Chapter 464 - Please Have Mercy! (1/2)

After retrieving the Soul Ensnaring Zither, Yuan took a seat on the soft ground and placed the zither on his lap.

He then closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

A moment of pure silence later, he opened his eyes, and his fingers flicked the strings extremely quickly.

Whoosh!

A massive ripple appeared from the zither and swept the place in an instant.

The next second, the Black Horn Bulls didn't even have the time to react before their bodies exploded into a bloody mess.

When Xia Jingyi used the technique, the Black Horn Bulls didn't explode violently, so when she saw the results, she began gagging from shock, nearly puking.

”Whoa… brother… I think you went a little overboard…” Even Yu Rou had to take a step back with a disgusted look on her face after seeing the magical beasts' guts and internal organs flying all over the place. Even though they were magical beasts, Yu Rou felt sorry for them.

Luckily for them, they were standing far enough, or the blood and organs would've definitely hit them.

Yuan's jaw dropped wide open when he saw the results.

”I-I also didn't think it would be so powerful!” He exclaimed a moment later.

”Brother Tian… Did you forget your cultivation base? Even a Mortal-rank cultivation technique will display extraordinary strength if it's used by you.” Xiao Hua said to him.

”Even if you say that, this is my first time using a zither technique, so I didn't know how to control my strength.” Yuan sighed.

If an Earth-rank zither technique is already this destructive, he cannot imagine how powerful his Divine-rank zither technique could be, and he was afraid of finding out.

”There's no way we can harvest their horns when they're in this state…” Meixiu said a moment later.

”I'm sorry…” Yuan apologized to them.

”Brother, you're banned from using that technique if we're with you! It's simply too gruesome!” Yu Rou said to him afterward.

”I understand.” Yuan nodded.

He then turned to look at Xia Jingyi and asked her, ”Are you okay?”

She wiped the tears from her eyes and nodded, ”Yes… I was just… shocked…”

”I'm sorry…” He apologized again.

Shortly after, they went to look for more Black Horn Bulls.

”Meixiu, do you want to try fighting them?” Yu Rou suddenly asked her.

”Eh? I don't know any techniques besides my cultivation technique…” she said.

”What? You still don't have any techniques?” Yu Rou looked at her with wide eyes.

She then looked at Yuan, who merely shook his head and said, ”Looks like we'll be returning to the Myriad of Techniques sooner than I'd anticipated…”

Since Meixiu didn't have any martial techniques, Yu Rou and Xia Jingyi took care of the magical beasts without making a huge mess.

After that batch, they continued to spend a couple more hours hunting Black Horn Bulls until they essentially hunted almost all of them in the area.

”How many horns did we collect?” Yu Rou asked Yuan at the end.

”About 400 give or take,” he said.

”So 4,000 gold coins, huh? That's extremely good for a single quest, and it didn't even take us that long.” Yu Rou said.

”And it is mostly thanks to Xiao Hua for locating the magical beasts for us or this would've taken much longer, so thank you, Xiao Hua!”

Xiao Hua nodded silently.

”Are we going to go back now?” Yuan asked them.

”Yes. Once we hand in our quest, we can go shopping for some cultivation techniques. Though I doubt 4,000 gold coins will be enough to buy even half a technique...” Yu Rou said.

”Money, huh? Xiao Hua, do you still have the spirit stones I gave you? Feng Feng said that you didn't spend it.”

Xiao Hua nodded and retrieved the storage pouch containing the spirit stones and handed it to him, ”Xiao Hua didn't use it, and if Brother Tian needs more money, Xiao Hua still has the money from the auction.”

Xiao Hua reminded him that she still has money from selling her Heaven-grade treasure, something that even she forgot about for a moment.

”Okay. We'll use it if we really need it.” Yuan nodded, no longer feeling as reluctant to use that money anymore for some reason.

Sometime later, they returned to the carriage, where the driver was taking a nap.

”Hmm? Are you ready to return to the city already, esteemed guests?” The driver woke up when he noticed their presence.

”Yes.”

Once everyone was inside the carriage, the driver began driving the carriage back to the city.

On their way back to the city, they talked about what kind of techniques they wanted to get.

”Meixiu, what martial technique do you want? In fact, what kind of weapons do you want to use?” Yuan asked her.