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Chapter 125: Chapter 125 Liu Feng
"Liu Feng, stop being sarcastic. Just because you brought your big brother to help, a martial master at the Ninth Layer Peak, you think you can act all high and mighty? You are always beneath me in the Vermilion Bird Tent, always inferior to me. What, now that you’re here, you think you can strut around? Sorry, but this mission doesn’t rely on whose teammate has higher cultivation. No matter what, the reward from this mission is still mine, Yang Min’s, and you, Liu Feng, can only trail behind and eat dust!"
Yang Min disdainfully said, then lazily pulled Lin Feng to an empty spot beside him.
Liu Feng’s face turned extremely ugly after being ridiculed by Yang Min, and finally, he snorted coldly, not willing to continue the argument and instead turned his gaze towards Lin Feng. 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
"Judging by your age, you must be a disciple from the Divine Wind Camp too. It seems Yang Min has quite the confidence in you, doesn’t he? But this confidence will soon turn to dismay!"
"Do you know who I am? Do you know who the teammate I brought is? He’s my big brother! Hmph, with me and my big brother here, you guys might as well have not even come!"
Upon hearing this, many people pricked up their ears. Lin Feng was not someone to be trifled with, after all, even daring to rob the Seventh Prince. Everyone remained silent, watching the drama unfold.
"Oh? Your big brother is very impressive, is he?"
Lin Feng said, his smile almost mocking.
"Of course, my big brother is a veteran, with rich reconnaissance experience, and his cultivation is also at the Ninth Layer Peak, much stronger than you!" Liu Feng laughed heartily.
"Oh, I see, but sadly, this mission’s reward will still belong to Yang Min." Lin Feng said calmly, exuding confidence.
Upon hearing this, Liu Feng mocked, "And you still have such great confidence?"
"That’s my business, what’s it to you?" Lin Feng replied sharply, leaving Liu Feng choking, as if he’d swallowed dung, incredulous that someone would talk to him like that.
"What an arrogant boy, when I, Liu Li, speak to you, it’s because I respect you. Do you even know who our father is? You’d probably be scared to death if I told you!"
Liu Li spoke coldly from the side.
"If you don’t speak, no one will think you’re mute, acting like a clown." Lin Feng said indifferently, causing Liu Li’s face to change abruptly, clenching his fists in anger.
Yang Min chuckled, giving Lin Feng a thumbs-up secretly.
"Ah, dear friends, sorry, middle-aged man here, got up late, please forgive me."
Just then, Zhang Aicai finally arrived, not wasting words and immediately announcing their mission.
"The mission is simple. In the forests near Black Wind Mountain, there lives a rare type of bear, locally known as the Black Wind Bear, a type of Demon Beast, immensely strong and particularly intelligent, roughly equivalent to a martial master at the Ninth Layer. It is considered a Ninth Rank Demon General. This time, whoever can pluck a white hair from the top of this Black Wind Bear’s head will be considered to have completed the mission. Naturally, the first to do so will be the victor." Zhang Aicai finished, observing everyone’s reactions.
"Pfft, what a ridiculous mission, making it all mysterious only to have us pluck hair?" Liu Feng scoffed.
Zhang Aicai hurriedly waved his hands, "This young master shouldn’t underestimate the Black Wind Bear. This creature is exceptionally brutal, once even killing a Great Martial Master in a careless moment. And this mission isn’t something I’ve assigned; it’s from your instructor. I’m sure he has his reasons."
After this was stated, Liu Feng stopped talking, disdainfully glancing at everyone including Yang Min.
"Regardless, I’ve decided on the reward for this collaborative mission, big brother, let’s go!"
Saying this, the two stood up and headed outside.
"Kid, I’d like to see how you’ll help that guy complete the mission. Just don’t end up becoming a drag on others, haha!"
Liu Li looked at Lin Feng with a cold glare, then strutted away boldly.
"We should go too."
