Chapter Twelve Separately

  For a moment, the ravens and sparrows fell silent, and everyone even had an illusion, wondering if what they saw just now was a dream or not?

  "Cough!" Someone coughed, breaking the brief silence.

  The purple wind slowly fell down and calmly said: "Alright, the trouble has been resolved, can I have the thing now?"

  The group of people made continuous gulping sounds, their faces filled with reverence and fear, but the young man in white clothes remained expressionless, only revealing a tired look.

  "Senior, please accept this." The young man in white clothes walked forward slowly and handed the jade box to Purple Wind with both hands, saying respectfully. However, his face occasionally flashed with a painful expression, apparently because if it weren't for the other party's overwhelming strength, he wouldn't have let go so easily.

  Zi Feng took over the jade box, opened it for inspection, and confirmed that it was indeed a human-shaped fruit. He then flipped his hand to put it away and turned around to leave.

  "I dare ask, sir, what is your esteemed name? I am Long Yan of the Great Flame Empire." The young man in white hastily replied.

  "Oh, Great Flame Empire, who is Long Yue Tian to you?" Zi Feng stopped in his tracks and asked in surprise.

  "It's just family ancestors."

  "I said, it turns out you're a descendant of Long Yue Tian. Haha, I haven't seen Long Yue Tian in many years, didn't expect him to end up in the Great Flame Empire. By generation, you can call me senior and it wouldn't be excessive. Go back and tell your ancestor that Zi Feng will visit old friends when he has time." After finishing speaking, Zi Feng's figure disappeared, leaving behind a ray of light shooting towards the white-clothed youth.

  "This time I took advantage of you, if it wasn't for the urgent need for a human-shaped fruit, I wouldn't have wanted your thing, consider this as compensation. I see that your foundation is good, but there are defects in your cultivation method, perhaps it will be helpful to you." A voice entered the ears of the young man in white clothes.

  The white-clothed youth caught it, the light dissipated, revealing a jade slip of emerald green, with the three words "You Long Quan" written on it. The strokes were bold and powerful, captivating one's heart and soul. As if knowing that this technique was certainly not weak, the white-clothed youth's face lit up with great joy, and he hastily put away the jade slip.

  "Thank you, senior, for the gift. I will definitely repay it to my ancestors." The young man in white bowed towards the direction where Purple Wind had disappeared, and without lingering, led a group of people to disappear from Jiang Hao's line of sight.

  "Haha, Brother Zifeng, I really can't see through you more and more." Seeing Zifeng reappear in front of everyone, they finally came back to their senses. Tiashan was the first to break the silence.

  "Who would have thought that he's a junior of an old friend? Alas, if I had known earlier, I wouldn't have been able to take this person-shaped fruit either. It'll be awkward when I meet my old friend in the future." Zi Feng looked very troubled.

  "Brother Purple Wind, don't worry, you saved their lives, this is more important than anything else. I think your old friend should thank you instead! Haha!" Iron Mountain said with a smile.

  "It seems that this time I'll have to visit my old friends properly when I go back. Brother Tieshan, let's continue on our journey. I've already obtained the human-shaped fruit I needed, and if there's anything else you need, just speak up. We should try to leave the mountain range before nightfall." Zi Feng said calmly after a brief pause.

  "Jiang Hao, stop spacing out, let's go." Tieshan patted the dazed Jiang Hao beside him.

  "Ah, it's gone." Jiang Huan was shocked and asked in surprise. Having witnessed Zifeng's move just now, Jiang Huan's heart could no longer be calm. The technique that made a group of thunder wolves disappear with a wave of his hand had deeply shocked him.

  "Hehe, see? I told you my uncle is awesome!" Xiaoyu also chimed in with a grin.

  "Uncle Purple Wind, can this humanoid fruit let us take a look? I've never seen what spiritual medicine looks like before." Jiang Huan intentionally ignored Purple Feather and asked Purple Wind instead.

  "Oh, of course." As he spoke, he took out a jade box and opened it. A transparent fruit appeared before everyone's eyes, shaped like a newborn baby. Inside, there were many thread-like objects, just like the meridians in the human body. And amazingly, ** was flowing through the meridians.

  "It's said that the Human-Shaped Fruit can thoroughly change a person's meridians, eliminating those useless meridians and even giving birth to some new ones that others don't have, making the person who consumes it extraordinary, with more terrifying innate abilities. I wonder if it's true." Mu Chen suddenly said.

