Seeing that the girl was so sad, Nam's face flashed with heartache. He immediately asked me, "Duo Ji, this girl is so pitiful.
The disgusting thing on the ground seems to be a person. What's the relationship between this girl and him? "
I didn't know much more than Nam about the girl's identity, so I couldn't get an answer from him. Nam stood at the side and rubbed his hands for a long time. He didn't know how to console her.
After a long time, seeing that the girl hadn't recovered from her sadness, Nam shifted his gaze to the Undead Spirit Snake and said, "A monster in the Monster realm. It must have condensed a Beast Core. This is a good item. It would be a waste to not take it."
After saying that, he walked in front of the Undead Spirit Snake. The monster aura around his body surged and sharp claws appeared in his hands. He cut open the Undead Spirit Snake's stomach in a few swipes.
After a few seconds, he took out a Beast Core that was the size of a fingernail from the snake's stomach.
After he carefully wiped off the bloodstains on the Beast Core, I could finally see the quality of the Beast Core.
The shape of the Beast Core wasn't uniform and there were different patterns on it. According to what Nam had said, a Beast Core of this quality wouldn't make the grade.
Even so, Nam's face was still full of smiles. He held the Beast Core in his hand and waved at me. "Duo Ji, this Beast Core is still alright. When we reach Rock City, we can exchange it for a gold coin."
While Nam was happily talking, the rabbit race girl behind him stood up with the skeleton in her arms. She picked up the tree roots on the ground and tied the corpse to her body before crawling towards the entrance of the cave.
Seeing the girl's actions, Nam hastily lifted his leg to follow her.
I frowned and stopped Nam, reminding him that they had already wasted a lot of time today and that they had to hurry on with their journey.
Seeing that I was urging him, Nam casually put the Beast Core into his cloth bag and said, "It's alright. The village chief has already calculated that there are still ten days until the Saad Academy's selection. Even if we are delayed for a few days, we can still make it."
After saying that, the anxious fellow followed the rabbit race girl out of the tree hole. I could only follow helplessly.
When she arrived outside the cave, the rabbit woman stopped and put down the corpse on her body. She stared straight at the tree in front of her, thinking about something.
Seeing the situation, Nam frowned and explained to me in a low voice, "I heard from the village chief that the rabbit tribe has a custom. When their tribe members die, they put their corpses on a tall tree. It means that their souls will go to heaven and forever protect their tribe.
However, the people of the Rabbit Race are not good at climbing trees. Every time they place the corpses, they have to tie a very long rope to the tree before they can climb up. "
After listening to Nam's explanation, the rabbit race's burial method was somewhat similar to the human world's sky burial.
However, the lowest branch of this tree was at least ten meters tall, and there were no other tools beside it, so it was very difficult to climb up.
At this time, Nam walked in front of the rabbit woman and said softly, "We Kobolds have sharp claws, so it's very easy for us to climb trees. Let me help you."
The rabbit woman seemed to have an instinctive resistance towards strangers. After hearing Nam's words, she didn't pay attention to him. However, seeing that the tree was really too tall, she couldn't reach it with the tree roots she had picked up. Helpless, she could only nod her head.
After getting the woman's consent, Nam took off his shirt and used the tree roots in the woman's hand to tie the corpse to his back. Afterwards, his hands turned into sharp claws, and he leaped up and firmly latched onto the tree trunk.
Using all four limbs, it didn't take long for Nam to climb up the tree branch and firmly place the corpse on top.
After finishing, he didn't immediately come down, but instead lowered his head and asked the woman, "Miss, do you think this place is okay?"
Seeing the woman nod her head, Nam chuckled and quickly retreated.
After Nam landed, the woman squatted on the ground and stared at the corpse on the tree branch. She let out a 'ji ji ji' sound as if she was praying.
After she finished praying, Nam put on his shirt again and walked over to introduce himself in a low voice. "I'm Nam, he's Duo Ji.
We're from Green Water Village, and we're planning to participate in Thadd Academy's selection.
Miss, what's your name? Your Red Soil Village is quite far from here. What are you doing here? "
Nam couldn't see her cultivation level, but I could feel that her strength was at the early stage of the Monster Spirit Realm. Since she was hurrying from here, she was most likely going to participate in the selection.
The woman's eyes were evasive and she didn't answer Nam's question. Instead, she hurriedly walked towards the north side of the forest, which was the direction towards Rock City.
At that moment, Nam seemed to have realized the woman's destination. He said to me while carrying his cloth bag, "Duo Ji, could this lady be going to participate in Thadd Academy's selection?
