Chapter 170: The Eternal Day Goddess’s Mission
“Ah?”
“Asleep?” Xia Feng asked in confusion. “Didn’t he sense us?”
“It seems not?” Cha Nai Xue wasn’t sure either. After all, if a Tier 5 powerhouse had sensed them, he would have come over. What was the meaning of suddenly sleeping in a tree?
But logically speaking, a Tier 5 powerhouse should have learned at least one or two potent reconnaissance-type Spirit Robes.
“Never mind, it’s not important.” Xia Feng brushed the dirt off his pants and stood up, transmitting his voice. “Since he’s not coming, we’ll just ‘accidentally’ be discovered by him!”
“Also, you two, remember to act the part later.”
The three exchanged a look and walked unhurriedly into the forest.
On the tree.
Jiang Li had just closed his eyes, ready for a good night’s sleep, when his eyelids suddenly twitched. He slowly opened his eyes. Within his senses, the three idiots about five hundred meters away were leisurely walking towards him.
Although he was a bit speechless, he wasn’t flustered at all. With a thought, he transformed into a brown-wood colored spiritual light and merged into the thick branches.
He rolled over within the branches and continued to slack off and sleep.
*Crackle, crackle, crackle*
Xia Feng and the other two arrived under the tree, stepping on the fallen leaves covering the ground. To Xia Feng’s surprise, he found no sign of anyone.
“Where is he?”
“Right above you.” Cha Nai Xue looked straight ahead and transmitted her voice in confusion. “It seems… he’s deliberately hiding? Maybe he wants to sneak attack us.”
The three exchanged a silent look. Xia Feng helplessly held his forehead. “Is this Tier 5 powerhouse too cautious? He needs to sneak attack us?”
“Never mind, let’s keep moving.”
The three passed by the tree and continued to walk forward leisurely as if nothing had happened.
But the Tier 5 powerhouse in hiding still showed no intention of appearing or making a move. Xia Feng couldn’t stand it anymore. He suddenly stopped, turned his head abruptly, and shouted, “Who’s there?! Come out!”
Jiang Li: “…”
“You want to sneak attack us, right? Heh heh~ Dreaming!” Xia Feng sneered with disdain. “I see you, come out.”
Seeing Xia Feng’s gaze firmly locked onto his hiding spot, Jiang Li’s eyes twitched slightly. “No, brother, are you sick? I’ve already made myself so obvious, and you’re still running into my trap?!” He sat up with a cold expression.
A black-robed figure quietly appeared on the branch, a simplified golden vertical pupil carved in the center of his mask, looking down at the three people not far away.
A Tier 5 Spirit Pressure aura was quietly unleashed.
“What?!” Xia Feng suddenly took a step back in fright and looked up in horror. “H-he’s actually a Tier 5 Spirit Master!”
“?” The two women gave Xia Feng a blank look before also displaying expressions of fear at the appropriate time.
“Heh heh heh~ You’re out of luck running into me~” Jiang Li let out a few wicked laughs before condescendingly sneering, “But I’m a kind-hearted person. How about this! You have ten minutes to escape. Ten minutes are up, and I’ll come after you!”
“If I catch you, hehe~” Jiang Li’s gaze swept up and down the white-clothed man standing between the two women, and he smiled devilishly. “Xia Feng, right? Such a nice little face, very much to my taste.”
Cha Nai Xue & Mu Qingtong blinked and looked at Xia Feng in unison.
Xia Feng: “…”
Seeing that all three of them had fallen silent, with rather grim expressions and appearing terrified, wanting to flee quickly, Jiang Li was very satisfied.
“Heh heh~ It’s right to be scared! He grinned wickedly. “Run, little beauties, don’t let me catch you~~”
“…”
Xia Feng didn’t expect this Tier 5 powerhouse to be so mentally unstable. He was completely convinced.
“Your Excellency, I know your purpose in capturing us is actually the ‘Lost People’.” Xia Feng took out a gardenia and said in a deep voice. “How about this, I’ll give you the Lost People, and you let us go. There’s no need for fighting, right?”
