Chapter 50
Chapter 50
Since Mu Shuyu’s marriage could not be delayed, Xiao Jingting and others entered the jungle early.
Xiao Jingting had also toured around the jungle before, but only on the outskirts. Now that they were going deeper into the jungle, Xiao Jingting could not help but feel a little excited.
Xiao Jinfeng was at the front, Xiao Jingting was in the middle and Xu Muan was following behind, guarding them.
“It’s just ahead, be careful.” Xiao Jinfeng said.
Xiao Jingting nodded and said, “Good! I heard that there are often precious medicinal herbs near demonic beast lairs.”
Xiao Jinfeng nodded and said, “That’s true.”
“Here we are.” Xiao Jinfeng leapt up the tree to observe the movement.
“Take these bamboo rats out.” Xiao Jinfeng said after observing for a while.
When Xiao Jingting heard this, he released a few football-sized bamboo rats.
As soon as the bamboo rats were out, they scattered, immediately running away.
Xiao Jingting and others held their breath as they observed their movements.
After a long time, a demon beast with a body length of two meters, covered with black fur and a single horn, ran out.
The Wind Chasing Beast walked around in a guarded manner, making Xiao Jingting’s heart thump when he saw this majestic demonic beast.
Not only was the wind chasing beast very agile, but it was also very alert. Before coming to the jungle, Xiao Jinfeng sprayed them with the medicine that Mu Shuyu had prepared that could disrupt the Wind Chasing Beast’s sense of smell, otherwise they would already be discovered by now.
After a long time, the Wind Chasing Beast didn’t find anything wrong and rushed out, catching a bamboo rat with a bite.
Although the bamboo rats were released, scattered and escaped, the Wind Chasing Beast’s tracking ability was so strong that none of the released bamboo rats escaped.
The Wind Chasing Beast that had eaten and drunk enough, leisurely returned.
“Second brother, when are we going to do it?” Xiao Jingting spoke to Xiao Jinfeng.
“It will take another half an hour for the medicine to take full effect, so we still need to wait for a while before we do anything,” Xiao Jinfeng said.
Xiao Jingting nodded and obeyed Xiao Jinfeng’s words.
Xiao Jingting waited patiently for a few hours then he leapt down the tree under Xiao Jinfeng’s order.
They carefully entered the lair, the Wind Chasing Beast was dozing off in the lair but immediately roared when it felt an intrusion.
Xiao Jingting first spawned countless vines to restrict the movement of the Wind Chasing Beast.
The wind chasing beast waved its claws and tore apart the vines that Xiao Jingting had spawned. Xu Muan took advantage of the wind chasing beast fighting the vines and launched his sleeve arrows. The sleeve arrow that Xu Muan lost was found, and six sleeve arrows were refined again, becoming much more powerful than before.
Even though it was poisoned, the Wind Chasing Beast’s movements were still very agile, so four of the six sleeve arrows missed.
Xiao Jinfeng launched a fireball, and the black fur of the Wind Chasing Beast immediately burned. Most beasts were afraid of fire, and the wind chasing beast was no exception. Seeing its fur being burned up, the wind chasing beast roared and rolled on the ground.
Xiao Jinfeng and Xu Muan launched an even stronger fire attack. Xiao Jinfeng used his seal to smash Wind Chasing Beast on its head.
Xiao Jingting looked at the seal taken out by Xiao Jinfeng and became a little curious. The seal in Xiao Jinfeng’s hand was called the Python Seal, it was said that this seal needed to be soaked in the blood of several level 6 pythons which were extremely evil and powerful. This seal was one of the few gifts given to Xiao Jinfeng by the original body owner’s parents.
It was probably because the medicine took full effect that the speed of Wind Chasing Beast slowed down a lot.
Xiao Jinfeng used Python Seal to smash the beast more than ten times in a row, breaking the head of Wind Chasing Beast.
With the full cooperation of the three of them, the Wind Chasing Beast was quickly killed.
Once the beast was dead, the three of them became immediately relieved.
“Killing the demonic beast isn’t as difficult as I thought it would be!” Xiao Jingting said with excitement.
Xiao Jinfeng said helplessly, “Don’t take it lightly. Many old and experienced hunters died because of ignorant pride. This time if we weren’t well prepared, it wouldn’t be so easy to succeed. Wind Chasing Beasts are extremely fast, if you let it get close to you, it would be very dangerous.”
Xiao Jingting nodded his head as he was taught and said, “I know.”
The three people walked around the lair of Wind Chasing Beast. The cave of Wind Chasing Beast was very spacious and there was a pool of water. Xu Muan found a few stones emitting aura at the bottom of the pool, looking somehow similar to spirit jade. Xu Muan gave the stones to Xiao Jingting, who sent them into the space.
The three of them walked around the area but didn’t find any spiritual plants.
“I thought there would be good quality spiritual plants in the lair of the Wind Chasing Beast.” Xiao Jingting was a bit regretful.
“Don’t be too greedy. Those stones you got are of good quality, and if you sell them, you could earn three or four hundred taels. Let’s go, finding the road in the dark won’t be easy,” Xiao Jinfeng said.
Xiao Jingting nodded and answered, “Yes.”
Xiao Jinfeng brought the beast back to the village, which caused many people to come over to watch. They also learned that Xiao Jinfeng and Mu Shuyu were going to get married and the Wind Chasing Beast was the betrothal gift given to Mu Shuyu by Xiao Jinfeng. No matter what the villagers thought, people still expressed their blessings. Many newlyweds in the wild mainland would give their loved ones prey which on one hand represented wealth and on the other hand, showed the groom’s excellent combat effectiveness.
Xiao Jinfeng had a very bad reputation in the village. Qiu Li spread the gossip everywhere that Xiao Jinfeng was fierce and he was driven out of the Xiao family because he attempted to rape his cousin’s wife. Xiao Jinfeng’s character was so bad that no one was willing to marry him.
When the news came out that Xiao Jinfeng was going to get married, many people in the village laughed at Qiu Li for talking nonsense, causing Qiu Li to become very angry.
Coincidentally, the wedding dates of the Qiu and Xiao families were chosen on the same day.
Father Qiu spread the news all over the village that his son was going to marry into a big family and become a master. Many people who heard the rumors were very jealous of Qiu Bai.
Hearing that Qiu Bai was going to marry into a big family, Xu Muan became relieved. Although Xu Muan understood that Xiao Jingting was no longer the same and this Xiao Jingting was very displeased with Qiu Bai, he still felt uneasy as long as this person was in front of them.
Xiao Jinfeng chose to get married in a very low-key manner, and Xu Muan chose to invite only a few families to participate.
Halfway through the wedding, people from the Marquis Mansion came to check first class fields that were deserted before. People from the Marquis Mansion were very direct, saying that Xiao Jingting had abandoned farmland for three months and needed to pay a three-month fine, which was 1500 taels in total.
The huge fine scared all the guests who came to the Xiao family for the wedding.
Most of the villagers did not know about this rule. Some villagers only felt that it was a pity that Xiao Jingting’s fields were deserted, but never thought that deserting the fields would cost so much money.
Xiao Jingting’s few mu of first-class field, to be exact, should have been deserted for two months and twenty-seven days. Xiao Jingting asked Xiao Jinfeng about it and according to Xiao Jinfeng, as long as it was less than three months, they should only pay a fine of two months.
“The people of Marquis Mansion said three months.” Xiao Jingting could not argue with them and could only take out the silver. Xiao Jingting had already prepared money for the fine, however, it was only 1,000 taels, so Xu Muan took 300 taels of silver out and Xiao Jinfeng also gave 200 taels out, before sending them away.
At the wedding of the Xiao family, the people from Marquis Mansion came to ask for a huge fine, which became a topic of conversation among the villagers.
“So it turns out that there’s a fine for deserting the field, I’ve never heard of it before!”
“There was no such rule before, it should be a new rule from the Marquis.”
“The Marquis is too overbearing. The fine is too high.”
“What nonsense are you talking about? How dare you speak ill of Marquis?”
“I’m just talking casually, but Master Xiao is really rich! He took a thousand taels of silver out without blinking an eye.”
“Exactly! That’s 1,500 taels! It’s enough to buy dozens of mus of first-class fields.”
“It’s really strange that the people from Marquis Mansion didn’t come sooner or later, but picked the time when people got married to collect the fine.”
“Yes! It’s too strange, it’s a good thing that the Xiao family had enough silver, if they didn’t, they would go to jail.”
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The huge fine of the Xiao family made the villagers feel sorry for them and most of them expressed their sympathy for the Xiao family, while other people thought that the Xiao family was really rich and could afford such a large fine for ordinary people.
At night, Xiao Jingting sat in front of the window, frowning.
“Going to sleep?” Xu Muan asked.
“I can’t sleep.” Xiao Jingting gritted his teeth. Thinking of those people from the Marquis’s residence storming into his own home, Xiao Jingting felt very stifled. The feeling of needing to rely on others made Xiao Jingting feel very depressed.
“In this world, strength is the most important thing, when you are strong enough to crush these people, these people will naturally have to look up to you,” Xu Muan said. The people who came this time, their leader was a 6-level Qi Practitioner and just by standing there, he could give people a great pressure.
Xiao Jingting narrowed his eyes, “This bunch of people, from all days, they chose today.”
Xu Muan lowered his head and said, “I think someone behind the scene helped them chose the date.”
“Could it be the Xiao family?” Xiao Jingting asked.
Xu Muan nodded and said, “It’s possible, but I think it’s more likely that someone from the village was jealous. Xiao Ping has sent me another letter, saying that your uncle has advanced to the seventh level as well as your third uncle. The old man also left seclusion, so your first and third uncle will compete to curry favor with your grandfather. So he shouldn’t have time to pay attention to you and your second brother.” Xiao Jinfeng and Mu Shuyu’s marriage was hastily decided, and the other side of the Xiao Family should not pay attention to this.
Xiao Jingting narrowed his eyes and said, “That’s it! Don’t let me know which asshole did it.”
“I think it might be Qiu Li.” Xu Muan said.
Xiao Jingting curiously asked, “Why do you say that?”
“We didn’t offend many people in this village, and not many people know laws and regulations. This guy Qiu Li often goes to town and is regarded as an intellectual in the town. Recently, you ignored his brother, so he may hate you for that,” Xu Muan said.
Xiao Jingting nodded and said, “That makes sense! Moreover, Qiu Li often wanders around my field and seemed recalcitrant.”
“He used to be a talent of the village, but now you have stolen the limelight from him,” Xu Muan said.