Chapter 127: Night Drinking

As night fell, outside Dahei Mountain.

Yu Chengyi put in a tremendous effort, finally killing the monster beast in front of him.

This took more effort than he had originally planned.

The monster beast wasn’t strong, but it was quite cunning and fast. Even when heavily injured, it still managed to find ways to escape from his grasp.

Originally, with more people, they could have surrounded it, preventing its escape. But after lending several people to Mo Hua, the encirclement had significant gaps.

The monster beast also seized several opportunities to flee. It wasn't until evening that Yu Chengyi finally chased it down and killed it.

The other few people were also more or less injured, but fortunately, they were only flesh wounds, nothing serious.

Everyone properly packed up the monster beast and then headed to a nearby monster hunting camp to rest.

It was already late, and traveling was difficult. Moreover, they had been tired all day and wanted to rest for a while.

Several monster hunting masters lit lamps. As the dim yellow light flickered, the cramped camp became warmer.

Yu Chengyi took out several bottles of strong wine and poured some for everyone.

Everyone raised their cups, drank in one gulp. As the strong wine went down, they immediately felt much of their body’s fatigue dissipate.

Yu Chengyi smacked his lips and said, "What a pity, we have wine but no meat."

One of the monster hunting masters coughed and took out a paper package from his storage bag. Opening it, it was several jin of pre-cut beef monster meat.

It was reddish-brown, dotted with spicy seasonings, and the pungent aroma hit their noses.

Yu Chengyi cursed, "Why didn't you take it out earlier? This old man has already had several mouthfuls of wine."

That person was also not polite. "Then you don't eat it! This old man didn't want to take it out!"

Several people laughed and cursed at each other for a few more sentences, then began to eat meat and drink wine, greatly enjoying themselves.

"This beef is from the Mo Shan family, right?" someone asked.

"Nonsense, besides his family, where else can you eat such delicious meat?"

"Go to the Spirit Food Building on North Street, the spirit meat there is definitely good!"

"Too expensive, no point in eating it."

"Next time I get close to Mo Shan, I'll see if I can get him to send some..."

"You have the nerve?"

"Get lost!"

Several people chatted as they ate.

Yu Chengyi, however, slightly frowned. When Mo Shan was mentioned, he thought of his son, Mo Hua.

He wondered how Mo Hua was doing now, if he had encountered any danger.

Just then, Yu Chengyi suddenly became alert. His expression turned serious as he said, "There's movement!"

Several monster hunting masters all put down their wine cups, crouched low with knives at the ready, staring vigilantly at the camp entrance. One monster hunting master walked to the entrance, peeked out, and relaxed his expression. He turned his head and said, "It's Old Zhao."

Everyone else also breathed a sigh of relief, sat back down, and picked up their wine to drink.

Old Zhao walked in. Seeing them, he couldn't help but scold, "I'm rushing here in the dead of night, and you're all here relaxing, with wine and meat!"

"We didn't think you were coming back."

"Your wife is pregnant, we all thought you went back."

"It's your own bad luck..."

Everyone laughed.

Yu Chengyi poured a cup of wine and beckoned Old Zhao to sit down.

Old Zhao was not polite. He had been rushing for half a day and was both tired and thirsty. He picked up the wine and drank it all in one go. The wine was spicy going down, but he felt much better.

Yu Chengyi couldn't help but ask, "Mo Hua, that child, is he alright?"

Upon hearing this, Old Zhao’s expression became complicated.

Yu Chengyi's heart skipped a beat. "What? Did something happen?"

Old Zhao shook his head. "No, he went home."

"Oh, that's good," Yu Chengyi relaxed. He couldn't help but scold, "Can't you speak plainly? You scared this old man!"

Yu Chengyi picked up his wine and took a sip, then casually asked, "What did Mo Hua, that child, go to do?"

"Nothing, just went to kill a monster beast..."

Yu Chengyi sprayed out a mouthful of wine. "What?"

Old Zhao helplessly repeated, "Killed a monster beast."

"A first-grade middle-stage?"

"A first-grade middle-stage."

Yu Chengyi was stunned. "How did he kill it?"

