The sword wave that was projected from Zheng-Fu cut his heart up instantly causing sudden death to the leader of the Gluttonous Alligator. The rest of the monstrous alligators rushed to dive into the water and hid after seeing the last breath of their leader…

However, it was unfortunate for them because Zheng-Fu would not let them get away. He knew that their skins were priceless and his clan would benefit tremendously from selling those skins. To strengthen the clan, they needed a lot of resources and money…

Whoosh!

Stab! Stab! Stab!

After killing all the monstrous alligators under the water, Zheng-Fu kept their bodies in the crystal dimension immediately. He then got out of the water and sucked the body of the leader into his chest too…

Whoosh!

"Phew! It's all done! Good thing that I have the puppet of the soul with me, otherwise it was going to be tough fighting with the monster of the Nescent Soul stage. I guess I must break through to the Nescent Soul stage as quickly as possible, especially when there're so many unknown things in the forest. There might be many monsters of the Nescent Soul stage out there." Zheng-Fu said seriously…

After realizing that, Zheng-Fu turned back to his puppet of the soul that was standing still. He reached his hands in its direction to deactivate the magic, so it stopped in the fighting mode. But then it said…

"If you need me again, you must wait for another three months, sir." When the puppet of the soul finished the sentence, it started to shrink into the size of a palm again. Then it floated back to Zheng-Fu's hand instantly…

"Must wait for three months?" Zheng-Fu said while scratching his head with confusion. Then he said, "So, I have to wait for another three months to use it again? Then I must be very careful during the three months ahead. I guess I have to spend the next three months cultivating my energy." When Zheng-Fu finished the sentence, he soared up toward the giant stone in the middle of the swamp instantly…

Then he started to absorb every single drop of the energy from the rock like he usually did. After that, he started to soar back to the land, but then the corner of his eye caught something on the ground in the courtyard. He saw some kind of a pattern…

Thud!

Rustle! Rustle! Rustle!

Zheng-Fu used his hand to brush off the dust on the ground to see clearer what was in front of him. Then he saw a magical pattern…

"It's a seal magical pattern!" Zheng-Fu was a little startled to see the magical pattern, but also felt sort of joyful at the same time…

He was kind of delighted because it made him think of the time that he saw the seal magical pattern that led him to the Cave of the Immortals, where he first encountered a tremendous amount of the immortal-level Qi energy stones and the Spiritual stones. So, Zheng-Fu believed that this seal magical pattern must hide something under it…

"Wait… What if this magical pattern is used to seal high-rank monsters, instead of treasures? If that's the case, I'll be dead because I can't use the puppet of the soul for another three months." Zheng-Fu said while trying to make a decision…

He was well aware that there was a 50% chance of good and bad in a situation like this. If it was the treasures under the seal, then it would be great. But if it was something of the opposite, then it would be doom for him. And he had no way to see what was under the seal magical pattern…

"I guess I'll just have to leave it until the next three months. Or I can come back when I reach the Nescent Soul stage. I guess what I can do now is to go back to the Cave of the Immortals to cultivate the energy." When Zheng-Fu reached his final decision, he soared off to the Cave of the Immortals right away…

Whoosh!

At the first entrance of the forest in the north…

Clomp! Clomp! Clomp!

"Respecting Master Tong-Kuang! The treasures and the rescued women had been sent back to the clan successfully, sir!" A young man came in to make a report to Tong-Kuang…

"Good! What about the guards that are supposed to oversee the toll booth?" Tong-Kuang asked while looking at the young man…

"It's all done, sir. We got a group of warriors to station at the toll booth, sir."

"Great! Then go get Fan-He for me. I need to see him."

"Yes, sir!"

The young man then left the room to get Fan-He to Tong-Kuang instantly…

"What should we do about the toll booth, brother Tong?" Yan-Yu asked Tong-Kuang…

"We must make it look like nothing happens. I've already had our men stationed at the toll booth and pretended to collect the toll fee from anyone who comes this way. I think I'll have them collect the more reasonable toll fee from the travelers, so no one suspects anything." Tong-Kuang told Yan-Yu about what he had in mind for the toll booth…

"I see! You're a genius, brother Tong! I can't come up with this kind of thing in a million years, Hahaha!" Ji-Zhung-Gong cut in to comment with utmost admiration and respect to Tong-Kuang…

"Of course! A chubby like you would not know that! All you do is think of girls all day long." Yan-Yu rushed to tease Ji-Zhung-Gong the minute he finished the sentence…

"Well, it's like you're any better than I am. Didn't you just run around girls a minute ago?" Ji-Zhung-Gong also teased Yan-Yu back…

"But that's…!"

