The cultivator stopped moving, his eyes were wide in horror as Lin Feng removed his hand slowly from his chest, "I think I made a mistake, calling you wise would be equivalent to calling all foolish people in the world wise."
Silence dawned upon everyone, the shock they were feeling was too much.
Xie Ruyue was stunned too, she was about to make a move when Lin Feng moved, even knowing that he would be fine as he might be as strong as a Core Formation realm cultivator due to his physique, she didn’t want to take any chances.
But seeing his speed was enough to stop her from interfering.
As Lin Feng moved away, the body of his opponent fell to the ground, it was twitching. A Core Formation cultivator wouldn’t die instantly, even if their heart was stabbed, of course, death was certain as no low-level pill could heal a pierced heart.
So it wasn’t a blessing but a curse, if Lin Feng wanted, then he could have killed him in one blow by sending his qi inside the body of the cultivator, but Lin Feng wanted him to suffer for a few breaths.
The woman’s and other cultivators’ eyes were fixed on the twitching body of their sectmate, and they were filled with trepidation.
The most terrifying part was that the cultivator in front of them was only at the Peak Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
"H-he just caught him off guard," the other Core Formation cultivator spoke, the fact he fumbled a little meant that even he wasn’t much sure.
He had seen the speed of Lin Feng, it was definitely as fast as a Core Formation realm cultivator.
Lin Feng shook his head, "Oh... well, here are two choices for you all... First, you all decide to stay here, which inherently means attacking me. It has its own perks, if you guys win, then you will avenge your sectmate and get this location for yourself.
My spirit ring also contains good enough treasures and spirit herbs, not to mention a lot of spirit stones, believe me, I am a successful alchemist after all.
Second, you all turn back and leave this area quietly, you see, I don’t like pointless bloodshed... Now decide, let’s see if you guys are good enough to be called wise or not."
Hearing him stunned everyone again, they couldn’t believe it. A Peak Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator was taunting them. True, he was strong as a Core Formation realm, but did he forget that they still had two Core Formation cultivators?
Xie Ruyue sighed and didn’t know what to make of his blatant disregard for all of those cultivators.
The woman moved her eyes from the twitching body of her sectmate, they weren’t friends or anything, but they had done some missions together.
She looked at Lin Feng’s face, which had a small smirk on it, she was surprised by his strength, she was intimidated no doubt.
But there was one thing that hit her even harder, this guy was definitely a genius, and she doubted the Yin Yang Harmony Sect would allow such a genius to come to the Central Region alone.
Her previous doubt became stronger, Lin Feng’s confidence wasn’t just from his strength, but there was definitely someone hidden nearby to protect him.
She trembled a little, they all would have lost their lives if that person made a move, in fact, now that she thought of it, this guy killing her sectmate was the better alternative, the hidden person didn’t have to make a move.
She immediately calmed herself, "We are leaving," she had already turned and began walking.
Lin Feng’s smirk grew bigger, "At least someone is wise enough."
The other disciples of her sect got stunned and shocked.
"But sister—"
"Shut up, if you want to die, then go ahead... don’t drag me," she immediately increased her speed and left the area.
The Core Formation disciple was unreconciled, but he didn’t want to face Lin Feng, so he began leaving...
Others were only Foundation Establishment realm, they immediately looked at each other and ran away... when even Core Formation disciples ran away, who were they to face this guy?
When everyone left, Lin Feng sighed and cleaned blood from his hand and looked at the body of the cultivator beside him, he was already dead.
He took his storage bag and looked inside, there weren’t any valuable things inside, he wasn’t disappointed as he wasn’t expecting much... there were 4 Darkness Law-influenced Peak Foundation Establishment spirit herbs, and this was good enough for him.
Now he had 9 spirit herbs, 41 more to complete his mission. Suddenly, he thought of something and fell down...
Xie Ruyue got stunned, seeing him fall... she immediately came in front of him, "Junior brother, are you alright?"
Lin Feng was lying on the ground, he was huffing like he was too tired, "H-How can I be fine I... I used all my blood qi to... to reach that speed... huff huff!... I can’t move. How about you complete..... the mission?"
Xie Ruyue became a little amused hearing that, she squinted her eyes, "Junior brother, just a moment ago you looked fine taunting them... and you forgot blood qi can be replenished with a vitality pill, as an alchemist, you must have it, right?"
Lin Feng didn’t give up, "hufff... I-I was just acting tough... and I don’t have vitality pills," he did have some, but she wouldn’t look in his storage ring.
Xie Ruyue smirked, "Then you should act tough while completing the mission too, don’t even think that I will fall for this, anyway, here," she took out a vitality pill which was of Foundation Establishment realm.
Lin Feng became speechless looking at the pill, why was she carrying such a low-level pill with herself? He sighed and stood up calmly, it looked like he couldn’t fool her anymore.
Xie Ruyue snickered, "Tch... by the way, there are far more peak stage herbs on the other side of the pond." After saying that, she left.
Lin Feng turned silently towards the other side and started finding spirit herbs again.
...
Time slipped by and Five hours passed, he had picked up all the peak stage herbs in the area.