Chapter 9: Escaping the Predicament

  "I didn't disrespect you," Jiang Feng said with a slightly guilty tone.

  The woman looked at Jiang Feng's face, which was indeed very bad. It was as if Jiang Feng had done something extremely sinful. Just now, it was this woman who quietly spoke to Jiang Feng and made him avoid that cave.

  "You've just heard that the Bu Tian Dan is something that can be exchanged for a Xian Dan. You're going to give it to someone you've just met, are you crazy?" The woman in blue said.

  "You also saw, what that person has become. He also said that only the Supplementing Heaven Pill can save him. I just so happen to have some, so I'll help him out. Anyway, I don't need it right now." Jiang Feng said with a self-righteous tone.

  "It's not needed now, but it can be used later. Can you guarantee that you won't get seriously injured again in the future? At that time, the Supplementing Heaven Pill will be a lifesaver." The woman in blue said.

  "Would you be satisfied if I just nodded in agreement? Don't expect me to suffer and die. Besides, this place, do you think I can walk out of here on my own? Or will you take me out? If we really can save that person, maybe they'll take me out with them. Using a pill like this one, which isn't even useful now, to exchange for a way out, doesn't seem like a bad deal." Jiang Feng said.

  Looking at Jiang Feng's determined expression and tone, the woman in blue clothes was very angry and reluctant to give up the Bu Tian Dan. But she really couldn't persuade Jiang Feng to change his mind.

  "Since you've made up your mind, then so be it. Anyway, you're not suited for cultivation, and keeping that thing will only bring disaster." The woman in blue said as she disappeared once again.

  After muttering to himself for a couple of sentences, Jiang Feng walked back to the cave. He looked at the mummy-like person with a smile and said: "I'm a person who, if you ask me about math, physics, or computer knowledge, I still know some things. But when it comes to foreign languages, I'm not very proficient. I have a few words here that I'd like to ask for your instruction, sir. I hope you won't mind teaching me."

  The person trapped inside the dark purple stone, like a mummy, was very puzzled about what Jiang Feng meant. He was also thinking about what this computer thingy was.

  At this time, Jiang Feng opened his broken armor and pulled out the jade bottle from his waist. Then he handed the yellow paper stuck on the jade bottle to the person who looked like a dry corpse.

  Just as Jiang Feng didn't understand what he was going to do, the man looked at the words on the yellow paper and his eyes suddenly widened. The purple-black stones that trapped him began to shake, and the tree vines also started shaking along with them.

  "Do you still remember what was written on the yellow paper?" Jiang Feng said with a smile.

  That mummy-like person stared at the jade bottle, dazed for a while, before saying: "The Supplementing Heaven Pill, it's written on top that it's the Supplementing Heaven Pill. Could it be that what's inside the bottle is actually the Supplementing Heaven Pill?"

  "I don't know if the bottle contains Bu Tian Dan or not. But when I picked up the bottle, the yellow paper was already on it. And there are also these three words on the stone pedestal where the bottle is placed. However, I think it's probably correct." Jiang Feng said.

  The person trapped in the cave was very excited. The corpse-like face even trembled with excitement. But soon, this person calmed down again.

  "The fellow Daoist took out this elixir, what is the intention behind it? It's better to speak clearly." said the person trapped in the mountain cave.

  Jiang Feng tossed the jade bottle in his hand, saying leisurely: "There's no particular intention. I just think that this encounter is fate. Moreover, I have a pellet of divine medicine that I don't need myself, and you happen to need it, so taking it out to help you isn't a problem. It's just that I have my own conditions."

  It seems that Jiang Feng had expected this and the people trapped in the cave were very calm as they said, "What conditions, Daoist friend please speak."

  "It's not a big deal. I just want to make things clear first. I'm just a small person, nothing special about me, and there's nothing worth your while to fight for. Besides, no matter what you were in the past, I only hope that the person I save isn't someone who will go out and do evil everywhere. At least he can't kill me as soon as he gets free. If you can promise me not to hurt me, and hopefully won't do bad things in the future either, then I'll give you this medicine." Jiang Feng said.

  After hearing Jiang Feng's words, after being trapped in the cave, he seemed to have become stupid. It wasn't until a while later that he spoke up in a disbelieving tone: "With conditions like these."

  Jiang Feng nodded and said seriously: "That's the condition."

  "No problem, I promise you. If we escape and anyone dares to harm my fellow Taoist, I will surely die under the heavenly punishment and turn into ashes." said the person trapped in the mountain cave.

  Everyone said so, and Jiang Feng didn't hesitate anymore. After moving forward a bit, he pulled out the stopper of the jade bottle. The moment the stopper was removed, a strong fragrance wafted out from the jade bottle. Jiang Feng just smelled it and felt refreshed all over his body. His injuries, which had not fully recovered, seemed to have healed instantly. The eyes of those trapped in the mountain cave also became brighter.

  "Let me make it clear, I have no idea if this is a Panacea or poison. You're on your own for any consequences. Don't blame me if you die," said Jiang Feng.

