Chapter 214: Chapter 127: Shelter
He searched for a while and eventually found some bedding that looked brand new. After packing it, he went to the woodshed and found an iron pot.
He secured the iron pot and other items into a large bundle. Qin Fang then shouldered the pack and returned to the shelter.
Everyone was stunned for a moment when they saw Qin Fang return with the supplies. They knew he must have gone into the village.
"Brother Qin... the village..."
Xiao Jiu’s eyes lit up for a moment, but she trembled slightly as she asked the question.
Qin Fang fell silent. He finally sighed and shook his head gently.
The light in Xiao Jiu’s eyes instantly faded.
Monkey’s sister gently patted her shoulder, offering silent comfort.
Xile also came over and nuzzled her with its head...
Qin Fang sighed and placed the bedding and other items on the newly finished floor. The Master’s Wife took them and began to make the beds.
His Senior Brother and Qin Fang then carried the two pigs over to the waterfall.
They slaughtered the pigs and stripped off the entire hide. Instead of carelessly tossing the innards, they dug a pit right there and buried them.
The two of them worked in silence, quickly processing the pigs. When they returned to the camp, they found the beds were already made... For tonight, they would all sleep on a large communal platform, divided into two sections: one for the men and one for the women.
Cooking would create smoke. The bamboo forest was so dense that any rising smoke would likely linger for a long time.
In the end, they decided to cook beneath the waterfall. The turbulence created by the falling water would quickly disperse the smoke, and the location was secluded enough that they were unlikely to be discovered.
The two girls and the Master’s Wife took over the cooking, while Monkey and Xiao Qi were tasked with hauling firewood for them. The master and his two disciples began to converse in low tones as they worked.
Eventually, their Master brought up the place Qin Fang had mentioned earlier.
Qin Fang pointed toward Old Ox Back and said in a low voice, "Up there, I discovered some incredible things... but it’s very dangerous. There’s a type of Giant Bee with extremely potent venom, strong enough to kill even monsters..."
His Senior Brother’s gaze sharpened immediately. "So... the poison you used to kill Wang Hu was..."
"It wasn’t Jiejie Wu poison, but the venom of those Giant Bees..." Qin Fang said, a little embarrassed.
His Senior Brother didn’t press the matter, simply nodding.
"And the thing you drank, Senior Brother, I also got that from the cave... There’s a Cold Cave there..."
"The Giant Bees’ nest is on a Treasure Plant that looks extraordinary..."
Qin Fang described the caves on Old Ox Back in detail.
His Master and Senior Brother were left dumbfounded as they listened.
...These fantastic descriptions were truly beyond anything they could have imagined.
"But the path up Old Ox Back is very difficult. The Master’s Wife and the others probably wouldn’t be able to climb it... After we eat, I’ll take you and Master to see it," Qin Fang concluded.
His Master and Senior Brother naturally had no objections and both nodded in agreement.
An hour later, the meal was finally ready.
They had simply roasted the meat.
Qin Fang had also brought back a good amount of salt from the large estate.
Xiao Jiu came to call them for the meal. Everyone ate in a somber silence by the waterfall.
...Actually, the food was quite good.
The master and his two disciples consumed the better part of the two pigs.
They were all Anjin Martial Artists with huge appetites.
After eating and extinguishing the fire, the group returned to the shelter.
The sky had turned completely dark.
It was nearly autumn, and the air was growing cold. The breeze from the nearby waterfall, in particular, made the two girls shiver.
Fortunately, Qin Fang had brought back bedding. The two girls burrowed under the covers and quickly warmed up.
The Master’s Wife was busy cleaning up.
Qin Fang had Monkey and Xiao Qi stay at the camp, leaving Xile with them as well. Only then did he lead his Master and Senior Brother up the path to Old Ox Back.
Even though his Senior Brother was injured, climbing a mountain was not a major issue for him.
Soon, the three of them—master and disciples—arrived before the cave entrance.
Qin Fang whispered, "The Giant Bee nest is inside... I’ve only been in there once. We’ll go take a look together, but we absolutely must be careful. Don’t make any loud noises. If we startle those Giant Bees... the three of us will probably meet our end right here."
Seeing how serious Qin Fang was, his Master and Senior Brother felt a chill... They knew Qin Fang’s personality; he wasn’t one for exaggeration.
After they nodded gravely, Qin Fang led the way, and the three of them proceeded forward.
Before long, his Master and Senior Brother saw it: the Treasure Plant deep within the cave, and the Giant Bee nest upon it.
The moment they saw it, even a man of his Master’s stoic disposition stared wide-eyed, utterly shocked by the scene before him...
The Treasure Plant was one thing—its strange luminescence, unique shape, and peculiar, exotic fragrance proclaimed its extraordinary nature.
His Senior Brother, however, was staring intently at the Giant Bees on it...
Qin Fang had said the Giant Bees were large, but only now, seeing them with their own eyes, did they truly understand what "large" meant...
Massive bees, each nearly the size of a human skull, hovered above the Treasure Plant...
Both the Master and Senior Brother were Anjin Martial Artists with heightened senses. The Senior Brother might have been slightly less perceptive, but he could still see the situation inside clearly.
Especially with the Treasure Plant providing a source of light.
They stood speechless with shock for a long time. It was only at Qin Fang’s prompting that the three of them began to retreat, moving with extreme caution...
...far more carefully than when they had entered!
The mere sight of the Giant Bees’ long Poisonous Thorns was enough to make one’s scalp crawl!
After successfully retreating to the cave entrance, Qin Fang led them into the Cold Cave.
The bizarre nature of the Cold Cave also left his Master and Senior Brother in shock... His Senior Brother had only managed to walk twenty meters inside when his entire body became coated in a layer of white frost, his face turning deathly pale...
Seeing this, Qin Fang immediately told him to stop and go back.
His Senior Brother looked utterly stunned... ’Even though my Physique isn’t as strong as Qin Fang’s,’ he thought, ’I wouldn’t feel this cold even in the dead of winter.’
’But this cave?’
Their Master, on the other hand, showed visible signs of circulating his Qi Blood. His face was flushed red as he smoothly accompanied Qin Fang to the spot with the mysterious liquid.
Seeing the bizarre phenomenon, the Master was also visibly stunned.
In the end, their Master decided to venture deeper. Qin Fang stopped at the forty-meter mark, unable to proceed, but his Master walked on to the fifty-meter point...
...an area Qin Fang himself had never reached.
This showed that his Master’s Cultivation was far superior to his own.
However, he returned shortly after.
Blue frost clung to his eyebrows, and his face was also somewhat pale.
But he brought back a piece of news...
"There’s something else below..."
