Chapter Thirty-Five: Encounter with the Howling Wolves

  Half a month passed, and Luo Yu adapted to the life in the jungle with his thick spiritual energy and tough skin, and he and his brother completed the task of collecting all the required demon beasts and spiritual herbs. They were able to complete the task so quickly mainly thanks to Zi Ye's cultivation level rising to Qi Refining 10th layer, which was two layers higher than when they received the task, allowing them to finish ahead of schedule.

  If there's one task that makes Luo Yu feel most uncomfortable, it's going to pluck the tail feathers of the Cloud Wing Sparrow. The Cloud Wing Sparrow is fast and can flap its wings to create wind blades, making it difficult to catch. Its tail feathers are its most precious part and can be used as a material for refining flying artifacts.

  Sneaking to the edge of a hill, only 500 meters away from the nest of the second-order cloud wing sparrow, Luo Yu scattered the Linggu seeds and the iron thorn seeds mixed together on the ground.

  A white cloud-winged sparrow flew over, its eyes rolling around in a circle, and then immediately flew away.

  You're still a bit too tender compared to me! Luo Yu stuck close to the stealth symbol, remaining completely still.

  A moment later, the skylark flew over again, slowly approaching the seeds on the ground, lowering its head to quickly peck at a grain of millet, then flying 10 meters back, looking around in a circle, and finally flying over to peck at another grain of millet. After repeating this process several times, the skylark finally felt at ease, landing on the ground to peck at the millet with peace of mind.

  A thorny iron vine grew quietly, suddenly stretching its branches to tie up the cloud sparrow next to it. Luo Yu even directed the branches to tightly wrap around the sharp beak of the cloud winged sparrow, so that it wouldn't cry out and attract other cloud winged sparrows.

  Luo Yu pounced out and pressed down on the struggling Cloud Wing Sparrow, plucking off its tail feathers.

  Luoyu didn't kill the cloud-winged sparrow, but instead knocked it unconscious and left it on the ground. Unexpectedly, the cloud-winged sparrow woke up ahead of time, loudly chirping and attracting its kin to chase after Luoyu and his companion.

  Zi Yun pulled Luo Yu to make a desperate run, with over a hundred cloud-winged sparrows following behind them, like a giant cloud. The two didn't have the mood to appreciate the elegance and beauty of the white clouds, but instead kept slapping second-level divine movement talismans on themselves, only managing to shake off the cloud-winged sparrows after fleeing for a hundred miles. Fortunately, Zi Yun had already taken note of the direction, only running towards the exit of the trial forest, otherwise entering the middle area would not have been as simple as just being injured by the wind blades of the cloud-winged sparrows.

  Luo Yu and his sister's clothes were tattered, with some bloodstains on their faces, obviously wounded by the wind blade. Luo Yu was about to clean up when he faintly heard a rumbling sound, and walked forward along the sound, only to see a waterfall cascading down from the cloudy sky, flying streams wetting the clouds, splashing and startling birds in flight.

  Her fatigue vanished instantly, and as she walked along the riverbank, she saw a small beggar's reflection. Luo Yu couldn't help but burst out laughing happily.

  "Hurry up, the wolf is coming!"

  A figure rushed towards Luo Yu from a distance, and in an instant, he was already close, then suddenly ran far away, Luo Yu didn't even get to see his face clearly.

  Damn you! You deliberately led the wolf pack here, and now I'll give you a delay! Luo Yu cursed in her heart, called out "brother" and also ran towards that person's direction.

  "Waaaah——"

  Hearing the howling of wolves getting louder and closer, Ziyu grabbed his younger sister who was lagging behind and quickly ran forward.

  "Take care, fellow Taoist!"

  The sound of his voice came through the wind, but he didn't slow down, and his figure grew smaller and smaller.

  Don't be so arrogant! Luo Yu tore this person apart in her heart, but she couldn't catch up with him now and could only settle the score another day.

