The long sword gradually disappeared into the air, and the sky returned to normal. The Qiling Mountains finally fell silent.
After being baptized by blood, the number of monsters here had been halved at least, and strong monsters were less than one in ten.
However, that nefarious dragon remained as carefree as ever, because at that time, it had simply wanted to find trouble with Wen Wen, not to break out of the barrier.
The flesh and blood of the dead monsters would nourish this land and give birth to new extraordinary creatures.
Xun Ying retracted all his long swords, his brow furrowed.
He had not intended to kill Ieita, but when the long swords were thrust out, the opponent suddenly lunged forward inexplicably, and then turned into a pile of minced meat.
Xun Ying had no killing intent at the time, and the power was not enough to kill a Disaster Upper Order.
Therefore, there were two possibilities at that time: either the true mastermind was silencing witnesses, or Ieita had actually escaped, and what was left behind was merely a physical body to mislead people.
However, regardless of which possibility it was, to be able to tamper with things in front of Xun Ying, who had already constructed the Sword Domain, the opponent must have at least Disaster level strength!
Xun Ying sighed, put away his greatsword, and landed gracefully on the ground.
However, no matter what, this matter would be concluded once all the dispatched scouts returned.
Originally, he wanted to use Ieita to find out who the mole in the association was, but it seemed that it was not easy now.
During the long wait, the scouts who had completed their missions returned to Yaoling Village one after another, most of them carrying large bags of monster materials.
Looking at these materials, Village Chief Long and the others felt a slight pang of heartache. If this incident hadn't happened, these items should have been their property.
For the next few decades, the finances of their Yaoling Village would be tight.
However, the most important Qiling Orb had not yet appeared, which made them anxious. They wanted to ask Xun Ying, but they were somewhat afraid.
Xun Ying sat in the highest position on the field, with a pile of Yaoling Village's specialty delicacies beside him. He ate while watching a drama on an oversized hunting terminal, appearing like a free-spirited immortal.
If a fat otaku were doing the same thing, the scene would be entirely different.
Suddenly, Xun Ying wiped his hands, put away the luxury hunting terminal, and looked towards the entrance.
Under his lead, all the scouts also looked in that direction.
The gazes of Elder Long and the others straightened up; they could sense the energy of the Qiling Orb approaching.
However, what everyone saw first was a bloody mass of things. It was a pile of monster materials as high as a small mountain. Only upon closer inspection could one see a scout pulling a rope in front of this mass.
This scout walked with a cheerful gait, jumping every few steps.
It was the great detective Wen Wen himself!
Other scouts collecting monster materials would go for the most precious items. Wen Wen, on the other hand, took away anything he saw along the way that had even a little value.
The best batch of items filled his spatial ring, and the rest were dragged to Yaoling Village with a rope.
However, what attracted the most attention was not the pile of things behind Wen Wen, but a box hanging from Wen Wen's waist.
All the scouts recognized that box. It was the treasured Qiling Orb of Yaoling Village, lost during this incident.
Including the three scouts at the True Order realm, so many people had been searching for it, and Wen Wen had brought it!
If they had known that Wen Wen had also prevented the descent of a Disaster-level creature, they would have been even more astonished.
Gu Panxi, who could only lie down, felt it was natural. She had seen Wen Wen's restraint towards those rebellious scouts, and it was not unreasonable that he could achieve such results.
Wen Wen stopped the mass of things outside the village. He planned to sell all of them to the Hunter Association to procure more heavy firepower.
Amidst the admiring gazes of everyone, Wen Wen walked up to Xun Ying and the four elders of Yaoling Village, raised the box, and said, "This is the stolen treasure, recovered by me."
Then his expression turned mournful: "I encountered life-and-death crises multiple times. If it weren't for luck, I wouldn't have returned."
"For the sake of such a lifeless object, how much unnecessary casualties have been caused? Regardless of what this thing is used for, its very existence is stained with the blood of the innocent..."
When Wen Wen spoke, he used the ability of the Deceitful Tree Spirit. With just a few simple sentences, he evoked empathy from the scouts.
Although this operation was a great victory, quite a few scouts had indeed been buried forever in these Qiling Mountains and could not return.
Wen Wen held the Qiling Orb and chattered incessantly. At first, Village Chief Long felt very moved, but then he felt that something was not quite right.
How come the Qiling Orb seemed to be utterly wicked as he spoke, as if it should have been destroyed on the spot...
"Uh... could you give me the item first."
Village Chief Long endured for a long time, finally unable to resist reaching out his hand for the Qiling Orb, but Wen Wen immediately hid it behind his back.
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Village Chief Long looked back and saw that although Xun Ying did not speak, he wore a smile, so he knew that they had to give the reward.
With a pang of heartache, he handed Wen Wen a strange doll.
This doll had a dragon's tail, a turtle's body, tiger's claws, and red wings, seemingly pieced together.
"This item was jointly crafted by the four of us, named the Power of the Four Spirits. It can assist you by channeling a portion of our strength during combat."
"You only need to imbue it with your blood, and then infuse it with your spirit and power to its fullest to use it..."
Wen Wen examined the item and found it to be quite good, so he handed the box to Village Chief Long.
In fact, the Power of the Four Spirits was the reward that Village Chief Long and the others had prepared long ago.
Wen Wen also knew that there would definitely be a reward. The reason he staged this scene first was because he was afraid that once Village Chief Long saw the item, he might not even give the reward he had already prepared...
As soon as the box of the Qiling Orb was opened, the expressions of Village Chief Long and the other three members of Yaoling Village all fell simultaneously.
Village Chief Long glared at Wen Wen angrily and said, "How did the Qiling Orb become like this!"
Inside the box was a glowing orb. Judging from the aura of the orb, it was indeed the Qiling Orb.
But the normal Qiling Orb was not covered in such a faint fluorescence that was barely visible unless one looked closely. Instead, it was a phantom layer of colorful radiance!
Wen Wen quickly stuffed the "Power of the Four Spirits" into his spatial ring, then scratched his neck with his hand, wearing a bewildered expression and said:
"It was like this when I brought it back. At that time, the orb was being used as a sacrifice to summon a Disaster-level creature. It should have consumed a lot of energy during that process."