《Mesmerizing Ghost Doctor》 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 3Chapter 1: Conspiracy in the Woods Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud Sun Glory Kingdom Cloudy Moon City Green peaks loomed, hidden behind surrounding clouds. Dense tall trees covered the high slopes as they swayed under the wind. The mountainous woods was seemingly tranquil and quiet on this dawn¡­.. However, deep within the remote and deste woods, a cruel and bloodied scene was unfolding at that very moment. A girl dressed in fine satin silks was being held down in a kneeling position with her arm twisted behind her back by two burly men. Her head hung low, barely conscious, her messed up hair covering over her face quickly getting soaked by the blood gushing out from her face. The bright red blood dripped drop by drop off the ends of the hair onto the ground, slowly seeping into the earth. The badly weakened young girl gritted her teeth to raise her head when she heard footsteps approaching, revealing a blood covered face. That was a face that had been badly disfigured, the flesh on the face shed open by des, looking aplete gory mess, a shockingly terrifying sight to behold. ¡°Who are you? Why do you want to harm me?¡± The young girl¡¯s voice was extremely weak, as it came out of her throat barely a whisper. She resisted strongly against cking out from the excessive loss of blood as she focused her gaze on the face before her, shielded by a light gauze veil, and the shapely body of a beautifuldy. The veileddy wore a dress of light blue, the colour of cloudy skies, with tassels of the same colour hanging down softly from the hip, swishing gracefully in tandem with thedy¡¯s light steps. Thedy¡¯s steps stopped before the young girl who was held down to kneel on the ground. Thedy red down at the disfigured young girl, her beautiful eyes curved into two crescents as she smiled and said: ¡°I am Feng Qing Ge, the Eldest Young Miss of the National Defence Mansion, daughter of the formidable General Feng Xiao. The Feng Family¡¯s Young Miss, the future inheritor of the Feng Family, and also, the fiancee to the proud son of the Heavens, the Third Duke of the Sun Glory Country.¡± The familiar sounding voice and the words thedy in front of her said, made the young girl open her eyes wide in shock. ¡°You! Who are you really! ? I am Feng Qing Ge! I am the real Feng Qing Ge!¡± The weakened body trembled as a thought formed in her mind, her eyes filled with disbelief. Fair slender fingers gently tugged and the light veil covering slowly fell. A face of unparalleled beauty with delicate features was revealed and reflected in the young girl¡¯s widened eyes. When she saw the all too familiar countenance before her, the young girl was suddenly too shocked for words. The wlessly beautiful face raised up slightly as she nced at the shocking and terrifying looking girl on the ground. Her voice was filled with endless anticipation and almost irrepressible excitement as she said: ¡°Feng Qing Ge, from today onwards, I will be taking over your identity, your status, and naturally everything you own entirely. As for you¡­..¡± Her voice paused a moment and she gave a softugh. ¡°As intelligent as you are, why don¡¯t you guess what would happen to you?¡± Hearing the person before her use her original voice to speak, Feng Qing Ge froze a brief moment and she suddenly stared at the person before her and eximed: ¡°Ruo¡­.. Ruo Yun? You¡­.. You are Su Ruo Yun!¡± Su Ruo Yun was an orphan who had grown up together with her. She had picked her up from the streets and brought her back to the National Defence Mansion and kept the little orphan girl as herpanion. The little girl had be a close friend whom she was able to talk to about everything under the sun, someone she had seen to be as close as a sister¡­.. So, she would never have thought, that the person who had gotten her disfigured, who wanted to steal her identity, would turn out to be Ruo Yun¡­.. ¡°Why? I treated you so well. Why are you doing this?¡± The pain of being betrayed sliced at her heart. When she thought of how her face had been disfigured, how her identity was about to be stolen, and would they would all be unknown to anyone, a burning hatred began to pound from within her heart. ¡°Why? Ha. Of course it¡¯s for everything that you possess. A grandfather and father that dotes and spoils you, a proud son of Heaven that loves you to bits, and¡­..¡± Her cresent smiling eyes looking at Feng Qing Ge on the ground. ¡°All this will soon belong to me. The indulgent pampering of a grandfather and father, the deep love and gentleness of Big Brother Murong, will all be mine.¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 2 Chapter 2 1Chapter 2: Sold Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud She was filled with a sense of satisfaction as she looked down at the duly tormented and wretched looking Feng Qing Ge on the ground. However, she did not stop there and continued to say: ¡°By right I should kill you here to prevent any future nightmares, andpletely erase all traces of your body so that nobody will ever find you. But, ha ha ha¡­..¡± Hearing that viciousness in herughter shook Feng Qing Ge visibly and the demonicugh sounded once more. ¡°Do you know why I asked them to only specifically destroy your devastatingly good looks and not harm the snowy white skin on your body?¡± She bent down over slightly and looked into Feng Qing Ge¡¯s face and went on to say: ¡°That is because I am going to sell you to a ce which is most degrading, the type of ce that offer pleasure to men. I believe even when you have been so monstrously disfigured, your snowy skin and smooth flesh should still be rather popr with them. What do you think?¡± ¡°You don¡¯t need to look at me like that. Your beautiful face has already been destroyed. Even if you were to tell people you are the Eldest Miss of National Defence Mansion, nobody will believe a word of it and only call you a lunatic. Escape? Your power as a mere second grade Warrior wouldn¡¯t measure up to anything there.¡± As she spoke, she shoved a pill into Feng Qing Ge¡¯s mouth and stood back up with augh. ¡± Seven days. If you manage to survive seven days throughout your ordeal, the poison I just gave you will then kill you.¡± Feng Qing Ge gritted her teeth in anger and screamed: ¡°Su Ruo Yun! Even as a ghost, I will never let you off!¡± ¡°Ha, you can¡¯t even deal with me as a human now, you will be even more helpless as a ghost!¡± Sheughed chillingly and ordered the men: ¡°Bring her away, make sure she is sold multiple times and do not leave a trace. It will be best that you silence the recipient.¡± ¡°Yes!¡± The two burly men acknowledged respectfully and immediately delivered a chop onto Feng Qing Ge¡¯s back. They lifted Feng Qing Ge onto their shoulders and with a few leaps, they quickly disappeared into the trees. Standing behind Su Ruo Yun all this while, was a middle aged man dressed in full ck who now took a step forward. ¡°Young Miss, it is gettingte. Will you be returning to the Mansion now?¡± ¡°Yes, I should be getting back.¡± She showed a gentle smile as she looked up into the skies and said softly: ¡°From this moment on, I am Feng Qing Ge, and Feng Qing Ge is me.¡± ¡ª¨C Two dayster. Night. Da Lang City, Scented Sky House. Detecting a strong fragrance, the unconsciousness Feng Qing Ge opened her eyes. She was still immensely groggy when she heard a strange sound of someone¡¯s clicking tongue and feeling her arms being caressed by another pair of hands. She gave out a scream in fright and she rolled herself off the bed. ¡°Heh heh¡­.. Awake already? That¡¯s great. Your master here does not like dead fish when I conduct my business. Your master here loves the lively and spritely ones which taste better.¡± A vulgar looking man looking to be in his thirties was looking at her lustily through his beady eyes as Feng Qing Ge rolled to the ground and shrank back into a corner. The man¡¯s eyes were filled with excitement as he said: ¡°I had not expected that they would give me something this great tonight. Although her face has been disfigured, but that unbelievably smooth flesh and fair skin, heh heh, it¡¯sparable to those Young Miss¡¯ from distinguished families!¡± Feng Qing Ge shrank further back, her eyes filled with an unshakable panic: ¡°You! Get away from me! Go away!¡± She stood up suddenly and ran towards the door, but she was grabbed into an embrace by the man after barely two steps. ¡°Trying to run? Heh heh, once you entered this room, you think you can get away? Come! Let your master take a good look at your snow white skin.¡± The man said gleefully in excitement. His hand rose, tearing off the thin and light cloth sleeve from her clothes and a whole arm¡¯s length of perfectly wless skin was reflected in the man¡¯s eyes, and his eyes started to shine with a burning excitement. ¡°AHHH!¡± Feng Qing Ge screamed, as she felt her goose pimples rise from the disgust she felt from being embraced by the disgusting man. In her struggle to push the man away, her hands brushed over a dagger at his hip and without even thinking, she quickly pulled it out and thrust it right at the man¡¯s heart. ¡°Damn it! Slut!¡± The man¡¯s lust had gone to his head and for a moment, he was slow in dodging and he got shed across his chest. The pain caused him to push out and he flung Feng Qing Ge away from him. ¡°AHH!¡± ¡®BAM!¡¯ Her head mmed into the corner of the bed and bright red blood flowed out like a spring. She tried to stand but her body sway heavily and she fell back onto the ground, in a dead faint¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 3 Chapter 3 1Chapter 3: I am Feng Jiu Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud ¡°Heavens be damned!¡± The man looked at the blood oozing out from his chest and rage filled his mind as heshed out with a hard kick to the abdomen of the motionless heap on the ground and he roared: ¡°Get up! Don¡¯t y dead with me!¡± As he shouted, he grabbed at her clothes and lifted her limp body and threw her onto the bed. The excruciating pain in her head and abdomen made the initially unconscious person¡¯s face crease up in a deep frown. A voice was weeping noisily in her mind, further frustrating her with her already throbbing head. ¡°Shut up!¡± She hollered loudly and at the same moment she opened her eyes, her brow pinched together. There really was a voice still sobbing in her mind, and before her eyes, there was a vulgar looking man who had stripped himself all the way down to his underwear, currently eyeing her lustily. Her gaze swept past the vulgar looking man and his equally disgusting body and saw that she was in a room filled with old Chinese vintage decor and her mouth turned into a hard straight line. In her mind, that weeping voice had after her shout, seemed to slowly subside and just finally stopped. ¡°So! You finally realised that ying dead doesn¡¯t work? Just be good and y with your lord here or else! I know of many ways to make sure youply!¡± Once he finished saying those words, he pounced like a hungry wolf on his prey as he leapt towards Feng Qing Ge on the bed. ¡°You seek death!¡± Her face filled with utter contempt, she shouted out and lifted her bent knee andshed out her leg with a swift kick to send the vulgar looking man flying. ¡®Crash!¡¯ ¡°Oof!¡± The vulgar man had taken a direct hit from that kick and he fell sprawled onto the floornding on all fours like a toad, groaning in pain. He struggled to recover and stood up quickly, staring angrily at the girl sitting by the edge of the bed. He clenched his fist tight and threw a big punch: ¡°You dirty slut! You dare to kick me! I¡¯ll kill you!¡± But, he waspletely stunned when his punch thrown with his full strength was caught and without knowing how she did it, she grabbed the back of his hand and pulled back sharply. The sound of bones breaking cracked in the air, and the excruciating pain made him scream out almost losing his mind. A pair of cold hands suddenly closed around his neck and another crisp crack sounded. His head lolled to one side with his eyes bulging and he fell over like a limp doll. With death, not another sound came out from his mouth. Time seemed to stop at the moment as silence fell in the room. It was so quiet you would be able to hear a pin drop. At that moment, the girl sitting on the bed stretched out her fair slender fingers and she stared at them. Frowning slightly, a faint smile with a slight perverse tinge yed across her lips. But that sinister smile when paired with her disfigured face, was chilling to see, whichever way you looked at it. The man who just died must have left instructions that no matter what happens in the room, no one was toe in. Hence, the two guards standing outside the room had not been bothered when they heard the loud crashes earlier, thinking that it was just the man torturing the girl. The young girl on the bed walked over to the bronze mirror and sat down. She looked at the abhorrent countenance reflected in the mirror and her eyes narrowed. She tapped her finger lightly on the top of the dressing table to elicit a soft knocking sound. ¡°Speak! Who are you?¡± She asked staring into the mirror, as if talking to herself. And, just as she finished her question, a sobbing voice spoke at the back of her mind: ¡°I am Feng Qing Ge. And who are you?¡± ¡°Feng Jiu.¡± She opened her mouth to say: ¡°I think you should already have died? Why have you left a sliver of your consciousness in my mind?¡± ¡°I refuse to resign to my fate! My hatred for Su Ruo Yun continues to burn! Su Ruo Yun put me in this pitiable state¡­..¡± The sobbing voice was suddenly filled with hatred as it resounded within her mind. Feng Jiu remained silent, and did not say a single word for quite a while, only listening to the voice weep. The sobs were filled with resentment and hatred and the raw emotions passed from her mind and crept into her heart, making her strongly feel a indignant rage that did not belong to her. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 4 Chapter 4 2Chapter 4: Melding of Memories Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud ¡°Stop crying a moment and tell me all about it!¡± She said with a frown, silently thinking to herself: [If not for her the fact that she wanted to clear her doubts about this spectral presence in her mind and the situation before her, she would have walked out long ago, instead of sitting here to listen to the voice¡¯s incessant weeping. The voice in her head stopped a moment and the weeping was reduced to spasmodic sobs and sniffles. The voice did not share her story in great detail as she was at least smart enough to realise what would serve her best interests best at that moment. Hence, she went to say: ¡°I¡¯ve died, and my body has now be yours. Feng Jiu, I will only beg for two things. First, I want Su Ruo Yun to suffer a living fate worse than death! Killing her quickly with a thrust of the sword will not appease the hatred in the heart. And only when she lives, suffering endless torment, will the hatred be appeased and for my heart to rest in peace!¡± Her voice had thick hatred wrapped around it. At that point, she already epted that she wouldn¡¯t be able to recover anything for herself and hence all she yearned for at that moment was to make the person responsible for putting her into that abominable state, that Su Ruo Yun, to live out her life in endless suffering! Feng Jiu¡¯s eyebrow raised but she did not speak. Only the ends of her mouth lifted slightly, but it was undeterminable whether that was a smile. And at that moment, as if knowing what Feng Jiu was thinking in her mind, Feng Qing Ge continued to say: ¡°I do not know where you came from, and I do not know what kind of status you held before. But from the cool headed way you handled the situation and the calm I can sense from you, I believe you were someone extraordinary. Or at least, you will not be as dumb as I have been, to end up having someone steal your identity and ending killed in a dingy ce like this.¡± Upon hearing that, Feng Jiu¡¯s eyes lit up and the ends of her mouth lifted slightly higher and she said: ¡°Go on! What is the second one?¡± Hearing those words, Feng Qing Ge knew that meant Feng Jiu has agreed and she heaved a silent sigh of relief. But at the same time, her voice grew sorrowful and depressed. ¡°My family members are all very kind people. They treasured me greatly and doted on me. I hope you can care for them on my behalf and do not let them know¡­.. know that I am no longer around¡­..¡± The fair and snowy slender fingers tapped on the table softly. The light gentle tapping made Feng Qing Ge nervous. She had no way of knowing what Feng Jiu was thinking and left with no other choice, she feared hearing rejectioning out from Feng Jiu¡¯s mouth, so she went on to say: ¡°I will leave all my memories to you to allow you to know everything that has happened. Feng Jiu, you must help me, you must help me¡­..¡± After hearing the voice in her head fade off, Feng Jiu suddenly felt an intense pain in her head, feeling just like someone was forcibly stuffing something into it. Her brows drew close together as she closed her eyes to endure the sharp pain and it was a whileter before she slowly opened her eyes. And in her mind, she suddenly found many memories that did not originally belong to her¡­.. It might be due to Feng Qing Ge¡¯s memories melding with hers but when the memory of being disfigured surfaced in her mind, she could feel the same feelings Feng Qing Ge had felt then, almost just like she had been the one who had actually suffered under that knife. ¡°Su Ruo Yun? Ha ha. Interesting.¡± The melding of memories in her mind had also allowed her to understand her current situation and what was going on around her. Hence, she stood up and walked over to the dead man¡¯s side, emptying the man¡¯s stripped off clothes of anything that was of value. She saw that the dress on herself had a sleeve torn off and the frontpel was ripped. She quickly decided and she tore out the a piece of cloth from the inneryer of her skirt to hide her face. Her disfigured face would stand out too much and if she wanted to leave this ce, she needed to do it stealthily, without catching anyone¡¯s eye. A pity, a thorough search of the room had not given her any pieces of clothing she was able to wear. As for the man¡¯s clothes, she saw that they were really too dirty and she did not want to wear them. She suddenly remembered that this was a ce where men seeked pleasure of the flesh, so she simply tore off the other sleeve and revealed her fair and smooth shoulders. She adjusted and fixed the dress further, quickly turning it into a tube dress as her gaze fell onto the light gauze draped over the bed frame. She reached out her hand and pulled the gauze over her shoulders before leaping out the window at the back¡­.. Shended firmly and her eyes quickly surveyed the surroundings but saw only one way out right before her. She snuck into the courtyard in front and blended in among the girls teasing andughing there. Just as she was about to take a step to leave the ce, a shrill scream rang out. ¡°Ahhhhh! Someone¡¯s been murdered!¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 5 Chapter 5 3Chapter 5: A Knife Across the Throat Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud [It has been exposed! Run!] That was her first instinct and immediately ran towards the exit. However, a cold gleam shed before her eyes and she sensed a terrifying and bloodthirsty chill speeding towards her. Seeing the cold gleam quickly closing in, she crouched down to dodge it without thinking. ¡®Swoosh!¡¯ ¡°Argh¡­..¡± The cold sharp wind from the speeding de passed just above her head. Her ears heard multiple gasps of shock and screams broke. Everyone was pushing and shoving in a terrified frenzy and Feng Jiu found that a big amount of space had been cleared around her. She lifted her head. With her in the middle of it all, a wave of people surrounding her were all dead with a de wound that had severed their throats. [I was lucky I dodged that one.] She thanked the gods on this one and she was about to want to tiptoe away when a pair of ck boots stopped right before her. A pair of eyes staring down at her shed darkly a brief moment and she warily lifted her head, her body shaking. ¡°Woo¡­..¡± Standing before her, was a man dressed in ck. His face was covered behind a ck scarf hiding his looks. But that pair of eyes were filled with a cruel and vicious glint, that drove fear and terror into the hearts of people. The sword he was holding in his hand was pointing to the ground and fresh red blood was still dripping from its point, drop by drop till it seemed like the ground had blossomed with red plums. Not knowing whether it was intentional, her trembling body caused the light gauze draped over her shoulders to fall onto the ground, exposing her snow white shoulders and wlessly smooth skin. Her face was veiled, but her enchanting eyes were brimming with tears, and matched with that slightly trembling slender form, she looked, oh so helpless and pitiful. The man in ck was obviously not one who gave in to lust easily. Those cruel and vicious eyes had upon seeing that snowy smooth skin wavered just the slightest of moments, and they quickly shifted to stare at the mass of people who had retreated backwards against the wall, seemingly looking for something, and the hand holding the sword sudden shifted slightly at that moment, preparing to get rid of the person before him who was in his way. The killer¡¯s intent grew stronger, filling the air, and Feng Jiu suddenly wailed frantically: ¡°Woo¡­.. Don¡¯t kill me¡­..¡± But, at the same moment she was standing up, her hand waved over her thigh and a dagger with a cold gleam was suddenly moving faster than sound towards the man¡¯s arm that was holding the sword. ¡®Tzaaak!¡¯ ¡®ng!¡¯ As he had not felt any murderous intent from the girl before him, he had gotten careless and had rxed his guard against her. With the close proximity they were in then, his careless slip had caused his arm to be cut and a great amount of blood was flowing out. His arm trembled and the sword gripped in that hand fell heavily to the floor. As if by reflex, he immediatelyshed out with a swift kick. That kick was imbued with an airstream and delivered with his internal force. Even people who cultivated would be hard pressed to survive his kick but against all his expectations, the kick he had aimed right at the girl¡¯s chest was dodged by her through some strange move she used with her body. With that brief momentary distraction, he next saw the girl leaping right at him, the dagger aimed right at his chest. He instinctively reached out his hand to neutralise the attack, but it turned out her charge was actually a feint. While that dagger was thrust out, her leg swiftly whipped and sped straight between the man¡¯s legs. ¡°UNNGH!¡± A hard rending pain tore through him as he groaned out in agony. His legs closed together involuntarily putting him in a half squat. That presented her with the greatest opportunity and she flipped the dagger in her hand in a reverse grip and sliced it across his throat! A knife across the throat! Killing with one move! Till his death, the ck masked man¡¯s eyes remained wide open, filled with resentment and rage, seemingly as if he refused to ept that he would die under the hands of a girl. The mass of people who had retreated far behind looked on in shock at the scene before their eyes, widened in utter disbelief. They couldn¡¯t believe that such a weak and gentle looking girl who had been just wailing pitifully barely moments ago would suddenly transform into such a lethal God of Death who executed wlessly smooth and merciless critical strikes upon the ck robed man, killing him instantly with one quick move. Before any of them could recover, they saw that the girl had already run out with looking back once, and disappearing into the night¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 6 Chapter 6 3Chapter 6: The Man She First Met Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud A small thin figure was squatting by an inconspicuous street corner yawning his head off. His half closed eyes were looking at the patrolling teams roving on the bustling street as he pulled out an apple from within his clothes and began to take bites out of it in a big show of utter boredom. Dressed in beggar¡¯s rags, old, tattered and filthy, his dirty face was even well smeared with mud and grime, his hair wrapped within a broken rag, looking every inch an malnourished skinny little beggar. Nobody would have guessed that the very one person who had so greatly angered the town¡¯s mayor as to make him order an all out search for that woman from the brothel would be this little beggar by the street corner. ¡°What bad luck! How do I get out of here? Even if I have the patience to wait, the poison in my body wouldn¡¯t allow it!¡± Taking bites out from the apple, Feng Jiu sighed softly. If she had known that the vulgar and disgusting man that she killedst night was the town mayor¡¯s only son, she would have at least let him live, and the mayor wouldn¡¯t have deployed all the guards tob the entire town to search for her. But, who was that ck robed man then? Assassin? Remembering the energy that had surrounded that man¡¯s body when he made executed his moves, she began to feel a little jittery. She had thought that after being reborn, she would at most just have to deal with living under the rule of some ancient dynasty. Who would have thought that the people here cultivated immortality? Immortal Cultivation, that was something that entered the realm of fantasy! But thinking back to the fact that she, a person from the twenty first century, had even been reborn into a god damned ce like this, made everything else seem not as strange anymore. Immortal Cultivation! Then her whole arsenal of skills her body possessed would amount to nought before these cultivators of immortality! She flung the half eaten apple away and sat there sighing to herself, dispirited. Until a crisp and clear sound rang out right before her. ¡®Clink! Clink! Clink!¡¯ The broken bowl before her suddenly had a tiny nugget of silver spinning in a circle within it before settling down in the middle. Feng Jiu stared nkly at the silver within the broken bowl and picked it up to inspect it. It felt not different from amon rock except that it was silver on the outside. She looked up and turned her head towards the person who had thrown the silver nugget into her bowl and saw the wide back of a person dressed in a ck robe. He was walking slowly, his steps light but firm, and a chilling aura emanated from his entire being that drove people to stay away from him. With that turn of her head, without even thinking about it, she leapt up to grab at that man¡¯s leg, wailing pitifully in a loud voice: ¡°Woo hooo¡­.. Brother inw! I¡¯ve found you atst, oh my brother inw!¡± The man suddenly dodged in a sh and she ended up grabbing at air and she fell forward from the forward momentum, scraping both her hands and groaning in pain. The ck robed man frowned, his sharp and prating gaze sweeping over the little beggar on the ground briefly, before he resumed his steps to continue striding forward. A single nce, and he was able to determine that the beggar on the ground was just amoner that did not practice cultivation. Of course, Feng Jiu at that moment was just amon and ordinary person. The little bit of cultivation that her body¡¯s previous owner had achieved had beenpletely undone by the poison that Su Ruo Yun had forced into her mouth, and she was now just a ordinary person who did not possess any cultivation powers. And it was exactly because of that that when those cultivators of immortality saw her, an ordinary person who had no cultivation, would rx their guard against one such as her. ¡°Brother inw! Do not desert me! Wah¡­.. I suffered so much hardship before I managed to find brother inw! Brother inw¡­..¡± She got up and pounced once again, falling a few more times, until, the ck robed man in front finally stopped in his tracks. ¡°BROTHER IN LAW!¡± The chance was not to be missed! Feng Jiu sped both her hands and feet to hug herself round the man¡¯s leg, clinging on tightly, as she raised her tear brimmed eyes, injected with some timidness, to look at the man. And when she saw the man¡¯s countenance, her mouth suddenly developed an involuntary twitch¡­.. This leg she was clinging on to like a ko, might have been a mistake? If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 7 Chapter 7 2Chapter 7: Sticking to Him Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud Looking at broad back, the man before her eyes stood out as a great example epitomising what made a man. But when she saw his face, she only felt like pping herself on the forehead to say with a long sigh: Come on! This is obviously the face of an aged uncle already in his thirties! The sharp featured, stalwart and hard face was half covered in his beard and his face shape could hardly be made out just as was his countenance. Although the pair of eyes were endlessly deep and mysterious, but whichever way you chose to look at it, he was an uncle in his thirties, and he couldn¡¯t quite fit into the profile of being anything like her young nubile body¡¯s brother inw. But, she had no other choice in the matter before her and she was not going to let go of the leg she wastched on to, so she continued to cry out: ¡°Brother inw! Boo hoo¡­.. I finally found you¡­.. Oh brother inw¡­..¡± Ling Mo Han¡¯s up nted brows creased together as he stared at the ko like little beggartched onto his leg. As he was unused to being touched, his entire body was currentlypletely frozen. He tried to shake the beggar off his leg and he gave a low holler: ¡°You¡¯ve mistaken me for someone else! Let go!¡± However, the little beggar was clinging on too tightly and he could not shake him off. ¡°Woo hoo¡­.. Brother inw, I am not mistaken. My sister told me you had a great big beard. I saw you when I was very young and I will not mistake you for anyone else. Boo hoo¡­.. Brother inw, don¡¯t drive me away, there is no one at home anymore and my stepmother wants to sell me off! Boo hoo¡­ Brother inw¡­..