Chapter 65: Encountering an Enemy Group
"Fellow Taoist Jiang, do you mind if I take this one?" Li Futian asked.
In the beginning, Jiang Yue and Li Futian had come to an agreement.
Whoever found a herb first, would keep it.
If there was more than one of the same herb, the finder could exchange with the other for another herb.
At this time, Jiang Yue had found a herb called the star calling herb.
This herb was a peak grade silver rank herb which could increase the efficiency of absorbing star power.
Although Jiang Yue didn’t need it, it was a peak grade silver rank herb.
Even in the thousand herbs garden, peak-grade herbs were rare, and Jiang Yue couldn’t give them away easily.
"I will change it for five high-grade silver rank herbs. Alternatively, you can have the next peak grade herb we come across."
Li Futian wasn’t willing to give up the star-calling herb.
His cultivation technique was related to stars, and the star calling herb was like a qi gathering array for star power.
If the herb was refined into a star-calling pill, his cultivation would increase by leaps and bounds within a short time.
Jiang Yue thought about the deal and eventually chose to give up the herb.
After all, a peak grade silver rank star calling herb was less useful to him than five high-grade water-related herbs.
"I will thank fellow Taoist Jiang this time."
Li Futian clasped his hands at Jiang Yue and then bent to pick the herb.
However, before he could pick it, they heard a whistling sound.
The sound was like a low whine, and it grew louder as it approached them.
Without hesitation, Jiang Yue jumped backwards, and his body tensed in alarm.
"Who?" He asked as he looked around.
At a distance, he saw a group of cultivators walking toward them, and one was holding a bow in his hand.
"Li Futian, leave the herb, and I will let you keep your life." Someone shouted.
"Jia Yadong..." Li Futian said through gritted teeth.
Normally, his voice had an ethereal quality that seemed to directly communicate with the soul.
However, it had a harsh quality when he spoke this time.
From the short conversation, Jiang Yue knew that the two people knew each other, and their relationship was not good.
"Fellow Taoist Li, do you know these people?"
"The one who spoke is called Jia Yadong. He belongs to my Celestial Sky sect. I don’t know the others."
Jiang Yue turned his attention to the group and studied them carefully.
There were five people in the group.
All five wore different robes and carried different weapons.
As he looked at them, Jiang Yue suspected that they were from different sects and were in a temporary alliance.
This kind of thing was not uncommon, but it made him sigh with discontent.
’My luck is not good.’ He thought.
If given a choice, he didn’t want to work too hard in this secret realm.
However, he wasn’t willing to give up what he had already determined as his.
In this case, if the five wanted to grab herbs with him, he had no choice but to fight them.
When he thought of this, his eyes narrowed, and his body grew more alert.
"Will you leave the star calling herb, or will you leave your life?" A voice asked.
This voice came from a cultivator standing behind Jia Yadong.
The owner was wearing a grey robe and a mask on his face.
"Ghost valley cultivator." Li Futian intoned, and Jiang Yue grew a little tenser.
The Ghost Valley was another regional ruler.
It belonged to the evil faction and was at odds with the righteous sects.
"What? Do you discriminate against the evil faction? Li Futian, I will remind you that our Celestial Sky sect is a neutral sect." Jia Yadong said.
When he heard his words, Li Futian clenched his hands, but he didn’t refute the other.
It was true that their sect was neutral, but that didn’t mean that they should readily associate with evil.
After all, the cultivation methods of their sect were closely related to heavenly secrets.
Everything had cause and effect.
If one carelessly established cause and effect, it could affect their ability to perceive heavenly secrets.
Because of this, the cultivators of the Celestial Sky sect were very careful when establishing relationships.
They didn’t like to owe people, and even when they owed, the creditor must always be a worthy person.
However, determining worth was not black and white.
It was because of these differences in ideology that the Celestial Sky sect had two major factions.
Li Futian belonged to the faction that wanted to be observers of the world.
On the other hand, Jia Yadong belonged to the opposing faction that wanted to control the world.
After thinking about it, Li Futian sighed, and his body relaxed.
"Jia Yadong, we found the herb first."
When he said this, laughter floated in the air.
The laughter was filled with disdain, and a gruff voice was heard.
"Talk less nonsense. The herb will go to the one with the harder fist."
After that, a figure flew toward Jiang Yue and Li Futian.
The figure was a woman in a blue robe.
She wore gloves on both her fists and Jiang Yue recognised them as mid-grade silver rank weapons.
"You are right. The one with the harder fist will take the herb."
Without hesitation, he swung his whip to meet the girl.
The whip drew an arc, and whip shadows flew towards the young woman.
"Stop your useless resistance."
She punched outwards, and the whip met her fist.
At impact, Jiang Yue felt a strong force travel through the whip.
The force entered his body, and his internal organs vibrated fiercely.
However, Jiang Yue was not injured.
He felt uncomfortable, but the fist force was not enough to damage his body.
In the same way, the young woman was not injured by his whip.
"You resisted my first attack." The young woman said, and a smile appeared on her lips.
"Can you take my second fist?"
Although it was a question, she didn’t wait for an answer.
She rushed toward Jiang Yue and threw a punch towards his face.
However, Jiang Yue did not wait for her fist to arrive, and he jumped sideways.
At the origin forging realm, they both could not release qi to fight.
Because of that, the young woman’s fist could not travel a distance, and she could only fight at close range.
However, Jiang Yue used a whip and would be at a disadvantage if he fought at close range.
After avoiding the woman’s fist, he jumped again to put some distance between them.
"Do you dare to take my fist?" The woman screamed as she once again charged at Jiang Yue.
"Why should I?"
His voice was filled with disdain which made the woman angry.
"Are you a man?"
Jiang Yue sneered and swung his whip.
This time, he did not use the whip shadow art.
Instead, his whip formed a slipknot and coiled around the young woman’s wrist.
Soon after, the slipknot tightened around the wrist, and clear qi dug into her wrist.
"You have a little skill."
"Well thank you."
Jiang Yue sneered and increased the amount of qi that coated his whip.
A moment later, the whip shook and the young woman was flung away.
She flew several metres before landing on a rock.
Under the impact, the rock crumbled, and the woman vomited a mouthful of blood.
"Do you dare to hurt me?"
"Why don’t I dare?"
Jiang Yue was tired of the young woman’s nonsense.
She was the one who attacked first, and now she dared to complain.
He had come across these kinds of people before, and he hated them the most.
"If you can’t stand being beaten, don’t enter the battlefield."
After saying that, Jiang Yue didn’t hesitate.
He rushed forward and swung his whip towards the girl’s neck.
"Are you treating us dead?" A voice shouted, and an arrow whistled towards Jiang Yue.
At this time, Jiang Yue was in midair, but he was not flustered.
During the war with the sea beasts, Jiang Yue learned a valuable lesson.
At first, he often suffered losses because he focused too much on his opponent and forgot that there were no rules in war.
Any sea beasts around were his enemy and could attack at any time without considering fairness.
After suffering several dark losses, Jiang Yue learned a way to fight while monitoring the environment around him.
At this time, this skill came to use.
Before the arrow touched his body, Jiang Yue stepped to the side, and his whip continued to rush forward.
The young woman threw a fist to block the whip, but she was injured in the previous attack.
Jiang Yue’s qi had entered her body which caused her own qi to riot within her body.
At this time, the fist she threw was several times weaker than her previous attacks.
