TFHS: Chapter 107

The Wu family had such a big thing that could be used against them. Bai Qiaomo didn’t believe that the other princes and the supporting forces behind them would be indifferent to it.

The fight among the princes for the position was more intense than the fight among noble families for the position of heir. He was lucky enough to witness this in his previous life.

The Wu family wasn’t even qualified to participate in the final competition. In this life, they were simply doomed to sink early.

Due to this move, Bai Qiaomo and Feng Ming both hoped that Wu Yingyan could survive in Netherworld Valley. Otherwise, it would be too easy for him to die like this. He should be allowed to taste the feeling of losing his backer.

The two of them studied the topographic map they bought and chose a route into the mountain tomorrow. Then they practiced all night until dawn. They were very diligent.

The black crystal turtle was sound asleep. He was still drowsy when Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo set off. If he was put on Feng Ming’s shoulder at this time, he would surely fall off in a short while.

Feng Ming poked the already hard shell on Xiao Jing’s back. “Can this little lazy turtle really grow up to defend us in the future?”

Bai Qiaomo smiled. “The bloodline of this black crystal turtle is actually very good. If he eats well after birth, his future achievements won’t be limited to the fourth grade. He might be able to grow to the fifth and sixth grades. By then, he will have no problem resisting attacks from forces of the same level. This shell isn’t that easy to break.”

Feng Ming poked twice. “Yes, if he couldn’t grow to this point then it isn’t worth us feeding him. In this Feihong Continent, who else apart from me can use best-grade pills to feed this little turtle?”

Bai Qiaomo nodded in agreement. It was indeed a blessing for this little turtle to meet Feng Ming.

After leaving Nandou Town, they entered the Nandou Mountains within a short distance. The two of them didn’t slow down and continued into the mountains.

The surrounding area had long been plundered by waves of cultivators. Any slightly stronger wild beasts had already become the harvest of various cultivators.

Some wild beasts didn’t pose much of a threat, such as those of the first grade. The only thing was that beast meat tasted better. There were cultivators who came to hunt and kill other low-level wild beasts, but other cultivators had no interest in touching them.

The same was true for Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo. As they walked, they found wild beasts poking their heads out from the forest from time to time or running away in a panic. Neither of them stopped because they had no interest.

Compared with these wild beasts, the occasionally spiritual plant on the roadside could stop Feng Ming’s steps.

All the spiritual plants he encountered were basically put into Feng Ming’s storage ring. It didn’t matter whether they were common or rare. Feng Ming never let go. Wasn’t this saving yuan crystals for himself? It didn’t matter that he currently had more yuan crystals than he could spend.

Just like in the Xuanyue Secret Realm, both of them released the mysterious butterfly. In addition to guarding against potential dangers for them, it also had an important function which was to find spiritual plants and other resources for them.

For this reason, they had been cultivating the mysterious butterfly in this direction.

Thanks to the help of the mysterious butterfly, the amount of spiritual plants harvested by the two of them was much greater than that of other teams. No matter how secretly it was hidden, the mysterious butterfly could still find it.

The two of them also encountered other teams on the way. There were only a few teams like them that went deep into the mountains, but not many people were interested in targeting them.

Bai Qiaomo released his true cultivation aura, which was a cultivator in the middle stage of the essence liquid realm. Other cultivators didn’t dare to attack them.

A team invited them to join, but Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo declined. No one else forced them.

The person even said after they left, “Anyone who goes deep into this mountain range alone or with two people is very powerful. The more powerful they are, the harder it is to provoke them.”

This was what the seniors reminded the juniors to pay attention to. An inexperienced cultivator asked, “But I see that one of them is very young and doesn’t look that powerful.”

“It is useless to just look at him. You have to look at the other person next to him. Judging from his appearance, he isn’t very old but he is already in the middle stage of the essence liquid realm. How can he bring someone in if he doesn’t have the confidence? If he is the son of a noble family who is secretly protected by someone, we must not offend him. Otherwise, it is normal for some cultivators to disappear in this mountain range.”

“In such a mountain range, I don’t know how many cultivators are buried every year. However, due to the rich resources, there is still a constant stream of cultivators entering to explore.”

“That’s right. Recently, there have been many cultivators going to the Netherworld Valley. But for the cultivators who have been training here, everyone knows the situation in the Netherworld Valley. Only those who are desperate would go to the Netherworld Valley to seek death.”

A few days passed in the blink of an eye. The area Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo entered was no longer filled with wild beasts that posed no threat to them. Feng Ming started to raise his weapons to fight against the wild beasts. This was also the purpose of his training.

After exhausting his yuan energy and entering meditation, the growth rate of the yuan energy in his dantian would accelerate. At the same time, his combat experience also increased.

The two of them focused their whole minds and bodies on the mountains, forgetting all the things outside. Unexpectedly, at this time, the news that the two of them left Sihong Academy for training was released.

This was discussed in advance with their two masters, Yu Xiao and Dean Pei. It was impossible to let people cover up for them all the time.

After all, they weren’t going out to practice for only ten days. It could take several months at the shortest or a year or two at the longest. The news still needed to be released.

