The next morning...

Aaaaaah!

Zheng-Fu woke up early while all the young women were still asleep. The place where he slept was at the very foremost near the entrance of the building because he had to watch out for the dragon spirit monsters. But he slept well all night last night. Not a single dragon spirit monster approached this building within half a li.

"Thirteen days! Only thirteen days left. If it includes the time it takes to return, then I'll have only ten or eleven days left. Sigh! Come on! Ten days, if I find things valuable, I'll sweep them all up with nothing left unclaimed, just wait and see!" Having concluded himself, Zheng-Fu got up and went to find a place to wash himself and change into new clothes. Because his old clothes were very dirty right now.

Ten minutes passed...

Hmmm!

"Soaked in cold water like this is so refreshing!" Zheng-Fu walked back out to see if the young women were awake.

As he reached the building, he found that the young women were all awake. But it seemed that they were also wiping and washing their faces. Zheng-Fu, therefore, did not enter the building yet. He chose to wait outside.

Half an hour passed...

"Is that you, Zheng-Fu? Have you been waiting outside all this time?" After washing up and changing her clothes, Yi-Lin walked out of the building and met Zheng-Fu. She was a little embarrassed when she saw him. But she returned to normal in no time before asking him.

Zheng-Fu did not reply, just nodded and made a soft noise because he did not know what to say.

"Today, can we accompany you to explore outside?" Yi-Lin suddenly asked. "But if you're troubled, that's fine. We can go explore ourselves," she hurriedly added in the last sentence because she did not know what Zheng-Fu would think. But to prevent the embarrassment of being rejected, she said that.

"It's up to you guys. But I can't guarantee everyone's safety. Because I'm not that strong," Zheng-Fu replied. He did not have any problem taking them along. He only was afraid that if they faced a dire situation, he would not be able to protect everyone.

"That's all right! We definitely won't act as a burden," Yi-Lin said, nodded, and smiled lightly upon seeing that Zheng-Fu did not deny. She did not even realize that the bad feelings she had for men before had changed a lot now.

Umm!

When everyone was ready Zheng-Fu then led them to an area he had previously explored. Because it was the safest. Also, there were still many other herbs that he had not picked up yesterday. At least it would be nice to let them get some things back in their hands.

"It seems this route is the safest, right?" Yi-Lin asked. She noticed that there were very few dragon spirit monsters around there.

"Yes! Yesterday, I came to explore this route. So, it's safer than the other routes that I haven't explored yet. But you don't have to worry. There are still more herbs for you and your junior sisters to collect!" Zheng-Fu answered without hiding. He did not need to lie to them about this matter.

Hmm!

Yi-Lin was very impressed with Zheng-Fu when she heard his straightforward answer. It was as she had guessed; Zheng-Fu had explored this route before. But even so, he left many herbs for them.

"Thank you so much, Zheng-Fu! You're the first man I talked to, and the first man I saw as a nice and good-hearted person," Yi-Lin thanked Zheng-Fu before sincerely praising him.

"I also feel good! I usually don't talk to anyone that much either. Otherwise, you wouldn't have seen me alone in such a dangerous place!" Zheng-Fu did not like to talk to anyone too much either, including this young woman. And he thought that after leaving the secret land, he and her might not talk or see each other again.

Umm!

The exploration continued. Along the way, they encountered many medicinal herbs that Zheng-Fu did not collect at all. He gave them all to the female disciples from the Holy Heavenly Blossom Sect. Because those herbs were not very important, even though they were somewhat rare.

Two hours passed...

"We should rest here first. It seems that they're tired."

After two hours of trekking through the forest, Zheng-Fu told everyone to take a break because he saw that these young women were getting tired. Only Yi-Lin still looked comfortable. But even so, Zheng-Fu wanted to take a break. Because he sensed the strong energy wave ahead about four li away. He was afraid it was a high-level dragon spirit monster. So, it was best not to go that way for now.

Umm!

"I know why you made us stop here. I can feel the strong energy waves as well. From what I'm thinking it's probably the initial Deity Soul stage dragon spirit monster. If there is only one of them, then we have a chance to defeat it. But I'm afraid there is not just one," Yi-Lin said.

