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Chapter 267 - 266: Human Life is as Insignificant as Grass
Chapter 267 - 266: Human Life is as Insignificant as Grass
Chapter 267: Chapter 266: Human Life is as Insignificant as Grass
Translator: 549690339
“Have you said goodbye to your parents?”
“Yes.”
On the way down the mountain, Jiang Li chatted with Yu Feng, whose mood was slightly depressed.
Three disciples of the Blood Sea Sect had died near the village. The Sect Leader of the Blood Sea would certainly investigate where they had been before their deaths. He had to act first and kill the adversaries before the Sect Leader found him and the village.
After killing the Sect Leader of the Blood Sea, Yu Feng could no longer return to the village.
The calamity facing Yu Feng might only happen to him alone, or it could affect others. For the safety of the villagers and his parents, Yu Feng had to leave the village.
He understood this deeply as he had joined many sects, only to be either betrayed by sect disciples or annihilated by rival forces.
In either case, death was the outcome. The only difference was whether he died alone or took others down with him.
Yu Feng had scrounged possessions from the three disciples of the Blood Sea Sect, some of which were elixirs and spirit grass that had helped him advance to the third level of Qi Cultivation.
He barely met the standard of the mortal world.
“I suggest you don’t take the next step.”
Jiang Li suddenly said, and the ground under Yu Feng’s feet suddenly softened.
It was a trap!
With Jiang Li’s warning, Yu Feng reacted swiftly, adjusting his weight to fall backward and narrowly avoiding falling into the trap.
Yu Feng saw the spot he had just stepped on was a pit covered with grass and filled with sharp bamboo spikes.
“Do hunters lay this trap?” The strength of Yu Feng’s body would not be compromised by bamboo spikes.
“Not really. The bamboo spikes are poisoned but not deadly, just enough to render the prey unconscious.”
Yu Feng didn’t believe the person who laid the trap here had good intentions.
Unconscious? It’s nothing but a way to kidnap people.
“It’s probably not targeting you, but for beasts. People rarely visit this remote area, far from the official road, so the chances of encountering beasts are much higher than encountering people,” Jiang Li analysed.
Yu Feng was speechless. He thought he had experienced all the things that could lead to death, but it turned out there was one more here.
“It’s likely the people from the Sky Poison Sect. Only the Sky Poison Sect people use poison in this area.”
“Once the trap is triggered, the disciples of the Sky Poison Sect will soon come to investigate. At that time, you can buy some poison from them.” Jiang Li listed several names of poisons and then hid himself.
Soon, disciples of the Sky Poison Sect appeared. They had thought a beast had fallen into the trap and were looking forward to experimenting on it, but it turned out to be a cultivator instead.
“Greetings, friends from the Sky Poison Sect. I am Ma Liu, a disciple from the Blood Sea Sect.” Yu Feng had dealt with the disciples of the Sky Poison Sect before.
The Sky Poison Sect comprised a group of weirdos who play with poison and often used humans and beasts for experiments.
However, they were all at the Qi Cultivation stage, and couldn’t see through his realm, so they wouldn’t make a move.
Cultivators who use poison are usually very cautious.
Yu Feng took out the identity badge he had got from the disciples of the Blood Sea Sect. Seeing that he was a disciple of the Blood Sea Sect and was backed by a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage, the disciples of Sky Poison Sect let go of their thoughts about experimenting on Yu Feng.
“It turns out to be Brother Ma Liu. Our trap isn’t picky, did it accidentally hurt you?”
“Friend from the Sky Poison Sect, your trap is ingenious. I almost stepped into it. Coincidentally, I need some poisons. Could you sell me some?”
“What do you need?” The disciple of the Sky Poison Sect also needed spirit stones for turnover.
“Cold Sky Water, Viper’s Fang, Red Palm Gecko’s Tail…”
“It happens that I have all of these. Pay the spirit stones first.”
The disciple from the Sky Poison Sect thought it was a coincidence, but he didn’t know that Jiang Li had already sensed what he was carrying with his Divine Sense.
