TFHS: Chapter 77

Bai Qiaomo thanked Gong Yuming for the reminder. Then they said goodbye to him and Feng Jinghuai, never acting together again.

It might be safer with more people, but it was also easy to expose themselves as targets. It wasn’t as good as the two of them acting alone to find opportunities.

Gong Yuming didn’t force them to stay. To be honest, with Bai Qiaomo’s strength, skills, and formation level, it could be said that there were almost no cultivators who could keep them in this secret realm except through conspiracy and calculation.

But Feng Ming was a very smart person. Even if there was a conspiracy, these two people might not necessarily fall into it.

Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo hurried for half a day before finding a cave and driving away the desolate beasts inside. They stayed in it and set up a formation to hide the cave.

Feng Ming said, “We are finally safe.”

Bai Qiaomo laughed.

Feng Ming became excited again. “Hurry up. Let’s take a look at our yuan crystals and the sixth-grade spiritual plant.”

Feng Ming took the sixth-grade spiritual plant first. The moment he opened the jade box, the scent of the medicine aroused the spiritual power of the two of them.

Feng Ming took a closer look before saying in shock, “This is the sixth-grade soul condensing grass, right? It turns out to be the soul condensing grass! Oh my god, the others didn’t see it, so they probably don’t know, right?”

He didn’t know it at first, but he found it in the alchemy refining inheritance of the Shengyuan Sect.

This matter was a bit of a big deal. The soul condensing pill made from the soul condensing grass was the main medicine that was a great help for essence dan realm cultivators to advance to the soul opening realm.

If the lead and peak stage essence dan realm outside knew that they had obtained this spiritual plant, would they all come over and grab it?

Bai Qiaomo was also surprised. He was in a hurry before and didn’t distinguish it. He only judged that it was a sixth-grade spiritual plant from the medicinal fragrance that was richer than the fifth-grade spiritual plant. He hadn’t expected it to be the sixth-grade soul condensing grass.

Bai Qiaomo thought for a moment. “Others might not know because even we didn’t have time to take a closer look. However, it might not be the case with Han Shu, who has a medicinal mink.”

Feng Ming hissed but wasn’t very worried about Liang Han. Liang Han had left the valley a long time ago and stood far away. It was as if he wanted to draw a clear line with them and never join them.

Therefore, the chance of his medicinal mink finding out was extremely small. He just wasn’t certain about Han Shu.

Bai Qiaomo saw Feng Ming’s worry and advised, “It isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Junior Brother Ming wants to enter Sihong Academy. Then it is best to become the disciple of a high-grade alchemist. Perhaps this soul condensing grass can be used as a stepping stone.”

Feng Ming’s eyes lit up. “You mean…”

Bai Qiaomo said, “Maybe we can use Han Shu to open up a path. As far as I know, this Senior Yu XIao is currently at the peak of the essence dan realm. His personality and alchemy skills are both better than the other fifth-grade alchemist. Han Shu’s identity is his grand-apprentice since she worships under one of his disciples.”

Feng Ming originally thought that Yu Xiao’s experience was quite legendary. In this world where it was difficult for people at the bottom to get ahead, Yu Xiao was one of the very few people who climbed to the top with his own strength.

Looking at the behavior of Han Shu and Liang Han, it went without saying that Feng Ming was more on Yu Xiao’s side.

Bai Qiaomo added, “There is no need to worry about this. Before going to Sihong Academy, we can wait and see for a while before making a decision.”

“Okay, I’ll listen to you, Brother Bai. Let’s count the yuan crystals.”

Bai Qiaomo was also in a good mood after seeing Feng Ming as happy as a mouse falling into a rice tank.

A large number of yuan crystals had flowed into Feng Mings’ hands. Feng Ming felt that this was the most beautiful sound in the world. It was really intoxicating.

After counting all the yuan crystals, Feng Ming couldn’t help letting out a gasp again. They had nearly 50 million yuan crystals in their hands.

It wasn’t known if he didn’t count them, but he would be shocked after counting them.

Feng Ming trembled as he looked at Bai Qiaomo. “I think we are in more danger. The people targeting us might not only want to take advantage of our sixth-grade spiritual plant, but also these yuan crystals.”

Anyone in the valley could roughly guess how many yuan crystals they had from the situation in the spiritual plant garden.

Just ask Feng Ming. How could he not be tempted facing so many yuan crystals?

Yes, even he wanted to rob himself. He would become rich as long as he succeeded.

Bai Qiaomo couldn’t help laughing. “It is like this. Junior Brother Ming, are you scared?”

How could Feng Ming admit that he was scared? He puffed out his chest and said, “Who is scared? Let’s see who dares to rob us.” Feng Ming glanced at Bai Qiaomo and reached out to poke him. “I will let Brother Bai act.”

Bai Qiaomo laughed loudly. He had rarely laughed so freely in his life.

Feng Ming said again, “No, we have to change our appearance, or it might not be safe to go out with our current image.”

He was really afraid after earning too much.

The most indispensable thing in this world was desperadoes.

Bai Qiaomo said softly, “Okay, listen to Junior Brother Ming and change our image.”

There was no need to deliberately provoke some people to rob them. If possible, save some trouble. If they really couldn’t prevent trouble, then it wasn’t too late to fight.

After resting for a night, the two of them left and returned the cave to the original desolate beast.

This time, Feng Ming decided that the two of them should keep a low profile and let the guys outside forget about them as much as possible.

He adjusted his appearance to a slightly chubby one and asked Bai Qiaomo to adjust into a strong and powerful man. They were a pair of brothers surnamed Lin. It was Lin Ze and Lin Hai. They still didn’t care about their names.

Feng Ming felt that they were really keeping a low profile this time. They were either gathering spiritual plants or beating desolate beasts. Then they would use the rich vital energy in the secret realm to train at night.

Most of the spiritual plants he found could be refined into pills, and Feng Ming would find time to refine them.

Therefore, as the days passed, his alchemy level continued to improve.

Thanks to the abundant spiritual plant resources in the secret realm, he could refine more and more types of second-grade pills.

He wasn’t in a hurry to refine third-grade pills. He laid a solid foundation first and strived to upgrade all the pills that could be refined to best-grade.

Considering the existence of the two medicinal minks, the two of them were very cautious in doing things. Every time they left after refining a pill, they would clean up the scent of the pill left behind.

During this period, they didn’t deliberately avoid other cultivators. In front of outsiders, Feng Ming was a little fat man who was a bit shy and didn’t talk much. Meanwhile, Bai Qiaomo was a cheerful and strong man who could talk and laugh with others.

After a few times, Bai Qiaomo rubbed his face. His acting skills had improved dramatically.

However, Feng Ming still wasn’t ready to show off in front of Gong Yuming. One time, the mysterious butterfly sent out to explore the road discovered traces of Gong Yuming’s group. Feng Ming deliberately pulled Bai Qiaomo along a detour.

More than half the time passed in the blink of an eye. Only the last month out of three months was left. Feng Ming sat on the stone and watched Bai Qiaomo roast the desolate beast meat.

Their hunch was correct. During this period, they encountered several groups of cultivators looking for the civil and military brothers. They definitely weren’t doing so with good intentions.

Feng Ming had lived a luxurious life for over ten years, only opening his mouth to eat. His cooking skills had long been lost. So every time they hunted desolate beasts, it was Bai Qiaomo who was in charge of the barbecue.

Bai Qiaomo’s ability to survive in the wild was much better than Feng Ming’s. Roasting delicious animal meat was a piece of cake.

Feng Ming looked at the barbecue eagerly with his nose twitching. The smell of meat was so tempting. He had nothing to say. “Brother Bai, when are we going to find the Blood Moon Lotus?”

Now that he knew there was a Blood Moon Lotus in the secret realm, they had to fight to see if they could get it.

After all, this was a holy medicine for healing. Even if they couldn’t use it, Father Feng would lead the mercenary team to do missions in the future. It would be common to encounter danger. There would be various ways to save lives if there was the Blood Moon Lotus.

Bai Qiaomo looked at the sky and said, “It is almost time. Let’s go over there tomorrow and check the situation. Tonight, I will prepare more formations.”

Even if Feng Ming didn’t mention it, he also wanted to take a look. His idea was the same as Feng Ming. Which cultivator would be willing to give up the Blood Moon Lotus?

What he was thinking about was how to secretly obtain the Blood Moon Lotus without leaking the existence of the Blood Moon Lotus, causing unnecessary disputes.

Once someone knew that there was a Blood Moon Lotus in the secret realm, the cultivators who entered the secret realm would be targeted and searched one by one.

Bai Qiaomo and Feng Ming were both people with secrets. They didn’t want to be targeted, so they had to be fully prepared.

“Okay, I will help you. Huh? Someone is coming?”

The vigilant mysterious butterflies all around them sent a message to their masters. There were cultivators coming in their direction. It couldn’t be that the barbecue made by Brother Bai was too fragrant and attracted people?

Bai Qiaomo also thought it was an acquaintance who came, but the situation wasn’t as Feng Ming thought.

Bai Qiaomo quickly put away the barbecue and restored the scene to its original state, covering up all traces. He grabbed Feng Ming and left.

“It is Han Shu. Someone is chasing her. Let’s talk as we walk.”

Feng Ming was shocked. “How could that happen? Someone is chasing her? How did she end up in this situation? Is someone eyeing the medicinal mink and the fifth-grade spiritual plants on her body?”

This wasn’t the time for the secret realm to close. Was there someone who couldn’t wait to plunder the harvest of other cultivators?

“Do you want to save her?” Feng Ming asked.

“Save her.” Bai Qiaomo’s answer was very concise. It was because Han Shu was the disciple of Senior Yu Xiao.

For Feng Ming’s sake, Bai Qiaomo couldn’t just ignore her.

Bai Qiaomo quickly threw down several formation disks while running.

After getting far enough, Bai Qiaomo stopped with Feng Ming and observed the movement behind him through the mysterious butterfly.

Feng Ming also discovered at this time that Han Shu was in a bit of a mess. He never expected that such a smart female cultivator would be in such a situation.

“Could she have been betrayed by someone? She is actually alone with no companions around her. By the way, what was this person like in your previous life?”

Bai Qiaomo replied while paying attention to the situation there, “I didn’t think about it carefully. It seems like something did happen to Sihong Academy later, but Han Shu didn’t die.”

“That means Han Shu has a life-saving card in her hand. I wanted to say, how could such a smart person be calculated to death?”

“She’s coming.”

Bai Qiaomo, who was keeping an eye on the movement over there, immediately controlled the formation disk he dropped. At this time, Han Shu had already passed the place where the formation disk was buried. Several cultivators behind him chased after him.

The moment the formation was activated, Feng Ming found that those desperately chasing her were going in circles. Needless to say, they were trapped in the maze created by Bai Qiaomo.

Han Shu gritted her teeth and tried her best to activate the energy in her dantian to make herself run faster.

She never expected that she would be betrayed by her trusted friend. She could hardly believe her eyes when she was plotted again. At the last moment, she barely managed to escape.

She only had one thought now. It was to survive and kill the traitor. No matter what her reasons, it was unforgivable.

The person behind was chasing too closely, but Han Shu, who was almost exhausted, immediately noticed something was wrong behind her. The distance between herself and the opponent was getting further and further.

Someone was helping her secretly. Who was it?