¡± ¡°I am not your brother inw! You¡¯ve really got the wrong person!¡± Ling Mo Han¡¯s expression was turning chilly and the chilling aura emanating from his being was intensifying terrifyingly. But the little beggar clinging onto his leg was not loosening his grip in the slightest. He shook his leg a few more times but he still failed to dislodge the person. When he stretched out his hand wanting to pick the little beggar off, he suddenly screamed and held on even tighter, his head even pushing against a sensitive area between his legs, and his body suddenly stiffened, his face darkening immediately. ¡°Let go!¡± ¡°No way! Unless you agree to take me with you.¡± She was stuck unabashedly onto the man¡¯s leg andpletely unaware her head was pushing against the person¡¯s sensitive part, secretly celebrating in silent glee that although the aged uncle was a little cold in his demeanor, but fortunately, he was harsh only with his mouth and not in his actions, seemingly like he wouldn¡¯t use his powers on amoner who did not practice cultivation. Valiantly suppressing the urge to kill, Ling Mo Han drew in a deep breath before he said: ¡°Let go! I¡¯ll let youe with me!¡± ¡°Sniff¡­.. Brother inw, I knew you wouldn¡¯t desert me!¡± She wiped at her dry eyes which had not been wet in the slightest and she quickly got to her feet. Seeing that the man had already turned and walked away, she immediately hurried to catch up. Seeing the distance between them being pulled apart, Feng Jiu¡¯s eyes shed and smile curled up on her face. No wonder he had agreed for her to follow him so easily. So this was what he had nned to do, to leave her behind like this? Unfortunately for him, he had gravely miscalcted. There was no way she wouldn¡¯t be able to keep up with his pace! At the very least, before she manages set foot outside of this Da Lang City, she needed to stick to him. This man was obviously not from a simple background and sticking by him would ensure that the guards will not dare to stop them. ¡°Brother inw! Wait up, I can¡¯t keep up! Brother inw¡­..¡± She ran slowly behind him and when she saw that he was going towards the city gates, her heart leapt with joy and she quickened her pace to catch up. Ling Mo Han¡¯s steps faltered, as he turned his head around slightly. He saw the little beggar¡¯s filthy little hand was tugging at a corner of his robe. He flicked his arm down to brush off the little beggar and he continued on with his wide strides forward. ¡°Brother inw! Brother inw, don¡¯t be angry with me, at most I won¡¯t pull at your clothes anymore¡­.. Brother inw!¡± She jogged along as she cried out pitifully, noticing from out of the corner of her eyes that the guards at the city gates suddenly stiffened when they spotted the uncle in front of her, and lowering their heads to bow in subservience. The guards who had been marching straight towards her suddenly froze in their spots when they heard her address the man as brother inw, their faces greatly puzzled as they discreetly assessed the two people. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 8 Chapter 8 0Chapter 8: That¡¯s called an Uncle Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud ¡°Brother inw, where are we going?¡± Aftering out through the city gates, she started sizing up the people around. At that moment, Ling Mo Han stopped his steps and nced at the little beggar to say in a deep voice: ¡°You¡¯re already out here, don¡¯t follow me anymore.¡± Feng Jiu was startled a moment and she quickly continued on to say with a sweet smile: ¡°Oh Brother inw! What are you saying?¡± The uncle had actually been aware that she wanted toe out through the city gates! That was to be expected now that she thought about it, as the man did not look to be frommon stock and her petty tricks should have been pretty obvious to him. But what surprised her was that he still helped her even after being wise to her chicanery. Seeing him walking away quickly with wide strides, Feng Jiu hastened to catch up. ¡°Brother in¡­..¡± Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted. ¡°I am not your brother inw, stop addressing me that way.¡± The deep voice was a deep baritone, cold and hard, the very personification of masculinity. ¡°Have I really mistaken you for someone else? My sister told me my brother inw has a really bushy beard is easily recognisable.¡± She jogged alongside him and began to scrutinise him carefully from head to toe. Suddenly, she grinned widely and said: ¡°Heh heh, maybe, just maybe, I might have really gotten the wrong guy. You see, my brother inw should be a tad bit younger than you.¡± Ling Mo Han continued on his way,pletely ignoring the little beggar at his side. From the way he looked at it, a little beggar with some smarts but did not practise any cultivation in the slightest did not deserve his attention and hence, he quickened his steps forward, a few times faster than he had been in the city. In regards to his suddenly increased speed, Feng Jiu was suddenly intrigued as she thought to herself: [Watching his steps, they seem to tread lightly upon the ground, but at the same time, they seemed to just flit across without touching. He was moving extremely quickly but it was quite different from her own Traceless on Snow Cloud Treading Steps. ¡°Uncle! Uncle! Wait for me!¡± It wasn¡¯t that she really wanted to stick to him but there was only one road aftering out through the city gates. Moreover, she really couldn¡¯t afford to dilly dally to follow that man around as she needed to go find some herbs to counter the poison within her body! Remembering that fact only reminded her off the fact that Su Ruo Yun wasn¡¯t just malicious. Despite her body¡¯s original owner having treated Su Ruo Yun exceptionally well, Su Ruo Yun had not only robbed her of her identity, Su Ruo Yun had even sold her to a brothel for her to be tormented and humiliated to her death. Tsk tsk, this woman, was really more venomous than a scorpion. But, ording to the original Feng Qing Ge¡¯s memories, this Su Ruo Yun seemed to have been just like her, havinge from the twenty first century as well? And she must be well versed in medicine as well or she wouldn¡¯t have been able to create a mask that looked exactly like her. The more she thought about it, the more excited she became. Something that she had initially felt to be endlessly dull seemed to be getting more and more interesting! When Ling Mo Han who was a distance further up front heard the repeated shouts of uncle, a corner of his mouth began to twitch. He subconsciously felt the beard on his own face and he increased his pace another notch, thinking to ditch the person behind him. However, after about four hours when he stopped and turned his head behind to peek, he saw the thin figure still following behind him about ten steps away and his heart was rather shocked. For someone who had not done a sliver of cultivation, how did he manage to keep up with him? Feng Jiu was panting heavily as she ran up to him, her back bent over with her hands resting on her knees, wheezing: ¡°Whew! That was so tiring I¡¯m ready to drop. Uncle! Why were you walking so fast?¡± Ling Mo Han brows creased up closer as he sized up the filthy little beggar for a long while before he said in a deep voice: ¡°Do not follow me anymore. The ce I am headed to is the Nine Entrapment Woods. That ce is filled with endless dangers and you will only be killed if you go in there.¡± ¡°You¡¯ve got it wrong, uncle. I wasn¡¯t following you, but it was originally my intention to go to the Nine Entrapment Woods anyway. But since you are going there too, isn¡¯t it better if we go there together?¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 9 Chapter 9 1Chapter 9: Into the Nine Entrapment Woods Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud Ling Mo Hanpletely ignored the person behind him and just widened his strides to continue walking. He was thinking that the little beggar was actually some young master from some rich family who had secretly run away for fun. From the moment the little beggar hadtched onto his leg, he had not sensed the lowly humility from the beggar and he had a pair of eyes that showed wit and were sharp, astute, nothing like what a beggar would have. After hearing that he was intending to go to the Nine Entrapment Woods, he was even more certain that the youth was just going there for nothing more than fun. If the youth really did not fear death and followed him blindly into the Nine Entrapment Woods, he would not be a busybody to go save him if anything happened. Seeing that the uncle in front was ignoring her, Feng Jiu did not say another word after that, but just jogged to keep up a few steps behind. However, if one were to look a little closer, they would notice that her steps were a little queer, as the speed she was moving at wasn¡¯t slower than Ling Mo Han before her by much. The two of them moved one behind the other. Ling Mo Han in the front did not once stop for any rest and neither did Feng Jiu behind him. As time was running out, she needed to get to the Nine Entrapment Woods to find the necessary herbs to dispel the poison within her body, or her life would really end senselessly in this world just like that. But this body had afterall once belonged to a young miss of a rich family. After running for a whole day and night without any food and drink, the body had reached its limits. Her legs were sore and heavy, her strides gradually slowing down, and the figure of Ling Mo Han infront was getting further and further away from her. However, she still managed toe to the edge of the Nine Entrapment Woods at the break of dawn the next day, and she did not see any sign of the uncle anywhere. ¡°Whew! I¡¯m bushed!¡± She crashed back down onto the ground, panting heavily. Sweat ran in rivulets, and she was starving. She was feeling a little lightheaded and rather nauseous. From yesterday till now, the only thing she had was the apple that she had swiped from the fruit stall and that had long been digested and not even the juice was left. Her stomach was ravenously empty and she wished endlessly for a scrumptious chicken leg to eat at that moment. She rested awhile to catch her breath, and after wiping off her perspiration, she stood up and stared at the Nine Entrapment Woods before her, a smile of anticipation showing on her face. ¡°Hee hee. I should be able to catch myself some wild meat in the Nine Entrapment Woods¡­..¡± Just thinking about it made her swallow with a big gulp, and she immediately moved her feet to go into the woods. The trees were dense and the vegetation abundant. The sun¡¯s ray from above her head were half shielded and the damp smell of the dirt and the fragrance of grass wafted pass her nose carried by the light breeze. Feng Jiu held a sprig broken off from one of the tree and swept it left and right before her as she walked. By doing that, she could on one hand, sweep away some of the weeds in her path, and on the other hand, drive away any venomous snakes that might be hiding in the grass. Her progress was slow, as her eyes carefully scanned for any herbs covered under the weeds. She had studied the poison in her body and it might be difficult for others to undo, but for someone like her who was highly skilled in Medicine and poisons, it was rtively easy. Of course, it was on the premise that she must first find the herbs she needed or even if she was a Medical Deity, she wouldn¡¯t be able to undo the poison in her body with nothing. Perhaps it was because she was still on the outer edge. Although she had managed to find some herbs, they were all of the moremon variety. And as for the wild fare that she was salivating from, it was almost utterly hopeless. Even after having walked for more than an hour, she had not seen a single sign of an edible live animal, but only quite a number of lizards rested upon the branches of the trees. She was so hungry it was making her feel weak. She saw some edible Creeping Woodsorrel Herb growing among the weeds and she picked out a big bunch of them and chewed on them as she walked. Although the stem of the herb was sour, its flowers tasted lightly fragrant. It might not be much, but it was nevertheless better than her well emptied stomach. ¡°Hey? I can actually find Tree Root Berries here?¡± She ran over in pleasant surprise when she saw the herb growing at the foot of the tree, which was one of the herbs she was seeking for on this trip for her antidote. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 10 Chapter 10 2Chapter 10: Gathering Herbs Alone Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud Biting off thest leaves from the bunch of herbs she held in her hand, she threw the stems away to the side. Carefully digging out the Tree Root Berry from the dirt at the base of the tree, she was squatting on the ground focused on the task, and she failed to notice that a ck and white venomous snake was slithering through the grass towards her. As the snake neared her, its long body pushed its head up and it spat out its forked tongue, hissing softly. At that moment, the venomous snake struck, its jaw widened to bite onto Feng Jiu¡¯s calf. A sudden change came over Feng Jiu¡¯s expression and an austere murderous chill pervaded her entire being, her eyes suddenly turned bitingly cold. Her body pivoted lightning quick as her hand grasped onto the snake¡¯s head, the other hand sped around the snake¡¯s seven inch vital point. Her fingers tightened and with a snap, the fingers grasping the seven inch vital point were driven deep into the snake¡¯s body. ¡°HISS!¡± The snake let out a loud hiss and its body spasmed before it fell limp. ¡°Oh? A Silver Ring snake?¡± The chillingly cold aura from just a moment before now felt like it had just been a momentary hallucination. She had immediately reverted right back to her appearance ofnguidziness as she eyed the snake andughed: ¡°I haven¡¯t seen any boars and not even a tiny rabbit. You will have to do for the time being when I roast you to fill my empty stomach.¡± But, as she finished her statement, the smile on her face froze. She had just discovered one big problem¡­.. No fire. Under these damp and highly humid trees, starting a fire through friction would not be easy at all. She didn¡¯t have matches with her and not even a flintstone or stick of ember.She wouldn¡¯t be able to have roast snake afterall! ¡°Forget it! Forget it! Just hold out for a little while more! I will have to at least find a dryer ce before I think of some way to start a fire.¡± She mumbled to herself in a low voice in regret as she held the snake carcass in her hand thinking it would be such a waste to just throw the snake away. So, she proceeded to clean and process the meat. She first cut the head off, then skinned it, before removing the snake gall. She then hung the now unidentifiable piece of meat on a tree branch and wiped her blood drenched hand on the grass. She picked some stronger smelling nts and rubbed her hands vigorously with them to remove the stench of blood from them before carrying on with her search. So, on this day in the woods, a filthy little beggar dressed in ragged clothes could be seen walking alone within this danger filled Nine Entrapment Woods, with a tree branch over his shoulder, and a skinned snake dangling from it as he skipped along¡­.. Throughout the entire day, she traversed alone within, searching for herbs to dispel the poison from her body. She had unknowingly walked from the outer edges of the woods to go deep into the inner reaches, and she was finally able to locate all the herbs she needed before dusk. Taking advantage of the remaining light that allowed her to still see, she found a dry branch and embarked on the most primitive way of starting a fire. But as the environment was damp and wet, she spent almost two hours tirelessly before she seeded in starting the fire. Her hands had blistered badly from her efforts but when she sank her teeth into the roasted snake meat, everything she did suddenly seemed all worth it. Having found all the herbs she needed for the antidote, and her stomach filled, she proceeded to mash up the herbs she found in the afternoon and applied it on her body. Then she extinguished the fire and climbed up a tall tree, to find afortable spot for her to get a good night¡¯s rest. Being in a ce like this, and all alone, she could not afford to keep the fire burning. If not, when night fell, she could easily be the target of wild beasts, and she wasn¡¯t exactly brimming with energy at that moment to take them on. So, even when the branches high up in the trees were cold and she did not have the fire to warm her, she would choose safety overfort without a thought. As expected, as the darkness fell, the howling of wolves reached her ears ringing through the woods, reverberating chillingly in the darkness, that drove fear into the hearts of men. As for Feng Jiu, her eyes were closed as she had fallen into a deep sleep, seemingly treating the long ringing howls in the woods as her night time luby. Naturally, she would also not notice that high up upon a tree not too far away, a dark shadowy figure had observed her every single action in this very dangerous woods¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 11 Chapter 11 2Chapter 11: Meeting the Uncle Once Again Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud A brief sh of astonishment showed in Ling Mo Han¡¯s prating jet ck eyes a fleeting moment, surprised that he would see the little beggar once more at a ce like this. He had thought that the little beggar would have run away at the first sign of danger he would undoubtedly encounter in the Nine Entrapment Woods, and he had not for a moment expected toe all the way so deep into the inner reaches of the woods. He had spotted the little beggar sometime in the afternoon. The young beggar had been bent over digging up a herb from the ground. The herbs that he had thought to be useless were instead picked by the little beggar one by one and the youth was seemingly extremely carefree and at ease within the inner reaches, lookingpletely oblivious to all the dangers surrounding him. Based on his cold and indifferent personality, he would not have paid the little beggar any attention. But somehow, for no good reason, he did not leave. Instead, he secretly observed from a distance, watching the little beggar intently as he picked up a piece of deadwood and dug out a small hole in it. He then found himself a small dead branch and he sat down cing the point of the branch into the small hole in the bigger piece of wood and staring turning the branch furiously , held between his palms, seeming like he was trying to bore a hole in the wood. He did not know what the little beggar was doing and it was only after watching him for about more than two hours that he saw a thin wisp of smoke emanating from the piece of wood that he was thoroughly shocked. With just two pieces of wood and he was able to start a fire! ? He had never seen anyone use such a strange method before. He knew that to start a fire, people usually used either a stick of glowing ember or flint stones. In the worst case scenario, he had heard that people would even strike two weapons together to induce sparks, but through the method like what the little beggar just did, that was a first in his entire life. But that also told him that the little beggar had not been oblivious to the surrounding dangers. The youth had had the mind to extinguish the fire after he roasted and ate the skillfully skinned snake before mbering quickly up a tall tree to find a ce to rest for the night. The young beggar had been callously inconsiderate, as he could hear the kid snoring loudly all the way here. If Ling Mo Han knew what Feng Jiu was thinking in his mind at that moment, he might not having the same thoughts. Initially, Feng Jiu had not noticed that someone was watching him as she had not sensed any malicious intent in the air surrounding her. But, just as she was up in the tree and had just closed her eyes to go to sleep, she suddenly felt that a pair of eyes were trained on her, probing and assessing her. And because of that, she let out loud snores, pretending to be deeply fast asleep. In reality, she was wondering when those eyes had started watching her and, how did she fail to notice that she was being watched. But since the other party had not chosen to show himself, and not caused her to feel threatened in anyway, she decided not to expose the person hidden in the darkness, but chose to silently raise her guard. Afterall, the people in this world cultivated immortality and she could not afford to carelessly see them as an average human, or she would put herself at a big disadvantage right from the start. At dawn the next morning, Feng Jiu awoke under the chirping of the birds. She reached one hand out groggily before giving out a mighty huge yawn and she stretched her back fully in a graceful arc. But that full stretch caused her to lose her bnce and she suddenly fell from the tree. ¡°ARGGH!¡± ¡®BAM!¡¯ She screamed out and fell to the ground with a loud bang, lying among the tall grass on the ground. ¡°Ouch! This hurts like hell!¡± She stood up and rubbed at her hips and twisted her body before heaving a sigh of relief: ¡°Luckily nothing is broken.¡± A distance away, the dense canopy of leaves half covered the figure of Ling Mo Han as his prating eyes nced briefly at the figure a way off from his position before quickly looking away. From the moment the little beggar had awoken, his eyes had been open. He had seen the little beggar still groggy with sleep as he stretched high above the trees and falling off it. He knew the ground below the tree was filled with weeds growing on soft soil and a fall like that would not cause much problems, hence he had just nced over unsympathetically and had not bothered to go help the youth up. He saw the little beggar rub at his hips and then proceed to find two sizeable pieces of rocks before sitting down to pull out the herbs he had previously gathered from his clothes. He then mashed them up and stuffed it into his mouth. Ling Mo Han could not help himself but made his brows tilt up in a deep frown as he stared at the little beggar and thought to himself : [The little beggar had just eaten roast snakest night, was he so quickly famished that he needed to eat the herbs to quell his hunger?] [Even if that is the case, you can¡¯t stuff herbs into your mouth in such a manner, can you? Doesn¡¯t he know that eating herbs indiscriminately like this might cause you big problems?] He was just thinking that when he saw the little beggar suddenly gagged and he vomited out a dark mouthful of blood before copsing onto the ground¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 12 Chapter 12 1Chapter 12: Uncle¡¯s First Kiss Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud When his eyes saw the scene, his arrow straight brows furrowed into a frown as he stared and thought deeply about it. Half a heartbeatter, he still saw no sign of the little beggar awakening before he summoned his powers and leapt off the tree to walk in that direction. ¡°Dead?¡± He stuck out a foot and nudged the unmoving figure a bit. When he saw that there was no reaction, he squatted down and wanted to check to see if the little beggar was still breathing. Who knew that at the very moment he had just lowered himself, the motionless little figure suddenly leapt up and pounced on him! In his state of unpreparedness, he was caughtpletely off guard and he was pushed onto the ground. ¡°Uncle! Hahaha¡­.. Huh? !¡± Feng Jiu wasughing hysterically when she suddenly stopped, and the expression on her face froze. She stared at the startled uncle lying on the ground and then turned her eyes to look at the dirty ws sped upon her chest. Her entire being froze and she was dumbfounded at that moment. [What¡­.. What is this? Had she just been molested?] The feeling of soft flesh under his hands made Ling Mo Han¡¯s mind turnpletely nk. Utter shock filled his eyes and stuttering for the first time in his life, he said: ¡°You¡­.. You are a girl?¡± And he quickly retracted his hands as he spoke. But with the sudden release of his hands, the nked out Feng Jiu still had not recovered, causing her body to suddenly lose its support. Feng Jiu fell forward and in the worst way it could happen, her mouth smacked straight right onto a pair of bushy bearded lips. ¡°MMPH!¡± The two of them groaned under the their locked lips as the pain from the impact shot through their mouths. This time, Ling Mo Han was the one to freeze, his eyes red wide open, filled with utter incredulity. And as if he was terrifyingly shocked by something, his eyes rolled back and he fell into a dead faint. When she saw that the uncle had fainted, Feng Jiu¡¯s expression turned dark. She got up and massaged her face which was hurting from being pricked by the bushy and bristling beard, and spat out repeatedly going: ¡°Pui! Pui! Pui!¡± as she wiped at her mouth in disgust. ¡°I have not evenined about an old cow like you feeling up a pure and innocent young girl and you have the cheek to faint before me! ?¡± She rubbed at her dirt streaked face and stared at the really unconscious uncle and suddenly felt speechless. After she processed the herbs needed for the antidote, she had mashed them together and tried to swallow it. But the effects had been too strong and it caused her body to vomit out blood. She had then quickly decided to grab at that opportunity to lure the person hidden in the shadows to see who it was! She had not expected to hear that uncle¡¯s voice and she wanted to y a trick on him. Who knew she would end up being taken advantage of and was even forced to witness the man shocked into a dead faint after having taken liberties with her body! ? She sat down at the side with her legs crossed and she took the opportunity to observe the man before he woke up, and she found that the uncle was actually rather good looking. Although half of his face was covered by the bushy beard, but his arrow straight brows, his highly pointed nose, with his strong chiseled jawline, and those sexy lips hidden under the beard, somehow exuded a kind of manliness all over. Her eyes filled with admiration, her gaze slowly travelled downwards, over that strong and buff body, and those long and muscr legs and she nodded in approval as she thought to herself: [Hmm, this physique would be the type when they put on clothes, they look stylish and when they took off clothes, they look manly. Without even needing to check, he would undoubtedly possess the full set of abdominal muscles.] Her hand was just involuntarily reaching out to feel the abdominal muscles when at that moment, a cold and hard voice rang in her ears. ¡°What are you doing! ?¡± Ling Mo Han¡¯s eyebrows were tilted up at an rming angle as he stared at her, before quickly flipping himself to stand up and putting some distance between them. At the first moment he had awoken, he was suddenly confronted with seeing her with her eyes brightly lit as she stared over his body. Although he saw only admiration in those eyes, but, was it really appropriate for a girl to be staring at a man with eyes like those? Those ws had just began to reach out when she heard his voice and she immediately tried to, as naturally as possible, move her hands to scratch at her head, before saying sheepishly with augh: ¡°Uncle, I wasn¡¯t going to do anything!¡± [Tsk! Why did you have so wake up so quickly! ? I had wanted to feel those abdominal muscles!] If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 13 Chapter 13 0Chapter 13: Thick Hide ster Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud He stared at the grinning girl before him, looking back at him with sparkling vigor in her eyes, when he recalled the softness his hands had grasped earlier and the touch when theirs lips had met. In a moment, his face darkened, but his face was covered by his great bushy beard and it could not be seen. Seeing the man turn and walk off without a word, Feng Jiu was surprised a moment. She thought about it for awhile before she opened up her strides and followed. ¡°Uncle, don¡¯t you think we are fated to meet? See? We¡¯ve even managed to meet once again in here. Since that is the case, shouldn¡¯t we just travel together?¡± When the man continued striding onpletely ignoring her, she didn¡¯t feel the least bit bothered by it. She was thinking just with her own meagre power alone and wandering aimlessly in this ce, it might just be a tad bit dangerous. But if she were to be with a man like him, it would be a lot safer for her. Hence, whenever he walked, she followed, and when he stopped, she would also stop. Butpared to herpletely heartlessck of concern, the cold chill that was emanating from Ling Mo Han¡¯s being in front was growing more and more intense. Atst, when he could not bear it any longer, he swung a chilling gaze onto her and his face creased up in a deep frown as he said: ¡°Why do you have to keep following me?¡± He knew himself to be a person who wasn¡¯t exactly all that approachable. All this while, which human didn¡¯t stay beyond a three step boundary away from him whenever they saw him? Even the most tactless of people when chased off by him repeatedly would not be so shameless as to continue following him. But this girl was just like a thick hide ster, one that he could not shake off no matter what he did. ¡°Because you are the only person I know here!¡± She looked at him like it should be obvious to see, her eyes trying to hide that mischievous glint. But her face betrayed not a thing and was serious as she said: ¡°From the moment you gave me that nugget of silver, I was certain of it. You must be a really kind person!