Chapter 534: Evil Intent
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
There could be many spiritual medicines which had grown for many years inside or unique minerals that could not be found in the outside world. There were the young of the monstrous beasts that maybe had a chance of being tamed. Additionally, monstrous beasts had many good things on their bodies which could be made use of.
The blood of the Blood Mosquito Bat was a very good fertilizer and could help to mature spiritual herbs and spiritual flowers. The Medical Sect purchased it every year at high prices. It would always fetch a good price but was not available for purchase by others.
The Black Fine Iron in the Tan Zi Beast Lair was a high-end raw material used for refining weapons. The Weapon Forging Sect would buy any amount of it at any time.
As long as the sects could salvage some useful items from the Tan Zi Beast Lair, they would be able to make enough to compare to a few years of profit during normal times.
Driven by such interest, it was no surprise that the place was attracting so many people. Mo Wen suddenly realized that these people were not here for the spiritual fire.
“Could it be that you are not here to learn through experience?” Meng Tiantian looked curiously at Mo Wen. She couldn’t figure out what was up with this youth who seemed to know even less than she did.
“I am not here to learn through experience. I’m here to get some fresh air,” Mo Wen said with a smile.
“Oh.” Meng Tiantian nodded her head with a silly look. She had not realized at all what was wrong with getting a breath of fresh air in the Flame Barren Savage Lands. She only felt that this youth was a bit strange.
“Sect younger sister, master is asking for you.” A youth dressed in white walked over. He glanced over at Mo Wen. He raised his eyebrows slightly and his eyes flashed with a cold light. His warning was designed to be fully felt; obviously, he was concerned about whether Mo Wen had any ill intent.
He knew how gullible his sect younger sister could be. She had always stayed by their master’s side up until now. This was because no one was at ease letting her go out on her own.
“Oh, then I’m going.” Meng Tiantian somewhat unwillingly followed behind her sect elder brother as they walked back. She even turned around longingly at Mo Wen and said, “I’ll find you to play next time.”
She had very few friends. There were only a few sect elder brothers and sect elder sisters and they were all so busy practicing and so did not have any time to spend with her at all. Making a friend was new to her and made her very happy. Despite only having met Mo Wen once and exchanging just a few words with him, Meng Tiantian already considered Mo Wen a friend.
“What were you doing with him? Do you know who he is? Do you know him? Be careful, or he will sell you off.” Wu Feng looked helplessly at his sect younger sister. This sect younger sister of his was too innocent. She was no longer a little child. Their master keeping Meng Tiantian beside her seemed to be stopping Meng Tiantian developing and growing.
“I’m so smart. How is it possible for me to be sold?” Meng Tiantian said somewhat unconvinced.
“I’m afraid that you will be sold off by others and you’ll still help them count the money you were sold for.” Wu Feng rolled his eyes.
Mo Wen guided the Flaming Dragon Colt and strolled through the streets. Everywhere he went, he would draw the gazes of others. Of course, their gazes were not on him, but on his handsome and extraordinary horse.
However, other people did not know that Mo Wen was currently in somewhat of a dilemma. The Flaming Dragon Colt was handsome, but right now he wanted to head into the Tan Zi Beast Lair. He didn’t think he’d be able to bring the Flaming Dragon Colt along.
He was almost certain that with the Flaming Dragon Colt’s ability as a fifth rank monstrous beast, it would not return if it entered the Beast Lair. It would become meat for the monstrous beasts in the Beast Lair. The Flaming Dragon Colt was different from the Inferno Dragon Colt. The Flaming Dragon Colt’s only advantage was its astonishing running speed. Its combat ability, however, was very low, far inferior to that of the Inferno Dragon Colt.
Right now, he also realized that the Flaming Dragon Colt was a rare treasure horse. With speed comparable to an ancient martial art practitioner at the pinnacle of the Golden Elixir realm, even Mo Wen liked it a lot. Now that he wanted to enter the Tan Zi Beast Lair, he didn’t just want to leave the Flaming Dragon Colt outside.
His investigations had allowed him to find things out from various parties and now Mo Wen had a more holistic understanding of the Tan Zi Beast Lair. At the same time, he knew that the spiritual fire was inside the Beast Lair. It seemed that many strong practitioners had rushed over and would be finding ways to deal with the spiritual fire.
Mo Wen knew that spiritual fire was not easy to subdue but did not dare to delay any longer. Who knew whether an expert with the ability to subdue the spiritual fire would appear? Once someone else subdued the spiritual fire and took it away, he would almost have no chance at all to acquire it.
However, although Mo Wen wanted to immediately head into the Tan Zi Beast Lair, the Flaming Dragon Colt in his hands was not easy to deal with. He could not leave it outside, and he was happy with the thought of leaving it with someone else to take care of it. He was stuck between a rock and a hard place.
As Mo Wen wondered what to do with a depressed look on his face, a small group of people was gathered in the distance. They were whispering among themselves, seemingly discussing something.
“Big Fatty, are we really doing this? What if something happens? You also know that this youth’s identity would most likely be…” A youth that was as thin and small as a monkey looked at a fat youth. His eyes were full of doubt.
“What are you afraid of? The brave ones have too much to spare while the cowards die from hunger. If we normal disciples do not work hard, we will never have a chance to stand out.”
The fat youth had a cold face and a sinister expression. Dissatisfaction and envy were evident in his face.
