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Chapter 3781: 4.1381 Desolation

"Ally, you're rolling your eyes again," he muttered under his breath, "I wonder what mischief that stone-faced girl is up to now!"

Myrrias couldn't help but twitch his lips.

He really didn't want to ask his brother, "How do you know it's the stone-faced girl causing trouble?"

Because he was thinking the exact same thing.

"Many students probably haven't arrived yet. Let's go to the nearby defensive outpost first and see if we can buy two portions of medicinal ingredients from the pharmacy," Qin Er said with a calm expression.

Young Master Qin Da nodded with a grin. "Good idea. Maybe we'll even run into Qiao Qiao by chance."

Qin Jiu quickly interjected, "I wonder how Fifth Brother and his group are doing now."

He was truly worried about Fifth Brother. Would something go wrong being with Seventh Brother?

The two had some previous disagreements, and being away from home, Seventh Brother shouldn't keep targeting Fifth Brother, right?

Earlier, Qin Jiu had insisted on keeping Fifth Brother in their team, and Elder Brother and Second Brother had agreed, but Fifth Brother himself didn't. He told them to find Qin Thirteen instead.

Firstly, it was to look after Thirteen. This child was introverted and reclusive. If their team didn't take him in, no other team would likely want him.

Secondly, although Qin Thirteen had no cultivation, he had awakened a special speed ability.

When danger struck, he could run, and no one could catch him, ensuring he wouldn't be a burden to the team.

Fifth Brother had done this for their consideration. Although Sister Qin Wen was also with Fifth Brother, Qin Jiu was still worried about Fifth Brother's safety.

"Little Five and his group, by my calculations, should have arrived by now," Young Master Qin Da said with a smile. "But Phoenixwood Forest is so vast; we might not necessarily run into them. Let nature take its course."

Qin Jiu could only nod.

"Let's go."

Ally saw the Qin family group heading towards the small supply point and quickly said to Myrrias, "Let's go too! Getting medicinal ingredients at the supply point will save us the trouble of foraging in the forest."

Myrrias nodded, and the group quickly moved towards the small supply point.

"Hey, Old Qi Head, business has been really good lately!" One of the shopkeepers from a nearby stall remarked jokingly.

Before Qin Er could ask, an aged hand reached out from behind the counter, waving repeatedly at them. "No, no, we don't have the medicinal ingredients you're looking for."

Qin Jiu grabbed the old man's hand and tugged hard, pulling half of the old man's body out from behind the counter.

Everyone looked at him and instantly couldn't help but rub their foreheads.

That old ghost's face was so beaten up; even his parents wouldn't recognize him...

The shopkeeper next to him let out a startled cry. "Hey, Old Qi Head, w-what happened to you? You look even worse than before!"

"You didn't get dragged out and beaten again, did you??"

Old Qi Head felt like crying his heart out at this moment.

At noon, he had only gone back for a short nap, but not only was he beaten, even the five hundred thousand spiritual coins hidden in the cracks of his room's wall bricks were dug up and stolen!

All the savings he had accumulated over the years through trickery were gone, boohoohoo...

This was truly a fatal blow!

How could he have anticipated encountering such a continuously troublesome group of academy students?

He didn't even know who had dug up his wall and given him a beating this afternoon.

His old face was so bruised that he was almost unrecognizable. Thinking of those five hundred thousand in savings, he just wanted to cry!

At this point, the surrounding stall owners started to feel a bit of sympathy for Old Qi Head.