Chapter 93: Did This Fella Just Far

Chapter 93.1: Did This Fella Just Fart

Bai Zhi Yan shrugged his shoulders indifferently. “In Hades’ Canyon. The geographical terrain there is rather unique and the place is perpetually covered in a miasma of smog, the space in there ever changing, a well concealed place which is perfect for it to rest and recuperate.”

The voice had just fallen when Lou Jun Yao’s handsome looking countenance darkened and his eyes narrowed to a slit as he stared at Bai Zhi Yan. “What did you say?”

“Hm? I told you it’s in Hades’ Canyon right…..” When Bai Zhi Yan spoke those words, he seemed to feel that something felt wrong and the colour of his face immediately changed. “Hades’ Canyon….. Oh god! Damn!”

It was still daytime in Hades’ Canyon at that moment and an occasional strange sounding screech would sound out in the skies overhead intermittently. Besides that, it felt unusually quiet. Yan Xi Rou was being rather dense as even having come in to such a dangerous place, she was still being so dispirited and downcast. It wasn’t until they heard the strange calls that she sobered up a little.

Yan Xi Wu was watching the two people walking in front of her, and her eyes then flashed with a glint before she pulled Yan Xi Rou along to quickly catch up to the pair of twins in front.

“Sis, did you come inside when you came here previously?” Qing Bei slanted his head to the side and asked.

Qing Yu raised an eyebrow and glanced at him before she replied: “I stayed only at the perimeters the last time, and did not come in.”

Thinking back about it, it was rather strange. She had gone to many dangerous places throughout the years but somehow did not come here to Hades’ Canyon itself. The reason for that was not clear to her. It was as if this place had somehow been forgotten.

After walking a good distance, what was surprising was that they did not encounter even the shadow of a single spirit beast. It was rumoured that spirit beasts roam everywhere in the Hades’ Canyon and they were starting to think that all of that had just been greatly exaggerated. But at that moment, they were about to face their first difficulty in there. Night was falling.

The night that could last as long as twenty hours, a natural environment that was completely different from the world outside, which would cause one’s heart to inadvertently grow nervous.

A person would always come to feel a kind of inexplicable fear towards darkness, because it could hide many unknown dangers which might be quietly growing under the cover of such blind darkness.

Only Qing Yu’s eyes possessed an exceptional kind of sight, able to see in the dark. But all the others could not do that, and being shrouded in darkness for such long hours would cause their mind to grow weak and fill up with unease.

Her eyes narrowed and she suddenly made a signal with her hand. A brilliant ball of golden red streaked fire then appeared at her fingertips, illuminating the area around them against the darkness.

Qing Bei did not show too big of a reaction but Yan Xi Rou jumped with shock where she then asked in surprise: “What is this skill?” She had heard that Qing Yu had been ascertained to be a fire element wielder in the test they underwent before and she was actually able to summon fire out of thin air like this?

Qing Yu ignored her and just said ominously. “There are some tree twigs on the ground beside you, go pick some and we can build a fire.”

Yan Xi Rou’s eyes widened as she glared and she raised a finger up to point at her nose in disbelief. “You want me to go pick tree twigs? Yan Qing Yu, are you sure you are asking the right person! ? I am the Eternal Peace Duke Manor’s Third Young Miss and your elder sister! And you actually dare to order me to go carry out such a lowly and menial task? !”

“…..” [It was just gathering some twigs, and it has become a lowly menial task?]

[It was be said that this girl’s princess syndrome is rather serious.]

Looking at her face that looked like she had suffered some grave and unpardonable insult, Qing Bei then glanced scathingly at her and said: “Just go when you’re told to. In here, there are no Young Misses or Princesses, but only people who are alive or dead. Whether you would become a dead person would depend entirely on how you perform.”

[If that girl does not rely on his elder sister, you won’t even have to mention spirit beast cores. It would be a challenge for her just to remain alive in here. And here she was prissily putting on airs. How utterly foolish.]

Having been snubbed, Yan Xi Rou’s face immediately turned even more ugly. Yan Xi Wu beside her tugged at her sleeve lightly and signalled for her to be more cooperative. It was only then that Yan Xi Rou gave up and crouched down to pick up twigs with a highly aggrieved face.

Chapter 93.2: Did This Fella Just Fart

Qing Yu could not help but smile as she watched that scene and waited a good while for Yan Xi Rou to gather the twigs. She then lit a fire with those twigs which brightened up the area around them.

Yan Xi Rou threw an indignant glare towards her and then shuffled over closer to the fire. She was just about to sit down and rest when her bottom sat upon something soft. Her entire body stiffened up and she only jumped up half a beat later to let out a sharp and shrill scream.

“Eeek~~~ What’s that!”

The few of them turned their eyes to stare and saw a brown little snake that was about as thick as a thumb, coiled up lazily in sleep.

It was rudely awakened by Yan Xi Rou when she sat on it, its eyes not yet fully open before it was shocked awake by a shrill scream. The little snake then showed high human contempt in its eyes and expression before it flicked its tail and stuck out its forked tongue in a loud hiss as it turned to slither away.

[All these lame humans. Why do I bump into them everywhere? Can’t even get myself some peaceful sleep.]

Qing Yu had watched all that happen and her phoenix like eyes lit up with amusement. [That little snake seems to have gained intelligence and the look it showed in its eyes just now was so funny!]

Yan Xi Rou’s face was an ugly shade as she looked at the little snake slithering away. It was quite a while before she then said rather awkwardly: “So….. So it was a snake…..”

“What did you think it was?” Qing Yu asked as she swept her emotionless gaze over Yan Xi Rou. “Don’t make such a big deal out of little things like this. Screaming so loudly, are you trying to draw all the spirit beasts to us?”

