Chapter 85: The Children Liked It Very Much

The amount of reward from the white light orbs could roughly be seen from the different opportunities received from the three people.

The female cultivator with the two-headed white snake brought the fewest rewards: one small spiritual energy light orb and two kinds of low-grade spiritual herb seeds.

The broad-sword youth came next. Aside from a spiritual energy light orb, there was a first-rank talisman and a low-level ritual implement.

The best reward naturally came from the tumor cultivator, who had the highest cultivation level.

One light orb opened to reveal a gray-white ball of flesh. The ball of flesh was made up of countless pale, plump strange worms, densely piled together. One could vaguely see every strange worm writhing nonstop, making a person feel physically uncomfortable.

From the information beneath the gray-white ball of flesh, Lu Yuan learned that these pale strange worms could be used to feed demonic beasts, especially water-attribute ones, which were particularly fond of the pale strange worms.

Water-attribute demonic beasts were especially fond of them. This was practically must-have divine bait for anglers. Lu Yuan was overjoyed.

The lake was there. The bait was there. All that was missing was putting some fish into the lake.

Just as all the light orbs were opened, the fight among the three also ended at the same time.

Although the tumor cultivator was clearly a cut above the other two in strength, two fists were no match for four hands. In the end, he still died under their joint assault.

Of course, defeating someone was easy, but killing them was difficult. The two of them also paid a heavy price.

Of the two-headed white snake on the female cultivator’s wrist, one of its heads had nearly been cut off by the tumor cultivator. Many of the snake’s originally pristine white scales had fallen away, and it was covered in blood, looking utterly miserable.

Many parts of the broad-sword youth’s body had already rotted, leaking dark yellow pus. Enduring the pain, he used his broad sword to cut them away.

The parts he cut off immediately began rotting again. Skin and flesh split open, and one rotten flesh worm after another seeped out.

The two of them treated their injuries while warily watching each other.

“Senior Brother, both of us are badly injured right now. Why don’t we call a truce here?”

“If we keep fighting, I’m afraid the two of us will perish together. Even if someone gets lucky and survives, their injuries will only be worse, and they won’t be able to make it through the wilderness and return smoothly to Cangxing City.”

“All right. I agree.”

The broad-sword youth cut away another newly grown piece of rotten flesh and agreed through gritted teeth.

The rotting muscle had been cut away piece by piece until bone could already be seen deep inside. If not for a cultivator’s powerful physique, he would have passed out from the pain long ago.

As for the items left behind by the tumor cultivator, the two discussed how to divide them.

In the end, the female cultivator received the Essence-Nurturing Pill and the Evil-Repelling Talisman, while the broad-sword youth received the Crimson Flow Flame Art, whose value exceeded the other two items combined. At the same time, he compensated the female cultivator with a certain number of spirit stones.

“Senior Brother, before we go back, shall we agree on what to say first? That way, after we return, our statements won’t contradict each other and expose a flaw.”

“Losing one high-level Qi Refining cultivator is no small matter. Although they won’t use a soul-searching technique, they will definitely ask about everything carefully and won’t let any detail slip by.”

The female cultivator took half the supplies from the tumor cultivator’s storage bag, then tossed the rest to the broad-sword youth.

“All right. We’ll say that the three of us split up to explore the outskirts of the secret realm and thought it was safe, but Senior Brother was ambushed by a weird entity that suddenly left the secret realm and died at the weird entity’s hands.”

Lu Yuan’s divine sense, which was eavesdropping nearby, was full of confusion.

Making me take the blame again? It was clearly your own infighting. The two of you joined forces and killed him to fight over treasures.

However, Lu Yuan did not care about this either. When one had too many pots on one’s back, another one or two no longer mattered.

Anyway, he no longer knew just how badly his image as a pure and harmless cave abode had already been smeared...

“As for that Immortal Fate Tower, should we hand it over to the organization?” the female cultivator continued asking.