¡± Green veins bulged rmingly on Ling Mo Han¡¯s forehead and a corner of his brow started to twitch. His thin lips stretched into a straight line, and his flinty gaze was cast upon her a brief moment and he continued walking forward without another word. If he had known earlier that his carelessly tossed out little nugget of silver would give him such a persistent piece of thick hide ster, he wouldn¡¯t have thrown out that piece of silver no matter how much of a hindrance it would cause him. The Heavens knew that it wasn¡¯t out of kindness that he had given out that tiny piece of silver but it just so happened that he had that one small piece of loose silver in his belt and he had happened to spot a little beggar in front, so he had thoughtlessly tossed it out. Who knew¡­.. Following behind Ling Mo Han, Feng Jiu noticed that he was moving in deeper into the woods and her eyes shed momentarily as she looked at the figure in ck and asked: ¡°Uncle, I heard that there are ferocious beasts in the deeper reaches, is that true?¡± She had not expected to hear any reply but his cold voice sounded out with careless indifference to reach her ears. ¡°Since you know that, hurry up and leave.¡± ¡°Uncle, I¡¯ll just stay beside you and pick some herbs and I promise not to give you any trouble.¡± She had just checked her pulse and arge part the poison in her body had been purged with the blood she had vomited out earlier. She would only need to take another dose of the antidote tonight and she should be just about fine. She had initially intended to leave the Nine Entrapment Woods after she manages to fully purge the poison from her body, but who knew that she would meet the uncle once again? So she had changed her mind and decided to follow beside him to pick more herbs. Although she had managed toe into the inner reaches of the woods, it was nevertheless still just the inner reaches of the outer edge. Now that she was going to follow him deep into the real inner reaches, she could not help but feel a little excited and her heart was filled with anticipation. [Wonder what kind of wondrous herbs will they have in there? It is said that the more dangerous the ce, the more highly possible it is to be able to pick magical herbs. It would be just fantastic if she really manages to find some magical herbs as even if she was not able to find a use for it, that would most definitely at least fetch her a hefty sum! Moreover, her looks had been destroyed to such a sorry state by Su Ruo Yun and even she herself thought she looked horrifying. She would naturally need to find a way to treat the wound on her face or if she was forced to live with a face like that, that would just be an insult to her devilish reputation. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 14 Chapter 14 Chapter 14: A Mere Beggar2 Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud The two of them walked one behind the other. Because of Ling Mo Han¡¯s warning, despite her still following, she maintained a distance of three steps away from him. And she knew as well that the uncle was not used to being in close proximity to women or he wouldn¡¯t have fallen into a dead faint after being identally kissed by her. Although she didn¡¯t feel thatfortable about that as well, but the other party was afterall already an uncle who was old, it would be better if she did not bring up the incident anymore to avoid making it awkward for both parties. But something was making her mood improve. The deeper they went into the inner reaches following behind him, she managed to pick quite a bit of magical herbs along the way. Those magical herbs were infused with spirit auras, and although they were magical herbs of the moremon variety, it was nevertheless enough for her mood to gradually lighten. [Eh? Is that the Red Clover Blossom? Those are the best for treating external wounds!] Having spotted the bunch of magical herbs growing wild among the weeds, she ran over in joy and pick it carefully. The Red Clover Blossom was afterall a magical herb that would be worth quite a tidy sum and they could only be found here in the deep inner reaches, never once having appeared the outer reaches. These magical herbs were actually the same as the most precious of herbs that she had known in the twenty first century. Whether it was the name or the portrayal of the herbs, they were exactly the same. The only difference was that the people in this world cultivated mystical powers and spirit auras, and their herbs were mainly magical, infused with spirit auras, enhancing and amplifying their effects. ¡®Swoosh!¡± At that moment, a chilling swishing sound was shooting straight towards her. Feng Jiu who was carefully picking the magical herb did not even look up as she dodged to one side quickly. At that moment, the Red Clover Blossom had already been picked and she was holding it in her hands. Hearing the noise from in front, Ling Mo Han turned his head back immediately. The hands hanging at his sides had raised when the sharp arrow had been flying towards the little beggar. But when he saw her having nimbly dodged it, he discreetly put his hands back and turned his eyes towards the peopleing from the other side. Feng Jiu was staring at the spot that she had just been squatting in that now had a sharp arrow lodged in the ground. If she had not been quick enough to leap away, that arrow would havended in her body. Faced with such an unprovoked near brush with death, her lips split into a unthreatening smile, but her eyes did not show the slightest tinge of mirth as they looked at the people approaching. It was a team that had about twenty people. The leader among them was a middle aged man looking calm and steady. Beside him, was a younger male roughly about twenty years of age and a young girl of about fifteen or sixteen. Behind them, the men were all dressed uniformly in the same liveries, looking like members of a n, and the entire group seemed like they were a n out here on a training mission. Observing the group without making any moves, Feng Jiu¡¯s eyes fell upon the young girl. She saw that the girl was dressed in a suit of pink gauzed tube dress, her voluptuous chest half exposed looking highly alluring, her slender waistline tightly bound, a mystical bow in hand and a quiver of arrows across her back. It was obvious, the arrow that flew straight at her earlier had been shot by the girl. ¡°Hand over the Red Clover Blossom!¡± The young girl¡¯s gaze was filled with arrogance as she stared at the filthy and messy Feng Jiu, and sneered: ¡°A mere beggar not squatting by street corners to beg buting out here to seek death, you must be tired of living!¡± Feng Jiu did not hide her scrutinising gaze as her eyes looked at the girl from head to toe and she copied the girl¡¯s sneering tone in sarcastic mimic and said: ¡°Why are you not staying back at the brothel but havee all the way out here to put your flesh out on disy, who are you trying to seduce?¡± Once Feng Jiu¡¯s words came out of her mouth, Ling Mo Han who was standing in front felt the corner of his mouth give a twitch and inwardly, he shook his head and thought to himself: [How can she be a girl? She¡¯s obviously just a uncouth ruffian.] When the men on the girl¡¯s side heard that, their expressions hardened, and their murderous gazes threw endless daggers at Feng Jiu. Only their leader¡¯s and the young man¡¯s expression did not change, except that their eyes were looking at Feng Jiu as if they were looking at a dead corpse¡­.. ¡°You¡¯re asking for death!¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 15 Chapter 15 0Chapter 15: Extortion Out of Convenience Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud The young girl was stunned at that moment, her face one of pure disbelief, unable to ept as fact that she had been overpowered by a little beggar who stole the dagger from her and that she had been caught. What shocked her even more was that the little beggar had been so brazen as to have taken advantage of her before so many pairs of eyes! ¡°This niece of mine has been spoilt and have gotten too used to her wilful ways. If she has offended you in any way, I implore for the Young Master to forgive her.¡± A deep voice filled with inspiring awe sounded and Feng Jiu raised her eyes to look at them, her eyes narrowed. The one who had spoken had naturally been the middle aged man. He had spoken not in threat, but in apology. The fact that he had been able to suppress the rage in his heart and maintain aposed expression despite his displeasure to speak to her in such an amicable manner was really surprising! ¡°So when used to being spoilt and wilful means you can indiscriminately take the lives of others? If I had not been quick to dodge, I am guessing I would have reported to the King of Hades already.¡± She red icily at the middle aged man, her mouth curled up in a mirthless smile: ¡°To not reciprocate in kind would be rude. Actually, I should really repay the prettydy back.¡± As she spoke, the dagger pressed against the young girl neck was pushed down a notch, and a drop of blood flowed out, ringly red against the fair white skin. ¡°Ow!¡± The young girl snapped back to consciousness from the sudden pain. As the dagger was pressed against her neck, she stiffened her body and did not dare move an inch, her face filled with fear and panic to say: ¡°You¡­ you don¡¯t do anything rash!¡± ¡°Opps! Really sorry. I got frightened by the arrow you shot at me earlier and my hands are still trembling. Seems like I have made you bleed!¡± Watching the scene before him, the middle aged man¡¯s face darkened. His previously amicable expression quickly faded. He stated at Feng Jiu and asked in a deep voice: ¡°What do you really want?¡± Hearing that, Feng Jiu¡¯s eyes smiled: ¡°I¡¯m not being demanding, but I was thinking if I have something golden or those silvery things to calm my nerves, my hands might not tremble anymore.¡± When the middle aged man heard that, his face rxed a little instead as he signaled the young man beside him. The young man nodded and strode forward, before retrieving an inconspicuous little bag from his hip, and took out two solid gold ingots. ¡°What about us giving these two gold ingots to the Young Master to calm your nerves?¡± At that moment, Feng Jiu¡¯s eyes discreetly nced past the young man¡¯s inconspicuous little bag quickly. ording to the memories in her head, that should be a Cosmos Sack that could hold many things, an item priceless on the market. Looks like this group of people were not from a simple background! She turned her gaze onto the two gold ingots in the man¡¯s hand and sneered: ¡°You¡¯re shooing off a beggar! ? Two gold ingots and you think it can calm my nerves?¡± The young man¡¯s face stiffened, eyeing the filth covered little beggar before him as he thought: [Aren¡¯t you exactly one?] Although his heart was filled with contempt, his face however betrayed nothing as he took out another four good ingots: ¡°Will this be enough?¡± Ling Mo Han nced at the several good ingots and he silently looked away. Silver and gold ingots like this would only be able to buy them material things. To buy things for the purpose of cultivation, it would not be possible without crystal currency. Compared to the highly prized crystal currency, these gold ingots really paled inparison. However, that little beggar had not asked for anything else the moment she had opened her mouth, but for gold and silver things, which was just dumb. Feng Jiu could not be bothered how others would think. She looked at the several gold ingots and her gaze turned up as she said: ¡°We will be even after this. After I let her go, all of you must note after me.¡± ¡°Naturally.¡± The middle aged man agreed in his deep voice. ¡°What do you say?¡± She leaned close onto the young girl¡¯s face and asked smilingly of her. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 15.1: Strange Skills Chapter 15.1: Strange Skills 3Chapter 15.1: Strange Skills Trantor: Misty Cloud Trantions Editor: Misty Cloud Trantions The young girl screamed out in humiliation, but it was not known whether it was from rage of embarrassment when her face turned bright red, and without thinking she raised the bow in her hand once more, pulling out an arrow from the quiver on her back to take aim at Feng Jiu before releasing the string. ''Swoosh!'' The ruthless arrow had been imbued with mystical aura as it sped towards Feng Jiu''s heart with blinding speed, fully intent on taking Feng Jiu''s life in one strike, chillingly merciless. The men with the girl did not move in the slightest, the leader seemingly intentionally indulgent. Afterall, from what they were seeing, Feng Jiu was just a mere little beggar who possessed zero mystical powers who might perhaps had been extremely lucky to be able to make it all the way in here. And for a person like that, they all would be able to get rid of easily just by barely lifting a finger. Just a few steps away from Feng Jiu, Ling Mo Han did not do anything to stop the attack this time. He wanted to see just how capable the little beggar girl was? From his observation of her, the little beggar girl was not brainless, in fact, she had shown herself to be extremely shrewd and astute, nevermitting something she wasn''t confident of. The only thing was, it was obvious she did not possess the slightest sliver of mystical aura within her body, so from where was she getting the confidence to provoke others so readily? As he thought to himself, his gaze steeled. He saw her somersault with great agility to avoid the speeding arrow, shooting past under her, not injuring her in the slightest. Witnessing the scene, not only Ling Mo Han, but even the middle aged man and the younger man on the other side showed a glint of surprise in their eyes. Without the slightest sign of any mystical power on the opponent, and knowing full well how chillingly fast that arrow that was shot out had been travelling, they were certain that the little beggar should not have been able to dodge it at all. But the little beggar had done just that. That just meant that the little beggar was not someone as simple as he was portraying himself to be. "Damn!" The young girl stamped her feet in frustration and reached her hand behind her back to retrieve another arrow to string onto her bow before pulling back to shoot another one out. But not a single one of those arrows carefully aimed at the little beggar could hit him. After her next several sessive attempts hit nothing but air, she stared at the little beggar looking smilingly at her with his chin resting nonchntly in his palm, seemingly saying to her in ridicule: [Is that all you''ve got?] She got so angry that she kept her mystical bow, before pulling out the dagger at her hip to charge straight at the little beggar. "Are you sure you want to do this? Anymore and I will not hold back." The smile on Feng Jiu''s face suddenly looked strange, as her eyes swept over the girl''s ample bosom briefly and Feng Jiu charged straight towards the dagger being thrust at her instead of avoiding it. "Damned beggar! You shall die!" Ling Mo Han''s gaze was fixed on Feng Jiu as she moved, and he only saw Feng Jiu disarming the young girl of her dagger in a blink. The speed that it had been carried out, was too fast for him to even see how she had aplished the feat. The next moment, the dagger was already in Feng Jiu''s hand and with a quick step, she was suddenly behind the young voluptuous girl, and Feng Jiu''s hand had even slid over the young girl''s snowy white exposed skin in a soft caress, which made him suddenly find himself at aplete loss of words. [Is that really a girl under those tattered clothes? That really isn''t a shameless ruffian hidden beneath?] "Woo hoo, so smooth." Feng Jiu eximed in praise, her eyes narrowed lustily, with one hand wrapped around the young girl''s slender waist, the other holding the dagger in a reverse grip pressed against the smooth white neck, looking like she was intentionally teasing the young girl, even bringing her face close to the trapped girl''s neck to sniff at it, and putting on a face intoxicated with euphoria. "That smells just absolutely heavenly!" This time, even the stoically stone faced middle aged man''s face changed, turning a few shades darker. The young man beside him was filled with rage, his eyes ame in anger, his hands within his sleeves clenched tightly into fists. If not for the young buxomy girl trapped in the enemy''s hands, he would not have been able to contain himself and would have charged straight in. Ling Mo Han was still speechless and he averted his eyes, unable to make himself watch any longer. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 16 Chapter 16 1Chapter 16: Uncle, Do These Things Eat People? Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud The young girl¡¯s teeth were tightly clenched as she nodded: ¡°As long as you let me go, I will not make any moves against you.¡± After hearing that, Feng Jiu signalled the for the young man to bring the gold ingots over. The young man walked over, gave the young girl a nce, and handed the gold ingots in his hands to Feng Jiu. Feng Jiu received it and immediately shoved it into her robes before moving the dagger away and tossing it towards the young man. The young man stepped slightly back to catch the dagger and at the same time, the young girl turned back and raised a leg to kick out at Feng Jiu. ¡°You damned little ruffian! You dare touch me!¡± Feng Jiu had not let her guard down. After receiving the gold ingots, she had immediately retreated quickly and the young girl¡¯s kick had been in vain. The young girl wanted to rush forward but at that moment, the middle aged man¡¯s deep voice boomed out: ¡°Ying Rou,e back.¡± ¡°Second Uncle!¡± The young girl stamped her feet, unwilling to let the matter end just like that. But when she saw her Second Uncle¡¯s gaze in warning, and her elder brother¡¯s signal with his eyes, she bit down on her lip and slunk her way back to the group. On the other side, Feng Jiu was finding the six gold ingots in her chest rather heavy and afraid that they would crush the magical herbs kept in the same location, she took the gold out and showed them off to Ling Mo Han saying: ¡°Uncle! See how much money I have! What do you say you let me treat you to some wer?¡± Ling Mo Han cast a nce at her and immediately open up his stride to walk away while Feng Jiu quickly followed hollering: ¡°Hey Uncle! Go a little slower won¡¯t you! ?¡± Watching as the two people leave one behind the other, the young man¡¯s eyes suddenly gave a sh filled with murder and he asked: ¡°Second Uncle, why do we not kill that brat?¡± ¡°That nk robed man is no ordinary man. Even I was unable to fully ascertain that man¡¯s level of cultivation and that little kid is also very strange. He obviously had not practised any cultivation but still possessed such skills, he¡¯s definitely not just a mere beggar.¡± His voice paused a moment before he continued. ¡°We have more important things to take care of on our trip. So do not stir up unnecessary trouble and this matter ends here. Do not bring it up again.¡± ¡°Yes!¡± Although deeply disgruntled, they could do nothing but agree to it. Afterall,pared to the mission at hand on this trip, the matter with the kid was really insignificant. When she recalled the purpose of the mission at hand, the young girl finally swallowed back her resentment and rage and then asked in excited anticipation. ¡°Second Uncle, have mythical beasts really been born into the Nine Entrapment Woods?¡± ¡°Mm, I believe that the respective families will get wind of the news in turn ande to this Nine Entrapment Woods or they might already be somewhere around. So, we will have to move fast to not miss out on the opportunity.¡± The middle aged man nodded as his gaze turned to look deep into the Nine Entrapment Woods, his eyes strongly determined. Hearing his Second Uncle¡¯s words, the young man thought on it a moment and asked: ¡°Could it be possible that those two people are here seeking the mythical beasts as well? I saw them going in a direction deeper in and I am guessing that they targeting at the same goals as us.¡± The middle aged man¡¯s eyes was suddenly filled with vicious malice as he said in his deep voice: ¡°If that is true that we¡¯re after the same thing, then we will look for an opportunity to kill them along the way!¡± And he led the team forward, going deeper into the woods as he spoke. ¡­.. Up front, Ling Mo Han who had not gone much further suddenly stopped in his tracks, the gaze in his set of deep eyes turned sharp and cold as he scanned the surroundings cautiously. Feng Jiu saw him stop and took the chance to remove the outer coat on her, quickly twisting it up into a simple makeshift bundle before taking out the herbs she had picked along the way all this time from inside her robes to put them in. Next, she then retrieved the gold ingots and stuffed them in after that, before finally tying the ¡°bundle sack¡± tightly across her body. Although the clothes she was wearing were the tattered clothes of a beggar, she had worn severalyers of them, hence, removing a piece or two of them did not matter much to her. But, when she finished tying up the bundle and lifted her head, she was suddenly startled. From in between the trees surrounding them, she saw several sharp fanged unidentifiable bestial forms, their bodies big as oxen, stepping out warily, and she blinked her eyes as she asked: ¡°Uncle, do these things eat people?¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 17 Chapter 17 2Chapter 17: First Glimpse of the Honed Edge! Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud ¡°ROAR!¡± The response she heard had note from Ling Mo Han but an ear splitting roar of rage from the ferocious beast before her eyes. The moment the fierce roar sounded, the massive and ferocious beasts had immediately coiled up and pounced towards the two of them, their wide jaws salivating heavily, exposing long fangs that gleamed, thirsting for blood, a sight that made people shiver in fright. ¡°Up the tree!¡± Ling Mo Han¡¯s icy gaze swept around, as he hollered in a deep voice. Upon hearing his call to climb the trees, a wide smile came onto Feng Jiu¡¯s face. She had said that the uncle was a nice man! ¡°Uncle, you be careful yourself too.¡± She slipped quickly up a huge tree beside her nimbly and hugged a wide branch to look down at the scene below, eager to see what kind of moves the uncle would be able to throw out. But when she spied out of the corner of her eyes from her high vantage point the young man hidden behind them holding up a bow aimed right at the uncle below her, a colding glint immediately shed in her eyes. Her mind raced as she saw one of the ferocious beast ramming itself into the big tree she was on. She released the arm hugging the branch and timed herself to fall off the tree at the same moment of impact from the beast¡¯s ramming. ¡°AHHHH!¡± Engaged with more than ten of the ferocious beasts, Ling Mo Han instinctively turned his head back to look and his face darkened slightly. [The troublesome one!] He was about to summon his powers to catch her when he saw her wink at him. Upon seeing that, his eyebrows creased together as he swung his sword at the ferocious beast charging in at him. At the same moment, after Feng Jiu fell to the ground, she immediately picked up her legs and ran screaming: ¡°Argh! Help!¡± Her movements were queer. Obviously not possessing a sliver of mystical aura as she ran around haphazardly among the ferocious beasts, she had somehow avoided being hit. After running a circle around them, she did not run to hide behind Ling Mo Han but ended up running back the way they hade. ¡°Help me¡­..¡± The ten over men hidden behind a clump of trees not too far away saw Feng Jiu running in their direction, with her being chased by seven or eight of those ferocious beasts, and their faces suddenly paled. ¡°Damn it!¡± The young man cursed softly. He hadn¡¯t been able to get a good aim with the pulled back bow in his hand due to the erratic movements of the ck robed figure in front of him and when he saw the ferocious beasts running towards them, he knew his assassination attempt had flopped, Hence, he quickly shifted the bow slightly to train his aim directly at the little beggar and released it. ¡°Ready yourselves for battle!¡± The middle aged man shouted out and his mystical aura red out as he whipped out the short sword at his hip. When she saw the young man release his arrow at her, the corners of Feng Jiu¡¯s mouth curled up like hooks, turning into a strange smile that looked decidedly sinister. Once bitten twice shy, against people who had repeatedly tried to take her life, she would however not repeatedly spare them theirs. Furthermore, her hands were beginning to itch. She would use this group of people to test her mettle in this world! Her targets determined, her murderous killer instinct swarmed out, a chilling aura filled with a conqueror¡¯s overwhelming presence red. Just by the change in her eyes and the aura emanating from her being, it had caused the middle aged man, their leader, to suddenly find his heart awashed in illogical fear, shuddering in absolute terror! He hade across all kinds of people throughout his life, and he was acutely aware that the little beggar at this moment was apletely different person from before. His sudden dominating conqueror¡¯s presence, that chilling murderous aura, and that exhrating air oozing with confidence within those eyes, was enough to make him tremble in fear. But, this person possessed not a shard of mystical power. He believed that no matter how strong an aura the little beggar was able to push out, there was no way the little beggar can overpower him in battle! Ling Mo Han¡¯s gaze fell into the little beggar girl as well, and his deep eyes shed a bright glint. As expected, she wasn¡¯t such a harmless and simple girl as she portrayed herself to be. But thinking about it made him realised that he should have noticed the little beggar wasn¡¯t an ordinary person. What kind of an ordinary girl would dare to enter the Nine Entrapment Woods alone? However, without an ounce of mystical power in her, she would not be a match for those people. But very soon, he came to yet another realisation that he had still underestimated her¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 18 Chapter 18 1Chapter 18: Overflowing with Murderous Aura£¡ Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud He only managed to see the figure employ some strange moves to dodge the arrow speeding towards her, while leading seven or eight of those ferocious beasts towards the group of men. She coiled her legs as shended, and immediately leapt up as her hands grabbed a tree branch as she spun. Making full use of the forward momentum, her feet kicked out,unching her off the tree, speeding like a bullet straight at her target, naturally it was the young man with a bow still gripped in his hand. ¡°Quick! Dodge!¡± The middle aged man shouted out in shock. He had wanted to rush forward to drag the young man away, but the ferocious beasts had pounced towards him and he himself had his hands full, where would he have the time to help him? s, he could only watch futilely as the little beggar flying speedily down his foot fully extended. Fortunately, the young man had startled awake with the deafening shout and his body had taken a step back reflexively, narrowly avoiding the kick that Feng Jiu had aimed right at his head that would have taken his life. But he was still half a heartbeat too slow and he was still kicked in the face. The young man stumbled back a few steps from the impact and at that moment, a ferocious beast charged at him, but the young girl at the side blocked the blow for him. ¡°Elder Brother! Snap out of it!¡± The young girl shrieked, her voice panicked, her face filled with anxiety. The young man recovered at that moment and the burning pain on his face made his rage rise up in his heart. He kept the mystical bow and he diverted his mystical power into a surge. He gathered the mystical energy into his two fists and struck out! A loud bam resounded and the ferocious beast that had charged at him was suddenly sent flying from the impact. ¡®Howl!¡¯ ¡®Bam!¡¯ The ferocious beast howled in pain and its body crashed heavily to the ground, as the ground tremored slightly from the impact. When the guards saw that the young man had sent a whole beast flying with just one strike, they were suddenly stoked. Their eyes shone as they shouted: ¡°Young Master is truly magnificent!¡± As their hearts were boiling with battlelust, the confusion that had wrecked havoc among them having been caught off guard was suddenly quelled at that moment. Just shortly after, they had managed to kill all of the ferocious beasts. Several corpses of the beasts scattered in a mess on the ground, as the pungent stench of blood filled the air¡­.. After the crisis was averted, the group suddenly realised that there were another seven to eight corpses of the beasts in another area not too far away from them, obviously ughtered by the lone ck robed man. But the ck robed man was nowhere in sight, and not only that, the little beggar and their Second Uncle were missing as well. ¡°Elder Brother, where is Second Uncle?¡± The young girl peered around into the surroundings, but did not see any signs of them. The young man raised a hand to wipe off a tinge of blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes staring maliciously into a specific spot. He did not speak, but instead returned the mystical bow to her, and suddenly started walking off to his left. The young girl and the guards immediately hurried to follow behind him. Under the cover of the dense canopies, the murderous aura was overflowing and even the air had turned colder as the chilling aura permeated and spread. The middle aged man¡¯s keen gaze was locked onto Feng Jiu, his low voice was chilling as he said: ¡°You are not a match for me. There is no need for you to put up a useless struggle.¡± ¡°Really?¡± Feng Jiu¡¯s hooked smile appeared and from her entire being, murderous aura surged out thickly! The middle aged man snorted heavily as if mocking her for her strong confidence. He summoned his mystical powers and imbued it into the sword in his hand, its honed tip suddenly surging forward the very next moment. ¡®ng!