Of course, there are exceptions.
For example, the Demon Sect represented by the Beast Taming Sect is an extreme in its actions.
Hopefully, this guy doesn’t know the value of the Fifth Realm Exotic Beast and the Ghost Child.
The woman could only place her last hope on this.
But soon she was disappointed.
On the battlefield, Zhao Ya deftly sliced open the corpses of the Mountain Demon and the Ghost Child, bending over to search for something, and quickly picked up two items.
Not only that.
Zhao Ya didn’t even spare the bodies of the Exotic Beasts in the field.
With the disciples of the three Martial Arts Halls, they cut open each Exotic Beast’s corpse, searching for the Meat Field.
The results were pleasant.
Soon they harvested over a dozen pieces of Meat Field, a considerable gain.
After clearing the battlefield, everyone was quite cheerful.
After all, so many pieces of Meat Field represent considerable wealth.
Such a substantial reward also dispelled the gloom brought by this battle.
"Senior Brother Zhao, is there anything else to clean up?" someone asked.
Zhao Ya scanned the battlefield, and after confirming there were no omissions, he shook his head and said, "No, later pile up these Exotic Beast corpses together and burn them when the weather clears."
"Understood!"
By now, the rain had stopped, but without kerosene at hand, everything was quite damp, so they could only wait for clear weather to set the fire.
Soon, all the Exotic Beast corpses were piled together.
"Senior Brother Zhao, what should we do next?" someone asked Zhao Ya.
Now Zhao Ya had even replaced Lu Dingtai and others, becoming the backbone for the disciples.
Lu Dingtai and the other two just exchanged smiles, without saying much.
"Return to the city!"
After Zhao Ya finished speaking, he lifted Lu Dingtai onto his back.
Shang Tiefeng and Jin Zhenming, though seriously injured, could at least move by themselves, so they refused the disciples’ offer to carry them, walking slowly behind.
At this time, Zhao Ya intentionally or unintentionally glanced toward the distant hillside.
"Senior Brother, what’s wrong?" someone asked.
"Nothing, let’s go!"
Zhao Ya said no more, carrying the already unconscious Lu Dingtai, striding away.
Yet his heart was still filled with doubt.
Strange.
During the battle earlier, he always felt someone was secretly watching him from that direction.
But no matter how he looked, he couldn’t find anything.
Could it be on that hill?
But at such a distance, is it possible?
Just as Zhao Ya was hesitating, the woman coldly spoke from the hillside.
"Let’s go, the battle is already over, there’s nothing interesting to see."
"Wait a moment!" the honest man suddenly called to the two.
"What’s the matter?" the woman said with some annoyance.
She had never seen someone like Zhao Ya, who didn’t spare even a single Exotic Beast; it seemed her trip would be fruitless.
"Can you hear the sound of hooves?" the honest man said solemnly.
At his words, the two inclined their ears to listen.
Indeed.
From beyond the distant forest came the faint sound of hooves.
The young scholar’s expression changed, "Could there be a cavalry passing by?"
The honest man shook his head, "No, these hoof sounds are uniform, clearly well-trained, and numerous, definitely not a regular cavalry."
At this point, the expressions of all three changed, exchanging glances as they said, "Great Yan Iron Cavalry?"
Just as the words fell, a military banner quickly passed outside the forest, followed by the shout of a messenger soldier.
"Great Yan Iron Cavalry is here to aid, Commander Wei has ordered, do not disturb, Commandery citizens remain calm."