Chapter 56: Yes, I Am Protected By Hidden Powers

Six days passed by just like that and we were nearing the red canyon, a little bit late on time if I was to be honest.

During this time, I made relations with the three rank 6 and two rank 7 guards of Hanai company. Almost all of them were hired but they all were very friendly.

I'd started practicing the Sinking Sand Steps at night and took the pills I got from the auction house. Gang family pills were of way low quality for my standards.

Though, the body toughening oil helped me in practicing Copper Pagoda Body at a quicker rate. I would switch to Star Pagoda after reaching Viscera Purifying stage. It wouldn't affect me in my cultivation at all. Once I got a Perfect Yang Body after reaching 9th rank of Meridian Opening, things would get only easier... but slower.

'Hmm, but then there's THAT to speed things up,' I thought.

"Zuifan look, there's that canyon." Ling'er pointed ahead. Her eyesight was a little better than others.

It was late afternoon and the winds were starting to cool down, something everyone in our group looked forward to everyday. I wiped the sweat off my forehead and squinted my eyes.

"Here."

The sand ahead was red, red like my sister's hair who passed me a bamboo bottle. I took it from her hand and drank only two gulps of water. It was of course not enough to quench my thirst, but sufficient for my body.

I passed the bottle to Hu Shuo and licked my lips.

"Feng Yi, give me the map."

She had been looking at it for an hour. What did she find so interesting in those crosses? I wished she looked at the cultivation technique I gave her with that much interest. I shook my head, mortals were really too quickly swayed by futile interests.

I was also a mortal right now, though. I myself had some desires which necessarily wouldn't help with my cultivation. Then again, to comprehend mortality, one has to experience what it is first.

I stretched the map with my hands and looked at how much distance we had covered. After reaching the canyon, we would have completed half of the journey.

"Move faster! We have to get to those villages by tonight!" shouted Ule. Although we could camp anywhere, getting to the villages would save us another day of food and drinks.

One of the children had caught cold and another man got bitten by a snake. It was normal. The merchant groups always kept antidotes with them.

Just some minutes were left for the yellow and blue sky to fade into orange and red. There were less dunes ahead and the ground was plain near the canyon. The sands were instead arranged by the winds like the waters of a calm ocean.

After a while of walking, we mounted our beast as others rode their horses and camels. This time, I stayed at the front, and Chunu sat sandwiched between Ling'er and Feng Yi. Oh, and Chunu just broke through to rank 5 yesterday. People congratulated her and she was a little shy.

Instead of facing the front, Feng Yi faced the back in her position, looking at the marks we were making and had made up until then.

The craoca's movements were relaxed. We were fortunate enough to find a large scorpion to feed it. I planned to buy some more meat at the village. They surely had to have reared cattles.

"Hu Shuo!" I called. "Go tell the chief that I want to buy a bundle of Enei needles."

The needles I'd gotten from Gang Family had been lost during the chase at Pinchu town.

Hu Shuo was riding behind a guard called Dapauur. These names were different from ours. The guards had told me they were from west and eastern names sounded strange to them.

Enei needles were special because they were mostly used for acupuncture therapy. I planned to open my acupunctures after reaching the village.

Normally, this process would only be done after opening all meridians but Star Pagoda was no ordinary technique. I had to absorb the Star Energy, which was in the for of pure yang through my acupunctures.

"What is... The sand over there is moving!" Feng Yi suddenly shouted.

My train of thought was broken as the craoca cried. The horses neighed and the camels bellowed. Something wasn't right, all animals ran frantically.

The horses were at the front, followed by our beast and the camels. Yet that didn't last for long. The hooves of camels were wider so they quickly overtook the others in this desert.

"What do you see, Feng Yi?"

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She tightly held onto Chunu as I asked. The suddenly increase in speed nearly made her fall off.

"It's a... pack of triple-fanged vipers, holy they are big!"

"The fuck! Those were supposed to be resting. Why did they come out?" Ule cursed.

I turned around and saw red and yellow patterned oblong heads, their black eyes fixated on us. Just the heads were as big as the body of a new born child and there were... lots of them.

"These vipers slip through the sand like melted butter on polished steel. Quick! We need to get out of here!"

"Get where!? This whole area is a desert!"

The merchants shouted and the guards had grim faces. Heh, they thought this would be a smooth journey. It was their job to protect... oh wait, we'd have to protect ourselves.

If it was any other place, these ropes of flesh wouldn't have troubled us but we were on sand, the turf of these snakes.

"Oh no! They're coming!" Feng Yi's face paled. She locked hands with Chunu who was... calm? Oh, she was sweating more than anyone else here.

"Look ahead!" Ling'er lightly pushed my head. This miss was about to take out her sword. That was foolish and would only slow us down.

"Grab the spears! But don't do anything until I tell you to," ordered Du Aini. The guards all had a spear with them. Du Aini was the highest ranked practitioner among us.

They were prepared but I had something better with me. As the craoca couldn't run very fast on sand, we didn't experience the same waggling while riding it. I put my hand inside my chest pocket and took out a wooden case.

Ling'er rested her Chin on my shoulder and looked at what I was doing.

"This is the shoot of gehart." She suddenly had a realization as I opened the wooden case.

This plant called gehart had a sweet smell and yet the craoca we were sitting on seemed repulsed by it. If a tamed beast acted like that, what would the wild beasts do? Those vipers had greater demonic nature in them.

With what seemed like parallel waves in the sand, the vipers came for us. Over here, they were like fish in waters. Their skin color made them confusing to spot in this desert dyed by twilight.

"Everyone halt!" Du Aini shouted. We had reached the rocky grounds. Just below us was a deep and wide canyon. There was another way to descend down there but we were at the wrong place.

The vipers had us cornered. Du Aini told the guards to dismount and be alert. The beasts came in packs and I could count at least 50 of those.

Desert was harsh and there was hardly any food for predators here. These vipers could have been waiting for travellers like us. Unfortunately, they'd have to starve today.

"Here, come and eat me." I got off and calmly went ahead. The merchants cried out at my foolishness while some softies were touched and became emotional at my show of bravery.

Bah, as if I was doing this for them. If worst came to worst, I'd most likely use them as meat shield instead.

"Hey! what are you doing?" Feng Yi called out.

"Brother it's dangerous! Even a Viscera Purifying pracitioner won't last long against this many of them."

'Yeah well, I'm not going to fight, little sister...'

Opening their mouths, the vipers showcased their three fangs. These creatures wouldn't intimidate their prey in other circumstances but we had no way of escaping. They could feast on our flesh to their hearts content... or so they thought- no, maybe instinctively felt.

Hissing loudly, three attacked me but suddenly froze on spot. More came and backed away like humans upon running into a precipice.

I was in no way overpowered or had any super divine protection. And Yet, I acted as if that was indeed the case, instead of telling everyone I had the shoot of gehart with me.

I still had my sword ready incase the plant's smell didn't work. I could guess it wouldn't work for powerful demonic beasts, but for now I was safe and so were the others.

I silently turned to Ling'er and found her pointedly looking at me. Feng Yi was more than a little suspicious.. I hadn't told her of this shoot even though she was the one who had fetched the wooden case for me back in the auction house.

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