Path Of The Lilies

Qin Zheng nodded. He wiped his sword before putting it back. "It"s over. The wolf is dead."

"That"s good."

Just a second late and the wind blades would start attacking again. It was fast and deadly since it could easily pierce through their flesh. As for bones, Ye Jiao didn"t know and didn"t have any intention to test it out. The battle just now was already more than enough.

"We"re lucky that it has just reached rank 4 or it won"t be that easy," Qin Zheng commented. He took out a knife and stabbed the wolf"s chest, taking out a rank 4 core from within.

"You call that easy?"

"It"s not that life threatening and we only sustain superficial wounds. Oh right, here"s a pill to heal your wounds."

Taking the pill from Qin Zheng"s hand, Ye Jiao looked at him with wonder. "How much does this cost?"

"You don"t have to pay me. Instead, let me take the core while you keep the wolf"s meat."

"…" Ye Jiao had the feeling that everyone around her had started to treat her as a meat collector. It was true that she loved eating meat, but it doesn"t mean that she wanted to collect dozens of beasts" meats. How long would it take for her to finish them all at this rate?

"If you skin it, you can also sell the skin for quite a hefty price since it"s a rank 4 beast. Also, the teeth should be valuable too."

"I get it, thank you."

Putting the pill into her mouth, Ye Jiao could feel rich Eon Energy filled into her body. It was also covered in medicinal fragrance. Her wounds on her skin healed at a visible rate as Ye Jiao focused her attention on them.

"Brats, are you alright?" Zhan Jing rushed over. He had heard the sounds of fighting and sensed the beast coming just now, but he was preoccupied with the battle. Seeing the two of them still alive, he heaved a sigh of relief.

"You"re late."

"I"m not as powerful as before, thanks to a certain someone."

Qin Zheng looked at Zhan Jing coldly as he put one of the pills he had into his mouth. Even without focusing on them, his wounds still healed at a visible rate, leaving only his clothes which still have the trace of battle.

"Why are you using such an expensive medicine just for superficial wounds?"

"It"s not expensive."

Zhan Jing wanted to roll his eyes at Qin Zheng"s answer. He knew this young man"s background, so he understood why he said that it was not expensive. Indeed, it was the cheapest one but it was only in the world outside this four kingdoms! In this place, medicine that could cure at a visible rate like that would be priced at thousands of gold coins.

Though, if they have an internal wound, it would be a different story because the pill wouldn"t work as well.

"If you"re planning to live here, can"t you learn the culture of this place better?"

"I"m just making a short visit," Qin Zheng blinked his eyes. "You don"t think that someone like me will stay in this place, do you?

"It"s not impossible."

Qin Zheng decided to not reply anymore as he turned his head to Ye Jiao. By this time, the girl had finished consuming the medicine and had fully recovered herself. She opened her eyes and looked at her master.

"Master, is there any use of these cores? So far, I have been only keeping them and selling them off," Ye Jiao asked. They were taking place in her storage bracelet, so she had been wondering if she could possibly use them.

Zhan Jing nodded. "You can choose to absorb Eon Energy from the core, but you"ll need to extract it out first."

"How?"

"I"ll suggest you do not do this, but if you guide your own Eon Energy to the core, you"ll be able to pull the Eon Energy out of the core."

Ye Jiao blinked her eyes in confusion. "Why don"t you suggest this, Master?"

"Because absorbing Eon Energy from the beast core might not be suitable for your own core. In addition, the Eon Energy inside the cores is violent and might kill you if you"re not careful enough. Because of that, people only use it as Eon Energy"s subst.i.tute, especially if they want to use some tools that require Eon Energy or teleportation arrays," Qin Zheng explained.

Zhan Jing nodded in agreement. Eon Energy Master would choose their specialization when they reached rank 4. Below that rank, it was hard for them to even know their innate talent. Because of that, no one would suggest they blindly use the Eon Energy from beast cores.

If it was not suitable, their future path wouldn"t be easy.

"I see." Ye Jiao stayed silent for a moment before she began to ask again, "Qin Zheng, is there any way to help the egg hatch faster?"

"Why are you asking so suddenly?" Qin Zheng arched his eyebrows. This girl"s way of changing conversation was truly peculiar.

"I can sense the egg seems to take some part of the Eon Energy that I absorb just now, so I"m thinking that if I absorb Eon Energy at this place and direct it straight to the egg, it will be able to hatch faster," Ye Jiao explained.

Qin Zheng nodded. This girl has a keen observation. "It"s true. The egg needs Eon Energy to mature faster, but it has a slow rate of absorption, so it would surely take a long time to hatch. Even if you help it, it needs to digest it by itself."

"But I can help?"

"If you transfer the Eon Energy in this place to the egg, it should be able to cut down a third of the time needed. Then again, it will still take years before the egg can hatch," Qin Zheng pondered.

Ye Jiao beamed. "I don"t think it"s a problem. Thank you, Qin Zheng."

"Call me brother."

"You"re just a few months older, so no."

"I"m still older," Qin Zheng insisted.

This time, Ye Jiao paid the young man no heed as she started to absorb the Eon Energy in the surroundings into her core. As she had grown, her rate of absorption also increased several folds. Now that she didn"t hold them back at all and focused on transferring all of them into the lake, her rate of absorption turned even faster.

Both Qin Zheng and Zhan Jing could sense the movements of Eon Energy around them as it entered into Ye Jiao"s body like an endless stream of water. Normally, it would be impossible because they have to put Eon Energy into their core slowly, but since it was only entering her body to reach the egg, it has become possible.

Zhan Jing shook his head. "I really don"t understand how you can get so much Eon Energy into your body like this."

"It"s not impossible," Qin Zheng sat down on the ground. "There"s another part of Eon Energy in this place that"s suitable for me, so I"ll start my training too."

"Hey, you…"

Qin Zheng started to absorb the Eon Energy too. From the side, Zhan Jing decided to move back as he could feel the Eon Energy around him moving like crazy towards the two children in the middle. Even though Qin Zheng didn"t absorb as fast as Ye Jiao, it was still at an insane rate that normally wouldn"t be seen in this place.

"Yep, they"re two little monsters."

Waiting for the two of them to finish their training, Zhan Jing decided to rest. He still kept his awareness around him as he carefully watched over the two of them.

Time pa.s.sed swiftly. Hours pa.s.sed and Zhan Jing could sense movements not far from them. As the density of Eon Energy in this place has decreased thanks to these two monsters" absorption rate, some beasts came over as they were attracted by the energy movements.

"They shouldn"t attack again," Qin Zheng opened his eyes. He looked over to the beasts near them. "Most of them are only rank 3, so they know that they"re not our match."

Zhan Jing frowned. "How do you know? Beast doesn"t have intelligence, right?"

"They have intelligence in a limited amount. In a place like this, it wouldn"t be surprising that they already gain a bit of intelligence. Even if they usually moved by their instinct, the higher their rank, the more intelligence they might possess."

Like what Qin Zheng predicted, the beasts only lingered for a short period of time before they departed again. Apparently, they could sense that they wouldn"t be able to do anything to these people over here. There was nothing that they could do except to return back.

Qin Zheng directed his gaze to the other side. "It seems your little disciple has also returned too."