“That’s right, we normal disciples will never have the conditions to compare with those young masters. Even if they do not practice, large amounts of resources will be piled onto them and they will still have above average cultivation. As for us, every day we dedicatedly and diligently practice, but we will forever just be small fry of low cultivation.” Another youth ground his teeth. His voice seemed to have squeezed through his teeth. His eyes were full of hatred.
“Why are we talking nonsense here? Let’s do it. A Flaming Dragon Colt can be traded for resources that we won’t be able to finish using in our lifetimes. Rather than slave away our whole lives, why not take a risk?”
There were four to five youths gathered together. They had noticed Mo Wen a while ago, wandering around with an attractive Flaming Dragon Colt with no friends or relatives around. He was so young. Instantly, an evil intent popped up in the youths’ minds. If they successfully snatched the Flaming Dragon Colt, it was enough to make them rich for the rest of their lives.
They were normal disciples from a large sect. Among the younger generation, their cultivation was not bad. However, they were considered unexceptional in the extreme in their large sect. Disciples from large sects had huge ambition. They were used to seeing rich and noble young masters and so naturally their greed grew as well.
Now that they saw Mo Wen, a youngster, alone outside with a Flaming Dragon Colt, it was hard for them to not have evil intent.
One of the group spoke up hesitantly. “But… if the youth owns a Flaming Dragon Colt, his identity cannot be straight-forward. If we fail, the consequences will be unimaginable.” Almost everyone knew that the people in the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension who had a Flaming Dragon Colt had terrifying backgrounds.
Even the sects they were part of wouldn’t dare to mess with that kind of super sect, let alone the few of them gathered there.
“How do you know that he is from such a background? If he really has any background, wouldn’t he be following his seniors when coming to a place like the Flame Barren Savage Lands? Wouldn’t he be looking for death by coming alone?”
“Perhaps he is just an incredibly lucky guy, taming a Flaming Dragon Colt by accident,” Big Fatty said coldly. “This kind of incident has happened before. After all, the Flaming Dragon Colt is just a fifth rank monstrous beast, and it is not good at battling. Theoretically, it is possible for an Embryonic Breathing realm ancient martial arts practitioner to tame a Flaming Dragon Colt.” Big Fatty was a person who trusted opportunities. He knew that sometimes, the opportunity only came once. Once you missed it, it would never return.
“Since Senior Big Fatty has said so, then we can’t turn back anymore. That being said, if anyone bails out, he will most likely…” the youth who was as thin as a monkey said ruthlessly.
Since everyone here knew about their plan, then they only had two paths to choose from. The first path was to join their plan; the second path… only a dead man could keep a secret.
Upon hearing this, the person who was somewhat doubtful felt a chill down his spine. He looked around at the few people in the surroundings. He discovered that aside from him, they all seemed to have made up their minds. He immediately fell silent. He knew he had no choice.
Mo Wen guided the Flaming Dragon Colt alone as he strolled freely in the Free Trade Market. The Trade Market had everything. Occasionally, one could find a few stalks of spiritual medicine. However, the prices were not cheap. Once Mo Wen saw the price, he immediately lost interest.
Aside from a few spiritual medicines and mineral rocks, the most abundant items were the materials that had been extracted from the bodies of monstrous beasts. The Tan Zi Beast Lair had many monstrous beasts and many monstrous beasts had items of high value.
In normal times Mo Wen might have been interested in strolling around the Trade Market for a while and shopping for a bit. But right now he was not interested. After all, he had just plundered the Intentionless Sect. Compared to the Intentionless Sect, the things here were inferior by more than two levels.
As he strolled around, a youth came walking towards him.
“Sir, your friend asked me to deliver this letter to you.” The youth walked up in front of Mo Wen and passed him a letter.
“Whose letter is this?” Mo Wen asked, confused. He couldn’t think of who in the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension would describe themselves as his friend.
“I don’t know. The person only asked me to pass this to you. If there is nothing else, then I’ll take my leave.” The youth was all smiles as he nodded at Mo Wen and turned to leave. He had been given a handsome reward simply to deliver a letter. His mood was not bad at all.
Opening the envelope, Mo Wen saw just one line of characters: If you want to know who I am, please come to the Southern Forest. I’ll be waiting.
“You are sick…” Mo Wen initially threw the letter away. Only a fool would want to know who had written it. But as he thought it over, the corner of Mo Wen’s mouth curled into a smile. He picked up the letter and guided the Flaming Dragon Colt towards the Southern Forest, leisurely heading towards the writer of the letter.
The so-called Southern Forest was the forest on the southern side of Cropped Top Mountain. In a short while, Mo Wen appeared there. The foliage in the Southern Forest was very dense. The dense leaves seemed to block out the sun, causing it to be somewhat dark. Right now, the Southern Forest was quiet and without a soul in sight.
“I’m here. Why won’t you come out?” Mo Wen swept a glance across the quiet Southern Forest. The corner of his mouth curled up playfully.
After a long while, there was still no sound. It seemed as though there was only Mo Wen in the entire forest.
“Relax, I have come alone. No one else has followed me.” Mo Wen smiled. He picked up a stone from the ground and then flicked it. “If you still don’t want to come out, then let me personally invite you out.”
The stone shot out with a swoosh into the top of a large tree. Then, a cry was heard and a person fell out of the tree, landing on his back.