Chapter 556: [ I want to join ]

Si Mulan just smiled. She just needs to endure for now, after all, this won’t last long—her master is here. If he was here, then nothing is worth worrying again…

“Let’s continue,”

Bu Fanyi stared at Si Mulan and smiled warmly. Then, she turned her gaze back towards Qin Han and the rest and couldn’t help but sneer inwardly. Hypocrite… that’s why she despises men… they are not real men at all—if only they could act like ‘he’ was… Hmph!

If ‘he’ was in this kind of situation, Bu Fanyi was sure that everything wouldn’t have such an awkward atmosphere; ‘he’ wouldn’t even nitpick as to which Sect one is. She was certain of that fact.

As I thought…! I want to join that whatever kind of organization…!

Bu Fanyi stared at the silver metallic box Si Mulan was holding and felt somewhat jealous… why does she not have such opportunity…? Such luck…?

That man...had such a strong presence, like that of a king!

In Bu Fanyi’s dreams, that was what a man really is…!

The rest did not say a word and headed into the forest. Si Mulan and Bu Fanyi just followed behind them quietly.

The group walked into the forest. Besides Si Mulan and Bu Fanyi, the rest of them looked like they were on a vacation, they did not seem nervous at all. Si Mulan and Bu Fanyi, the outsiders of the group were slightly nervous as if it was a grade-4 wild zone. It was not an amusement park as any monsters that were over Ancestor realm were life-threatening to them.

Soon, they faced monsters attacks. The young men killed all the monsters easily and their dead bodies were scattered everywhere. Si Mulan was tempted to keep the dead monsters to exchange it into points on the system and try it but was shy—though, she was also quite against the idea of them knowing what the D-Com really was.

Last night, when they asked her what it was, she only told them that it was a communication device or some sort. Although it would be seen as unfair but Si Mulan didn’t trust Qin Han’s group that well. Aside from Qin Han, like Bu Fanyi, she was disgusted by the others attitude and behavior. In fact, all this time, they all treated them both of them like air--when a battle occurred, they didn't even try helping them aside from Qin Han who sometimes checks up on them.

Still—it surely is quite a waste, isn’t it?

As they ventured further into the mountain, the monsters that attacked them were upgraded from 4th-level to 5th-level. Seeing that the group surely did not even look at the monster after they killed them; she smiled bitterly and after seeing them and almost causing her heart to bleed from wasting such resources, she finally steeled herself and started picking up the monsters along the way and kept them with her. As for how she could store it, she was a child from a prestigious family. Thus, possessing a storage device is common. Though unlike Storage Rings that possess enormous space, she had the inferior version; the Storage Pouch!

Looking at her picking up the dead bodies, the young men scoffed because those things were insignificant to them. Why would they care about these kinds of monsters and store them? It would only take up some space in their pouches. And besides, if they wanted to store some monster corpses, they prefer to take those obviously precious and high-level ones. These kind of monsters are not precious for them and would only waste storage space~ As for Si Mulan who was picking these 'wastes', in their eyes is like a country bumpkin!

Si Mulan, on the other hand, did not care what they thought about her since they would not be seeing each other after she found her master. She understands her master too well, he didn’t like strangers. She can bypass Qin Han’s existence if she wanted to, after all, she was still her master’s beloved disciple but… for the others, no way—more like she doesn’t care. She had seen those gazes as they looked at her before and she was annoyed by it. So why would she rack her brain and beg master to keep them as well...?

Hmph! Who cares…! It was their business how they wanted to think of her. The points that she could obtain by selling the dead bodies to the system was her priority. Ha ha ha, she had earned without exerting any effort at all….

Following these people, Si Mulan successfully managed to earn a whopping over 600 contribution points in no time at all!

A large smile can’t help but be plastered on her face as she treads the dangerous place(?). Her joyous expression didn’t alert any people in the group at all. They completely ignored the value of these corpses as in their eyes, apart from their cores; they were not treasures at all. In fact, if this was in more normal circumstances, these monster corpses would be quite a big deal for them, after all, they could sell it or exchange it for contribution merits on their sect or any kind of place—however, that was different now.