“Let’s both leave our stuff on the ground and then switch positions.”
“Okay.”
Yu Feng took out the spirit stones from the disciples of the Blood Sea Sect and placed them on the ground. The Sky Poison Sect also put the poisons on the ground. The two of them stared into each other’s eyes, cautiously circling around to exchange positions.
Eventually, both of them got what they wanted and bowed their fists to leave.
“Senior Jiang, these poisons aren’t very potent. What are they for?” Yu Feng was curious. Although he could also refine some poisons, these things could only go as far as to poison cultivators at the seventh or eighth stage of Qi Cultivation.
“Don’t worry, this is just a part.”
Yu Feng nodded and safely stored the poisons.
Yu Feng once again came to the small town. This time, the old lady who was selling meat buns didn’t approach Yu Feng to peddle her buns because he was dressed decently and didn’t appear to be a beggar.
“Buy a meat bun from that old lady.”
Yu Feng widened his eyes in surprise. He thought he had heard wrong until Jiang Li repeated it and confirmed that he was indeed asked to buy a bun.
The filling of the old woman’s buns was human flesh!
Trusting Jiang Li, Yu Feng stiffly bought one. Just as he was about to take a bite, Jiang Li stopped him.
“I didn’t buy it for you to eat.”
“Place the bun under that big tree and lure the black cat over.”
Yu Feng breathed a sigh of relief. Eating that bun would have left a psychological shadow.
The black cat, attracted by the scent of the meat bun, strolled over elegantly. Before it could eat the bun, it was caught by Yu Feng.
“Take some blood from the black cat and then return it to the young lady.”
The black cat struggled wildly but was no match for Yu Feng and was forced to bleed.
“Is this black cat a demon beast?”
In the past, Yu Feng only viewed the black cat as a tool for obtaining rewards from the young lady. Now that he thought about it, the black cat seemed to like eating human flesh buns, meaning it probably wasn’t an ordinary black cat.
“It’s not a demon beast. This black cat has been eating human flesh since it was young and can be called a Death Cat. Its blood has both poisonous and cold attributes, making it an excellent poison.”
“Eating human flesh? Then the young lady who raises it…” Yu Feng’s face turned pale. He remembered being invited to the young lady’s house and getting killed by her servants.
At that time, he thought it was the servants’ jealousy that led to his death. Now it seemed that the young lady’s suggestion was also involved.
“Guess if this black cat has eaten you before?” Jiang Li asked maliciously, making Yu Feng want to strangle the black cat.
“Just joking. This black cat hasn’t eaten humans for a long time. It was probably picked up by the young lady from a pile of corpses or a graveyard. She feeds it live fish every day, which greatly reduces the effectiveness of its blood. Now it can only serve as a primer for poisons.”
“It was probably the young lady’s parents who knew the cat’s origin and didn’t want her to keep it. Unable to voice it out, they threw the cat out. However, you picked it up again, and they held a grudge against you and asked the servants to do away with you.”
Jiang Li used his Divine Sense to look into the young lady’s house and made a conjecture.
Yu Feng felt aggrieved about his past death.
“People in your world really don’t value human lives.”
This would never happen in the mortal world. Things like the evil practices of the Blood Sea Sect or being killed just because of a black cat.
Or maybe it didn’t happen in the current mortal world.
Listening to the immortal elder’s words, during the heyday of demon cults, the mortal world wasn’t so friendly to mortal men either.
“Hasn’t the cultivation world always been like this?” Yu Feng was surprised and didn’t understand why Jiang had such a sentiment.
Jiang Li sighed. In the ancient world, human lives were as inconsequential as mustard.
“Go get some more medicinal ingredients from the pharmacy. We are about to prepare the poison.”
Hearing this, Yu Feng went to the pharmacy and bought some common medicinal ingredients. “Senior Jiang, how shall we refine it?”
“I don’t know how to.”
“What?” Yu Feng was stunned.
“It’s okay, I can ask someone for help, Old White, call the Sect Master of Lingyao Sect.”