Chapter 83 - The Mind of a Spirit Tiger
In order to avoid Zhou Wei’s gang, Su Zimo made a detour intentionally and he somehow ended up avoiding the elder of Spirit Peak as well as the disheveled old man too.
When he returned to Weapon Peak and wanted to hand in the mission, he realized that Elder Liu had disappeared.
“Where’s Elder Liu?” Su Zimo asked some of the Weapon Peak disciples passing by.
“I’m not sure either but I saw him quarreling with master before the both of them left in a hurry. I’ve got no idea where they went,” The disciple shook his head.
Su Zimo did not think too much about it and returned to his cave abode with the spirit tiger and leopard.
Both beasts had already attained spirit intellect and had wisdom equivalent to that of a grown man. Their eyes revealed a deep fear as they were brought back to Su Zimo’s cave abode.
The beasts knew that even for human cultivators, their bodies were weak.
Yet, this man before them was different!
Great Rock Forest.
Elder Pei Fu of Spirit Peak arrived at Great Rock Forest with 12 inner sect disciples and saw Zhou Wei’s gang.
By now, all of them had already woken up. However, because they were injured severely, none of them could move and were moaning on the spot fraily.
After arriving, Pei Fu swept his gaze across them. He only relaxed after ascertaining that they were not in mortal danger as he asked grimly, “What happened? Who did this?”
“I don’t know!”
Guo Chong was on the brink of tears as he cried indignantly, “The five of us merely came by Great Rock Forest’s area for a stroll. However, a burly man with a bare upper body appeared out of nowhere and without saying anything, beat the five of us up!”
“What’s his name?”
“I don’t know!”
“Which sect is he from?”
“I don’t know!”
Pei Fu barked, “What do you know then?!”
“I only know he’s a burly man…”
Pei Fu went silent for a moment before asking again, “What’s the cultivation of the other party?”
“Perfected Qi Condensation,” Guo Chong replied instantly.
In reality, the five of them knew that the other party was only at Level 5 Qi Condensation. However, if word were to spread within the sect that five disciples of Spirit Peak were beaten up by a burly man of Level 5 Qi Condensation, they would turn into a laughing stock!
That was why the five of them had already decided beforehand that they would insist the other party was a Perfected Qi Condensation.
Frowning, Pei Fu asked, “But your injuries don’t seem like they were inflicted by a cultivator?”
“Elder, you don’t understand. That person must have cultivated some sort of body tempering technique such that he is extremely strong in melee combat! My flying sword couldn’t even scratch him!” Guo Chong explained hurriedly.
“Why aren’t you guys consuming any elixirs after being injured so badly then? You’re waiting for death?”
“The burly man robbed out storage bags clean and we’re only left with a couple of pseudo spirit weapons now…”
Sighing, Pei Fu gestured with his hand.
The inner sect disciples behind him rushed up right away and took out their jade bottles, pouring some elixirs to feed the five of them.
Right then, two figures appeared through the air and arrived before them with lightning speed.
They were Weapon Peak’s master, the disheveled old man and Elder Liu.
The disheveled old man furrowed his brows. “Why are you guys here?”
Pei Fu sighed, “Our disciples met with an attack and we’re here for reinforcements. Why are you guys here? Don’t tell me a disciple of Weapon Peak met with danger too?”
The disheveled old man and Elder Liu exchanged glances as they cast a worried look at Guo Chong’s gang before asking darkly, “Have you guys seen our trial disciple, Su Zimo?”
“Y-Yes!”
Slightly guilty, Guo Chong pointed towards Great Rock Forest. “I saw him entering Great Rock Forest and he hasn’t come out yet.”
“It’s over!”
Both the disheveled old man and Elder Liu felt their hearts sinking.