King of Creation-Chapter 44 - Faint Fragrance

Your two battles with Ma Yuanwu are also a prime focus of their attention,” Sha Fei explained.

Ye Zhen was startled, “How do you know all this so clearly?”

Upon hearing this, a smug look appeared on Sha Fei’s face, “Who do you think I am!

Heh, with the help of the Blood Essence Pills you gave me, my cultivation has soared rapidly.

Now, I am indeed the boss of Hundred Pine Peak, and they don’t dare hide anything from me when there’s any movement!”

“Right, when did this start happening?”

“Let me think,” Sha Fei pondered, “About eight or nine days ago!”

“Eight or nine days ago?” Ye Zhen fell into thought upon hearing this.

Eight or nine days ago was precisely when Ye Zhen made a name for himself on the Martial Combat Platform by slaying Ma Hun and defeating Hong Bao with his fists.

Ye Zhen understood that he had caught someone’s attention.

Who could be paying attention to him?

It should be possible to rule out True Inheritor Fan Chuyu, as such a person would not stoop so low.

Could it be Hong Bao?

Or was it another perceptive person who noticed Ye Zhen’s rapid rise?

A perceptive person?

The figure of a perceptive person suddenly swept through Ye Zhen’s mind.

Ye Zhen was very aware that his rise had been too swift lately.

In four months, he had gone from being a servant disciple at the peak of the Third Stage of Blood Training to the second on the Earth List.

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This pace of rise was still within normal limits.

The Qiyun Sect had seen it before.

Without exception, those who cultivated at such speed were supremely talented geniuses, and for geniuses like Changsun Ran, having such speed was nothing out of the ordinary.

But when it came to Ye Zhen, who started as a servant disciple, this pace of rise became quite unusual.

Consequently, some observant people turned their attention to Ye Zhen, seeking to unearth the secret behind him.

Ye Zhen was well aware that under the current circumstances where he had attracted the attention of such people, the best strategy was to leave Hundred Pine Peak without making a sound, and not to go to the secret cave on the cliff to get Stone Marrow Spirit Liquid for three months, or even half a year.

Once that observant person grew tired of waiting and felt there were no secrets to Ye Zhen and gave up, Ye Zhen would be able to return to the cliff’s secret cave.

However, there’s an old saying: you can be a thief for a thousand days, but you can’t guard against a thief for a thousand days.

Besides, no matter what happens later, Ye Zhen had to visit the secret cave on the cliff tonight.

The Stone Marrow Spiritual Liquid had an incredibly amazing effect, and Ye Zhen was going back home tomorrow, so he definitely wanted to bring some for his parents.

In an instant, Ye Zhen had devised a plan concerning this matter.

Just like his usual visits to Hundred Pine Peak, Ye Zhen chatted with Sha Fei until late, and when he left, Ye Zhen gave Sha Fei a bottle of Blood Essence Pills.

Walking on the narrow mountain path of Hundred Pine Peak, Ye Zhen casually executed the Snake Wandering Steps, moving forward on the Sheep Intestine Mountain Path as if it were flat ground.

His steps casual, Ye Zhen’s spirit was highly focused, his energy gathered at his ears, wholly absorbed in discerning any slight movement to the left or right of the mountain path.

Ye Zhen did not know whether anyone was tracking him today, but being cautious never led to mistakes.

At a bend in the mountain path, the densely packed Iron Branch Pines swayed in the wind like ghostly shadows, sending waves of rustling sounds through the air.

The moment Ye Zhen reached this point, his figure suddenly shot out and vanished into the pine forest, leaving behind nothing but the continuous whispers of the pines.

Not long after Ye Zhen’s disappearance, a shadow abruptly appeared at the bend in the path, “Hmph, that kid indeed has a secret.

He’s quite clever, too, but the person who has his eye on him today is none other than me…..”

The shadow flashed and also disappeared into the pine woods.

On the cliffside, Ye Zhen’s figure emerged at the entrance of a hidden cave, and before entering, he glanced back at the dark forest.

