33 Four-eyed Jade Monkeys

Now that Li Jing had finished inspecting the entire inheritance, it was time to return to Li Yuan Yuan.

But before that, he took out the spatial ring he received from the Yuan Auction House and stored inside a third of the Qi Gathering Pills that were part of the inheritance, representing around 1500 pills. He also stored a third of all the spiritual plants as well as a sword, a spear, and a bow.

He decided to give this spatial ring to Li Yuan Yuan. For him, it was not a big loss and for her it was a lot.

He stored the body of the two Golden Armored Centipedes as well as the Blood Lotuses inside his blood ring and transferred all the content of his spatial ring inside it. Then, he changed his bloody and torn clothes for a new black and blue robe and went back to the entrance of the cave…

Li Yuan Yuan was sitting on the ground near the entrance of the inheritance and was anxiously waiting for Li Jing to return.

She felt bad for letting him go alone. She should have come with him to help him, even if it was just a little. If only she was stronger…

It has been around an hour since Li Jing left when she suddenly heard noises coming from the tunnel in front of her. She looked up and saw and a handsome boy wearing a black and blue robe coming out of the tunnel.

This boy was obviously Li Jing.

Li Yuan Yuan smiled widely when she saw him and all her anxiety vanished.

"You're back! How was it? Are you hurt?" She asked.

"I'm fine." Said Li Jing, smiling.

Li Jing walked towards her and gave her the spatial ring he prepared earlier.

"This is for you." He said.

Li Yuan Yuan thanked him and injected her Qi in the spatial ring to see its content.

She never saw so many Qi Gathering Pills before, there were at least more than a thousand! All these spiritual plants also surprised her a lot, there were even some she couldn't recognize. When she saw the three weapons, she widened her eyes. Were these weapons Earth-grade weapons? Even the Great Clans would fight each other for an Earth-grade weapon, to think that she now had three of them!

She was very satisfied and happy. With all these pills she will definitely breakthrough the seventh level of the Qi Gathering realm. She could create new poison thanks to the many spiritual plants and she could also sell one of her weapons to earn enough Spirit Stones to buy a lot of cultivation resources.

Li Yuan Yuan knew that Li Jing kept the best part of the inheritance for him, but she didn't care. Without him, she would have died against the Crimson Blood Spiders and if she had met anyone else, she would have died because of the Spirit Tree.

"Thank you very much." She said, bowing. Her eyes full of gratitude.

"No problem. So, what are you planning to do now?" He asked.

"I will go back to the clan to cultivate. What about you?" She said.

"I plan to stay in the Dark Forest for a few more days before going back. Alright, I will escort you outside the territory of the Crimson Blood Spiders, let's go." He said.

Li Yuan Yuan nodded and followed him as he walked outside the cave.

Once outside, she saw Li Jing walking towards the Spirit Tree and bowing in front of it.

"Thank you Spirit Tree for keeping the tomb of our ancestors." He said.

The tree didn't answer but the ground suddenly shook and a moment later, the entrance of the cave disappeared.

"Let's go." Said Li Jing.

As they were both walking towards the exit of the territory of the Crimson Blood Spiders, Li Jing thought about the upcoming event described in the web novel.

In six days the king's birthday banquet will take place. The patriarch, leader, and heir of the four Great Clans were invited.

It was during that event that the original Li Jing appeared for the first time in the web novel. During the banquet, the four heirs were invited to exchange pointers and the original Li Jing was Teng Fen's first opponent. He obviously lost, but he didn't care because alchemy was his specialty.

Li Jing didn't know what he will do when he will face Teng Fen. His pride was telling him to fight him with all his strength but, of course, he knew that it was a bad idea…

…

There were a lot of annoying Crimson Blood Spiders on their way so It took them around two hours to exit the spider's territory. They were now back in the territory of the Demonic Black Bears.

"I can continue alone from here, thank you again for everything." Said Li Yuan Yuan.

"Take care of yourself, see you later." He said.

They smiled at each other and Li Jing saw the figure of Li Yuan Yuan disappear in the distance.

Now it was time to go to the territory of the Four-eyed Jade Monkeys. He had only five days left to upgrade his bloodline so he should hurry.

The fastest way to reach their territory from his location was to cross the territory of the Crimson Blood Spiders again, and then walk east…

The sun was setting when he finally arrived in front of the territory of the Four-eyed Jade Monkeys. On the way, Li Jing had killed more than twenty-five spiders and collected their Demonic Cores.

In this part of the forest, all the trees were gigantic and covered with liana. These trees were special because they sometimes produced fruits called Soul Enhancing Pears.

These pears could slightly increase the Soul Power of a cultivator but no one knew this because every time a pear was growing, a Four-eyed Jade Monkey would immediately snatch it and bring it to its king.

It meant that all the Soul Enhancing Pears of this forest were currently kept by the king of the Four-eyed Jade Monkeys.