The Legendary Master S Wife Book 9

传说之主的夫人 by 尹琊
The Legendary Master's Wife

by Yin Ya
Translated by Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Edited by Addis
Book Nine
(Chapters 574 to 645)
Translators: Rara, Ceti, Jouissance, Crystal, Yan
Editors: Addis
~~~~Brought to you by Exiled Rebels Scanlations~~~~
Chapter 574: The Continent's Number One Genius
Chapter 575: Heat
Chapter 576: Accidentally
Chapter 577: Departure
Chapter 578: HunQiu Who Had Grown Up Crooked
Chapter 579: Dong Yu
Chapter 580: The Flower Sisters
Chapter 581: Hero Rescues Beauties
Chapter 582: Nothing Goes Unpunished
Chapter 583: Ambusher
Chapter 584: Ape Shit
Chapter 585: Woman in White
Chapter 586: Made Into A Scapegoat
Chapter 587: Illusion Array
Chapter 588: Underwater world
Chapter 589: Collaboration
Chapter 590: Dead
Chapter 591: Barrier Broken
Chapter 592: An Independent Dimension
Chapter 593: Trapped
Chapter 594: Underestimating the Enemy
Chapter 595: Uncharted Island
Chapter 596: Removing it's intelligence
Chapter 597: Weasel Beast
Chapter 598: Visit
Chapter 599: Use Value
Chapter 600: The 'Truth'
Chapter 602: Look Upon One In A Different Light
Chapter 603: The Ruins of Peach Blossom Spring
Chapter 604: Eight mansions of the Spirit Mountain
Chapter 605: Goodbye Water Demons
Chapter 606: Barely Escaped From Death
Chapter 607: Wish Fulfilled
Chapter 608: The Feelings that Didn't Get Through
Chapter 609: Blood Figure
Chapter 610: Promise
Chapter 611: That Barrier
Chapter 612: Refining Pills
Chapter 613: Unexpected Man
Chapter 614: Identity Guessing
Chapter 615: Causing Trouble
Chapter 616: An Unexpected Surprise
Chapter 617: Help
Chapter 618: Captured
Chapter 619: Stalling
Translated by Jouissance of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Chapter 620: The Second Battle
Chapter 621: Finish
Chapter 622: Poisonous Tongue
Chapter 623: Neighbors
Chapter 624: Buying Books.
Chapter 625: Seven Sins Beasts
Chapter 626: Freed Slaves?
Chapter 627: Don’t Dare to Treat You Too Well
Chapter 628: Match Start
Chapter 629: The Heavy Metal Rock
Chapter 630: The Second Exam
Chapter 631: Strange Situation
Chapter 632: Captivity
Chapter 633: The Unreturnable Prison
Chapter 634: Escape (1)
Chapter 635: TongTian Palace, Dragged Through the Mud
Chapter 636: Opportunities and Accidents
Chapter 637: The Truth
Chapter 638: Destroy
Chapter 574: The Continent's Number One Genius
Translated by Kollumceti of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Yan Hui's expression twisted for a moment when Su Lang said those words.
That's right, he was really envious and jealous of Su Lang. Envious of his good
fortune to have a master who loved him and unreservedly provided the materials
and soul and skill training manuals needed for cultivation. Jealous of his potential to
already be a Grade One Rainbow Level mage at the young age of twenty five.
Yet, the early years of his life was miserable and bumpy. He had to depend on his
own perseverance and he finally managed to successfully advance to Rainbow
Level when he was on the verge of reaching one hundred years of age. If he had
such convenient conditions, he too could have advanced in his twenties like Su
Lang, and become a genius that was envied by all.
The reason why Su Lang was able to get the attention of their master was closely
related to the fact that he had an infinite supply of materials when he was young.
Otherwise, it was impossible for him to have advanced so quickly. In the end, he
caught Shifu's eye and was then accepted as a disciple.
Yan Hui tried hard to calm the rolling thoughts in his heart. When he raised his head,
a smile that showed love and respect as good brothers should hung on his face
once more, "Shidi, everyone has their own fate. Your luck is indeed incomparable
with mine, but you are really unworthy of the title of the TongTian Continent's
Number One Genius.”
Su Lang was immediately enraged by his words. Flames shot from his eyes as he
grabbed Yan Hui's collar in a fit of discombobulation and snarled, "You're talking
nonsense! Then you tell me, how am I unworthy?!"
He was praised as the Number One Genius in the TongTian Continent from an early
age. He had completely taken the title as his possession now that his future was
becoming even more brilliant. Yet, Yan Hui was saying that he was not the Number
One Genius of TongTian Continent, how could he believe it!
Yan Hui grabbed his hand and pried Su Lang's fingers off his collar one by one with
a serene smile on his face, "Shidi, you know that I, your Shixiong, used to be a
student in XiaoYao Institution. How could the XiaoYao Institution rise abruptly to
become the number one educational institute in the TongTian Continent without
some capability and skill?"
"So what?!" Su Lang shook his hand off with an expression of loathing.
Yan Hui was not hopeful about his intelligence, so he continued, "That means, there
are no lack of geniuses in the XiaoYao Institution. As far as I know, there's one
person who is better suited to be the Number One Genius in the TongTian
Continent. He's the one who is worthy of the title."
Su Lang was stunned, but he still didn't believe it despite Yan Hui declaring it so
solemnly. He just thought Yan Hui was fooling him and immediately sneered, "Why
don't you say who is the one who is more worthy of being the Number One Genius
than I am?
"You should know that I have two objectives for going to XiaoYao Institution this time
right?" Yan Hui leisurely began.
Although this topic was a little like increasing another's spirit and extinguishing one's
own prestige, what harm would there be in doing it if he was able to see the
confidence and pride slowly collapse on Su Lang's face!
"Yes, I know. But what does that have to do with this? Don't tell me that the genius
you speak of is one of them?" Su Lang looked contemptuous.
"That's right." Yan Hui turned around and looked at him with a clear gaze as a elated
smile bloomed on his face, "The person I'm talked about is named You XiaoMo. The
evaluation of his soul showed six colors when we both became students of XiaoYao
Institution. Although his test was accidentally interrupted, everyone knew that his
soul was already seven colors. Furthermore, he is not even twenty-five years old,
but do you know how high his cultivation base is now?"
Su Lang's expression twisted uglily.
Yan Hui deliberately said in a nasty tone. "He is already... Grade Two Rainbow
Level."
"I don't believe it!" Su Lang's eyes turned red with anger.
"It's a fact and it can't be helped if you don't believe it. You're only Grade One at
twenty-five years old. By the time he reaches your age, he'll probably be at Grade
Three or Four. You'll never be able to catch up no matter what." It was as if Yan Hui
thought that Su Lang did not suffer enough blows.
Su Lang, who was originally too angry to speak, suddenly laughed.
Yan Hui frowned, "What are you laughing about?"
Su Lang sneered, "I was almost deceived by you. You also have to do it decently if
you want to fabricate a lie. It's impossible for him to advance in just a few years even
if he is a genius. I believe that you have also experienced this. How can it be that
easy for Rainbow Level mages to advance? Don't even speak of Grade Two, even
advancing Grade One is not necessarily possible."
Yan Hui thought what was he laughing at. He would not believe it himself if he had
not seen with his own eyes how someone actually considered advancement as easy
as eating. His cultivation would steadily rise whenever he came back from his trip.
Yan Hui did not care about Su Lang's ridicule as he leisurely said, "I remember that
he seemed to be only about twenty-two years old when he just became a student. At
that time, his cultivation was only at mid-grade or high-grade Level Nine though I
forgot the specific details. Now, in just more one year, or two years at the maximum,
he is already a Grade Two Rainbow Level mage."
Su Lan's eyes almost popped out of his skull.
Yan Hui unreservedly dealt another psychological blow to him. Su Lang really ought
to be knocked off his pedestal once.
Neither of them noticed that the protagonist they were talking about was hiding in a
corner and had completely overheard their conversation word for word.
You XiaoMo shyly buried his head into Ling Xiao's chest. He was a little
embarrassed to hear Yan Hui praise him so much. Although Yan Hui had an ulterior
motive, there was none who did not like to listen to people praising them.
"Do you think I am really the Number One Genius in the TongTian Continent?
Hehe." The sound of giggling drifted to Ling Xiao's ears as You XiaoMo poked Ling
Xiao's chest. You XiaoMo urgently needed the approval of a second person for so
much flattery.
There was no one else here except the for Ling Xiao so he had no choice but to
resort to him.
"Do you really want to know?" Ling Xiao had an expression of 'no change in
expression even if Mount Tai collapses', and then he patted You XiaoMo's head
when he heard his question.
You XiaoMo fell silent a moment, "...Let's forget it."
Many geniuses had their IQs linked to their status as a genius. He also had a true
genius around him who specialized in dealing shocks to his confidence. You XiaoMo
wondered if he was looking for abuse again.
Ling Xiao suddenly laughed, "Oh, that's too bad. I wanted to give you a compliment."
You XiaoMo, “…”
Excuse me, may I ask if I can rewind what just happened?
Back to the main point. From their dialogue, their Shifu had probably let Yan Hui go
to XiaoYao Institution to monitor their behind-the-scenes movements. However, they
still did not know the identity of the other side, but it was obvious that the other
probably understood them. This type of situation where the enemy was hidden in the
shadows while they were in the light was disadvantageous to them. Therefore, they
had to verify the identity of his Shifu.
The Shixiong and Shidi finally parted on bad terms. It seemed that there would no
longer be any more useful information. The two immediately left the place.
It was almost dawn after they returned to the hotel.
You XiaoMo lay on the bed and rolled around a few times before stopping. He lay on
his stomach to watch Ling Xiao reheat the water which had gone cold to make tea to
drink. He could not refrain from lamenting, people who are able to use fire sure were
different. They did not need to fear that there would be no firewood when cooking or
when they wanted to eat hot food.
"Do you want to drink?" Ling Xiao poured a cup of steaming hot tea from the teapot.
You XiaoMo immediately climbed out of bed and rolled over.
Ling Xiao shoved the teapot into his hands, "Pour it yourself if you want to drink."
You Xiao silently cast a despicable glare at him for a while. He wasn't even willing to
pour a cup of tea for his family's wife, it's too disappointing, "Will we continue to
stay?"
"Don't you really want to know Yan Hui's purpose for approaching us?" Ling Xiao
drank his tea with a look of pleasure on his face. This expression really made You
XiaoMo think that Ling Xiao was possessed by a ghost every time he witnessed it.
"I would like to know, but who knows when his Shifu will appear. We can't always be
running over to monitor them every day. You have to take care of your internal
injuries and I have to work hard to advance. We both don't have the time ah!" You
XiaoMo was quite regretful. If SheQiu and the rest were here, it would be fine.
Ling Xiao put down his tea cup, hinting for him to pour the tea.
You XiaoMo subconsciously poured it. It was only after he finished pouring that he
realized that he had missed the opportunity to get revenge. He was really just too
kind.
Ling Xiao drank a mouthful before saying, "We do not have time, but some people
have."
"Who?"
Ling Xiao did not answer him, but his gaze fell onto his chest.
You XiaoMo followed his line of sight and looked at his clothes. At some point, the
Metal Swallowing Beast and the two Golden Winged Insects had poked their small
heads out, wobbly hanging on his chest.
That's right, wasn't there some readily available labor force here that was just eating
and playing every day? It was definitely time for them to pull their weight, otherwise,
his effort of raising them like children whose hands needed to be held while shitting
and peeing would be in vain.
