Chapter 14 of Volume 1: Qu Yun Wu You

  As for this round, Feng Ruo didn't have any feelings about it because he neither belonged to the Tian Xuan Institute nor the Tian Ji Institute. Whoever won or lost had nothing to do with him.

  "Huh? Feng Ruo? What are you doing here?" At this time, a few people with their heads hung low in disappointment, including Kong Fei, walked over. As soon as they saw Feng Ruo hiding in the corner of the wall, Qu Yun and others didn't bother to pay attention to him, but Kong Fei asked aloud.

  "Hey! Nothing much, I hunted down a few first-rate spiritual beasts the other day, so I thought I'd bring them over to sell!" Feng Ruo said cautiously, his eyes fixed on the sly merchant Qu Yun.

  Qu Yun's age was only a few years older than Kong Fei, his cultivation was in the middle of Qi Refining stage, and his appearance was ordinary, but his eyes were extraordinary, making people know at a glance that he was an astute person.

  But the fact is that this guy has almost grasped all the small news of Qingyun Sect, and various secrets in the cultivation world are also familiar with him. More importantly, Qu Yun is extremely good at doing business, and in just a few years, he has earned hundreds of low-grade five-element stones, which were then used to purchase the Lingyun suit.

  The so-called Lingyun set is woven from golden silkworm silk as the main material, and whether it's toughness or defensive ability, it far exceeds the Xuecansuit made of snow silkworm silk. More importantly, the Lingyun set consists of four pieces, one more than the Xuecansuit, namely Lingyun upper garment, Lingyun leg guard, Lingyun cloak, and Lingyun battle boots, which also represents that once the Lingyun set is combined, it will have four basic array methods!

  However, even a cunning merchant like Qu Yun was unable to collect the entire Lingyun set, currently lacking the Lingyun Cloak and Lingyun Boots. Nevertheless, it's still quite impressive, as the Lingyun set is a mid-grade artifact, its power not comparable to the Xuecang set. In the entire Qingyun Sect's three generations of disciples, there won't be more than ten people who own even a single piece, with people like Kong Fei looking up to Qu Yun as an idol.

  "Hunt and kill spiritual beasts? You think you can?" As soon as Feng Ruo's words fell, unexpectedly, everyone including Kong Fei looked over with skeptical expressions. Because who doesn't know that this so-called miscellaneous servant isn't even at the initial stage of refining energy, probably not even able to withstand a first-level spiritual beast, let alone hunt and kill several?

  "Huh?" But soon, everyone's gaze changed, because from start to finish they had been ignoring Feng Wu, so they hadn't taken a good look before. Now they only discovered that Feng Wu had actually raised his cultivation to the early stage of Refining Qi!

  "Wow! Feng Ruo! You've reached the early stages of Qi refinement in just one season, how did you do it?" Kong Fei exclaimed with some surprise and delight. He had a good relationship with Feng Ruo, so he couldn't help but feel happy for him at this moment.

  "Hey! I don't know what's going on either, it just ended up like this!" Feng Ruo chuckled and didn't explain, but instead looked at Qu Yun who was also clearly surprised but remained silent.

  "Haha! Congratulations are in order! Feng Ruo, where's your prey? Don't be shy, show it off!" Qu Yun smiled slightly and said simply, without any other expression.

  Feng Ruofei didn't hesitate and directly took out the corpses of four first-class spiritual beasts that he had hunted down over a period of time. These four spiritual beast corpses were all well-preserved, with only two or three wounds on each, which was the result of his careful planning.

  "Ah! Feng Ruo, you really can kill these low-level spiritual beasts!" Kong Fei exclaimed with a face full of surprise. To him, this seemed somewhat inconceivable. Although Feng Ruo had already advanced to the initial stage of Qi Refining, he had only just advanced and didn't have even a decent defensive suit on his body, let alone a first-rate sword. It was well-known that even they, as third-generation disciples, could only hunt and kill first-level spiritual beasts when they were in groups during their initial Qi Refining stage!

  It's not just Kong Fei, Qu Yun and others are also shocked. They originally thought that if Feng Ruo could luckily hunt one or two spiritual beasts, it would be good enough. However, he actually hunted four at once, and from the wounds, they were almost all killed with two knives, just this point alone has far exceeded their original achievements.

  However, Qu Yun and Kong Fei did not know that Feng Ruo actually had more than a decade of killing experience, with a combat consciousness far beyond theirs. In other words, it's not an exaggeration to describe him as someone who kills without batting an eye. Therefore, although Feng Ruo only possessed a tiny bit of pitiful magical power, he was able to make the most of it.

  But Qu Yun and others were different, they had excellent qualifications and all kinds of favorable conditions, but after all, they were just a group of little kids, facing those ferocious spiritual beasts, it was already not bad that they didn't get scared to tears, how could they possibly do it so cleanly and efficiently?