  "Heh heh, I didn't think Brother Mu Chen knew so much. Indeed, the Human Form Fruit does have this effect, but the success rate is only 50%. If it fails, the person who consumed it will have their meridians completely destroyed and will never be able to cultivate battle energy again." Zi Feng said in surprise, looking at Mu Chen with a mixture of shock and embarrassment.

  "Hmm, I also unintentionally heard it from my grandfather." Mu Chen scratched his head and said with a smile.

  "Zi Feng, this person-shaped fruit, you wouldn't be thinking of... giving it to Xiao Yu to eat, would you?" Tie Shan suddenly thought of and asked casually.

  "Hmm." Zi Feng put away his smile and continued, "When Xiao Yu was born, I checked her out and found that her meridians were abnormally disordered. Many important meridians had actually atrophied. Although she's been taking many spiritual pills and medicines over the years, it's only allowed her to cultivate battle energy. Otherwise, she'd have the strength of a Battle Master by now."

  "What? Uncle Purple Wind, won't you be putting Xiao Yu in danger by doing this?" Jiang Hao asked worriedly.

  "Jiang Hao, Uncle is also for my own good. In our Da Luo Empire, if I don't have the power, my future life will be worse than death. If I had a choice, I would choose to take risks." Ziyu, who hadn't spoken for a long time, opened her mouth, with no fear on her face, but rather a kind of longing.

  Zi Feng stroked Xiao Yu's head, smiling and saying: "Everyone doesn't have to worry too much, I have a way to increase the success rate to 90%, I believe that with Xiao Yu's condition, there shouldn't be any problem. Xiao Yu is a child I've watched grow up, and I also hope she can go further with her own strength, rather than relying on my protection."

  "Alright, let's hurry up and get going, we need to reach the town before nightfall." Tieshan said as he walked.

  Everyone stopped talking and quickened their pace, they had walked for two days on the way here, but now going down the mountain was much faster. Tieshan and Zifeng took Jiangyue and Xiaoyu respectively, and on the road, they encountered several batches of mercenaries. Zifeng casually dispatched a few teams of unscrupulous robbers, making everyone sigh that having real power is indeed different.

  When the sun sets in the west and only half of its head is exposed, everyone finally came out of the forest and saw a small town at the end of the distant road, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

  "Farewell, everyone. It was a pleasure meeting you all during this brief encounter. If any of you have the chance in the future, please come visit my Great Luo Empire and I will treat you with the utmost hospitality." Zifeng stopped in his tracks, turned around, and bowed.

  "Brother Zifeng is being polite, but I'm afraid it will be a bother." Iron Mountain and the others replied.

  "Hehe, nothing much. Oh, right, Jiang Heng little brother, you must come, I hope that next time we meet, you'll already be a powerful individual who can stand on your own." Zi Feng said with a smile to Jiang Heng.

  Jiang Hao looked at Purple Wind, then glanced at Purple Feather, seeing that Purple Feather was lowering her head and not speaking, nodded and said: "Uncle Purple Wind, if one day I go find you, don't pretend to not recognize me."

  "Haha, don't worry about it, the future belongs to you young people anyway. Little Yu, let's go, it's getting late and they must be waiting anxiously." Zifeng laughed loudly.

  "Brother Zifeng, it's so late, you still have to hurry on the road, why not do it together tomorrow morning?" Tieshan looked at the sky getting darker and darker, which was not convenient for traveling.

  "Oh, no more, I've received the message, someone is coming to pick us up, and I also want to hurry back to help Xiao Yu improve her physique, so I won't wait until tomorrow. Everyone, we'll meet again." After saying that, she took Xiao Yu and left.

  There is no banquet that doesn't disperse, the crowd stayed in the small town for one night and set off early the next morning on the Griffin Lion beast back to Solaria. After completing their mission at the Mercenary Guild, each of them received 500 gold coins, whispered to each other for a while, and then dispersed.

  Jiang Hao rushed out of the Mercenary Association and sprinted in the direction of his home, having been away for several days. He didn't know how his mother was doing and he also needed to start his arduous training soon. Without actual strength, every step was indeed difficult.

  A few days of traveling through the mountains thoroughly changed this young man's perspective. There are people outside of people, and skies beyond skies. Previously thinking that his own father was an invincible existence, he now realized that this world is truly too big, and he still has a long way to go. To become stronger, a true strong person, he will absolutely not retreat. Jiang Huan's heart at this moment was filled with unprecedented determination.

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