Yue Zhong looked at Juan Zi coldly and said, “Where’s the Divine Spring Tea? Bring me to it and I will spare your life, but you’d better get lost from Tooth Village.”
“Is that for real?” Juan Zi’s eyes flashed with anticipation- nobody would want to die if given the choice.
White Bones retracted his Bone Spear and Juan Zi immediately fell from the wall. She looked at White Bones, which was capable of shooting such sharp spears, and her eyes had a hint of fear.
Yue Zhong coldly called out, “Lead on!”
Juan Zi gazed once more at the both of them and started to lead the way with big strides.
“It is this type of tea!” Juan Zi brought Yue Zhong along many turns before arriving at a burial site; right behind, there grew a small tea tree of not more than 30 cm tall with 7 forked branches, each branch growing 10 green tea leaves.
Yue Zhong walked towards the tea tree and an exotic fragrance wafted through the air, that was precisely the same fragrance as that of the Divine Spring Tea he had drunk before.
He pondered for a while before suddenly asking, “Are there many (zombie) corpses buried under here?”
Juan Zi’s eyes flashed with surprise, “That’s right! There are indeed many corpses buried here, how did you know that?”
Previously, the Lifesaver Grass, which had contributed to the recovery of many subordinates under Yue Zhong, was also discovered near a burial site. In the process of cultivating the Lifesaver Grass, Yue Zhong found out that the meat of Mutant Beasts and also zombie corpses, basically diseased meat, acted as a sort of effective fertilizer for the Lifesaver Grass, encouraging its growth. If it did not have any nourishment from the meat of zombies or mutant beasts, its growth was unbearably slow. It was because of this that Yue Zhong came to the conclusion that the Divine Spring Tea was likely of the same circumstances, growing on top of corpses.
Yue Zhong ordered White Bones, “Dig it out, be careful not to damage the roots.”
Upon receiving the order, White Bones bent its frame, 10 fingers pierced into the earth and it began digging frenzily.
With White Bones’ efforts, the Divine Spring Tea tree that could strengthen one’s body was dug up together with a sizeable amount of soil, before being wrapped in a big piece of cloth.
Juan Zi saw that White Bones had finished its task and asked meekly, “Can I go now?”
She was not willing to stay with Yue Zhong or White Bones for a moment longer than necessary- after all, she had wanted to kill them earlier. Being by their side was extremely stressful.
Yue Zhong glanced at the vicious woman and blandly said, “I promised you before and I won’t go back on my word. Go back first!”
Juan Zi saw that Yue Zhong had no intentions of killing her and could not help but heave a sigh of relief. Her eyes flashed as she quietly walked behind Yue Zhong.
Upon returning to the village, Liu Erhei and the rest had recovered their mobility. However, they still remained in the room where Ma Zhengming had been hacked to death.
Tooth Village was very small, so Liu Erhei and the rest did not know where else they could turn to. Prior to this, their leader was Ma Zhengming, yet he had been killed. For the time being, they could only stay in the room blankly, with their hearts full of fear and unease over how Yue Zhong was going to deal with them.
Seeing that Yue Zhong’s party of three had come back into the house, their heartbeats accelerated, not knowing how Yue Zhong would deal with them.
“Since I promised you that you can live after helping to find the Divine Spring Tea, I naturally would not go back on my words.” Yue Zhong looked at Juan Zi and spoke slowly.
Hearing Yue Zhong’s words, Juan Zi’s originally pale face regained some of its color.
At that moment, a cold glint flashed in Yue Zhong’s eyes as he took one swipe with his sword down towards Juan Zi’s shoulder, cleanly dismembering her entire right arm.
“However, while I did promise you’re leaving alive, I did not say you would be leaving in one piece.”
“AH!!!!!” Juan Zi screamed in a miserable voice, crying loudly as the stump of her shoulder bled profusely.
Yue Zhong coldly barked, “Get lost immediately! Otherwise I’ll kill you!”