You XiaoMo suddenly remembered one thing, "I remembered that Tian Dao and the
rest had said before, the gold silk produced during the mating of a male and a
female Golden Winged Insect would be ten times more stronger than usual. But up
until now, I have not seen them in heat. How would they produce the golden silk like
this?"
Ling Xiao touched his chin as he pondered over it. He really did not know what to do
about this too, "If you really want the golden silk, make some aphrodisiacs for them
to try. As for the heavy lifting, let the Metal Swallowing Beast do it first."
"This is... not too good ba." You XiaoMo touched his nose. He suddenly processed
what Ling Xiao had said and was alarmed, "You couldn't be referring for me to make
it when you said to make some aphrodisiacs right?"
Ling Xiao calmly replied, "Magic pills may not necessarily be a cure for people and
their injuries. There are always some people who will invent some strange things,
especially for magic pills like aphrodisiacs and such."
You XiaoMo thought of Ancestor Dan Qing's jade drive. Maybe that old fellow would
have this type of pill recipe?
"Then... I'll just give it a try..."

Chapter 575: Heat
Normal aphrodisiac magic pills weren't very high leveled unless there were some
special effects. However, this sort of thing was considered something of a dirty tool,
so there were very few mages who refined aphrodisiac pills.
You XiaoMo flipped through the recipes in the jade drive and managed to find quite
a few of these. From low level magic pills to high level magic pills, there were
several different kinds of each level.
You XiaoMo started the refining aphrodisiac the next morning.
However, the materials needed to refine aphrodisiacs were relatively obscure. He

hadn't gone to gather any in particular, and made do do with what he already had,
managing to scrape up the materials for a mid-grade magic pill.
Since Ping and Pong's mouth and body were too small, You XiaoMo only refined
one.
Afterwards, he split the pill in two and fed it to them before settling beside the bed
and observing their reaction. He had never seen bugs mate before. What he
wouldn't give for a magnifying glass right now.
Not long after ingesting the aphrodisiac, the two golden winged insects seem to
begin to have a reaction to it. A hint of pink creeped up their golden bodies, their
eyes turning a little red, as if they had been controlled by desire. However, they still
didn't act after three minutes, even moving away from each other.
You XiaoMo was disappointed. "Was the aphrodisiac not enough?"
Ling Xiao walked over to him and glanced at the insects. "Their eyes have
reddened; they're already in heat."
"Then why haven't they moved?" You XiaoMo couldn't help but reach other and
poke one of them. The insect scurried away. "Xiao Ping, you're a man, you gotta
take the initiative, got it?"
Ling Xiao picked him up, walking outside as he said, "It has nothing to do with taking
initiative. You kept staying there and watching them. They're shy. Little demon
beasts have dignity too."
You XiaoMo just wanted to ask what there was to be shy about before stifling
himself at that sentence about dignity. How stingy. He didn't believe that Ping Pong
hadn't peeped on him. As little demon beasts, there was nothing to look at, what was
there to be shy about?
In the end, his objections were vetoed and You XiaoMo was dragged out of the
room by Ling Xiao.
Two hours later, they returned to the room. You XiaoMo made a beeline for his bed,
but Ling Xiao stopped him by the collar.
"What?" You XiaoMo asked.
Ling Xiao gestured for him to keep quiet and look inside.
You XiaoMo peeked out from behind the screen. On the white bed, he noticed the
two golden winged insects, entangled with one another. Xiao Ping was being held
down under Xiao Pong's body. Using his impressive eyesight, he could see the
minuscule movements the two were making.
You XiaoMo's mouth spasmed. He had prepared himself to witness this mating, but
their stamina was eye-opening. It had been two hours already and they were still
doing it?
Ling Xiao informed him, "Once the golden winged insects enter heat, they'll continue
for three days and three nights."
Thus, Ping Pong became the very first golden winged insects who had a room to
themselves for mating. Since You XiaoMo didn't want to interrupt, he had the
innkeeper give them another room next door, leaving the original room to Ping Pong.
On the first day, You XiaoMo was in awe over their stamina.
If they were humans, they wouldn't be able to last at all.
On the second day, You XiaoMo sneaked a peek through the window. They were
still doing it, and he felt that Xiao Ping's movements were wilder than the day before.
On the third day, the Metal Swallowing Beast ran back to report, but with You
XiaoMo taking him to watch Ping Pong have sex, the Metal Swallowing Beast was
enraptured, even drooling non stop.
Thus, You XiaoMo successfully took his Xiao Jin down the wrong path.
After three days, the aphrodisiac's effect wore off and You XiaoMo immediately ran
into their room before almost going blind from the shining gold stuff on the bed.
It wasn't just one thread of golden silk, but a pile. Each thread was ten meters long,
with nine in total. This was truly quite shockingly impressive.
"Can nine golden threads make a set of armor?" You XiaoMo excitedly ran to Ling
Xiao with the nine golden threads. This came from Xiao Pong's mouth, and not
chrysanthemum like he had thought before.
Ling Xiao took one of the golden threads and yanked on it a few times. "See that?
Not only has tenacity increased, but it's very elastic as well. Generally speaking, two
golden threads can make a set of armor, but with these, you'd only need one."
You XiaoMo almost jumped with joy. He thought for a moment and asked, "Then if I
have Ping Pong go into heat again, will they make as many gold threads?"
"Impossible." Ling Xiao didn't even need to think or hesitate, flicking You XiaoMo on
the forehead. "They don't have the ability to produce this golden thread whenever.
Normal golden winged insects would use up all of their energy just producing one
gold thread. Everything has its limit. Your Ping Pong was only able to produce nine
gold threads because they have never produced any before. However, this probably
used up all the energy they had. This probably won't occur again for another
hundred years."
You XiaoMo cupped his head and discarded the idea. He had wanted to give his ball
team each a set of armor. Looks like that wasn't possible anymore.
After mating for three days and three nights, Ping Pong didn't want to face anyone,
hiding in You XiaoMo's clothes. As their owner, he really couldn't tell that they would
be so shy, they were usually so thick skinned.
"Oh yeah, Xiao Jin, what do you have to report about the two you followed?" After
dealing with Ping Pong's heat, You XiaoMo finally remembered this and set the
Metal Swallowing Beast on the table.
The Metal Swallowing Beast's expression twisted.
You XiaoMo felt that his expression was very similar to how Xiao Ping looked when
shy, and his mouth twitched. "It can't be that your heat is approaching too?"
Metal Swallowing Beast nodded shyly. He wanted to have a heat too.
Ling Xiao almost spat out his tea, choking.
"What?" You XiaoMo noticed his uncharacteristic behavior.
Ling Xiao wiped his mouth and said, calmly, "There's only one one Metal Swallowing
Beast in the entire world. He can't change shape, so a heat is impossible, unless
he's willing to mate with different demon beasts."
You XiaoMo suddenly stopped.
Ling Xiao asked him what was wrong.
You XiaoMo turned the Metal Swallowing Beast around, revealing his round belly
and soft member. He couldn't help but poke it with his finger. It was even smaller
than his thumb. "If he doesn't have a heat, can this thing even stand up?"
Metal Swallowing Beast struggled to get back on his feet.
Ling Xiao's gaze slid down from the Metal Swallowing Beast's little dick. "It doesn't
matter if it can stand up or not."
You XiaoMo was dumbfounded. "Why?"
Ling Xiao's gaze didn't move. "So long as the backdoor works, everything's fine."
You XiaoMo and the Metal Swallowing Beast clenched their butt cheeks. That was...
too harsh.
Scared out of his skin, the Metal Swallowing Beast didn't dare randomly ‘go into
heat’ anymore and informed Ling Xiao of everything he had heard in the manor. Ling
Xiao then repeated it to You XiaoMo. This language barrier was a permanent thing.
Not even contracting could fix it.
After Yan Hui had given Su Lang a good wake up call, Su Lang hid inside the
cultivation room, refusing to come out. It seemed that it had really struck him hard,
and now he was cultivating like crazy, completely throwing his mentor's words onto
the backburner. Yan Hui didn't bother reminding him.
As for Yan Hui, he was constantly waiting for their master to contact them. These
few days, he rarely left the manor. The two disciples seemed to put their master first.
There were rarely any outsiders who'd visit them, so they lived like hermits
You XiaoMo contemplated for a while before deciding to continue to monitor them.
In the end, the golden winged insects finally got over their embarrassment and he
sent them to the manor to keep an eye on a person each. If anything happened,
they could inform the other. It was very convenient.
That day, You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao left WuShan Town and prepared to return to
their cave.
When they left the cave, they didn't set any restriction barriers. It was located in a
rather hard to find area, so normal people wouldn't be able to find it, or so You
XiaoMo thought. However, reality rarely went as hoped.
They hadn't even neared the cave when they sensed that there were people inside,
and not just one person. You XiaoMo exchanged a look with Ling Xiao.
When they approached, they could smell a faint scent of blood.
You XiaoMo volunteered himself to check the situation in the cave. Yet, just as he
arrived at the entrance, a cold light flashed towards him. The attacker acted
ruthlessly and had calculated their angle. If it hit, his entire face would get slashed
open.
You XiaoMo swiftly stepped backwards to dodge, throwing a kick without hesitation.
Immediately, a grunt and the sound of heavy objects falling could be heard, as well
as several whooshing sounds.
You XiaoMo darted inside the cave. There were no light pearls to light up the cave,
but he could still see three figures in the dim light. They wore pitch black clothing,
almost melting into the darkness. The one lying on the ground was the one to
ambush him.
The scent of blood came from them. None of them were masked, but You XiaoMo
didn't recognize them at all.
Jouissance: OMG. Most awkward chapter I've ever had to translate. WTF Momo!
Actually, WTF Ling Xiao!!!
Addis: Ah. Well, with Boss around, we knew Momo was into bestiality, but this just
further proves it.
Chapter 576: Accidentally
Translated by Crystal of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Before he could even speak, the other two men in black charged towards him with
their swords. As the outside sunlight shone on their faces, their ferocious features,
as well as the bruises, could be seen.
You XiaoMo almost had a heart attack. If he didn't know that they were alive, he
would've thought that he'd seen a ghost. The two were pretty strong, but it seemed
that they were already injured, so the seemingly quick movements were actually a
bit dulled.
It didn't take long for You XiaoMo to finish them.
That was also when Ling Xiao walked in.
You XiaoMo's movements paused for a second, due to the distraction, and that was
when the three of them suddenly grunted. They had all committed suicide and the
smell of blood was even stronger than before.
"Do you know the three of them?" You XiaoMo said with surprise. Were they here to
commit suicide or did they commit suicide thinking they weren't You XiaoMo's
opponent?
"I don't know!" Ling Xiao said with distaste as he threw out two of the men's corpses.
The blood on the floor was half dry and half wet, clearly they had been hiding for a
while.
You XiaoMo threw out the third corpse as he asked, "Hey, do you think they were
avoiding their killers but thought that we were them and so to avoid being tortured,
killed themselves?"
"Idiot!" Ling Xiao walked over to the stone bed, and sure enough, the blanket was
stained with a huge blot of blood. With disgust, he threw it onto the floor and said,
"They weren't hiding from their enemy, rather, it's better to say that they were the
hunters. However, they were mistaken on the strength of their opponents, so only
three of them escaped. To avoid revealing their instigator, they committed suicide.
They're probably Men of Sacrifice or something."
"How do you know that?" You XiaoMo was shocked. He spoke as if he was there,
even knowing their identities.
Ling Xiao snickered and said joyfully, "If you had half of my intelligence, you would
also been able to guess it, but too bad, maybe in your next life."
Who wants half of your intelligence, I want double your intelligence!