Umm!

"Maybe so. But we shouldn't be careless. All right! I'll go explore the front first. You guys wait here," Zheng-Fu thought that it would be better for him to go and check it himself.

"May I…"

"You should be here. Because only you can protect your sisters. If you go with me, no one will protect them," Zheng-Fu knew that Yi-Lin wanted to go with him and immediately refused.

Err!

"All right! So, you should be careful, Zheng-Fu. Come back safely!" Yi-Lin knew that she would be there to protect everyone, so she agreed and wished Zheng-Fu a safe return.

Umm!

"I'll be fine. If I die easily like that I probably wouldn't be here today," Zheng-Fu smiled jokingly. He did not want to make the atmosphere stressful for them. And when he finished speaking, his figure instantly disappeared from the sight of every young woman. Including his aura, it had been erased as if he never existed.

Ah!

"Where has he gone?"

"Why can't I sense his presence? Not only his body, but his entire aura and energy wave completely disappear!"

"His camouflage skill is amazing. Even a talented assassin from a dark organization can't do it!"

"Right as you said. Sigh! What can I do to get him to be my children's father!"

"Stop it! Stop it! He must be my children's father!"

"My children!"

Although everyone was shocked by Zheng-Fu's disappearance without leaving a trace in front of their eyes, they did not think much of it. Instead, they became even crazier about him.

"I think you guys should be quiet. There are many dangers around here. If a high-level dragon spirit monster passes by and hears your noise, you all won't have a chance to snatch him for yourselves anymore," Yi-Lin interjected. Even though she kept her composed demeanor, her eyes showed that she had the same desire as her junior sisters. It was just that she did not speak of it. Because her duty now was to protect them.

"We get it, Senior Disciple!!!"

Back to Zheng-Fu...

Whoosh!!!

Whoosh!!!

After separating from female disciples from the Holy Heavenly Blossom Sect, Zheng-Fu immediately headed toward the energy wave he sensed. It was not very far away. Zheng-Fu took only ten minutes to stop a few hundred meters from the destination.

Thud!

Huh?

What Zheng-Fu saw was a large red dragon whose body was covered with wounds, and it was sleeping. Surrounding it were many human figures lying. And at the same moment, his gaze caught sight of a group of young men wearing Heavenly Command Sect's disciple robes, with Heavenly Aqua-pearl Clan's badge on them.

"Should I help them? Besides the disciples of the Heavenly Command Sect, many disciples from the other Sacred Sects were also captured. But how am I going to help them? This red dragon is much stronger than me. I alone might not be able to handle it. Hmm... But right now, it was asleep, and it was when its defenses were at their weakest. Perhaps it would work if I attacked it when it didn't realize," Zheng-Fu thought hard, feeling extremely hesitant and worried because the opponent was much stronger than him.

"I'd better wait and see its movements. Maybe this is its trap!" After pondering for a while, Zheng-Fu decided to wait and see the situation first.

Five minutes passed...

Phew!

Ten minutes passed...

Phew!

Half an hour passed.........

Thump! Thump! Thump!!!

Roooaaar!!!

Finally, three green flying dragons that were around the size of the red dragon landed and stopped near it. And they stopped there because they saw a lot of humans lying next to this big red dragon.

Roooaaar!!! Roooaaar!!! Roooaaar!!!

Roooaaar!!! Roooaaar!!! Roooaaar!!!

The three green flying dragons roared non-stop. But the red dragon showed no signs of waking up or doing anything as if it was in deep sleep.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Whoosh!!!

Slash! Slash! Slash!

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The three green flying dragons saw that and did not hesitate to go in, hoping to snatch those human bodies. But at the moment, they were only a few dozen steps away from the red dragon, the red dragon's tail swept across their throats without them even realizing it.

Their heads immediately fell off their bodies and landed on the ground before they rolled along the ground with blood splashed all over.

"It's really a trap!" Zheng-Fu's eyes widened as he saw the red dragon slowly opening its eyes. A satisfied smile appeared at the corner of its mouth. It was a very evil smile.

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