Chapter 217: We are mentors
Early the next morning, Lu Feng, Tang Yuan, and Ye Fan gathered in Shu Lao's courtyard on time.
After three days of Shu Lao's teachings, Tang Yuan's aura became much more restrained, giving off a more dangerous feeling.
"Be careful after entering the Dongyuan Mountains. In addition to those wild beasts, you also need to be careful of other prisoners," Shu Lao warned before leaving.
The gathering place for the spring hunt is in the west square of the Dongyuan Spirit Prison Beast Hall. Although the square is wide enough to accommodate nearly ten thousand people, the number of people participating in the spring hunt in the spirit prison is far more than this, so it is divided into several groups. Enter the mountains in turn.
The inmates and mentors of the regular regiments entered the mountains one after another, while the self-organized regiments stayed at the end. In the entire Dongyuan Spiritual Prison, there were only twenty or thirty self-organized regiments, which was far less than the number of regular regiments.
The Lingkong Sword Master was responsible for all matters related to the spring hunt. His assistant stood on the high platform in the square and announced everything that the spring hunt needed to pay attention to, especially emphasizing the rule that those who were not strong enough were not allowed to enter the inner circle.
Lu Feng was already familiar with the basic conditions. The only difference from previous years was that this year, those with ability could hunt the spirit beasts and spirit beasts in the mountains, but they were only allowed to hunt beasts with higher strength than themselves, and were not allowed to kill them indiscriminately.
In the square, Lu Feng looked around at the other self-organized groups and found many familiar figures, especially the group with Mu Hongfei as the instructor. Xiang Tianming and others stood together coldly, showing a trace of silence. A slight chill.
Tang Yuan clenched his fists and looked directly at a figure in the crowd.
Lu Feng looked around and found that what Tang Yuan was looking at was Luo Chenshu, whom he had met in the Tianyuan City Soul Fighting Competition. The latter's strength seemed to have improved a lot.
Judging from the area where he was standing, he was actually a member of a self-organized group, and he was ranked ahead of Mu Hongfei's group.
Tang Yuan's eyes were full of fighting spirit, and he had always remembered "revenge with one move" in his heart. However, after so many days, his strength had not improved much. Looking back at Luo Chenshu, he was even more unfathomable than before.
"I hope Shu Lao can find the whereabouts of the turtle pill," Tang Yuan silently hoped in his heart. After Shu Lao learned about the beast pill he needed, he promised to find it for him.
Lu Feng looked around and saw that Chai Mou, Chai Tong, Zhuo Fuan and others who were familiar with him in Tianyuan City were all in a self-organized group. As far as he knew, Qu Jiaojiao, Qiao Mumu and others were also members of a self-organized group. But no trace of anyone has been found yet.
Perhaps because of his status as a formation master, he did not participate in such dangerous training.
After the assistant of Lingkong Sword Master stood on the stage and loudly announced a series of rules that Spring Hunting needed to abide by, Lu Feng and others also stepped into the mountains.
Tang Yuan stood at the entrance of the mountain range and suddenly said: "As the last batch of us go in, will all the asbestos have been harvested?"
Ye Fan explained: "Collecting asbestos requires wrapping it with spiritual energy and digging it out slowly from the ground. It is an endurance job and tests the soul master's control level. Even a soul master with the strength of the Dan Condensing Realm can collect it in one day. The quantity is also very limited, so don’t worry.”
Ye Fan also knows something about asbestos. Each of the asbestos collected during this spring hunting can be exchanged for at least two points of spiritual merit in the spiritual prison, which can be regarded as one of the fastest ways to earn spiritual merit.
Lu Feng added: "The outer area of the mountain range alone is so vast that ordinary people would not be able to get out even if they walked for ten days or half a month. Although there were many inmates and mentors who entered before us, there is no need to worry about asbestos collection." The problem is, at most we have to go a little further, and we have to enter the inner circle anyway."
Walking into the mountains, the outermost circle was already crowded with people. Countless soul masters from the Seventh Soul Realm and the Soul Gathering Realm were pupating together. It took them a long time to collect just one piece of asbestos.
The three of them, Lu Feng, passed through the sea of people and walked straight into the depths. After walking half a stick of incense, they suddenly saw many inmates forming a circle not far away, as if they were watching something lively.
"Did you find any spiritual treasure over there?" Tang Yuan said with a bit of joy.
"Just go and take a look and you will know," Ye Fan agreed.
When Lu Feng and the others got closer, they discovered the reason why the crowd was gathered together. They saw that the people in the circle were not any spiritual treasures from heaven and earth, but just two prisoners whose cultivation level was lower than the Seventh Soul Realm.
There is a boy and a girl, who look to be only fourteen or five years old. The boy is very fat and is guarding the girl behind him with his round belly.
The girl is short and thin. Although her facial features are relatively delicate, her face is covered with spots and acne.
The two were surrounded by many prisoners and insulted them. The girl looked a little panicked and frightened, but there was a hint of unyielding perseverance in her eyes.
"A fat man and an ugly girl, they are a perfect match..." Someone in the crowd cursed loudly and threw gravel and mud at them from time to time.
