Dragon Hidden in the Sky

Chapter 722 An Encounter

The three of them walked upstream along the river for a while, and soon Ye Qing saw the demonic apes that were as big as mountains. These demonic apes were solitary, but there were quite a few of them in the vicinity. Each demonic ape was over ten meters tall, and they also carried some weapons, most of which were irregular, unknown metal rods.

According to Xueyun and the others, these metal rods are mostly made of rare metals, and they wouldn't be cheap to sell. However, there's no way to take them out of the ancient star.

Moreover, the demonic apes are all experts above the Star Lord level, and they are very difficult to deal with now. Without being a Star Lord, one cannot even break through their defenses.

At the same time, Ye Qing also learned that after reaching the Star Lord level, it is extremely difficult for humans of the same level to deal with beasts of the same level. In one-on-one combat, the beasts are almost always stronger. Those who can defeat a beast in a one-on-one fight at the same level are one in a hundred.

This made Ye Qing eager to try it out. He thought that once he broke through to the Star Lord level, he would definitely come and try to fight this demonic ape one-on-one!

They avoided the demonic apes and continued upstream, following the river for about ten kilometers, until they encountered a place full of poisonous creatures.

This place is teeming with all sorts of enormous venomous snakes and wildflowers!

"What level of venomous snakes are these?" Ye Qing asked.

"Judging from what we see, most of them should be at the Awakening or Inner Realm level. However, the creatures in this area seem to contain toxins, making battles here extremely risky. Moreover, crossing this river upstream will be very difficult; we'll probably have to go upstream by water, but we can't be sure what the conditions are like in the water!" Xueyun analyzed. "If all else fails, we'll have to detour and look for other opportunities in another place!"

"I still want to try that monkey wine!" Ye Qing said. "If we can get a lot of monkey wine, not only us, but Su Liuyun and Qin Wanwan might also have a chance to break through to the Star Lord level. One of them has a twin characteristic and the other has a rare characteristic. When we have five Star Lords, our combat power will increase greatly. Even Yuexi might be able to fight us."

"I still..." Xueyun was about to speak when suddenly, the three of them heard a sound coming from behind them.

"Someone's there!" Ye Qing growled, and then they quickly jumped into a nearby dense tree and hid!

A short while later, a voice came from beneath his feet: "Are you sure it's around here? We've been searching for two days and haven't found any trace of them!"

"Sir, I heard it from the people around here. They said they saw the sisters Xueyun and Xueying hunting Flame Lions in the area where the Flame Lions roam. They've been appearing almost every day lately, so their hideout must be around here!" someone said. "There's a river here, so they must be camping near the river."

At this moment, more than ten people arrived below, and when Ye Qing saw these people, his eyes narrowed suddenly!

The person who arrived was none other than a movie star!

The others must be the people who entered this ancient star with him.

"Watch out!" Just then, someone warned, "My lord, the things ahead all seem to be highly poisonous!"

The movie star frowned and said, "If what you said is true, their destination must not be too far from here. Xueyun came to participate in the Genius Battle and avoided me. I heard from the Xue Clan that she does not want to marry me. She probably wants to use this Genius Battle to get a good ranking and then make the Xue Clan reluctant to marry her off!"

"Hmph, Xueyun is simply ungrateful! To be able to marry someone like you is the greatest blessing she could ever have." One person quickly flattered, "She's so ungrateful, and she's just bringing a bunch of trash with her, yet she actually wants to get a good ranking in the Genius Battle? What makes her think she can do that!"

"Actually, you can't say that. Her score isn't low at all!" the movie star said. "She's currently ranked tenth on the overall leaderboard!"

"That's because the vast majority of people are looking for opportunities; they've been hunting Flame Lions all along," the person quickly said. "Once everyone starts accumulating points on a large scale later, their rankings will continue to drop!"

“Exactly! That woman is delusional. She doesn’t even want to marry the master, but she was supposed to be his legal wife!” Another man chimed in, “If the master weren’t so strict about gender, I’d be willing too!”

Ye Qingren was dumbfounded in the tree.

This movie star is surrounded by a large group of sycophants.

"Hahaha!" The movie star laughed loudly and said, "She can't escape my grasp. I want to find her mainly because I'm afraid she'll die here. Of course, more importantly, the guy with her dared to disobey me. I will definitely tear him to pieces!"

The guy he was referring to was naturally Ye Qing.

Upon hearing this, Ye Qing narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Alright, continue spreading outwards. Give the order: whoever finds them will be richly rewarded!" the movie star said.

The group did not venture deeper into this highly poisonous area; clearly, they did not believe that Ye Qing and his companions would choose to camp above the poisonous terrain.

After they had gone far away, Ye Qing and the other two jumped down from the tree.

Ye Qing glanced at Xue Yun, whose expression was not good at the moment!

"They've already come looking for us, sis. Maybe... we should leave this area, or they'll come knocking on our door sooner or later," Xueying said.

Xueyun said with a gloomy expression, "If I break through to the Star Lord level, I will definitely kill this guy!"

After saying that, she looked at Ye Qing and asked, "What do you think?"

"Me?" Ye Qing pondered for a moment and said, "I want to go get the monkey wine!"

"Hmm?" Xueying's expression suddenly changed. "This is too risky, you..."

"Alright then!" Ye Qing said, "Let's go back first. You all hide in the cave. Give me a day. I'll try. If I can't retrieve the monkey wine by tomorrow morning, we'll leave!"