The others, having heard this, also started moving. Although there wasn’t a specified time limit, Zhang Aicai had mentioned that only the first would count as having completed the mission and could claim the reward.
Thus, the earlier they went, the better. Describing Black Wind Mountain as neither big nor small, searching the mountain for a cunning Demon Beast was not an easy task.
"Let’s go too."
Yang Min hastily said, Lin Feng nodded his head.
Black Wind Mountain is nearby, relying on the mountain to make a living, many people depend on Black Wind Mountain for subsistence, aside from Demon Beasts, there are also plenty of wild flavors like pheasants, roe deers, muntjac deers, and wild deer in the mountains.
"Big brother, this time, no matter what, you have to help me win first place, otherwise, I won’t be able to hold my head up in front of Yang Min in the future, and that guy, he’s too arrogant."
Amidst the mountain range, Liu Feng spoke gravely, while Liu Li crouched down closely examining the tracks.
He stood up and said nonchalantly, "Don’t worry, what do others know about what your big brother does, aren’t you clear about it? In these mountains, let alone tracking a live bear, even if it’s something flying in the sky, I can track it down for you."
"As for that kid you mentioned, huh, I also find him very annoying, if he dares to get in our way, we’ll just directly..."
Speaking of which, Liu Li made a throat-slitting gesture.
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"How can we find a Black Wind Bear in such a huge mountain."
Yang Min looked around blankly.
"Didn’t you learn any tracking methods during class?"
Lin Feng asked curiously, this Vermilion Bird Tent, responsible for reconnaissance and tracking among other things, which is also why their instructor set such a seemingly strange assessment for them.
Yang Min stuck out her tongue, "I, I learned it but then I forgot."
Lin Feng was speechless, it seemed that he still had to rely on himself, otherwise aimlessly wandering around like headless flies, they probably wouldn’t find a cunning Demon Beast until the year of the monkey.
Lin Feng looked around, there were no footprints in this area.
Thus, Lin Feng, who had originally come to help, simply became the full-fledged guide with Yang Min following behind, watching as Lin Feng occasionally crouched down to pinch the soil, sometimes fiddling with animal feces using branches, and even staring at some scratches on the bark for a long time.
Anyway, to Yang Min, the guy in front seemed extremely experienced, possessing an exceptionally remarkable jungle life.
"Lin Feng, how do you look just like an old hunter?"
Yang Min asked curiously.
Lin Feng smiled, this was all child’s play, previously, he had often tracked people, Demon Beasts, all sorts, and naturally became skilled over time.
"Bears, as Demon Beasts, have a varied diet, they eat grass, young twigs, moss, berries, and nuts, they also catch frogs, crabs, and fish by the creek, dig out rodents, take bird eggs, prefer licking ants, steal honey, and even attack small-sized deer, sheep or scavenge for carcasses, I just saw a mark similar to a bear claw on a tree trunk but am not sure if it is from the Black Wind Bear, it looks like it was just a day ago, there should be footprints nearby, let’s walk ahead."
Lin Feng said and continued to explore forward, upon seeing this, Yang Min immediately followed closely.
Indeed, after walking forward for a while, they saw footprints, but unfortunately, these were not just bear footprints, but a mix of various kinds of footprints, including many human footprints.
Seeing this, Lin Feng shook his head, it seemed that things were indeed not as simple as imagined.
"It’s okay, since we can’t find it, I guess other people are also at their wits’ end."
Yang Min smiled.
"Just worried that they have some kind of Star that can track scents," Lin Feng pondered and then said.
"Ah, there is such a Star?" Yang Min exclaimed in surprise.
"Of course, there are countless types of Stars, many of which we still can’t know about to this day, why Stars exist, there are different theories, but many believe that Stars are actually souls, the souls of Demon Beasts become Beast Stars, and some swords, knives, clubs, and the like that broke also turned into Stars, even the earth under our feet, nearby flowers, grasses, and flowing water can all become Stars."
Lin Feng stood up and looked around, "Let’s go check over there."
