Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 240 - 240 16 3 Treasures

Chapter 240: Chapter 16: 3 Treasures Chapter 240: Chapter 16: 3 Treasures Three enemies right on top of her own head.

Zhuang Weiran even had an illusion that the opponent’s feet were already stepping on her scalp.

Yet, they didn’t notice anything.

Zhuang Weiran felt more and more that… this… it’s so damn… exciting!

The three people fell on the tree. Two of them didn’t move, the third one flew up and went directly to the treetop. He looked around from a commanding height, and only descended after a good amount of time.

“How is it?”

“Nothing discovered.”

All three sighed simultaneously.

One of them said, with a deep voice: “The divine doctor sent by Great Qin for support this time is a veteran. Hmm, or you could say his bodyguard.”

“That is indisputable.”

“After integrating the traces here and in the Cross Gorge, I retraced the path and found a cave after repeated searches. You know what’s in there? Tons of centipede skins. And they all belong to the so-called delicacy, the Seven-Star Centipede. By the looks of it, they are stunningly large and numerous. The taste must be… slurp slurp…”

“A Seven-Star Centipede? Extremely large? How large can it be?”

“The largest one, conservatively estimated, is about as thick as a water bucket. Just imagine, if the meat inside such a centipede was carefully cooked… slurp…”

“You’re serious? As thick as a water bucket? Slurp slurp…”

“So didn’t you get anything? Didn’t you say there was a lot of it? Damn, if you brought some back, wouldn’t our dinner be… slurp slurp…”

The other two then sipped and asked: “Hurry up and say, did you get more? We’re brothers, it’s not right to hog all the good stuff!”

“There’s none left! None at all!”

The person from earlier said: “I even tore the cave apart, but couldn’t find a single one left behind… But I did catch a dozen or so around two feet long near the cave… oh, these guys are really ruthless. Weren’t they supposed to save Ma Daocheng? Isn’t speed of the essence in war? How did they have the time to wipe out all the centipedes on the whole mountain, if only we knew about these centipedes earlier…”

“A dozen? Around two feet long? That’s plenty! Enough for a meal! Tonight you should cook it, go get some game, and bring some wine too. Let’s have a good drink.”

“We both provided everything, and what about you? Just sitting here and reaping the rewards? Where’s your decency?” Both of them asked in unison.

“… I’m the team captain for this operation, what’s wrong with me eating off you two subordinates, isn’t that how it should be? If you don’t believe me, I can make things difficult for you. I’ll say you neglect your duties, with such a heavy responsibility on your shoulders, you ignore the mission and think only about sourcing food and drinking!”

The two were speechless, and they couldn’t help but sigh at the malleability of authority. It always favors those in power, whether this is the collapse of morality or the distortion of human nature!

To swindle a meal, they even gave up their dignity.

“…what you said… makes a lot of sense. But if we, as subordinates, don’t want to seek favor from you? We’ll eat and drink without you, how about that?”

“I’m thick-skinned, I’ll just tag along, that’s it!”

“Great point! If a man has no shame, he’s invincible! We brothers have learned a lot today!”

“Knowing that I’m invincible is enough. Just make sure everything’s secure and get to work. I can’t wait, my mouth is watering… slurp slurp…”

Clearly, in this boss’s mind, the act of ambushing a divine doctor is purely neglecting one’s duties.

Having good food, now, that’s the priority.

Couldn’t help but say his thinking is really… neglecting duties.

The other two are just as bad.

“Exactly.”

…

At this time, the three of them are drooling over the mere mention of the Seven-Star Centipede, causing Feng Yin and the others down below to exchange surprised glances.

The surprise of the three men landing right on their heads was already enough, but the fact that they were three eccentric characters was even more unexpected.

Why did they feel kind of cute just by listening to them?

Then, these three began to discuss, each taking their turn.

“We can’t delay our drinking and eating later, and we can’t delay our mission either. Based on the traces we found earlier, we can basically determine that the person who came is skilled and deeply cultivated. At the very minimum, they must have achieved an Earthly Level fourth grade. As for the highest level… a Heavenly Level practitioner isn’t out of the question. Great Qin must have anticipated the dangers of this mission. Without considerable cultivation and strength, how could they dare to come?”

“Indeed.”

“And there’s this…judging from the left-behind molt of the Seven-Star Centipede, the person who gathered so much centipede flesh must have a space equipment with a fairly large capacity. Otherwise, at a time like this, even though the meat of the Seven-Star Centipede is considered fine food, the amount is too bulky. Sacrificing other equipment and supplies for it would be stupid. Therefore, they must have vast space. This point is very important.”

“Right, based on this hypothesis, anyone with such a large space equipment is no ordinary person, or they might have a unique origin. Hidden sect? Super faction? They might even have high statuses.”