You XiaoMo glared at him and took out another blanket.
"Only Men of Sacrifice would commit suicide when there's no way out. A normal
person wouldn't be able to do that and Men of Sacrifice are rarely afraid of death."
Ling Xiao said as he stood up so You XiaoMo could make the bed.
You XiaoMo shrugged nonchalantly, "Then what are we going to do about the dead
bodies outside? If we just leave them there, when their comrades arrive, wouldn't
they think we had something to do with it? Maybe you can burn them?"
With a flick of his finger, the blanket on the floor started burning along with the traces
of blood on the floor. The inside of the cave was glowing red from Ling Xiao's flames
and even the outside had flickers of flames.
It didn't take long for everything to be burned to dust.
Ling Xiao gently waved his sleeve and the dust, rolled out of the cave like a
snowball. With a blow of wind, it disappeared of into the distance. After that, as if
nothing had happened, they continued to eat and cultivate like normal.
At the same time, the ones who had lost track of the three could only rush back to
the ShuiXi Tribe, opposite of WuShan Town.
A servant knocked on one of the doors and said quietly, "Sir Fang, Captain Luo
WenZong is here."
"Let him in." A gentle voice came out of the room.
When Luo WenZong opened the door and went in, the first thing he saw was the
man seated behind the desk. The man gave off the same feeling as his voice, gentle
and refined. Even if one was unhappy at the time, once they sat in front of him, their
emotions would quiet down.
"Sir, it's my mistake, I couldn't bring back the three assassins." Luo WenZong said
as he bowed for his mistake.
The man waved his hand and said with a light smile, "It's okay, even if you didn't
capture them, I already know who sent them and you should too."
"Yes." Luo WenZong answered.
The Guma Tribe had been in conflict with the ShuiXi Tribe for ages. It wasn't the
fault of the ShuiXi Tribe, rather, it was the Guma Tribe trying to annex the ShuiXi
Tribe.
There were three major tribes in Dong Zhou, with the Guma Tribe being the
strongest, as well as the most ambitious. They had always wanted to annex the
weakest ShuiXi tribe and had been constantly causing trouble in the dark. It was a
good thing that they were also weary of the other tribe, thus they couldn't do
anything too crazy.
That was until two years ago when the ShuiXi Tribe saved two people.
To repay their debt, the two stayed behind in the tribe. They had both strength and
intelligence so that, in the span of a year, they had helped out majorly. Now, the
ShuiXi Tribe finally started to get out of poverty and thus they were considered the
guest of honor at the tribe.
The Guma Tribe, wanting to take over the ShuiXi Tribe, found out about them and in
every way they could, tried to eliminate the two. They were constantly watching
them from the shadows, and even used their spies, but all their plans failed.
"Sir Qing, I deserve punishment, if it wasn't for my uselessness, the three assassins
wouldn't have gotten away. If they gave that information and the things they stole
from us to the Guma Tribe leader, it would be very bad for the ShuiXi Tribe." Luo
WenZong said with remorse, he was the one to blame.
"Captain Luo, there’s no need to blame yourself. What happened happened, there
nothing we can do about it now. Our priority should be on the aftermath of the
leakage. That is the most important thing right now, as for whose responsibility it
was, we can discuss it later.” The man said irrefutably.
Luo WenZong was going to say something but swallowed it back after seeing the
unwavering expression, “Yes sir.”
The man nodded, satisfied.
What they couldn’t have predicted was that their worst nightmare wasn’t going to
ever happen. The Assassins had already gone to see God, but the Western God
may not want to see them.
As time ticked away, without a warning, a month had passed.
On this bright and sunny day, the spiritual energy around the cave went into violent
turbulence. With the cave as the center, it turned into a massive whirlwind.
The Golden Winged Insects, who had hurried over, made a sudden stop. If it wasn’t
for their quick reaction, they would have been swallowed up by the whirlwind and
thus could only hide behind a tree, not even peaking their heads out.
Inside the cave, the one who caused the phenomenon was You XiaoMo.
Currently, he was holding onto a life crystal, Xing Qi’s life crystal. So that he could
advance quicker, You XiaoMo finally got it out to use. This was so he could gain
another level in the span of just three months.
Although he was focusing on the successes and ignoring the consequences, a three
month delay was helpful. You XiaoMo had almost tried to advance to a Grade four, if
it wasn’t for the dangerous looks Ling Xiao was giving him. He almost seriously
dared to try it.
Cultivation and levels weren’t just something that could be gained by sitting around.
The combination of time and theory was more important. Otherwise, if you met a
bottleneck, one would just be sitting for a hundred years without any change.
You XiaoMo almost had no bottleneck and that was largely due to his soul being a
level seven rainbow soul.
Just like the audition at the XiaoYao Institution, when they were looking for the
rainbow coloured souls. If their soul didn’t have a corresponding color, that would
become their biggest obstacle.
That was also one of the reasons for Su Lang’s disbelief.
Many stayed stagnant at one level because they needed to level up their souls first,
once that happened, their cultivation level would follow suit.
You XiaoMo’s soul was already at level seven (seven striped), thus what he could
do, Su Lang, as a level one, could never do.
The spiritual whirlpool didn’t stop until two hours later. The energy within the life
crystal wasn’t nearly as full as before. It took almost half just so that he could
breakthrough his bottleneck.
Once he remembered that he still needed to advance another level, there was
almost no energy left, he lost all joy from his advancement. If it was someone else,
they would have probably been so giddy that they lost all common sense.
“Such a waste.” You XiaoMo sighed as he held up the life crystal, “The next time I
advance, I’ll have to rely on my own grade three rainbow pills.”
Uncontrollably, his brain started to recall all of the rainbow pill recipes from the jade
drive.
“Don’t you have another life crystal, you’re not going to use it?” Ling Xiao jumped out
of the bed and tidied up his shirt. Although he very much needed the Reincarnation
Pill, he wasn’t in a hurry.
You XiaoMo paused for a second before he realized that he was talking about the
Wolf of Greed‘s life crystal. You XiaoMo replied as he shook his head, “That I’ll wait
till I see Lan Qiu again. After all, his still my contracted demon beast and the Wolf of
Greed was his closest brother. If I just use it without telling him, it might leave a bad
impression.”
Ling Xiao sneered, “You’re sure open minded, giving away a few hundred million
spirit gems for free.”
You XiaoMo shrugged, “What can I say, I’m such a nice owner.”
Ling Xiao’s expression turned very ‘meaningful’, but he still mocked on, “Oh, and
here I thought you were trying to use the life crystal as a means to get a favor from
the Seven Sins Beasts.”
Don’t say something everyone knows so straightforwardly, it’s making me blush.

Translated by Yan of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
The Golden Winged Insects went back to tell them about how Yan Hui's side already
received the information, but they unexpectedly happened to come back just as You
XiaoMo was advancing, which meant a delay of two or so hours, taking his sweet
time.
But the news that they brought wasn't all good news either. Yan Hui's shifu had
indeed contacted them, but he hadn't shown up in person. He had only dispatched
people to go over.
That person was very strong, and the Golden Winged Insects were worried about
being discovered, so they didn't dare to get too close.
So, they both didn't catch what they were talking about. Xiao Ping originally wanted
to follow this person as he departed, but he only followed him halfway before he lost
any trace of him, and so he had to come back.
However, after that person departed, Yan Hui went out too.
Guma Tribe's headquarters were located behind WuShan Town, separated only by
a mountain, and could also be considered a part of the town. It was an enormous
tribe.
After Yan Hui entered the headquarters, he went straight to see the Guma Tribe's
seniors. Since he carried a passage token, he was essentially unimpeded the entire
way.
There were many experts in the headquarters, so Xiao Ping had no choice but to
leave after following him in for a little while. But Xiao Ping very cleverly remained
outside of the headquarters, all the way up to the point Yan Hui came out, before he
continued following him back to the manor.
The first thing Yan Hui did after returning to the manor was to head straight for Su
Lang's cultivation room.
Xiao Ping's decision was very clever. Since Su Lang was currently undergoing
secluded cultivation, he hadn't met the person that his shifu sent over. The task this
time was fairly important, and Yan Hui couldn't accomplish it on his own, so their
shifu handed the task to both of the shixiong.
Yan Hui was looking for Su Lang so he could tell him the nature of the task. Their
target this time was the Guma Tribe, but it wasn't to go against the Guma Tribe; it
was to collaborate with them and help them annex the Shuixi Tribe.
After the clever Xiao Ping learned what the nature of the task was, he ran back to
report to You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao. He finally had some information after keeping
watch for over a month.
"Yan Hui is indeed a backstabbing scoundrel! He clearly knows that the Shuixi Tribe
is Uncle's hometown, and he even acted like he was a good friend back at XiaoYao
Institution. You can truly never judge a person by his appearance!" You XiaoMo had
more or less already confirmed Yan Hui's character. He could be considered one of
the many villains like the ones that he had seen in movies or dramas: their enemy,
an evil person who wanted to destroy the world, the legendary cannon fodder.
"He isn't even from Dong Zhou, you should've already guessed that, right?" On the
contrary, when Ling Xiao heard this, he didn't have much of a reaction. It was very
normal for power struggles to occur.
You XiaoMo made an ambiguous noise in reply before instantly changing the topic.
"Do you think we should let Uncle know?"
"What's the use in letting him know? No matter how weak the Shuixi Tribe is, it's still
one of the three large tribes of Dong Zhou. The Guma Tribe must have been
thinking about annexing the Shuixi Tribe for a very long time now, and if they haven't
succeeded up to now, that must mean that it isn't that simple. Moreover, Cheng
XiangRong is still in Zhong Tian. Back then, Yan Hui accidentally acknowledged that
he was one of Guma Tribe's people. It's impossible for Yan Hui to use Cheng
XiangRong to infiltrate the Shuixi Tribe." Ling Xiao objected to his question.
You XiaoMo felt a little enlightened, and he nodded. "Then do we still need to keep
an eye on them?"
Ling Xiao murmured, "Yan Hui's shifu is clearly a very cautious person, so it'll be
very difficult if we want to grab his tail. Although the Golden Winged Insects can
keep an eye on them, in the end there's still a limit to their strength. It's impossible
for them to get any closer."
You XiaoMo understood what he was trying to say. "So should we just give up on
them?"
"For the moment, we don't need to pay attention to them. The fight between the
Guma Tribe and the Shuixi Tribe is coming up soon, and we cannot get involved.
Don't forget, the location that the map of yours is pointing to is Dong Zhou."
You XiaoMo took out the four maps. After obtaining the last map, he hadn't had the
chance to carefully look over them.
During the Black Spider's auction, the auctioneer said that the location that this map
was pointing to was the area southeast of Dong Zhou.
The area southeast of Dong Zhou was the region where the spiritual energy used to
be the richest during ancient times. Many ancestral mountain dwellings were once
unearthed there. Some of the mountain dwellings were empty, while countless
treasures were hidden in other ones. This temptation alone had attracted many
experts over.
However, the southeast region wasn't just somewhere anyone could go as long as
they wanted to. Opportunity often existed side by side with danger.
Since the southeast region was a blessed place, there was no way to avoid the
many dangers that were there. Many of the ancestral mountain dwellings had
restrictions seals set up outside them; there were defensive seals, offensive seals,
hallucinatory seals, etc.
The power of the restriction seals that were passed down from ancient times
naturally wasn't ordinary. Moreover, there were big and powerful demon beasts
guarding some of the mountain dwellings. The so-called blessed place was actually
also a dangerous place that few returned from. Nobody knew how many bodies had
been buried in that place from ancient times to now.
You XiaoMo pieced together the four maps.
Though he couldn't tell before, when he pieced together the four maps now, he
discovered that the geography depicted on the map looked very much like an
unidentifiable demon beast. However, there was indeed a place marked in the
center of the map.
When Ling Xiao saw this map, he raised his eyebrows and said, "According to
legend, an extremely powerful Emperor Beast once appeared in ancient Dong Zhou
that was on par with the Four Ancient Beast Clans. That Emperor Beast slumbered
in the southeast region of Dong Zhou, and when an ancient war spread to the
southeast region, it woke up that Emperor Beast. In a fit of anger, it completely
wiped out all of the humans and demon beasts that were locked in a struggle there."
"What happened after that?" The more You XiaoMo looked, the more he felt that the
picture on the map seemed like a tiger. If what Ling Xiao said was true, then it
should be the White Tiger, which had a similar name to the Four Ancient Beast
Clans and could be also called the fifth Divine Emperor Beast.
Ling Xiao rubbed his smooth chin. "I heard later that there was a descendant of
some powerful ancient clan that was among the humans that it killed. The clan
originally sent the descendant to Dong Zhou to let him avoid the danger of the war,
but Dong Zhou was unexpectedly wiped out. Years of painstaking effort was
destroyed in one day, and they furiously ran to Dong Zhou and fought with that
Emperor Beast for three days and three nights. They fought until the heaven and
earth were in darkness, both sides suffering losses. Afterwards, that clan declined,
and that Emperor Beast also disappeared without a trace."
"Then do you think this map has something to do with that Emperor Beast?" You
XiaoMo pondered. It would be good if that was the case. The Emperor Beast's
mountain dwelling would definitely have a lot of treasures.
"I'm not sure." Ling Xiao took the map in his hand. "This map should have appeared
before the ancient war, so it's indeed possible that the demon beast depicted
indistinctly on it is that Emperor Beast. But it's most likely just a coincidence. That
Emperor Beast slumbered for too long in that place, so it isn't impossible that the
terrain began to look more and more like it."
As a twenty-first century progressive youth, he had also heard this kind of
assimilation theory before.
You XiaoMo instantly put away the map and looked eagerly at Ling Xiao. "Is there
anything wrong with your body right now?"
"I'm only missing the Reincarnation Pill." Ling Xiao landed a blow on him without
hesitation.
You XiaoMo pursed his lips.
In the end, the two of them decided to leave that place and hurry towards the
southeast region. Once they got there, they would find a place to settle down before
exploring what was on the map.
As soon as it was decided, You XiaoMo immediately called back Xiao Pong, who
was keeping an eye on Yan Hui. He gathered up his things that day and they left the
cave that they had stayed in for three or four months. He even felt a little reluctant to
part with it.
Three or four months couldn't be considered long or short.
Ever since they came to Dong Zhou, the outside world had undergone an earth-
shaking change.
Southern Continent's Vermillion Blood Clan and the Cang Alliance had already
become irreconcilable. Although the spark had been You XiaoMo, he had only
served as an expeditor and sped up the time it took for it to happen.
Now, as long as it was a place with the Vermillion Blood Clan and Cang Alliance, the
two sides would start fighting. Fu CangQiong's disciples were spread over all of
TongTian Continent, and they were all accomplished in some way. This aspect of
theirs was much more impressive than the Vermillion Blood Clan, so after this battle,
the Vermillion Blood Clan began to be at a disadvantage.
But it hadn't even been two months before the situation changed again.
You ZhenTian's wife was a princess from one of the Silver Dragon Clans. When her
husband's family encountered difficulty, there was no way that Lady Yin could just
stand by and watch, so she asked the Silver Dragon Clan to get involved.
Originally, Lady Yin also wanted to ask the Royal Clan's five-clawed Golden Dragon
to appear, but it was clearly just wishful thinking.
The five-clawed Golden Dragon very rarely participated in TongTian Continent's
battles. Furthermore, the Golden Dragon still owed You XiaoMo for the favor he did
some time ago, and the Golden Dragon Clan was not the sort to be ungrateful.
According to both logic and sentiment, they shouldn't make a move. Not only did
they reject Lady Yin's invitation, they even told them to bear the consequences
themselves.
With the Silver Dragon Clan's aid, the Vermillion Blood Clan and the Cang Alliance
could finally be considered on the same level. Both sides were stuck in a deadlock,
while all the other major powers continued to act as observers.
At the same time, the situation at Xi Jing was also quietly changing.
In a few short months, descendants from the Four Divine Emperor Beasts
successively continued to go missing. The Four Ancient Beast Clans had always
highly valued their descendants, so for them to go missing for no reason at all, how
could they not be furious!
Therefore, the atmosphere in Xi Jing was also very tense. Almost everyone felt like
they were in danger, afraid that the Four Ancient Beast Clans' anger would spread to
them.
Later, a rumor sprouted from some unknown place that someone said their
disappearances most likely had something to do with Weeping Ghost Shore's
TianGou. The rumors became more and more intense as they developed, until
finally, even the lies became the truth.
The Demon Phoenix Clan was the first to declare that it was already preparing to
send people over to the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range to attack and demand that
TianGou hand them over, because the junior that had gone missing from the Demon
Phoenix Clan was Ji YunLang, the same one who had both of his legs burned off by
Ling Xiao.
Chapter 578: HunQiu Who Had Grown Up Crooked
At the sacred grounds of the Demon Phoenix Clan, the Hundred Birds Valley.
A cloud arrow streaked across the sky that stretched as far as the eye could see.
The sky seemed as if it had been split into two as the birds that inhabited the
Hundred Birds Valley burst into a clamor and flew out in a mad rush in terror.
The sight of more than three hundred to four hundred birds bursting into flight
painted a riot of colors, creating an extremely spectacular scene.
At the same time, in a bamboo stilt house located in the Hundred Birds Valley.
There was a stifling and depressed atmosphere permeating the expansive building.
Ji He was Ji YunLang's grandfather. With his back to the stairs, Ji He's face was full
of anger. His right palm was pressed tightly to the table with twisted fingers, and his
hair seemed about to curl up.
The roar that had just scared off the numerous birds came from him. One could tell
that he was furious with a look.
"Great Elder, do you mean leave the death of my grandson uninvestigated?!" Ji He

was so angry that he could hardly breathe. He would never leave this matter at that
if the Great Elder did not give him a reasonable explanation.
Currently, the people outside all thought that Ji YunLang was just missing. In actual
fact, only those from the Demon Phoenix Clan know that Ji YunLang was dead. The
Phoenix Clan had a Lifebound Tower and enshrined in the tower were the the
Lifebound Heart Fires of all the members of the Demon Phoenix Clan. The Heart
Fire would extinguish upon the death of that person.
Ji YunLang's Heart Fire would instantly extinguish if he died.
Nothing could surpass the anger of Ji He who had placed all his hopes on Ji
YunLang.
He had later heard that it was probably the work of the TianGou. This rumor was
repeated till it became a fact as and more and more people began to talk about it. Ji
He was then convinced that it was the TianGou who had killed Ji YunLang. He
hoped that the Demon Phoenix Clan would send someone to the Ghost Tomb
Mountain Range to launch a punitive expedition on the TianGou.
However, his actions were stopped by the Great Elder Ji Weng.
Ji Weng was the most respected person in the Demon Phoenix Clan and had
absolute authority. He was second only to the Master of the Demon Phoenix Valley
who had already been in secluded cultivation for five hundred years. Now, all trivial
and major matters in the Valley had to gain his nod of approval before it could be
done. Thus, even Ji He could not directly rebel against him if he opposed it.
Thus this scene came about.
Everyone was gathered to discuss this matter.
Old Monk Ji Weng opened his partially-closed eyes. His expression was without the
slightest ripple, akin to a well that had been steeping for thousands of years. He
started to speak after a while, breaking the tense atmosphere in the building, "Ji
YunLang was not killed by the TianGou."
"For what reason is the Great Elder so certain that YunLang wasn't killed by the
TianGou?" Ji He's expression was fierce and harsh. Although YunLang's two legs
had been destroyed, his cultivation base was still intact. His goal could still be
achieved with careful nurturing. But now, if he just left it at that and said that he was
gone, wouldn't it be letting Ji NingYu off lightly?
Ji Weng calmly stated, "Ji YunLang he had been recuperating from his injury in the
Hundred Birds Valley before he went missing. It's impossible for me to fail to
discover someone if they sneaked into the Hundred Birds Valley and secretly took
him away. The only other explanation is that he left the Hundred Birds Valley by
himself."
Though Ji YunLang's legs were gone, it was not difficult for him to leave the
Hundred Birds Valley if he wished to.
Ji He could not refute this point.
"Even if YunLang had left the Hundred Birds Valley by himself, why is the Great
Elder so convinced that it was not the people from TianGou who had captured him?"
Ji Weng stroked his grizzled beard and just as he opened his mouth to explain, a
tender, chubby and white little hand suddenly reached out from under the table.
Ji Weng suddenly bent down as the hand was about to grab his beard. A hint of a
smile suddenly flashed through his calm eyes as he looked at the owner of the little
hand, "You naughty boy, Grandpa is talking now. Don't interrupt."
The others were stunned and they looked underneath the table one after another.
It was only now they discovered that there was a fat and white baby wearing only a
small red dudou under the table. The baby looked to be about two years old and had
chubby cheeks, big and limpid eyes and was blowing spit bubbles. The baby was
extraordinary adorable.
t/n: Dudou(Belly wraps) is a type of undergarment that cover the chest and
belly, typically worn by children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudou
He was the only one who could make the Great Elder smile.
The apple of the Great Elder's eye was called Ji NingYu. The Great Elder always
liked to refer to himself as Grandpa though Ji NingYu was not his blood-related
grandchild. Moreover, he delighted in such a thing and never got tired, and he truly
cared for Ji NingYu as if he was his blood-related grandson.
The fat baby did not take his words to heart. Two short and chubby hands held onto
the Great Elder's leg as he climbed up the leg as if it was a rockface. Then he sat his
butt down in the Great Elder's arms.
Ji Weng had an expression of indulgence and even helped him adjust his position.
Other than Ji He's expression which was awfully unsightly, everyone else laughed
tactfully. The Hundred Birds Valley Bird Valley had been filled with much joyous
laughter ever since the fat baby arrived.
Furthermore, the fat baby's cultivation was already very high even though he looked
only two years old.
This was only natural. It would be a joke if his cultivation was low. He had swallowed
half of You XiaoMo's spiritual water lake the moment he was born, and nearly got
roasted and eaten by You XiaoMo.
Ji Weng made him obediently sit and stop making trouble before he answered Ji
He's question, "Ji YunLang had been recuperating from his injury in the valley. He
should also know that he could not go out as he pleased in his situation, what's more
his injury had not completely healed. Then why would he secretly go out of the
valley and not even bring Ji Wen? Has the Second Elder thought about this?"
Ji He's expression was was shadowy and obscure. He had not thought of this
question. His mood had been irascible ever since he knew that his grandson had
died, where would he have to time to think so much?
Ji Weng continued, "The only explanation is that someone used an excuse to draw
Ji YunLang out and made him go alone. This person must be Ji YunLang's
acquaintance and have a close relationship with him."
"What the Great Elder said makes sense. Ji YunLang and the members of the
TianGou had never really interacted. It seemed that someone wanted to shift the
blame onto the TianGou and make us focus our attention on them." The Fourth
Elder nodded and was the first to go along with what the Great Elder said.
