Chapter 1584: 1584: Chase!
Not long after they left the vicinity of the Five Elements Domain, a group of people arrived and surrounded the corpses hanging from the trees.
The leader, upon seeing his own people dead and displayed in such a manner, turned ashen with rage, cursing at Xiang Qiyan’s people on the spot.
“This is outrageous, utterly outrageous! Xiang Qiyan, Lord Yaan, don’t think you can survive just because someone is helping you. Daring to be so arrogant in front of our master, you’re not far from death yourself!”
Having cursed his fill, he finally let out a heavy sigh.
“Take them down and bury them right here.”
If it weren’t for other subordinates present, he would have liked to curse out ‘useless fools’.
He had only sent them to keep watch, yet they had failed even at that, letting someone silence them forever. If he had known, he would have assigned someone with a higher cultivation level to watch over them.
But the Five Elements Domain wasn’t a place where those with high cultivation levels could easily enter.
“Director Yuan, they probably haven’t gotten far. Should we pursue them?” a man behind him asked softly.
Upon hearing this, Director Yuan’s eyes flickered.
Xiang Qiyan was suffering from severe poisoning and internal injuries, so he definitely couldn’t have gone far. There was still time to catch up.
“Leave two people to handle this, and the rest will follow me in pursuit!”
He refused to believe that this time, with Xiang Qiyan walking into the trap, he would still be lucky enough to escape death!
“Yes, Director.”
The guards in Black Clothes echoed and followed Director Yuan, leaving only two to dig lonely holes and prepare for the burials on the spot.
What they didn’t anticipate was that the person they were attempting to catch was at that moment riding atop a triceratops, speeding towards the Xiang Dynasty.
“An Jiuyue, you have raised this triceratops really well, it’s much faster than the ordinary ones,” Zhan Beiye shouted over the howling wind, unable to resist commenting.
An ordinary triceratops could not achieve such speed, and moreover, this big fellow moved so smoothly it seemed as if it was practiced daily, not shaky at all.
Initially, he was worried about Xiang Qiyan being jostled too much on the back of the triceratops, but now, there was no need for such concerns.
“Do you want me to raise one for you as well?” An Jiuyue asked while munching on snacks.
“No, I can’t afford it,” Zhan Beiye quickly shook his head, insisting he couldn’t accept such an offer.
Seeing what An Jiuyue fed the triceratops—boiled meat, roasted meat, even the vegetables were stir-fried—he realized he would need to hire a couple of chefs if he were to raise one himself.
And An Jiuyue had a space to accommodate this big creature, but what about him? He had nothing.
Could he possibly keep a triceratops under his bed? Impractical—thus it was wiser to save the thought. He simply couldn’t afford it.
“But seriously, Su Tang also said earlier that among these medicinal ingredients, there are two that are very hard to find. Even if we turn the entire King Xiang Residence upside down, we might not be able to locate them.”
“He only said that they can’t be found in the usual places,” An Jiuyue retorted with a pout, clearly not convinced.
Su Tang must have been referring to places like the royal palace, the herbal medicine merchants and shops, and the auction houses, right? It’s normal that these locales wouldn’t have them.
“Su Tang, when we return to the King Yaan Residence, go find out where these two ingredients might appear, we’ll search for them ourselves,” she instructed, looking at Su Tang.
“This…” Su Tang glanced at his master lying down, appearing somewhat troubled.