The sect asked me to marry, and I cultivated to the pinnacle of martial arts!

Chapter 420: Offering Lu Ye a Thunder Profound Fruit as payment? Lu Ye: "Please, everyone."

After a pause, Liu Zheng continued as he fled, "If the other side is strong enough to fight off this mad tiger together, we can each take three of the ten Thunder Profound Fruits, and the extra one can be considered as their reward. What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Jing quickly nodded, offering no objections.

If the other party truly has the ability to help stop this ferocious tiger, or even repel it, Wu Jing feels that it would be worthwhile even if she had to give up two of them.

After all, without anyone's help, the longer the three of them dragged on, the less likely they would be able to hold on.

Zhou Qing hesitated, seemingly feeling that giving up a Thunder Profound Fruit would be a painful decision for him.

However, considering that I am already injured, if I delay any longer, I will most likely be the one to die first.

This Thunder Profound Fruit was an extra one, and given his current injury, it was impossible for it to be allocated to him. Therefore, Zhou Qing nodded in agreement.

In the blink of an eye, the three of them fled all the way to Lu Ye's side.

When Wu Jing got closer and clearly saw the two figures in front of the fire, she was stunned.

Is that the god of death?!

At this moment, Liu Zheng and his companion landed in front of Lu Ye first and said urgently, "Fellow Daoist, a mad tiger is chasing us. We hope you can lend a hand. Here is a Thunder Profound Fruit as your reward!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Ye looked over.

In Liu Zheng's hand was a peculiar spiritual fruit that emitted faint arcs of lightning.

Immediately afterward, a ferocious tiger, moving with incredible speed, swept in from afar, roaring repeatedly.

However, because of Lu Ye's presence here, the ferocious beasts' senses are much sharper than those of human cultivators, and they have an innate instinct to sense danger.

In the Thunder Tiger's perception, not far in front of it sat a young human sitting by the fire...

It's like a terrifying beast lurking in the shadows!
Therefore, for the time being, the Mad Spirit Thunder Tiger merely glared at the three of them and growled, not daring to move.

Beside the campfire, after only a moment's thought, Lu Ye roughly understood that the tiger that had chased after him also possessed the attribute of lightning.

As I ran, it seemed as if lightning was swirling around my feet.

Therefore, this Thunder Profound Fruit was most likely picked from the corresponding spiritual fruit tree guarded by this thunder-attribute tiger.

However, the Thunder Profound Fruit is not a solitary spiritual fruit; there cannot be only one spiritual fruit on a single tree.

Otherwise, the three of them wouldn't be so amicable right now.

Upon hearing this, Lu Ye shook his head and said, "Sorry, this tiger is very powerful. You should continue to run."

"Hey, aren't you the one who absorbed the spirit pool in that dense forest before?" At this moment, Zhou Qing suddenly recognized Lu Ye's figure.

Zhou Qing cupped his hands and said, "Fellow Daoist Wu Jing said that you can suppress and kill a Grandmaster at the ninth level of the Mortal Realm..."

After a pause, Zhou Qing continued, "If it's true, this tiger's cultivation level is only comparable to a Grandmaster at the eighth level of the Mortal Realm. With your strength, you should be able to deal with it. If you can help, this Thunder Profound Fruit will be yours."

Zhou Qing added, "A single Thunder Profound Fruit is quite valuable. Fellow Daoist, are you really not tempted?"

Upon hearing Zhou Qing's words, Wu Jing immediately felt like she wanted to crawl into a hole and disappear.

She had been hiding herself well, but Zhou Qing's words had directly exposed her.

This means that when this senior was slaying the ninth-level Grandmaster... she was secretly watching from the side!
Sure enough, Lu Ye's gaze fell on Wu Jing, who looked embarrassed, with a hint of amusement.

Gritting her teeth, Wu Jing said, "Senior, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to... There are three Thunder Profound Fruits here, which I just obtained. I hope you won't blame me for unintentionally peeking at them earlier."

