Chapter 422: Chapter 420: Offering a Thunder Profound Fruit to Lu Ye as Payment? Lu Ye: "Suit yourselves.

After a pause, Liu Zheng continued to speak while fleeing, "If the opposing party’s strength is sufficient to help us fend off this menacing tiger, we can each take three of the ten Thunder Profound Fruits, and the remaining one can be the reward for them. What do you all think?"

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

If that person truly has the ability to block this fierce tiger or even drive it away, Wu Jing felt that even giving up two of her fruits would be worth it.

After all, without any assistance, the longer they drag this out, the less likely the three of them would last.

Zhou Qing hesitated a bit, seemingly feeling that giving up one Thunder Profound Fruit was quite painful.

However, considering his injuries, should the situation continue, he would most likely be the first to die.

And since that one fruit was redundant, particularly when he wouldn’t be getting any being injured, Zhou Qing nodded in agreement.

In the blink of an eye, the three fled towards Lu Ye’s side.

When they got closer, Wu Jing saw the two figures by the fire and was dumbfounded.

Is it that God of Slaughter?

By this time, Liu Zheng and Zhou Qing had already reached Lu Ye and hastily said, "Dear friend, a frenzied tiger is chasing us. We hope you can lend a hand. We have a Thunder Profound Fruit as a reward for your help!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Ye looked over.

In Liu Zheng’s hand was a peculiar Spirit Fruit with faint electric arcs.

Soon after, a swift Fierce Beast tiger dashed in from the distance, roaring repeatedly.

However, with Lu Ye present, the beast’s senses were sharper than those of human cultivators, naturally perceiving danger.

In the Frenzied Spirit Thunder Tiger’s perception, the young human calmly sitting by the fire...

He appeared to be like a terrifying beast in disguise!

So for a moment, the Frenzied Spirit Thunder Tiger merely watched them menacingly, growling, but dared not act.

By the fire, after a moment’s thought, Lu Ye roughly concluded that the tiger chasing them also had a Thunder Attribute.

As it ran, it seemed to have electricity coursing around its feet.

Thus, the Thunder Profound Fruit was very likely plucked from a Spirit Fruit Tree guarded by this Thunder Attribute tiger.

Furthermore, the Thunder Profound Fruit isn’t a solitary fruit; a tree can’t just bear one fruit.

Otherwise, these three would not be so peaceful right now.

Hearing this, Lu Ye shook his head and said, "Sorry, the tiger is too powerful; you better keep fleeing."

"Hey, aren’t you the one who was absorbing from the Spirit Pool in that forest before?" Zhou Qing suddenly recognized Lu Ye’s figure.

Zhou Qing cupped his hands, saying, "Wu Jing mentioned you could defeat a Mortal Realm Ninth Layer Grandmaster..."

Pausing, Zhou Qing continued, "If that’s true, this tiger’s level is only comparable to a Mortal Realm Eighth Layer Grandmaster. With your strength, you could certainly handle it. If you could help, this Thunder Profound Fruit will be yours."

Zhou Qing added, "A Thunder Profound Fruit is very valuable. Aren’t you tempted at all?"

As soon as Zhou Qing finished, Wu Jing wanted the ground to swallow her up.

She had hidden her presence well, but Zhou Qing’s words directly exposed her!

It revealed that she had been secretly watching while the Grandmaster was slain!

Indeed, Lu Ye’s gaze turned to the embarrassed Wu Jing, somewhat amused.

Gritting her teeth, Wu Jing said, "Senior, I apologize, I didn’t mean to... Here are three Thunder Profound Fruits I just obtained. Please don’t mind my unintended intrusion earlier."

Upon saying this, though feeling a bit pained, Wu Jing brought out all three Thunder Profound Fruits as a peace offering.

To someone of such peak prowess, who can be unpredictable, Wu Jing could only hope he wouldn’t hold this against her.

After handing over the three Thunder Profound Fruits to Lu Ye, Wu Jing took a deep breath and bowed deeply to him.

This action from Wu Jing completely shocked the other two.

After being chased all this way, Wu Jing actually gave up all three Thunder Profound Fruits?!

So all that fleeing did nothing for her? Was it all in vain?

Zhou Qing contemplated more deeply, realizing Wu Jing’s action exposed the count of Thunder Profound Fruits they held!

By now, the offered reward seemed somewhat meager, given it’s a life-saving measure.

Everyone had a few Thunder Profound Fruits on them but was only putting forth one...

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

Liu Zheng opened his mouth but, in the end, said nothing, merely sighing.

Although Liu Zheng also felt that just one Thunder Profound Fruit seemed insufficient if it could save their lives, given ten in total.

Because if they kept fleeing, there was a good chance they’d end up in the tiger’s maw, with nothing left, let alone fruit.

But due to personal interest, Liu Zheng ultimately stayed silent.

Wu Jing calmly said, "It’s nothing; I just feel that I can’t hold onto these Thunder Profound Fruits. Instead of losing them to death, it’s better to give them to someone capable of keeping them."

Roughly fifty meters behind Wu Jing and her group, the Frenzied Spirit Thunder Tiger was utterly confused.

It witnessed... its three Thunder Profound Fruits fall into the hands of a terrifying human cultivator from the hands of a weak one!!

Frenzied Spirit Thunder Tiger: "???"

Snatching back the Spirit Fruits from these three humans seemed like grasping at an easy prey

But taking it from the human who exuded immense danger...

By the fire, staring at the three Spirit Fruits, Lu Ye thought for a moment, then handed one back to Wu Jing, saying calmly, "I won’t take them all. Come over here."

Upon hearing this and seeing Lu Ye handing back a Thunder Profound Fruit, Wu Jing immediately understood.

This God of Slaughter chose to protect her, dispelling this crisis!

Moreover... he gave one Thunder Profound Fruit back to her.

Immediately, Wu Jing’s heart filled with gratitude. She bowed three times in succession before walking over to Lu Ye’s side.

Watching this scene, Zhou Qing’s expression quickly turned unpleasant.

But soon, Zhou Qing realized something.

The tiger that had been aggressively pursuing them was now just dozens of meters away, not moving closer.

With a thought, Zhou Qing said, "Dear friend, how about this: we don’t need you to drive away the Thunder Tiger. We’ll give you a Thunder Profound Fruit, and we’ll stay here for the night. What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qingyin, who hadn’t spoken all along, nearly chuckled helplessly.

This person was peculiar; he clearly saw that the Thunder Tiger dared not approach due to some peculiar reason about this zone.

Here, it was essentially a safe haven.

So he made that proposition.

Yet... he assumed Lu Ye was a bit foolish.

As anticipated, Lu Ye frowned, "Sorry, I don’t feel comfortable spending the night with strangers. Please feel free to proceed."

"Dear friend, we’re all cultivators from Xuanzhou. Isn’t such a small thing worth trading for a Thunder Profound Fruit?" Zhou Qing said.

"Before entering the Secret Realm, the Celestial Palace mentioned that they hoped we wouldn’t kill each other."

From start to finish, Zhou Qing didn’t believe that Lu Ye was the person Wu Jing claimed could defeat a Mortal Realm Grandmaster Ninth Layer.

Therefore, he didn’t treat Lu Ye as a senior.