"Big monk, if you continue running wild, I'll drink up your wine in one gulp!" The Drunk Monk did not let it go, and Lin Qingfeng threatened him.
"No! No! No!" Anxious, the monk waved his head like a rattle-drum, imploring, "Brother Lin, President Lin, please leave some wine to me."
Lin Qingfeng giggled, "Alright. Don't worry. I'll call you if I want to drink. You cherish the wine. I'll be ashamed if I drink it up alone. Ha…ha…"
Dismayed, the Drunk Monk nodded and murmured, "I hope you can keep your word."
"Hey, you two, stop quarreling! Take time to detoxicate the poison first." Jing Pingyue glared at the two and shouted.
They did not argue anymore and walked towards her.
Just now the monk concentrated on how to take back his wine and did not pay attention to the blood essence herb. Astonished, he looked at the herb, mumbling, "Pure, the herb encompasses countless spiritual energy and looks over ten thousand years old. It must be the best of the supreme. Such a superior blood essence herb really exists in the mortal realm?"
Lin Qingfeng waved head and sighed, "In the great world, wonder never ceases. Perhaps we belittled the mortal realm before."
Nodding, the monk plucked a leaf from the herb, "One leaf is enough to detoxicate the poison."
Lin Qingfeng, Jin Pingyue and Fang Xian'er plucked one leaf each and put it in their mouths.
Bane of the soul-devouring poison, the blood essence herb released traces of strong medicinal energy and refined all of the poison the moment the four took the leaves.
They collected themselves one after another joyously.
The Drunk Monk said, "How marvelous the herb is. It not only detoxifies the soul-devouring poison inside my body but also boosts my cultivation base greatly."
Nodding, Lin Qingfeng and Jin Pingyue benefited a lot from the blood essence herb as well.
Fang Xian'er was the most ecstatic. Her cultivation base was the weakest, but her progress was the most obvious. One leaf raised her cultivation base by one third at least. She had never experienced such huge progress before.
Greediness and thirst gleamed in her eyes, when she stared at the left herb.
Lin Qingfeng noticed Fang Xian'er's look and patted her head, "Don't dream! The left herb will be kept for other uses."
"Other uses? Fang Xian'er paused.
Lin Qingfeng answered, "Albeit seriously wounded by us, the black golden-falcon beast is still alive. It may hurt people at anytime. We must kill it at next full-moon night, when the energy of the beast is the weakest! In case of being poisoned by its soul-devouring toxicant, we need to safekeep the blood essence herb."
The monk and Jin Pingyue gave a nod of consent. Albeit unwilling, Fang Xian'er took the overall interest into consideration and gave up her idea.
Lin Qingfeng continued, "Besides, the report of alliance gathering is coming. I need to present the herb to the leader of the alliance as our gift. We branch did not bring some decent gifts previously, and was laughed at by the other two branches. I'll see how they can joke about us this time."
Lin Qingfeng already made a detailed arrangement for the herb. The other three did not object, but nodded.
If the branch in the Country Longyue gained an honor, its members also had faces.
"Old Lin, your gathering reminds me that the leader of our alliance and the sect elders want to appoint one of the branch leaders as the deputy alliance leader, the successor of the alliance leader. Are you prepared? As far as I know, Ling Haotian from the branch in the Country Feitian and Chi Lianmei from the branch in the Country Jinxia all covet the position. The two guys are working hard on cultivation practice in the hope of breakthrough when the gathering comes."
Lin Qingfeng smiled bitterly, "It's hard to make any breakthrough for cultivators like us. Without any chance, the breakthrough is not that easy to attain. We three are birds of a feather. Just act according to circumstances then."
"Master, please strive for the position of the deputy leader of the alliance. It's not your own honor, but the glory of our whole branch." Fang Xian'er said in a desirous look.
Lin Qingfeng gave a forceful nod, "Don't worry. I'll try my best!"