If that's the case, then we can go together. It won't be boring on the road. "
Seeing me nod, Nam laughed and chased after her. He shouted, "Miss, wait for us. We'll go to Thadd Academy together."
The rabbit tribe's speed was already very fast. After the woman heard Nam's shout, she quickened her pace and disappeared in an instant.
Seeing this, I shook my head and chased after Nam. I joked, "Have you fallen in love with someone else? Don't forget that you still have six women waiting for you at home.
Furthermore, they don't even want to talk to you. "
After hearing what I said, Nam's expression immediately became solemn. He patted my shoulder and replied, "Duo Ji, you don't understand.
No matter how many women you get in the wife selection, you can only say that your skills aren't bad.
Only by marrying a woman from another tribe can you be considered as truly capable. "
What he said wasn't wrong. Under the Monster race's social system, it really wasn't suitable to talk about loyalty and chastity.
I shook my head and didn't say anything else. Nam chuckled, "Duo Ji, you don't know that the rabbit tribe is very timid. They usually don't interact with other tribes.
Looking at this lady's attire, she must be from a rich family.
If I can marry her, then I, Nam, will have a lot of face.
At that time, I'll also introduce a few rabbit tribe ladies to you. "
After saying that, Nam was ecstatic. It seemed that he was already fantasizing about the scene of him marrying the rabbit tribe lady.
We joked around as we hurried on our journey.
As we walked, the surroundings started to brighten up. It seemed that it was going to be dawn soon.
After about half an hour, white smoke suddenly appeared in our surroundings.
Under the effects of the smoke, visibility was greatly reduced.
Nam didn't seem to take it to heart as he continued on his journey.
However, I furrowed my eyebrows and started to investigate the situation of the smoke.
We were in a deep and dense forest. At first glance, it seemed normal for the smoke to appear at dawn. However, there was a faint and strange smell in the smoke, which made me cautious.
The Cross Forest was a place where poisonous insects, birds, and beasts roamed. I couldn't be careless if there was any abnormal phenomenon.
I opened my mouth to warn Nam to stop in his tracks, lie down, and cover his mouth and nose.
Seeing that I was so serious, Nam's eyes were filled with doubt. However, out of trust, he still followed my instructions and buried his head in the bushes.
Very quickly, the effects of the poison started to show. Nam's breathing quickened as he lay on the ground, gasping for air.
I quickly took out the antidote from his cloth bag.
After the two of us took it, our bodies quickly recovered.
Luckily, the poison wasn't too ferocious. After taking the medicine, the poison in the air couldn't affect us anymore.
After getting up, Nam wiped the sweat off his face and rejoiced. "It's lucky that you're quick-witted. Otherwise, I would've forgotten about the medicine that the village chief gave me."
Just as he said that, he suddenly thought of something and shouted, "Oh no, that rabbit race girl is walking in front of us. She doesn't have anything on her, she must've been poisoned."
After saying that, Nam quickly ran forward. After running for a quarter of an hour, he finally found the rabbit race girl in the bushes.
At that moment, the rabbit race girl's face was turning green and purple. Her breath was extremely weak. If he was any later, her life might be in danger.
Nam was extremely anxious as he quickly took out the medicine and fed it to the girl.
After a quarter of an hour, the girl's expression eased up and her breath gradually calmed down.
However, she was deeply poisoned and wouldn't wake up for a while. Since we couldn't stay here for long, I gestured for Nam to carry her and leave the Cross Forest first.
Luckily, under the cover of the poison, the rest of the journey was extremely peaceful.
When we successfully left the Cross Forest, the sky was already completely bright. The girl's complexion also returned to normal and she reacted not long after.
After slowly waking up, the rabbit race girl's eyes were a little dazed. After a while, she revealed a panicked expression.
Seeing that, Nam quickly went over and carefully explained what had happened. Then, he softly said, "Don't be afraid, we saved you."
After listening to what had happened, the panic in the rabbit race girl's eyes lessened a little. However, she still didn't talk to Nam. However, when Nam suggested to travel together again, she didn't refuse, making Nam rather happy.
Although we didn't rest for a night, the three of us didn't mind since we all had cultivations. After resting for a while, we continued our journey.
For the rest of the journey, Nam constantly leaned in front of the Rabbit Tribe girl and boasted about his heroic deeds. Although the girl's expression was still timid, she gradually lost her previous resistance and chatted with Nam from time to time.
According to her, her name was Tana and she was from the Red Soil Village that Nam mentioned.
The person that was eaten by the Undead Snake was her brother.
The two of them had depended on each other since they were young and they were going to participate in the selection of Thadd Academy.
However, they had never traveled far and didn't know the dangers of the journey. Not long after entering the Cross Forest, they encountered the Undead Snake.