"Listen to me, you two. All the asbestos collected during the spring hunting and the spiritual herbs found will be handed over to us, otherwise you will suffer a lot." The leader ordered fiercely.
The fat boy gritted his teeth and retorted a little stubbornly: "It's all up to you. The instructor will definitely punish us when we go back."
The leader smiled contemptuously: "That's your business, it has nothing to do with me. If you don't hand over the asbestos honestly, let alone after we go back, I want you to suffer a lot in this mountain range."
"This is too much," Tang Yuan couldn't bear it, rushed forward and punched out, knocking out the front teeth of the leader.
Seeing Tang Yuan rush out, the circle of people gathered together instantly. The leader was a little wary of the speed of Tang Yuan's sneak attack and punches before. After seeing clearly that the opponent was only at the chakra level, he couldn't help but look livid and roared: "Surround me. Beat him to death."
Lu Feng took a look at the strength of those people. The highest was only at the sixth level of chakra. Tang Yuan could handle it alone. He immediately walked towards the two bullied prisoners.
"What are your names?" Lu Feng asked gently, reaching out to help the two of them up from the ground.
The boy took a step forward, stood in front of the girl, and said, "My name is Man Zhongli, and her name is Ning Xiang."
The boy looked at Lu Feng and answered with a hint of vigilance. The girl huddled behind the boy like a frightened rabbit.
This scene made Lu Feng recall the scene when he first met Huo Niu and Huo Yu in Wuyou Village, and he felt a lot closer to these two people.
Lu Feng patted Man Zhongli on the shoulder, wiped away some dust, and asked meaningfully: "Most of these people should not be your opponents. Don't do this again. Hiding your strength is certainly a good thing, but blindly Retreating and being patient will only make the enemy bully you even more."
Man Zhongli looked at Lu Feng in surprise. In fact, he had the strength of the Sixth Soul Realm, but he could only show the strength of the Three Souls Realm. He had never mentioned this to anyone. Even Ning Xiang did not know that at this moment, he was actually beaten by a Su. How could one suppress the panic in his heart when someone he had never met told the truth.
Man Zhongli responded helplessly: "If I am the only one, no matter how powerful those people are, I have nothing to fear."
Ning Xiang, who was hiding behind her, had a sore nose and said in a low voice like a mosquito: "I'm sorry, Brother Aman, it was me who dragged you down."
Man Zhongli came back to his senses, stroked Ning Xiang's head, and said solemnly: "Brother said that even if he dies, he will protect you for the rest of his life."
Ning Xiang's eyes were a little moist.
Lu Feng was also deeply touched. No matter how strong a person is, once he has a weakness, he will have a flaw. Just like that time on Ye Crow Ridge, if Yu Yihan hadn't been caught, he would have escaped unscathed with his hidden strength.
Over the years, Lu Feng has been thinking about what would happen to him if the same thing happened to him again in the future.
There is still only one answer. If a person is ruthless, there is no point in being strong. The essence of being strong is to protect the people around you.
Looking at the timid Ning Xiang, Lu Feng said: "If you want not to hinder your brother Aman, you must practice hard in the future."
Ning Xiang glanced at the people in the distance who were being beaten away by Tang Yuan, with a hint of fear in her eyes.
Man Zhongli also noticed this and sighed: "You can protect us for a while, but have you ever thought about how they will treat us when we return to the group..."
"The pain you have inflicted on them today will be doubled upon us when we return."
Ye Fan said coldly: "Then don't go back again."
Man Zhongli rolled his eyes and said, "If we don't go back, where can we go? If we are kicked out of the group, how will we deal with the village after we return?"
"The village has worked hard to save money for us to go to the spiritual prison to study and practice. If we go back like this, how can we be worthy of them?"
Lu Feng smiled: "We are not letting you leave the spiritual prison. If their group cannot go, you can come to our group."
Man Zhongli hesitated for a moment, became a little moved, and asked: "Which group are you in? Seeing that you are all so good, the group should be ranked very high. Who is your mentor? Will they allow Ning Xiang and me to join? ?”
"Brother Aman~" Ning Xiang tugged at the hem of Man Zhongli's clothes, brushed over and said softly: "If we are expelled from the group, how can the instructors of other groups agree to our joining? In the spiritual prison, the most taboo The purpose is to take in expelled prisoners."
Man Zhongli frowned, "But if we go back like this, we will definitely be beaten to death by them."
Ning Xiang thought for a while, and with the last glimmer of hope, asked: "Are your mentors really willing to accept us? Can you ask them for us first, in case..."
Man Zhongli nodded and said: "This kind of switching of prisoners between groups will look like robbing others. I'm afraid it will cause conflicts among the instructors and bring trouble to your instructors."
Lu Feng smiled slightly: "Don't worry, we are the instructors of the group."
"What?" Man Zhongli was a little surprised: "Stop...stop joking."
Ning Xiang also had a look of disbelief. The people in front of her looked at least five or six years older than herself. How could there be such a young mentor in the spiritual prison.
