Chapter 144: Is This Not the Origin Planet?!

As Ye Feng and the others moved away from the area where the scorpions gathered, choosing to observe the battle from a distance, the blood crows that swarmed in from the north covered most of the sky. At the same time, they blocked Ye Feng and the others’ path, joining the fight against the scorpions.
The battle was far more intense than Ye Feng and the others had imagined. With each dive, the blood crows lost many of their own companions but also killed numerous scorpions. The struggle between the two sides was a life-or-death battle with almost no tactics involved. Such primitive fighting and the scattered corpses made some people feel nauseous.
Pei Hong secretly observed Ye Feng. He noticed that Ye Feng seemed unafraid at all by this scene; instead, he sat quietly in mid-air, watching the battle unfold. Pei Hong was sure that if Ye Feng were given a box of popcorn or sunflower seeds right now, he would not hesitate to eat while watching such a bloody spectacle.
“BOSS, it seems like you really enjoy this kind of show!” Pei Hong couldn’t help but ask.
Ye Feng spent two whole days thinking of a suitable title for Pei Hong. Finally, he said to him, “Just think of yourself as an employee of a company, and me as your boss. Serve me for a hundred years, and then you can start your own company! I don’t want to hear titles like ‘boss.’ If there must be one, just call me BOSS!”
So, Pei Hong gladly replaced the title he couldn’t bring himself to use—“boss”—with “BOSS.”
“I might be born cold-blooded. I like bloody horror movies. Ever since I watched one for the first time at the age of five, I’ve never found them scary,” Ye Feng said without turning around, sharing his stories from the orphanage. “That day, it was supposed to be an animated show, but the headmaster got the discs mixed up. He put the wrong disc in the VCD player and left. All the kids in the orphanage cried in fear, some even wet their pants… Haha…”
“Uh…” Pei Hong was speechless about Ye Feng’s past. Not knowing how to react, he changed the subject. “Which do you think will win, the scorpions or the blood crows?”
“Both will suffer heavy losses!” Ye Feng shook his head. “This isn’t their first time fighting like this. After each battle, they go back to recover and then return after some time. That’s the law of nature—it won’t let a species perish easily. After all, both have their reasons for existing and play a significant role in this desert.”

“It involves changes in the food chain and the balance of species populations. If the demon scorpions go extinct, the number of blood crows will surge dramatically, and most other species in the desert will be destroyed by them. The same goes for the reverse. The mutual restraint between these two species allows other species more room to survive, keeping the desert vibrant.” Pei Hong could easily understand such things, but he still seemed somewhat confused. “They have reasons for existing, but I still haven’t found my reason for existing…”

“Existence itself is the reason—do we really need to look for it?” Ye Feng shook his head and smiled. “You’re overcomplicating things…”

“When shall we set off?” The rest of the group grew even more trusting of Ye Feng. Facts had proven that he was always right, whether it was about sandstorms, the Hundred Flowers, or the blood crows and demon scorpions that appeared now. Ye Feng could always detect danger first and take the right actions to deal with it.

“Stop just watching and start replenishing your spiritual energy! We have some free time now—use it to recharge, so we can travel farther later.” Ye Feng smiled at the person who had asked when they would leave. “I originally planned to go around them. With such a large flock of blood crows covering almost half of the sky, trying to bypass them unnoticed would take more time and would also be unsafe. It’s better to wait until their battle ends.”

Everyone looked up at the flock of blood crows, which resembled red clouds covering the sky and blocking out the northern sky, and fell silent in resignation. They knew Ye Feng was right.

The blood crows, now engaged in battle, were in a state of extreme excitement and aggression. They would mercilessly slaughter any non-kin species that approached their flock.

“Everyone, feel free to replenish your spiritual energy. My presence here is enough!” Ye Feng nodded at Kong Xu and Wu Dao. Under their guidance, the others finally calmed down and began to absorb spiritual energy.

After over an hour of fighting, those who had replenished their energy woke up again. The outcome of the battle between the blood crows and demon scorpions turned out as Ye Feng had predicted—both sides suffered heavy losses. This time, it was the blood crows who chose to leave the battlefield. Clutching the dead bodies of the demon scorpions in their claws, they flew away. This would likely serve as their food for the time being.

Only after watching the blood crows disappear from sight did he shout to the group, “We can leave now! Head north!”

In the following days, Ye Feng and the others kept moving forward and stopping from time to time, encountering several crises, but they all managed to get through safely with Ye Feng’s help. All eleven of them were still there, not a single one missing—completely different from the situation where seven people had been lost just a few hours into the first day. By saving them multiple times, Ye Feng had almost won the trust of everyone present.

“Today is the fourth day. We’ve been flying at a steady speed of 600 kilometers per hour for about sixty hours. With another seven or eight hours of travel, we’ll reach the legendary Ironblood City,” Wu Dao announced excitedly to everyone.

At the thought of arriving at the first real city in the cultivation world and meeting humans from this planet, everyone, including Ye Feng, felt a sense of anticipation.

Eight more hours passed without incident, but Ye Feng and the others landed on a sand dune in a dazed state.

“Wu Dao, where’s the Ironblood City you mentioned?” Dracula was on the verge of losing his temper.

“I don’t know!” Wu Dao took out his notebook again and began flipping through it carefully. “Let me check once more!”

Ye Feng flew high into the sky to survey the land below, but still couldn’t see the edge of the desert.

“This isn’t Origin Planet!” Ye Feng slowly descended from the sky, his face filled with helplessness.

“But the teleportation array indicated Origin Planet! How could there be a mistake?” Dracula shouted at Ye Feng.

“That’s not impossible. Maybe the reception array on Origin Planet is broken, so we were sent to a nearby planet,” Kong Xu also frowned deeply. If what Ye Feng said was true and this wasn’t Origin Planet, then how could they leave here and find the real one?

“This place is completely different from what’s described in the ancient texts…” Wu Dao’s expression also turned grim. “It’s very likely that we’ve really been teleported to another planet…”