4: New passenger, a fourth-level ferocious beast dares to hurt me?
As a train, not having seats was really a bit shabby.
But who made the system have so many requirements?
While Lin Feng was doing maintenance, the sky had already brightened considerably.
Many fierce beasts woke from their sleep, while those nocturnal fierce beasts returned to their lairs to sleep soundly.
Chu Feiyue raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, then turned to his teammate Wang Dapeng and said, "Pengzi, are you really up to it or not? We've been looking all morning and haven't seen any cave you mentioned."
Wang Dapeng confidently replied, "My information is absolutely correct. The Outside the Bastion is so big, let's keep looking. If we really can't find it, then we'll talk."
The two of them were a pair of hunters, usually relying on tasks given by the Hunting Guild Outside the Bastion to earn cultivation resources. This time, the task required two people to team up. They had some camaraderie, so they teamed up and accepted this task.
This task was a bit difficult, requiring cooperation between the two. The first step was to find the location of the cave. The Guild didn't provide it, so they had to find it themselves. Wang Dapeng said he had an information channel and knew where the cave was, so Chu Feiyue followed him, and they searched together.
After searching all morning, they had scoured the Outside the Bastion map thoroughly, but still couldn't find the special cave mentioned in the Guild's task.
"Come on, let's go look over there," Wang Dapeng beckoned to Chu Feiyue.
Chu Feiyue reluctantly followed.
After a while, Chu Feiyue plopped down on the ground, clearly intending to "go on strike."
"I can't go on, I'm tired. How are we supposed to find it among so many caves? If I had known this task would get stuck on finding the location, I wouldn't have accepted it."
Wang Dapeng thought for a moment; they had indeed wasted too much time on this.
"But now the task has been accepted by both of us, and you know the Guild's reward and punishment system. If we don't complete it, we'll be penalized," Wang Dapeng said.
"I didn't say I wouldn't continue looking, it's just that you have to let me rest for a bit, I'm all sweaty," Chu Feiyue fanned himself with his hand.
Wang Dapeng also sat down, "Alright, I'll rest for a bit too."
"Hey, look, isn't there a cave over there?" After resting for a while, Wang Dapeng suddenly pointed not far ahead and said, "Let's go check it out!"
With that, he stood up and walked towards the cave.
Chu Feiyue quickly followed. Since the task was accepted, it had to be completed. Besides, this was a team task, and the rewards after submission were generous, so they couldn't just give up.
There were many low-level fierce beasts Outside the Bastion, but both of them had applied the incense provided by the Guild. Generally, low-level fierce beasts wouldn't actively attack them.
Otherwise, they would have been besieged by low-level fierce beasts long ago.
"This is it! We finally found it! Look, there are Level Four Furious Eyed Bird eggs inside, a whole nest of them!" Wang Dapeng exclaimed excitedly.
"Quick, put them in the storage bag, and let's go back to the Guild to submit!"
Chu Feiyue's eyes also lit up when he saw the bird eggs. They had searched for so long and never expected to find them here.
"Okay!"
However, just as they were concentrating on collecting the bird eggs, a loud bird cry rang out from behind them, startling both of them.
Chu Feiyue mechanically turned his head, only to see a Level Four Furious Eyed Bird standing outside the cave entrance, taller than both of them combined!!
"It's over..."
Both of them were Level Three Martial Artists. Against a Level Four fierce beast, let alone winning, they might not even be able to escape!
"What are you standing around for, run!" Wang Dapeng grabbed Chu Feiyue's arm and dragged him out of the cave.
But the Furious Eyed Bird was guarding the entrance. If they went out, they would run right into its attack!
"It's over, it's over, it's over, it's over..." Chu Feiyue regretted it immensely now. If he had known, he wouldn't have been tempted by the reward and taken this task.
The reward was generous, but if his life was gone, what good was any reward?!
Seeing its eggs being taken, the Furious Eyed Bird was enraged. It immediately snatched the lagging Chu Feiyue.
"Ah! Save me, quickly save me!"
Chu Feiyue was held in the air by the Furious Eyed Bird, unable to maintain his balance. The difference in elemental energy level was too great, and he couldn't unleash his original power at all.
Wang Dapeng turned his head. He knew that if he didn't save Chu Feiyue, he wouldn't be able to escape the Furious Eyed Bird's pursuit by himself. So, he made a quick decision, took out two Furious Eyed Bird eggs from his storage bag, and shouted, "Stupid bird, look what this is?"
They had been too rushed earlier and only managed to collect two eggs. Now they had to throw them all back. It pained him, but losing wealth was better than losing his life.
The Furious Eyed Bird's eyes narrowed as soon as it saw the eggs in Wang Dapeng's hand.
Wang Dapeng's legs were trembling a bit, but he still pretended not to be afraid and tossed both Furious Eyed Bird eggs into the air simultaneously: "If you have the guts, come and get them!"
The Furious Eyed Bird was worried about its eggs, so it shook its head, dropped Chu Feiyue, and went to catch the two bird eggs.
Wang Dapeng seized the opportunity, pulled up the terrified Chu Feiyue, and turned to run.
"Wake up quickly, we need to hurry back to the Guild, otherwise, if the Furious Eyed Bird catches up, we'll be in trouble!" Wang Dapeng said.
Chu Feiyue then recovered from his earlier fear and used the Jade Talisman from his storage bag for escape: "Here's one for you, let's run fast!"
Wang Dapeng didn't have time to look closely and used it directly: "Thanks!"
However, it was still very far from the Guild's location. The Jade Talisman could only last a few minutes at most. When the Furious Eyed Bird caught up, they would be... "Look quickly, it seems there's a car over there!"
Wang Dapeng rubbed his eyes and exclaimed in surprise, "It really is a car! And it's moving! Let's hurry over and ask them for a ride!"
"Okay!"
Under threat of death, Chu Feiyue no longer had time to think about being tired. He ran towards the car at full speed.
After the two got into the car, the effect of the Jade Talisman just happened to disappear.
The Furious Eyed Bird flew, only slightly slower than the Jade Talisman. When it caught up, it almost snatched Chu Feiyue away, but luckily, he only lost one shoe.
"Master, can you drive faster? We'll pay!" Wang Dapeng looked at the driver's seat, but there seemed to be an invisible barrier there, making it impossible to see anything clearly.
"This car is moving so slowly, not even as fast as we can run. What do we do?" Chu Feiyue was completely distraught now. The Furious Eyed Bird was right in front of them!
Just as they were debating whether to jump out of the car or try to call the driver again, a miraculous scene occurred.
The Level Four Furious Eyed Bird, which was as tall as two people, was actually bounced away the moment it touched the car's body!
A loud bird cry cut across the sky.
Wang Dapeng: ???
Chu Feiyue: !!!
The two looked at each other, both seeing shock in the other's eyes!
Only then did they begin to seriously look at this unassuming covered wagon.
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