¡¯ The dagger shed against the sword, and a loud ng rang out, sending sparks flying. At almost the same moment, the two weapons in their hands had been flipped and went already executing another strike immediately. After several passes, the sword struck out mercilessly as it thrust straight towards Feng Jiu, the sword¡¯s edge was further honed with sword¡¯s aura, that would not allow her to dodge! On a tree just a short distance away, Ling Mo Han saw the scene clearly, and his straight brows cringed together. The very next moment, his gaze changed when he saw Feng Jiu¡¯s subsequent actions, not really expecting it¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 19 Chapter 19 0Chapter 19: Rolling with the Power in Counter Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud That sword thrust had seemed to be impossible for her to avoid. But against all expectations, at the very moment when the point of the sword was about to pierce into her chest, her body fell backwards in a sh and with the force from the backward flip, her hip gave a strong twist and she went into a spin, not only having avoided that lethal thrust of the sword, but the dagger gripped in her hand was also suddenly moving at a blinding speed towards the middle aged man. The moment he found that Feng Jiu had avoided his sword thrust with her strong hips, the middle aged man was shocked, and the murderous aura was already pressing in close before his eyes! He could not embark on another strike in that situation but to speedily retreat, but was still a tad too slow. ¡®Szaak!¡¯ He winced in pain, drawing in a cold gasp of air, his vicious gaze staring chillingly at the figure before him. Although he had barely managed to dodge the fatal strike, he had suffered a deep gash on his arm from the dagger that had bitten all the way to the bone. Ghastly red blood was gushing out, quickly soaking into his sleeve. The pain from the wound made his arm hang limply at his side, trembling violently. ¡°Second Uncle!¡± The young girl screamed out, quickly running over. ¡°Kill him!¡± The middle aged man¡¯s spat out through gritted teeth. The guards responded immediately but were stopped by the young man¡¯s upraised hand. ¡°I will deal with this little beggar myself!¡± The young man¡¯s body was giving out a cruel and malicious air, as bloodthirsty scent hung thickly on him, the eyes fixed upon Feng Jiu exactly like a venomous viper. As she watched the middle aged man being helped to the side by the young girl, Feng Jiu¡¯s eyes shifted to gaze at the young man whose being was giving out strong waves of malicious vibes. Her chin was lifted as she said, her voiceced with contempt: ¡°You are not a match for me.¡± Although she could feel rather stable vibes from the young man, but it was not on the same level as the middle aged man. Even if she wanted to kill that middle aged man, it would require her to at least execute several moves before she would be able to take his life. But for this young one before her now, she would not even need to break a sweat to do it. Still up in the tree a short distance away, as he watched her lift her chin slightly in arrogance, and spitting out her words with contempt, Ling Mo Han shook his head silently. [She is still a little girl afterall.] But, from what he observed when she battled the middle aged man earlier, he knew now that she would be able to take on that whole band of people by herself. With her skills, as long as she paid due caution within these inner reaches of the woods, she should not meet with any mishaps. With that thought, he stared intently at the figure a moment, before he summoned his power and leapt away into the distance¡­.. ¡°Not a match for you? Ha! Then have a taste of what I am capable of!¡± The young man shouted loudly, and the mystical power surged through his body. An orange glow from his mystical power red out from his body. He clenched his fists and with a shout, he leapt out and threw a punch towards Feng Jiu. ¡°Huh?¡± Seeing the orange glow from his mystical powers, Feng Jiu¡¯s eyebrow raised up. The middle aged man¡¯s aura on his sword had also seemed to have been encased in a faint orange tinge. She had not expected that this man¡¯s mystical power cultivation was about the same as the middle aged man¡¯s? ¡°Five Ton Punch!¡± Feng Jiu saw the wind behind his fist and she jumped back immediately. She saw that the young man¡¯s punch had toppled arge tree after she dodged, she spotted a deep impression of a fist¡¯s mark left in the tree¡¯s trunk, she was secretly astonished. With cultivated mystical powersbined with martial arts, its resulting power was rather shocking to see. Her opponent attacked with his fists, every single swing immensely powerful. If she retaliated with force in counter, it would obviously not work. If that was the case, she would roll along with the immense power to counteract it! Her eyes shed with rity as she speedily retreated and kept away the dagger in her hand. After the young girl bandaged up her Second Uncle¡¯s wounds, she saw Feng Jiu putting away his dagger and she sneered in disdain: ¡°Second Uncle, has that little beggar lost his mind from shock? He had even kept his dagger away! ? Does he really think he can defeat my Elder Brother in a fist fight?¡± The middle aged man was instead looking at Feng Jiu thoughtfully, his eyes slightly doubtful, a nagging feeling of unease in his heart¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 20 Chapter 20 1Chapter 20: Extreme Terror Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud And what unfolded before his eyes next showed him the reason for his unease¡­.. He saw the little beggar lift a leg to spread his feet apart with his knees slightly bent. Looking like all his strength had been sapped out of him, both his hands hung limp at his sides before he slowly lifted them up. When his own nephew threw out a heavy punch, the little beggar merely turned his body to the left by bringing his leg back and grabbing at his nephew¡¯s fist all in the same motion, the little beggar¡¯s hand sped loosely with pinpoint precision over the web of the palm, between the thumb and forefinger of his nephew. With a sharp exertion of strength, after the little beggar¡¯s one step backwards had diffused the brutal force from his nephew¡¯s fist, the little beggar turned his body to lock down his nephew¡¯s arm and loud crack snapped through the air, and a scream followed immediately after. ¡°ARRRRRGGGHHH!¡± The young man gave out a long scream, the excruciating pain in his arm causing his face to turn deathly pale. But that was not all, his arm was still locked down, he waspletely unable to pull it free, and even more so, he was unable to retreat in the slightest. With his hand broken, he struck at the little beggar with his other hand which in turn was also caught and locked down, ending up in a simr fate. ¡®Crack!¡¯ ¡°ARRRRRGgghh¡­.¡± ¡°Big brother!¡± ¡°Young Master!¡± The guards and the young girl turned pale in shock as they shouted out. Their voices trembled due to the horrifying scene they were seeing. Their horror took a turn for the worse when after breaking both hands, those hands that seemed so weak raised up and sped over the young man¡¯s throat. ¡°No, don¡¯t¡­..¡± The young man¡¯s face was filled with terror, as the scent of death engulfed himpletely, driving his entire body to tremble involuntarily. ¡°Don¡¯t! Don¡¯t kill¡­.. him!¡± The middle aged man¡¯s expression had changedpletely as well as he opened his mouth in plea. But, before he could finish his sentence, he already heard another loud crack. His nephew¡¯s head lolled over, his life force forcibly snapped off. Till death, those eyes had been filled with fear and resentment¡­.. ¡°Big brother! My brother¡­..¡± The young girl let out a mournful wail in aggrieved sorrow, wanting to rush forward, but was held back by the middle aged man in a death grip, not allowing her to move forward a single step. ¡°Young¡­ Young Master¡­..¡± The guards were also shocked by the scene as they stared in disbelief. The Young Master had been their family n¡¯s top disciple and he was just killed by a little beggar. When the n Chief got to know about this, just what kind of an incredible rage would he fly into? ¡°Kill him to avenge the Young Master!¡± Over ten of them charged in, burning with blinding rage. The sharp swords in their hands hacked and shed, their swords honed further by their rage, and at that moment, only the blood of Feng Jiu¡¯s could assuage the unbearable grief and fiery rage in their hearts. The young girl suddenly fell limply to the ground, her eyes staring straight at the lifeless form of her brother, fallen onto the hard ground unmoving. She could not believe that a person who had been still very much alive just moments ago nowy dead before her¡­.. ¡°Second Uncle, this is not real. Right? My Elder Brother who is so highly skilled couldn¡¯t possibly have been killed by a beggar right? Second Uncle. Tell me this isn¡¯t true. It is not real right?¡± She held the middle aged man¡¯s hand in hers as she wept while asking, unable to ept the cruel scene before her eyes was real. [Her Elder Brother was the n¡¯s pride, the most outstanding man among them all, it was not possible that he would be killed by a beggar!] At the same time, the middle aged man was not given the opportunity to grief and mourn, or even feel shocked, as he was seeing the ten over guards who had charged at the beggar were falling down one by one. Their numbers were dwindling quickly, and instead, he did not see a single wound on the little beggar¡¯s body. ¡°Get up! We need to leave now!¡± He shouted, forced into making a quick and fast decision. He reached out with his good arm and forcibly dragged his niece up who was still slumped on the ground feeling weak. ¡°I want to avenge my brother! I will kill him! I will kill him!¡± The young girl wailed and screamed, struggling to break free from the middle aged man¡¯s grasp, to charge forward. ¡°Wake up this instant! You will not be able to kill him!¡± The middle aged man shouted loudly at her: ¡°Run! If we don¡¯t leave now, it will be toote!¡± He dragged at her forcibly to leave, and his eyes identally saw the smiling face with the pair of mirthless eyes, and his skin crawled. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 21 Chapter 21 3Chapter 21: Hunt Commission Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud The chilling murder in that person¡¯s eyes were just too terrifying¡­.. Just one nce had made his heart falter and caused him to lose the strength in both legs. That gaze, that desire for ughter, he had not ever seen them even from his Elder brother¡­.. never had he been so terrified! Who would have believed it! ? A dignified Master of Martial Arts frightened witless and running away from a kid who possessed not a sliver of mystical powers? But that was exactly it! He knew for sure that if he did not run at that moment, they would not live! When she saw the middle aged man forcibly dragging the young girl to run away, Feng Jiu was feeling a little puzzled. [Didn¡¯t he say that she would not be a match for him? Why was he running away? She had thought that after she dealt with the guards, she would be able to have another match with him!] The dagger in her hand drew an arc, which sliced thest man¡¯s throat. The blood gushed out from the wound and that man fell in a heap on the ground. Looking at the more than ten bodies on the ground, her eyes were expressionless, without the slightest pity showing. She had always lived by the rule of ¡°you do not offend me, I do not offend you¡±, hence, for people who seeked to take her life, she would not show mercy in the slightest. She retrieved the Cosmos Sack from the young man¡¯s hip, but found that she could not open it. Thinking about it a while, she seemed to remember that something like this needed a person to possess mystical powers before it can be opened. Since she possessed none, she would naturally not be able to do it. But she found a few sticks of burning embers from the bodies of the guards and she stuffed them into her clothes together with the Cosmos Sack before she suddenly recalled that she had carelessly forgotten about one person. ¡°Where is that uncle? Don¡¯t tell me he left again?¡± She nced around at the surroundings and shouted out a few times: ¡°Uncle? Unnnncle?¡± as she walked further forward, but she only found the area filled with the carcasses of the ferocious beasts. ¡°Meat¡­..¡± She eyes lit up as she surveyed the carcasses on the ground, almost salivating, and all that she thought of at that moment, was the image of well roasted, aromatic, fragrant and juicy meat. She rubbed her tummy and gulped on her saliva. Immediately taking out her dagger, she cut off a whole hind leg and carried it off in search for a good ce to enjoy her roast meat. It was almost two hourster that the middle aged man and the young girl who had left earlier returned to the spot. ¡°Big Brother!¡± The young girl ran forward and hugged her brother¡¯s body as she wept in grief. ¡°How am I going to tell Father that you¡¯re dead when we get back? Big Brother, how can you die like this¡­.. Hoo¡­.. Hoo¡­..¡± When he saw the n¡¯s carefully selected eighteen guards were all dead, and even his nephew had lost his life here, the middle aged man¡¯s eyes were filled with indescribable grief. One of his hands was tightly clenched into a fist, while the other injured hand just hung limply unable to exert any strength at all. ¡°Ying Rou, carry your brother¡¯s body back and give him a proper burial. We will definitely avenge ourselves for what happened this day!¡± The young girl wiped at her face and said in between sobs: ¡°Second Uncle, that little beggar is here in the Nine Entrapment Woods. If we leave now, how are we going to seek revenge? Once we get out of this woods, we won¡¯t even know where to start finding him!¡± ¡°No, there is no need for us to do it ourselves. When we get back, I will go to the Mercenaries¡¯ Guild andmission a hunt for the little beggar and someone will definitely pluck the head of him!¡± His voice was low and grim as he said it, his eyes lowered. He was looking at his own lifeless hand and as the desire to kill grew, he however knew that he was not the little beggar¡¯s match! Hearing those words, the young girl wiped at her tears once more and carried her brother¡¯s body on her back. That was when she discovered that the Cosmos Sack at her brother¡¯s hip was missing and she said: ¡°Second Uncle, that person has even taken my brother¡¯s Cosmos Sack!¡± ¡°That¡¯s even better! We have many ways of finding him!¡± His eyes took on a vicious gleam as he stared into the deep recesses of the woods¡¯ inner reaches. Although their trip here had been for the mythical beasts, but it was obvious at that moment, they were not in good enough shape to venture any further into the woods. As for that little kid, he swore, he would make that kid¡¯s life a living hell! If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 22 Chapter 22 0Chapter 22: Leading Energies into the Body! Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud In another part of the Nine Entrapment Woods, Feng Jiu who had had her fill of fragrant roasted meat had however not proceeded further in. She was seated under a tree deep in thought. Although the poison in her had already been purged, and her life was safe for now, if she left the Nine Entrapment Woods just like that and returned back to the Feng household, she was thinking it would be hard for the members of the Feng Family to believe that she was the real Feng Qing Ge. Even though she was Feng Qing Ge, with the exception of that Su Ruo Yun and herself, who would believe that she was the genuine article? Aspared to a person who had been disfigured, the Feng Qing Ge with her unparalleled beauty currently in the Feng household would be the one that all of them would rather believe to be real. She was guessing that if she were to boldly go up to the doors of the Feng Family and proim that she was Feng Qing Ge and that Su Ruo Yun was the imposter, it was highly probable that she would not even make it past the main doors of the Feng Family and would even be beaten to death right there and then. There was another thing. That Su Ruo Yun was no simpleton either! Without an infallible n, there was no way she would be able to return to the Feng Family. ¡°Haiz! This body¡¯s previous owner had really left her in a unbelievable pickle.¡± She sped her hands together behind her head andid back to lean against the tree and looked up into the sky above. ¡°That¡¯s right! I should make use of this chance to lead the energy into my body once more!¡± Her eyes lit up as she mumbled to herself: ¡°Although I do not know the methodology of how I am to induce the energies to enter the body, but it¡¯s right there in the memories in my brain right! ?¡± When that realisation came to her mind, she suddenly felt really excited about it. The people in this world cultivated Immortality. No doubt, more people cultivated Mystical energies as on average, only one or two people in a hundred were able to cultivate Mystical energies, but for Spirit energies cultivation, it was said that the chances were only one or two in ten thousand people. The difference between Mystical energy cultivation and Spirit energy cultivation was that Mystical energy cultivation was the training of the material body while Spirit energy cultivation was on the Immortal body. Immortals, ride the clouds and stand on air, summoned the rain and controlled the wind, moved the mountains and overturned the seas, all with a snap of their fingers. But as people who were able to cultivate Spirit energies were extremely few and rare, and the fact that examiners for Spirit energy cultivators would not exist in a ninth grade small country like the Sun Glory Country, hence, regardless whether they were from aristocratic families or even members of royalty, they were usually just tested as Mystical energy cultivation and they would begin their cultivation from there. Unless they were extremely highly gifted, and they had a chance toe out of the Sun Glory Country and go to another small country that was seventh grade and above, they might be able to test themselves for Spirit energy cultivation. And from the memories in her mind, she knew that in the entire Sun Glory Country, the number of people who had been able to cultivate Spirit energy came to a grand total of only three. But the three people who cultivated Immortality that she remembered from the memories had already left the Sun Glory Country for many years and even then, their families in this Sun Glory Country still held a high standing that was unshakable. Following her heart¡¯s desires, she immediately set to it. In an instant, she sat with her legs crossed in the lotus position, closed her eyes and followed the cultivation rhyme in her head to lead the energies into her body¡­.. But, the mind¡¯s imaginations always painted a beautiful picture, but reality was instead cruel. When she purged her mind of all distracting thoughts and emptied her consciousness, reciting the rhyme for cultivation silently to attempt to lead the energies into her body for almost half a day, she had due to having her eyes closed and having cleared her mind of all thoughts while sitting still for such a long time, carelessly fallen asleep¡­.. ¡°Howl!¡± From deep in the woods, a howl from a beast rang out and woke her up. ¡°Huh?¡± Opening her still sleep filled eyes, she gave a long big yawn, her entire being stillnguid with sleep. When she realised that she had fallen asleep while meditating to lead energies into her body, she shook her head helplessly andughed to herself. ¡°Not thinking of a darned thing and having my eyes closed, it¡¯s really too hard not to doze off!¡± Massaging her neck, she stood up to limber up her legs and as she had just woken up from a nap, her entire person was feeling a whole lot more refreshed. Hence, she sat down once again under the tree in a lotus position. Having had prior experience, this time she remained vignt with her consciousness, and recited again the rhyme for cultivation. As time gradually passed, about four hourster, at the edges all around her body, the dim presence of mystical power shimmered faintly¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 23 Chapter 23 0Chapter 23: Reflection in the water Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud Feng Jiu slowly opened her eyes, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, revealing a satisfied smile. Her attempt at drawing energies into her body could be considered to have been sessful and it took a little less time than she would have thought. When she recalled that she had the Cosmos Sack, she immediately took it out from her inside her clothes and injected her mystical powers into it before opening it. ¡°Woohoo! That¡¯s quite a load in there!¡± The Cosmos Sack¡¯s capacity wasn¡¯t that voluminous but they had stored quite a load of things in it. She gave the things a quick nce over and subsequently removed the herbs and the gold ingots from her makeshift bundle to stuff them into the Cosmos Sack before tying the sack securely to her hip. She saw that she had some of the roast meat leftover and she proceeded to stuff it in as well before going further into the woods to look for a water source to clean the wound on her face. The mud on her face was not just something she had carelessly smeared on but she had carefully mixed ground¡¯s core water and ground¡¯s core earth together as a mud pack to apply it onto the wound. One of its advantages was that the cooling ground¡¯s core water would reduce any inmmation and secondly, the mud would cover up the wound on her face so as to not let her be so easily recognizable. The mud had been on her face for days and she needed to wash it off, so the most important thing to do at that moment was to locate a water source. The most direct way to determine the location of a source of water was to do it through studying the density of the trees and vegetation in the woods. She did not immediately proceed straight deeper into the inner reaches but followed a path based on the density of leaves in the trees and thickness of the vegetation on the ground. It was around four hourster before she found a water source. It was a flowing stream, located on the lower parts of a sloping hill, and the leaves on the trees on both sides of the bank were seen to be denser. ¡°Whew! It sure was tough trying to find water in these woods.¡± She let out a big breath of relief and her steps were light as she came to the side of the stream. She squatted down and scooped up a handful of water by cupping her hands together to drink before opening up the Cosmos Sack to take out a tube of bamboo. She filled up the bamboo tube and kept it away for future use. She then removed her shoes to soak her feet and she soon felt her weariness flow out of her with the running water down the stream. Resting a little while after soaking her feet hearing the tinkle of the water running over little rocks, she then started to carefully wash off the mud from her face, slowly cleaning out the wound bit by bit, to free it from any residue of the mud. Until, the water reflected the image of a horrible looking face, badly disfigured by multiple shes from a sharp de. Staring at that face in the water, she eyes filled up with a chill. This body she was in now was supposed to be exactly the same as the body she possessed in the twenty first century and her face had not changed as well. But the very face that she had been so used to seeing for over twenty years had been disfigured to its current terrifying state and as that thought came into her mind, the bloodthirstiness lying dormant in her heart began to stir. ¡°Su Rou Yun, Su Rou Yun, you better keep yourself alive and well¡­..¡± She mumbled to herself in a low voice, the smile that blossomed, lifting up the corners of her lips, was tinged with a spine tingling chill. Taking out the herbs she had picked along the way from the Cosmos Sack, she mixed them in together with a couple of stems of magical herbs by mashing them before applying the juice from the mixture onto her face. The thick scabs that had formed on the wounds inflicted upon her face hade off together with the mud she had washed out earlier, but the ghastly streaks left behind from the knife wounds would not disappear. Every single scar left behind by the knife wounds were shown up by their dark pinkish streaks criss crossing her face after the scabs came off. Compared to when they were still scabbing, she did not look as horrifying¡­.. or at least, she would just be considered to be hideous now. After applying the juice from the herbal mix, she waited for it to dry up a little before bending over the water to look. The crystal clear water showed her a face that had unidentifiable features, and as the reflection showed up a little greenish, she found it to look a little strange. She continued to stare and her brow suddenly lifted. The crystal clear running water was suddenly clouded with a bloody shade of red. She lifted her eyes and looked upstream. She paused a moment in thought before she got up and lifted her foot to follow the stream upwards. It was roughly about half a stick of incense time before her steps stopped, and her gaze fell upon a clump of weeds by the stream¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 24 Chapter 24 3Chapter 24: Encounter! Wolf Pack! Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud A man was slumped there. To be more urate, it was not known whether he had fainted or was dead. His entire upper body was sprawled within the running stream and as he was lying face down, his face could not be seen. But judging from the quality of the light brown clothes on his body, his family must have been quite well to do. The clothes around his abdominal region was a ghastly red and his head was bleeding as well. Although he was lying face down in the stream water, he was lucky as where he was sprawled over, there was a slightlyrger piece of rock bulging out slightly higher than the water¡¯s surface, which kept his face from being submerged under water. If not, even if he did not die from loss of blood, it was thought he would have drowned. It was because his body was lying in the stream that the blood flowing out from his head and abdomen had naturally followed the water and flowed downstream. She walked over and flipped the man over. She then reached out her hand to check for any signs of breathing under his nose. She found that he was still breathing and dragged the man onto the grass beside the stream. She examined his wounds and she took out a tiny bottle from the Cosmos Sack. She sprinkled some of the blood clotting astringent on his head wound before undoing his clothes to sprinkle the medicine on his abdominal wound as well. Next, she took a piece of clothing out from the Cosmos Sack and tore it up into looking strips to bandage up the man¡¯s wounds. ¡°You must be really blessed to have met me.¡± Looking at the unconscious man, she gave a light and easyugh, and then felt a little surprised at herself as her brow lifted where she mumbled to herself: ¡°When did I be so nice?¡± In order to not let the scent of blood draw in any beasts, she removed the blood stained clothes from the man and threw them into the water, letting it be carried down together with the stream. She then took another piece of clothing out from the Cosmos Sack and covered the man¡¯s body with it. Seeing that it was getting ratherte and there was a ready supply of fresh water, she picked up some twigs and small branches to start a fire, intending to spend the night here. She had thought that by being near the water, she might be able to get some fish. But after squatting beside it for a long while, she did not even manage to spot a single fish swim by and she sighed in disappointment: ¡°Clear waters do not have fish, seems like there is some truth to that!¡± She had no choice but to reheat the leftover roast meat and tore off a piece to eat. After filling up her stomach, she sat cross legged in the lotus position and began cultivating once more. She was only drawing the energies into her body now. Beginners in the warrior phase start from all the way from zero. But she could sense some minute changes in her body after cultivating the mystical energy and since she had been able to feel the tangible advantages, she became highly motivated in carrying out her cultivation. She carried on with her cultivation for several long hours. It was not until she felt that the mystical energy that had been drawn into her body was breaching into the warrior phase¡¯s second grade¡¯s initial mystical boundaries that she finally blew out a long breath of relief and opened her eyes. The sky had turned dark and the air in the woods was getting rather chilly. Fortunately she had been able to draw some warmth from the fire before her and the mystical energy in her body could be diverted to drive out the chill. She turned to look at the man at the side. Seeing that the curled up figure seemed to be shivering, she reached out a hand to check and she found that inmmation of his wounds had caused his body to be running a fever. She thought about it for awhile and she dug through the Cosmos Sack. She finally took out another small bottle and poured out a pill into her palm to sniff at it. After ascertaining the medicine¡¯s prescribed use and effects, she pulled down the man¡¯s lower jaw and stuffed the pill into his mouth before pouring in some water for him to swallow together with the pill. She threw a few more branches into the fire and the me burned a little stronger. But at that moment, the sounds that reached her ears from within the woods made her body froze, where she tensed up and felt a feeling of dread. ¡°Howl!¡± ¡°Howl!¡± ¡°Hooowl¡­..¡± ¡°Wolves?