The Journey of Immortal Cultivation
Chapter 220 - 141 I’m Hungry_2

Chapter 220: Chapter 141 I’m Hungry_2

Intelligence is limited, Changtian presented the conclusion that two people had researched: "Wen said that these Spiritual Tea seedlings are planted in a very remote mountain depression, and apart from him, only Wenger and Housekeeper Wu have been there. Now that Wenger is dead and Wen is on the run, these tea seedlings could only have been taken out and given to these people by Housekeeper Wu."

"From this, it seems that there must have been a major upheaval in Rock City for Housekeeper Wu to secretly entrust someone to take the tea seedlings out. It’s just unfortunate that these guys had really bad luck, being caught and killed by horse bandits halfway through their journey." He paused and said, "Of course, even without the horse bandits, they would have been caught by the little Red Fox Demon. Somehow, he figured out this secret. Hmm, I guess he captured Housekeeper Wu and forced it out of him using some method."

Wen Liangyu stated decisively that Housekeeper Wu was utterly loyal to him, so there’s no telling how the Red Fox Demon tortured him. However, there was no need to disclose this to Ning Xiaoxian.

In fact, their speculation was quite close to the truth. Since the incident at the Wen Residence, various major powers quickly arrived at Rock City. The Clearing Void Sect was only a mid to low-tier sect and soon lost control over Rock City. After nearly a day of quarreling, the great Immortal Sects and the Demon Sect demanded Clearing Void Sect to produce seeds of the Spiritual Tea. However, how could the sect obtain such an item?

During the prevarication, smoke was seen billowing outside the city. Rushing over, to everyone’s surprise, they found a seemingly inconspicuous mountain depression where a vast tea field had been burned clean. The arsonist had spread vegetable oil all over the field. With the autumn wind stirring greatly around Rock City recently and half a month without rain, the air was dry, and the fire, fueled by the wind, had burned the tea field to nothing.

Seeing this, everyone realized that what was grown here was the Spiritual Tea! If the tea plants were still there, they would have been simply dug up and taken away. With the means of the Immortal families, especially those with Small Cave Heavens among the Immortal Sects and the Demon Sect, the seeds would have been produced in a matter of months. However, this fire burned everyone’s hopes away!

There were many sects gnashing their teeth as they issued wanted orders for Wen Liangyu, but the Red Fox Demon had an additional bit of cunning and managed to capture Housekeeper Wu before anyone else. Knowing he was destined to die, the old man had already taken a deadly poison and was on the verge of death. The Red Fox Demon somehow found out from the old man that it was indeed Housekeeper Wu who set the fire and that he had also dug up two tea seedlings beforehand and had them secretly taken out of Rock City!

Unfortunately, fate doesn’t always align with one’s wishes. This unfortunate group just happened to encounter horse bandits in the wilderness, who just happened to find and discard the tea seedlings on the ground, and then a wolf pack just happened to trample them, completely crushing the precious Spiritual Tea seedlings!

This series of coincidences forced the Red Fox Demon to make a futile trip. With his capabilities, suffering such a defeat, he could only sigh at ’Heavenly Destiny’ and let it be.

Ning Xiaoxian sighed to herself. With the situation in Rock City being so unstable, she didn’t know what had become of the Cloud Tiger Trading Team, nor of the whistle and Tan Qinghe. At this thought, her heart skipped a beat. If Fengtian Prefecture could find out that she had been to the government office, they would also know that Tan Qinghe had accompanied her. With the Demon Sect’s skill at following the vine to find the melon, how would they not search for Sister Tan? Thankfully, she and the whistle had moved to an outer estate to live earlier on, but she wasn’t sure if they had gone out to avoid the limelight after the turmoil in Rock City.

The whistle was such a cautious person, with plenty of experience in fleeing for his life, he should be able to keep Tan Qinghe safe, right? He should be able, right?

Alas, in the end, it was her own weakness. In this tumultuous situation, she could only engage in guerrilla warfare, taking minor advantages, without the power to influence the overall situation or protect those she wanted to.

After running for half a day, the Red Fox Demon finally stopped by a small river.

"Let’s take a break." He dismounted and walked slowly to the river’s edge, not using the Cleaning Technique, instead, he scooped up a handful of water to wash his face.

It was nearing noon, and just as she was pretending to take the two little bat demons down from the horse, her stomach growled loudly and unexpectedly.

In the presence of those, including those in the God Demon Prison, not a single one had poor hearing. Needless to say about the Red Fox Demon, even the two little bat demons looked her way.

She blushed with embarrassment. People are iron, and food is steel, after all, Granny is a normal human, how can she be compared to these demons that don’t know hunger? Ever since leaving Shallow Water Village, her meals had been extremely regular, but now, from last night till today at noon, she had not had a single bite to eat, so naturally her stomach was protesting angrily.

Fortunately, Bai Hong tactfully diverted attention for her by saying, "Sister, I’m hungry!"

She looked timidly at the Red Fox Demon, who had already sat down in the shade of trees by the river, and upon hearing lazily said, "I’m also hungry, you cook." The way he spoke as if it was natural for her to cook.

Cooking, with what should she cook, the air? In the God Demon Prison, there indeed was cured meat and game, and in the Spiritual Spring, there were several fat, foolish fish, but how could she enter and take them out in front of this strange demon?

Seeming to see her bewildered look, the Red Fox Demon carelessly pulled up a handful of tender grass and flung them out one by one. He, being handsome, even made this casual action seem leisurely and elegant.

However, the grass stems he threw out were not so friendly. A dozen streaks of green light flew into the river beside him, followed by "sizzle" sounds as waves splashed—a dozen of the fattest fish struggling and causing the splashes. It turns out every grass stem thrown by the fox demon was like a sharp arrow, piercing through a fish!

Seeing him sitting there as if above the fray, it was clear that she would have to do all the work. Ning Xiaoxian took off her shoes and stepped into the water, grabbing the unfortunate fish and throwing them ashore, then she ordered the two little bat demons: "Go pick some firewood, dry and finer ones." Dead branches and fallen leaves from the giant trees were everywhere in the wilderness; gathering some wasn’t difficult at all. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote with a recommendation ticket or monthly ticket at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)