The Third Elder added, "I've heard that there are missing descendants from in Qilin
Clan, the True Dragon Clan and the Black Turtle Clan too. In this case, they were
most likely killed like Ji YunLang had been. Although the TianGou is really strong,
they are not strong enough to resist the Four Clans at the same time. I suspect that
there is an alarming conspiracy brewing here."
The others all started to echo what was said as it was presented in a proper and
logical manner.
Ji Weng nodded too. The fat baby in his arms also nodded as if he was a tiny adult.
The solemn atmosphere in the building was instantly broken by him.
Ji Weng smiled and stroked his little head, yet he was looking at Ji He whose
expression was becoming increasingly overcast, "You will only fall into the enemy's
trap if you insist on getting revenge on the TianGou. Now that they are in the
shadow and we are in the light, we must be more prudent."
Ji He knew that he could not persuade them any more upon seeing that everyone
agreed with the Great Elder. The Third Elder had supported him originally, but since
YunLang's mishap, the Third Elder completely sided with the Great Elder. Now he
was alone and helpless and could only compromise.
"Don't tell me YunLang will not be avenged anymore? And what will others think of
the Demon Phoenix Clan if we don't take any action?!" The more he thought about
it, the more unwilling he was to let it drop. All his hopes were gone when his
grandson died.
"Keep calm, Ji He. We're not the only ones who have lost their descendants. The
other three clans are bound to make a move. We'll see how they proceed for the
time being. There's too many involved in this matter and its impossible for a solution
to be reached in a short while." Ji Weng said calmly as his hands began to suppress
the increasingly restless baby in his arms.
Ji Hei looked at the interaction between the grandparent and grandson and a cold
glint flashed through his eyes.
This damned old fart must be very pleased in his heart. With YunLang dead, there
was no one who would vie over the Demon Phoenix Clan with the apple of his eye.
He did not believe that Ji Weng could continue to sit here calmly if the one who died
was Ji NingYu.
Furthermore, why did it have to be his grandson?
Ever since YunLang met You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao, first the Fire Elemental
Essence was snatched by them, then even his legs were gone, and now his life was
lost.
At the thought of this, Ji He was close to vomiting to death. He itched to slaughter

You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao. Everything started because of them. Without them,
YunLang would not have died.
At this moment, Ji He put the blame for nearly all of this onto You XiaoMo and Ling
Xiao. The anger wafting off him seemed as if it was about to break through the
horizon.
The big black eyes of the fat baby stared at Ji He's resentful back as he left. Ji He's
figure was reflected in the the black and shiny pupils as a strange smile showed on
his chubby cheeks.
The smile lasted only for a second before Ji Weng's hand pinched his cheek as he
doted, "You little rascal/brat, didn't Grandpa teach you that you should just think of it
in your heart or it would be easy to be seen through?"
The fat baby only heard the first three words, reminding him of a name he had
always wanted to forget - HunQiu. This was the name bestowed upon him by the
Boss. He really both loved and hated it!
He loved it because no one else had enjoyed this honor of being the only one who
had been bestowed a name by the Boss. He hated it because the name was awful!
However, he did not want to let any single one who dared to opposed his Master
and the Boss off.
Thus, under circumstances unknown to You XiaoMo, his HunQiu had grown up
crooked.
Chapter 579: Dong Yu
Ghost Tomb Mountain Range, Weeping Ghost Shore.
Having sent them out before, You XiaoMo's Qiu Team had more or less all gathered
at Weeping Ghost Shore, including LanQiu, who had been looking for the Wolf of
Greed. His other five brothers had also come along for the ride with him.
Ever since the word of the Wolf of Greed's Life Crystal being sold at Black Spider's
auction spread, the six brothers almost went crazy. Then, LanQiu found out that the
one to win the bid for it was his master and was immediately relieved, reassuring his
other brothers that it would be alright.
However, they couldn't not avenge the Wolf of Greed.
The biggest suspect was the Black Spider. Everyone knew that the Black Spider
might seem like a fair, legal auction, but they were made up of despicable people.
Many of their auctioned items were gained unscrupulously and the Wolf of Greed's
death very likely had something to do with them.
It was common knowledge.
The Seven Sins Beasts were very special ancient demon beasts and their Life
Crystals were equally as special.
No matter human or demon beast, if they absorbed the Life Crystal of the Wolf of
Greed, they would gain the aura of the Wolf of Greed until the next Wolf of Greed
was born.
Unless they wanted to die, then no one would dare absorb the Life Crystal of the
Wolf of Greed.
That was one of the reasons why Black Spider auctioned the Life Crystal off. They
couldn't use it themselves, and it wouldn't be of any benefit to just leave it there, thus
they sold it to gain a profit and possibly frame someone else - that is, if they had
really killed the Wolf of Greed.
"I think there's no need to look further into this. The Wolf of Greed was definitely
killed by Black Spider's people. They just want to fool us into thinking that it wasn't
them because they dared to auction off the Wolf of Greed's Life Crystal!" Wrath's
temper flared and he destroyed yet another table.
This was already the ninth meeting table he had destroyed. Everyone else had
already gotten used to this.
Tian Dao, who had let them into Weeping Ghost Shore, silently made a mark next to
Wrath's name on his mental list. Everything that the Seven Sins Beasts destroyed
while at Weeping Ghost Shore would most certainly be compensated for.
However, the Seven Sins Beasts were very poor. This was common knowledge.
Thus, Tian Dao added it to You XiaoMo's bill. The Bird of Pride was his contracted
demon beast, after all, and one of the Seven Sins Beasts. With that, You XiaoMo
naturally had to take responsibility for their actions.
It was foreseeable that once You XiaoMo knew that he had to pay for the Seven
Sins Beasts' actions seemingly for no reason, he might regret giving them the Wolf
of Greed's Life Crystal.
"Wrath, control your damn temper." The Bird of Pride, seeing Tian Dao's
expressionless face, knew that he was taking account of all this and hurriedly
reprimanded Wrath, who wanted to cause more destruction.
Wrath threw himself back into his chair, uncaring. "It's not as if you don't know that I
can't control my temper. Otherwise, why would I be Wrath?"
"If you want the Wolf of Greed's Life Crystal back, it's best if you watch your words
and actions, otherwise who knows what master might do if you piss him off," the Bird
of Pride said.
Wrath sneered in anger, but didn't let his temper get the better of him again.
With help from Tian Dao's intelligence network, they began to gain a deeper
understanding of Black Spider.
Black Spider was one of the most mysterious forces in the TongTian Continent.
They had plenty of powerhouses. If the Seven Sins Beasts wanted to get back at
them, they'd have to continue to plan and deliberate.
"Sir, Sister Hua sent a message." A young man walked in from outside, his voice
heard just as he stepped through the doorway. He was one of two of Hua Gu's
followers, Hua Diao.
"What message?" Tian Dao composed himself. Ever since he took in Hua Gu and
company, he found that Hua Gu really was quite a talent. Thus, after a few months
of training, he had Hua Gu go with Tian Yuan to gather intelligence.
They had gotten immediate word of the rumors that had been spread across Xi Jing
recently. Someone was clearly behind this, trying to kick dirt on TianGou, but not
everyone would think of that. Recently, quite a few unknowns had appeared in
Ghost Tomb Mountain Range.
"Hundred Birds Valley has remained peaceful. Hua Gu said that they're like the
other clans; they probably don't believe it was us who did all those things. Right now,
everyone is launching investigations. We have the advantage in the current
situation," Hua Diao quickly explained.
One had to realize that Tian Gui hadn't been found yet. If the Four Ancient Beast
Clans really did want revenge, then Weeping Ghost Shore would eventually be
discovered.
"I understand. Continue to search for Tian Gui." Tian Dao handed a sealed jade
drive to Hua Diao. "Give this jade drive to Tian Yuan. There's very critical
information in here, and it's for Tian Yuan's eyes only."
Hua Diao accepted the jade drive and solemnly put it away.
On the other side, Tian Yuan soon received the jade drive Tian Dao had sent to him
and the message Hua Diao had to tell, immediately realizing the importance of this.
As expected, after he saw the message inside the jade drive, he couldn't help but
feel shocked. Logically, it shouldn't be them, but he believed in Tian Dao's analysis
because he hadn't ever been wrong, not since the establishment of TianGou.
Hua Gu walked in, wearing a red dress. The current her had changed much from
how she once was. She was sharper, her eyes glittering calculatingly. She shone,
just like Tian Dao did when he was young; she was a mature lady now.
No wonder Tian Dao still took her in despite knowing that Ling Xiao threw her to
them on purpose.
"Yuan-dage, what orders does sir Tian Dao have for us?" Hua Gu's casual tone
made it seem as if she had known Tian Yuan for hundreds of years. Her entire heart
had turned to TianGou without any uncertainty.
"Change the direction of our investigation. If Tian Dao is right, trouble is on the
horizon for Xi Jing." Tian Dao casually destroyed the jade drive. Without evidence to
back this up, the less people that knew of this the better.
At the same time, You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao had arrived at the southeast region.
The southeast region was many of their ancient predecessors had called the
caverns here home, so it had the title of Dong Yu. However, ever since the ancient
war, the terrain in this area had been mostly destroyed.
t/n: Dong Yu: Cavern Region
Today, there was no sight of the area that the White Tiger had etched itself into, with
gullies and trenches everywhere, and steep, sloping paths.
This was the first time You XiaoMo had ever experienced the feeling of having a
map yet not being able to find the treasure. It sucked!
"It seems like we really do have to stay here for quite a bit."
You XiaoMo's excitement had been shattered by reality. It really was true that
nothing in this world was free. He had been able to get the three pieces of the map
by coincidence before, yet had spent eight hundred million spirit gems on the last
piece. If they didn't find this treasure in the end, then he would've wasted a huge
chunk of spirit gems. To him, that was like getting a chunk of his own flesh hacked
off.
Dong Yu was vast and there were few people living here. However, there were
would be people coming here to explore the many caverns here everyday. As time
went by, small towns cropped up, especially around paths that led into other more
populated areas.
The towns weren't big, but many people came and went each day.
As they passed by the entrance to one of the towns, You XiaoMo heard some
people mumbling about how there were even more people here to explore Dong Yu
than last year and other such words.
At first, he didn't take it to mind, but that was when he found out that someone
leaked the existence of a legendary cave dwelling.
You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao rented a room in an inn and prepaid a month's worth of
rent. The town wasn't that developed, so everything was cheap.
The following morning, the two set out.
You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao went to the store to buy a map of the Dong Yu. They had
gone and gotten word that some practitioners were famous explorers who would
record what they had seen and create maps after exploring. Thus, they would sell
these maps for profit.
The maps were split into three grades, A, B and C. Grade C was the cheapest and
Grade A maps were the most expensive because they had the most comprehensive
information as well as labels for safe and danger zones. Most of the safe zones
were emptied out caverns.
You XiaoMo bought a grade A map and, after comparing it to the map he had,
realized that the place had really been wrecked.
"Start from here." Ling Xiao pointed to the tail of the White Tiger. In reality, it wasn't
a tail, but a massive mountain range, curled to form the White Tiger's tail. Continuing
up from there, you'd reach the White Tiger's spine and then head. If they could find
this mountain range, then it would make things much easier.
You XiaoMo carefully compared the two.
The battle had a huge impact on the terrain. The mountain range was now
shattered. After comparing the two for almost two hours, and sketching on the map,
he managed to connect the geographic features and figure it out.
After confirming the tail, the other areas were much easier to figure out.
"I hate maps," You XiaoMo muttered as he sketched on the map. He was the most
unfortunate person in the world. He had gotten a complete map, yet he had to draw
a new one himself.