¡± She stood up in an instant. Hearing the howl of wolves that sounded especially chilling in the deep of nighting in from far and near, every single howl reverberating in the trees. Wolves are ferocious beasts that forms packs. When they appear, they would most definitely appear in a group! If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 25 Chapter 25 2Chapter 25: Alone against a Pack of Wolves! Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud She wanted to slip away quickly before the pack of wolves reached here. However, at that moment, from among the masses of weeds, pair after pair of dark green eyes shone and they began to multiply¡­.. ¡°Looks like it¡¯s toote to go.¡± Her brows creased together as her gaze nced over to the pack of wolves surrounding her. She took one quick look at the unconscious man behind her and she felt that she really had a knack for seeking out trouble for herself. Facing the pack of wolves, she thought to herself that it would be fine if she was alone, but with an unconscious man behind her, this could be rather troublesome. ¡°Howl!¡± A long howl sounded, sounding as if it was giving out amand. The previously slowly approaching pack of wolves as they surrounded her suddenly leapt toe right at her. As the stream was running down a sloping ground, she had dragged the man out of the stream and left him below a slight outcropping that jutted out from the sloping ground. At that moment, the steep slope behind her turned out to be a form of defence for her back and she need not worry that wolves would attack her from behind, nor would she need to worry about being unable to look out for the unconscious man behind her whereby he might be dragged off by the wolves. She pulled out her dagger holding it horizontally in front of her, fully releasing her killer¡¯s instincts unbridled. If she wasn¡¯t able to escape, then she would choose to fight! She didn¡¯t believe she would not be able to kill all of these ten over wolves! Her eyes took on a cold chill and they gleamed sharply. She slowly summoned up the mystical powers within her body, her eyes locked onto ten over wolves who were salivating heavily, seeming to be waiting for something. The pack of wolves were giving out incessant low howls, like they were trying to frighten her into losing her will to fight before approaching her. However, Feng Jiu was no ordinary person and she wasn¡¯t the type who could be frightened into bing weak in the knees and losing the will to resist. As she was at a huge disadvantage in numbers, she could not charge forward at them or she would be immediately surrounded. So she remained in her spot waiting, waiting for the wolves to leap at her. Every single one among the more than ten wolves could feel the murderous intent growing more intense instead of diminishing and they howled. And at that moment, arger built grey wolf gave a long howl from somewhere higher up the slope. ¡°HOWL! !¡± Once the long howl was heard, more than ten wolves immediately leapt at her. Wide vering jaws revealing sharp wolves¡¯ fangs with drool dripping out the sides of their mouths snapped mercilessly at Feng Jiu. The wolves¡¯ long ws seemed to gleam razor sharp in the dark night. Feng Jiu timed herself properly, and struck out in a sh! Her strange movements when executed together with her mystical powers increased her speed. The dagger in her hand was thrust into the neck of the wolf who leapt at her first and was quickly pulled out. Within the darkness of night, a pitiful howl resounded and she saw a gush of blood spray out. The warm blood carried with it a strong stench as it sprayed all over her her and the wolf copsed¡­.. After striking the wolf dead, she immediately took a step back, and the dagger in her hand shed before two wolves leaping at her from the left. It might have been due to their packmate¡¯s sudden death that caused the two wolves to be more alert. Their reactions were extremely fast and they dodged at the same time her dagger struck out while the other wolves were almost upon her from the front. The wolves attacking from the right had taken the opportunity to leap towards the unconscious man lying on the ground at the back. At that moment, she was unable to split herself up and she had just barely managed to lift a leg to kick at the camp fire while striking out with her dagger at the wolves on her left at the same time, causing a flurry of red glowing branches still ame to fly towards the wolves on the right. Wolves dreaded fire and when they saw the flurry of embers flying, they howled out in panic and quickly retreated. That was the moment the dagger in Feng Jiu¡¯s hand quickly eliminated two more wolves. Including the one earlier, lying at her feet then, were three wolf carcasses. It could have been the intense austerity of her murderous intent that was too frightening, or it could be due to her insatiable bloodthirstiness that terrified them, the other wolves in the pack were all giving out low whines as they slowly retreated a step at a time, not daring to take another step forward, but still unwilling to leave just like that¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 26 Chapter 26 3Chapter 26: Did You Hit Your Head That Hard? Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud The dawn¡¯s sunrays slowed crept across thend, and the man who had been unconscious throughout the night finally awoken at that moment. But, when he opened his eyes, an extremely strange scene met his eyes. A little beggar dressed in torn and tattered clothes was sitting in the lotus position beside him, his body covered with blood, and although the stench was still strong, the blood had dried uppletely. He was unable to determine the little beggar¡¯s features as his face was a deep shade of green, like he had applied some medicine on it. Seeing that the little beggar was holding a dagger in his hand, and his gaze staring forward, the man turned and followed the little beggar¡¯s gaze and what he saw made him narrow his eyes warily. Besides the three wolf carcasses that had already turned stiff right before the little beggar, at a distance of about three meters away from them, about ten grey wolves with heavily vering jaws were sitting on the hind legs, and their eyes were watching them hungrily. Feng Jiu turned her head very slightly, happening to meet the eyes of the man, which were filled with both shock and confusion at what was happening. ¡°Look out!¡± The man shouted out suddenly in shock, his eyes wide with horror as he saw the grey wolf leaping towards the little beggar. In a state of panic, he reflexively tried to stand up but that big movement tore at the wound at his abdomen and he groaned before falling back onto the ground, where blood could be seen seeping out through his wound again. At the man¡¯s shout, Feng Jiu had already turned back, leaping nimbly to her feet in one quick move as her chilling gaze fixed onto the grey wolf. She saw the leaping wolf closing in on her and she immediately crouched and fell into a roll, her dagger slicing in an arc through the air above. ¡®Szaak!¡¯ ¡°Howl!¡± The dagger was pushed in deep with vicious strength and it cut a long deep sh across the wolf¡¯s underbelly. The wolf howled out in agony and as its moment from its leap carried it forward, it continued sailing through the air towards the man who had fallen to the ground, its cruel eyes widened staring unwaveringly at the man. It fell to the ground and its body gave a twitch in finality, itsrge jaws moved a little, before itsst breath left the huge furry body. ¡°AROOOOL!¡± The rest of the grey wolves were getting restless and agitated as they raised their heads giving out long howls. The wolves started wing at the earth, short whimpers sounding from the throats. Their hungry and bloodthirsty eyes continued staring at Feng Jiu in despair, and they did not dare to rush in recklessly. Feng Jiu had quickly gotten back to her feet in a single bound as her chilling gaze watched the grey wolves once more. Looking every inch like a malevolent demon with an insatiable thirst for blood, her lips curled up and said: ¡°If you still choose to remain here, I will kill every single one of you.¡± Her icy gaze swept over them, finally fixing onto therge wolf standing on the slopes a distance slightly further away, the leader of the pack of wolves. Seemingly having acutely felt the presence of the intense threat before them, therger wolf stared at Feng Jiu for a moment, before raising its head to give out a long howl. Not long after, the ten odd wolves closing the humans in got up and loped away into the distance. The man propped himself up on his elbows, staring in shock and disbelief, his eyes widened big as eggs, his face frozen in astonishment. Feng Jiu wiped her dagger clean on a wolf¡¯s fur before she kept it away. When she turned around and saw the man expression, sheughed indifferently and said: ¡°It¡¯s good you woke up. You sleep any longer and I would have left.¡± She walked to the side and sat down, pulling out her bamboo canister to have a drink of water. After staring down over ten wolves the entire night, her mind had been highly tensed and she had not rxed a single moment. The moment she let down her guard and made the tiniest slip, in that situation, they could very well have been shredded to pieces by the wolves. ¡°Who¡­.. Who are you?¡± He might have been frightened by Feng Jiu¡¯s malevolence earlier and the man was now stuttering as he spoke. ¡°Why do you care who I am.¡± ¡°Then¡­.. Then who am I?¡± The moment those words left the man¡¯s man, it was suddenly Feng Jiu who was confused. ¡°Did you hit your head that hard? You don¡¯t even remember who you are yourself?¡± As she spoke, she seemed to suddenly remember something and she stretched her hand to feel the back of the man¡¯s head. As expected, a huge bump had swelled up there. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 27 Chapter 27 3Chapter 27: Hidden Danger Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud The man stared nkly at the green faced little beggar leaning over him and he still had not regained his senses until he heard the little beggar¡¯s voice. ¡°You must have hit your head on the rocks when you fell. The blood clot must be pressing against your nerves and I am guessing that your amnesia is only temporary and you will be alright once the clot clears.¡± She stood up brushing her hands off and said: ¡°Alright, since you¡¯re awake, I will be on my way then.¡± When he heard that, the man panicked and he endured the excruciating pain in his abdomen as he stood up. Filled with a sense of unease and suddenly feeling rather flustered, he went to stand close beside Feng Jiu. He seemed like he was about to say something but he did not know how to say it and he merely looked at Feng Jiu with his mouth opening and closing wordlessly. After the man stood up, Feng Jiu was suddenly taken aback. That was when she saw just how tall the man was. He was half a head taller than she was, his skin was well tanned and bronzed, muscr in built, seemingly a little more muscr than that uncle. The set of clothes covering his body at that moment was a little tight and well stretched, the bulging muscles on his arms looking like they would be splitting the clothes any moment. She turned her eyes and looking at the man following her, she asked: ¡°What are you doing?¡± She had just rescued the man without thinking and she had not known that it would bring herself so much trouble. ¡°Can¡¯t¡­.. Can¡¯t I follow you?¡± The man looked at her, his eyes filled with unease. ¡°I can¡¯t remember anything and I only know you.¡± Feng Jiu was suddenly speechless. Those words sounded rather familiar to her. She herself had said something close to that when she had decided to cling on to that uncle at that time. ¡°I¡­.. I will not be any trouble.¡± Feng Jiu rolled her eyes and said in exasperation: ¡°You, yourself, are already trouble to me.¡± If not for him, she wouldn¡¯t have had to stare down those wolves for an entire night. With her skills and speed, even if she wasn¡¯t able to fight them, she would have no problem escaping. When she didn¡¯t hear any reply, she raised her eyes to nce at him, and that one nce had startled her. ¡°Wh¡­.. What is a grown man like you crying for?¡± With such a big and well built man crying with his eyes all red rimmed with tears before her eyes, looking every inch like a little daughter inw having been bullied, what else could she do but be startled? ¡°You didn¡¯t allow me to follow¡­..¡± The man looked at her looking all aggrieved. ¡°I don¡¯t know where to go, and I don¡¯t have anywhere to return to, and you didn¡¯t allow me to follow you¡­..¡± Feng Jiu pped her palm on her forehead and stared into the sky in speechlessness. She had really gotten herself stuck with trouble that wasn¡¯t easy to be rid of this time¡­..¡± Was this retribution? She had stered herself onto someone, and now someone was doing the same thing to her. She walked over to the stream and took out her bamboo canister to fill it up with water while she removed the topyer of clothing that had been sttered with wolf¡¯s blood and threw it away. She was preparing to walk away from the ce when she saw the man still standing there stupidly, looking like he wanted to follow but not daring to and just staring at her. She gave a heavy sigh and said: ¡°Why are you still standing there? Let¡¯s go!¡± ¡°Huh? Oh!¡± The man was surprised a moment before he smiled happily and nodded in agreement, taking quick steps to walk over. However, he had a hand over his abdomen as he endured the pain. The two of them walked up the slope and went deeper into the woods. At that time, the slowly ambling Feng Jiu¡¯s eyes shed as she discreetly swept her eyes over the surroundings, as she continued walking forward. ¡°About that¡­. How¡­.. how should I address you?¡± The man asked, following at Feng Jiu¡¯s side. ¡°Whatever.¡± She replied nonchntly, her attention not on the conversation. Hearing that, the man thought about it a moment and he said with augh after: ¡°You¡¯re younger than me, so I¡¯ll call you Little Kid alright?¡± ¡°Mmm.¡± She replied distractedly, not really listening to what he was really saying, but was instead tilting her head to stare at the huge clumps of weeds at the back. Hearing Feng Jiu¡¯s agreement, his face lit up with joy. He was about to speak again when he noticed the little beggar staring at a spot at the back on the left. He followed the direction of the gaze and what he saw made his face change. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 28 Chapter 28 1Chapter 28: Sinister Smile Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud ¡°Those wolves are still around? They¡­.. They are going to keep following us?¡± He was suddenly rather shocked. They have walked quite a distance and he had not realised that there was a pack of more than ten wolves following behind them. He did not dare imagine. If they had been caughtpletely unaware and those wolves had pounced on them, what kind of a result would it have been¡­.. ¡°No worries. They wouldn¡¯t dare to pounce on us. They are just waiting for an opportunity.¡± Feng Jiu nced briefly at the wolves, and then turned back and continued walking. She knew after she had brutally and mercilessly killed off a few of those wolves, it had already sessfully served as a deterrent for the rest of the pack and they would not dare to recklessly charge in at them anymore. The wolves were well aware that any wrong move they made would only mean certain death for them! But the wolves were unwilling to just leave, so they had tailed the pair a distance away, waiting for a chance. ¡°Are we going to just let them follow behind us like this?¡± The man asked in shock, seeing that the little beggar didn¡¯t seem the least bit concerned, and found it rather strange. [The little beggar was obviously much younger than him, how did hee to possess such guts and those amazing skills?] Feng Jiu stopped in her tracks and looked straight at the man. ¡°Or you want to go chase them away?¡± ¡°Har!? ¡­.. I think there¡¯s no need. Just let them follow us then!¡± He smiled sheepishly and scratched at his head helplessly. Hence, if anyone was closeby, they would then see this strange scene passing. Two guys ambling leisurely in front, and on their tails about ten meters behind them, was a pack of over ten hungry grey wolves salivating heavily at the jaws¡­.. ¡°Little kid, do you think what¡¯s on this jade emblem could be my name?¡± He handed a piece of jade to Feng Jiu as he said: ¡°It was originally hung around my neck.¡± Feng Jiu took the piece of jade and looked at it. There were really three words engraved upon it that read: ¡°Guan Xi Lin?¡± Her voice paused a moment as she stared at the man a moment before she asked: ¡°You are called Guan Xi Lin?¡± ¡°I am thinking it might be possible.¡± She returned the jade pendant back to him and said with augh: ¡°I had thought you might have been called a big oaf!¡± ¡°¡­..¡± Guan Xi Lin looked at the little beggar wordlessly, but wisely did not say anything more. The two of them covered another stretch and the pack of wolves were still following behind, not showing any signs of leaving. Until, Guan Xi Lin sniffled his nose and he grinned at Feng Jiu to say: ¡°Little kid, there¡¯s people up front, let¡¯s hurry up and catch up to them. If those people allow us to follow them, then those wolves following behind us would then never dare to attack us anymore.¡± ¡°People? How do you know?¡± She peered in front, and besides trees and weeds, she did not see a single sign of anyone there. He nodded his head insistently: ¡°There is, for sure! I can smell the aroma of meat being roasted.¡± ¡°The smell of roasting meat? Howe I do not smell it?¡± She mumbled as she continued to walk another distance. After a while, she could really smell the aroma of meat being roasted and she could faintly hear the voices of people talking. She immediately shot a inquisitive look at Guan Xi Lin beside her. [Does he have the nose of a hound?] ¡°Heh heh, see? I told you there are people here!¡± He said with augh: ¡°Let¡¯s go, when we get there and they allow us to follow them, we wouldn¡¯t have to be afraid even if we meet with anymore wild beasts.¡± ¡°You think people would just allow us into their group that easily?¡± She red at him and then said: ¡°Only I would be so free to let you tag along with me.¡± Seeing him standing there dazed and his face helpless, Feng Jiu red at him and continued to say: ¡°This ce is called the Nine Entrapment Woods and it¡¯s filled with many ferocious beasts. In a ce so filled with endless dangers, what do you think others will think when they see two strangers suddenly approaching them?¡± ¡°What¡­.. what will they think?¡± He asked curiously, notprehending the situation. ¡°Moron! They will think what ulterior motives we have in getting close to them!¡± ¡°Then what do we do?¡± Feng Jiu¡¯s gaze changed, and her lips parted into a sinister smile: ¡°It¡¯s alright. I have a n. Just watch me.¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 29 Chapter 29 2Chapter 29: Why Are You Staring at My Little Kid Brother! Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud After that, Guan Xi Lin just stayed at Feng Jiu¡¯s side as they quietly got closer to the group of people. First they hid behind trees and observed the people for awhile from a long distance away, then she led him to walk boldly forward. He had thought that the little beggar was thinking up some scheme to make those people bring the two of them along, and he had not expected that the kid would lead him to walk past the group of people by the side. The little beggar had not said a word, nor had he even cast a nce towards the men. But those men were instantly on their guard when they saw the two men who had suddenly appeared. The leader discreetly gauged them a moment before he rxed his guard. As the two men¡¯s cultivation were not of a high level, they did not pose a threat to them. But at that same moment, he heard his tribesmen shout out in surprise. ¡°Third Lord, it¡¯s a pack of wolves!¡± Because of that shout, the thirty to forty men who were sitting down in rest suddenly quickly stood up alert. It was also at that moment that Feng Jiu who had already gone a distance ahead shouted out in shock after hearing the man¡¯s shout. ¡°What? A pack of wolves? Where? Where?¡± She shouted out nervously, as she dragged Guan Xi Lin to backpedal towards the side of the men. ¡°Who are you two? Did the two of you lure that pack of wolves here! ?¡± A middle aged man hollered, staring angrily at them. ¡°How is that possible! ?¡± She stared back at them and said: ¡°Those are wolves! Not kittens! How could we possibly make them follow us here? Moreover, if we had earlier known that wolves were tailing behind us, we would have run for our lives! Why would we still be walking so leisurely?¡± ¡°Old Sixth, do not be too rash. Keeping our guard up should be out prerogative right at this moment!¡± The leader of the men said in a stern voice. ¡°That is a whole pack of ferocious grey wolves and they are extremely quick and nimble. Everybody watch out.¡± Feng Jiu saw the entire team of men systematically forming a surrounding protective ring, with several of the younger and weaker youths, both boys and girls in the middle. She pulled Guan Xi Lin to go closer to the team of men but they remained just on the outer edges, and did not enter the protective ring. Even then, they were stared at viciously by a young girl from inside the ring. ¡°You filthy little beggar! You had better stay far away from me!¡± ¡°Cousin, do not be rude.¡± A youthful boy chided her, looking a little displeased at the girl¡¯s spoilt and rude behaviour. He looked towards Feng Jiu and Guan Xi Lin and said gently: ¡°Seeing that both of you do not possess high cultivation, you had better stand inside the protective ring! My uncles and elders in my family with the guards are highly skilled, and a mere pack of ten over wolves would not pose too big a threat to us.¡± ¡°Hahaha, that¡¯s right! Just these few wolves would be just right for us to stretch ourselves a little.¡± A wide chested and burly man guffawed loudly after hearing the youth¡¯s words, swinging the mighty axe in his hands. ¡°Just one swing of this mighty axe will be able take down one of them!¡± When he heard those words, the leader of the man shook his head to himself and said: ¡°Steel Bull, we must not get careless and underestimate the enemy at all times. Stay alert. We¡¯ll fight those wolves if they leap at us.¡± ¡°Yes yes yes.¡± The burly man conceded with augh as he stared at the wolves not too far away. With that stare, he guffawed once more and said: ¡°Third Lord, look at those wolves! They don¡¯t even daree near us. Hahahaha, they must be frightened at the sight of me.¡± Feng Jiu could not help herself and a snigger escaped her lips when she heard those narcissistic words before she said to the youth: ¡°Thank you Young Master. We are fine just standing here.¡± ¡°Kid, what are youughing at? Are you thinking I am not capable of scaring off that bunch of dogs?¡± The burly man¡¯s brows arched up rmingly, his face filled with displeasure as he stared at Feng Jiu. Feng Jiu had not even managed to say a word when Guan Xi Lin at the side suddenly pulled her back to stand behind him. He had his chest puffed up standing in front of her as he stared back at the burly man: ¡°Why are you staring at my little kid brother!¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 30 Chapter 30 1Chapter 30: Stabbed in the Back! Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud Feng Jiu was startled a moment as she stared at the tall guy standing in front of her, her gaze a little strange as she nced at him. The burly man named Steel Bull looked at the guy before him standing there with his chest puffed up and he hesitated a moment before giving out another loud guffaw: ¡°Hahaha! Good good good, this kid here has got quite a bit of guts! You dare stare at me Steel Bull like this, that¡¯s admirable!¡± As he spoke, he was happily patting Guan Xi Lin on the shoulder, his palm hitting repeatedly, while Feng Jiu who was watching from behind straightened into a thin line. Those pats on the shoulder had not been light! ¡°Ungh!¡± Having been ¡°patted¡± a few times on the shoulder, it had tugged at the wound on his abdomen, the pain causing cold sweat to run down his face. ¡°You hit him too hard! He has injuries on him!¡± Feng Jiu came to the front as sheined, and lifted the guy¡¯s hand that was held over his stomach. As expected, she saw that blood was seeping out from his wound. ¡°Oops¡­..¡± The burly man retracted his hand, looking a little apologetic. ¡°Look, the wolves have retreated!¡± Someone shouted joyously as he saw the wolves turn around to leave after giving out several short howls. The crisis had been resolved without having to fight and that had made therge group of men roar with jubtion. It turned out that the wolves had only reluctantly left when they saw that Feng Jiu and the tall man had joined the group. Afterall, they had not even been able to handle them when it was just the two of them, and with another additional thirty or forty men with them, they would not stand a chance, so the wolves had naturally given up and left. Then, the young youth who had spoken earlier said gently as he looked at Feng Jiu: ¡°His wound had started bleeding. You better look at your elder brother¡¯s injury first!¡± He handed her a bottle of medicine as he spoke: ¡°Here, I have this medicine that is great for wounds.¡± ¡°Cousin, why would you bother so much with them?¡± The young girlined while stamping her feet, displeased that the young youth was be being so nice to two strangers that had appeared so suddenly. ¡°It¡¯s alright, I have medicine here myself.¡± Feng Jiu said, helping Guan Xi Lin to slowly sit down below a tree at the side before removing the bandages from his abdomen and reapplying the medicine. ¡°Let¡¯s go!¡± After securing the bandages once more, she said as she helped him up. Guan Xi Lin hesitated a moment before he nodded his head and said: ¡°Orh!¡± and followed Feng Jiu to continue on their way. Seeing the two people leaving without saying another word, the middle aged man who was still feeling rather wary finally rxed his guard against them but he did not ask them to stay, as the things they were going to do here on this trip must not have any outsiders with them. After walking for a distance, Guan Xi Lin was still feeling rather puzzled and he asked: ¡°Little kid, did we agree to ask whether they would let us travel with them? Why did we leave without even asking?¡± Feng Jiu had a de of foxtail grass dangling from his mouth, her strides carefree and uninhibited as she swung a small tree branch in her hand before she said: ¡°Why should we travel with them?¡± ¡°Of course it is for them to lend us a helping hand when there is danger!¡± ¡°Wrong.¡± She shook her head and reasoned: ¡°One must depend on himself. When one is always thinking of depending on others, he is bound to not survive long. Moreover, the reason we approached the group was to rid ourselves of the wolves. Now that the wolves are no longer following us, why would we want to continue to stick to them?¡± Guan Xi Lin was speechless as he scratched his head: ¡°That sounds quite reasonable I think.¡± As he spoke, his eyes began to fill with awe and admiration as he looked at the little beggar and continued to say: ¡°Little kid, you are so obviously much younger than I am, but you are so much smarter and highly skilled than I am.¡± ¡°Of course, you think I am like you? Having gotten yourself stabbed in the back.¡± ¡°What stabbed in the back?¡± He asked, not understanding what she was saying. Feng Jiu rolled her eyes and red at him a moment as she slowly exined patiently: ¡°Your wound came from a stab from close proximity, and it was from behind you while you were not aware. It is obvious that someone you know wants to kill you and you don¡¯t even believe me when I say that you are dumb.¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 31 Chapter 31 2Chapter 31: Familiar Face Coming in from the West! Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud Upon hearing Feng Jiu¡¯s words, Guan Xi Lin was taken aback a moment and was unable to speak for a long while as he walked with his head lowered in forlorn silence. The two people did not just walked without stopping as Feng Jiu¡¯s purpose in the forest was to pick herbs and the route they took was windy as they detoured. Especially after having shaken off the pack of wolves off their backs, they often went through areas thick with weeds and wild vegetation. Having picked and plucked along the entire way, she managed to umte quite a sizable harvest of useful magical herbs, but from her assessment of the grade of herbs she found in this area, they were all of a moremon variety and not anything incredibly precious or rare. Afterall, in a ninth ranked little country like this ce, it would be impossible to be able to find herbs of the rarest and most precious kind anyway. Hence, they continued along on their way and they came to the foot of a mountain peak. The sharp eyed Feng Jiu was able to spot a clump of magical herbs swaying in the wind near the peak from there and her eyes lit up immediately: ¡°You wait for me here while I go pick those magical herbs.¡± After searching for so long, she had finally found magical herbs that would be able to remove scars, so how could she not be excited? ¡°Little kid, you¡­.. you will return here right?¡± Guan Xi Lin asked her a little uneasily. After having taken a few steps, Feng Jiu was a little startled to hear Guan Xi Lin say that and she walked back, pulling out the roasted meat to hand it over to him. ¡°I will go pick the herbs now and I will return shortly. You have some of that roasted meat in the meantime. And, it¡¯s best that you climb up one of the trees so that you won¡¯t have to worry even if youe across a wild beast.