Qin Chu nodded, "You should collect the Materials from the Yao Beast first."
Shangshuyu handed a jade bottle to Qin Chu, "Seeing your strong physique, you probably need Yao Beast heart blood as Materials to Cultivate your body, right? I collected this when the Yao Beast wasn't completely dead. I haven't collected the other Materials yet, so you can do it!"
After a moment of hesitation, Qin Chu put away the Yao Beast's heart blood, then began to clean up the Yao Beast's corpse.
Qin Chu extracted the Yao Beast's crystal core. After examining it, he found it was a fifth-tier Yao Beast crystal core. This made Qin Chu regard Shangshuyu with even more importance. To kill a fifth-tier Yao Beast right after entering the fourth-tier, her combat power was simply terrifying.
After collecting the Yao Beast's gall bladder and large tendons, along with the crystal core, Qin Chu presented them all to Shangshuyu.
"I want this Yao Beast gall bladder. You can have the crystal core and the ape tendons," Shangshuyu said after taking the Yao Beast gall bladder.
Qin Chu didn't object. He put the crystal core and ape tendons into his Storage Ring, then turned to look at the area Shangshuyu had just pointed to, "Let's go over there!"
"The wound on your back has reopened. We don't know what the situation is over there, so let's treat your injury first!" Shangshuyu tossed a bottle of Medicinal Pills to Qin Chu, then sat down to meditate. When Qin Chu turned, she saw that the back of his robes was soaked with blood.
Hearing Shangshuyu's words, Qin Chu genuinely felt a sharp pain in his back. He unbuttoned his outer robe, intending to apply some topical medicine, but after several attempts, he couldn't reach it.
Helpless, Qin Chu could only give up. After capping the Medicinal Pill bottle, he was about to put on his outer robe.
"Turn around, I'll help you!" Shangshuyu came back to Qin Chu's front.
Qin Chu smiled at Shangshuyu, then turned his back to her.
Holding the Medicinal Pill bottle, Shangshuyu told Qin Chu to bend over, and she sprinkled medicinal powder on the wound on his back.
When the wound came into contact with the medicinal powder, Qin Chu felt intense pain and immediately cried out.
"You didn't cry when you were injured, you didn't cry when the wound reopened, so isn't it a bit too fake to cry now?" Shangshuyu kicked Qin Chu's shin.
"Can't you have some sympathy?" Qin Chu was helpless. He just wanted to gain some sympathy, was that wrong?
After Shangshuyu helped Qin Chu apply the topical medicine, Qin Chu put his robes back on.
"I heard you say you'd leave Qingyun Sect after three years. Why? Don't you like Qingyun Sect?" Qin Chu asked Shangshuyu.
"It's not about liking or disliking. It's because I don't like some people and things in my Family, so I came here with a Family elder. After my Family elder communicated with the Sect Master, I stayed here. My elder said he would pick me up after three years, and now two and a half years have passed." Shangshuyu rarely spoke about her own situation.
"Everyone has their stories!" Qin Chu sighed.
"What happened with you never seeing your parents?" Shangshuyu still remembered Qin Chu's words.
Qin Chu tugged at the robes on his back to avoid rubbing the wound. "I grew up with an old man. He originally said I was adopted. He left a year ago, and before he left, he told me that he dug me out of a grave. At that time, my Family thought I was dead, so they buried me. That's pretty much it."
"You also have a story." Shangshuyu returned Qin Chu's words to him.
As it was getting late, Qin Chu and Shangshuyu didn't move. Both sat in meditation where they were.
Qin Chu took a Condensing Origin Pill, Cultivating his Origin Qi while healing his injuries. He had been in many battles recently, and his Origin Qi was improving very quickly. He felt that it wouldn't be long before he could enter the third-tier.
At dawn, Qin Chu opened his eyes. He saw Shangshuyu walking in from outside, apparently having washed up.
"To the west, about three li away, there's a small stream. Go wash up! Don't get water on your wound." After reminding Qin Chu, Shangshuyu continued to meditate.
Qin Chu went to the small stream Shangshuyu mentioned. He jumped into the stream, avoided his wound, and cleaned himself. He changed into a clean set of robes before returning to the pavilion where Shangshuyu was, then started looking for something to make a fire and get something to eat.
"Don't make a fire! We don't know what's in the eastern area, so we can't make a big commotion. If you feel up to it, we'll go over there." Shangshuyu stood up and stopped Qin Chu from making a fire.
"It shouldn't be a big problem. That Yao Beast was fifth-tier, a leader-level Yao Beast, and had a fixed Domain. Other Yao Beasts couldn't live in this range. But I'll still listen to you!" Qin Chu gave up on making a fire. Although he had his reasons, he felt it was better to respect Shangshuyu and avoid conflict.
"You have a point, but have you considered if this Yao Beast was a subordinate of another Advanced Yao Beast?" Shangshuyu added, looking at Qin Chu.
Qin Chu didn't say anything more, because Shangshuyu's theory was plausible. But if there really was a Yao Beast more Advanced than the ape, they would probably already be dinner for the Yao Beast by now.
Then, Qin Chu and Shangshuyu walked towards the east, which was the area where Shangshuyu had been blocked by the Yao Beast.
Not wanting a woman to bear the risk, Qin Chu walked in front, constantly looking around and distinguishing auras. However, apart from the aura of the ape, Qin Chu didn't smell any other scents.
Entering the courtyard of a pavilion, Qin Chu's eyes widened. He saw a woman wearing a purple silk dress, lying on her side on the ground, with no movement or aura.
Qin Chu turned to look at Shangshuyu, who showed no reaction to the woman.
Qin Chu looked at the woman lying on the ground again and noticed a slight rise and fall in her chest. He walked forward and reached out to check for breathing at her nose.
After checking, Qin Chu sensed that the woman still had breath.
Qin Chu squatted down, helped the woman up, and leaned her against himself. Then he took out a Medicinal Pill and gave it to the woman to eat. Although he didn't know if she was friend or foe, she was still alive, and it wasn't right to leave her to die.
After taking Qin Chu's Medicinal Pill for a while, the woman opened her eyes, looked at Qin Chu, then moved away from Qin Chu's support, sat up straight, and looked at Qin Chu.
"Who are you? Are you alright?" Qin Chu asked.
"Thank you for your help, I'm fine!" The woman nodded at Qin Chu, then looked at Shangshuyu with a somewhat cold gaze.
Qin Chu looked at the woman. He thought she was also very beautiful, with a seductive beauty, but her gaze towards Shangshuyu seemed a bit off.
"You were injured by the Yao Beast, weren't you? That Yao Beast has already been killed by my Senior Sister Shangshuyu. You are safe now!" Qin Chu said.
The woman in the purple silk dress looked at Shangshuyu again, then withdrew her gaze and looked at Qin Chu, "You are a good person. Good people will be rewarded!"
At this moment, Shangshuyu gave Qin Chu a look, signaling him that it was time to leave.
Qin Chu nodded and left some more healing medicine for the woman. Then he stood up, and at this moment, the woman also stood up straight, holding Qin Chu's arm.
"What is your name?" After standing steadily, the woman asked Qin Chu.
"My name is Qin Chu!" Qin Chu said his name.
The woman patted Qin Chu's shoulder, then flashed away—she was flying!
Qin Chu was stunned. Flying... only Cultivators at the sixth-tier could fly, and this woman could fly now!
Shangshuyu's expression also became unnatural. "Qin Chu, that Yao Beast was her subordinate!"