"Do your best!" Ling Xiao encouraged him lazily, sitting opposite him. If he wasn't
smirking, it'd have a much better effect.
You XiaoMo glared at him. I don't need morale support!
After six hours, the new map was done.
Addis note: There was a previous translation error with The Wolf of Greed's name.
We previously translated it as Gluttony, but it is actually Greed. Sorry for the error.
Chapter 580: The Flower Sisters
"What are you drawing?" Ling Xiao asked as he took a look at You XiaoMo’s map. A
once normal looking map was now covered in miscellaneous lines, making it very
confusing to look at.
You XiaoMo snatched the map back, "Those who don't help have no right to say
anything. I finally recovered the broken map of the White Tigers, this is the work of
my blood, sweat, and tears."
"So your, ‘blood, sweat, and tears’ isn't that just a bunch of crap on a bunch of crap?
Like a kids doodle?" Ling Xiao nodded, smiling, but not really. He sure couldn't see
the hard work in it.
You XiaoMo held the map protectively in his arms. Of course he knew that his
doodles looked a bit like what comes out of one's rear end, but it was still his hard
work. He then tried justifying it, "What do you know? That is the point. That way no
one else knows what it is but me."
This time, Ling Xiao didn't refute it. You XiaoMo felt as if he had finally won a long
hard battle.
On the second day, the two went inside Dong Yu.
But just as they were about to get through it, they were stopped by a few strangers,
one man and two women. The man was decent looking whereas the females were
pretty and looked almost the same. It seemed like they were twin sisters.
You XiaoMo couldn't help but frown.
"Hello, I'm Niu XuYang." The man said with a smile as he made obeisance. As if he
hadn't seen the displeasure on You XiaoMo's face, he pointed at the twin sisters and
introduced them, "They're Mo Fei and Mo Xue."
"What do you want?" You XiaoMo said skeptically. Could it be that they were, once
again, attracted here by Ling Xiao's face? Since not many people knew of them
here, they weren't wearing masks.
Niu XuYang immediately followed, "The two of you must have heard of the Dong Yu
Bandits, right?"
You XiaoMo knew then, their purpose.
Dong Yu Bandits was a special occupation created because of the existence of
Dong Yu.
Not everyone who went to Dong Yu had an adventurous spirit, rather, some of them
simply wished to profit without doing anything. These types of people would often
hide where the most people were and rob those who were alone or weak.
These types of scenarios were common in Dong Yu and the name of the Dong Yu
Bandits were well known across the land. Many adventurers were weary of them.
Now with the rumor of a legendary cave dwelling, the people who came to Dong Yu
doubled. The bandits were surely going to take this opportunity to make a fortune.
Thus, many thought of grouping together, as the groups became bigger and
stronger, the bandits wouldn't dare to rob them.
Niu XuYang and the sisters had been here since the morning, looking for potential
teammates. First, they couldn't look too ugly, that was on the request of the sisters,
and since Niu XuYang liked the older sister, Mo Xue, he granted her every request.
Secondly was to be strong, no less than the Imperial Realm and lastly no females.
The second and third condition was easily met, those who dared come to Dong Yu
were usually strong and mostly they were men. However, the first condition was the
issue.
Although it was just, 'not too ugly', but in reality, their standards were very high.
They were really picky. When Niu XuYang found someone who was relatively strong
and didn't look too bad, Mo Xue was upset, saying that his nose was crooked, also
that it would ruin her mood, having him on the team.
Niu XuYang patiently kept picking but they were either rejected by Mo Fei or Mo
Xue, using all kinds of weird reasons too. Now that an hour had passed, they hadn't
even acquired one teammate.
Just as Niu XuYang was in a panic about what to do, he was pinched on the arm by
Mo Xue. That was when he saw the sisters staring at a man who looked as if God
has descended from Heaven. Their eyes were fixated on him, and the next thing he
knew, they insisted on getting this man to join their team.
Niu XuYang felt conflicted. The man was too handsome. If Mo Xue fell in love with
him, what was he going to do?
Niu XuYang wasn't very willing, but pressured by the sisters, he could only brace
himself and invite them. So what You XiaoMo had guessed was true, they were after
Ling Xiao's looks.
"So you're here to invite us to your team because you feel that we're strong?" You
XiaoMo realized that Mo Xue and her sister hadn't shifted their gaze from Ling Xiao
since the beginning. To hell with 'strength', they were clearly here for Ling Xiao.
Niu XuYang continued, "This should be the first time for you guys right? First-timers
usually don't know this, but the situation inside Dong Yu is very dangerous. Many of
those bandits are of the Emperor Realm, at least four or five of them. If you don't join
a team, they're very likely to pick on you."
"We don't want teammates." You XiaoMo rejected him outright. They were here for
the treasure, they couldn't have outsiders on their team. Of course, the main issue
was that he hated how the twins looked at Ling Xiao.
If he really let them join, he couldn't be certain that he wouldn't poke their eyes out.
Niu XuYang paused for a moment before showing an expression of disappointment,
but inside, he breathed a sigh of relief. This way, he wouldn't have to worry
anymore.
"You really won't consider it?" Niu XuYang didn't want Mo Xue to realize his true
feelings, so he asked again to keep up the farce.
You XiaoMo shook his head, "No need..."
"Wait." Mo Xue hurriedly stopped him, "Your partner didn't say anything yet and we
are mostly inviting him. Unless you can make a decision for him?"
You XiaoMo knew that they weren't going to let the matter go easily, so he wasn't
surprised to hear this. Lifting the corner of his mouth, he said, "You're right, I can
make any decision for him."
"We want to hear his thoughts." Mo Fei lifted her chin up in arrogance. Compared to
a stinky man and one that didn't consider her feelings, she was confident that with
her beauty, the man would want to be with them instead.
Beside her, her sister also straighten her posture, showing off her incredible curves.
You XiaoMo felt the corner of his mouth twitch. Really, another brain-damaged-
overly-confident person. But the chief culprit was still Ling Xiao. Without the mask,
he really attracted people like bees to flowers. He had thought that there weren't
many females in Dong Yu, but when luck went around, one couldn't stop, could
they?
Thinking it this far, You XiaoMo turned to glare at Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao rubbed his nose. Without even looking at the sisters, he shrugged his
shoulders and said, "On this planet, there's bound to be people who are brain
damaged. However, if we were concerned with everyone of them, don't you think
your IQ would be pulled down into the triple negative digits?"
A critical hit!
Since he was already in the double digit negatives, You XiaoMo stood firm in not
falling to the triple digits. Okay, I'm a man with a big heart, and I'm not going to be
bothered by stupid people.
Thus, the double digit You XiaoMo was calmed down by a few words of his
husband. The two then went hand in hand happily inside.
Behind them, the two sisters expressions, upon hearing Ling Xiao's mockery, turned
very ugly. The affection in their eyes had been replaced with hatred. So, as the
saying went, a woman's emotions comes and goes like a storm.
"How dare he ridicule me! We're definitely not letting them off the hook. Hurry, we're
going to follow them." Mo Xue's words were immediately supported by Mo Fei and
the two went in without asking for Niu XuYang's opinion. All Niu XuYang could do
was follow them.
There was only a mountain that stood between the village and Dong Yu. Behind the
crowded village was empty, unclaimed land. Even the ongoing shadows of people
couldn't change that feeling. It was a place waiting to be discovered.
The complete version of the map showed that the right eye of the tiger was their
destination. It didn't look hard to find but the head the of tiger was the most
damaged, so recovering this part took You XiaoMo a lot of time. Even now he wasn't
completely sure of it's exact whereabouts, only the approximate area.
The good thing was that the position of the eyes was fixed. If it could change, then
he would really be searching for it till the end of time.
Judging by the position of the eyes, You XiaoMo picked out two directions it could
be. Due to the grand battle from before, the white tiger's head was split in halves,
creating a deep canyon. He didn't know which side it was on so he said to Ling Xiao,
pointing at the map, "We'll split up, you go there and I'll go here..."
"Together." Ling Xiao interjected.
Regardless of the truth of the legendary cave dwelling, the ones who liked adventure
wouldn't pass on something like this and it was often those people who were
powerful. Working alone was likely to draw unwanted attention.
You XiaoMo didn't need to ask to understand Ling Xiao's concerns and after
remembering the sisters that were tailing them, he felt the need to have a close eye
on Ling Xiao too.
It was very interesting how the canyon was created, it started from the left eye,
reaching horizontally to the right. It split the head North from South, so they didn't
know which side it was on.
The two of them decided to go the closer one first, the South side. As for the twin
sisters, they were quickly thrown off their trail.
Chapter 581: Hero Rescues Beauties
"Such a beautiful pair of sisters!"
A familiar sentence rushed into You XiaoMo's ears like a persistent vengeful demon,
especially those last four words. They had clearly shaken them off not too long ago,
yet they miraculously ran in front of them again. Could it be another pair of beautiful
sisters?
You XiaoMo repeatedly comforted himself.
However, after he saw the two beautiful sisters, Mo Fei and Mo Xue, with his own
eyes, he finally knew that this many dislikable coincidences truly did exist in this
world.
About a hundred meters ahead, Niu XuYang, Mo Xue, and Mo Fei were currently
being surrounded by a crowd of people. Considering the way that crowd of people
were dressed, as well as their behavior, they should be the so-called Dong Yu
bandits.
"How did they get in front of us?" You XiaoMo couldn't help but ask Ling Xiao. Even
if they used all their strength to press on with their journey, it was impossible for
them to get in front of them so quickly.
"They probably used some kind of method." Ling Xiao couldn't say precisely why
either. Everyone had their own secret tricks, or they had an item that could allow
them to shorten the distance.
You XiaoMo nodded his head, not quite understanding. However, this did seem to
be the first time that he had encountered a 'hero rescues the beauty' scenario. It was
a pity that he didn't want to save them, it was truly a hard opportunity to come by!
You XiaoMo instantly fished out a magic fruit from his dimension and handed it to
Ling Xiao. "Let's watch as we eat fruit from the side."
Ling Xiao took the fruit and said, "Didn't you want to go find the White Tiger's right
eye?"
You XiaoMo said matter-of-factly, "That's not urgent. In any case, besides us,
nobody else knows where it is either. This is the first time I've encountered a good
'hero rescues the beauty' show, so of course I want to watch."
As he spoke, he took a bite out of the fruit with a crunch.
Before them, Niu XuYang and the rest had just encountered the Dong Yu bandits
not too long ago. Even though the three of them felt that it was very unexpected,
they didn't show any signs of panic, especially the two sisters. Their expressions
were calm and collected, as if the bandits surrounding them were just like the men
who worshipped them.
"You guys look so ugly, you should scram at once out of my sight, or you can just
wait and see what happens." Mo Xue wore an expression of haughty, cold elegance
and her eyes held disgust as she looked at the bandits.
Mo Xue's aesthetic standards were extremely strict. In her eyes, men who looked
ugly were all dirty objects, and dirty objects should beat it far, far away from her. As
for her standards for ugliness, one could refer to the delicate, pretty, and adorable
You XiaoMo.
As for Mo Fei, although she wasn't as obsessive over people's outer appearances
as her sister was, she had already been imperceptibly influenced by her sister over
the years. Her requirements for looks shot straight up like a rocket. For example, Niu
XuYang could actually be considered a handsome young fellow, but in the two
sisters' eyes, he was just average.
The two sisters naturally enslaved the men who looked just average. In their hearts,
they even felt that Niu XuYang should be honored.
This kind of woman was very terrifying. Their ability to cause trouble was directly
correlated to their nitpicking over looks. Niu XuYang could also be considered
getting what he deserved. Who told him to like this sort of top-notch woman like Mo
Xue.