¡± She looked around and saw a slightly bigger sized tree that towered high towards the sky. She pointed at it and said: ¡°Are you able to climb that tree? I wille back here to find you after I have picked the herbs.¡± Hearing that she had no intention of leaving him behind, Guan Xi Lin was finally able to smile as he assured her confidently: ¡°Sure I can! Then I will wait for you up upon that tree and you must remember toe back and look for me!¡± ¡°Sure.¡± She patted him on the shoulder reassuringly before she turned and went towards the peak. The steep mountain slope was precipitous and it was rather strenuous for her as she pulled herself up as she climbed. There were times that if she was careless with her footing, loose rocks and stones would be dislodged to roll down the mountain which required her to be extremely careful with every step. It was about two hourter as she was getting close to the clump of herbs that she saw that there was a small hole beside the clump of magical herbs. A green venomous snake that was about the size of a finger¡¯s width was hissing as it spat out its forked tongue from inside the tiny hole, its vicious eyes staring balefully ay her. She surveyed the area in front of her a moment and noticed that there was another small hole beside the first one she saw, seemingly linked to each other. She realised that before she was able to pick the magical herbs, she would need to first get rid of the snake. Having decided, her eyes scanned the surroundings a while and she grabbed at a fist sized rock from the mountain¡¯s face that was filled with mud and stones. She then pushed herself up a little nearer and just as the snake had pushed itself out of the hole a little to take a peek, her hand immediately reached out and stuffed the hole shut. At the same moment, the snake had speedily swished out, suddenly appearing from the other hole, its mouth opened wide showing its venomous fangs while it struck quickly closing in towards her arm. With lightning quick speed, Feng Jiu had drawn her dagger and shed out in an instant. The snake¡¯s head was sliced off in one cut as its body dropped down the cliff. And after that, she carefully dug out the magical herbs from the mud and kept it into her Cosmos Sack. ¡°Whew! So tiring!¡± Having picked the herbs, she climbed all the way to the peak, intending to see the surroundings from a high vantage point. However, she chanced upon a magical herb that was emanating a faint aura of spirit energy just at the side of the peak and she joyously plucked it and put it in her Cosmos Sack as well. ¡°What luck! I actually managed to find two types of magical herbs in this ce!¡± She said to herself with a smile. Standing upon the high peak and looking down, she could see that a team of people were going deep into the woods on the west side. The leader among them was a handsome man dressed in a suit of white, and recognised him to be the fiance of the previous owner of her body, the Third Prince of the Sun Glory Country, Murong Yi Xuan. And there was a girl at his side, dressed in a flowing water blue dress, with a face so undeniably familiar to her¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 32 Chapter 32 0Chapter 32: Strange Yet Familiar Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud ¡°What a surprising coincidence!¡± She mumbled softly to herself, her eyes taking on a chilling gaze. Cloudy Moon City was quite a distance away from here and even if they rushed, it would still take a few days¡¯ journey. Why would shee all the way here? And even that Murong Yi Xuan as well? Her gaze hovered on Murong Yi Xuan for a while. Obviously, he had not noticed that that Feng Qing Ge was no longer the same Feng Qing Ge. At that moment, she was suddenly curious. Do men only recognise people just from their faces? Her gaze did not stay long on the pair as she soon discovered that surrounding her near and far, there were quite a number of teams of people heading deeper into the woods. Some of the teams were still a distance away from her, while some were just tens of meters away. Recalling all her previous encounters on this journey, her eyes shed as she calm down and thought to herself: [What is there in the deeper reaches of the Nine Entrapment Woods? It had drawn all these people here to go running in there!] As she was deep in thought, she suddenly felt a pair of eyes filled with malice staring at her. She turned around quickly and that nce drove a persistent twitch to tug at her eyebrow: ¡°A ck bear!?¡± At a distance barely five meters away from her, a ck bear looking about two to three meters tall was crouched. Its teeth were all bared as it stared maliciously at her, its crouched body seemingly having been quietly approaching her but was discovered by her, and the huge ck bear lifted its head to give out a loud roar as it lunged at her. ¡°Roar!¡± The ck bear¡¯s loud angry roar caused the ground to slightly reverberate. The roar sounded out from that high peak and in a moment, it spread to reach arge part of the surrounding area, where all the teams of people in the woods heard. Faced with such a gigantic ck bear, Feng Jiu did not see the possibility of her winning in a battle with it, and she grabbed the chance to fall into a low crouch and slid to one side as the ck bear lunged, summoning her mystical powers, she used her unorthodox form of movements to speedily stride down towards the foot of the mountain in escape. ¡°Roar roar!¡± The huge ck bear¡¯s lunge yielded it nothing but air and it lifted its head to roar another two times. Its huge body turned and charged, suddenly moving extremely quickly in fierce pursuit of Feng Jiu. ¡°Damn! There¡¯s another one!¡± Fleetingly moving towards the foot of the mountain, Feng Jiu spotted another brown bear that bounded out and could not help herself but cursed: ¡°What a darned bad day this is turning out to be!¡± Her eyes quickly turned around, looking for an escape route¡­.. The teams of people making their way into the deeper reaches of the woods who were currently in the areas surrounding the peak had upon hearing the ck bear¡¯s roar, suddenly stopped in their tracks, and looked up towards the source of the roar. ck bears possessed incredible power in battle and the ck bears in the Nine Entrapment Woods were not just ordinary ck bears, but were high grade beasts of the second level. Even when numbering more than ten, it would be impossible for warriors just in their initial stages of the mystical levels to be able to hunt down a second level high grade ck bear. Hence, every single person who dared step into these woods knew, if they see a ck bear from afar, they were to avoid it and not confront them in battle. In the western part of the woods, Murong Yi Xuan¡¯s heart suddenly winced and his steps stopped, his head turning quickly back to look towards the peak. ¡°Big brother Murong, what¡¯s wrong?¡± The Feng Qing Ge dressed in a flowing blue dress had her wlessly beautiful face creased up in concern. Seeing his gaze fixed unwaveringly on the peak, she turned her eyes to look into the same direction but did not see anything there. ¡°Nothing.¡± He shook his head and smiled gently at the person beside him, but the sense of unfamiliarity in him was bing more and more intense. As if¡­.. The girl before his eyes was entirely not the Feng Qing Ge he knew. Over the past few days they had spent together, she had been right in front of his eyes throughout the entire period, but he had not been able to feel the same pounding of the heart that he had always felt when he was with her before. And that single brief assessing gaze earlier, had although been from a person he did not know, but somehow made him feel rather familiar¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 33 Chapter 33 1Chapter 33: Shocking Inexplicable Change Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud Under the scrutiny of that deeply serene gaze, her heart suddenly filled with unease as she raised her hand onto her cheek and asked softly: ¡°Why is Big Brother Murong looking at me like this? Is there something on my face?¡± He did not answer and only smiled gracefully: ¡°Let us be on our way!¡± And he turned and started to continue their way forward. Feng Qing Ge paused a moment before she caught up and followed at his side as they walked deeper into the woods. As they walked, she would asionally tilt her face slightly to the side and look at the dignified countenance. He was just so perfect, so gentle, which made her fall so uncontrobly hard for him, made her heart palpitate for him, mesmerized by him, even if that meant that she would have to live her life with someone else¡¯s face, there would be no regrets¡­.. On the other hand, Feng Jiu was caught in a rather wretched situation. Because the two bears behind her had already been chasing her for more than two hours. She had initially thought that she would be able to shake them off easily but the speed the two bears had been able to sprint had been unexpectedly fast and while running away, the reverberations she was able to feel under her feet and the asional loud roarsing from behind did not allow her to slow down in the slightest. She couldn¡¯t afford to reduce her speed, but to run at that pace without stopping, even the deities wouldn¡¯t be able tost! ¡°Argh! Stop chasing me already! If you make me mad, I will really fight you with everything I have!¡± She screamed with her head thrown back, her speed not reducing, but she was already panting very slightly. She had merely picked a bunch of magical herbs! Did they need to chase after her all this way for more than two hours for that! ? ¡°Roar! Roar!¡± The only response she got was just two loud roars from the bears with their undiminished speed. She spotted a thick and strong tree in front of her and she turned her head to nce behind while gasping for air before she sped up her legs. And just as she was nearing the big tree, she bent her knees into a slight crouch and she leapt up with her hands extended to grab onto a branch, before quickly leaping up onto the branch and up into the big tree. ¡°Whew! I¡¯m exhausted.¡± She was done running. She sat high up upon the tree branch panting heavily as she saw the two bears quickly having caught up to her reaching the bottom of the tree in just a few breaths. The bears then attempted to use all four of their paws to climb up. Fortunately, the tree she chose was not only sturdy, but its tree bark was smooth and slippery, making it difficult to climb. ¡°Bam!¡± As expected, one of the bears who had climbed about one meter above the ground fell onto ground its four paws waving in the air and Feng Jiu could not help herself butugh at the sight. ¡°But, what kind of effects does that stem of magical herbs really have? Why would it make both of you chase after me so persistently for so long?¡± She retrieved the stem of herb she had picked earlier from her Cosmos Sack to take a look at it and as she had never seen it before, she didn¡¯t know what kind of use it had. ¡°Roar roar!¡± The two bears at the bottom of the tree had immediately upon seeing her take out the stem of magical herb, started roaring loudly again. Unable to climb the tree, the two bearsbined their strengths and shook the tree, looking like they were thinking of shaking her out of the tree. The tree shook violently, almost causing her to fall out of it. She held on to the tree with one hand and shouted down below: ¡°Are you tired of it already? Thinking of taking this magical herb away from me? You can jolly well forget about it.¡± ¡°Roar! Roar roar roar roar!¡± The two bears were infuriated and their angry roars sounded endlessly, shaking the tree so badly that Feng Jiu was thinking that she cannot stay up there any longer. Hence, she kept the stem of magical herb away and began to look around her, thinking to leap from this tree to another, to find a way for her to escape. However, just as she stood up, the sky suddenly rumbled with a loud noise, sounding just like a loud thunderp that had descended from the clouds. A powerful wave of oppressive aura fell from the clouds above as well and a strong wind suddenly kicked up under the overwhelming aura. The wind gusts were so strong the trees in the woods were swaying and the fallen leaves o the ground were thrown up into the air in the swirling currents. ¡°Woo woo arh¡­..¡± ¡°Roar!¡± ¡°Woo!¡± The terrified sounds from the various beasts in the woods rang out, a discordant symphony of animal cries reverberating throughout the woods. At that same moment, Feng Jiu saw the two towering bears at the bottom of the tree suddenly fallen to the ground in trembling heaps, all curled up in terror¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 34 Chapter 34 1Chapter 34: Ancient Mythical Beast Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud Feeling every bit of the heavy oppressiveness in the air, Feng Jiu raised up her head to look into the sky. That was when she saw that the entire sky was covered with a mass of cumulus clouds brilliantly lit up in fierce fiery ze. And the zing fiery coloured clouds gathered and slowly took shape to turn into a mesmerizing Fire Phoenix with its wings fully spread. It was a glorious sight to behold and so beautiful it caused endless pairs of eyes to stare at it transfixed¡­.. At that moment, the strange phenomenon in the sky stirred up many instances of ruckus in many parts of thend. Almost all the countries surrounding the Sun Glory Country had spotted the phenomenon in the skies above, and powerful exponents from everywhere were suddenly highly excited by the sight. ¡°Manifestation in the Heavens! That is the sign a Sacred Beast is born!¡± ¡°Clouds of zing fire, an image of a phoenix! My Heavens! It¡¯s the Ancient Sacred Beast, the Fire Phoenix! Hurry!¡± The exponents from the various surrounding countries had after recovering from shock, gotten highly excited and joyously set off towards the Sun Glory Country¡¯s Nine Entrapment Woods. Some rode on flying swords, while some rode their flying beasts, and there were even some who used magical items that allowed them to travel a thousand miles in a day¡­.. They all had only one goal, and that was to seize the Ancient Sacred Beast who had descended onto the mortal realm! Some still not as powerful cultivators who were not capable of vying with the highly skilled exponents could only watch on as the exponents moved out towards the Sun Glory Country¡¯s Nine Entrapment Woods and say with a sigh: ¡°To think that a ce so lowly like the ninth grade Sun Glory Country would have a Ancient Sacred Beast appear in it, no one could have expected that!¡± ¡°I really wonder what kind of person would that Sacred Beast fall to?¡± ¡°The most powerful exponents had all rushed there. The tiny Sun Glory Country would not be able to keep defend themselves against all the others and keep the Sacred Beast for themselves. I think the Sacred Beast will fall into the hands of someone from other countries.¡± ¡°Heh heh, that might not be the case. Who doesn¡¯t know that destiny ys a bigger part when it came to Ancient Sacred Beast such as this. I think the fact that the Ancient Sacred Beast¡¯s fiery clouds had manifested above the Sun Glory Country means that someone with a highly fortunate destiny is there.¡± ¡°That¡¯s also true. After all, when the Ancient Green Dragon descended, hadn¡¯t it been the same thing when exponents from all over had rushed there immediately as well? In the end, not a single one among them managed to even see the Sacred Beast.¡± ¡°Now that you mention it, it is really rather strange. The Ancient Green Dragon descended more than a decade ago but over the years, besides the sighting of the phenomenon when it descended, no one had ever gotten a glimpse of the Ancient Green Dragon ever since! No one knows just who the owner of the Ancient Green Dragon actually is till today!¡± ¡°The appearance of a Sacred Beast would rock people from the entirend. We will surely hear something about it in the near future.¡± The few of them looked in the direction of the Sun Glory Country and in their hearts, they thought: [Another Ancient Sacred Beast has appeared. Looks like tumultuous days are near¡­..] While back in the Nine Entrapment Woods, the mass of people heading into the deeper reaches were highly ted. ¡°Look! It the zing fire cloud and the image of a phoenix! The Sacred Beast descending is the Ancient Fire Phoenix!¡± ¡°I heard that a Sacred Beast will be appearing, but I had not expected for it to be an Ancient Sacred Beast. It¡¯s just fantastic! We must hurry and get there before everyone else and seal a contract with the Ancient Sacred Beast!¡± And in the deepest reaches of the Nine Entrapment Woods, Ling Mo Han¡¯s deep eyes had a strange glint in them when he saw the phenomenon in the sky and said to himself: ¡°Ancient Sacred Beast, the Fire Phoenix?¡± Although he was thinking it strange that he would see the image of an Ancient Sacred Beast manifest in such a tiny ninth grade country like the Sun Glory, but he still remembered that his purpose of being here was not for the Ancient Sacred Beast. He had something more important on his hands that he needed to do. Hence, he turned his eyes away and continued to walk towards his destination¡­.. In another part of the woods, Feng Qing Ge who had also spotted the strange phenomenon in the sky was not able to contain her excitement as she tugged at Morong Yi Xuan beside her: ¡°Big Brother Murong! Look! It¡¯s the Ancient Sacred Beast! The Fire Phoenix!¡± She was feeling highly excitedly in her heart while telling herself determinedly in her mind: [This Ancient Sacred Beast, the Fire Phoenix will be mine!] Murong Yi Xuan had been shocked when he saw the image of the Fire Phoenix in the sky as he eximed: ¡°It¡¯s actually an Ancient Sacred Beast, that is the king of Sacred Beast.¡± The moment he finished his words, from behind the zing clouds of fire, came the cry of a phoenix sounding like it hade from ancient times. Immediately after that, a blinding shaft of golden light shot down suddenly like a shooting star from the Heavens¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 35 Chapter 35 2Chapter 35: A Chance Find of a Sacred Beast Egg Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud The people in the entire Nine Entrapment Woods only heard a loud crash reverberate around them. A sh of brilliant golden light with a powerful aura red outwards from the spot it had crashed. Shock waves visible to the naked eye shimmered and rippled like water as it swept outwards, toppling a swathe of trees with its powerful force. ¡°Hurry! The Sacred Beast has manifested! Let¡¯s go to the spot!¡± The mass of people shouted excitedly, surging as one towards the loud crash in a mad sprint, deeply afraid that being a single step slower could mean that others would snatch it up¡­.. And no one knew that when that golden light had shot down from the Heavens, it had actuallynded right at the foot of the tree that Feng Jiu was in. The overwhelmingly powerful oppressive aura and the shock wave shook the enormous tree that had a girthrger than two men with their arms extended could go around, and pushed it to fall on its side, almostpletely uprooted. Feng Jiu who was on the tree had naturally been knocked off the tree by the shockwave to fall towards the ground, to roll into therge hole created by the loud crashnding. Caught in the powerful oppressive aura, she was suddenly finding it hard to breathe and she was suffocating. She was feeling the pain on her face as the shockwave tore past her, and she was not even able to open her eyes. ¡°Oof!¡± As she fell deeper down the big hole in the ground, her stomach hit against something sticking out, causing her to groan out in pain. And at that same moment, the surrounding oppressive aura began to gradually dissipate. As the suffocating feeling lifted, Feng Jiu was finally able to stand up and when she did, she saw the thing sticking out of the ground was actually a glittering golden egg! ¡°Is that the Phoenix egg from the strange phenomenon in the sky earlier?¡± Her gaze was tinged with wonder, not with surprise, but more like questioning. The Nine Entrapment Woods was such a big ce and all the other ces to crash, it had to choose to crash right beside her¡­.. ¡°Well, since it¡¯s right here before me, it will be a shame if I do not pick it up. And since it chose to crash at my feet, then that means it¡¯s mine to keep.¡± She thought about it only a moment newbie she cradled the egg in her arms to take a look at it. She saw the glittering golden light starting to diminish and theplicated looking runes that was initially visible on the egg¡¯s shell were disappearing as well. Besides it being gold in colour, and with it being several times bigger than an ordinary egg, she didn¡¯t find anything else about it to be extraordinary. ncing around at the surroundings, she did not see a single other person. She had wanted to wanted to keep the golden egg in the Cosmos Sack and when she opened it, she found that she was not able to stuff it in. That was when she remembered that the Cosmos Sack could only store inanimate items, and you cannot put anything that is alive in there. Immediately, she quickly stuffed the golden egg into her clothes, summoned her mystical powers and employed her strange steps to speedily leave that ce¡­.. It was about an hour after she left that the first team arrived. The family n saw the big hole in the ground and the humongous tree that had almost beenpletely uprooted and was leaning teetering on one side, and nothing much else but an emptiness. ¡°Why is there nothing here? Has someonee here a step earlier than us?¡± The team leader who was a middle aged man was bathed in sweat from his mad sprint, the high anticipation that had filled his heart suddenly turned to rage as he stared at therge empty hole in the ground. ¡°Who was it? Who had been faster than us! ?¡± Just as he finished his statement, Murong Yi Xuan and Feng Qing Ge arrived rushing in at great speed. When they saw that there was nothing within therge hole in the ground, Murong Yi Xuan did not show much of a reaction, but as for Feng Qing Ge, her face immediately changed. ¡°Who was it?¡± Her malicious gaze turned sharply to look at the other team and she asked impatiently: ¡°Where¡¯s the Sacred Beast?¡± At that moment, she wasn¡¯t aware that Murong Yi Xuan was standing at the side and staring at her, seemingly deep in thought. As in Murong Yi Xuan¡¯s heart, Feng Qing Ge was a gentle and sweet tempered girl. She was also kind and thoughtful for others. He had known her from a young age and he had never seen her show an expression with her eyes so filled with such sharp malice like the girl before his eyes. This had caused him to have to reconsider¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 36 Chapter 36 1Chapter 36: Experts Exponents Gather Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud Feng Qing Ge seemed to have felt something and she turned around quickly, and she immediately saw the pair of eyes that were looking at her, seemingly deep in thought. Her heart panicked and she said in a hurry: ¡°Big Brother Murong, I¡­.. I was just too anxious¡­..¡± Murong Yi Xuan smiled gracefully and told her in a gentle voice: ¡°For an Ancient Sacred Beast to have manifested in our Sun Glory Country is already more than anyone could expect and the fact that we had even been able to witness it¡¯s divine light hit the ground is just incredible! A Sacred Beast¡¯s descended? Actually, we don¡¯t have to be too fixated on whether we can get it as all this has already been decreed by fate and chance.¡± ¡°Mmm, Big Brother Murong is right. Qing Ge has been too anxious.¡± She reverted back to herposed and gentle self and her eyes filled up with admiration for Murong Yi Xuan once more as she looked at him. ¡°Who has the Sacred Beast! ?¡± A loud and forceful voice boomed down from up in the skies. The voice had been imbued with spirit power and it could be heard clearly within arge area of the woods. Feeling the undtion of spirit power distinctly, which was different from mystical power, the people standing near to therge hole were shocked as they all lifted their heads, and saw a middle aged man standing on a flying artifact hovering in mid air, his hands sped behind his back as he stared at them from his high vantage point. The exponent¡¯s awe red out instantly, engulfing the people down below. The people below felt a thick and heavy presence suddenly pressing down on them like a mountain, like a huge rock had fallen upon the chest, finding it hard to breathe. Their legs were almost about to buckle under the immense pressure, where they would soon fall to their knees. In fact, those who were less practiced in their cultivation had already crumbled before the oppressive pressure from above and plopped onto their knees, blood churning in their chests, to seep out down the corners of their mouths. The powerful oppressive awe had driven cold sweat to run down Feng Qing Ge¡¯s forehead, her face turned pale and her legs became weak, almost falling to the ground. Murong Yi Xuan who was standing beside her held her up with his arm and summoned his mystical power to shield her heart channels, to prevent her blood from surging. ¡°Senior, could you first retract your oppressive awe and allow your humble junior to tell you in detail?¡± Murong Yi Xuan was looking up at the middle aged man in the air when he noticed a few more peopleing in from the surrounding areas. He saw some of them riding their swords, some on flying beasts, and some standing on their flying artifacts. ¡°What! ? The Sacred Beast is gone! ?¡± An old man at the side eximed as he swept his eyes over the scene below. His brows creased up and he stared at the middle aged man who had released his oppressive awe and said: ¡°Retract your awe and listen to what that kid below has to say. So, who¡¯s got his hands on the Sacred Beast! ? Speak now!¡± It might be because of the old man¡¯s words, or it could be because Murong Yi Xuan standing below was being neither haughty nor servile, but the middle aged man retracted his oppressive awe and said: ¡°Tell us everything you know!¡± Once the oppressive awe dissipated, the people below felt the huge rocks lift from their chests and found that they could breathe again, and they were finally relieved. Faced with such highly skilled exponents, none of the people below dared to be disrespectful to them. Murong Yi Xuan cupped his hands together and offered his greetings to the expert exponents in the sky above in a bow before he said: ¡°My esteemed Seniors, when your humble Junior rushed here, the Sacred Beast was already no longer here and I do not know who had taken it. Every word your Junior has just said is the truth and if you do not believe me, you can ask the gentlemen over there. They got here a step before us.¡± His eyes were looking at another group of people and those men were already flustered and in a state of panic from the earlier oppression from the middle aged man¡¯s release of his awe and they had naturally not dared to hide anything: ¡°Yes, yes, it¡¯s true. When we got here, there was no Sacred Beast to be seen and we do not know where the Sacred Beast has gone. If we have the Sacred Beast with us, we will definitely not dare hide it from all our revered and respected Seniors here.¡± [Immortality cultivators! These people are really cultivators of Immortality! Even if they had a hundred lives, they would never dare lie to a cultivator of Immortality!] At that moment, the gaze of another middle aged man from up in the air was fixed on the figure of Murong Yi Xuan, noticing that his demeanor was not ordinary, he asked: ¡°Who are you?¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 37 Chapter 37 0Chapter 37: First Suspicions Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud ¡°Your humble junior is Murong Yi Xuan.¡± His voice was gentle, and his tone was unhurried as he spoke. ¡°So it is the Sun Glory Country¡¯s Third Prince, it¡¯s little wonder you showed such outstanding bearing.¡± The middle aged man nodded and turned his eyes to the few others beside him and said with augh: ¡°Gentlemen, the Sacred Beast had only just manifested and I believe it is still within the Nine Entrapment Woods. Let¡¯s justpete based on our own abilities and see who gets it first!¡± When he finished, he threw his head back andughed aloud as he rode his sword to go search out the surroundings¡­.. When the others saw the man leaving, they were afraid they wouldg behind and they all left right after to search out the surrounding areas as well. When the people below on the ground saw the group left, they all immediately heaved a sigh of relief unconsciously. Cultivators of Immortality, and seven or eight of them appearing at the same time. Before this, all of them have only heard of these cultivators of Immortality and had never been fated to meet one. And the first time that they met them today had nearly scared them out of their lives. Seeing the seven or eight cultivators of Immortality ride off on their swords so captivatingly graceful, Feng Qing Ge¡¯s eyes were filled with yearning. She turned her head to Murong Yi Xuan beside her and said softly: ¡°Big Brother Murong, when we have the chance, we should go together and get ourselves epted into an Immortality Sect and learn to cultivate Immortality as well!¡± ¡°Sure.¡± Murong Yi Xuan responded in a gentle voice, his handsome face smiling faintly. Seeing that he had nodded in agreement, her heart filled with delight as she said in a pliant voice: ¡°Big Brother Murong, are we still going to continue searching for the Sacred Beast?¡± ¡°With those cultivators of Immortality here, we will not stand a chance. Even if we managed to find it, we will only invite persecution from those people upon ourselves.¡± ¡°Are we going back now then?¡± Hearing that, Murong Yi Xuan looked up at her and said gently: ¡°You can go back first! I¡¯ll ask Guardsman Feng escort you back. I still need to go to the mountain pass in the deepest reaches of the Nine Entrapment Woods to help Old Qin retrieve some mud from the heart of the well.