Chapter 21: New Trial
When Wang Ren finally got his turn to do the night watch, he couldn't help but smile widely, and his dark eyes narrowed slightly.
Finally, the chance had come.
He hurriedly woke Wei Fang up before going to the bonfire.
After being assigned their designated area, he persuaded Wei Fang to go with him, to which he agreed, making him look at Wei Fang as if he were a fool.
They talked about many things, but essentially, it was for him to get information about Wei Fang if he had connections inside the sect.
After ascertaining that everything was good, he started with his real objective.
When Wei Fang was looking at another area, he would blow a whistle that produced some bird singing. Of course, it was a magic tool, so the sound would be heard as if it were produced from far away.
"Brother Wang, do you think the bird sound was a bit odd?" Wei Fang asked him for the third time already.
Of course it was odd; after all, it was me who produced it.
"I think it was normal; maybe another bird just came here, so it sounded rather odd." Wang Ren answered; he seemed not to mind, but inside his mind he was sneering at Wei Fang.
The bird singing sounded again, which prompted Wei Fang to ask again.
Just as he wanted to ask about it, Wei Fang heard a 'swish' sound.
Before he could even reach, a knife penetrated Wang Ren's head. A look of horror and disbelief was on his face.
The last thought he had on his mind was, 'Aren't we on the same side?'
Just because the sound was heard from far away didn't mean that someone couldn't pinpoint the exact location from which it was produced.
Wei Fang looked in horror as Wang Ren suddenly slumped to the ground, a knife sticking to his head.
He saw the look of disbelief on Wang Ren's face; his eyes opened wide, clearly unresigned.
Suddenly, he heard a prompt from the system as he received a new trial.
[Trial]
[Live or death]
[A cultivator must experience many live or dead situations before they become a great cultivator.
Requirement: Survive
Reward: Minor Healing Pill]
Wei Fang expression was grim. He knew that he was in trouble because the camp was under attack.
He looked at Wang Ren, who was lying in his own pool of blood, and shuddered.
At first, he had the urge to vomit, but soon it was overpowered with fear.
This was the first time he had seen someone die gruesomely. The disbelief expression in Wang Ren's face seemed to make him more scared.
He wanted to scream so badly, but instinct told him it would make him die.
With a trembling body, he walked towards Wang Ren's body. He needs to know the reason why only Wang Ren was attacked and not him.
And soon he noticed why; a whistle was seen on Wang Ren's hand, which was already loose because of his death.
So, he was a traitor, and the odd bird sound was from him? And the reason he was attacked was because the enemy managed to pinpoint his exact location because of the whistle?
Then he thought of something more puzzling.
If he was the one who blew the whistle, shouldn't they be on the same side?
But all of it was irrelevant right now, as he needed to inform others as soon as possible.
Thinking about how to do it in the fastest time possible, Wei Fang resisted his fear as he lay himself down beside the corpse of Wang Ren.
He could feel the warm pool of blood caressing his face.
With a trmbling voice, he shouted as loud as he could, "Enemy Attack!"
***
Several hours before,
Twleve cloaked figure was moving fast across the forest. Passing through everything unimpeded, as if the forest were just fast plains without obstacle.
Some were running on the land, brushing everything in their path; the complicated terrain had no effect on their running speed.
While others were using a tree's branch as their foothold, they traversed the forest unimpeded.
"Leader, is the information accurate?" One of the cloaked figures asked.
"It's accurate; I got the information from an insider; there's at least fifty Foundation Establishment Pills." The so-called leader answered.
The answer clearly made the other cloaked figure look more relaxed.
"Don't worry, as long as we could successfully finish this, each of us would have at least three foundation establishment pills, not to mention other precious things the convoy might contain." The leader continued, further enticing the other cloaked figure.
"Hahaha, it seems after this we could have fun for a while." One of the cloaked figures said joyfully.
"Finally, I had the chance to breakthrough!" While some muttered under their breath, some hope appeared in their originally vacant eyes.
After moving for so long, they saw a light in the distance.
"Stop!" The leader gestured for everyone to stop in their tracks.
"Number 3, check the situation!"
"All right!" A cloaked figure answered before vanishing from everyone's eyes.
The one called number 3 came back not long after, saying, "There's five people at the front; they didn't seem to be connected to the convoy in anyway."
The leader nodded. "We proceeded slowly; don't alert them, and finish them as quietly as possible; we didn't want to alert the convoy."
With that, all of the cloaked figures were moving more slowly than before, but now they didn't make as much sound.
When they finally saw the people in the distance, they prepared to encircle them so as to ensure no one escaped.
Just as they were slowly closing in, prepared to attack, the leader suddenly gestured for them to stop.
Which made others look at him in puzzlement.
"Let's listen first," the leader said quietly.
"Boss, is this really okay?" One of the five men that surround a bonfire asked.
"Don't worry, it's okay." The one who called the boss assured him.
"But they have more than ten people there; is this really okay?" The man was still skeptical.
"We don't need to fight; we just need to get our target before running away." The boss explained, "Moreover, there would be someone from the camp that would inform us when and where we should attack."
"Are you sure, boss?"
"Of course; otherwise, do you think I would accept this job?"
The other clearly seemed relieved upon hearing it.
While they were discussing, they didn't even realize someone was eavesdropping near them.
Before they could even have the time to feel relieved for a long time, swishing sounds came from around them.
No one imagined they would be attacked.
A mantis who didn't know the oriole behind them.
Because of the suddenness and the disparity of number and strength, everything was over quickly.
Of the cloaked figures, the one with the weakest cultivation realm was at level 7 Qi Condensation.
It was quite a grand formation for the Qi Condensation team.
The leader of the cloaked figure rummaged the one who was called boss before he found something like an earpiece.
He looked at his companion before asking, "Should we follow their plan?"
The leader assumed that the five people were also aiming for the foundation establishment pill after eavesdropping on them. The difference was that they had an insider, while his team didn't.
The cloaked figures looked at one another before coming to a decision.
"Let's follow their plan."
Although the insider was not their ally, at least he would inform them of where and when they must attack, so their plan could be safer.
So, they waited until the signal was given while resting from their exhaustion after moving fast across the forest.
Finally, after the wee hours, the signal they were waiting for sounded.
They moved quietly closer to where the sound came from. After ascertaining where the sound came from, one of the cloaked figures threw a knife towards where the voice came from.
He was not their people, so killing him was more apt as it removed an additional variable.
But what they didn't expect was that after the trowing knife was thrown, a loud voice reverberated through the forest.
"Enemy attack!"
Startling everyone, prompting one of the cloaked figures to throw several trowing knives towards where the sound came from.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone