Chapter 759 - 731: Extraterritorial Cultivators (Part 2)

In the wilderness, this lone man and woman inevitably have some different thoughts.

Moreover, his relationship with this sister was already very subtle.

"Why not find an excuse later and sleep in the same tent with her?"

As the Yang Qi within him grew restless, Sun Zhe’s thoughts became more plentiful, especially when recalling her ethereal elegance with her skirt fluttering among the flowers, the Yang Qi within him almost ignited.

"Ah!"

Just as he was lost in thought, Leng Yuening’s scream suddenly came from behind the tree.

"Yuening, what’s wrong?"

A shock hit Sun Zhe’s heart, promptly halting his wayward thoughts, and he rushed over, seeing Leng Yuening’s graceful body slightly crouched, clutching her meat-colored pantyhose that had slipped to her knees, staring blankly into the dense forest, her entire body seemed frozen.

Following Leng Yuening’s gaze, a shiver ran through him, causing his scalp to tingle.

A few dozen meters ahead, in the pitch-black dense forest, two round green lights hovered in the night, exuding an indescribable eerie aura.

Then he discerned, those were eyes, eyes as large as soup bowls!

He hurriedly stepped forward to protect Leng Yuening behind him, shining the flashlight towards them, a face as large as a sieve instantly appeared.

The human face showed a bizarre smile, staring straight at them.

"Ah!"

Upon seeing the face clearly, Leng Yuening’s face lost its color once again in shock, turning pale as snow, her hands grasping Sun Zhe’s shoulders tightly.

"Brother-in-law, is that a person?"

The usually aloof and independent queen, now resembled a frightened kitten.

Sun Zhe didn’t speak, gently furrowing his brow, releasing his Divine Sense to investigate, discovering it wasn’t a real human face, merely the pattern resembling human features from the front.

"It’s a snake."

"A snake?"

Leng Yuening shuddered, instinctively clutching Sun Zhe tighter, her sharp, beautiful nails almost piercing his clothes.

Since childhood, she has been most afraid of snakes.

Sun Zhe locked onto the snake body hidden in the bushes, as thick as a water barrel, with Divine Sense, "Don’t worry, I’m here."

At this moment, Little Dragon Girl’s voice sounded in Sun Zhe’s mind: "This is a Banded Jiao, its face looks so human-like, seems like it has eaten quite a few humans, at least has three hundred years of cultivation, equivalent to a Level 4 Jiao Beast."

It was Sun Zhe’s first time hearing that Jiao Beasts are graded, but at the moment, he was not in the mood to ask more, secretly activating the Spiritual Power within him, vigilantly meeting the snake’s gaze.

Cultivating for three hundred years is no easy task; he had no intention to start a killing spree, but if this Banded Jiao harbored murderous intent, he wouldn’t mind striking it down.

"Yuening, you run first. I’ll handle it."

Leng Yuening snapped back to reality, just then realizing her pantyhose were not pulled up yet, hurriedly adjusted it and asked, "Are you confident?"

Sun Zhe smiled calmly, "If even I’m not confident, then you should run even more."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, a terrifying roar erupted ahead.

Only to see that Banded Jiao widened its bloody mouth, launching itself violently, its roar mingling with a strong foul stench enveloping the night, causing nausea.

"So smelly!"

Sun Zhe quickly held his breath, punching to retreat the attacking Banded Jiao, then reached to the side, the rusty Dragon-slaying Sword appearing in his hand out of thin air, glancing at Leng Yuening who had covered her mouth and nose, "You head back to the camp first."

The Dragon-slaying Sword had an incredibly potent suppressive force against Jiao and snake-like creatures, even Little Dragon Girl had to give way to it.

As fierce Sword Qi spread through the night, the Banded Jiao seemed to sense danger, its gigantic snake body twisted sharply, turning to flee.

"Now you want to run, too late!"

Sun Zhe’s figure flashed, sword raised, swiftly pursuing, vanishing into the night in an instant.

...

About ten minutes later.

Sun Zhe returned to the camp.

A worried Leng Yuening hurriedly approached, only to be frightened pale and retreat hastily, as she saw Sun Zhe dragging a snake corpse.

"You killed it?"

"Yeah, killed it."

Sun Zhe appeared indifferent, casually tossing the massive snake corpse onto the open ground, remembering Little Dragon Girl’s words, he said to Leng Yuening, "Banded Jiaos hold grudges dearly and are extremely treacherous, they might seek revenge later with companions, better to kill it for convenience."

"Moreover, it’s a Jiao Beast with hundreds of years of cultivation, its entire body is treasure, might even aid your cultivation."

