Chapter 533: Chapter 507: Benefits Delivered to the Door_2
Earlier, he only lamented that his ranking wasn’t high enough, but now, he just felt his ranking wasn’t low enough... it would be best if it were outside the top hundred.
He had been completely terrified by Xu Lingjun.
So much so that those Level 8 Demon Beasts he could easily handle on a normal day, he now didn’t even dare to look back at them... fearing that if he wasted even a bit of time, that monster would catch up with him.
And when he finally escaped the Mysterious Jungle and saw the open road ahead.
Carlos was almost moved to tears, it was safe, finally safe.
But just as he ran a few steps...
His steps suddenly halted.
Looking at the pile of bodies burned to ash, although the flesh and bones had been completely incinerated, one could still clearly see the deformed but recognizable emblem of the Baoxue Empire Army on the ground.
He suddenly realized.
Why reinforcements never came...
It turned out, the people from the Secret Realm were cunning to this extent, blocking their weapon supplies first and then slaughtering them all.
Though they were considered indigenous savages...
Thinking about those weapons glowing with fluorescence, their advanced nature probably even more terrifying than the most advanced weapons of the Baoxue Empire?
Carlos couldn’t help but shiver, realizing that within the Secret Realm, there wasn’t just Demon Beasts, but also a terrifying human tribe whose technology far surpassed the Three Great Empires.
Such an important secret, now only he knew, he must survive to relay this message back.
Thinking of this...
Without time to mourn, without time to gather his comrades’ remains, he ran as fast as he could toward the nearest populated area, but suddenly, he heard the furious snarls of the Demon Beasts behind him.
Oh no, I haven’t lost them yet.
Carlos couldn’t help but feel his heart sink, then a strong will to survive surged within him.
He had to survive...
Only by surviving could he pass the message back.
And at this moment.
Xu Lingjun couldn’t care less about the escaping Carlos; for him, Carlos’s escape was actually doing him a favor.
Or you could say, just a small fry, even if he escaped, he couldn’t cause any big trouble...
To Xu Lingjun now, a mere Grandmaster Level Martial Artist wasn’t worthy of his attention.
At this moment, all his focus was on the Spirit Stone.
The reason for battling with the Baoxue Empire, wasn’t it just for the Spirit Stone?
And now he had successfully completed the task of completely expelling the Baoxue Empire soldiers from the Secret Realm... then the Ancient Tree naturally needed to fulfill its promise.
Fortunately, the Ancient Tree didn’t go back on its word.
It simply let Xiaoyun lead him to where they previously found the Spirit Stone...
Along the way, Xu Lingjun sat on Daxiong’s back.
Following behind Xiaoyun... listening to her chatter along the way.
Since meeting Daxiong, Xiaoyun’s gaze toward Xu Lingjun had become much friendlier. She could see Xu Lingjun really took good care of Daxiong.
If he didn’t have a good heart, an average person wouldn’t be able to raise such a well-fed Snow Leopard.
But that’s not a reason to turn her kind into a lazybones.
Like a tiger, where’s the slender build?
Anyway, the chatter all the way was just like this, leaving Xu Lingjun quite helpless, while Daxiong, being called a slacker, was full of disdain. If he wasn’t weaker than Xiaoyun, he would have already shouted at her with a meow if he could resist it.
Kidding, you can’t even get our Snow Leopard’s call right, and your fur isn’t even orange... do you even dare scold me?
Just because you’re a tad stronger and can beat me senseless, what’s there to be overbearing about?
Yet looking at that figure seemingly enlarged by dozens of times compared to Pang Hu.
Daxiong couldn’t help but miss Pang Hu...
Enough, just think of a Snow Leopard when missing a cat, let her scold a few words.
The two leopards and a person arrived at a hidden cave.
"This is the cave where we previously found the Spirit Stone, inside, as long as we continue digging, we should be able to excavate more Spirit Stones."
The voice of the Ancient Tree came from a nearby cypress tree, saying: "These Spirit Stones have strong Spiritual Qi inside, and other than me, no Demon Beasts can directly absorb the Spiritual Qi inside, otherwise, they might explode..."
Xu Lingjun replied, "Hmm, strictly speaking, Spirit Stones aren’t actually stones, but solidified entities due to overly concentrated Spiritual Qi. In fact, for normal Demon Beasts and humans, the Spiritual Qi in the air is already sufficient, more is too much."
A fervent look flashed in his eyes.
Others couldn’t see it, but he could clearly feel the density of the Spiritual Qi in the cave...
This was purer than anywhere else he had been.
To him, it was practically a natural Cultivation Holy Land.
"So, for our deal, I want more... or you could say this is compensation for hiding information."
The Ancient Tree said, "Our deal was just that you repel the Baoxue Empire Army, and I allow you to mine Spirit Stones within the Secret Realm. But now it seems that agreeing to this condition is akin to letting you humans directly take half of this Secret Realm."
"That’s fine too, but when the Baoxue Empire won’t let this go easily."
"So, I allow you to send soldiers, but I have two conditions!"
"Let’s hear them."
"First, from today onwards, all Demon Beasts will retreat from the entrances to the various Secret Realms, and henceforth, I will order the Demon Beasts not to attack humans. But likewise, you must control your academy students, not allowing them to attack our Demon Beasts!"
