Feng Xi didn't dare waste too much time, being alone in a secret realm was far too dangerous!
She put away the two One-Horned Stone Salamander corpses and then hurried toward the place she had agreed on with Jun Wen.
Before she even reached it, she ran straight into Jun Wen and Jiang Ji.
Jiang Ji's face was still somewhat pale. Although the poison hadn't been completely cleared, he had already recovered part of his strength and spiritual power.
He was worried about Feng Xi and insisted on coming to look for her, and Jun Wen had no choice but to agree.
In fact, Jun Wen was also worried about Feng Xi. He had even thought it through, if Little Junior Sister really died, he would find a chance to kill Shen Zhilan, and then kill himself.
Of course, it would be best if Little Junior Sister stayed alive.
Even if she lost an arm or a leg, or was even disfigured, it would still be fine!
As long as she could keep her life!
If Feng Xi knew his inner thoughts, she would definitely "thank" him properly.
Seeing Feng Xi come back lively and intact, Jun Wen finally let out a breath of relief.
The weight on Jiang Ji's heart was also lifted.
Feng Xi, being who she was, immediately started showing off. When she saw them, she brought out the two One-Horned Stone Salamander corpses, dragging one in each hand!
She strode toward them with a swagger that recognized neither family nor friends.
Jiang Ji: ???!!!
Jun Wen: ???!!!
Feng Xi walked up to them and tossed the two One-Horned Stone salamander corpses onto the ground, "Eldest Senior Brother, Fifth Senior Brother, you must be hungry, right? I brought you two big bugs! Fry them, stir-fry them, boil them, anything works!"
Jiang Ji and Jun Wen: "..."
Jiang Ji was usually mature and composed, but even he couldn't hold it together now.
"Little Junior Sister, what… what is going on here?"
Feng Xi said leisurely, "It's nothing much. I just took them for a few laps.
These One-Horned Stone Salamanders probably don't normally exercise much. In the end, they couldn't run anymore.
So I killed two and brought them back.
Actually, if I wanted to, the rest wouldn't have survived either. But I'm someone with a merciful heart, so I didn't wipe them all out."
Jiang Ji and Jun Wen thought she was talking nonsense.
The two of them examined the salamander corpses and found that the wounds were all at the eyes and at the third joint of the abdomen. Most of them had clearly been caused by fire-attribute spiritual techniques… slowly roasted.
From the looks of it, it really was Feng Xi who killed them.
Just… outrageous!
Jun Wen accepted it more easily. After all, he had been mixed up with Feng Xi for quite some time already and knew she had some rather unique methods.
Jiang Ji, on the other hand, suffered a massive mental shock.
He had already noticed earlier that although Jun Wen hadn't broken through yet, his cultivation was noticeably stronger than before.
At the very least, his escape speed was much faster than it used to be!
Little junior sister was even more incredible!
Despite being only at Qi Refining Stage, and with her dantian still damaged, she had managed to escape unscathed from the encirclement of several One-Horned Stone Salamanders, and had even killed two of them.
It made him, a mid Golden Core Stage cultivator, look completely useless!
Seeing that his face was still pale, Feng Xi found a sheltered spot and let him sit down to regulate his breathing.
She also stuffed him with a basin of pills, telling him to replenish his strength and spiritual power.
There was no helping it, she didn't have that many small porcelain bottles, so she had to make do with whatever was available in the big kitchen.
She even said, "Eldest Senior Brother, don't think the amount isn't enough. When we get back to the sect, I'll give you another basin!"
Jiang Ji was utterly bewildered and shocked!
Wait?
Isn't our Xuantian Sect famously called the Beggars Sect?!
A single fasting pill had to be split into eight pieces to eat, and now pills were being served by the plate and by the basin?!
I've only been out training for half a year, right?
Not several thousand years, right?!
Jun Wen saw his utterly uncultured expression and curled his lip.
If you knew these pills were all refined by little junior sister herself and that she could even refine top-grade pills, you'd be scared to death!
Jiang Ji sat off to the side regulating his breathing, while Feng Xi and Jun Wen took turns keeping watch.
At this moment, several kilometers away, Shen Zhilan and her group saw that the One-Horned Stone Salamanders hadn't caught up, and finally stopped running.
Shen Zhilan thought to herself that with Jiang Ji being such a burden, Feng Xi and the others might've already been eaten by the One-Horned Stone Salamanders!
That would be perfect, she wouldn't have to waste any more effort!
She asked Mu Zihuai, "Eldest Senior Brother, did you get the Scarlet Glow Fragrant Ganoderma?"
Mu Zihuai smiled, "Yes, we picked a total of six stalks. Given how rare this kind of spiritual plant is, they should sell for a good price.
Junior Sister, this time you made the greatest contribution, so you take three stalks. We'll split the remaining three among ourselves."
As he spoke, he took out the Scarlet Glow Fragrant Ganoderma they had collected.
Shen Zhilan smiled slightly, "Eldest Senior Brother, you're being too polite. Let's just split them evenly!"
As soon as she said this, Mu Zihuai and the others were all delighted.
Third Senior Brother Mo Xiuyuan kept praising Shen Zhilan for her good luck, saying that just following her allowed them to benefit.
The others also chimed in.
Just then, a rustling sound rang out, and the group of One-Horned Stone Salamanders completely surrounded them.
It was really a coincidence, when Feng Xi had been dragging those One-Horned Stone Salamanders around, she had just happened to loop near Shen Zhilan's group.
Feng Xi really hadn't done it on purpose. She had only been focused on dragging the bugs around and hadn't paid attention to the direction at all.
Originally, the One-Horned Stone Salamanders had planned to return to their cave, but then they smelled the fragrance of the Scarlet Glow Fragrant Ganoderma and followed the scent over.
Once they saw that Shen Zhilan's group was wearing clothes that matched Feng Xi's description, their fury instantly exploded.
Even when Shen Zhilan took out the immortal beast egg, it failed to drive the One-Horned Stone Salamanders away.
The people of Hunyuan Sect were truly cursed with bad luck!
Aside from Shen Zhilan, who wasn't badly injured, everyone else was wounded.
In the end, with no other choice, Mu Zihuai returned all six stalks of Scarlet Glow Fragrant Ganoderma to the One-Horned Stone Salamanders, and only then did they manage to escape in a sorry state.
As they ran, Mo Xiuyuan and the others felt their faces burning.
For a moment, they even felt like what Feng Xi had said might actually be true. Getting close to Shen Zhilan really did bring bad luck!
Isn't this a living example?!
After all that effort, they gained nothing at all and even ended up covered in injuries!
If they'd known this would happen, they might as well have gone to dig up other spiritual plants in peace. Why provoke the One-Horned Stone Salamanders?!
Seeing their expressions, Shen Zhilan also guessed part of what they were thinking, and resentment surged in her heart.
Feng Xi, this was all Feng Xi's fault!
If it weren't for her, she would've already contracted the little phoenix, smoothly obtained the Scarlet Glow Fragrant Ganoderma, and perhaps even made Jiang Ji, Qin Shifeng and the others grateful to her to the point of devotion.
Feng Xi, I will kill you sooner or later!
...
At this moment, at the place where the phoenix had undergone nirvana, a gray, stubby little fat bird poked its head out.
It looked around furtively, and after confirming that no one was around, it flapped its tiny wings and flew off.
It had figured it out!
Feng Xi definitely wasn't its biological mother!
She was its… godmother!
That didn't conflict with its inheritance at all!
So now, it's going to go find its mom!
And in order to prevent that woman with water-spiritual root from coming after it for the fire marrow, it had even changed its feathers.
What a clever little thing!