Chapter 356: Chapter 356: Becoming a Disciple? That’s Impossible (Part 4)
Yang Xiao, clutching his long spear, slowly approached the wild boar.
The wild boar was already on its last breath, still faintly gasping for air, but on the brink of death.
Dozens of arrows were lodged in the boar’s head and neck, which made Yang Xiao feel somewhat pained.
Yang Xiao walked towards the boar and tapped its head a few times with his long spear. The boar did not react defensively, and to be completely sure, Yang Xiao aimed at the boar’s eyes and thrust his spear down.
This was the most vulnerable spot, from the eyeball directly into the brain.
With a "puchi" sound,
Yang Xiao’s long spear plunged over a meter deep.
Aoow——
The wild boar let out one final cry, struggled a few times with its limbs, and then stopped moving.
With a clank, a bunch of golden shiny objects fell out from the head of the boar.
Yang Xiao picked them up for a look: about ten Genetic Balls, a piece of Armor, and a wild boar’s tusk.
Yang Xiao suddenly remembered that when hunting boars in the forests nearby Star City, they would also drop boar tusks, which at that time, could be embedded into weapons to add 1 point to Strength.
Now, the tusks dropped by Enhanced Gene Advanced boars hunted in the desert should be able to add 2-3 points to Strength, right?
At this moment, Lan Xin and a few sisters came over.
Yang Xiao handed over all the items to Lan Xin.
Lan Xin was surprised and said,
"The boar was killed by you, it should belong to you."
Yang Xiao said with a smile,
"Your current Genetic Evolution Level is relatively low, and you need these things more than I do. Take them. Also, have this tusk appraised; it should be able to be embedded into your sword and increase Strength by 2-3 points. Take good care of it."
A single boar tusk accessory being able to increase Strength by 2-3 points was a rare and precious thing.
Lan Xin immediately refused,
"You’ve given us everything, that wouldn’t be right. We’ll take the Genetic Balls and the Armor, but you should keep the tusk accessory."
She finished speaking and stuffed it into Yang Xiao’s hand.
Yang Xiao directly grabbed Lan Xin’s hand, thrust the boar tusk back at her, and said,
"Stop arguing with me. I’m about to break through to the Enhanced Gene Intermediate level soon. Having or not having this tusk accessory doesn’t make much difference to me."
Seeing Yang Xiao’s sincere insistence, Lan Xin nodded and accepted it, thanking him.
A junior apprentice sister watching Yang Xiao grab Lan Xin’s hand, teased,
"Young Master Yang, is our Sister Lan Xin’s hand very soft? It’s comfortable to hold, isn’t it? Hehe!"
Everyone burst into laughter.
Yang Xiao hurriedly let go and chuckled awkwardly.
Lan Xin’s face blushed red and she glared fiercely at the junior sister, warning,
"Be careful, or I’ll tear your mouth up."
She couldn’t help but smile herself afterward.
"Okay, it’s getting late, we still have to travel more than ten kilometers to get back."
"What about this wild boar?"
A girl asked.
Usually, when they killed monsters, they only took the Genetic Balls and equipment that dropped, the bodies of the monsters were always discarded. Yesterday, Yang Xiao mentioned he needed the monsters’ bodies for food, hence the question.
But the body of this wild boar was large and heavy, making it inconvenient to transport.
Hearing this, Yang Xiao smiled faintly, stroked the Space Ring on his finger, and the huge body of the wild boar on the ground turned into a stream of light and entered the Space Ring.
The crowd watched Yang Xiao, expressions of surprise on their faces.
"Young Master Yang, you can perform magic?"
"Heh, no, this is a Space Ring, which can store certain items. I purchased it from the Genetic Store."
"Oh, is that so. We also killed a few monsters nearby, and their bodies were discarded outside the forest. You can take them all as well."
"Sure!"
Lan Xin asked the girls to wait there, and she led Yang Xiao to find the bodies of those monsters.
Yang Xiao mounted a Flame Horse and reached out to Lan Xin, saying,
"Come on up."
"No need, the wound on my leg is healed, I can take you there directly."
Lan Xin did not want to sit behind Yang Xiao and hold onto him again, it would be somewhat awkward; in her heart, however, she felt a bit of longing.
"Alright then, you lead the way, and I’ll follow you."
Instantly, Lan Xin’s figure flashed, she performed the Shenming Mountain Sect’s qinggong movement technique "Divine Mountain Snow", flying forward. In just one leap, she covered a distance of fifty to sixty meters, her white garments fluttering, resembling a fairy.