Where can you exchange these stuff at all? Storing them into their storage devices would only take too much space—what would happen if they found a large number of treasures along the way? Not worth it!

All people within the Mountain thought like this—except Bu Fanyi. She didn’t believe Si Mulan at all.

Communicator? Was it that something so simple?

One should know, the one who gave it to her was someone extremely mysterious, powerful and excellent person! Would he give his disciple a simple communicator… that’s all? No way! Bu Fanyi didn’t dare to believe!

Thus, aside from Si Mulan she too was competing in picking up monster bodies, startling Si Mulan. Though, this act had earned them the name—Poor Women…But Bu Fanyi completely ignored them. Who would cry in the end is still debatable!

... And she trusts her intuition.

“Hey, Junior Sister Mulan…” While walking, Bu Fanyi approaches Si Mulan and called out, a smile hanging on her face.

Si Mulan was startled and a terrifying premonition struck her. And she was right.

“…Junior Sister, I know you’re lying. And of course, I don’t have any intention of revealing anything at all. However, can you let me in…? Of course, I wouldn’t do it without a price, all the bodies I picked up, I will give them all to you…” suggested Bu Fanyi, walking to the front of Si Mulan. At this moment, the distance between Si Mulan and her is extremely close. Besides, they were talking about not using their mouth but instead a whisp of Qi, sending directly to the counterpart’s mind. Some kind of telepathy…!

In this action, one won’t have any worry of being heard by any unrelated people at all.

“I, I don’t know what you are talking about at all, Se, senior sister…!” Si Mulan strongly denied.

But Bu Fanyi was persistent, “Please Junior Sister… I don’t mean anything bad. I just want to join ‘his’ organization, that’s all…” If she could, she really would kneel in front of her and beg. And Si Mulan can see that determination from her eyes.

“But, but why do you want to join… Senior Sister? Aren’t you a core member of the Sect?”

Bu Fanyi smiled wryly, “I just like it… I guess. Besides, it won’t interfere, right? Even though I’m a disciple of the Sect, I can still be a member of the organization…” If it does, Si Mulan and the others would not have entered the Passing Cloud Sect at all.

“However, Senior Sister… if you really join us, you would need to prioritize the organization rather than the Sect if the worst situation occurs!”

“I don’t mind..” But Bu Fanyi responded without hesitation.

“Eh!?” Si Mulan stopped walking and stared at Bu Fanyi, shock.

“Truthfully, I don’t have much attachment to the Sect. Of course, if a situation occurs, I can die for the Sect but that is only for me, repaying what the Sect has done for me." She said with a wry smile. Then she continued while walking, "I was originally a child from a wandering clan, but due to some circumstances, I was the only one left now. I was originally doing everything I can to become strong not just for myself but also for the reputation of the Sect and if I managed to bring a priceless treasure to them, I can feel that I had already repaid what I owe.”

“After then, I will be free again. Then, I suddenly thought, being a part of an organization like yours wouldn’t be bad at all…”

“But you don’t know what kind of organization we are!”

“I don’t need to know… I’m just following my heart, after all… that’s all~” Bu Fanyi smiled.

“… …” Si Mulan stared at Bu Fanyi for a moment. Then, she let out a sigh, “I can’t promise anything… Master is the one who makes the decision. All I can do is pray for your success…”

“Thank you,” Bu Fanyi smiled happily. “I will do anything I could to succeed.”

“However,” As Bu Fanyi was wearing an excited expression, Si Mulan felt annoyed so she added, “I don’t know what you wanted by joining us. However, I tell you this… if ever you are thinking of anything untoward to my master, I’m sorry to say this but… even the Jade Emperor wouldn’t likely be able to protect you!”

