Chapter 2220 — An Unexpected Joy
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That Wei Zhao and Sun Jingyan had not died came as something of a surprise to the Eighth Protector, Lazi, and Tagan Lon. Those three were dead, yet Wei Zhao had escaped calamity—remarkable indeed!
Then again, perhaps the Great Fire Lion's temper had cooled after killing those three, which was why Wei Zhao and the Fifth Protector had suffered only minor injuries... or perhaps the deaths of those three had all been accidents!
The green-robed expert had been crushed by a boulder, the black-robed expert run through by a tree trunk, and the burly man in white had been the unluckiest of all—he had simply been bitten to death by a tiger...
Yet when the Eighth Protector saw the collapse beneath Wei Zhao's and Sun Jingyan's feet, his expression shifted slightly and he strode over quickly! For a matter of great importance had occurred to him!
In the Wulong Haote Mountains there lived a spirit beast called the Lesser Killer Gopher, which dwelt underground and loved to burrow out great caverns for its nests. It was not aggressive, nor did it possess any other particular attributes.
But this Lesser Killer Gopher had one peculiar habit: it delighted in collecting the essence cores and inner pellets of dead spirit beasts! It stored whatever cores and pellets it found within its burrow. They were of no use to it, but many spirit beasts have their various little hobbies.
Previously, while gathering herbs in the Wulong Haote Mountains, the Tagan family had chanced upon several Lesser Killer Gopher burrows and retrieved a number of spirit beast essence cores and inner pellets from within! And the collapse beneath Wei Zhao's feet was very likely just such a burrow!
That was why the Eighth Protector had rushed over so eagerly! Others might not know how to use a spirit beast's essence core or inner pellet, but the Tagan family's alchemists knew one use for such cores—and no small use at that!
"Step aside, you two!" the Eighth Protector said to Wei Zhao and Sun Jingyan.
"What do you mean to do?" Wei Zhao asked, his suspicions stirring, though he kept his face carefully blank as he watched the Eighth Protector hurry over.
"When I say step aside, step aside—why so many foolish questions?" In the Eighth Protector's eyes, Wei Zhao was a mere Yellow-rank mid-stage expert. True, he had overcome a white-robed brute at the peak of Yellow-rank mid-stage, but to an Earth-rank mid-stage expert like himself, the man was no more than an ant.
Wei Zhao had no wish to provoke a feud with the Tagan family just yet, so he shifted slightly to one side and drew Sun Jingyan away with him.
The Eighth Protector, meanwhile, was already digging furiously with his hands at the collapsed ground where Wei Zhao and Sun Jingyan had stood! By then Young Master Tagan Lon and Lazi had come over too, and at the sight of the Eighth Protector's exertions their faces lit with delight—they had guessed his intent!
The Fifth Protector was still off to one side circulating his qi to heal his wounds, and for the moment could not come over.
"This is a Lesser Killer Gopher burrow?" Tagan Lon asked, somewhat delighted. "There are spirit beast essence cores inside?"
"It should be!" The Eighth Protector nodded. "Though whether there are any cores or pellets, we can't yet say."
"Who would have thought! I took this Fire Lion hunt for a failure, a stroke of bad luck—but every cloud has its silver lining. What an unexpected joy!" Lazi said excitedly.