Supreme Emptiness

Chapter 98: Chapter 98 Mysterious Spirit Beast

Unexpected change?

Jiang Fan said in surprise, “Please, Senior Brothers, enlighten me.”

A disciple took off his thick clothing, showing a worried expression:

“We were just about to collect honey, but we found that a spirit beast had invaded the hive.”

“It is devouring honey wildly, making the Wolf Head Bees extremely agitated and attacking the spirit beast like crazy.”

“When we went down, the Wolf Head Bees mistook us for allies and attacked us crazily too.”

As he spoke, the disciple shook his clothes.

Hundreds of bee stingers fell to the ground.

One could see how frenzied the Wolf Head Bees were at that moment.

“Junior Brother, if you really want to go down, maybe try another day,” the two disciples kindly reminded.

Another day?

Who knows how much honey would be left after the spirit beast had its fill?

If he couldn’t complete the task of three pounds, it would be a mission failure.

He couldn’t mess up his first task from his mentor.

“I’ll go down and take a look,” Jiang Fan said.

Seeing that Jiang Fan didn’t heed the advice, one of the disciples said, “Then wear my thick clothing.”

“If you go down like this, you’ll be stung to death.”

Jiang Fan shook his head, “No need.”

Saying this, he grabbed the rope and began to climb down.

The two disciples frowned.

“This Junior Brother Jiang, isn’t he too overconfident?”

“Let’s wait here. It won’t be long before he’s screaming for help.”

In fact, Jiang Fan didn’t need the rope. With his movement technique, he could travel the cliffs as if on flat ground.

He just didn’t want to worry the two Senior Brothers too much.

Soon.

He slid down to the middle of the cliff.

Below was a bottomless abyss. Who knew what kind of spirit beast could climb so high to steal honey?

From afar, he indeed saw a man-sized cave on the cliff.

A large golden honeycomb protruded from the cave.

Countless Wolf Head Bees were buzzing frantically, surging inside to attack something.

At this moment.

A Wolf Head Bee spotted Jiang Fan and instantly flew towards him, flapping its wings.

Jiang Fan immediately opened the jade bottle he had prepared, releasing an incredibly intense fragrance.

Once the Wolf Head Bee got close, it stopped attacking and started circling around him.

As if it mistook Jiang Fan for a flower it could gather nectar from.

There was no more hostility.

Jiang Fan secretly thought that this method was indeed effective and continued sliding down to the cave with ease.

When he looked inside, he was stunned.

He saw a spirit beast the size of an orange cat with large, watery eyes, a black nose, and orange fur.

It was leaning against the honeycomb, legs crossed.

Each of its little paws held a piece of honeycomb dripping with honey.

Taking a bite from the left, then a bite from the right.

After eating half, it found the honeycomb too small and tossed it away, then picked a larger piece to continue munching happily.

The ground was littered with discarded honeycombs.

A rough estimate showed that the wasted honey alone was no less than five pounds.

You spendthrift!

Jiang Fan’s forehead veins bulged. Luckily he came; otherwise, no amount of honey here would suffice for its squandering.

The most annoying part was that it relied on its thick skin, making it impervious to the stings of the Wolf Head Bees.

It even stuck out its tongue at the attacking Wolf Head Bees.

The expression on its face was as irritating as it could be.

“You little rascal, get lost!” Jiang Fan couldn’t hold back and yelled.

The little spirit beast finally noticed the intruder.

Immediately, it dropped to all fours, tail high in the air, and its fur all bristled.

It bared its teeth and let out a strange cry, showing no fear of people at all.

Jiang Fan laughed and stepped forward to grab it by the neck and toss it out.

Unexpectedly.

It leaped at him with such speed that Jiang Fan almost didn’t react in time.

He quickly withdrew his hand.

Only to feel a burning sensation on his palm.

Looking down, he saw five white, shallow scratches on the back of his hand.

“Oh? Your claws are quite sharp, and your speed is incredible,” Jiang Fan commented in surprise.

If it weren’t for his exceptional movement technique and having reached the Copper Skin Iron Bone realm, that claw would certainly have cut down to the bone.

The little spirit beast seemed equally astonished. It even lifted its right paw in confusion, wondering if its claws weren’t sharp enough.

“Little thing, you’ve met your match,” Jiang Fan squinted his eyes and immediately used his movement technique.

The little spirit beast was startled by Jiang Fan’s agility.

Its prized agility proved no advantage against him.

And its sharp claws couldn’t cause any harm.

Within seven or eight rounds.

It was pinned against the wall by Jiang Fan, who held it by the neck.

“Ordinary people really wouldn’t stand a chance against you,” Jiang Fan said, catching his breath.

Without reaching the 7th or 8th Layer of the Foundation Establishment realm, one would likely suffer greatly against this little creature.

And catching it would be even harder.

The little spirit beast struggled defiantly, trying to scratch Jiang Fan with its claws.

But its short legs were simply too short.

It couldn’t reach him no matter how hard it tried.

“Stay put for now,” Jiang Fan said, tearing off some vines from the cliff face.

He tied the little spirit beast up tightly into a ball and tossed it into a corner.

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The Wolf Head Bees, attracted by the fragrance on Jiang Fan, did not attack him at all.

They allowed him to take the honey freely.

On the cliff above.

The two disciples waited for a long time without feeling any movement on the rope.

They couldn’t help but worry.

“Could he have been stung to death before he could even scream?”

At that moment.

The rope shook.

The two disciples immediately ran over and pulled hard.

Before long, they pulled Jiang Fan up. Seeing that he was unharmed, they were shocked.

“The Wolf Head Bees didn’t sting you?”

Soon after, they noticed that Jiang Fan was carrying a large bundle of honeycombs.

There was at least four pounds of honey inside.

“You collected so much? The Wolf Head Bees didn’t attack you?”

“Those Wolf Head Bees treat honey like a treasure. They sting fiercely if you take even a bit, let alone this much.”

“Junior Brother, you’re incredible!”

Without saying a word, Jiang Fan divided a pound of honey for each of them, “Take this to report back the day after tomorrow.”

The two disciples hesitated, “How could we accept this?”

Jiang Fan said, “We’re all brothers in the sect, why not?”

There was still a lot left; he just couldn’t carry it all.

With grateful expressions, the two accepted. One of them lowered his voice, “Junior Brother, a piece of advice.”

“You only need to submit a pound of honey. The extra, sell it at the night market for a good price.”

“We’ll keep it a secret for you.”

After saying that, the two disciples mysteriously carried away the chubby disciple.

Jiang Fan smiled to himself.

After they left, he found a basket and quietly climbed down again.

Not long after.

He returned to his abode with ten pounds of honey and the little spirit beast.

“Now the task is a sure thing, Big Senior Brother can’t find any fault,” Jiang Fan said, throwing the honey aside.

Turning to look at the little spirit beast, despite being tied up like a ball, it still glared fierily.

“Still so fierce? I’ll deal with you later,” he said.

He found a chicken coop and tossed the little spirit beast inside.

Unbeknownst to him.

Outside Green Cloud City.

On a giant bird resembling a phoenix, stood several graceful figures.

At the forefront was a woman in her forties, but her appearance was well maintained as if she were in her thirties.

“Are you sure my spiritual pet has fled to Green Cloud City?” The leading woman asked, none other than Gong Caiyi, the Sect Master of Spirit Beast Sect, one of the nine great sects.

“This beast tide was caused by the herd searching for it; it must not be lost.”

A beautiful female disciple bowed, “Yes, I saw it sneak into Green Cloud City with my own eyes.”

Gong Caiyi nodded slowly.

“Alright then, I’ll use the excuse of observing the Green Cloud Sect’s new disciples’ ancestral ceremony to stay in Green Cloud Sect.”

“You search for it secretly; it must be found!”

Two days later.

As the bell rang, the disciples of Sect Master Peak gathered in the main hall.

Today was the day to report back.

In the past, no one paid much attention because it was a routine matter.

But today was different.

Big Senior Brother had declared that if Jiang Fan didn’t meet the standards, he would make him clean the latrine.

Everyone eagerly awaited Jiang Fan’s arrival.