“I’m sorry, it wasn’t on purpose.” Yan Xi Rou had also realized that her reaction just now had been very loud. If that had really attracted all the beasts here, not to mention completing the mission, she might very well just lose her life here.

The group then sat down around the fire, the firelight lighting up the young lady’s face with those exquisite features, making it look like there was a ball of fire burning within her alluring phoenix like eyes.

“What should we do now?” Yan Xi Wu who had remained silent all this time suddenly asked. “It’s all pitch dark in here and nothing can be seen. We do not know where all those spirit beasts are hiding and if they suddenly run out to attack us…..”

In Hades’ Canyon, only during the four hours of daylight was it comparatively safer as most of the spirit beasts would be resting. But when night came, they would all start to get restless.

“Don’t worry, regular spirit beasts would not dare to come close.” Qing Yu said with a smile.

This fire that she lit was not meant to illuminate the area. Most spirit beasts were fearful of fire and moreover, she had not used just any regular kind of fire. If one got caught even the slightest by the flames, it would be inextinguishable. Unless it was a spirit beast who had not yet gained intelligence, otherwise all lower leveled spirit beasts would not come rushing to their own deaths to come attack them.

“We’ve walked for so long. Take this chance to get some rest first!” Qing Yu opened her mouth to say.

At that moment, an untimely low growl suddenly sounded, and the few of them froze in place for a moment. It was…..

Yan Xi Rou. With her head lowered, she then said in a voice as small as a mosquito’s: “Erm….. I’m hungry…..”

“…..”

In order to train them in their survival skills, Qin Fang had been incredibly strict. He had only allowed them to bring two bottles of water and prohibited them from bringing any food at all. They were to deal with it themselves when they got hungry and he had even inspected all of them to ensure it.

Yan Xi Rou was one of the plumper ones among them and her energy level depleted faster as well. She had woken up so early this morning and besides having drunk some water, she had not had anything to eat at all, causing her to almost collapse from hunger. Moreover she had just gotten such a great shock from the little snake which had further drained her out quite a bit, which just made her even more hungry now.

Chapter 93.3: Did This Fella Just Fart

Qing Yu was already able to fast for one month straight and she would be fine even if she had no food or drink in that period but just some elixirs to replenish her spirit energy. The others in the group would not be able to withstand that however and asking them to go hungry like that would not be a solution.

Thinking about that, she then got up to her feet. “In that case, I’ll go take a look nearby to see whether there is anything edible. All of you stay here and wait. Don’t go running off on your own.”

“Sis, I’ll go with you. It’s too dangerous to go alone.” Qing Bei climbed to his feet as well when he heard that.

Qing Yu however shook her head. “I’ll be fine, You just stay here as it would be even more dangerous to leave just the two of them here. I’ll be back very quickly.” Upon saying that, she then turned around and quickly disappeared from sight.

Qing Bei did not even have the chance to say anything as he watched her disappear in the distance.

The youth’s handsome countenance creased up, albeit so faintly it was almost unnoticeable. He did not know whether he was mistaken but from the moment they came into Hades’ Canyon, he seem to feel that there was a pair of eyes constantly watching them, which made him feel highly uneasy, and that was why he was so worried about Qing Yu.

His good looking pair of eyes then turned to glance icily at the downcast Yan Xi Rou. [This girl is just so troublesome!]

On the other side, Qing Yu cast her gaze slowly over the area in front, her eyes appraising the surroundings. [This Hades’ Canyon is really rather special. It is called a canyon but she had not seen that many rocks but just a sparse and empty place. Wonder where all those spirit beasts usually roam in here.]

She was immersed in her thoughts when a cold wind suddenly blew past her ear and a tiny figure flashed past her right before her eyes, so quickly that she had not been able to clearly see what it was.

[What was that? A spirit beast?]

[Quick Mistress, pursue it quick! Don’t let that escape.” At that moment, Zang Mai’s voice suddenly rang out teasingly.

He had just woken up and had come to encounter such an interesting incident.

“Hm?” Qing Yu was puzzled. “Why?”

“That fella just stole something from you.”

Qing Yu’s face was surprised a moment as her hand subconsciously reached to feel her hip, only to find the medicine bag with the mosquito repellent she had made all empty, and that all the elixirs in there were gone.

The corner of her mouth twitched. [That was meant to keep away the bugs you know? Although the smell is rather enticing, but mistakenly ingesting it will rumble the stomach. Which unfortunate little spirit beast could be so blind…..]

Choosing to ignore that little interlude, her eyes darted around in search and finally saw quite a number of red fruits hanging high up in a tall spire shaped tree. They were rather large in size, and they looked quite similar to apples.

But at that height…..

Qing Yu was still contemplating whether she should climb up that tree to pick the fruits when another cold gust of wind whizzed past, and that lightning quick figure almost crashed right into her, but she managed to dodge nimbly to the side.

In the end, that poor little figure crashed good and proper right into the tree just behind her with a heavy thud, the sound so loud it even caused her to cringe.

She saw that it was a tiny animal that was completely white, highly fleshly and cuddly with sharp pointed ears, its tail round like a ball, looking both like a cat and a rabbit at the same time.

It was probably dazed from the knock, as the little fella’s four limbs remained splayed out upon the tree, not moving at all for a good while.

[? ?]

Qing Yu arched up an eyebrow and hesitated a moment before she walked over to it. In the end, before she had even gotten close, she heard a sound going ‘poooot’, completely out of place in this quiet and silent night here, which was accompanied by a most unbelievably incapacitating odour.

Qing Yu was completely shocked. “…..! ! ?”

Had she been mistaken with what she just heard? Did that fella just….. Did it just fart? And….. Qing Yu wrinkled up her brows, her slender hand quickly snapping up to cover her nose.

[The smell was truly powerfully pungent!]