The Romantic Cultivator

In the thick forest, Ai Jueluo was gossiping to his team as they walked rapidly in the forest. 

“That stupid Great Saint Ji Yuan actually has the audacity to venture on his own. I don’t mind if he goes off alone but he has to take all the maidens in our team with him. It is too ridiculous!”

Bai Qinghe said coldly, “I am in complete agreement with you, Brother Ai Jueluo. Because of him, we have lost Qin Gang and is now down to seven.”

“Don’t let me see him again or I will surely bash him up,” Song Qingshu was also frowning.

Wang Gongzi weakly said, “Do you think that we should give a warning behind for Great Saint Ji Yuan so he could avoid plucking the spirit herbs on this island?”

He was still grateful to Ji Yuan for his aid in the last trial. 

Wu Yifan spat, “Give him a warning?! He is the one that caused our team to be smaller in size! What if we run into a bigger team then we will be at an disadvantage!”

When he had said that, Ai Jueluo, Song Qingshu and Bai Qinghe were all frowning angrily and giving him nods of approval. 

Wu Yifan was smiling because he was trying to flatter to these great saints as he had a weaker cultivation than them. 

He did not care for this Ji Yuan as long as he could overcome this trial to claim his reward. In fact, he saw this Ji Yuan as a possible competitor instead! 

Even though they were all in the same team but this did not mean that they could share the points from killing a cultivator and capturing a token; they still have to compete among themselves for the prizes. 

The only thing that was preventing them from slaughtering one another was that they gain no points from doing so and would indeed lose 3 points from killing one of their own.

And Song Qingshu had accidentally killed Qin Gang and this had caused him to lose 3 points.

Therefore, he was in a foul mood when he was talking about Ji Yuan.

The other saint cultivator, He Tiandong who was in the same middle tier as Wu Yifang was more reserved. 

In fact, he had not condemned or stepped in say a word for Ji Yuan so far and he was trying to focus on the trial instead. 

The other cultivators did not bother him so far because he was a weaker cultivator and hence, he could pose no threat for the great saints in the team that were aiming to obtain the trial points. Moreover, he could be useful in a team fight. 

While Ai Jueluo was the leader and Bai Qinghe appeared to be buttering to him, things were actually not as simple as it looked. 

On the surface, these three great saints Ai Jueluo, Bai Qinghe and Song Qingshu may appear to be a brotherly group but they actually viewed one another as a possible competitor. 

But as they needed one another for now, they did not want to destroy this façade so soon.  𝒐𝐯𝑙xt.𝗰𝔬𝑚

Wang Gongzi may be a great saint as well but he needed them for both protection and for him to score his points. 

So while he tried to put a word for Ji Yuan but he did not want to offend the others too much over him.

As the seven cultivators began to move hastily in the forest, all of a sudden they had heard a loud boom behind them and in fact, several of the towering indestructible iron trees seemed to be shaking.

Ai Jueluo and the others were startled as they quickly unsheathed their divine swords.

“We are under attack?”

“Bu we just come from that direction…”

“Something is behind us?!”

“What the hell! Did you guys sense it? This profound aura is a 9th cultivation realm…”

“Is it a profound monster or a cultivator?”

Wu Yifan cowardly said, “Should we make a run first? It is getting near to us…”

All of a sudden Ji Yuan had emerged from behind him and he was grinning, “Guys, we need to make a quick run. Hurry!”

Ai Jueluo had an ugly look when he saw Ji Yuan, “What the hell is that profound aura behind you?! What did you do?!”

But Ji Yuan had already sped past them, “I have no time to explain. I need to make a quick run first. You should run too or you will regret it. I don’t mind if you guys want to fight it for some points but I’m out…”

As Ji Yuan and his voice disappeared, there was a dark profound force that sped through the forest and it had exploded upon Song Qingshu who was already blocking with his divine sword.

But to the horror of Song Qingshu, he was flung 20m before crashing onto a tree; he coughed out golden blood but was not dead and he was only moderately injured. It was not that easy to kill a great saint. 

Ai Jueluo panicky asked the rest, “Do we fight this thing or run?”

Bai Qinghe said quickly, “This Ji Yuan may be a coward but we are not cowards. Moreover, he is only one but we are many. Even if it is a 9th rank profound beast in front of us, in this forest, we have plenty of covers and room to maneuver.” 

Wu Yifei nodded, “Great Saint Bai Qinghe is right. The body of a profound beast is large and has the better advantage in the open but this is a forest and the trees here are like towers of irons. By adopting a hit and run tactic against the profound beast, we can exhaust it without getting ourselves hit. As the saying goes, two hands can’t defeat many hands!”

At this moment, Song Qingshu had also picked himself up and he was saying weakly while still coughing. “I’m alright and I want to take my vendetta on my attacker! How dare it tries to kill me!”

Ai Jueluo smiled, “Good! Since the majority wants to fight then let’s compete for the kill then. Maybe we can even find some wonderful profound treasures. Haha…”

He had sidelined Saint He Tiandong and Great Saint Wang Gongzi. 

“Charge! We shall teach this bastardly intruder a lesson!” Ai Jueluo had aroused the fighting spirits of the many cultivators in the team with his bold shout. 

Wang Gongzi said panicky, “Wait! Didn’t Great Saint Ji Yuan say that we may be able to obtain points from it? So it may not be a profound beast after all…”

The rest had heard him but they had ignored him while Saint Wu Yifei turned around to grin at him, “Don’t be a spoilsport. Of course, it is a high ranking profound beast. Beside seizing points, it is also great to seize the parts of a high level profound beast for our cultivation. Hurry, or we will miss the loot…”

All of a sudden, in the forest ahead, there were the terrifying screams of Ai Jueluo, Song Qingshu and Bai Qinghe….

“What the heck?! Did I just hear their screams?” 

Wang Gongzi had turned pale immediately and he had turned to run in the direction where Ji Yuan was running to.

But after running for a few steps, he had second thoughts about this and decided to flee in another direction.’

“Coward!” Wu Yifan spat when he saw that Wang Gongzi had ran away. 

He hesitated for a while before he decided to rush ahead instead; maybe these great saints were just shouting their battle cries and it would be awkward if he did not join in the battle after them. While he may not be a great saint like this Wang Gongzi but he was not a coward like him. 

“I’m coming!” He shouted at the top of his lungs as he charged forward with his divine sword. 

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Author Note:

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