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll go with you.¡± She held on to Murong Yi Xuan¡¯s sleeve and shook it before saying in a soft voice: ¡°Big Brother Murong, I don¡¯t want to go back so soon. I want to stay with you.¡± ¡°The deepest reaches of the Nine Entrapment Woods are not like the area around here. Every hundred meters deeper that we move in further would see different dangers. Especially at the heart of the well from the mountain pass. It is said that very few people go there as there are high grade ferocious beasts of the third level guarding the ce. Be good, go back home first and I¡¯ll go look for you when I get back.¡± Hearing Murong Yi Xuan¡¯s words, Feng Qing Ge knew that he would not be letting her tag along and she could only nod and said: ¡°Alright! I¡¯ll return home first. Remember toe look for me when you get back.¡± ¡°I will.¡± He smiled slightly and after ncing once more at her, he picked ten men from the group he had brought along with him and gave them their instructions: ¡°All of you escort Miss Feng Qing Ge back to her residence safely and if any mishap happens on the way, I will hold all of you responsible!¡± ¡°Yes!¡± The ten men answered respectfully and went to stand behind Guardsman Feng. After hearing those words, Feng Qing Ge was feeling rather blissful as she reluctantly bade goodbye to Murong Yi Xuan, allowing Guardsman Feng and his men to escort her home. Only after seeing Feng Qing Ge had gone a far enough distance, the smile on Murong Yi Xuan¡¯s face faded and his deep and calm gaze peered at the far distant figures before he collected himself and hid the deep thoughts and radiance in his eyes. On the other side, hearing themotion behind her, Feng Jiu gave a great leap and rolled down the slope before picking herself up quickly, all the while cradling the golden egg in one arm as she stuck her back against a y wall, trying her best to conceal herself behind the weeds in front of her, to escape discovery. A few heartbeatster, a lone cultivator of Immortality was suddenly passing through the air riding on a flying artifact, his eyes scanning the woods below for any suspicious figures or signs of movement. Feng Jiu stuck her back tightly against the wall and did not move in the slightest as she held her breath. It was until the figure flying through the air had gradually flown further away and disappeared that she finally breathed out. ¡°Whew! That was really close! This egg has really brought me a lot of trouble!¡± Her face creased up in a frown as she stared at the golden egg, thinking how was she going to deal with it? If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 38 Chapter 38 2Chapter 38: Deep into the Ground Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud She reached out her hand to knock on it and there was no other sound other than the soft knocking she made. She was thinking to herself that she would not be able to hide the egg and the moment she met someone, she would definitely be found out. Those guys flying in the air were still looking for this egg and they did not look like they will be leaving anytime soon. If she carried this egg with her to go look for Guan Xi Lin, irregardless whether she would manage to reach there safely, she would be dragging him into untold danger if she was with him. ¡°What to do? With this troublesome thing.¡± Her brows creased up as she recalled the method to seal a contract from her mind. Her eyes lit up and she immediately bit down on her finger to drip a drop of blood on the shell of the egg. But somehow? That drop of blood was not absorbed into the shell of the egg but had instead rolled down the side. She stared hard at it at said: ¡°Isn¡¯t it said that before beast types are born, dripping a drop of blood on them would contract them to you? Was that a hoax?¡± She did not give up and she squeezed out another two drops of blood to drip on it, but there was still no response. Finally, she had no choice but to give up. ¡°Huh? What¡¯s that noise?¡± She pricked up her ears and looked around, finally discovering that the faint noise seemed to being from below the ground. As expected, when she looked down and observed the ground around her, she saw a spot that some earth was being pushed up, like something underground was boring through it. ¡°Burrowing Gopher? It shouldn¡¯t be! There isn¡¯t any Burrowing Gophers that is this big!¡± She stuffed the golden egg into her clothes before her chest and had wanted to leap off the rumbling ground and her head had just popped up and she immediately saw a middle aged man riding a sword towards her area not too far away and she instinctively backpedaled. But that one step backwards had put her foot over loose soil and her entire person lost her bnce and she fell into a home below the loose soil¡¯s surface. ¡°Ahhhh!¡± She cried out in surprise and everything suddenly turned ck. Her body slid down a steep drop and the incredible speed that everything was happening at did not allow her any time to react. Meanwhile at the top, just after Feng Jiu had down the slide, two Burrowing Gophers stuck their heads out of the ground, and chittered a few times as they looked too their left and right. Shortly after, they once again went back to digging, to fill up the hole that had been exposed to the surface. Riding on his sword, the middle aged man who was searching for the source of the sound earlier looked all around, but did not see any human around nor could his detect the presence of anyone there before he frowned deeply: ¡°Did I hear it wrongly?¡± He released his consciousness to spread over the area a few times and when he still did not find anything, he finally left the area still riding his sword. ¡°AHHhhh¡­..¡± Underground, Feng Jiu¡¯s cry of surprise reverberated in the tunnel as her body continued to slide down. It waspletely dark and she could see nothing. She only knew that the tunnel zigzagged left and right as she slid all the way down. Midway through the unstoppable fall, her foot seemed to have kicked into something fleshy and with a shrill squeak, that soft ball of flesh had rolled down together with her. ¡°Bam!¡± ¡°Ouch! Argh!¡± She cried out in pain as her body fell forward from the momentum of the crazy slide. But she did not fall into the ground. She had fallen into the soft and fleshy thing that had been before her down that slide. ¡°Ow ow! That really hurts.¡± Having slid down at such a pace all that way, the abrasions on her body could not be imagined as she felt her entire body burning up in pain. Even then, when she saw the countless pairs of eyes surrounding her staring at her as they glowed a dull green in the dim darkness, she quickly leapt up. ¡°Squeak squeak.¡± ¡°Squeak squeak squeak squeak.¡± [Mice?] She felt her skin crawl. Hearing the noises, they sounded like mice. But in the darkness, she could faintly see that the shape did not seem to be like themon type of rodents and they were still continuing toe surround her at that moment. When she realized that the hole she was in was big enough to amodate a human while her eyes were seeing all the rodent type animals before her, her body immediately tensed up tightly. ¡°Burrowing Gophers!¡± She raised a hand to feel the golden egg within her clothes at her chest to make sure it was not damaged or broken while the other hand reached down her thigh, to grip the daggershed on the side of her thigh in her hand¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 39 Chapter 39 0Chapter 39: Fallen Into A Nest of Mice? Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud ¡°Squeak squeak squeak!¡± Surrounding her on all sides were about forty or fifty of those Burrowing Gophers, and every single one of them were of an enormous size. At that moment, she was surrounded by all of them, one by one all staring at her, squeaking incessantly. With the powers she had, how was she going to get herself out of this predicament? Kill all of these forty to fifty Burrowing Gophers? These Burrowing Gophers were obviously mutants and they might not be that easy to take out. As she thought through her options, she felt a fierce wind rush from the side and saw a Burrowing Gopher leaping at her after giving out a squeak from the left. She pushed the pain wrecking at all parts of her body away from her mind and her eyes steeled as they swung around with her handshing out gripping the dagger at the same time. A faint red glow of mystical power aura encased the sharp dagger shing out through the air with a swoosh, aimed at the attacking Burrowing Gopher. At that moment, the rest of the forty to fifty Burrowing Gophers squeaked out and they all leapt at the same time at her,pletely surrounding her, biting and wing. ¡°ARRRGH!¡± The pain caused her to cry out, but even with forty to fifty Burrowing Gophers biting and tearing at her, the speed of her shing dagger did not slow in the slightest. At that moment, she was like the incarnate of death as she screamed out while her body spun with her daggershing out lightning quick, piercing and pulling back, only one lone thought filling her mind, and that was to stay alive! ¡°Squeak!¡± Squeak squeak¡­..¡± The number of fallen Burrowing Gopher corpses on the ground grew more and more, and the rest of them did not dare toe too near her anymore. The corpses of the Burrowing Gophers had already piled up to form a little hill around her and a thick stench of blood hung heavily pungent in the dark little space. As for her, Feng Jiu was covered in dripping blood, both her own and the blood from the Burrowing Gophers¡­. ¡°Come on! Not going to leap at me anymore?¡± Her icy tone was heavilyced with devilish challenge and her gaze swept over every single one of those slowly retreating Burrowing Gophers. Her entire body red with bloodthirsty murder and her gory blood covered self made her look every inch like the blood drenched deathe to im their lives. The terrifying bloodthirstiness emanating from her entire being alone was enough to make the rest of the Burrowing Gophers too frightened to take a step forward. ¡°Too scared! ? Hah! I am not done with the ughter!¡± The same moment her malicious voice stopped, her body immediately moved, the sharp dagger gleaming chillingly as it thrust towards another Burrowing Gopher. The incredible speed that the dagger moved at did not allow it to even dodge. ¡°Squeak!¡± A pitiful squeak sounded, warm blood flowed, and another Burrowing Gopher was killed by the dagger. ¡°Squeak squeak!¡± The rest of the Burrowing Gophers numbering slightly more than ten squeaked loudly and ran away through the tunnels in a panic. She bit down on her lip as she stared at the tunnels a moment, before she went step by step towards a direction where she felt a slight breeze, with every one step she took, she left a footprint, and with every footprint, she left behind a drop of blood¡­.. She walked for almost close to an hour and the first sound she heard was the sound of flowing water, and thereafter, a gradually brightening ray of light. As there was water present, the surrounding air was rather humid, and she bit down hard with every step, tolerating the almost unbearable pain, taking step after step, till she reached the flow of water. It was a deep pool, the bottom not visible but the water was crystal clear. The water was moving and flowing, but it was not known where the it flowed out to. There were no other routes that she could see from here, the nted light rays wereing from above her head seemingly like she was at the bottom of a deep gorge. As water flowed down the steep walls in thin rivulets, they were covered in green moss and algae, while vines hung down. She gave them one nce and she turned her eyes back. What she needed to do now was not to leave this ce, but to be concerned about the wounds and injuries upon her body. If those bites and scratches from the Burrowing Gophers were not treated, they would be infected and fester. Fortunately, she had chanced upon this clear pool of water. She removed the blood drenched clothes off her body and carefully ced the golden egg aside, before she slid herself into the pool, letting the clear and cool water cleanse and wash out her wounds¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 40 Chapter 40 1Chapter 40: Breaking Out of the Egg! Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud Feng Jiu¡¯s eyes were narrowed as she felt the biting chill from the pool¡¯s water and the pain from the multiple wounds on her body. But after the initial pain, came a feeling of soothingfort, like a warm flow was softly passing over her weary body with gentle touches. [Warm flow?] She suddenly opened her eyes and looked at her body in the supposed to be chilly water. At that moment, she seemed to be able to detect a faint aura over the water¡¯s surface. [Not mystical power, but pure and untainted spirit power!] Looking at the pool that was emanating with faint traces of spirit power aura, she thought back to those Burrowing Gophers she had encountered previously. [Was it due to the spirit power from this pool that had caused them to be so big and strong?] [But why would there be such pure and untainted spirit power aura in a ce like this?] As she fell deep in thought, the golden egg she had ced high up on the side of the pool suddenly shifted a little and without any other warning, it began to roll towards the pool. ¡®Ploom¡¯ The golden egg dropped into the water and it quickly sank under the surface. Caught by surprise and shock, her hand grabbed at the Cosmos Sack and dagger and she quickly dived down into the water. With her eyes open underwater, she could see the golden egg slowly and gradually sinking. But, she saw that as it got deeper down, the crystal clear water in the pool became dark and imprable by sight, looking like a bottomless pit filled with endless mysteries. She was worried that if it sank deeper, her breathe would not hold out long enough, and she was also worried as she did not know what kind of things she would encounter if she went down deeper, hence, she increased her speed as she dived down. When she saw that she was getting nearer, she reached out her hand and grabbed at the egg, holding it close to her. And just as she was about to swim up to towards the surface after securing the egg in her arm, she suddenly seemed to have spotted an algae covered stone door further down into the dark dim depths? Although puzzled, she wasn¡¯t too curious at that moment as she couldn¡¯t hold her breath any much longer and she immediately kicked and pushed with her arm and legs to push her speedily up. And at that moment, the stone door deep down in the pool suddenly creaked open. A tremendously strong suction came out from behind that door, just like a vortex from the bottom of the pool, that sucked all the water in towards the door, carrying her down together with it. ¡°Ugh!¡± Caught within that tremendous suction within the water, she was not able to avoid getting herself spinning together with the whirlpool that had suddenly kicked up, and was sucked in through the door. But the immense pressure from the water and being caught in that fiercely swirling vortex made her suddenly feel her heart¡¯s blood surge into her chest and she vomited it out through her mouth, with most of it falling squarely onto the golden egg she had sped firmly in her arm. But before she saw the heart¡¯s blood that she coughed out being absorbed by the golden egg, everything suddenly turned ck before her eyes and she lost consciousness¡­.. At that same moment, the golden egg began to emanate a faint golden glow, theplicated looking runes on its shell that had disappeared surfaced once more, spreading out over the exterior of the shell together with the golden light. What was really beyond anyone¡¯s expectation was that the golden egg that had been approximately the size of two fists was suddenly gradually growing under the golden light. It was still sped in Feng Jiu¡¯s arm, but it was now the size of a huge watermelon. And right between Feng Jiu¡¯s eyebrows, a scarlet red rune of the Fire Phoenix appeared. And at the same time when that rune appeared, her body was suddenly bathed in a golden light, and the multitude of wounds upon her body were closing and healing at a speed visible to the eye¡­.. A loud crash resounded. Feng Jiu who had been pulled in by that strong vortex was thrown straight onto the ground, the water from the whirlpool sshing onto her body. The impact and the stinging pain woke her as she gradually regained her consciousness. As she slowly peered her eyes open, she was almost blinded by a bright golden light. ¡®Crack!¡¯ The sound of a clear and crisp crack startled her and she looked down at the golden egg that had rolled out from her grasp which was now as big as a huge watermelon, with a long crack running down the side. ¡®Crack!¡¯ The crack sounded again and another long zigzagged line appeared on the shell of the egg. And when she saw the two halves of the shell break open, she was suddenly stunned and renderedpletely speechless¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 41 Chapter 41 0Chapter 41: Chubby Little Sacred Beast Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud After the egg shell split open, what was revealed wasn¡¯t a tiny baby phoenix but was a tiny child who stuck all four of his limbs out straight, sprawled t on the ground, with his naked little bottom sticking up. A faint golden glow imbued with dense spirit power aura swirled around his body, which gradually faded. He seemed like he had just woke up as he slightly raised his head and opened his eyes that were clear as water, bewildered and dazed as he stared at the equally naked Feng Jiu. It was only momentster that he gave a reaction. The pair of jet ck eyes stared and a pair of red glowing mes burned within them. He jumped up suddenly and stuck one hand against his pudgy waist and pointed out with his other stubby hand at Feng Jiu on the ground, his childlike voice filled with impudent rage that one was unable to take seriously. ¡°You! Woman! I am the the Ancient Sacred Phoenix! You¡­.. You¡­ You had the audacity to visualize my godly image into a little bumbling human toddler!¡± [Although he will be able to morph into human form after he matures, but, he had never for one moment thought that he will turn straight into a human toddler right after breaking out of his shell! He is the little Fire Phoenix! Little Fire Phoenix!] Due to the contract, the contracted owner¡¯s imagination of his image would directly impact whether he would be born in the form of a beast or human. But, if he was born in human form, he would have to wait till he fully matures before he could morph into his original Fire Phoenix form. [Heavens know how long it will be before he matures! ? And before he grows up, he will have to parade around in this little snot nosed human form throughout it all?] The more he thought about it, the angrier he got, and the more depressed he became. He wanted to cry, but he did not want to let the woman see that, so he could only stare intensely at the culprit behind all of this. Feng Jiu was shocked into speechless amazement. [Did a child really just hatched out of that egg! ?] [Come on! She had only just imagined it once when she picked up that egg, on what the Phoenix would look like what it hatched out of the egg! She had just unconsciously thought of an adorable plump little kid then a brief moment! Seeing the little bumbling toddler standing there with a hand stuck upon his fleshy hip, the other pointing angrily at her, fully exposing his naked little body and the little elephant¡¯s trunk waving before her. In a moment of itch in her hands, she coiled up her finger and thumb in one hand and flicked the tiny elephant¡¯s trunk. ¡°Argh! You¡­.. What are you doing!¡± A certain proud little Fire Phoenix was finally aware of his own nakedness and when he was suddenly teased down below, the shock made him feel both humiliated and angry, whereby he quickly back peddled a few steps quickly and covered himself with his stubby hands. ¡°You¡­.. You shameless woman!¡± He shouted out angrily in humiliation, his face blushing a deep red, his childlike voice not really giving his rage the impact that was intended. At that moment, he seemed to only realise then of the woman¡¯s bare body and he quickly released one of the two hands protecting his modesty below to cover over his eyes and turning his body away. ¡°You are not wearing any clothes!¡± This time, even his ears were turning as red as his face. Feng Jiu nced at the small little boy who was showing such exaggerated reactions and she continued to tease mercilessly: ¡°I can see you rounded little buttocks behind.¡± ¡°Argh! You are truly a shameless woman! Shameless! Shameless!¡± He was feelingpletely helpless but he did not know any other words to curse, so all he could do was to keep repeating the word shameless. Feng Jiu was feeling tickled and she could not help it but tough aloud. At the same time, she looked down at herself and suddenly realised that the wounds that was all over her body hadpletely healed? Her deep eyes glinted with a trace of query and her gaze turned slightly, to look thoughtfully at the little Fire Phoenix who had changed the position of his hands to cover over his tiny buttocks. [Was it because of this little fellow?] She took out some strips of cloth from the Cosmos Sack to tie them securely around her chest and then pulled out a suit of men¡¯s clothes to slip onto herself. After putting on the belt, she reached a hand out in a cradle and carried up the stark naked little fellow. ¡°Argh! What¡­.. what is this woman thinking of doing! ?¡± Finding himself suddenly being carried up, he cried out in shock, both his hands covering up below and he stared warily at the woman If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 42 Chapter 42 1Chapter 42: Secret Underwater Pce Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud Who would have known, but Feng retrieved from the Cosmos Sack a set of clothes and with her dagger, she altered it slightly and slipped it over the little fellow¡¯s tiny body. ¡°Make do with it, when we get out, we¡¯ll then get you a little red bib as undergarments.¡±She said through narrowed eyes, and she gave him a little smack on his fleshy buttocks. ¡°It¡¯s done.¡± She turned him around and looked at the fuming and indignant face, finding it rather amusing. ¡°A revered individual like me would never wear something like that.¡± He said with a pout, feeling rather annoyed with the woman who was taking shameless liberties with his body. ¡°I had thought that after the egg hatched, a phoenix would appear, and not a little bumbling kid. Sigh, would you then be able to transform into your original phoenix form?¡± She then asked curiously. If only she had not brought it up! At the mention of it, the proud little Fire Phoenix flew into a proper rage. ¡°You still have the cheek to bring that up! As a highly revered Ancient Sacred Beast, the fact that I have been born in the form of a human is fully and entirely your fault!¡± Feng Jiu rubbed at her nose consciously: ¡°How would I know that a moment¡¯s wild imagination woulde true just like this?¡± ¡°Humph!¡± He gave a big snort and crossed his pudgy arms before his chest and turned his face away from her in an angry tantrum. Feng Jiuughed aloud, unconcerned. She then stood up and surveyed their surroundings with a nce around: ¡°Who would have thought that beneath that deep pool, such a ce would actually exist.¡± When she recalled the force of that tremendous vortex that had sucked her into here, her brows creased up together. ¡°I really do not know how a woman like you could be my contract owner. You¡¯re ugly,cking in power, and like to touch people¡¯s buttocks. You¡¯re just one lustful woman.¡± The little phoenix had the egg shells in his arms at that moment and he was chomping on them crunchily as he grumbled, asionally throwing Feng Jiu a begrudging nce. Feng Jiu wasughing at his incessant grumbles and she reached out her hand to flick at him on the forehead saying: ¡°Little fe, doesn¡¯t matter if you are willing, but you already belong to me. So you just stick by me from now on.¡± As she spoke, her eyes looked at him in puzzlement: ¡°One more thing. Are you really that hungry? Are those eggshells even edible?¡± The little Fire Phoenix rolled his eyes at her and turned his head away proudlypletely ignoring her. [His eggshells were great stuff and eating them will not only increase his powers, they will also provide great nutrition for his body. That woman does not know anything and is just a fool.] ¡°Alright, let us go! Let¡¯s go see what kind of amazing things this ce hides that could give out such a tremendous force to suck us in here.¡± Feng Jiu said as she lifted her foot to make her way forward. It could be seen that it was a hidden pce abandoned for many years and who knew why such a secret pce would end up being submerged under such a deep pool? The little Fire Phoenix cradled his egg shells and continued to chomp on them as he followed behind Feng Jiu, throwing asionally nces at the figure¡¯s back in front of him, thinking that the woman was rather strange. She possessed weak powers, but she was still somehow still neither afraid nor panicking when caught in a strange ce such as this. ¡°I waited for so many years, and after such a long wait, a human has finallye. The Heavens have not given up on me, not given up, ha ha ha ha¡­..¡± Suddenly, from within the secret pce, a deep timbred voice sounding wildly arrogant boomed out, and carried here together with that voice was a powerful oppressive aura that swirled in the air apanying the booming voice. What was strange though, even when those waves of powerful oppressive aura that were even visible to the naked eye swirled in the air before her, she did not feel the slightest diforting from it. [Was it because she was contracted with an Ancient Sacred Beast, the Fire Phoenix?] When that thought came into her mind, she could not help but turned back and nced at the little fellow crunching on the eggshells behind her. And thought to herself: [The little pipsqueak didn¡¯t look at all like he would be so useful!] If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 43 Chapter 43 1Chapter 43: Body of a Mystical Spirit Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud ¡°Why are you staring at my divine self again! ?¡± The little fellow asked staring at her. Feng Jiu smiled and suddenly turned to reach out her hand to pinch the tiny figure¡¯s pink and fleshy cheeks saying: ¡°I am growing to like you more and more, what am I to do?¡± Hearing those words, the little Fire Phoenix¡¯s eyes widened in surprise, his face with its exquisite features turning a bright red. He tried hard to put on an angry front, but his eyes were somewhat coy, the expression on his face a mix of shyness and awkwardness. ¡°You¡­.. You don¡¯t think just by saying these things, my divine self will look at you in a different light. You are just a fool! My divine self will never like you, and one more thing, do not keep being so touchy feely, it¡¯s so indecent and not bit like what a woman should be doing!¡± After finishing what he wanted to say, he turned his eyes away proudly, refusing to look at her. Feng Jiu smiled at him, feeling that the shy and coy little toddler was just too adorable. ¡°Littless,e,e here and let me take a good look at you.¡± The booming and arrogant voice resounded once again and this time, when the voice reached them, it was apanied by a suction force that sucked in Feng Jiu¡¯s entire body further inside. ¡°Foolish woman!¡± Having just finished the eggshells and he was just wiping his hands off when he saw Feng Jiu being sucked in by a force whereby he gave out a worried scream and hurried to follow her inside. Feng Jiu felt herself immobilised and she could not even scream, seemingly like it had just been a blink before she had been sucked inside, toe before a set of skeleton. The next moment, a stream of power invaded into her meridians and under the invading power, she felt as if she was fully exposed, in pure nakedness under the sun¡¯s rays, unable to hide any secrets at all. And when the little Fire Phoenix caught up, he banged into a boundary barrier, isted and kept out, unable to get near to Feng Jiu on the inside. Seeing her standingpletely motionless and unmoving before the skeleton, the little Fire Phoenix panicked and shouted loudly: ¡°Foolish woman! Foolish woman! How are you feeling! ?¡± ¡°A Mystical Spirit body? It¡¯s actually a Mystical Spirit body! ? Ha ha ha ha! Such an extremely rare Mystical Spirit body that is seldom seen once every millennium and it has fallen right before me, Chu Ba Tian! ? Ha ha ha! Heaven has truly not given up on me! Not given up on me! Ha ha ha ha¡­..¡± Feng Jiu could only hear that excited and agitated voiceughing out maniacally, the power that restrained her suddenly retracted. Feng Jiu fell to the ground sitting weakly, all her strength drained out of her, looking directly at the skeleton before her. As she had not detected any killing intent, nor any maliciousness from the entity, but just that agitated excitement from his voice, Feng Jiu wasn¡¯t really feeling too worried and she turned to the little Fire Phoenix outside the boundary barrier to say: ¡°I¡¯m fine, don¡¯t worry.¡± The two of them were afterall contracted through their souls and after the little Fire Phoenix calmed down, he was able to feel through the link that she was perfectly fine and he immediately humphed and retorted awkwardly: ¡°Who is worried about you?¡± But his eyes were still involuntarily ncing in through the barrier inside, to check on her condition. Knowing that the little Fire Phoenix did not mean what he was saying, Feng Jiu was not concerned about him but was focusing her attention on the skeleton before her, testing the waters by saying: ¡°Senior?¡± At that same moment, the skeleton projected an image out from him. It showed a middle aged man dressed in ck robes as the image appeared in the air, his sharp and oppression filled gaze looking down at Feng Jiu below him. ¡°To possess a mystical spirit body, little girl, you¡¯re no simpleton!