Rustle!

"Cut it out, guys! Don't forget why we're here!" Tong-Kuang called Ji-Zhung-Gong and Yan-Yu back to the mission…

"Yes, brother Tong!"

Yan-Yu and Ji-Zhung-Gong had to stop talking immediately because Tong-Kuang was not the kind of playful guy like them. They realized that they crossed the line when they played like that in front of Tong-Kuang. So, they felt pretty bad…

Two days had passed by…

The situation at the toll booth had been normal as usual. Travelers were aware that they had to pay for the toll fee and they did. The discount at the toll booth caused some sluggishness at first because of confusion, but things went well in general. No one suspected anything…

The reason why Tong-Kuang summoned Fan-He was that he wanted Fan-He and his team to move ahead to the next spot to monitor the bandits' activity. Tong-Kuang made sure that Fan-He and his team must retreat immediately if something like what happened at the toll booth happened again…

And it had been two days now since Fan-He and his team went ahead into the forest according to the order. However, the team had not contacted Tong-Kuang back since then. That was why Tong-Kuang was worried and prepared to catch up with the team…

Clomp! Clomp! Clomp!

But all of a sudden, a young man came to see Tong-Kuang. He knelt one knee down while cupping his fists and said, "Respecting Master Tong-Kuang! We've got some news from Fan-He, sir. He told us that there was another toll booth about 200 lis ahead of us, sir." The young man got up after making a report…

"200 lis!?"

"Yes, sir! That was what Fan-He told us, sir!" The young man replied Tong-Kuang quickly…

"Yan-Yu! Take a hundred men with you to reinforce Fan-He immediately!" Tong-Kuang ordered Yan-Yu…

"Yes, brother Tong!" Yan-Yu accepted the order with delight before excusing himself to do according to the order instantly…

After Yan-Yu was gone, Tong-Kuang turned to Ji-Zhung-Gong and said, "I want you to prepare another hundred men to get ready to reinforce Yan-Yu immediately if he does not contact us back tomorrow." Tong-Kuang said firmly…

"Yes, brother Tong!"

Ji-Zhung-Gong also accepted the order from Tong-Kuang and left to take care of things immediately. Tong-Kuang was the only one left in the room, and then…

Clomp!

A shadow of a man slowly walked out from the dark corner of the room. The man stopped in front of Tong-Kuang and bowed to him. The man said…

"There're two Caves of the Immortals in this forest, brother Tong! Each one was located very far from one another. The one that's closer to us is the one in the northwest of this spot, sir."

The man turned out to be Lang-Guang-Kuang. Tong-Kuang had ordered him to survey the dangerous spots in the forest because of his superior disguising skill…

His exceptional disguising skill normally brought Lang-Guang-Kuang this kind of job. Tong-Kuang did not tell anyone that Lang-Guang-Kuang was on the surveying job because he wanted his warriors to practice observing the surroundings and situations for themselves. He wanted to instill a sense of awareness skill in his men…

"Thank you very much. And how many people are there in that cave? What about the strongest man in that cave? Which level he is at?" Tong-Kuang continued to ask for more details…

From what I'd seen, there must be about 200 men guarding the place. But I don't think their energy levels are that high. Most of them must be at about the first to the third levels of the Foundation Building stage. The strongest one is probably in the second level of the Golden Core stage, sir."

"The second level of the Golden Core stage? I see. I need you to be vigilant about the spies. I don't want the bandits to be aware of our presence because it wouldn't be good for our mission." Tong-Kuang said with a tint of worry…

"Yes, brother Tong! I'll take care of it." Lang-Guang-Kuang cupped his fists to register the order. Then he gradually disappeared from the room…

Lang-Guang-Kuang and his team had actually gone ahead and got rid of a huge number of spies in the forest. They did not want the news of their mission to leak and reach the leader of the bandits. That was one of the reasons why the situation remained in places…

Whoosh!

"If it was you, what would you do next, Young master?" Tong-Kuang mumbled a question while thinking about Zheng-Fu. Zheng-Fu always taught him things ever since Tong-Kuang started to follow him everywhere. He taught him management and analytical thinking about each situation, including many other knowledgeable things…

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