The Scum Is A ***

"Eh? Sun-shixiong?!" Feng Mo exclaimed when he and Jing Kang saw Sun Yi, then Kang Ce, Gong Xian, Xi Ming and Xi Xing. "So you're here! Where're Chen-shixiong and the others? Have you seen Cheng-shidi?" he asked.

Jing Kang looked at the limping Xi Xing with his bleeding leg twisted to the side. "What happened to him?" he asked, his voice and expression solemn.

However, to their surprise, none of the five answered. Or that, they couldn't answer. Feng Mo and Jing Kang have been wandering around the underground palace, and they have seen enough strange things or occurrences. And so, they immediately noticed the group's abnormality.

"Sun-shixiong…" Feng Mo called as he raised a Thought Talisman.

Sun Yi who was about to raise his own Thought Talisman smiled when he saw that Feng Mo has one. He raised his to show Feng Mo that he can still communicate. "I am fine." He told him.

Meanwhile, the others who envied Cheng Sheng's group since they have lots of stuffs. "…." Sun Yi and Feng Mo have a Thought Talisman each, which is very convenient for certain situations. They suspect that Cheng Sheng's group all has one.

Why does their group has so many great stuffs? The strong scent of sourness of the lemon permeated in the air as they looked at Sun Yi and Feng Mo in envy.

Sun Yi just smiled and ignored their envious gazes while Feng Mo is currently anxious so he was oblivious of what is happening. "Xi Xing was injured by a monster that was stealing our voice. We are currently escaping, since we can't defeat for it has a skin thicker than the leather, as well as a shell harder than a rock which can actually camouflage itself with the surroundings, making us think it is underneath the surface when it's actually just above the surface, lying in wait for us." He explained.

"A camouflaging monster?" Jing Kang muttered as he pondered.

Silence fell upon them for a moment before Kang Ce grabbed the Thought Talisman from Sun Yi. "How can you still talk when there's the monster behind us?" he asked. "You shouldn't be able to speak." He added with a bewilderment on his face.

The others also have realized and they stared at Feng Mo and Jing Kang who was startled. "Wait – " Feng Mo said as he raised both his hands up his front and took a step back. "We don't know why we can speak – " he said and turned to Jing Kang who was silent on the side. "Hey, fourth young master Jing! Say something!" he told him.

It is to be said that fourth young master Jing is reliable, dependable, as he raised his head and faced the group's suspicious gazes. "It's not that we are playing tricks." He said. "We've just caught a monster… well, a few monsters." He told them as he took out a jar which is warm to the touch.

The group's eyes widened as they stared at the two in shock. "You… caught a few monsters?! What are they?" they asked through Sun Yi's Thought Talisman.

"A few fireball monsters." Jing Kang answered and handed the jar to them.

The group immediately gathered around Jing Kang and touched the jar which the surface is warm that its warmth ran through their skin and gathered inside their body.

"Ah… so comfortable!" Kang Ce exclaimed. "I feel my fatigue is gone – " he smiled.

"So good… I feel like I'm home with my Yuan – " Sun Yi said.

"Shifu…" Gong Xian muttered.

"Xiao Xing, do you remember when we were young? You cuddled with me beside the hearth – " Xi Ming told Xi Xing with a nostalgic smile on his face.

Xi Xing blushed and lowered his head, feeling shy. "Ge…" he called.

Just as his voice fell, they suddenly noticed that they can now hear each other's' voice. They had a stunned look on their face as they looked at each other.

"Strange…" Sun Yi muttered as he looked at the jar then Feng Mo and Jing Kang. "Could it be – "

"The jar?" Gong Xian said as he rubbed the jar's surface.

"That can't be." Jing Kang said. "There's nothing special on my jar." He told them.

"Then – " Feng Mo said as his eyes lit up. " – it's those monsters?!" he said and his eyes narrowed as he looked at the jar. "Could they have healing ability?" he curiously asked.

"That couldn't be." Jing Kang's brows knit.

"The monster's gone." Kang Ce told them as he looked back.

They all turned and saw that there was no suspicious area bulging anymore. "It… fled?" Xi Ming was surprised.

"It looks like the fireball monsters you caught are special." Sun Yi commented as he lightly patted the lid of the jar.

"En." Jing Kang nodded. He looked pensive.

Meanwhile, Feng Mo didn't bother to think deeply of what happened. He isn't a brainy person. "Since the matter's now resolved, should we all go look for the cave and the spring together?" he asked them.

Kang Ce, surprisingly, nodded. "I feel at ease with the monsters inside this jar." He said. He couldn't help but shudder when he remembers the camouflaged monster that chased them.

"We'll also go." Xi Ming said as he looked at Gong Xian and Xi Xing.

Gong Xian nodded, while Xi Xing bit his lip. "Ge." He called.

Xi Ming turned to Xi Xing. "You can't give up, xiao Xing. Not now." he sighed as he placed Xi Xing on the floor and lean on the wall. "We don't have the Cleansing Stones anymore to take us back to Zhongyang. We could only look for the cave and the spring to go back." He told him.

"I know." Xi Xing lowered his head. "However, I – " he said and looked at his leg.

Xi Ming knew that Xi Xing finds himself to be dragging them. His heart aches for his younger brother.

"I have potions and magic pills with me here." Feng Mo said.

Xi Ming turned. "But… we've troubled you more than enough…" he said and looked at Sun Yi. Sun Yi has given them potions and magic pills earlier to treat Xi Xing's wound.

Sun Yi looked at him. "Although I am already married to my Yuan and belongs to the Youxiwang Sect, but my blood is still from the Shanliangde Sect." he said. He meant, he would still lend them a hand.

Xi Ming felt warm in his chest. He couldn't be any more grateful than he already is towards the benevolent group of Cheng Sheng. Thus, he could only shamelessly ask Feng Mo for potions and magic pills.