Juyan Valley (1)

"Brother, we really didn't see any Lightning Leopard. As far as I know, Lightning Leopards are high-level spirit beasts. How could one appear on the outskirts of Ziying Mountain? Even if it really did, there's no way we would have been able to defeat it!" Qiu Nuo answered calmly with smiling eyes.

If not for the fact that these people in front of her were rather strong, she would never have bothered to waste her breath. She would simply have let Mo Ziyan answer them.

Besides…

Qiu Nuo tilted her head and glanced at Mo Ziyan, who was laughing strangely. He might already have lost his patience a long time ago.

Upon listening to Qiu Nuo's words, the well-built young man sized up the two people before him.

One was a handsome young man while the other was a smart and intelligent servant girl. That was what it looked like to him.

Yet, he took Qiu Nuo's words with a pinch of salt.

After all, the two of them were still quite young. Even if the leopard had already been hurt, it would still be far out of the league of these two young people!

"Then, have you seen any suspicious people around?" The muscular young man still had an air of arrogance to him as he questioned them.

"That… I'm not too sure," Qiu Nuo answered awkwardly.

"Don't stutter. Hurry and spit it out!" The young man stared at her with a fierce gaze.

"We didn't see anyone or any Lightning Leopards when we arrived…" Qiu Nuo appeared to be frightened as she pointed meekly toward her left. "But I did hear something in that direction. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with that leopard you're talking about…"

"Boss, could it be someone from the Blood Shadows? This is part of their territory!" A short and plump man cut in.

"Hmph! What's with the Blood Shadows? Once I finish this promotion mission, they won't be able to do anything!" The muscular young man was indifferent and waved to two men by his side. "Two of you, go check on the situation. The rest of you, follow me to the Juyan Valley to meet with the commander. The situation there is more urgent."

The Juyan Valley…

Qiu Nuo blinked. Before coming, she had heard Mo Ziyan tell her that that was their destination too.

Looking once again at the mercenaries in front of her, she understood at once that the promotion mission was secondary to the situation at Juyan Valley.

They had bumped into so many different people in succession shortly after entering the mountain. Were they all related to Juyan Valley?

The well-built young man took a second look at them and frowned. "As for the two of you, before my men understand the situation, you will follow my team. Don't you dare try to run away!"

Qiu Nuo was stunned for a moment. This guy was way too suspicious!

"What shall we do?" Qiu Nuo turned back and asked Mo Ziyan in a low voice.

She knew that he couldn't be bothered to deal with fools.

That was why he had never bothered to speak up in front of Su Qingqing or these mercenaries.

However, it was only right for her to ask for her employer's opinion in such a situation.

Although their destination was indeed Juyan Valley as well, whether they were willing to head there with others was another matter.

Mo Ziyan's lips curled upward. "Why wouldn't I accept someone's offer if they want to give me a free ride?"

"I think so too!"

…

As the sky darkened, the Lone Wolf mercenary regiment set up camp in an open space.

Although Qiu Nuo and Mo Ziyan were made to follow them, the soldiers still gave them relative freedom as long as they did not get out of their sight.

Besides, Mo Ziyan was right. If they were to run into any trouble, these guys would surely clear the path for them, saving them a lot of trouble.

"We can't expose our storage space. Let's sleep in the tree tonight!"

Qiu Nuo threw the bag full of the beast's bones onto the ground before picking up some firewood and piling them up on the ground.

"I don't mind," Mo Ziyan replied indifferently.

Qiu Nuo stole a glance at him, immediately realizing that his face was a little pale. Her brows furrowed into a frown. "Is the poison acting up?"

"I can handle it."

"Fool!"

No wonder he had agreed to follow the mercenaries so easily. She should have known that he would have waved them away if nothing had been wrong, given his arrogance.

Qiu Nuo came to his side and forcefully grabbed his arm.

"This is how you treat your patients? How strange!" Mo Ziyan laughed slightly.

"It's all the same since the end goal is examining your body." Qiu Nuo rolled her eyes at him.

She knew that doctors in this realm examined their patient's bodies through their spirits.

Although a doctor did not need to have powerful energy like an apothecary, it was still necessary to a certain extent.

If a doctor used his own energy to examine the patient directly but couldn't control it well, it could be detrimental to the patient.

Many medical apprentices were unable to control their spiritual energies and were thus unfit to examine patients. Thus, they could only do the mundane chores of prescribing medicine and concocting the brews.