Chapter 195 - 121: Hidden Thunder
’Just like that, I’ve left home?’
As the girl’s mind wandered, the three of them left Mentougou Village without incident and started their journey back.
Qin Fang naturally had to escort the siblings. In the middle of the night, there was no telling what dangers they might encounter.
Fortunately, the journey was smooth.
However, with the girl present, Qin Fang couldn’t just drag her along at a frantic pace. They walked until dawn and had only crossed a single mountain.
The girl was already panting with exhaustion, her forehead beaded with sweat.
By the time they reached the outskirts of True Martial County Town, the sun was already setting, and the city gates were about to close.
Monkey, moved, said to Qin Fang in a low voice, "Thank you, Master Qin... I’ve troubled you."
His sister had poor stamina and constantly needed to stop and rest along the way. Throughout it all, Master Qin never showed the slightest hint of impatience. He even suggested taking a break himself when Monkey was urging his sister on...
It was clear he truly regarded him as a brother!
...And how could someone as sharp as Monkey not see it?
Qin Fang just patted his shoulder without saying much. "Settle down in the city. Senior Brother will make all the arrangements."
"Yes."
Monkey replied respectfully.
Qin Fang then waved his hand. Monkey kept looking back as he walked, but eventually led his sister into the city.
Watching them enter the city, Qin Fang let out a long sigh of relief.
’Now, the hidden threat to my relationship with Senior Brother is completely gone.’
’Unless those people find the members of the Fish Dragon Gang, bring them into the county town, and then happen to run into Monkey...’
’The probability of that is too small. It’s almost impossible.’
’After all... how could those people be sure that Monkey even went into the county town?’
’...They arrived at Mentougou under the cover of night without alerting anyone. There’s no way for them to ask around for information.’
Qin Fang stood on the mountain path and glanced back toward the abandoned temple, his expression grim.
’I wonder what the hell this Evil Cult’s goal is.’
’And what are they plotting next...?’
But then he remembered his Master’s words and let out a light breath.
’No matter what they do, I’m powerless to interfere... All I can do now is wait for news from Master.’
With that thought, Qin Fang turned and headed for Wanshui.
He had originally planned to be back in a day or two, but a series of unexpected events had delayed him for a good three to five days. He had finally returned to Wanshui...
By the time he got back, the sky had already darkened.
He had just reached his courtyard gate when he saw Xile lying there, wagging its tail out of sheer boredom. The sight made Qin Fang relax.
Before he could get any closer, Xile’s nose twitched. It scrambled to its feet, and upon seeing Qin Fang, its eyes lit up. With an AWOO, it bounded over.
It then started wagging its head and tail in front of Qin Fang, looking like it was about to twist its back in half.
After Qin Fang reached out to pet its head, it got even more excited, jumping up on him and rubbing against him nonstop...
It had clearly missed him a great deal.
Seeing how much Xile missed him, Qin Fang smiled and gave it a few more pets. When he saw the dog was only getting clingier, he barked, "Alright, that’s enough! Off, off!"
Xile froze for a moment, then finally restrained itself from rubbing against him any more. It just opened its mouth and panted happily at him.
Qin Fang patted its head again before finally entering the house.
He had been running around for the past couple of days and was covered in dust from the road. Qin Fang went to the woodshed, boiled a pot of water, and took a comfortable bath before heading to his room to sleep.
...In the past four or five days, he hadn’t slept a wink.
Although his vigorous energy from being at the Anjin stage meant it wasn’t a huge deal.
But the sheer number of events in the past few days had drained him. Before long, he fell into a deep sleep.
Xile lay down by his bedside, glancing up at him from time to time before peacefully falling asleep as well.
「The next morning」
Qin Fang bought a new set of bee-fishing tools at the market, planning to head to Old Ox Back to start fishing for bees.
"I’m not far from Great Success. I’ll try to make a breakthrough in the next few days."
He checked his panel. The proficiency of his Spiritual Snake Listening Wave Pile had reached 804. He needed less than 200 more points to break through.
Qin Fang’s eyes lit up.
’Great Success... that means entering the Mid-Anjin Stage.’
’And with the advancement in Anjin, I’ll also grasp the essentials of Hidden Thunder in Silk!’
This would undoubtedly cause his strength to soar!
’That mysterious organization is stirring up trouble, and its influence is vast. Only by becoming strong enough myself will I have the confidence to face whatever might happen in the future.’
「An hour later」
Having arrived at Old Ox Back, Qin Fang finished his preparations and began to fish for bees.
’I hope my luck is good enough this time. Don’t let seven or eight of them come out at once.’
’That would be a problem...’
SWISH SWISH SWISH!
The moment the bait reached the cave entrance, three black shadows shot out and latched on.
Seeing this, Qin Fang immediately started pulling the bait back... but he didn’t dare move too quickly, afraid of shaking off the Giant Bees that had already dug into the meat.
Fortunately, he was overthinking things. The Giant Bees’ Poisonous Thorns were over ten centimeters long, like large Iron Nails. Although they had no barbs, the moment their target moved, the bees only clung tighter, frantically pumping venom from their tails. They weren’t shaken off.
Inside the cavern, another bee-like shadow stirred but didn’t give chase.
This made Qin Fang let out a long sigh of relief, and a smile spread across his face...
’My luck is great today!’
The rest of the process needs no lengthy description. Qin Fang was already quite familiar with the crevice.
Kill the bees, jump down, tie them up, jump back up, drag them away...
He completed the series of actions with considerable skill.
...By now, that protruding platform had practically become his personal cutting board for slaughtering Giant Bees.
Three Giant Bees were a comfortable haul. Qin Fang descended from the peak, but instead of leaving immediately, he went to the front of the cave.
"Last time, there were a dozen or so drops of liquid in that stone bowl. It’s been about ten days since then. I wonder how many more drops have accumulated?"