crowd's sighs of admiration, a discordant voice inserted itself, Yu Wei scowled with a sour face, gazing at the backs of Ling Wu Shuang and Zhan Xiou's group, seething with jealousy.

  A mysterious woman, not only was War Brother deceived by her, but now even Uncle Qi has been deceived by that innocent face of hers. How detestable! It's really despicable to the extreme. Yu Wei was so angry that she stomped her feet on the spot, with a fierce glint flashing in her eyes.

  In the settlement of the vagabond tribe, high-ranking personnel gathered to discuss their next move in heated debate.

  "This time the danger zone is closer to the Riyuetan, more dangerous than any previous one. We must be careful." Zhang Yi's face was calm and his eyes stayed on the map under his big hand as he spoke cautiously.

  Zhan Qi nodded at the forefront and added a sentence, "If you're not careful, you might provoke the legendary divine beast."

  Rumors have it that in the depths of the Forest of Fallen Sun, there exist divine beasts. If one wants to delve deeper, they should be cautious, for among them, not a single one is at the Divine level. If they were to truly encounter one, they would likely suffer total annihilation. Therefore, he had no choice but to be vigilant.

  Someone nodded in agreement, "Yes, going deeper for dozens of miles, it's just the Dayue God Pool. This time is also considered to have taken a great risk."

  They have never dared to venture deep into the Riyuetian Pool, if it weren't extremely dangerous, so many people wouldn't be lingering here, hesitating and not daring to go deeper. They discovered that hundreds of people in that treacherous place were left with only one mid-tier saint surviving, who is still unconscious to this day.

  "Squad leader, the divine beast is just a rumor, no need to worry about it." Hong Shu smiled, he had been lurking in the Forest of Sunset for his whole life and had never heard anyone say they had encountered a divine beast.

  Others also smiled and said, "Yes, even if we encounter a high-ranking Sacred Realm Xuan Beast, we can still take it down."

  "Actually, what we need to pay attention to is the people from other tribes. Although gathering a large number of people will make it safer, it also means that the things we get will be less." Zhang Yi nodded slowly, showing some agreement.

  "I really want to see what the divine beast looks like" Someone chuckled and interrupted, the legendary peak god has appeared, so, the rumored divine beast, can't help but be true.

  "There is indeed a divine beast around Riyuetan." Amidst the numerous discussions, this faint voice emerged, causing everyone to instantly quiet down and turn their gaze towards the source of the sound.

  "Peerless?" Zhan Xiuyi was somewhat surprised, had Peerless seen the divine beast?

  Ling Wushuang nodded slightly and took a step forward, "I once saw a divine beast"

  "Is that really true?" Some people around her expressed their doubts. She had actually encountered a divine beast and was still alive, but with her low-ranking saint's abilities, how could she possibly enter the Sun Moon Divine Spring? It would be difficult even to get close.

  "Is this true?" Zhan Qi's face was calm, but looking at his serious expression, it was clear that he already believed more than half of what Ling Wushuang said.

  "Three-headed Serpent" Ling Wu's expression was calm and serene as he slowly spat out these few words.

  If it weren't for Jun Yan being by her side last time, she would have been swallowed up by that thing.

  That guy's ferocity is terrifying, she knew it all too well. If these people were to run into him, they would only lose their lives. Even if there were dozens of Holy Stage cultivators, they would still be entangled to death by him. The gap between the Divine Stage and the Holy Stage was simply heaven and earth apart.

  "Three Divine Serpents?" As soon as Ling Wu's words fell, a faint hissing sound echoed around.

  Three divine pythons, indeed legendary creatures, really exist!

  People looked at each other in twos and threes, some excited, others agitated, and still others worried.

  "In that case, it's going to be a problem." Zhan Qi's face turned serious and he slowly sat down in his chair.

  If there really is a divine beast inside, then these people going in would be more likely to meet with disaster than good fortune. However, at this point, retreating is even less possible.

  "What's there to be afraid of? I don't believe our luck is that bad!" Hong Shu's loud voice brought the crowd back to their senses.

  "That's right, which one of our tasks wasn't dangerous? If we miss this good opportunity, I'm afraid there won't be another chance like this in the future." Immediately, someone agreed and even showed a fearless expression.

  These forest hunters often ventured into perilous lands, and even if they heard such words, no one wanted to back down for the time being.

  Ling Wushuang almost imperceptibly shrugged her shoulders. If she really encountered it, she couldn't just abandon these people and slip away quietly.

  Tian Kuang Mang and Ren Xing Tai Tan, two high-level sacred beasts of the Holy Domain, both stayed in the Ling family to protect Grandfather and Fourth Uncle, just in case. As for Xiao Jiu, it's even more unreliable, every time they arrived at Lu Ri Zhi Sen, it was the first to disappear, and at critical moments, it would often malfunction and be untrustworthy.

  Ling Wushuang thought about it, but couldn't come up with a foolproof plan. He shook his head helplessly and decided to just take a look first. After all, he shouldn't be so unlucky as to run into someone the moment he walked in.

  Moreover, she could be certain that there was definitely a mastermind hiding here, with strength even surpassing that of the Medicine Saint!

  "In fact, the most frightening thing about that place is not the fierce Xuan beast." Just as everyone was entangled, Zhan Qi furrowed his brow and slowly said this sentence.