Chapter 595 - 602: Letting Him Off the Hook

With some free time on her hands, Song Wanning began to study the Wordless Heavenly Scripture.

This Wordless Heavenly Scripture had three pages in total.

Each page was completely blank, as pristine as jade, without a single visible flaw.

But upon closer inspection, a faint sheen seemed to flow across them.

Song Wanning tried to refine it, but even after doing so, she couldn’t discern anything unusual.

Just as she was at a loss, an overlooked item in her Storage Ring suddenly reacted.

She probed it with her Divine Sense and discovered it was the Demon King Map that Flower Peacock had won at the auction.

Song Wanning raised an eyebrow, her interest piqued, and took out the Demon King Map.

As the two items drew closer, the light from the Demon King Map grew brighter.

The moment they touched, the Demon King Map suddenly shot into the Wordless Heavenly Scripture, merging with it completely.

The sudden change took Song Wanning by surprise.

Now, when she inspected the Wordless Heavenly Scripture, she discovered that it had words.

On the three pages were three symbols she didn’t recognize. They resembled the forms of demon beasts, yet were slightly different.

Recalling the Demon King Map, Song Wanning guessed, ’This Heavenly Book might be an artifact of the Demon Race.’

She tentatively sent her Divine Sense into the symbol on the first page, and a white light instantly enveloped her.

A field materialized before her, and a towering demon beast appeared in front of her.

Before she could even react, the demon beast charged at her.

Her expression hardened, and she immediately counterattacked.

"ROAR—"

The demon beast let out a mighty roar as its aura surged, reaching the Mahayana Peak within a few breaths.

The demon beast was ferocious. Song Wanning didn’t recognize its species, but every one of its attacks was lethal.

Her expression grew grim as she launched her own attack against the demon beast.

But to her horror, all of her techniques became useless. The moment they made contact with the demon beast, they simply dissipated into nothing.

Song Wanning’s eyes widened in shock. The next second, she felt a sharp pain in her neck. Looking down, she saw a deep gash had been torn across it.

The next instant, the scene before her suddenly changed, and she was back in the outside world.

The phantom pain still seemed to linger. Song Wanning touched her neck, her expression unreadable.

Looking again at the Wordless Heavenly Scripture in her hand, she saw two words had appeared on the cover.

Hunting Ground.

"Hunting Ground?"

Song Wanning murmured, a flicker of confusion in her eyes.

’A hunting ground... but who’s the prey?’

’That demon beast?’

’No matter how I look at it, I seemed more like the prey...’

A corner of Song Wanning’s mouth twitched, and she put the Heavenly Book away.

’It’ll take a long time to fully understand this Heavenly Book’s purpose. This can’t be rushed.’

Looking up, she saw Wu Qingfeng still diligently harvesting medicinal herbs. He had even taken the initiative to start searching the surrounding area for more.

As an Alchemy Grandmaster, Wu Qingfeng was extremely familiar with the ingredients for Elixir Pills, making him an excellent helper for foraging.

Before long, he came scurrying back, obsequiously presenting a jade box to Song Wanning.

"Senior Song, I’ve finished harvesting these medicinal herbs."

"I know you enjoy Alchemy, Senior. I have some of my own medicinal herbs here. I hope you will accept them."

With that, he took out another pile of jade boxes and placed them all before Song Wanning.

It had to be said, once Wu Qingfeng switched allegiances, he adapted with remarkable alacrity. The man was exceptionally perceptive.

Even Song Wanning couldn’t find any fault with him.

She accepted the jade boxes without any pleasantries. After all, this man had originally come to kill her.

If she hadn’t been strong enough, she would have long since fallen to his blade.

"Senior, we’ve found the Bodhi Tree. You see..."

Wu Qingfeng grew increasingly anxious, terrified that Song Wanning would go back on her word at the critical moment.

If Song Wanning reneged on her promise, there was nothing he could do but wait to die.

Seeing his terrified expression, Song Wanning scoffed.

"Don’t think everyone is like your Medicine King Sect. Since I said I would let you go, I won’t kill you."

’If I’d wanted to kill him, I wouldn’t have given him a chance in the first place.’

"You should know that we’re in the same boat now. If Mu Zixu finds out we faked our deaths..."

A smile played on her lips, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.

Wu Qingfeng understood immediately. He hastily promised, "Rest assured, Senior. I will warn the Sect Master repeatedly and handle everything. I absolutely will not let this be exposed."

The Medicine King Sect knew full well that Song Wanning wasn’t dead.

If they ran into some meddler who told this news to Mu Zixu, wouldn’t their entire act have been for nothing?

This was why Song Wanning had spared his life.

Only with Wu Qingfeng managing things from the inside could she ensure the secret wouldn’t get out.

After all, not just anyone had access to Mu Zixu.

"Alright, you can go."

Song Wanning waved her hand. "From now on, I don’t want to see you again, nor do I want to hear about you provoking my family and friends. Understand?"

"Yes, yes, I understand!!!"

As if granted a grand pardon, Wu Qingfeng bowed, immediately hopped onto his Flying Artifact, and WHOOSH—flew off into the distance.

He looked so hurried, it was as if a ghost was chasing him.

Song Wanning’s lips twitched. "Are my words that unbelievable?"

"Look how terrified the poor guy was."

She shrugged, her expression the picture of innocence.

The Golden Small Sword coughed. "Well, you can now obliterate him with a single sword strike. Of course he’s going to run as fast as he can."

After all, with Song Wanning’s current combat prowess, Wu Qingfeng truly was no match for her.

"Heh."

Song Wanning let out a soft chuckle, her gaze following Wu Qingfeng until he disappeared from sight.

She turned back, scanned the area one last time to make sure there was nothing else, then leisurely departed on her Flying Artifact.

With no particular destination in mind, she found a quiet place and resumed her study of the Wordless Heavenly Scripture.

Her Cultivation Realm had advanced quickly, but her actual combat strength still needed refinement. Some of her old techniques had proven useless against Gong Ye.

Relying solely on physical strength was too passive a strategy.

’So, the most important thing is to focus on my Cultivation.’

...

In the territory of the Demon Clan, Baili Shang, the Young Master of the Demon Clan, stood with a grave expression before a chasm, several of his trusted subordinates behind him.

"Young Master, the Demon King said that the thing here is very dangerous. It would be best if you didn’t approach it rashly."

Seeing the eager look on Baili Shang’s face, his subordinate immediately tried to dissuade him.

"That thing... when does it come out?"

A cold glint flashed deep in Baili Shang’s eyes. Ever since returning from the Central Domain, he had been focused on his Cultivation. After emerging from seclusion a few days ago, he heard that something strange had been discovered in the Demon Clan’s territory.

But now that he had arrived, the thing had vanished.

"We don’t know. That thing is extremely bizarre."

"Many of our Demon Clan’s disciples have already died because of it!"

"Sigh, it’s a tragic story. The disciples’ deaths were incredibly gruesome. Their hearts were torn out, and their bodies were covered in bite marks..."

Just thinking about the scene made the subordinates agitated.