"Boss, this girl has quite a temper!" A bandit immediately started to laugh loudly after
he heard Mo Xue's words. They were already defenseless, yet she was still telling
them to scram. Wasn't she just acting recklessly!
A man with a face full of hair rubbed his beard and smiled lewdly. "No matter, no
matter. I like this kind of forceful woman, it feels great when you do them on the
bed!"
The others instantly revealed lascivious expressions, and they all started to laugh.
Mo Xue turned livid with rage.
"A crowd of reckless dirty objects dares to speak so insolently about my older sister?
If we were to tell you who we are, it'd scare you to death!" Mo Fei instantly leaped
forward. Even though they were twins, her figure wasn't as full or impressive as Mo
Xue's. She looked fairly frail and weak, but the bandits still felt that she seemed very
lively and cute.
"This old man hasn't tried out twins before!" When the bandit chief saw Mo Fei, his
eyes immediately lit up. "Little girl, why don't you tell us who you are?"
Mo Fei's face turned red from anger after his first sentence. When she heard what
he said after that, she said viciously, "Listen well. I am the Guma Tribe's second
young mistress Mo Fei, and the great Guma Minister is my father."
"Oh, so you're the second young mistress. Many apologies for not recognizing you.
This humble man has failed to recognize your eminence." The bandit chief suddenly
saw the light.
"It's fine as long as you know. Now, everyone slap their mouths one hundred times
for me. After that, scram far, far away. It hurts my eyes just to look at you all." His
flattering words were very useful against Mo Fei.
Mo Xue still looked at them coldly.
The band chief suddenly snorted coldly before his previous attitude vanished in a
heartbeat. "I was just giving you face since you really thought you were the second
young mistress. Brothers, get them! Seize these two little girls, I'll share them with
you all after I'm done enjoying them. As for the man, kill him."
His subordinates instantly started yelling gleefully and vied with each other to be the
first to pounce at Mo Fei and Mo Xue. Ever since they had become Dong Yu
bandits, it had been a very long time since they encountered such high-quality
women.
Niu XuYang turned pale with fright. He hadn't imagined that they would act as soon
as they said so, and he was about to rush over when the bandit chief abruptly
blocked his path.
"Boy, your strength level isn't bad. It's too bad you met this old man." The band chief
had realized what his cultivation base was long ago. He was only one star lower
than him. Although the gap wasn't large, he still couldn't be his opponent.
Niu XuYang instantly went on alert.
At that moment, Mo Xue's flustered and exasperated voice suddenly rang out. "Niu
XuYang, what are you standing around in a daze for! Why aren't you coming to
rescue me?”
Mo Xue's level of strength was only at the Emperor three-star level. In reality, it
wasn't low, but all of the subordinates under the bandit chief also were around the
same level. If she fought them one-on-one, it could perhaps result in a draw, but it
was impossible if it was two-against-one.
They had just started fighting, and Mo Xue was already at a disadvantage.
Niu XuYang was so worried that his eyes turned red. He wanted to charge over and
rescue Mo Xue, but the bandit chief abruptly launched an attack towards him. It was
a deadly blow, causing him to be unable to go over.
Mo Fei was in even more dire straits than Mo Xue. In the first place, her strength
was worse than Mo Xue's, and she was seized at once. The two bandits leered at
her as they manipulated her, and the young woman was so scared that she almost
started crying, continuously shouting for her sister to come rescue her.
How could Mo Xue go rescue her? She was unable to even protect herself, but
when she heard her little sister's cries for help, she accidentally got distracted. A
bandit caught her around the neck, and her pretty face went red with a lack of air.
"Boss, we've caught them." That bandit immediately shouted happily and excitedly
at the bandit chief.
When Niu XuYang saw Mo Xue fall into their hands, his heart jumped, and it was
hard to avoid making a mistake. He accidentally let the bandit chief strike him in the
chest, and he spat out blood as he went flying, his internal organs almost displaced.
"A useless good-for-nothing like you also wants to be a hero? More like a coward."
The bandit chief snorted coldly before walking towards the captured Mo Xue. She
finally knew to be afraid.
"What on earth do you guys want to do? If my dad knows about this, he definitely
won't let you go!" Mo Xue howled wrathfully, although her body had already started
to shake in fear.
What she didn't know was that the bandit chief had never once listened to what she
was saying. It didn't matter if she was telling the truth or lying. In any case, he had
already offended her, so he might as well offend her to the end. Moreover, it was
worth it if he could get a taste of the Guma Tribe's first and second young mistress.
The bandit chief reached towards Mo Xue's chest with a hideous grin. With a ripping
sound, the clothing at her chest was torn off, revealing her pink undergarments. Two
large round white mounds sat at his beck and call.
Mo Xue screamed and seemed like she was about to faint.
"Beast!" Niu XuYang's eyes were red as he watched, and he seemed like a crazed
bull.
The bandit chief's grimy hands stretched even closer to Mo Xue's undergarments,
and Mo Xue looked like she was going to pass out. In this moment of extreme crisis,
a fruit pit flew over out of nowhere and smashed into his hand. There was quite a bit
of strength behind it, and it made his entire hand go numb when it slammed into him.
"Who's there?" The bandit chief covered his hand and stared in shock in the
direction that the fruit pit had come flying over from. He actually hadn't known that
there were other people nearby, could it be that their strength was above his?
His cultivation base was at the Divine two star level. If he showed off this kind of
strength outside, many people would definitely invite him to join their courts.
However, he would much rather stay in Dong Yu and lord over other people, only
because this place was more lax than other places. Nobody cared if they raped and
looted, and moreover, with his strength, there were few people who could be his
opponents in Dong Yu.
"What are you doing?" Ling Xiao still held a half-eaten fruit in his hand. He looked at
You XiaoMo, whose hands were both empty, and he raised an eyebrow in surprise.
You XiaoMo rubbed his nose guiltily. "Even though I don't like that pair of beautiful
sisters, violating women in broad daylight is a bit too obscene."
Ling Xiao suddenly revealed a thin smile, heavy with meaning.
Outside, the bandit chief, who didn't receive a response, was about to send his men
in to take a look, when another wave of people appeared. They weren't bandits; they
were an exploration party of about ten or so people. When they discovered the
situation over here, they instantly charged over.
"It's the Dong Yu bandits. Everyone, get them!"
Chapter 582: Nothing Goes Unpunished
There were only five men on the bandit chief's side. Although their overall numerical
strength was high, the members of the expedition team were double theirs and the strength of
the captain seemed to be on par with his.
After quickly weighing the gains and losses in his heart, the bandit chief determined that
there would not be any advantages for him and efficiently fled with four of his men. At the
same time, he stole the magic bag of the beautiful sisters while making his getaway.
"Are the two young ladies all right?" The captain was called Xie Jun and he was the first to
rush to them. He looked at Mo Xue's sorry figure in concern. His gaze drifted to the two
shining white mounds of flesh at her chest. He swallowed a little before immediately turning
his eyes away.
Mo Xue saw that Xie Jun was very handsome and since his looks were to her liking, she fell
into his arms when her legs went soft.
Xie Jun immediately supported her with a slightly embarrassed expression as he asked with
concern, "What's wrong, Young Lady? Are you injured anywhere?"
Mo Xue weakly leaned on his chest while she sobbed and shook her head, "I'm not hurt, I
was just crying tears of joy. If Sir hadn't arrived in time, I, I…*sob sob*. Mo Xue doesn't
know how to repay Sir's life-saving grace."
"There's no need for Lady Mo to do so. This Xie didn't do much too." Xie Jun said hurriedly.
Mo Xue clasped his hand and looked at him tenderly, "No, there's no need to be modest, Xie-
dage. It is true that you saved us two sisters. Mo Xue will surely repay you."
Xie Jun smiled and pulled out his hand, "Lady Mo, recently DongYu has not been very
peaceful and the number of bandits have been increasing. It's better if you wait for more
people to come back, otherwise it's easy to be targeted."
Mo Xue just thought he was especially handsome and considerate. In addition, he was strong
and she was quickly taking a liking to him. She promptly agreed with Xie Jun when she
heard what he said, "Xie-dage is right, but we cannot find our comrades at the moment..."
Knowing what she meant, Xie Jun immediately answered, "If Lady Mo finds it acceptable,
you can join us."
"Really? Then I'd like to thank Xie-dage." Mo Xue smiled through her tears as her soft hands
gripped Xie Jun's hand again. She looked at him with her dainty and charming eyes.
Xie Jun did not pull his hand out this time. He smiled as he replied, "You're welcome. It's
only right to take care of beautiful ladies."
Mo Xue's alluring face became bashful and she was almost drunk on his honeyed words.
"Let go of Mo Xue!" A voice akin to an eyesore sounded like a thunderbolt in their ears. Not
far away, Niu XuYang had already stood up after the churning blood and qi in the pit of his
stomach gradually calmed. Though his face was originally red in color, he soon turned
redder with anger when he saw Mo Xue and Xie Jun who were almost clinging on to one
another.
Mo Xue's expression immediately chilled upon hearing Niu XuYang's voice, "Niu XuYang!
Xie-dage is our rescuer, how can you shout at him? Would we have fallen to this extent if
you weren't so useless?"
"Mo Xue, I..." Niu XuYang knew that he was in the wrong. He was unable to refute these
words, but he just could not bear to see Mo Xue do her utmost to please a man.
"I what I, you're still not coming over to apologize to Xie-dage?" Mo Xue unhappily
snapped.
Niu XuYang frowned. His eyebrows formed a into a '川' character, "Mo Xue, actually, the
one who saved you was not him, but another person."
He had personally witnessed a fruit pit hit the bandit chief's hand with his own eyes.
Moreover, the fruit pit came from the opposite direction of Xie Jun's group.
Mo Xue hesitated for a moment. She did not see the direction where the fruit pit came flying
from, but since their backs were to Xie Jun's group at that time, it was indeed impossible for
Xie Jun to have done it.
Niu XuYang saw that she was wavering and immediately pointed in the direction of You
XiaoMo and Ling Xiao as he cried out, "I saw it with my own eyes. The fruit pit came from
there. They should be hiding behind the stone."
You XiaoMo was behind the stone. He felt an irrepressible urge to cut off Niu XuYang's
tongue.
If you feel jealous, then just be jealous. Why on earth did you have drag him down? He can
only be an unnamed hero.
Ling Xiao was at the side smiling with joy from the calamity and delighting in the disaster.
"May I venture to ask which Master saved us? Would it be possible to reveal yourself to us?"
Niu XuYang clasped his hands in obeisance as he shouted loudly. He added another match to
You XiaoMo.
Mo Xue and Mo Fei expectantly looked over. If it was a handsome guy, they'd behave a little
more enthusiastically. If not, they would just carelessly say a word of thanks.
No one noticed Xie Jun darkly eying Niu XuYang.
The moment everyone was expecting arrived as a black head was poked out from above the
stone, revealing a face that was incomparably familiar to Niu XuYang and the two ladies.
Mo Xue and Mo Fei's smiles immediately froze on their faces.
"Hi, everybody!" You XiaoMo waved to them. He had proposed to leave immediately, but
Ling Xiao refused, saying that since they had already saved the two, they should at least
show their faces. Show what shit ah! He clearly felt that Ling Xiao just wanted to watch a
good show!
"It's you!" Mo Xue gnashed her teeth in anger.
You XiaoMo nodded and smiled mischievously, "Who else can it be but me?"