Yang Xiao chased after her on horseback.
Soon, they found the carcass of a giant bear near the forest, and then the bodies of the other four mutant monsters, and the two of them returned to where the other junior sisters were waiting.
Following Lan Xin and the others towards the Genetic Store, Yang Xiao did not ride a horse, but walked with Lan Xin and the others, talking and laughing along the way, occasionally moving swiftly, chasing each other quickly.
Yang Xiao, who didn’t know any qinggong at the moment and could only run fast, was unexpectedly no match for Lan Xin and the others, who had Primordial Gene Advanced cultivation, despite his Enhanced Gene Primary Level cultivation lasting a while.
"Ouch, I can’t run anymore, I have to ride a horse."
A girl said:
"Master Yang, with your excellent foundation, if you cultivated martial arts, you would definitely be more formidable."
"Oh, I have nowhere to go to seek a teacher, why don’t you take me as your disciple?"
"Hehe, with our senior sister here, why would you seek to be my disciple?"
Yang Xiao immediately said jokingly:
"Master Lan Xin, would you be willing to accept me as your disciple?"
Lan Xin’s heart skipped a beat, with a smile she said:
"I can’t take you as a disciple, the martial arts of our Shenming Mountain Sect cannot be casually imparted to others."
"If you take me as a disciple, wouldn’t I become a disciple of Shenming Mountain Sect? Then you could teach me."
"No way."
"Why?"
Lan Xin didn’t answer, instead, she used the Divine Mountain Snow qinggong and turned into a white shadow, flying away into the distance.
Yang Xiao was stunned and had to leap onto his Flame Horse to follow.
Yang Xiao did not understand Lan Xin’s thoughts; by all accounts, Lan Xin was not such a petty person.
Actually, Lan Xin’s idea at that time was very simple: if she took Yang Xiao as a disciple, they would become teacher and student; how could there be romantic feelings between teacher and student? Wouldn’t that be utterly preposterous and indecent, subject to ridicule? Absolutely not – she could not accept Yang Xiao as a disciple, absolutely not.
When Yang Xiao and the others arrived at the Genetic Store, people from the Shaolin Temple like Monk Ben Yin, people from Wudang like Zhang Hai, and people from Emei Sect like Zhi Ruo had all returned, and everyone was sitting in several groups nearby, chatting casually.
There was also a group of youngsters, who seemed to be newcomers; Yang Xiao did not recognize them.
Lan Xin looked and whispered:
"Those newcomers belong to the Kongtong Sect. The one leading them is called Xie Lei; he is ruthless and his Genetic Evolution Level is the highest among us. He’s already broken through Enhanced Gene Primary Level; you should be careful around him."
"Careful? Why?"
A girl interjected from the side.
"Xie Lei is very domineering. Often when we are about to kill a monster, he rushes in and uses the Seven Injuries Fist to kill the monster, then claims he killed it and demands half the spoils. So, we all dislike him quite a bit. When we encounter fierce monsters, we would rather let them go than team up with him and, also,"
"Also what?"
Before the girl could finish, Lan Xin glared at her and said sternly:
"Xiao Lan!"
Xiao Lan pouted and muttered:
"Master Yang is not an outsider, it’s good to tell him too."
Yang Xiao laughed and said:
"So it’s definite that Xie Lei has taken a fancy to Miss Lan Xin, am I right?"
Xiao Lan laughed and said:
"Master Yang is clever."
"He hasn’t bullied you, has he?"
After spending two days together, especially after today’s side-by-side battle, Yang Xiao already regarded Lan Xin and the others as friends.
"He wouldn’t dare. Even if he is more powerful in cultivation than us, what can he do? If he dares to belittle us, at worst it will end with both sides destroyed, a mutually assured loss."
Lan Xin revealed a determined look of ’if I’m going down, you’re coming with me,’ her face displaying cold pride and disdain, just like a pristine Snow Lotus atop an icy mountain.
Xie Lei, who was standing on a small hill next to the Genetic Shop, saw Lan Xin and the others approaching from a distance, a smile appearing on his face, but that smile quickly froze.
Xie Lei saw a man next to Lan Xin, both of them chatting and laughing, and their relationship seemed quite intimate.
(End of fourth update, thank you to Chen Guang’s star fans for the reward of 100 Qidian Coins, thanks for all the support.)