  The howling and running sounds of the wolf pack behind grew louder, Luo Yu turned her head to look back, seeing thousands of Wind Wolves with a vast killing aura tightly following behind. The wolf pack was mostly composed of first and second-tier Wind Wolves, with three or four third-tier ones among them, all with red eye sockets and green lights in their eyes, clearly enraged by someone. At this moment, any human who appeared within their line of sight would be considered an enemy, and they would chase him down to tear him into pieces.

  Ordinary people have always avoided this pack of howling wolves, fearing they would not be able to escape. Unless someone deliberately provoked them, they wouldn't send out such a large team to chase one person. Who knows what that person did to provoke the pack of howling wolves? Did he steal their wolf cubs?

  It turned out that Luo Yu's guess was completely correct. The person was also an outer disciple of the Tianxuan Sect, who had practiced Qi for 12 layers and failed to succeed after eating a Jigendan. He planned to make money to buy another one to break through the foundation. He coveted the high price of the Xiao Feng Wolf Cub, and in a moment of impulsiveness, he touched the Xiao Feng Wolf's den, taking advantage of the mother wolf's unpreparedness, grabbing the Xiao Feng Wolf Cub and running away. At this time, the wolf cub was still in his spiritual beast bag.

  "Ah——"

  "Oh no!"

  "Cough, cough——"

  Howls mixed with the screams of monks, and the sound of animals devouring, apparently the unfortunate monk was on the road where the wolf pack passed by, and suffered a disaster.

  Luoyu's heart grew even more tense, with only a few Divine Movement Talismans left in her hand. At this point, they were still half a day away from the entrance, so how could they outrun this pack of wolves known for their speed?

  The entrance of the trial forest has an array set up to prevent the monsters inside from coming out and causing trouble in the city, so as long as you leave the trial forest, it's safe.

  Looking at Zi Yun, sweat dripped all over her face, and there were bloodstains on her face and hands. She must have been scratched by branches and thorns while running away. It seemed that she was also in a similar state of dishevelment. If he hadn't been held back by himself, he would have already run out of the wolf pack's line of sight.

  Luo Yu made a decision instantly, she stuffed the remaining few talismans into Zi Xi's collar and said urgently: "I have an ancestral teleportation talisman left by the Lin family, it can only transmit one person. Brother, you take the remaining talismans and run to the exit to wait for me, I'll teleport away first!"

  Luo Yu struggled but couldn't pull her wrist out of Zi Ye's hand.

  "You're just a mid-stage Qi cultivator, how can you withstand the tearing pain brought by Instant Shift?!"

  Zi Yun didn't believe that Luo Yu wouldn't have this object, she could give away the Wannian Jade Ointment to her family members, how would he still be stingy? She left behind a teleportation symbol, presumably to have an extra life-saving method. But even if it was just a teleportation symbol of only a hundred miles, it wasn't something that a cultivator who had achieved the Great Circle of Qi Refining could withstand, let alone one in the middle stage of Qi Refining.

  "Our ancestors were from the near ancient times, and their skill in making talismans is not something that can be compared to nowadays. Brother, hurry up and let go, do you want us all to die under the wolf's jaws?"

  Zi Yun heard the words and was stunned for a moment, his tightly clenched fist relaxed, Luo Yu took advantage of the opportunity to struggle free from his wrist, his consciousness connected with space, a wave of spatial fluctuations came, and Luo Yu disappeared into thin air.

  He could no longer feel his sister's breath, and Ziyu could only speed up running forward. No matter whether his sister was safe or not, he could only protect himself first before coming back to find her.

  "If I don't see you tomorrow, I'll come back looking for you!" Zi Ye shouted loudly.

  Luoyu didn't hear Zixi's words, and at this time she fell into a desolate space, lying on the ground panting heavily.

  Since the last time she entered the space, Luo Yu has been busy practicing her body and improving her cultivation, so she hasn't gone in again. Moreover, she had a faint feeling that this space can currently only be entered by herself as the master, and other living people cannot enter. So, she didn't dare to let Zi Ye come in with her rashly, if the feeling was wrong, it might harm her brother. However, with the help of the Shén Xíng Fú (Divine Movement Symbol), and without her hindrance, her brother should be able to safely escape from the trial forest.