Chapter 3018 — There Is Another (Midnight Bonus Update! Summoning [Moon] Tickets!)
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"Ergoudan, you've come at just the right time. I'm restoring my physical strength and true qi. Help me patrol the area—don't let anyone come near this place, except for a wild-haired madman carrying two battle-axes!" Wei Zhao had no time to explain all this to Ergoudan for the moment, so he simply gave the order directly.
"Okay!" Ergoudan nodded in agreement without a second thought, then vanished into the nearby woods to patrol back and forth.
As for Wei Zhao, he continued circulating the mental chant of the second level of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, rapidly restoring his physical strength and true qi.
Old Seven—the man Old Six had spoken of—had been struck by the Heaven-Rank freak's battle-axe while the latter was lucid, suffering severe injuries, and had no choice but to sit on the ground first and heal his wounds, while Old Six and Old Twelve went to track the Heaven-Rank freak!
However, as Old Six and Old Twelve pursued, they left behind on the ground some markers unique to the Five Luminaries Sect, which was how Old Seven had been able to follow all the way here...
Ergoudan patrolled and hunted at the same time, neglecting neither. In the blink of an eye, he already had a wild boar slung across his back. There were so many wild boars here that one could bag one at random. Of course, this was deep in the mountains; few villagers of West Star Village dared to enter the mountains alone, for though there was abundant game, there was also abundant danger—leopards, fierce wolves, and the like often prowled about.
Footsteps came from afar, putting Ergoudan instantly on guard. He came hunting every day and could even tell the footsteps of each kind of wild beast apart, and today's footsteps were definitely not those of any beast, but of a person!
Yet though Ergoudan was wary inside, nothing showed on the surface; he looked every bit the harmless, honest country youth.
Soon the footsteps drew near, and a man dressed in a black Eight-Trigram robe, styled like an elder yet appearing only around thirty by his features, came striding quickly toward him!
Ergoudan glanced at him. He held no battle-axe, only a sword at his waist, so he was clearly not the mad Heaven-Rank fellow with the battle-axes that Wei Zhao had mentioned. Therefore, an expression of surprise appeared on Ergoudan's face.
This man was, of course, Old Seven. Old Seven had pursued all the way to West Star Mountain, and having seen neither Old Six and Old Twelve nor the Heaven-Rank freak, he saw instead a country youth, and could not help but be taken aback!
Old Seven sized Ergoudan up carefully: coarse cloth clothes, a wild boar on his back—this figure must certainly be a local hunter. So he felt no wariness toward him, but walked over and asked directly: "Young man, are you hunting here?"
"Yes... Grandpa... oh no, Uncle, where are you from? How come I don't know you?" Ergoudan asked with honest simplicity.
"This old man has come here looking for someone; I'm not a local. Let me ask you something: while hunting here, have you seen three people? Two of them dressed much like me, and the other an old fellow holding two great axes?" Old Seven had pursued to this point but could no longer see the clues left by Old Six and Old Twelve, so he questioned Ergoudan.
As for the smell of blood in this patch of woods, Old Seven automatically ignored it, for Ergoudan still had a dead wild boar on his back—it was only natural to smell blood! As for Wei Zhao restoring his physical strength and true qi, that was taking place inside the jade pendant space, completely imperceptible from the outside. RS