Old Zhao sighed. Yu Chengyi’s expression suddenly showed understanding. He patted Old Zhao's shoulder, "Old Zhao, you're capable. It must have been hard for you!"

After saying that, he felt something wasn't right. He puzzled and asked, "You're not injured, it doesn't look like you killed it."

"I didn't kill it..." Old Zhao said, "At least, it doesn't count as me killing it."

Yu Chengyi frowned and asked, "What do you mean 'counts' or 'doesn't count'? Don't be so wishy-washy, just say what you have to say!"

Old Zhao organized his words a bit and said, "Mo Hua, that child, set a trap, arranged an array. When the monster beast walked into the trap, he used a fireball technique to ignite the array, and that monster beast was blown to heavy injury..."

"Then the few of us, actually didn't even need me, those few Qi Refining middle-stage kids were enough. They just killed the heavily injured, dying monster beast..."

Yu Chengyi slightly wrinkled his eyebrows.

The other several monster hunting masters then said, "Old Zhao, are you drunk? What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Can this monster beast be a first-grade middle-stage?"

"Why haven't you even drunk much, your alcohol tolerance is bad?"

"Get lost!" Old Zhao couldn't be bothered with them.

Yu Chengyi, however, believed him a bit. He asked, "What array?"

"How would I know?"

"Didn't you ask?" Yu Chengyi said.

"I was too busy being shocked, how could I think of that?"

"Then what happened?"

"Then he released the monster beast's blood, we sold the monster beast, I... I even got eight spirit stones..."

Yu Chengyi looked at him with contempt. "You took advantage of the child."

Old Zhao’s old face turned red. "I refused, but I couldn't refuse it!"

"Can you hold these spirit stones with a clear conscience?"

"Tomorrow, I'll send them to his family's eatery, buy some meat back, and everyone can share..."

"You're not at ease, so the big guys will help you share a bit."

"What the hell are you talking about!"

Several people roared with laughter for a while.

Yu Chengyi, however, was always frowning.

"What's wrong?" Old Zhao asked when he saw the situation.

"Are you sure, that array, can really blow a first-grade middle-stage monster beast to heavy injury?" Yu Chengyi asked with a serious expression.

Old Zhao's expression also became solemn. "I saw it myself!"

"What monster beast?"

"A red-eyed sheep, over a zhang tall, curly horns, white fur, red eyes, likes to eat internal organs, its mouth had just eaten, full of blood." Old Zhao finished, opened his storage bag. Inside was a blood-stained hoof. He said, "This is the hoof of that sheep monster, it's not valuable, I didn't sell it."

Everyone saw that the hoof was as thick as a cultivator's thigh, the tip of the hoof was blood red, even red to black. They all put away their joking expressions.

"It is a first-grade middle-stage, and it was in its prime, it had eaten a lot of bloody food."

One monster hunting master hesitated and said, "That son of Mo Shan, he's only at the fifth or sixth layer of Qi Refining, can he draw such a powerful array?"

"I don't think it's possible."

"It's hard to say. The iron armor array on my son's vine armor was drawn by him. Although I don't understand it, it was indeed well-drawn!" Another monster hunting master said.

"You all don't understand, how do you know if it's good or not?"

"Haven't eaten pork, but haven't seen pigs run?"

Everyone was talking at once.

Yu Chengyi pondered for a moment, then said, "Tomorrow you go ask... forget it, I'll go ask, see what array he used, and if it can really injure a first-grade middle-stage monster beast."

Old Zhao nodded. "But, aren't we going to the inner mountain tomorrow?"

"Delay it one day, go the day after."

Several people were all a bit stunned. "Is this array so important? To make a whole team of people wait a day..."

Yu Chengyi nodded and said, "It's not important to us, but it's very important to new hand monster hunting masters."

"How do you say that?"

Yu Chengyi thought for a bit, looked at everyone, and slowly said, "With this array, as long as there are three or four Qi Refining middle-stage cultivators, can't they kill a first-grade middle-stage monster beast?"

Everyone looked at each other, their hearts couldn't help but skip a beat.

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