Chapter 174: Chapter 118: Sneak Attack from Behind, Soul Heart Fruit [Subscribe Requested]_3

Just the various Spiritual Medicines and ingredients for medicine he had picked added up to a value of seven to eight hundred Spirit Coins.

In addition, he had slain an Ironback Centipede Demon Insect that was laying eggs and harvested more than a dozen centipede eggs, which were also valued at three to four hundred Spirit Coins.

With these gains in hand, Zhou Chun was even less in a hurry to make his way to the mountain peak where the tower was located.

One day, as Zhou Chun passed through a mountain forest, his Divine Sense suddenly stirred, and he abruptly looked towards a dark green bird flying in the sky.

The bird was about the size of a pigeon and had faint fluctuations of Spiritual Power on its body, proving that it was not an ordinary bird but a Demon Bird.

Had an ordinary Cultivator who was not privy to the inside scoop seen this Demon Bird, perhaps they wouldn’t have thought much of it.

But Zhou Chun recognized that the dark green bird was called a “Green-Tailed Wind Swallow,” a group-living Demon Bird that was unlikely to be traveling alone.

More importantly, this type of Demon Bird could easily be tamed by a Cultivator to become a Spirit Pet used for scouting and tracking.

Bearing this in mind, Zhou Chun felt that the “Green-Tailed Wind Swallow” he saw was most likely a Cultivator’s Spirit Pet, and it had probably already discovered him and was on its way back to report to its master.

However, even after realizing this, Zhou Chun knew it was too late to intercept and kill it now.

“This Trial Grounds is not without its flying Demon Birds, but for someone to send a non-combatant Green-Tailed Wind Swallow out to scout, it implies they must be nearby, likely not more than ten miles away!”

As thoughts raced in his mind, Zhou Chun felt it was better to face the situation calmly rather than to hastily relocate and escape.

Now it seemed he was out in the open, while the other person was hidden in the dark.

But in reality, he already knew he was exposed to the other person’s sight and was prepared for it in his heart.

If the other party really did come hunting for him, it would still be uncertain who was hunting whom!

Realizing this, he calmed himself and continued to move forward according to his original plan, not even stowing away his leading Silver Lightning Python.

What Zhou Chun didn’t expect was that the owner of that “Green-Tailed Wind Swallow” had no intention of ambushing him from the shadows at all.

Quite the opposite, he promptly made some noise, catching Zhou Chun’s attention.

“Fellow Daoist, please hold on!”

From the mountain forests behind Zhou Chun, a voice suddenly called out.

Then, a grey-clothed elder with white hair appeared in his line of sight.

The grey-clothed elder waved his arms until he stepped into Zhou Chun’s view, where he then stopped.

This unconventional approach slightly startled Zhou Chun.

Unclear about the elder’s intentions, Zhou Chun remained inwardly alert, his Divine Sense and gaze constantly scanning the surrounding forest, as he asked in a deep voice, “What advice do you have, sir?”

Hearing his words, the grey-clothed elder hurriedly waved his hands and replied, “Advice? I wouldn’t dare. It’s just that there’s an opportunity I’d like to share with you!”

Share an opportunity?

This really made Zhou Chun taken aback, almost suspecting the other party was joking.

His gaze fell on the grey-clothed elderly man, and his eyes gradually grew colder.

His voice was equally frosty, “Surely you jest, sir? You know what kind of place this is, there’s no need for me to say more, is there? Do you think I’m so foolish as to believe the words of a competitor who says they want to share an opportunity with me?”

The grey-clothed elder listened and shook his head, waving his hands, “No, no, no, fellow Daoist, you are gravely mistaken!”

“Although we are competitors, who says that competitors cannot cooperate with each other to seize treasures?”

“In front of a real treasure, even two Cultivators who bear deep hatred towards each other can temporarily put their grudges aside to cooperate. Not to mention people like us, who harbor no such resentment, right?”

He talked about the opportunity and then the treasure, speaking in a manner that was truly tempting.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun, although not believing that the other party would really cooperate with him, couldn’t help but have his curiosity piqued.

He then inquired, following the elder’s words, “Oh, a real treasure? What kind of treasure is it that leads you to believe that I would let down my guard and cooperate with you?”

The grey-clothed elder had been waiting for just this question.

Looking at him with full confidence, he uttered three words.

“Soul Heart Fruit!”