  "I understand," said the man trapped in the cave.

  When Jiang Feng poured out the medicine and brought it to the man's lips, the man did not immediately swallow it. Instead, he looked at Jiang Feng with an incredulous gaze, stunning Jiang Feng into a daze.

  "Can fellow Taoists understand the value of the Supplementing Heaven Pill? Is it really worth using this pill to save an old, dying man like me?" said the person trapped in the mountain cave.

  Jiang Feng's head swelled up as soon as he heard it. He said in a bad temper: "Is your brain sick? I didn't know this thing was an immortal pill. I didn't know this thing was a treasure. Eat or not, if you don't eat, you'll regret it."

  They said they wanted to regret, but didn't take away the Dan medicine. The people trapped in the cave looked at Jiang Feng, a few seconds later, whispered a thank you, then slightly lowered their head and sucked the Buxiantian Dan into their mouth.

  The medicine was swallowed, Jiang Feng inserted the bottle into his waist and quickly retreated from the cave, hiding far away. Thinking to himself: hopefully it's not poison, even if it is, when he dies, don't implicate me.

  There was no reaction inside the cave. Jiang Feng could only watch from a distance, and as he waited, he became somewhat anxious. At this moment, he heard someone speaking beside his ear, and it was the voice of the woman in blue clothes.

  "There's no need to rush. That person needs to refine the medicinal power within the elixir, which will take some time. You can just wait slowly." The woman in blue said.

  The elixir of the dark path is not something that can cure diseases immediately. Jiang Feng was no longer anxious. At this time, he really felt hungry, but there was nothing to eat. There was nothing edible in sight either. This put Jiang Feng in a dilemma.

  "If that person needs a few more months, I'll starve to death here." Jiang Feng muttered softly.

  "Where's the storage bag you picked up? With a bit of spiritual energy, it can be opened. There should be something to eat inside." The voice of the woman in blue clothes came from beside her ear again.

  Upon hearing this, Jiang Feng's heart was filled with joy. He hastily took down one of the storage bags from his waist and tried several times before finally mobilizing a thread of spiritual energy towards the bag.

  Who knew that just as the storage bag was about to be opened, a loud thunderclap came from the sky, and dark clouds suddenly gathered. This scene was exactly the same as when he was struck by lightning just now. Jiang Feng was so frightened that he hastily stopped what he was doing.

  Jiang Feng breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the dark clouds disappear into the distance. Just then, the woman in blue appeared beside him again and took over his storage bag. She opened it and pulled out the food inside.

  It's fortunate that the original owner of the storage bag was a Qi Refining stage cultivator. If it were a high-ranking cultivator, whether or not there would be an array seal on the storage bag is unknown. Just talking about food, it's very likely that there wouldn't be any.

  "What just happened? Why did the sky change as soon as I mobilized a bit of spiritual energy? It's like I'm going to be struck by lightning again." Jiang Feng asked, extremely puzzled.

  The woman in blue glanced at the sky and said dejectedly, "That's the heavens being jealous of you, wanting to strike you dead. Your little bit of spiritual power is better left unused."

  After she finished speaking, the woman in blue disappeared. Only Jiang Feng was left there, dazed. After a while, Jiang Feng finally raised his middle finger to the sky. He thought that he had just gained a hint of pitiful spiritual power and didn't know what its use was, yet he suffered such treatment. Can he still live?

  Depressed and returned depressed, but really had no way. Jiang Feng didn't dare to call out that little pitiful spiritual power again. Fortunately, there was food now, and he wouldn't starve to death. He could also let Jiang Feng wait with peace of mind.

  As for exploring other places, Jiang Feng didn't want to do that. The surroundings were either forests or mountains, and he had no idea what kind of danger he might encounter. It was better to wait until the people in the cave recovered first.

  This wait, it's been a good half month. In this half month, Jiang Feng had nothing to do, and that woman in blue didn't pay attention to him either. He really had nothing to do, so he studied the yellow cloth, or else he would study the gourd, or maybe his clothes. But none of them could be figured out.

  On this day, just as Jiang Feng was about to get bored to death, a wave of air came from the cave. Immediately after that, a loud rumbling sound came. Jiang Feng knew that the people inside the cave were probably going to escape. He quickly hid further away, afraid of being hit by rocks.

  Just ran out a few steps, and heard a burst of laughter coming. When I turned back to look, a purple-black boulder with tree roots on it flew out of the mountain cave. The boulder split open in mid-air, and a person walked out from inside.

  As soon as the man appeared, he was enveloped in a green light. After a moment, the green light dissipated, and a middle-aged man appeared where he had been standing. The large, cracked purple-black stone hovered beside him.

  "This old man's Taoist name is Qingmu, thank you for saving my life again, fellow Taoist." The person in the air said as he landed in front of Jiang Feng and bowed deeply to him.

  Looking at the middle-aged Taoist in front of him with a ruddy complexion and a refreshed spirit, Jiang Feng secretly admired him. Thinking that the immortal pill was indeed an immortal pill, such a dry corpse was actually cured. It's really incredible.