“And also, this person… no, it’s probably not just one. I estimate there must be at least three in their party, or even more.”

“What’s your basis for judgment?”

“According to our preliminary speculation, the doctor who came from Great Qin is very likely Kong Gaohan, although it could be another divine doctor from Great Qin. But looking at the situation this time, it seems that there’s only one person taking action. Obviously, they aim to alert the enemy by rustling the undergrowth, and the deeper purpose is to let another person sneak by with the divine doctor.”

“Hmm… Indeed, that sounds reasonable. Most of the accomplished doctors rarely have real-world combat experience, not to mention Kong Gaohan. Although he is known to have Earthly Level power, he is not skilled in real-life fights. Without a strong escort, he would be foolish to try and break through alone.”

“Correct.”

“So, their group, at the very least, must consist of three people.”

“Yes.”

“If we calculate this way, the woman who acted earlier, she might not be the one with the highest cultivation in this trip.”

“Indeed, because the highest martial power will certainly accompany the divine doctor to ensure everything is in order.”

“Hiss…”

“At least three people in the group, but in the recent stretch of distance, aside from the incident at the Centipede Cave, there are no other traces. I have carefully distinguished, there’s not even a hint of a tender grass leaf intentionally snapped by their movement.”

“This kind of traceless movements, apart from indicating their superior light-footed skill, also means that each breath they take must land precisely on a smooth stone face to completely leave no trace. Let alone no remaining unusual smell, just this control, and grasp of the details, demonstrates their quality as veteran adventurers.”

“So, these few people are not only strong, but also seasoned, not easy to deal with!”

“Now recalling the message from the headquarters, it was clearly stated that if it is confirmed that the god doctor being escorted is Kong Gaohan, then during the battle, if it’s really impossible, it’s okay to retreat and let him pass. After all, it’s uncertain if Kong Gaohan can heal Ma Daocheng’s injury. But if the person being escorted is a young man, we must kill him at all costs. This is certainly thought-provoking!”

With these words _ they simultaneously fell into silence, speechless for a long time.

It is well known that Kong Gaohan is acknowledged as the top divine doctor in Great Qin.

But why is the command so unreasonable, insisting on the killing of someone else besides Kong Gaohan?

What’s the logic in this?

What does it imply?

Inside the tree, Hu Lengyue takes out quite a few things and starts helping Feng Yin with makeup, adding wrinkles to the face, turning the hair grey, then pasting a bunch of beards carefully…

Feng Yin listens to the conversation above without uttering a word, but a name emerges in his mind: Bai Yihwen!

The discussion among the three above is still ongoing.

No matter how experienced and cunning these individuals are, they could never imagine that just beneath their feet, inside the full-grown tree that had lasted for hundreds of years, there are three men and a cat, capturing every bit of their conversation!

The more rational their analysis now, the more they complement the enemies’ shortcomings.

“Although the battle has died down, they should be… hiding somewhere nearby, unlikely to act rashly.”

The deep voice said.

The other two did not speak, evidently lost in calculations.

After a while, they said: “They shouldn’t have reached here yet, right?”

The man with the deep voice then said, “The only trace we have now is over there…about two thousand one hundred and thirty zhang from here, where we found a distinct footprint.”

“That is the only trace left in this area.”

“If we estimate based on the ‘speed of a heavenly level cultivator carrying a person’, they should have run out of breath and landed around one thousand five hundred zhang away. Only in that area, there is a cliff, a complex terrain with countless cave entrances; the bushes are high, and the ground uneven…”

“I suspect that they are hiding over there by ninety percent.”

He pointed out.

It was precisely where Zhu Weiran went across the cliff with Feng Yin: “If he slides over the cliff and presses forward, the only place he can hide is under this tree at our feet. But this is obviously impossible, anyone with a little experience in the pugilistic world knows that such big trees are absolutely unreliable and would become targets.”

“So, by that calculation…The only option is that area on the other side.”

“If they find a chance to run horizontally again, to traverse this area using a floating-like movement, they will most likely move in this direction, heading straight for Tiandang Mountain!”

Inside the tree.

Zhuang Weiran and his companions looked at each other.

Are these three guys seriously this clever?

Their conjecture only has slight differences, but they are generally almost accurate, talking all about their actions, even conjecturing their moves down the road, with a high degree of accuracy.

These are also three veterans.

The smarter these people are, the harder they are to deal with. Just as they feel Zhuang Weiran is hard to handle, Zhuang Weiran now also feels that these three guys are tough opponents.

He couldn’t help but get a headache.

What I fear is not your intelligence, but that you become lazy and don’t move from here.

But now it seems that these three guys are not only smart, but also indeed quite lazy.

This is bad news.

Feng Yin also looked a bit dumbfounded.

Why did we have to run into such three characters?

How nice would it be if you guys just left here to patrol around a bit?