The next morning, they set off. Elder Wu came out and saw them leaving with high spirits. He laughed directly, "You little ones, you are actually diligent for once."
Yi Yunfei smiled back, "We must follow local customs here. Our currency is now Baiye leaves, so if we don’t kill evil spirits, where will we get the leaves?"
Saying all this, it really just meant they were still working for a living.
"Yi Yunfei, can we go with you?" Qiao Wenjian asked.
Yi Yunfei looked slightly surprised. "Haven’t you been assigned to a team?"
Normally, although Qiao Wenjian’s group didn’t belong to the Saint Academy, since they were new, students from the academy would lead them out to fight evil spirits.
Qiao Wenjian smiled faintly. "We were assigned to Team Eight yesterday. But our captain wants us to adapt to the environment first before going out to fight."
Yi Yunfei looked at Qiao Wenjian, then said, "I suggest you listen to your captain. They have more experience."
"Why can you go out?" asked Zuo Xinlan, the annoying woman.
"Because we passed our captain’s test yesterday, so we can go out alone to fight evil spirits," Mi Xiao stepped forward.
Dealing with such an inactive woman was better done by another woman. Mi Xiao spoke bluntly, implying that the students of the Divine Emperor Academy hadn’t passed their captain’s test.
Qiao Wenjian looked a bit resentful. "We just want to gain some experience. We won’t cause trouble; we’ll just follow you to watch."
Yi Yunfei waved his hand. "Qiao Wenjian, you and I know each other well. If it were just you, I wouldn’t mind taking you along. But with so many of you, I can’t agree. It’s simple: in the battlefield of evil spirits, human life is worthless. I don’t want to bear the responsibility for your deaths."
Yi Yunfei’s words showed he didn’t fully trust the people Qiao Wenjian brought. But he couldn’t be blamed; with someone like Zuo Xinlan around, accidents were likely.
Qiao Wenjian understood Yi Yunfei’s meaning. He didn’t feel insulted. He remembered the first day they arrived, when they encountered evil spirits on the road. None of the four schools’ teachers and students went out, but ten students from the Saint Academy did. They came back with all the evil spirits defeated. He knew he wasn’t that capable.
After thinking for a moment, Qiao Wenjian nodded. "Then I won’t go today. In a couple of days, I’ll go with you alone to see."
Yi Yunfei nodded with a smile. "In that case, we’re leaving now." He turned to Elder Wu beside him. "Elder Wu, we’re off."
Elder Wu watched them leave with high morale and scolded playfully, "These brats, really messing around." But he didn’t stop them and went to find Elder Lu instead.
There were matters to hand over. Once done, Elder Lu would take some elders and senior students back to rest.
At the handover location, they saw Elder Chen talking to Sikong Xuran. Elder Wu said, "Sikong, did you know those brats just left to kill evil spirits?"
Sikong Xuran looked helpless. "Elder Wu, where did you find these freaks? I was worried yesterday and wanted to take them along, but I ended up just watching. They organized themselves into four groups, used medicine, and drove the evil spirits away. One hour of their work was better than a whole day of ours."
Elder Wu laughed. "Those kids are just messing around, but it’s safe. I can rest easy now." His tone held a hint of pride.
"I sound like you’re showing off," Elder Chen said helplessly.
Elder Wu smiled. "Not showing off, just telling the truth. I said on the first day, they were just energetic. If it hadn’t gotten dark, they would have kept going. They’re young and full of energy, so let them play."
Elder Chen pointed to a piece of paper nearby. "This is the medicine list those freaks gave us. It seems our academy’s medical skills have improved. Most of these herbs are common. Even the slightly difficult ones aren’t hard for us. The main thing is, these herbs aren’t poisonous. I don’t understand how those freaks made poison from them."
"Don’t ask. Honestly, I can’t match their medical skills, especially Zhu Yanyi’s," Elder Wu said helplessly.
"To be honest, don’t doubt it. All of them have good medical skills, but Zhu Yanyi is the best. In the mortal world, she was called the All-Around Divine Doctor. She could treat any difficult illness. Not only that, she was very precise with medicine. These poisons were likely developed by her."
"That’s right, it was Zhu Yanyi who provided them," Sikong Xuran added.
"Zhu Yanyi said that as long as we gather these herbs, she will teach us how to make poison against evil spirits. Then everyone can use it."
"In that case, I’ll have people prepare these herbs," Elder Chen agreed readily. "But we can’t learn from Zhu Yanyi for free. We need to pay a price."
"Save your trouble. Zhu Yanyi doesn’t care about that," Elder Wu said with a grin.
"Even so, we should still give something. If everyone can make this medicine, casualties will decrease. Honestly, when fighting evil spirits, I never think swords and spears are the only way. Using medicine is fine too."
The people of the Saint Academy weren’t stubborn. Having survived in this Black Demon Secret Realm for so long, they knew its dangers. So, any method that could defeat the enemies was a good choice.
Zhu Yanyi and her group didn’t know about Elder Chen’s discussion. For them, the most important thing now was to find Baiye leaves containing earth elements to prove their guess.
But after searching the old spot, the big evil spirits had fled. The Baiye leaves still only contained four types of resentment, and the wood-element leaves were especially rare, with only two found.