Just then, the sound of an argument drifted in from outside the tent.
A young girl seemed to be arguing with one of the mortal guards stationed at the entrance.
Lin Feng picked up the jug of milk on the table, took a long drink, and walked out of the tent.
“What exactly is going on?
What are you arguing about?”
The newcomer was a girl of sixteen or seventeen.
She had a beautiful face, fair skin, and a pair of smiling eyes as clear as spring water.
Lin Feng had no impression of her.
Judging from her age, she had probably only recently graduated from her clan academy.
Yet instead of remaining with her clan, she had somehow ended up traveling with the caravan.
“Greetings, Vice Leader.” The mortal guard bowed respectfully before speaking with a helpless expression.
“Sir, this young lady is extremely rude.
I already told her that you do not receive guests while resting, but she refused to leave and insisted on seeing you.”
The girl snorted coldly and crossed her arms tightly over her chest, her ample bosom already beginning to take shape.
“You dare accuse me of being rude?” she retorted, clearly displeased.
“You were the one who lied first!
You said the Vice leader wasn’t here!”
“That’s because the Vice Leader was resting.
I really couldn’t let you disturb him.
I… I…” The mortal guard hesitated, wanting to explain himself but unable to find the right words.
The girl ignored him and turned her attention to Lin Feng.
Her eyes immediately brightened.
Lin Feng was undeniably handsome.
He had a straight nose and a pair of peach blossom eyes that carried a gentle warmth.
His tall, well-proportioned figure only added to his appearance, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist.
Beneath his thin clothes, the faint outline of well-defined abdominal muscles that immediately drew her gaze. Get faster updates on g.com.
Lin Feng coughed awkwardly before explaining why the guard had refused to let her in.
“Well, there’s a reason for that.
I have a bad habit—I tend to kill people in my sleep.”
Killing people in his sleep?
The girl stared at him for a moment before bursting into laughter.
“Hehehe!
I didn’t expect the Vice Leader to be so humorous.
What kind of strange habit is that?
Killing people while asleep… How interesting.”
The mortal guard said helplessly, “It’s true.
When the Vice leader first joined our caravan, quite a few mortals were injured by him in their sleep, and some even lost their lives.”
“I see.” A strange glint flashed in the girl’s eyes, as if she had understood something.
Then, she took out a pot of lotus root and pork rib soup she had prepared beforehand.
“Vice leader, I wonder if you still remember me?
You saved my life during the last beast tide attack.
I came here specifically to thank you.”
The girl I saved?
Lin Feng really couldn’t remember.
Just as a person wouldn’t remember how many small steamed buns they had eaten, he had saved quite a few people during the beast tide and had long forgotten which one she was.
He accepted the lotus root and pork rib soup, then noticed that the girl was still standing there without moving.
Just then, a faint rumbling sound came from her stomach.
It seemed she hadn’t eaten yet.
Lin Feng looked at her and invited, “Why don’t you come inside and eat with me?”
“Okay, fine.” The sudden rumbling of her stomach left the girl somewhat embarrassed.
She patted her belly in annoyance, ashamed that it had happened in front of the person who had saved her.
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Inside a secluded cave, he dragged the corpse of a Gu Master with one hand, pulling it along like a dead pig before casually throwing it into a deep pit.
The pit was already filled with corpses, all Gu Masters who had died during the beast tide.
There were at least a dozen corpses in the pit, most of them belonging to Rank 1 Gu Masters.
Not a single Rank 3 Gu Master could be found among them.
Even so, their blood was enough for Jia Jinsheng to refine several new Blood Path Gu.
With more Blood Path Gu at his disposal, his combat strength would increase dramatically.
“I really am incredibly clever.
Who else in this caravan could have thought of such a plan?
Even now, none of them have realized that I was the one who lured the beast horde here.”
Looking at the pile of corpses before him and thinking about how much his cultivation had improved since he began cultivating Blood Path, Jia Jinsheng could not help feeling proud of himself.
He laughed happily, causing his small mustache to tremble along with him.
He had originally been put in charge of handling those who died in the caravan.
Now, he was taking advantage of his own position, secretly keeping the corpses for himself and using them to refine Blood Path Gu.
With so many people dying during the beast tide, obtaining fresh corpses had become as easy as drinking water.
Normally, the corpses of Gu Masters had to be handled carefully.
They were different from those of ordinary people, possessing apertures and primeval essence, while some Gu worms could even survive after their masters died.
If the bodies were not properly handled, they could easily spread disease or even give rise to wild poisonous Gu.
Although the caravan had specialized healing Gu, including methods for removing poison, the world contained countless strange and unknown Gu worms.
If an unfamiliar poisonous Gu appeared and the healers had no way to deal with it, the consequences could be disastrous.
In the worst case, the entire caravan could be wiped out.
Nor could the bodies simply be abandoned along the road.
The smell of blood and rotting flesh would attract wild beasts from the surrounding mountains, bringing even greater danger to the caravan.
Because of this, every caravan had Gu Masters responsible for handling those who died along the journey.
Jia Jinsheng had originally been the caravan leader.
Given his status, there was naturally no need for him to personally deal with such dirty work.
However, everything changed when news spread that the old Jia family head had fallen seriously ill and was preparing to choose a successor.