As soon as she finished speaking, Wu Jing, though somewhat pained, took out all three Thunder Profound Fruits as an apology.

These top-level experts are mostly unpredictable in temperament, and Wu Jing could only hope that the other party would not blame her for this.

After handing the three Thunder Profound Fruits to Lu Ye, Wu Jing took a deep breath and cupped her hands in a respectful gesture towards him. This action by Wu Jing completely surprised the other two.

After being chased all the way, Wu Jing is actually willing to take out all three Thunder Profound Fruits?!

So, all that chasing and killing, didn't they get nothing? Did they escape for nothing?
Zhou Qing thought even more deeply. Wu Jing's move had directly revealed the number of Thunder Profound Fruits they possessed!
At this moment, the reward for that one was clearly meager, even though it was a life-saving act.

Everyone carried several Thunder Profound Fruits, but only took one out...

"Wu Jing, what do you mean by this?" Zhou Qing immediately frowned deeply.

Liu Zheng opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn't know what to say and could only sigh.

Although Liu Zheng also felt that with a total of ten Thunder Profound Fruits, if the other party could save three people, wouldn't one be a bit stingy?
After all, if they continued to flee, there was a high probability that they would die in the jaws of this tiger. In that case, they would not only lose the spiritual fruit, but also their lives.

However, because it concerned his own interests, Liu Zheng ultimately did not speak up.

Wu Jing calmly said, "It's nothing. I just feel that I can't keep these Thunder Profound Fruits. Rather than losing them along with my life, I'd rather give them to someone who has the ability to keep them."

About fifty meters behind Wu Jing and the other two, the Thunder Tiger was completely dumbfounded.

It saw... its three Thunder Profound Fruits fall from the hands of a weak human cultivator to the hands of that terrifying human, who was like a ferocious beast!
Mad Spirit Thunder Tiger: "???"

Having snatched the spirit fruit from these three humans, the Mad Spirit Thunder Tiger felt its victory was assured.

It could be taken from the human race that gave it such a strong sense of danger...

Beside the campfire, gazing at the three spiritual fruits in his hand, Lu Ye pondered for a moment before handing one of them to Wu Jing, saying calmly, "I won't take them all. Come over here."

Upon hearing this, and seeing the Thunder Profound Fruit that Lu Ye handed over, Wu Jing immediately understood.

This terrifying killing god is willing to protect me and resolve this crisis!

Moreover... he even returned a Thunder Profound Fruit to himself.

Immediately, Wu Jing was filled with deep gratitude and bowed three times before walking to Lu Ye's side.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing's expression immediately turned somewhat ugly.

However, Zhou Qing soon discovered something.

The mad tiger that had been relentlessly pursuing them was now only a few dozen meters away and hadn't come any closer.

With a thought, Zhou Qing said, "Fellow Daoist, how about this? We don't need your help to repel this Thunder Tiger. Here's a Thunder Profound Fruit for you, and we'll stay here for the night. How about that?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qingyin, who had been silent the whole time, almost burst out laughing helplessly.

This guy is really eccentric. He clearly saw that the reason why the Thunder Tiger didn't dare to come over was because of certain reasons in this area.

This place is like a safe haven.

That's why this request was made.

But... he underestimated Lu Ye.

Sure enough, Lu Ye frowned: "I'm sorry, I'm not used to spending the night with strangers. Please make yourselves at home."

“Fellow Daoist, we are all fellow Daoists from Xuanzhou. Is it not enough to exchange such a small matter for a Thunder Profound Fruit?” Zhou Qing said.

"Before entering the secret realm, the Heavenly Palace said that it did not want us Xuanzhou fellow cultivators to kill each other."

From beginning to end, Zhou Qing did not believe that Lu Ye was the person Wu Jing described who could kill a ninth-level Grandmaster of the Mortal Realm.

Therefore, they did not treat Lu Ye as a senior.

(End of this chapter)