  Qu Yun and others' faces changed, their gaze towards Feng Ruo no longer had a hint of disdain, despite him being just an odd-jobber.

  "Great! Very good!" Qu Yun quickly wiped the surprise off his face, smiled and said: "I'll take these four spiritual beasts, each one will be priced at the market price of a five-element stone. What do you think?"

  "Ah! Of course, no problem!" Feng Ruo was stunned for a moment, but he hadn't expected Qu Yun to offer such a high price. As far as he knew, these first-class spiritual beasts might not even be able to sell for this price at the market!

  "Hehe! These are four low-grade five-element stones, take them!" Qu Yun handed over the four sparkling five-element stones to Feng Ruo, and then continued with a smile: "Feng Ruo, are you interested in joining our hunting team? If you're willing, I can lend you a White Feather Crane on credit!"

  Qu Yun's words left not only Feng Ruo stunned, but also Kong Fei and several others beside him. They all stared at Qu Yun in unison, shocked because they were all cultivators with mid-stage Qi Refining cultivation. Naturally, they wouldn't go hunting ordinary first-grade spiritual beasts, but rather second or third-grade ones. How could Feng Ruo, who was only at the early stage of Qi Refining, possibly have such strength?

  Feng Ruo also found it unbelievable. To be honest, if he were to face a second-level spiritual beast now, he could only save his life, and if he wanted to hunt and kill it, he would have to pay a terrible price. As for Qu Yun's hunting team, of course, he wanted to join, but he also knew how much weight he had.

  "How about it, Feng Ruo? I'm being very sincere. For the purchase of the White Crane's Five Elements Stone, I can lend you the money and you can repay me slowly. Moreover, joining us may be a bit dangerous, but the returns will also be high. Perhaps in not too long, you might even be able to buy the Snow Silkworm set! Qu Yun still looked at Feng Ruo, his high opinion of him wasn't because of that so-called Qi Refining initial cultivation, but rather those four Spirit Beast corpses' wounds, which could only be described as ruthless and precise!"

  Perhaps everyone in this hunting team can do it, but that's because they have the cultivation of refining Qi in the middle period, plus the defense of the suit and the sharpness of the sword, with such strong equipment, if you still can't do it, it's not worth mentioning.

  However, Fang Ruo only had a tattered cloth garment on his body, and the short knife at his waist was clearly just an ordinary sword that had been strengthened once. Being able to achieve all this under such crude conditions was enough to prove his potential.

  Qu Yun thinks he is a qualified businessman and naturally understands what it means to have a rare commodity in hand!

  Feng Ruozhe naturally understood Qu Yun's intention. He had been on the battlefield since he was 14 years old, and after more than a decade, what kind of person hadn't he seen? How could he not be clear about these little guys' thoughts? However, he really yearned to obtain a flying mount, even if it was just a low-level White Crane!

  Moreover, through this period of observation, Qu Yun, apart from possessing all the conditions of a shrewd businessman, is also not bad as a person; otherwise, he wouldn't have taken such good care of Kong Fei and the others.

  "Alright! No problem! I'm in! Please take care of me from now on, seniors!" Xiang Ye smiled and nodded in response.

  "Haha! That's great! Don't worry, as long as I, Kong Fei, am here, your safety is guaranteed!" Kong Fei was the first to cheer up.

  "Kong Fei, stop bragging! Which time did you not hide behind when hunting spiritual beasts?" A youth about the same age as Kong Fei, who was standing next to him, said with a smirk. He then nodded at Feng Ruo and continued, "I'm Tang Qing, welcome to join us!"

  "My name is Yan Ming! Next time we hunt spiritual beasts, you can just hide behind me!" A chubby teenager of seventeen or eighteen years old shouted out, looking at his proud appearance, it seems that his strength is not weak.

  "Dong Yan Yu!" A tall and thin boy, like a hemp rod, rushed to Feng Ruoyi and nodded, unlike Xiao Pangzi Yanming, he always had an icy expression.

  "Fang Huan!" The last one was actually the oldest among them, about twenty-three or four years old, with a cold gaze that made it impossible to read his mind.

  Feng Ruo also exchanged greetings with these few people, although he was the oldest in age. However, due to his miscellaneous role identity, he could only address them as "senior brothers". Nevertheless, Feng Ruo didn't mind this, after all, the actual strength of these people far surpassed his own.

  As everyone finished introducing themselves, Qu Yun smiled again and said: "We've just returned from hunting and need to rest at the mountain gate for a season before going out. During this time, Feng Ru, you might as well make some preparations. When the hunt begins, I'll notify you. Besides, in a few days, I'll go to the Tian Dang Mountain market to buy a white-feathered crane for you, and you can take this opportunity to get familiar with flying!"

  After saying this, Qu Yun nodded at Feng Ruo and then turned around with Tang Qing and several others to leave.