In his mind, Yong Ru didn't even connect the death of Wong Huo directly to Shun Long. Although Shun Long was strong, he couldn't kill someone in the blink of an eye. Especially someone as strong as Wong Huo, even if he was at the peak of rank 3 in earth grade. However, since he was quite a bit stronger than Yong Ru, perhaps Shun Long should have noticed some clues. At least that's what Yong Ru had assumed.
Shun Long just shook his head at Yong Ru's question though.
Obviously, he wouldn't admit that he was the one who did it. Keeping his trump cards hidden was extremely important. In the past, when he had used the 'Monarch's Domain' inside the imperial palace, the pressure from it was truly similar to the 'Pulverizing gravity art' from the 'mortal world'.
However, after advancing to rank 8 in qi condensation, the 'Monarch's Domain' had also evolved. What it exhibited wasn't just pressure like it did in the past, but a type of temporal restriction that stopped everything around Shun Long.
It was almost as if Shun Long only had access to an elementary part of the technique at the start, and it was becoming stronger as he advanced in his cultivation.
Yong Ru and the 3 girls were disappointed after seeing Shun Long's reaction. If even he hadn't seen anything then they wouldn't know what happened.
How terrifying would it be to have an enemy that can kill you without knowing when or how you were attacked?
Yong Ru then took out 2 red 'sect identifying jades' as he said
''Right! These guys also had 7 survival points on them. To tell you the truth brother, me and my junior sisters are attending this 'sect examination' for 2 reasons. The first, is to take advantage of the qi that will erupt from the from the central mountain, to advance our cultivation, while the second reason is to try and find a 'hell flower' for my grandfather. We know that it's impossible to get to the top 100 spots with just our strength, so we don't aim to gather survival points at all. My grandfather is an Elder in the 'Roaring wind pavilion' and the measly amount of 10 or 100 sect points is useless to me anyway.''
As Yong Ru finished speaking, he handed the 'sect identifying jades' to Shun Long.
Shun Long didn't refuse and instead said
''Thank you. If we do find a 'hell flower' I will help you obtain it. However, I don't think it's going to be that easy to find one.''
Yong Ru shook his head as he said
''No no, how could these 7 survival points match up to the value of a rank 3 spiritual herb like the 'hell flower'?''
Shun Long however shook his head and didn't respond. Yong Ru had treated him sincerely and had shared with him a lot valuable information. If they were going to find a 'hell flower' then Shun Long would really do his best to help him obtain it. However, as a rank 3 spiritual herb, the 'hell flower' was usually guarded by rank 3 magic beasts which were equal to Heaven grade cultivators, and it was an issue whether there was a 'hell flower' in the Demonic Mountain Region in the first place.
As Shun Long extracted the survival points from the 2 'sect identifying jades' of Xiao Li and Xiao Wan, as well as counting Wong Huo's 13 survival points that he had obtained before and the 5 that Shun Long already had, he had now gathered 25 survival points.
After throwing away the 'sect jades', Shun Long and the rest finally started eating the 'blood wolves' meat.
''Ahh, this meat is so tasty!''
''Yes, senior brother we should eat this wolf meat more often!''
''I agree senior brother, this is so good''
As the 3 girls were praising the taste of the meat, Shun Long could even sense that his body had started to slowly absorb the energy inside it. Qi cultivators could also use the energy inside the meat of magic beasts to replenish their qi faster, but it wouldn't help them advance in cultivation.
However, it was completely different for body refinement cultivators. Shun Long could sense that although minimal, his body was slowly becoming stronger as he consumed the magic beast meat.
Yong Ru just smiled at the 3 girls' words as he asked
''Was it that easy for us to kill this group of 'blood wolves'?''
The 3 girls' faces turned red from embarrassment. If they weren't lucky enough to meet Shun Long earlier, they wouldn't be eating 'blood wolves' meat, but instead the wolves would be having a grand feast right now.
Yong Ru was still smiling as he saw the 3 embarrassed girls and said
''Don't worry, if I manage to advance two more minor stages and reach the peak of rank 3 in earth grade, then we can hunt for 'blood wolves' without any problems''
Then Yong Ru's eyes turned serious as he said
''This will probably be the last time that we will get to be so relaxed in this 'sect exam'. From now on we will have to be more careful, as we will soon enter the inner regions of the Demonic Mountain Region.''
''Senior brother, what do you mean by 'inner region'?'' Ming Zhu asked as everyone's attention was on Yong Ru
''My grandfather told me that the Demonic Mountain Region is split into 3 main parts. The outer region where we are right now, the inner region where we will soon enter, and the most dangerous of them all where few people enter and even fewer survive, the central region where the central mountain lies.
The outer region is the weakest, where you will only find rank 1 magic beasts, or at worst, early rank 2 magic beasts roaming around. There are of course some very rare places in the outer region, where even higher rank magic beasts reside, but they will usually stay in their territories and you should avoid provoking them at all costs. However, the inner region is completely different. One wrong step in there, and our entire group is dead.''
