He just thought of a funny situation. If they encountered a problem they couldn't solve, and with how smelly Qichen was, they wouldn't even have to fight.
The opponent would surely retreat. Qichen frowned after hearing that. Although he was smelly, he wouldn't be used by others because of that.
"No, thank you," Qichen replied sternly and then turned around to leave. The young man's face turned cold.
"How dare a Qi Condensation level one ignore me?" he snorted coldly.
His hand moved to his waist where his sword was and was about to draw it when the miss beside him spoke.
"Li Jiang, let's not waste our time with a nobody. The four families must have been ahead of us." Although she was also annoyed at Qichen, she still put the important matter first.
Li Jiang was unwilling to let Qichen go, but he still had to put the important matter first.
"Boy, the next time I see you will be your death day," he said to himself with a snort as he watched Qichen leave. Like that, they moved deeper into the mountain range.
Qichen continued looking around for a river but still couldn't find one. He was getting frustrated when he suddenly felt a sense of danger.
He agilely leapt to the side.
Boom!
An explosion rocked the ground, leaving a smoking pit where he'd just stood.
Qichen's scalp went numb. Just a sneak attack had caused such an explosion. Although he wouldn't die if he was hit, he wouldn't escape unscathed.
He looked around only to see a tiger-looking beast walking out from behind a tree.
Qichen recognized it on the spot. This tiger-looking beast was called a Flame Shooting Tiger. It was a demonic beast famous for its sneak attacks.
They channeled their demonic qi into their mouth to form a ball of fire targeted at their prey. They only did this if they were sure of a one-time attack that could kill.
The Flame Shooting Tiger looked at Qichen with surprise in its eyes, then disgust quickly overtook it.
It raised one of its paws and hurriedly covered its nose with a mocking expression.
Looking at the Flame Shooting Tiger covering its nose with a look of surprise and then disgust, Qichen's lips twitched. Even a demonic beast was mocking him.
The Flame Shooting Tiger could see that Qichen was at a lower realm than it, and seeing that its attack failed, it didn't want to give up its food, even though it was smelly.
Its body pulsed with light, the glow surging upward from torso to head before concentrating in its jaws.
With a guttural roar, it opened its maw and unleashed a blazing ball of fire.
Qichen leapt to the side again.
Boom!
An explosion rocked the ground, leaving a visible pit where he'd just stood.
The Flame Shooting Tiger didn't waste any time and pounced at Qichen, its sharp claws extended and maw wide open. A cold glint flashed across its eyes.
Its claws were so sharp that light reflected off them as they slashed toward Qichen.
He quickly moved aside, causing the tiger to miss. It landed on all fours, but the Flame Shooting Tiger didn't give up and pounced at Qichen again, even faster.
Qichen knew he couldn't keep dodging and decided to attack. While he was a menial disciple, he hadn't learned any techniques.
That was because menial disciples weren't allowed to learn any. Only after becoming an outer disciple could they learn.
He didn't have time to steady his body. He quickly clenched his fist and punched out.
Crack…!
The sound of something breaking rang out, and the Flame Shooting Tiger flew back.
Qichen took a step back, shocked. He looked at his fist, only to see no signs of bleeding, only that the putrid black mass surrounding his fist was gone.
He slowly thought of what happened to him after awakening his past memories.
"It must be that twelve-colored light," Qichen said.
Although he fought with Blood-eyed Wolves, they were far inferior to the Flame Shooting Tiger. They were at best at the Body Strengthening Realm.
After the twelve-colored light intervened, he couldn't even test his full strength.
But the Flame Shooting Tiger was different. Its realm is four or five levels higher than Qichen.
Looking at the Flame Shooting Tiger on the other side, its paw was trembling. Its claws were broken, and blood was flowing out. It looked at Qichen with horror.
You must know that demonic beasts have slightly stronger bodies than humans, and the Flame Shooting Tiger's realm was also higher than Qichen's.
The Flame Shooting Tiger knew it was already in a disadvantageous situation. It turned around and wanted to escape.
Qichen saw this and snorted.
"Since food has already delivered itself to the door, why run?"
He quickly gave chase.
After chasing for about five minutes, Qichen finally caught up. Normally, with the gap in realm and the speed of a Flame Shooting Tiger, he shouldn't have been able to.
But with the injured paw, its speed had slowed down considerably, giving Qichen the opportunity.
Qichen quickly delivered a killing blow to the head. The Flame Shooting Tiger's fur stood on end, and it felt death knocking on the door. It tried its best to dodge, but it was too late.
Boom!
The punch landed perfectly on its head, leaving a bloody hole in it. Blood was all over Qichen's hand, but he smiled instead.
"Finally, something to eat," he said.
As the setting sun hung in the sky, a boy stood beside a beast, his body covered in a stinky black mass, and a smile spread across his face.
If people were to see this, they'd think he's a monster.
Qichen was about to pick up the Flame Shooting Tiger and take it to a safer place when...
"Boss, it's already getting dark, and it will be the time when demonic beasts roam the most.
We've searched everywhere in the outer area, but there's nothing to eat." A voice rang out, heading straight toward Qichen.
"Yes, boss. It's better we go to the city to eat something and then come back tomorrow morning.
Although we know the treasure can't touch our hands, we should have at least killed a few demonic beasts.
But we couldn't even find one. We've been searching for the so-called treasure all day, but didn't find anything.
Even the people from the City Lord and four families didn't find anything. What if it's just a plot made up by one of the four families to deal with the others?" another person spoke.
"Shut up! What do you know? I was here during those ten hours and I can even swear on my life that it was really as it happened.
Nobody could stay awake during those ten hours, not even demonic beasts. If it wasn't for you guys going back to the city to check on new missions, you would have experienced what helplessness was." The boss quickly refuted. He looked at the two people beside him with glaring eyes.
The two people didn't reply but scratched their heads when suddenly, they smelled something unpleasant and quickly looked in that direction. What they saw shocked them.
They saw a humanoid creature covered in a stinky black mass standing beside a beast. They quickly covered their noses. Seeing this, Qichen had a headache.
He had been smelly all day and couldn't even find a river, and now that he finally had something to eat, a group of hungry people passed by.
One of the men noticed the Flame Shooting Tiger and quickly pointed.
"Look! It's a Flame Shooting Tiger. And you can tell from the blood that it has just been killed." The other two also looked.
They were just talking about going back to the city to get something to eat.
"It turned out that our luck was so good that food got delivered to the door. We don't have to go back to the city. We just need to find a safe place in the outer area to stay for tonight," the boss said, slowly licking his lips.
"Boss, it's also a Flame Shooting Tiger; its meat is crispy and delicious. I didn't expect to see one here. And we don't have to take a long time to kill it," the other man yelled.
"Zhi Gang is right. Judging from its size, it should have a four-striped core which is equivalent to level four of Qi Condensation," the boss confirmed.
"It would have been impossible for us to kill it without trading injuries."
"It should have been injured. That stinking humanoid creature at level one of Qi Condensation can't kill it," the other man growled.
"Jian Wang is also right. Or maybe it was how stinky that humanoid creature is that finally killed it. Ahahahah!" the boss said and then burst out laughing.
Zhi Gang and Jian Wang also started laughing. They said and did all this with their noses covered. Qichen's mouth twitched even more.