Chapter 1377: Internal Fighting

Feeling the gazes of Luo Lishang and Li Mubai, Zhou Yiqiao turned over on the bed slowly and took out a palm-sized scale with a trace of blood from the storage bag beside him.

"This is the scale I took from the winged snake before we left."

Zhou Yiqiao threw the scale in front of Li Mubai and the other two, and pouted slightly, signaling them to pay attention to a sunken mark on the scale.

"Look carefully. This mark is clearly caused by a blunt object attack, not natural wear and tear when the winged snake moves."

"Although the three of us are sword cultivators, when we fought with the Winged Scale Snake, the moves we used were all sharp sword energy, and it was impossible to cause such marks."

"So I guess that the relationship between these most powerful ancient species is not as harmonious as we imagined. It is very likely that they are fighting with each other."

Luo Lishang frowned slightly when she heard this.

She stretched out her hand and gently touched the scale that was still wet with blood with her fingertips, feeling the spiritual power coming from the scale.

"It should be the work of an ancient species that controls fire."

Luo Lishang's eyes gradually became solemn. He slowly withdrew his hand and swept his gaze over everyone present.

"This kind of spiritual power fluctuation is fiery and violent, and is quite similar to an ancient species called Lion Flame Beast that I read about in ancient books."

"This Lion Flame Beast not only has the ability to control fire, but also has incredible strength, enough to cause such deep scars in an instant."

At this point, a hint of doubt appeared on her face.

"However, the Lion Flame Beast and the Winged Scale Snake prefer different areas and have never come into contact with each other. We cannot be sure that there is an inherent conflict between the two as Master Zhou said."

Zhou Yiqiao nodded and understood Luo Lishang's worries.

"Indeed, we cannot conclude that there is a hostile relationship between the Lion Flame Beast and the Winged Scale Snake based on this piece of scale alone."

"But no matter what, it at least gives us a possible direction."

Li Mubai took over the conversation and took the initiative to change the topic.

"How about this? Brother Zhou still needs some time to recuperate. During this time, I will personally go to these locations to investigate and see if I can find more clues about the relationship between these ancient species."

Zhou Yiqiao wanted to speak to dissuade him, but Li Mubai seemed to have known what Zhou Yiqiao was thinking. He waved his hand gently and smiled.

"Brother Zhou, there is no need to say more. I know what I am doing. I will be extra careful on this trip. Besides, with my cultivation, I can escape unscathed even if I encounter danger."

Seeing this, Zhou Yiqiao had no choice but to nod.

"Brother Li, please be careful. If you find anything, please report it immediately."

"That's natural."

Li Mubai agreed with a smile, and then left the camp in front of several people.

After Li Mubai disappeared, Zhou Yiqiao looked at Luo Lishang and Luo Lihan, the siblings, and apologized for Li Mubai.

"Brother Li is outspoken. If there is any negligence on your part, I hope Your Highness the Princess and Your Highness the Prince will not take it to heart."

Luo Lishang waved his hands quickly.

"Mr. Zhou, that's not right. We are both wrong for dragging you into this storm for no reason."

"Friend Li is also worried about Mr. Zhou's injury, so he seems a little impatient. We understand."

Luo Lihan also nodded in agreement, indicating that he didn't take it to heart.

"Mr. Zhou, you should have a good rest. My sister and I will do our best to make other preparations so as to meet the next challenge."

Luo Lishang stood up and prepared to leave the tent so that Zhou Yiqiao could rest in peace.

Luo Lihan also stood up with his sister, but after Luo Lishang left, he hesitated for a moment, turned around and said to Zhou Yiqiao.

"Senior Zhou, this matter is all my fault. I hope Senior Zhou and Senior Li will not have any rift with the Imperial Sister because of my problem."

Zhou Yiqiao smiled gently, looked at Luo Lihan gently, and said.

"Your Highness, you are too polite. Since the four of us are traveling together, we are partners who will advance and retreat together."

"No matter what difficulties we encounter, we should work together to deal with them. How can there be any rifts?"

Luo Lihan felt relieved when he heard this, and a hint of gratitude appeared on his face.

"Thank you, Senior Zhou, for your generosity. I will always remember this."

"If the crisis in the Long Snake Realm can be successfully resolved this time, I will give Senior Zhou the ancient book that my father gave me back then, as compensation for Senior Zhou's injuries."

"In that case, I will not disturb Senior Zhou's rest."

After Luo Lihan finished speaking, he bowed slightly to Zhou Yiqiao, then turned and left the tent.

Zhou Yiqiao looked at Luo Lihan's departing back and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that this young prince was really inexperienced.

"He was so upset just because of one or two lies. It seems that he had never suffered many setbacks before facing this crisis."

Shaking his head slightly, he stood up and sat cross-legged on the bed.

Before formally carrying out the plan, he had to recover as much as possible from his injuries so that he could exert his greatest strength in the upcoming battle.