“?” Jiang Li was stunned. But before he could say anything, the gardenia in Xia Feng’s hand was already thrown at him.
“???” He didn’t reach out to catch it, letting the gardenia plop into the grass.
He silently stared at the white flower at his feet, his eye corners twitching. “No, why aren’t these three idiots playing by the rules? Shouldn’t they be fighting desperately to protect the Lost People at this point?!”
Naturally, he couldn’t just send the Lost People back. After all, if he obtained the Lost People but failed to seize the Star Bone Glaze, it would be easy to trace his lazy behavior.
Seeing that the masked person had fallen silent and was no longer speaking, merely staring at him with his golden eyes behind the mask, Xia Feng was puzzled. He then realized, “Right, the Star Bone Glaze is still with the Saintess. You guys want this thing too, right? Take it too!”
Hearing Xia Feng’s words, Cha Nai Xue understood and took out the protective case containing the Star Bone Glaze.
“!!!” Jiang Li’s pupils slowly widened. He looked expressionlessly as the box was tossed into the air and thrown towards him. He sensed it; it was indeed the Star Bone Glaze inside.
“Dammit!” Jiang Li’s smile had completely disappeared. He raised his hand and pressed his ear, tilting his head as if listening to someone. He suddenly said in a deep voice, “What? There’s such a thing? I’ll be right back!”
“!”
“Heh heh~ I’ll spare your lives for now!”
Saying that, he turned and disappeared into the forest, the only sound echoing in the air being his teasing cold laugh. “Of course, I’m heading north. If you have the guts, don’t run south where there are no knights patrolling, follow me north!”
*Plop, plop* The box that was thrown into the air then fell to the ground, rolling together with the gardenia.
Seeing this scene, Xia Feng was full of question marks. “Meow, this guy is insane! He doesn’t want things delivered to his doorstep? What’s he doing?”
Although he couldn’t figure out what this Tier 5 powerhouse was up to, Xia Feng wouldn’t let this pursuer leave so easily.
The three exchanged a look, picked up the gardenia and the box, and also darted into the forest.
Having perfectly fooled the three, Jiang Li hummed a little tune, looked around, selected a giant tree with dense branches, and leaped deeply into it, settling down comfortably.
But after just two seconds, his eyelids slowly lifted again.
He turned his head back expressionlessly. A man and two women were speeding towards him from the distance. The white-clothed man let out a villainously triumphant laugh, “Hahaha! You almost tricked me! You definitely aren’t a Tier 5 Spirit Master! No wonder you didn’t make a move when you encountered us. Just blustering!”
“?!!!”
“Damn it! Are you crazy! Jiang Li was completely exasperated. How could it be so difficult to slack off? He raised his hand and unleashed a palm strike, sending Xia Feng, who was charging directly at him, flying back.
*Bang* Xia Feng’s back hit the tree trunk, and blood spilled from the corner of his lips. The gardenia and the Star Bone Glaze box in his embrace fell onto the grass with a *patter*.
“Huh?”
Jiang Li, however, was startled at this moment. He raised his palm in confusion, Xia Feng’s blood still lingering on his palm. As he pondered, he brought his hand closer to sniff, and his pupils suddenly dilated.
“This smell…”
His expression changed slightly. The higher-ups of the Goddess Hall had a secret mission directly assigned by the Eternal Day Goddess: to find a man. If they found him, they would receive extremely generous rewards.
The clue was the blood. All the high-ranking officials had memorized the scent of the man they were looking for, but the world was vast; how could they find everyone remained a mystery.
Jiang Li had also been at a loss, and hadn’t expected to find him. But he never imagined that such a slim chance could be encountered by him!! He looked up in pleasant surprise, staring intently at the white-clothed man in the distance, and grinned.
He changed his mind!
He hadn’t wanted to waste the opportunity to summon the Eternal Day Goddess, but now…