¡± Not only did she possess the so rarely encountered mystical spirit body, she was also the contracted owner of a divine Sacred Beast, the Fire Phoenix! In what way would a girl like this be possibly ordinary? The Heavens were being kind, at the moment just before thest of his blood¡¯s essence was about topletely be dispersed, they had sent such an incredibly prodigious cultivator, that would allow him to bequeath his wishes and carry it on¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 44 Chapter 44 3Chapter 44: He Who Once Reigned Supreme! Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud ¡°Mystical spirit body?¡± Feng Jiu asked quizzically of the ghostly image, and continued to ask another question. ¡°Mystical spirit bodies are rarely seen?¡± Forgiving her for having note to this world for long, and for having a greatck in knowledge towards cultivation, the term ¡°mystical spirit body¡± was something that she had never heard of. ¡°A mystical spirit body is the epitome of the most prodigious cultivators. Not only can they cultivate mystical powers, they are also able to cultivate spirit powers as well, and the speed that they can progress at is ten times that of others.¡± The middle aged man saw her show a smile on her face and he went on to say: ¡°In other words, for others who will need a whole decade to be a mystical power martial pugilist, for you, it might only take you merely a year to achieve the same rank. Such speed that can be achieved in your cultivation, can be termed as prodigiously talented.¡± Hearing those words, Feng Jiu considered it a moment and said: ¡°That doesn¡¯t sound right. I have tried to cultivate by drawing the energies into my body, but I had not felt any significant difference to my body, and definitely nothing like what Senior is saying about the speedy progress I can achieve in cultivation in my experience.¡± She had used quite a long period of time to draw in the Qi into her body and the amount of mystical powers in her body after cultivation was really nothing to speak of at all. ¡°That is because the mystical and spirit Qi meridians within you are not opened.¡± His gaze burned into Feng Jiu as he stared: ¡°I wish for you to pay obeisance to me as your Master. In that instance, I will help you open up your mystical and spirit meridians to aid you with your cultivation.¡± If it was anyone else, upon hearing such a powerful entity offering to ept one as a disciple, it would be thought that it would be epted without hesitation. But when Feng Jiu heard those words, her brows instead creased up together in a frown and her eyes showed she was deep in thought as she stared at the middle aged man without saying a single word. ¡°You are unwilling?¡± Seeing Feng Jiu not showing any signs of joy or delight, the man frowned and he pushed his oppressive aura to re out more strongly and then noticed that his aura had not much of an effect on the person who had been contracted with an Ancient Sacred Beast. He then immediately gave up on that and gave out a long sigh instead. ¡°You do not have to worry that I have any ulterior motives. I only wish for you to help meplete three tasks after epting to be my pupil.¡± Hearing that, Feng Jiu thought on it another moment before she finally said: ¡°Why don¡¯t Senior tell me about it first and if it is within my powers, and does not go against my style of doing things, I might just be able to agree to it.¡± The middle aged manughed out heartily when he heard that and said: ¡°Great! I can see that you are one that does things as you please and it is rather simr to my own temperament.¡± Feng Jiu smiled at him but did not reply. ¡°Girl, I was originally the ruler of the Heavenly Dynasty Pce, Chu Ba Tian. At the peak of my glory, no one dared go against me. I lived my life by the sword and wilfully dominated the world under the Heavens! As long as I deemed something to be right, I will definitely carry it out to the end. That year¡­..¡± He told Feng Jiu of his past life in detail. Feng Jiu listened attentively and from his words, it was gathered that he was a wilful man that followed whatever his heart told him. But as he was too uninhibited and unpredictable, he was viewed as unorthodox and evil by the conventional sects of Immortality. He had a mighty sword that cut through metals like mud called the Blue Edge. An Immortal from an orthodox sect coveted his Blue Edge Sword and wrongly used him of having massacred a mortals¡¯ vige which caused him to be persecuted by powerful pugilist from all sides. With his attainment as a Venerable Martial Emperor, he did not fear all those cultivators of Immortality whose powers were inferior to his. However, they had captured his own people as hostages to threaten him, resulting in him sustaining grave injuries to escape to this ce, to finally sumb and die here. For so many long years, he had waited here patiently, for the destined one toe, and take on his mantle, to reinstate the Heavenly Dynasty Pce, and fulfill hisst wishes. ¡°The first wish is to reinstate the Heavenly Dynasty Pce, so what are the second and third wished?¡± ¡°The second wish is to break into the Thousand Sword¡¯s tomb to retrieve the Blue Edge. As for the third¡­..¡± His voice hesitated a while and he gave a sigh: ¡°I had been too wilful and reckless in those years and I brought cmity upon my family. It was especially so for my wife who was coincidentally inbour at that time. So many years have passed and I wonder how they are doing? I would like you to go seek them out and see whether they are living on fine.¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 45 Chapter 45 1Chapter 45: Mysterious Ring Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud After hearing the demands out and not finding them overboard, Feng Jiu nodded her head and asked with a wide smile: ¡°Since I am to acknowledge you as my Master, is Senior just merely going to open up the mystical and spirit channels in my meridians?¡± [If there were no tangible benefits, acknowledging a Master just like this would be too disadvantageous to her!] ¡°Ha ha ha, of course that¡¯s not all.¡± The middle aged manughed out loud in a booming voice, the gaze fixed on Feng Jiu seemingly growing in admiration for the girl. After hearing that, Feng Jiu did not say much more but just knelt down, and bowed in acknowledgement of her Master, saying: ¡°My revered Master, please ept your disciple, Feng Jiu¡¯s offer of be obeisance!¡± Upon finishing those words, she respectfully kowtowed, lowering her forehead to the ground with a thud. ¡°Good, good, good. I, Chu Ba Tian, finally has a disciple to inherit me! Ha ha ha ha¡­..¡± Heughed out loud excitedly and said: ¡°Girl, remove the third brick on the left of my skeleton remains. Behind it, you will find something your Master would like to gift to you.¡± ¡°Sure!¡± Feng Jiu agreed and she went and knocked her knocked on the third brick as she was told. Finding that it sounded rather hollow, she pulled out her dagger to pry the brick out, and found a little wooden box behind which she quickly retrieved. ¡°Master, why can¡¯t I open it?¡± The little wooden box didn¡¯t seem to be locked but she just could not open it. ¡°That had been sealed by your Master, me, and ordinary people cannot open it.¡± Chu Ba Tian said with augh and with a wave of his hand, a ray of light ran over the box. ¡°Alright, take that thing out of the box now.¡± Feng Jiu tried to open the box once more half in doubt but the box opened easily this time. Inside, was just an inconspicuous ring, and it was even quite badly tarnished. Feng Jiu was speechless for a short moment before she said: ¡°Master, this is the treasure you are talking about?¡± She picked it up andy a scrutinizing eye on it, but she still did not find anything extraordinary about it. ¡°Ha ha, I really don¡¯t know from which hole you had crawled out from that you haven¡¯t even heard of a Spatial Ring?¡± Chu Ba Tian shook his head as heughed helplessly: ¡°Do not underestimate this ring, it is not an ordinary Spatial Ring. Besides being able to store things, it is a world by itself within and even living things can be ced inside. Moreover, when you ce food in there, time stands still for it and they will not turn bad.¡± ¡°It¡¯s that incredible? How did Master manage to get your hands on such an amazing treasure? This should be more priceless than the Blue Edge Sword wouldn¡¯t it?¡± With an item like this, why would people still covet after that Blue Edge Sword? ¡°I got this Spatial Ring entirely by chance and your Master had treated it just like an ordinary item without knowing it was a Spatial Ring. Afterall, it was impossible to see a Spatial Ring in a ce like this and it was after I was gravely injured ande to this ce, and it waspletely by chance that your Master¡¯s blood dripped into the ring before I discovered that it was a Spatial Ring.¡± When he spoke about this, his voice paused for a while before he continued: ¡°As your Master¡¯s life expired, the ring¡¯s sacred contract with my soul was broken as well. You will only need to drip a drop of your blood on it for it to recognize you as its owner, which will allow you to gain entry into it. Inside it, I have left all my life¡¯s treasures and skill manuals that I have amassed, and they will be my gift to you.¡± ¡°I can go inside this ring myself?¡± Her eyes were sparkling brightly, filled with surprise and amazement as she thought to herself: [If that is true, in future whenever I am pursued and have nowhere else to run, couldn¡¯t I then just hide inside there?] Chu Ba Tian didn¡¯t know what she was thinking. If he knew, he would surely die once again in rage at seeing such a highly prized treasure to be used in such a manner just to escape pursuit, that was just too cowardly and undignified. ¡°The owner of the space can go into it, but there seems to be another separating boundary barrier within. When I went into the space previously, I was already nearing my end and I had not been able to inspect it clearly but only found out that I could store even living things in there. As for any other uses it might have, you can slowly find them out for yourself in future.¡± As he spoke, he turned to Feng Jiu and said: ¡°Your Master¡¯sst remaining bit of blood¡¯s essence is nearing its end. Come forward my pupil, and let Your Master open the channels to your meridians for you.¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 46 Chapter 46 0Chapter 46: To the Swords¡¯ Tomb Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud Hearing those words, Feng Jiu raised her eyes to look at him. Seeing that the ghostly image was gradually fading, she walked up to him. She knew that the ghostly image hovering in mid air before her eyes was thest vestiges of consciousness left within the blood¡¯s essence and once the essence ran out, the consciousness and the man would forever disappear from the world¡­.. ¡°Stabilise your consciousness, calm your heart and quiet your Qi. The process will be a little painful but you have to bear with it.¡± Chu Ba Tian said in a deep voice and finally conveyed thest of his blood¡¯s essence to envelop over Feng Jiu. A ray of light visible to the eye surge over Feng Jiu¡¯s body, entering the channels of her meridians, opening them¡­.. [Pain!] [Agonizing and excruciating pain!] All the channels in her meridians were being forcibly expanded by a robust surge of Qi flowing through them, from thin torge, stretching them to the extent they felt like they were almost going to explode. The agonizing pain caused her entire body to be bathed in cold sweat, more intolerable than having someone cutting your flesh with a knife. But she bit down hard on her teeth, refusing to utter a single sound, her hands clenched tightly into fists, blood dripping out from wounds on her palms where her nails had dug deep into. Outside the boundary barrier, the little Fire Phoenix saw the face that had turnedpletely white and he began pacing worriedly. He wanted to shout out but was afraid that he might distract her and so he could do nothing but watch Feng Jiu suffer under the excruciating pain of expanding the meridian channels. It was almost an hour past before the aura that enveloped her body faded away as she fell weakly onto the ground, gasping heavily for air. Seeing that, the little Fire Phoenix was suddenly hopping in nervous anxiety, shouting out: ¡°Foolish woman? Are you alright?¡± Feng Jiu struggled against the weakness she was feeling in her body as she looked at the ghostly image to ask: ¡°Master, how are you feeling?¡± ¡°Your Master is already person that has been dead for a long while, holding out my consciousness with my blood¡¯s essence in waiting all this time to finally gain you as my disciple to carry on my will, I have no more regrets.¡± Chu Ba Tian looked at her and reminded: ¡°Girl, before you be strong enough to protect yourself, remember to be subtle in your deeds and not let anyone know you possess a mystical spirit body or you might just invite unnecessary persecution to yourself. The world for cultivators of Immortality is merciless and cruel and even as the most prodigious cultivator among them, remember that you must first be able to grow and progress.¡± ¡°Yes, Master. I hear you.¡± Feng Jiu nodded, a warmth suddenly passing through her heart. ¡°Your Master will not be able to guide you much in your cultivation. When you go back, diligently read up on the cultivation techniques I have left behind in the Spatial Ring and get a great Master in future to guide you further along. But do not forget, you must never drop your guard against anybody. Be always vignt. The exceptional trait you possess in your body must never be revealed to another person.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Feng Jiu said with a smile. At that moment, she was finally acknowledging him as her Master. ¡°Being at the bottom of this deep underground pool, both of you will not be able to get out of here. Thest thing I can do for you is to send you to the Thousand Swords tomb. After you find the Blue Edge Sword, do not expose it in front of people carelessly, or the Blue Edge Sword might drawn to you unnecessary trouble as well.¡± He reminded once more. ¡°Master, after getting to the Thousand Swords tomb, what do I need to do to find the Blue Edge Sword?¡± ¡°The Thousand Swords tomb is the ce people bury swords. But, every person who goes into the Thousand Swords tomb might not necessarily find a sword suitable for themselves. Swords possess their own spirit consciousness and they will pick their owners, just like the Blue Edge Sword would as well.¡± His voice paused a moment at that point before he continued: ¡°As you would have a tinge of my blood¡¯s essence on you, that essence will guide you to the Blue Edge Sword¡¯s location. But, whether you can gain the Blue Edge Sword¡¯s acknowledgment will depend on yourself. If you are unable to bring back the Blue Edge Sword this time round, you must make sure that you will bring it out from the Thousand Swords tomb in the future.¡± ¡°I will.¡± Feng Jiu promised as she saw him dispel the boundary barrier with a wave of his hand, and little Fire Phoenix came running in on his short legs. And the next moment, she saw a spiral looking thing appear in his hand and with a final shout of: ¡°Go forth!¡± The two figures found themselves sucked into the spiral¡­.. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 47 Chapter 47 0Chapter 47: Seeking the Blue Edge Sword Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud When Feng Jiu regained her consciousness, she and the little Fire Phoenix were already in the Swords¡¯ Tomb. As far as the eye can see, swords were everywhere, and in the air, the sharp aura of the swords could be felt distinctly. She lowered her head and nced once at the little guy tugging at the corner of her clothes before she opened her hand to reveal the inconspicuous ring she had held in her grip. She bit hard on her finger and dripped her blood onto it and she saw the badly tarnished ring give a bright sh and it suddenly became as good as new, but it however, remained as inconspicuous as it had before the renewal. She put the finger onto her finger and it automatically conformed itself to her. She poured her consciousness inside the ring and just as her Master had said, there was a space inside that contained quite a heap of skill manuals and treasures. She probed deeper into the space and she found herself suddenly bounced right out of the space. She gathered back her consciousness and did not go back inside the ring, but to stare at the mountain of swords before her and sighed: ¡°I need to find the Blue Edge Sword from out of so many swords here? Looks like it is not going to be an easy task at all!¡± ¡°Even if you are unable to find the Blue Edge Sword, you can still find others. There are quite a number of good swords in the Swords¡¯ Tomb.¡± The little Fire Phoenix replied to her statement by reflex and once he said those words, he suddenly seemed to have remembered something and he stared at her proudly to say: ¡°Don¡¯t think too much into it. My esteemed self isn¡¯t really concerned with your affairs.¡± ¡°I know, I know.¡± Feng Jiu said with augh, and held the little fleshy hand in hers before walking deeper into the ce: ¡°Let¡¯s go! Since we are already here, let¡¯s roam around a little. Six hours is the time we have. If we do not find a suitable sword within that time, we will be transported out of this ce. We need to make full use of the time we have.¡± With his hand held in hers, the little Fire Phoenix was a little shy as he went: ¡°Humph!¡±. However, he did not let go of her hand and allowed himself to be led inside. The swords surrounding them were emitting with their sharp aura, every single one of them lodged in the ground. Some of the sword¡¯s edge were already rusty and after walking for quite awhile, they still had not managed to sense the Blue Edge Sword¡¯s location, and Feng Jiu wanted to put her Master¡¯s words to the test. Do the swords really choose their owners? She grabbed out at a sword nearby and tried to pull it out. However, the sword remained deeply lodged in the ground and would not budge even an inch. When she wanted to exert more strength to attempt another time, she suddenly felt a chilling aura bursting forth from the sword itself and she quickly retracted her hand. ¡°Heh heh, that¡¯s quite amazing.¡± Feng Jiu said in astonishment, her eyes sparkling with eager interest. ¡°What is so amazing about it? The swords in the Swords¡¯ Tomb have always done that.¡± The little Fire Phoenix said in disdain, lifting his tiny head to stare at the foolish woman who was acting just likemoner and continued on with a frown on his face: ¡°Are you really going to search through all of them?¡± Hearing that, Feng Jiu was taken aback a moment and she asked: ¡°If not, then?¡± The little Fire Phoenix¡¯s expression was one that said he expected as much and his eyes were filled with contempt as he looked at her saying: ¡°You are really dumb.¡± Having been properly andpletely despised, Feng Jiu was however really helpless. Who asked her to not know about any of this! ? ¡°Didn¡¯t that man leave a you a slight trace of his blood essence? Close your eyes and try to release your senses and see if you can detect and trace of the Blue Edge Sword¡¯s aura around!¡± ¡°That can work?¡± The little fellow lifted his chin and he tried his best to sound wise by lowering his voice: ¡°The Blue Edge Sword is no ordinary sword and moreover, you have a tinge of its previous owner¡¯s blood essence. Of course you will be able to sense its whereabouts.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll give it a try.¡± And she attempted it immediately. Feng Jiu closed her eyes and removed all other distracting thoughts from her head but just to quietly feel the different auras within the Swords¡¯ Tomb. It was roughly half a burning incense stick¡¯s timeter that she suddenly opened her eyes, surprise and delight sparkling in them. ¡°I found it! Over there!¡± Having really sensed the aura of the Blue Edge Sword, she was highly ted in her heart. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 48 Chapter 48 1Chapter 48: Blue Edge Sword Picks Its Owner Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud She led the little Fire Phoenix to the ce location where she had felt the Blue Edge Sword¡¯s aura being emitted from. It was a little hill top and it was filled with all kinds of swords stuck into the earth, with the Blue Edge Sword at the topmost point. At that moment, the sword itself was emitting a razor sharp and cutting aura, its low hum from the cry of the sword reaching her consciousness, shocking her mind. ¡°That is the Blue Edge Sword?¡± Her burning gaze stared at the sharp sword throwing out a cold glow at the top of the little hill and she suddenly felt like the blood in her blood was surging into a boil. That kind of a feeling was rather intriguing. ¡®Wenng!¡¯ The sword¡¯s cry resounded in her ears. Standing at the bottom of the hill, she could see the Blue Edge Sword vibrating at the peak, its criesing out from the sword itself, seemingly humming in excitement. The sword¡¯s aura emanating out from the sword was getting stronger and more intense until finally, the Blue Edge Sword pulled itself out from the ground with a whoosh, and started speeding down the hill straight towards her. The little Fire Phoenix was rather surprised when he saw that happen. Although he knew Spirit Swords were able to pick their own owners, but under circumstances like this where Feng Jiu did not even need to go to it and pull the sword out was very rarely seen to happen. His gaze was strange as he scrutinised Feng Jiu. The little Fire Phoenix still could not see what was so special about her. ¡®Whoosh!¡¯ The long swordnded, its point stuck right into the ground,ing to rest right beside Feng Jiu¡¯s right hand. Feng Jiu reached out her hand and gripped the Blue Edge Sword. She felt a strong vibrationing out from the sword apanied by a cry, driven straight into the core of her heart. She exerted her strength slightly and pulled out the sword. With a swoosh, the sword started to glow with a chilling light and the badly tarnished sword had in the next instant shone with a smooth gleam, looking brand new like it had juste out from the forge. Seeing the entire de glowing with a faint blue light, and the three Chinese characters carved into it shining with a chilly light, she could not help herself but to exim out loud: ¡°It¡¯s really a very good sword!¡± She twisted the sword in her hand and executed a dazzling set of swordy. She could see the bitingly chilly aura covering the de slice through the air, its edge exceptionally sharp. ¡°Master wouldn¡¯t have expected this. That the Blue Edge Sword would choose me to be its owner.¡± She said with a lightugh, and she put the Blue Edge Sword into the Spatial Ring. It was then that she realised that the six hours were still not up and they wouldn¡¯t be able to leave yet. ¡°We will not be able to leave this ce for awhile anyway, so why don¡¯t we find a ce to sit down first? I will be able to use the time to see what kind of manuals there are in the Spatial Ring.¡± She said while holding the little Fire Phoenix¡¯s hand in hers as they looked for a ce where the swords¡¯ aura was not as intense to sit down. Just as she had just pulled out a book about hiding your presence and was flipping through it that she suddenly felt the little fellow¡¯s gaze was fixed intently upon her face. She looked up and turned to face him to ask with a smile: ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Having been caught while secretly staring, he hurriedly shifted his gaze and looked slightly embarrassed as his eyes looked this way and that but refused to look at her. However, he was unable to ovee the curiosity in his heart and after hesitating for a while, he finally still opened his mouth to ask: ¡°Why are there so many scars on your face?¡± With the question as a reminder, she suddenly remembered that after having been submerged into that pool, her face had been washed clean of the herbal juice she had on, and her badly scarred face was clearly revealed at that moment. She reached her hand up and felt her own face before saying: ¡°A evil woman held a knife and cut up my face slit by slit.¡± Her tone might have sounded somewhat indifferent but suppressed deep within her eyes, was an unnoticed icy chill. The little Fire Phoenix frowned slightly when he heard that and asked: ¡°Why didn¡¯t you fight back?¡± ¡°I was too weak against her.¡± She said through narrowed eyes, thinking to herself in her mind: [She wasn¡¯t the owner of this body then. If she had been there, things wouldn¡¯t have fallen to such a sorry state.] ¡°And you don¡¯t believe me when I said you were weak. But¡¯s it¡¯s alright! As long as my revered self is powerful, it¡¯s good enough. My revered self will protect you in future.¡± The little fellow straightened his back and put on a stern expression on his tiny face to say: ¡°You just tell me who was the one who cut up your face! My revered self will avenge you!¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 49 Chapter 49 1Chapter 49: Three Times must be Destiny! Trantor: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud Upon hearing what the little Fire Phoenix said, Feng Jiu¡¯s eyes filled up with joy and reached out to pinch his pink little cheek and said: ¡°Aren¡¯t you always the one saying how much you detest me?¡± ¡°My revered self still detests you, but you belong to me afterall. If it is my revered self bullying you, that will be fine. But I will not allow any other person to do that.¡± The little fellow was highly indignant as he spoke, but a pity for that squeaky childlike voice as it could not deliver much of the impact intended. ¡°With this miniaturized body?¡± She raised up an eyebrow andughed lightly: ¡°I think you will fall over with a slight push.¡± Sensing that his power was being questioned, he stood up immediately and proimed loudly: ¡°My revered self is the Ancient Sacred Beast, the Fire Phoenix! Although I am still in my infancy now, but I have afterall inherited the power of the Ancients and possess great power!¡± ¡°Alright alright alright, then tell me. What is it that you know?¡± She said with augh, asking nonchntly. He was after all just a kid that looked to be about three years old. So how strong could he be? ¡°Don¡¯t judge my revered self based on my outlook of being just a small child. My power is more powerful than that of a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage. If not for that man¡¯s consciousness binding me back at the hidden pce previously, that boundary barrier would not have been able to stop my revered self.¡± The short tiny figure stood there with his chin lifted, trying to portray a ¡°I¡¯m so powerful¡± look to Feng Jiu, which caused her to be unable to suppress the corners of her mouth from lifting up, and she yed along by looking at him with an adoring gaze. ¡°You¡¯re actually so powerful! ?¡± ¡°Of course!¡± He was looking mighty proud of himself, his eyes showing his high spirits. ¡°But no matter how powerful, you are still my contracted beast and I am still your owner!¡± She said that with smiling eyes, which would remind the little fellow of the fact that he deliberately wanted so much to forget. As expected, she saw his entire body slump, deted as he looked at her with sad and forlorn eyes. ¡°Oh right! Do you want to go inside the Spatial Ring? If not, if a small tiny kid like you were to suddenly appear in the Nine Entrapment Woods, you will undoubtedly draw lots of attention to yourself. If those cultivators of Immortality are to find out that you are the little Fire Phoenix, then we will be in big trouble.¡± Her Master had told her when he was about to send them over here, that when they came out of the Swords¡¯ Tomb, they would appear back within the Nine Entrapment Woods, as they had been deep below the ground of the Nine Entrapment Woods. He was able to bring them out of the deep underground, but not out of the Nine Entrapment Woods. The little Fire Phoenix had initially wanted to refuse, but when he heard those words she said at the end, he finally nodded his head albeit very reluctantly. As she was really too weak, and although he was strong, drawing attention to them when they went out there would still be rather troublesome for them. ¡°Such a dear.¡± After seeing him nod, Feng Jiu carried him up and gave him a kiss, where she saw his face immediately turned a bright red, and his shy and embarrassed reactions made her can¡¯t help herself but tough out loud. Feng Jiu reached into her consciousness and the little Fire Phoenix immediately went into the space within the ring. And after the six hours passed, a vortex appeared appeared above the Swords¡¯ Tomb, and with a swoosh, she was sucked into it¡­.. ¡°Huh? Where is this?¡± She looked around at the ce she had just appeared in, seemingly still within the Nine Entrapment Woods. But there wasn¡¯t a single soul around, not even a beast could be seen. It was so quiet it was rather creepy. And, it was already night. ¡°Brrr! So cold.¡± She rubbed at her arms. She thought to herself as she walked in the woods: [Wonder if that big oaf Guan Xi Lin is still waiting for me there?] After walking quite a distance, she suddenly heard the sounds of battle. [A battle?] Her eyes were puzzled and she immediately hid her aura as she walked towards the noise. When she reached, she hid behind a huge tree and peeked her head out slightly to see in front. When her eyes caught sight of the familiar figure, she froze involuntarily and blinked her eyes. [ That uncle? It¡¯s really him again?] Including thest two times, meeting him again this time, made a grand total of the lucky three! They were indeed destined to meet. In just a few short days, they had managed to meet three times. But, why does it look like something is not right with him? If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.