Zhou Yiqiao kept his mind inward, observing the remaining power of the Biling Herb in his body, and was secretly calculating in his mind.

"We have to make do with the emergency. Brother Li is not an alchemist. He should just melt the Biling grass into juice and give it to me directly."

"As for the wound, the remaining power of the Biling Grass is much less than I thought. It looks like I need to take some healing pills."

Thinking of this, Zhou Yiqiao opened his storage bag again and searched for the pills he carried with him.

Fortunately, he had the habit of preparing medicine on a daily basis. Although he came out in a hurry this time, he still brought a lot of commonly used healing pills.

He picked out a porcelain bottle labeled "Fusheng Pills", poured out a pill, and swallowed it without hesitation.

The pill melted in his mouth, turning into a warm current that quickly spread throughout his body, nourishing his damaged meridians and flesh.

As the "Resurrection Pill" gradually took effect, the power of the Biling Grass remaining in his limbs and bones was also mobilized, and began to accelerate the repair of the injuries in his body.

Zhou Yiqiao only felt a wave of comfort, and his spirit, which was originally exhausted by the battle, gradually recovered a little.

Time passed slowly, and occasionally a few roars of beasts could be heard outside the tent, but they were all blocked out by the powerful spiritual barrier of the crowd, and the tent was completely silent.

Zhou Yiqiao closed his eyes and concentrated, devoting himself to healing his wounds. It seemed as if the troubles in the outside world had nothing to do with him.

An unknown amount of time had passed, but when the last bit of medicinal power was completely absorbed, Zhou Yiqiao slowly opened his eyes, with a gleam of light in his eyes.

He clenched his fists lightly, feeling the spiritual power surging in his body, a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Although he has not fully recovered from his injury, it is enough to deal with some emergencies and not hold back the team.

Just as he was about to get up and stretch his muscles, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the tent, followed by Li Mubai's voice.

"Brother Zhou, I'm back. I have some important discoveries that I need to discuss with you in detail."

When Zhou Yiqiao heard this, he had an idea and took out a long gown from his storage bag and put it on his shoulders. Then he raised his hand and sent out a stream of spiritual power, pulling open the curtain of the tent.

Li Mubai stood outside the door, exhausted, with a look of anxiety on his face.

He stepped into the tent and spoke excitedly without waiting for Zhou Yiqiao to ask.

"According to Brother Zhou's description, I went to investigate the locations marked by Luo Lihan. After some effort, I not only found the five threats he mentioned, but also discovered some interesting phenomena."

As Li Mubai spoke, he took out several stones of various shapes and a broken claw from his storage bag and placed them in front of Zhou Yiqiao.

"I found these near one of the marked locations. Take a look."

Li Mubai pointed at those and continued.

"The spiritual power fluctuations remaining on these stones do not belong to the Winged Scale Snake or the Lion Flame Beast, but a strange fluctuation dominated by earth spiritual power. I guess it may be some kind of ancient relic hidden underground."

Zhou Yiqiao looked at the fluctuations of spiritual power on these items and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"The spiritual power fluctuations on this claw are exactly the same as the spiritual power left by the lion-flame beast on the scales of the winged snake. In other words, this lion-flame beast is in conflict with other ancient species."

Li Mubai nodded and continued.

"Not only that, I found some destroyed nests in the three marked locations, and there were traces of different kinds of monsters in them."

"What is certain is that these ancient species are not only not united, but they may even be in a state of hostility!"

Zhou Yiqiao was not as excited as Li Mubai when he heard this.

He slowly walked to the table and poured himself a cup of spiritual tea, but he didn't drink it.

Li Mubai's smile froze on his face and he asked in confusion.

"Brother Zhou, you... do you think there is something wrong with my discovery?"

Zhou Yiqiao's eyes were blank and he spoke in a strange way.

"If you say that the Lion Flame Beast is bloodthirsty by nature and has conflicts with most of the ancient species, I can still understand it."

"But according to what Brother Li has detected, all the ancient species have more or less conflicts with each other. This is a bit unreasonable."

Zhou Yiqiao said in a deep voice.

"Brother Li, don't forget that even if these ancient species are not as smart as us human cultivators, they are definitely not stupid after cultivating to the level of half-step fusion."

"If it weren't for the conflict that couldn't be eased, they wouldn't have wasted their energy on endless infighting, right?"

Li Mubai's expression became serious when he heard that. He scratched his head and said in confusion.

"So what Brother Zhou means is..."

Zhou Yiqiao took a sip of the untouched spiritual tea. Although the tea was cold, he seemed to be able to taste a hint of unusual flavor from it.

"There are only two possibilities that could lead to this situation. Either these ancient species are creatures from the Long Snake Realm, and they just happened to wake up this time. All their actions are just to fight for territory."

"Or, after being thrown into this world, they sensed something that they could not get rid of, which violated the wishes of the person behind the scenes and caused a conflict between them."