Leng Yuening’s expression turned peculiar, "Well, you’re quite a good man."

Sun Zhe laughed heartily, "The ensuing scene might be rather bloody, better not to watch. You head to the tent and sleep, I’ll handle this snake corpse, not like I’d sleep anyway."

After a short while.

After Leng Yuening returned to the tent, Sun Zhe retrieved a dagger from his Ring space and began to process the snake corpse.

Draining blood, peeling skin, gutting, extracting the Inner Core, retrieving the gallbladder...

Sun Zhe was well-versed in the entire procedure, having often gone snake hunting for gallbladders as medicine with Sun Fu as a child.

"Sister Long, Banded Jiao Beasts have levels?"

While skinning, Sun Zhe engaged in Divine Sense exchange with Little Dragon Girl.

Little Dragon Girl spoke slowly, "The cultivation and strength level of Jiao Beasts correspond to the realms of cultivators. Level 1 Jiao Beast equates to Body Refining Realm, Level 2 to Qi Refining Realm, Level 3 to Golden Core Realm, and so forth."

Sun Zhe asked, "Then this Banded Jiao being Level 4, corresponds to Nascent Soul Realm?"

Little Dragon Girl said, "Its only valuable parts are the Inner Core and gallbladder, though poison fangs and snake bones also have effects, they’re not much use to you."

"..."

It took nearly half an hour for Sun Zhe to strip the entire snake skin, using Pure Yang Holy Fire to bake it, then storing it in the Ring space, before drawing out the Dragon-slaying Sword, slicing open the Banded Jiao’s belly with one move.

A potent stench immediately rushed forth.

Sun Zhe’s eyes flipped, involuntarily gagging, but with thoughts of the gallbladder and Inner Core, he braced himself, leaning in to tear open the snake belly.

"There’s someone!"

Upon tearing open the snake belly, he was startled to find a human shape on the bulging stomach pouch.

Little Dragon Girl said, "Where did it go eating people?"

Without a word, Sun Zhe cut through the stomach pouch with a sword, promptly leaping back, avoiding the filthy, stinking, rotten slime flowing from within.

It took him a while before approaching, staring at the rotting corpse that was hardly recognizable.

"Long hair, and the clothes seem to be ancient attire... judging from the digestion state of this body, it should be less than ten hours."

Analyzing internally, Sun Zhe also sifted through the filthy mess with his sword, discovering some metal contrivances and a jade-made waist tag.

Using Pure Yang Holy Fire to burn off the grime on the tag, he picked it up for a look, furrowing his brows, "Hong Sword Sect? There seems to be no Martial Artist Influence like this on Earth."

"Sister Long, could this be an extraterrestrial cultivator?"

Little Dragon Girl paused a moment, "Most likely. There are many powerful cultivators outside the domain, able to forcibly tear spatial openings to enter the wilderness early, it’s not surprising, and breaking the spatial barriers in the wilderness isn’t impossible."

Sun Zhe’s heart felt slightly heavy, "If really meeting these people, that would be troublesome."

Little Dragon Girl said, "Fear not, sister’s got you covered."

Sun Zhe did not say more, swiftly extracting the Inner Core and snake gallbladder, also digging out some snake meat into the Ring space for later use, finally releasing Pure Yang Holy Fire, burning the snake’s remains and the mess on the ground.

As the fierce flames blazed ahead, Sun Zhe reflected, contemplating countermeasures.

If not encountering extraterrestrial cultivators, it’s good, but what if encounters happened, he must think ahead on self-preservation strategies.

"With Yin Yang Wings, escaping should be doable, as for Yuening, I’ll just send her to the Ring space."

"Mmm..."

Amid his contemplations, a moan filled with allure unexpectedly emanated from Leng Yuening’s tent.

The charming and alluring moan, directly tickled his heart.

Suddenly realizing something, Little Dragon Girl hurriedly said, "This is trouble, the Banded Jiao’s poison gas she inhaled before, she’s probably poisoned."

Upon hearing, Sun Zhe’s heart jolted, suddenly recalling another ability of the Banded Jiao.

That influence inducing desires, even Martial Artists at the Spirit Gathering Realm found it hard to resist, let alone Leng Yuening who was just at Qi Refining Realm.

Powerful as Xia Shiqing and Jiang Qinglan were, they also couldn’t withstand medicine made from the Banded Jiao’s Inner Core.

Little Dragon Girl teased, "Xiao Zhezi, looks like you have something to handle tonight, I’m heading to bed, you take your time."

"Hey, Sister Long, won’t you help a bit?"

"Hmph, help you with what? Help push you from behind?"

"..."