Night fell.
The mountain wind was cold and the moonlight dim.
Yao Si came back grumbling, while Zhou Xian retrieved Zhu Wu Nian’s sword scabbard.
“He’s really good at putting on an act.”
“One hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones? We searched everywhere and only found twenty-five Low-Grade Spirit Stones in a hidden compartment in the Sect Leader’s study.”
“Damn it, deceiving living people! May he be struck by lightning.”
Yao Si bared his teeth.
From Lu Renjia and Zhou Xian’s expressions, it was clear that he was telling the truth.
As for why he didn’t escape?
Anyone who had been beaten by Ji Hao knew that even if you didn’t die, you’d lose a layer of skin. Without ten days to half a month, did you expect to move freely?
Dream on.
If he dared to run, Ji Hao would directly chase after him and beat him to death.
The mountain path was silent, because Zhou Xian, Ji Hao, and even Zhou Chen were all Cultivating.
The Dao of Cultivation was originally about absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, along with the essence of the sun and moon.
It was just that humans didn’t absorb the essence of the sun and moon as directly as Yao Beasts.
A ray of light in the early morning, Cultivating with the purple Qi.
A wisp of wind at midnight, extracting lunar Qi to move.
One Yin, one Yang, that is the Dao; what follows it is good, what completes it is nature.
Yao Si sat on the mountain path. Since the two big shots were quiet, he would divide the few Spirit Stones equally, and Zhou Chen was naturally included.
Commonly known as, what’s seen is shared.
When a thing is shared by too many people, the sin is no longer a sin.
It was like, one person going to wipe out someone’s entire family, and ten thousand people going to wipe out someone’s family—it sounded different.
Besides these pitifully few Low-Grade Spirit Stones, Cultivation Techniques were naturally found.
A High Grade Profound-level Cultivation Technique, mainly complete and full-set.
The grade might not be high, but the key was completeness and comprehensiveness.
And a complete Cultivation Technique often consisted of a Mind-Cultivation Technique, palm techniques, sword techniques, fist techniques, movement techniques, and so on.
Besides that, not much gold or silver was found, but there were quite a lot of Qi and Blood Pills, Blood Tempering Pills, etc., totaling over a hundred bottles. Fortunately, Zhou Chen had a storage ring, so they didn’t all have to clink in his embrace, waistband, and sleeves.
Yao Si silently took a healing Medicinal Pill. He reached out and touched the mountain wall beside the stone steps.
He felt that, given the way these people did things, disaster would strike sooner or later.
As an outsider, he still needed to find an opportunity to run away.
As a tomb robber, how could he not have some life-saving tricks?
In these times, being a Loose Cultivator was not easy.
Offensive methods were secondary.
Life-saving methods were paramount.
After all, as a Loose Cultivator, with no background and no resources, dying was dying for nothing. Unlike those powerful figures and Sects, who had a deterrent. Often, just stating their identity would make others wary, leading them to apologize and yield.
The mountain path was completely silent.
When one person in a group starts to Cultivate, others will unconsciously do the same.
This was the very direction of a Cultivator’s life.
The sky was just brightening, and the mountain mist was hazy.
As a ray of sunlight fell, the thin mist rapidly diminished at a visible speed.
Zhou You opened his eyes, feeling full of vitality.
And, he was hungry.
Lu Renjia understood and hurried to the vicinity. He was very familiar with this place; finding a rabbit, field mouse, or toad was a piece of cake.
Ji Hao had also finished his Cultivation and coldly swept his gaze over everyone.
Then, he swept his gaze again.
And then…
“Hmm?”
Ji Hao narrowed his eyes, making a surprised sound.
Zhou You asked, “What’s wrong?”
Ji Hao said, “Is someone missing?”
Zhou You also looked around, “Where’s Yao Si?”
Yao Si was gone!
The two, in unison, immediately released their senses.
The range covered all the nearby hills, but they sensed nothing.
“Oh.”
Ji Hao slowly stood up, “He’s got some guts, daring to escape?”
Zhou Xian was stunned, “He was clearly sleeping next to me before dawn. How did I just doze off and he disappeared?”
Zhou You pondered, “That means he hasn’t been gone for too long.”
As he spoke, he walked to Zhou Xian’s side, examining the nearby traces.
Ji Hao’s face was gloomy; this kind of thing made him very displeased.
Zhou You descended the stone steps, then squatted down.
On the side of the stone steps, there was a half-foot-high crack, with some dust accumulated beside it.
Zhou You peered inside; it seemed to be a fissure.
Just as he was about to use Transform Dog Skill to then use Earth Evasion Technique to investigate, Ji Hao had already noticed the situation here. He waved his Right Hand, tearing down the stone steps, and at the same time roared, “Za Yu, do you believe I’ll split the mountain with one strike right now? When I find you, you’re dead.”
“No, no, no.”
Yao Si’s voice was very small, coming from the crack.
Then, a person flowed out like water, accompanied by the sound of bones shifting and colliding, and Yao Si stood before the group with an embarrassed expression.
Zhou Chen exclaimed, “What kind of technique is this?”
It was truly too mysterious.
Seeing Ji Hao clench his fist, Yao Si quickly moved to stand by Zhou You, “Young Master, I’m a tomb robber, you see, I can’t sleep outside, so I… burrowed into a hole.”
Zhou You was very surprised, “That’s a good technique. What kind of method is this?”
“Flowing Water Bone Shrinking Technique.”
Yao Si quickly explained, not daring to hide anything.
Between his Cultivation Technique and his old life, he chose his old life.
Zhou You couldn’t help but praise, “Good stuff, is it easy to learn?”
Yao Si froze, wondering if he coveted his Cultivation Technique. He hesitated for a moment, then finally spoke, “This is a virgin Cultivation Technique, usually practiced from the womb. My ancestors started as tomb robbers, so they have a complete Cultivation method. If Young Master is still a virgin, then he might still be able to Cultivate to the Minor Achievement Realm.”
Zhou You nodded, “For someone as slow-witted as me, how long would it take?”
Yao Si scratched his head, “A hundred or eighty years?”
Zhou You stared, “That long?”
Yao Si gave a dry laugh, “Infants in the womb have very soft bones. At that time, special medicinal substances are used. And after birth, they are soaked in medicinal liquid to prevent their bones from hardening. This situation probably continues until five or six years old, when formal Cultivation begins, only then can one be considered a person. From then on, our joints can dislocate at any time and become very soft, allowing us to move like snakes. But if not by this method, then one needs to break all the bones in the body and Cultivate during the reshaping process.”
Zhou You was dumbfounded. It sounded…
So complicated.
Zhou Chen was amazed, “Such a cruel Cultivation method?”
Yao Si nodded, “That’s natural. Otherwise, think about it, how big are human heads? If not for this special Cultivation method, wouldn’t everyone be able to Cultivate it?”
Ji Hao sneered, “A minor, insignificant Dao. Only you Za Yu would like these strange skills and clever tricks.”
Yao Si smiled obsequiously, “You are right, whatever you say is right.”
He sighed inwardly. He knew these two guys had strong senses, but senses had a habitual range—they covered above ground, rarely paying attention to underground. His escape plan had truly failed.