It was conceivable how much of an uproar this caused in Sihong Academy. It wasn’t only related to the fact that they couldn’t get top-grade pills from Feng Ming. It was that they couldn’t understand why Qiansui Peak let out a fragile alchemist like Feng Ming.

Of course, Feng Ming might be surrounded by other experts to protect him but there was still no guarantee he wouldn’t be in danger.

Some disciples went to the alchemy department, looking for disciples from Qiansui Peak. They even found Feng Ming’s junior disciples. For example, Han Shu met someone who knew her and was asked about her junior uncle’s outing for training.

Han Shu had expected this scene for a long time. But as a junior niece, what decision making power did she have?

Whether Feng Ming was allowed to go out or not was the grandmaster’s business. Besides, if her young uncle insisted on going out to practice, the grandmaster might not be able to stop him.

Han Shu could only say seriously, “My junior uncle isn’t satisfied with the environment of the academy. He wants to go out to find opportunities and better improve himself. My junior uncle has great ambitions.”

Others were speechless after hearing what he said. “Why haven’t we seen you go out to train, Junior Sister Han?”

Han Shu was sweating profusely, feeling extremely ashamed. “I’m still far behind my junior uncle. Why else would I be the niece, and he is the uncle?”

Feng Ming’s alchemy skills improved so quickly that he was now able to guide these nieces and nephews.

For the past six months, Han Shu watched Feng Ming rise to a level similar to that of her fellow apprentices to quickly running ahead.

She heard her master say that if her young uncle’s cultivation hadn’t been limited, he would’ve already become a fourth-grade alchemist. This talent was too scary.

The nieces and nephews were completely convinced. It was no wonder that the grandmaster took a fancy to the young uncle at first sight and made an exception to accept him as a disciple. Meanwhile, they could only be nieces and nephews.

In addition, even if others didn’t know it, how could she not know Bai Qiaomo’s true strength?

Combine this with the two people’s disguise methods and she didn’t know who would be unlucky after leaving the academy. So far, it seemed that no one had been able to figure out the identities of the Wen and Wu brothers.

Everyone regarded this junior uncle as a fragile alchemist who needed to be protected. This was a big mistake. Her junior uncle wasn’t fragile and he was also very capable of causing trouble.

Han Shu had a feeling. This time when her junior uncle and Bai Qiaomo went out together, there might be another pair of brothers whose origins and whereabouts could never be found.

She was curious about what type of brothers they would be this time after the Wen and Wu brothers.

Many disciples who benefited from Feng Ming’s pills secretly prayed that Feng Ming could return safely as soon as possible.

The Luoyue Peak’s lineage was extremely excited. The moment the news came out, they secretly sent people to search for traces of Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo. Once these two left the territory of Sihong Academy, the two people would be at their mercy.

They used to think that those people of Qiansui Peak were pretty smart. How could they be so stupid this time to let out a disciple who was only in the middle stage of the qi gathering realm?

After receiving the news, all parties in Lanshui City were ready to take action. Many cultivators were dispatched in a short period of time to find Feng Ming’s traces.

All parties, including Luoyue Peak, thought it would be easy to find Feng Ming’s whereabouts. They didn’t believe that a small alchemist in the qi gathering realm could escape their pursuit.

However, the opposite happened. No matter how they checked the various cultivators leaving Lanshui City, they couldn’t find anyone suspicious.

There were no traces even if the inside and outside of Lanshui City were turned upside down.

Ever since Qiansui Peak of Sihong Academy announced that the young disciple had gone out for training, Feng Ming seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. He couldn’t be found since then.

All parties smelled a different atmosphere.

Several parties came together and said, “The commotion this time is a bit loud. I’m afraid it will make the senior officials of Sihong Academy unhappy. After all, Feng Ming is a disciple of the academy. How can they watch us touching their people?”

“I suspect that we have been deceived by Qiansui Peak. I’m afraid Feng Ming and that man surnamed Bai quietly left Lanshui City before the news came back. How can we trace their whereabouts now? We don’t know what direction they left in and how long they had left.”

“It seems so. I wondered why Elder Yu Xiao was so careless this time and let the most important disciple go. It turns out that he is very confident. He has been covering up for his young disciple.”

Luoyue Peak’s disciples couldn’t believe it the most.

“The person disappeared? You can’t find out how he got out of the city or which direction he went in? How is this possible? How can someone disappear out of thin air?”

“Perhaps we have all been deceived by Qiansui Peak. The person surnamed Yu is actually an old fox. How else could he gain a foothold in Sihong Academy? Even our master has to avoid his edge.”

Liang Han couldn’t accept this result. He had already felt uncomfortable seeing Feng Ming enjoying great fame before. He thought this was the perfect opportunity, but they couldn’t even catch Feng Ming’s tail.

“Then we won’t investigate? If we don’t investigate, I don’t know when the next opportunity will be. Do we, Luoyue Peak, have to be suppressed by Qiansui Peak?”

“Investigate! Of course, we have to investigate! Isn’t a heritage relic about to appear in Netherworld Valley? It is such a lively event. Feng Ming went out this time, and he is a restless person. It is impossible for him to be unmoved after hearing such news. Have people go to keep an eye on Netherworld Valley. Don’t let go of any suspicious people.”

“Very good.”