“I think we can. After all, if only the two of us know about that mysterious wooden tower, I’d still be a little uneasy about you. After all, two people knowing is not as good as one person knowing.”

“But it will be different if we report it to the higher-ups in the tower. Once more people know, no one will think about making sure only one person knows.”

“Besides, although this dead Senior Brother’s death has nothing to do with us, we did come out together to explore the secret realm, so we’ll still receive some blame.”

“Reporting this Immortal Fate Tower can make up for our fault with merit. We might even receive some rewards.”

The broad-sword youth analyzed everything clearly and logically.

After dividing up all the tumor cultivator’s belongings, the two decided to falsify the scene and destroy the corpse to erase all traces.

Lu Yuan could not agree to that.

He could take the blame, but destroying the children’s food was not allowed.

After all, he himself did not matter, but no matter how hungry he was, the children could not go hungry.

Very soon, just as the two had taken out a bottle of deep-black liquid and opened it, rustling noises came from within the peach blossom forest.

Several enormous vines covered in sharp barbs moved through the forest like pythons, full of oppressive force.

A mantis as white as jade, with a single silver line on its back, hovered in the air. Its two scythe-like forelimbs sliced through the air, releasing a sharp whistling sound.

The two looked at each other. No longer caring about cleaning up the scene, they threw down a handful of talismans and fled the peach blossom forest in a panic.

The Blood-Devouring Vine rolled up the tumor cultivator’s corpse and swiftly crawled into the cave abode’s core area.

Not far away, the Treasure-Seeking Tower sensed that the two cultivators had gone far away. It cautiously emerged from the thick white fog and gestured wildly at the air.

It seemed to be telling Lu Yuan just how dangerous the situation had been at the time, and how the treasures inside the tower had almost all been exploded out.

Lu Yuan’s divine sense hurriedly comforted it. Only after he casually promised that next time he would fish out the Mirage Yin Pearl and let it add it to its collection did it finally give up.

Then it went to the place where the three cultivators had fought and rummaged back and forth through the soil, trying to find one or two fragments of ritual implements.

Lu Yuan ignored the Treasure-Seeking Tower, which was rummaging through trash everywhere, and returned his divine sense inside.

The cave abode’s funeral squad had just finished dividing up the tumor cultivator’s corpse.

The Ghost-Faced Spider did not dare slack off in the slightest. It returned to the large and small silk balls, working diligently and conscientiously as it continued its great silk-spinning enterprise.

After the Blood-Devouring Vine had eaten and drunk its fill, it lazily sprawled among the emerald-green spiritual grasses and spiritual herbs. Wisps of blood qi flowed along its azure-black vines.

The two big-headed strange fish, meanwhile, carried the tumor cultivator’s bones back to the lakeside and forcefully threw them into the lake, adding another contribution to the heaps of white bones at the bottom.

Afterward, together with the Python-Sparrow Eel that had finished swallowing and releasing the spiritual spring, they dove into the water.

Lu Yuan tried throwing down two pale, plump strange worms. The strange worms struggled nonstop on the surface of the lake. Very soon, the two big-headed strange fish broke through the water, each swiftly swallowing one pale strange worm.

Then they swam back and forth through the lake, their fins slapping the water and creating quite a commotion.

Lu Yuan threw down a few more pale strange worms. The two big-headed strange fish fought over them nonstop, splashing water everywhere with astonishing vitality.

Although the strange worms and strange fish both looked like underworld things, this familiar scene made Lu Yuan feel as though he had returned to the old days of feeding koi in a lake.

“Opportunities, opportunities. Rather than saying they are opportunities for the cultivators who enter the cave abode, it would be better to say they are yours.

“After all, in the end, they all become food in your bellies.”

He gazed through the void in the direction the two cultivators had left and gave them a good review for the way they shared their opportunities.

“Items received. The sellers were very considerate and even helped me do the preliminary processing of the materials.

“The flavor was delicious. The children liked it very much.”

“I hope next time you come, you can bring even more. Five-star review~”

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