"Master, don’t you want Bai Yue anymore? Or was Bai Yue not satisfactory before? Ever since last ti when Master told Bai Yue to wait here for your return, in the blink of an eye, seven hundred and sixty years have passed."
Bai Yue, the Demoness, said this with a hint of lancholy in her eyes, seemingly blaming Lin Feng for being so heartless.
Seeing her like this, Lin Feng knew that it would mostly be useless to say anything more. Since he couldn’t refuse, he might as well accept it naturally, "What is your current strength?"
Bai Yue, the Demoness, replied: "During the ti Master was absent, I have been diligently cultivating. I had already reached the peak of a Heavenly Martial Master, but about two hundred years ago, I fell into a deep sleep. Upon waking, my strength had regressed to that of an Earth Martial Master at the First Layer."
As expected, an Earth Martial Master, right as he had guessed. Since an Earth Martial Master had shown up out of the blue, Lin Feng was pleased to accept it.
"If that is the case, then from now on, follow . However, you don’t need to call Master. Just call Lin Feng," Lin Feng said, feeling sowhat awkward about being called ’Master’.
"Yes," Bai Yue, the Demoness, was very obedient to Lin Feng, her so-called Master, as Lin Feng noticed.
Lin Feng frowned as he looked at her, "You don’t need to follow all the ti, you can go wherever you want on your own. Of course, you cannot kill the innocent indiscriminately. That’s my first rule for you."
"Understood, Bai Yue knows," Bai Yue, the Demoness, nodded, even more obedient than Aqi, "Then Master... Lin Feng, I won’t follow you anymore, but I will be nearby. If you encounter any danger, I will co out to protect you."
Saying that, she vanished directly out of sight.
Lin Feng smiled bitterly upon seeing this. To think that he would one day be protected by an Earth Martial Master. Nevertheless, it was fine; a good man doesn’t dwell on his past bravery. Now, having an Earth Martial Master by his side was like tily rain, at least giving him the ans to contend with soone like Yu Wen Tuo.
You see, despite Lin Feng appearing calm every day, he sotis worried whether Yu Wen Tuo would play by the rules or if he might send his Earth Martial Master to secretly dispose of Lin Feng.
Fortunately, Yu Wen Tuo remained the proud Yu Wen Tuo; he had to defeat Lin Feng personally.
Of course, all this was just the present. The future was uncertain, and who knew if one day Yu Wen Tuo might lose interest in Lin Feng and change his mind.
At least for now, Lin Feng had the ability to defend himself.
"I also need to step up my cultivation. Now that the Bai Yue Demoness has beco my follower, the greatest danger of the Corpse Tomb Evil Land has been eliminated, and I can let Li Bing and the others continue with their tasks. Six hundred rits are not a small number."
Lin Feng didn’t rush to look for Li Bing but instead glanced at Li Yibo and found that the guy had been burned to such an extent that nothing was left. Lin Feng secretly found it a pity.
"Sister Bingbing, do you think... Lin Feng could be eaten by that demoness? I an, just looking at that demoness gives goosebumps involuntarily. Her strength is definitely above a Great Martial Master. No matter how strong Lin Feng is, he surely can’t match her," Aqi said worriedly.
Li Bing was no less concerned. This was not about love. She had only known Lin Feng for a short ti; naturally, it wasn’t possible for her to fall for him suddenly. But just now, Lin Feng had stayed behind alone to cover their retreat.
If sothing truly happened, they would feel incredibly guilty.
Just then, a figure appeared unhurriedly.
"Lin Feng, it’s so good that you’re alright."
Ah Qi imdiately exclaid in surprise.
Beside her, Li Bing also let out a sigh of relief as if a weight had been lifted, and then smiled brightly.
Lin Feng shrugged his shoulders, "Don’t worry, fortune favors the bold, I won’t die that easily. The demoness has left. Right, let’s continue our mission; it would be a pity to give up just like that."
Previously, Lin Feng had wanted Li Bing to give up, but that was solely because of the Bai Yue demoness. He wasn’t very concerned about the desperados. Naturally, now that the Earth Martial Master Bai Yue demoness had inexplicably recognized him as her master, he naturally had no reason to give up.
"But Li Yibo is dead, our team’s strength has been severely reduced, won’t there be danger?" Li Bing expressed her worries.
Lin Feng shook his head, "Don’t worry, although Li Yibo is dead, because of the demoness’ appearance, I estimate that a lot of desperados have died in this area. You know the attitude of those desperados, always so arrogant, they must have said quite a few inappropriate things. How good can their end be? So, on the contrary, we are much safer now than before."
Upon hearing this, Li Bing thought about it carefully and found it made sense, and she couldn’t help but admire Lin Feng even more. At this mont, having just escaped a calamity, he was bold yet careful. It’s just like the saying, even in the heart of a brave tiger, there’s a soft spot for the fragrance of roses.
Without the presence of the Bai Yue demoness in Corpse Tomb Evil Land, it wasn’t much of a threat to Lin Feng. In the following days, they wandered around, or in terms of the mission objective, conducted investigations.
On their journey, they encountered quite a few desperados, but none were a threat. The most they t at once were five, most of the ti they ca across them in groups of twos or threes, or even operating solo. Encountering these individuals, Lin Feng naturally did not plan to let them go - he eliminated all of them, then sent Li Bing and the others away, absorbing all of them for his own nourishnt.
After a full seven days, Lin Feng’s cultivation broke through again, reaching the Peak of Eighth Layer, only a step away from Ninth Layer.
It’s worth ntioning that perhaps due to the appearance of the Bai Yue demoness, these desperados, who usually valued their possessions more than their lives, started to carry their money on them as if they were ready to pack up and leave at any mont.
Unfortunately for them, all their wealth ended up in Lin Feng’s pockets. As for Li Bing and the others, they were too embarrassed to ask for a share because the courage Lin Feng demonstrated by staying behind alone to confront the Bai Yue demoness had deeply impressed them. They were too grateful to even consider sharing in Lin Feng’s rewards.
In any case, Lin Feng felt sowhat embarrassed about this, was he really as fearless as they made him out to be? Challenging an Earth Martial Master with just the cultivation of Martial Master Eighth Layer was no fool’s errand. If Lin Feng didn’t have extraordinary courage and confidence, how could he dare to take on such a task?
Of course, Lin Feng naturally wouldn’t boast about any of this. Afterward, he roasted a few suckling pigs for Ah Qi and announced the complete and successful conclusion of their mission.
Upon returning to Divine Wind Camp, due to Li Yibo’s death, the six hundred rits that were originally his were partly allocated to Lin Feng, aning Lin Feng now had an additional eight hundred rits after indulging in food and drinks and incidentally acquiring an Earth Martial Master demoness, which amounted to more than two hundred and twenty stalks of Dragon Vein Grass.
This was no longer a matter of killing two birds with one stone; this was simply a trendously profitable deal.
Back at the thatched cottage, Wang Shan was still working hard, appearing to be in high spirits.
"Wang Shan, have you broken through?"
Lin Feng curiously looked at him. The other party was now a Martial Master Ninth Layer.
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