Hearing Mu Jinyu's sigh, Gu Changqing was momentarily stunned before snapping back to reality, his eyes reddening.
He had been to the Yuntian Mountain Range at least four or five times in the past six months, but when had he ever returned with half a bag's worth of harvest?
To come back with twenty or so Spiritual Medicines was considered extremely fortunate.
He genuinely didn't know how Mu Jinyu, who was only at the Fourth Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm, managed to obtain a whole bag of high-grade Spiritual Medicines, which made him so envious that his eyes were about to turn red.
Mu Jinyu finding so many Spiritual Medicines was not due to good luck, but because he cultivated the "Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art."
The "Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art" was a Primordial Divine Technique of the Wood Attribute. Once cultivated successfully, it naturally enhanced the sensitivity to Spiritual Medicines.
Others couldn't sense them or knew where these medicines were hidden, but within the range of his Divine Sense, these Spiritual Medicines appeared as red dots on a map, marked in shades of light or deep red according to the concentration of their medicinal power...
Therefore, what was a risky endeavor for others, dangerously searching for Spiritual Medicines in various places, was akin to a leisurely stroll for him, effortlessly picking up money.
Full of both envy and excitement, Gu Changqing's breathing quickened as he shouted at Mu Jinyu, "Alright, you useless poor thing! Drop that Snake Skin Bag, let go, and leave. I won't kill you!"
Of course, he was not suddenly being kind by sparing Mu Jinyu's life.
Nor was it because he was smart enough to guess that Mu Jinyu had a way to easily locate Spiritual Medicines, so he wanted to subdue Mu Jinyu to fetch them for him continuously...
He asked Mu Jinyu to leave because his mind was completely filled with the array of Spiritual Medicines; he was solely focused on obtaining them.
But killing Mu Jinyu with a single slash would be risky, as Mu Jinyu was standing right next to the Snake Skin Bag, potentially harming the medicines.
Even if only one Spiritual Medicine got damaged by killing Mu Jinyu with a single blade, he would feel terrible.
For Gu Changqing, since the moment he had seen Mu Jinyu, all the Spiritual Medicines in that bag were his!
His Spiritual Medicines, how could they be damaged because of Mu Jinyu, a useless cultivator at the Fourth Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm?
And with Mu Jinyu so weak, letting him run away for a while, and after securing all the Spiritual Medicines, going after him to kill him, wouldn't it be the same?
"Alright."
Mu Jinyu, hearing Gu Changqing's words, took a long look at his fellow Mingyue Valley disciples lying in a pool of blood, then loosened his grip on the mouth of the Snake Skin Bag and began to step back.
He agreed so quickly instead of directly attacking and killing Gu Changqing because Gu Changqing was too close to those two severely injured, dying disciples of Mingyue Valley. He feared that unleashing the "Great Freedom Heavenly Wood Sword Qi" to blast Gu Changqing might hurt them with the attack's residual effects.
And since they were currently in a life-threatening state, Mu Jinyu feared that even a slight residual impact could shake them to death, which is why he tempted Gu Changqing with the Spiritual Medicines.
To let Gu Changqing come and deliver his own doom!
Mu Jinyu slowly released the grip on the mouth of the Snake Skin Bag, retreating step by step.
Gu Changqing didn't take Mu Jinyu seriously at all. As Mu Jinyu stepped back, even though he kept his eyes on him, Gu Changqing ignored it, moving forward step by step. Only when he was sure his attack wouldn't damage the Spiritual Medicines...
He suddenly swung his great sword, sending out a Great Sword Qi five or six meters long, slashing straight at Mu Jinyu!
The Sword Qi was ruthless, fiercely unstoppable, turning the trees in its path to dust and plowing a long trench in the ground, like a typhoon passing through, destroying everything in its way!
Observing this, Mu Jinyu sneered coldly and with a thought, he began to use his Divine Skill "Great Freedom Heavenly Wood Sword Qi!"
Despite the terrifying Great Sword Qi, which even a cultivator at the Seventh Layer of the Divine Realm wouldn't dare face lightly, after it destroyed dozens of giant trees blocking it, it was easily neutralized!
Yet Gu Changqing failed to perceive this. After unleashing that Great Sword Qi, he didn't pay any more attention to Mu Jinyu and rushed eagerly toward the Snake Skin Bag with red eyes.
He thought to himself, with so many spiritual medicines, I will soon be able to break through to the Eighth Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm, and when the time of the Four Sects Martial Meeting comes, I will surely astonish everyone!
Seeing him like this, Mu Jinyu couldn't help but hook a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and struck again. He pointed and launched tens of wooden swords, attacking Gu Changqing's vital spots!
Lying in a pool of blood, the two women of Mingyue Valley were gravely injured but had not lost consciousness.
Initially, when they realized they were powerless to escape, they planned to risk their lives fighting Gu Changqing as soon as he approached. Even if they couldn't kill Gu Changqing in the end, they were determined to bite off a chunk of his flesh.
But the situation unexpectedly changed. Gu Changqing ignored their life or death and instead went to snatch the belongings of the Heavenly Sword Faction's Outer Sect Disciple, something they never anticipated...
As they started taking action, the two women were filled with a sense of guilt. They hadn't intended to cause Mu Jinyu's death, but they had ultimately caused incidental harm.
"Junior Sister, now that it has come to this, let's quickly seize this rare opportunity to escape!"
Though they felt a deep guilt towards Mu Jinyu and sorry for this stranger, they knew they couldn't save him. If they wanted to survive, their best option was to seize this opportunity to leave quickly, or it would be too late.
The two women painfully gritted their teeth and climbed up from the pool of blood.
"Senior Sister, you go first!"
"Junior Sister, you go first!"
The two women said at the same time.
They both understood that if they both went together, they would only drag each other down and ultimately be caught up by Gu Changqing.
However, if one of them escaped while the other delayed Gu Changqing, it might just give the escaping person a chance to survive.
Neither of them had expected, though, that they had the same thought.
After speaking, they paused in surprise.
Then, as they turned back, they saw a scene so shocking that their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets!
"Boom!!"
"Hiss!"
All they could see in their eyes was Mu Jinyu, who was only at the Fourth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm, raising his hand to cast tens of wooden swords condensed from True Yuan. With a volley of arrows, they pierced through the body of Gu Changqing as he bent down to pick up the Snake Skin Bag.
They pierced through his Dantian, through his chest, through his throat, through his eye sockets, through all his vital body parts...
And Gu Changqing, who had no ability to resist.
In just a moment, his breath vanished, his expression still frozen with an intense look of greed.
"Gu Changqing, at the Seventh Layer of the Divine Realm, was actually not his match?!"
"Is he really just at the Fourth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm? Could it be he was hiding his true strength?"
The two disciples from Mingyue Valley, witnessing this scene, filled their eyes with disbelief and exchanged glances, unable to help covering their mouths, and exclaimed in a low voice.
Mu Jinyu bombed Gu Changqing and nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the undamaged Snake Skin Bag and spiritual medicines, smiling contentedly, "Very good, my control is getting stronger."
After speaking, he stepped forward, picked up the Snake Skin Bag, and began to search Gu Changqing's body to see if there were any valuable items.