The trees cast scattered shadows, and nothing seemed out of place, yet a thread of unease lingered in Ye Zhen’s mind.

This anxiety only grew stronger after he entered the hidden cave.

Inside the cave, everything was as usual.

Ye Zhen hadn’t been there for nearly ten days, and the bamboo tube he had placed at the broken stalagmite had already collected half a tube of green Stone Marrow Spirit Liquid.

The ten-day accumulation of Stone Marrow Spirit Liquid should be enough for his parents’ use.

Because of that strand of unease, Ye Zhen almost filled the bamboo tube he brought with him with spirit liquid in record time, just about to leave that very moment.

Ding!

The small stones Ye Zhen had set up at the entrance of the cave suddenly made a sound of rolling, and a figure in black clothes squeezed into the secret cave.

“Junior Brother Ye, if I were you, I would obediently put down the bamboo tube in your hand,” a rather soft voice spoke up.

“Senior Brother, is it really you?” Ye Zhen said, his expression showing no surprise at the sight of the visitor.

Today, when Sha Fei mentioned the matter to him, Ye Zhen had thought of the instructions given to him by Golden Yuanbao; it seemed that Senior Brother Gu Duozhi was paying him a lot of attention.

Ye Zhen had guessed that the interested party could very well be Senior Brother Gu Duozhi, and it turned out he was right.

The only thing Ye Zhen couldn’t understand was how, despite all his carefulness and thorough precautions when coming to the hidden cliff cave, had Senior Brother Gu Duozhi managed to track him down?

“It seems you’re not so dull, are you?” Gu Duozhi sneered, “Junior Brother Ye, if I’m not mistaken, the reason you’re able to advance your cultivation from the First Stage of Blood Training to the peak of Fifth Stage of Blood Training in just five months, with a speed almost comparable to that of the top genius Changsun Ran from the Inner Gate, is all thanks to what’s in your hands, isn’t it?”

Ye Zhen glanced at the small bamboo tube in his hand and was about to speak when Gu Duozhi started laughing again.

“Ye Zhen, don’t be so quick to deny it!

With your Three Veins Mid-grade Bloodline Talent, even though you come from the Ye Family of Gold City, you’re from a collateral branch.

What your family can afford to give you in a year amounts to just a couple hundred silver, hardly enough to buy even one Blood Essence Pill, right?”

“Yes, you’re right, Senior Brother.

Your information is very accurate.

The rapid progress of my cultivation is indeed due to this item,” Ye Zhen shook the bamboo tube in his hand, “However, there’s something I can’t figure out.

On the way here, I exercised numerous strategies.

How were you still able to track me down?”

An elated smile spread across Gu Duozhi’s face, “I am naturally fast, but that’s not the most important thing.

What’s crucial is that I knew you always talk to Sha Fei very late every time you visit Hundred Pine Peak.

I guessed that you spend so much time chatting with Sha Fei to delay, waiting for the dead of night to do your secret business.

So, I secretly placed a tracking scent on Sha Fei.

Anyone who has close contact with him for an extended period would catch this scent.

Heh, to be honest, Junior Brother Ye, your Snake Wandering Steps are truly refined.

Had it not been for this tracking scent, I really wouldn’t have been able to follow you.”

“I see!” Ye Zhen sniffed carefully at his own sleeve, smelling it several times before catching a very faint fragrance, and realized he had been tricked.

Taking this to heart, Ye Zhen’s experience in the Jianghu grew a little more.

Having resolved the doubts in his mind, Ye Zhen spread his legs slightly and assumed the stance of the Five Mountains Divine Fist, shouting at Gu Duozhi, “Alright, Senior Brother, since you’ve discovered my secret, I have nothing to say.

Is there anyone else outside the cave?

Call them in.

Let’s have a fight to decide who claims the treasure in my hands!”

“Someone else outside?

Ye Zhen, do you think I’m a fool?

Why would I share…..”

Before he could finish his sentence, Ye Zhen’s expression suddenly grew resolute while Gu Duozhi’s expression dramatically changed, realizing he had fallen for Ye Zhen’s trick!

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