“… …”

“It’s not by us, the members of the organization or master himself… it’s the people around him. They can’t be said to be proper members of DAWN but they are extremely protective of master that even I, the disciple can’t easily approach him. And if you dared to cross your boundary, even if you are a member, I’m certain you will regret it…”

“Ho…? Like that servant, Laura, right?”

“… …”

“I won’t do such thing,” Bu Fanyi smiled faintly. “At least, I know what loyalty and trust are…although I admit, I will be taking this first as a trial—I want to see the thing that Xia Xinyan had told me about—Freedom and Family—If I come to like the organization, I would surely give my all.”

“You know Sister Xinyan?!” Si Mulan exclaimed in shock.

“Sort of… I know her even before she came into the Sect. In fact, I was the one who had invited her—though, I never expected she would join another group just before officially entering the Sect. It was really a shock for me when she wanted me to enter it as well…”

“Then why come to me? If Sister Xin—”

“It won’t be enough, I guess…” Bu Fanyi shrugged.

“Eh?”

“You see, Xinyan told me that the young lord’s character is based on his whim. Even if one was qualified, as long as he wasn’t interested, they wouldn’t be permitted to join.”

“Well, I guess, you have a point…”

“That is why!” Bu Fanyi turned around and faced Si Mulan with a grin. “If more than one vetoed for it, the young lord would surely consider it—more so, I heard from Xinyan that the young lord quite spoil his disciple…” Though her eyes flashed a hint of jealousy and envy.

Si Mulan’s face turned beet red after hearing the word ‘spoiled’—well, actually, she was not being spoiled by him. A bit treated better than others, I guess. But isn’t that natural, she was his named disciple, you know!

But still, being told that she was different from others and she was being spoiled by him really makes one lost a breath, doesn’t it?

Ah!!!

As Si Mulan and Bu Fanyi were talking with each other, a shrill scream erupted out from the team.

Beneath the earth filled with rotten leaves, a hideous giant serpent sprang out. The instant that the body twisted, it instantly swallowed a youth, who reacted slowly. Black saliva dripped out from his giant mouth, causing the leaves on the ground to become rotten. It was evident that it was highly toxic.

“Lu Tong!!”

“Ah shit! It got Lu Tong!”

“Damn it!!”

Chaos breaks instantly.

“It’s a Black Toxic Python!!” However, they quickly recovered from the shock and let out a cry when they saw the hideous, black, giant serpent. This was a sixth-ranked Spirit Beast, whose strength was comparable to Ancestor Realm Middle Stage. They never imagined that they would meet such a powerful Spirit Beast at this region.

“Damn it!!”

When Qin Han noticed that this was an Ambush made by the monster, he immediately frowned and let out a gritting curse. He fiercely took a step forward and a dense Qi erupted out. His body flashed and directly appeared on top of the Black Toxic Python. Then, his legs stomped on the enormous body of the Black Toxic Python.

Roar!

When he stomped fiercely, an enormous beast shape seemed to form from his aura behind him. It was a giant white fur tiger with golden stripes. On the back of the white tiger, it was filled with thick scales and it looked like it was carrying tiny mountains.

Iron Back Fanged Tiger…!

As expected of a Peak Ancestor Realm Expert, Qin Han’s power is indeed impressive. The moment a cultivator entered the Spirit Realm, one would be able to awaken the spirit of the cultivator to strengthened one’s power. Each spirit tends to be unique and related to the host’s character or soul—most common spirits are Beast Spirit, called Beast Soul.

And as expected of a genius, although Qin Han has yet to officially break through Spirit Realm, he was still able to conjure his Beast Spirit, making him a pseudo-Spirit Realm cultivator!

*Ding!

As the rest of the group composed themselves and was edging to take on a position to cover and support Qin Han, at this moment, Si Mulan who was preparing herself as well suddenly heard a quite familiar chime. Eh? Distracted, Si Mulan took out the source of the chime—her phone (D-Communicator)

[ A Wild Monster appeared! ]