Chapter 94: Cultivation (Seven)
The fallen youth stood up. He no longer used spiritual energy to resist the rain, instead letting the crimson droplets strike his body.
Like the previous preparatory disciple, the blood-red color became translucent upon touching his skin. The youth's clothes were soaked through in moments, and the wounds caused by his disrupted spiritual energy healed. This blood rain seemed... to have a certain healing effect on him.
Judging from the present, this youth with a perfect smile didn't look at all like someone about to fall into demonic cultivation.
Qi An's gaze met the youth's, but unexpectedly, this clearly bizarre youth showed no other unusual reactions. He simply bowed with a disciple's greeting toward Qi An, then headed toward the depths of the forest beside him.
The crunching, gnawing sounds continued. The youth with the umbrella made no move to follow the other youth's footsteps.
The rain grew heavier.
The crimson raindrops scattered across the umbrella, creating splashes. Accompanied by the increasingly loud patter of rain was the earlier crunching sound, which had quickened considerably in frequency. It was as though another person had joined in that unknown activity.
[An'an, do you want to go take a look?]
[Yes.] Dense foliage concealed everything within the forest. Qi An watched the seemingly intensifying rain for a moment, then carried his umbrella into the depths.
What Qi An first saw were two youths eating heartily. They were chewing on something, their lips stained a vivid red. Qi An's arrival drew no reaction from either of them. His gaze passed over their slightly upturned lips and fell upon another person lying on the ground.
A broken, battered corpse, clearly dead.
"This rain is problematic." Just as Qi An's gaze was about to turn back to the two people before him, a familiar voice sounded beside his ear.
"Zhang Zhaoqi?" Qi An froze slightly upon seeing the face beside him.
"Mm. I want to..." The youth's brow seemed to furrow slightly, his words carrying a distinct tremor. "Tell you something."