Chapter 23
Half an hour have already passed when Fang Lin’s group has entered the forest. Tang Ya, who had been carrying Fang Lin since their entrance, skidded to a halt and looked at Venomshade. She gestured for them to rest behind those large trees.
“Let’s stop here for now to rest and to formulate on what to do.” She then threw Fang Lin’s body unceremoniously on the ground. “You.” She looked at Venomshade and said “Wake this fatass up already, I can’t bear to touch him anymore.”
Venomshade sighed and approached Fang Lin. He withdrew a vial inside his robes.
“You’re an alchemist?” Tang Ya inquired.
Venomshade just smile and shook his head. “I’m no alchemist, I’m just a poison brewer.”
When Tang Ya heard this, she could not help but to raise her vigilance. Poison brewers can easily kill a higher staged opponent as long as they have poison powerful enough to do that. Not only that, but dying from a poison concocted by poison brewer is a painful one. Because of this, people usually steer clear of them and avoid to offend them at all.
Venomshade opened the lid of the vial and put it near Fang Lin’s nose. Seconds later, his body began to convulse and he opened his eyes. He immediately leaped up, putting himself in a crouched position. His eyes warily observed the environment around him while emitting a killing intent. Fang Lin then relaxed as he realized he just over-reacted.
When Tang Ya saw these actions of Fang Lin, she thought “So this pervert is a fighter too huh. Does that mean what he did earlier is an act?”
When Fang Lin saw the accusatory look on the faces of Tang Ya and Venomshade, he could not help but feel guilty. Who could have known that Xiao Ya possessed some magic hands? Just thinking of it right now made Fang Lin shiver. “If this keeps up, I could really be in Master Xiao Ya’s harem! I need to have a strong will! Think of her as an old hag!” He recited this mantra under his breath.
“Can you explain what happened to you back there?” Tang Ya asked Fang Lin. But then she heard him muttering “Old Hag, old hag, old hag, old hag…”
1. You can steal the cards of others. Once stolen, it is already considered ownerless.
2. The contents of an ownerless card will be swallowed by a card with an owner as long as the conditions are fulifilled.
3. An ownerless card cannot swalllow the contents of another ownerless card.
4. If the weapon type is similar, the weapons of the ownerless card will be swallowed by the weapon in the card with an owner. A sword can swallow a saber, a bow can swallow a crossbow and etc.
5. If the color of the egg in the ownerless card is the same as the one with an owner, it will be swallowed too.
6. This swallowing seems to improve the quality of the egg and the weapon.
7. The range of the map increases with more swalllowings.
At the end, Fang Lin ‘swallowed’ 2 eggs and 3 swords. Tang Ya had 1 bow and 3 eggs. Venomshade however is unlucky, only having acquired 1 egg.
After they finished all of this, they realized its already night. In the distance, they could hear the noises made by other beasts. Hearing this, they did not dare to go outside.
Tang Ya looked at the two of them and said “You two sleep in that corner over there. I’m gonna sleep on the other end.” She looked at Fang Lin menacingly. “Whoever touches me in my sleep shall lose their hands!” With one final glare, she leaned against the cave walls and closed her eyes. Seconds later, she fell asleep already.
Fang Lin and Venomshade then went to sleep too.
Suddenly, Fang Lin was fiercely woken up by some harsh voices. He opened his eyes and saw Tang Ya and Venomshade looking at him disappointedly.
“What did I do wrong?” Fang Lin thought.
It was then that he noticed that Yao’er was not merged with his shadow anymore. What’s worse is that she was sleeping on Fang Lin’s chest. While naked.
Tang Ya with her twitching eyes said “You better come up with the right answer. Because from what I see, any answer you give will be wrong!”