Niu XuYang did not think it would be them. He knew that Mo Xue and Mo Fei did not like
him. However, rather than letting Mo Xue fawn upon Xie Jun, he would rather that person
being fawned over to be You XiaoMo. At the very least, Mo Xue would never have a
favorable impression of him because his looks did not meet Mo Xue's standards.
"So it's this Sir who saved us..."
"Niu XuYang!" Mo Fei suddenly shouted his name and fiercely glared at You XiaoMo, "The
one who really saved us is not him. At the most, he just stopped the movement of the bandits.
It's Xie-dage and the rest who really scared the bandits away."
Mo Xue hatefully echoed, "That's right. What more, I suspect that he had been watching on
the sidelines for a long time. That fruit pit is the proof. Why would he wait till the last minute
to make a move if he genuinely wanted to save us?"
With a look at the moist pit of the fruit, one could tell that it had just been finished.
That was ironclad evidence.
However, the Mo Xue sisters who could deny everything were truly marvels, Mo Xue in
particular. At least You XiaoMo stopped the bandit chief's hand from grabbing her
undergarments. Even if it was not him who rescued them, her entire body would have been
seen by this group of men.
You XiaoMo suddenly understood why Ling Xiao was smiling like that.
It turned out that he already knew that Mo Xue would deny this fact. Sure enough, he just
wanted to watch a good show.
No good deed goes unpunished ah!
You XiaoMo leaned back into Ling Xiao's embrace, "I'm so sad. My first 'hero saves the
maiden' and she even complained that I did not immediately make a move. How can there be
such a shameless person in the world?!"
Ling Xiao stroked his hair as the corner of his mouth raised up, "It's not the first time you've
seen a shameless person. Remember this incident the next time and don't just save anyone
you see. Some people harbor evil intentions and may not thank you for your help. This kind
of person should be given a taste of despair."
After speaking the last sentence, his eyes fell on Mo Xue with a smile that was yet not a
smile.
Mo Xue entire body became cold and she started shivering.
You XiaoMo muttered to himself, it's like this every time. He always must let me do it
before he reminds me. This kind of method was not the least bit awesome, though it did
leave a deep impression on him and make him learn from his mistakes. However, he really
regretted saving her now.
"All right, all right. I will remember it next time and will deeply engrave this onto my heart."
"And also," Ling Xiao indifferently added, "remember to be extremely vigilant in the future.
Don't steal the limelight of others when there's no need for you to step in."
You XiaoMo blinked, what do you mean by that?
Xie Jun's heart jumped when he heard this. This man knew that they were nearby?
That's right, both You XiaoMo and Xie Jun had long arrived here and none of the groups had
immediately come to the aid of the ladies. It so happened that Xie Jun was a step slower than
You XiaoMo. This phenomenon was a very common thing as no one had the obligation to
save another. It was only after hearing Mo Fei disclose her identity that Xie Jun began to
have some ideas.
He believed Mo Fei's words, yet he still did not step in immediately. Instead, he intended to
choose the most critical moment, so that the two sisters would have a deeper impression of
him and be even more grateful to him.
However, he did not expect that someone would step in before he did. He was afraid of his
plans being wrecked by You XiaoMo, so he ran out with his teammates.
Mo Xue and her sister did not understand the meaning of Ling Xiao's words. She only felt
that she was deeply despised by this man who looked at her as if she was a lowly ant. This
made her burn with rage.
"Who asked you to save us, you meddler!" Mo Xue was shamed into anger. Flames were
almost shooting out of her beautiful eyes. She was really the model of one devoid of
gratitude. Anyway, You XiaoMo did not expect her to repay his kindness.
You XiaoMo restrained himself even though he really wanted to give her a tight slap, so he
decided not to hold back on his words. Thus, he smiled at Mo Xue and said before he left,
"Pretty Miss, I'd like to say a word to you and your sister before I leave - I wish you are
raped as soon as possible."
After he was done, he immediately pulled Ling Xiao along and walked away.
Mo Xue was so angry that her heart was violently spasming. They actually dared to speak to
her in such a tone! If they were in the Guma Tribe, she would have long gotten someone to
tear his mouth to pieces.
Niu XuYang looked at Mo Xue, whose face was twisted with anger, with a complicated
expression. Originally, he quite liked Mo Xue's outspoken character, but now he was unsure.
For him and Mo Fei, it was Xie Jun who really saved them. But for Mo Xue, the one she
should be more grateful to was You XiaoMo.
Mo Xue and Mo Fei finally decided to join Xie Jun's team and go with them. Niu XuYang
thought about it before he decided to join them. He did not have the strength to protect
himself in DongYu.
Chapter 583: Ambusher
The two soon arrived at their destination.
The geography of the White Tiger's head was much less wholesome than You
XiaoMo predicted. They couldn't tell from the map. After all, it wasn't possible that
every little aspect would be drawn and recorded with perfect accuracy, so it wouldn't
be an easy task to find the right eye in such a horribly destroyed terrain.
You XiaoMo decided to split the work up between him and Ling Xiao to find it faster.
"You start looking from the left, I'll start from the right. If we find anything suspicious,
we call the other with the transmitter stone or record the location."
Ling Xiao didn't object. "Be careful.'
"Don't worry!" You XiaoMo waved at him and ran to the right. At his cultivation level,
he wouldn't have much of a problem even if he did meet Dong Yu Bandits. Being a
grade Three Rainbow Level mage was no joke.
You XiaoMo flew around a kilometer, landing on a thick tree. The tree seemed over
a thousand years old, but had long since lost any signs of life, leaving behind an
empty shell.
Comparing the two maps, he was certain that the right eye was nearby. However,
when he had used his soul power to sweep the area, he hadn't found anything like a
cave dwelling, only ruins scattered about, capable of hiding only a few people.
Several hundred meters away, there was also a massive canyon. It was so deep
that you couldn't see the bottom.
According to the people in the town, spacial forces wreacked chaos at the bottom.
Anyone who fell in wouldn't have any hope of return. It was doubtlessly the single
most dangerous place in Dong Yu.
You XiaoMo stood on the tree, looking into the distance. He was able to see the
vague outline of a black ribbon like thing. That was the Black Canyon.
You XiaoMo couldn't help but run over and take a look.
Looking down from the steep wall he was standing on, a blast of wind coming from
below attacked his face, the howling reminiscent of the screams of a female ghost.
He had heard from the townspeople that this was the place that caused the most
deaths.
They said that some people thought there might be a legendary cave dwelling here.
After all, it was very dangerous, and the more danger there was, the more likely that
there was something valuable to be gained. So, there were often teams of people
who didn't fear death that came here. However, no matter what team came, they
always returned with less than a fifth of their original number.
No wonder he and Ling Xiao hadn't seen a single person on their way over.
There were plenty of people who were terrified of death, especially of a place like
this that continuously had rumors of being a practitioner's grave. So barely anyone
came anymore.
Thus, the Black Canyon became a death zone.
"Huh?" You XiaoMo was about to look away when he seemed to glimpse a flash of
something down below, like light reflected up by a mirror. If it was a natural
phenomena, it was unlikely that it would flash away so quickly. Er, was someone
down there?
Just as this thought passed through his mind, a wave of killing intent rose behind
him and killing energy locked onto him, darting forwards towards him and aiming to
assassinate him.
You XiaoMo jumped into the air, his toes pushing off of the sword that appeared
where he had been standing mere moments ago. He used this momentum to flip
360 degrees in the air, his right foot sweeping towards the black robed man who
was wielding the sword.
The black robed person couldn't retract his sword fast enough and so he blocked the
attack with his other arm before using the power from You XiaoMo's kick to retreat
several tens of meters. His figure landed on a sharp crag, his killing intent not
faltering at all. His empty eyes were fixed on You XiaoMo, not budging his gaze by
even a fraction.
You XiaoMo was pretty sure he didn't know this person and had never had any
entanglements with him, so there was little chance that he had offended this person.
So why did this person ambush him?
"Who are you? Why did you ambush me?"
The only answer he received was the black robed man once again raising his sword,
poised to strike. The energy around him swelled, like a sword being unsheathed,
and then the man became a streak of black, swiftly charging at You XiaoMo.
You XiaoMo admitted that this black robed man had a very high cultivation base,
stronger than that bandit leader and Xie Jun, but that didn't mean You XiaoMo would
be afraid.
Well, since this guy so stubbornly kept his mouth closed, then You XiaoMo would
beat him until he spoke. He didn't want to be hunted without reason - there had to be
a source to this. If they had gotten the wrong person, then that would just be sad!
You XiaoMo faced the black robed man bare-handed, not at all falling to a
disadvantage.
The battle between the two raged wildly, kicking up dust and rocks and cracking
open the earth. The two were extremely fast. If someone else was here, they'd
probably only be able to see afterimages of their forms.
Yet soon enough, some spectators really did arrive.
It was none other than Mo Xue, Xie Jun and company that You XiaoMo and Ling
Xiao had left not half a day ago. Xie Jun's original goal had been the Black Canyon,
too, so it wasn't unexpected that he'd appear.
They could see the two fighting figures from quite a ways away. The powerful aura
and killing intent from the two had them afraid to approach.
"Xie Dage, didn't you say that explorers very rarely come here. How come there are
people fighting here? Will it affect us?" Mo Xue clung to Xie Jun, fragile like a little
bird.
Xie Jun's arm went around her waist quite casually and, hearing of her question,
replied confidently, "Some powerouses are interested in these dangerous places,
and those that start fighting on a whim aren't few. So long as we don't go near them,
they shouldn't attack us."
"That's good then." Mo Xue looked at him with admiration.

Though Xie Jun had ulterior motives for Mo Xue, seeing her look at him so
worshipfully wasn't bad.
Behind them, Niu XuYang frowned as he watched this.
"Xie Dage, are we really going to wait for them to finish before heading over. We
have so many people, so can't we just go over now?" Mo Fei liked Xie Jun, too and
immediately squeezed herself against Xie Jun's other side, looking up at him with
innocence. Her gaze was filled with trust for Xie Jun, and she pretended to not
notice the glare her older sister shot her.
Xie Jun's expression stiffened for a moment. Would he have to admit that all of them
added together wouldn't be a match for either of the two? He couldn't say something
that would damage his image so.
Niu XuYang caught the flash of discomfort on his face and immediately said, "Mo
Fei, your Xie Dage thinks we're too weak and not a match for the two, so that's why
he's planning on waiting for the two to finish fighting before heading over."
Xie Jun's expression twisted.
Mo Fei wasn't looking at Xie Jun's face and, hearing Niu XuYang demeaning her Xie
Dage, immediately retorted, "Niu XuYang, don't talk nonsense. You're weak; don't
go around thinking everyone is weak like you."
Niu XuYang glanced at Xie Jun, whose expression was growing uglier by the
second, and scoffed before shutting up.
Mo Fei thought that she had struck Niu XuYang's nerve and continued to mock him.
She didn't notice Xie Jun's expression at all until Mo Xue spoke up and scolded her.
"Mo Fei, shut up."
Mo Fei was about to retort, but she suddenly saw Xie Jun's expression and seemed
to understand something, going silent in fear, but not forgetting to shoot Niu XuYang
a glare.
As they spoke, You XiaoMo and the black robed man's battle was coming to a close.
Though the black robed man was experienced in combat, his cultivation base was
lower than You XiaoMo's, and as time went by, the gap between them became more
obvious.
You XiaoMo had put on a pair of golden gloves made from the silk of his golden
winged insects. Though the craftsmanship was rough, and it looked ugly, but the
effect was top notch. He had managed to break the black robed man's sword with
these gloves.
And the broken sword was lodged in the chest of the black robed man.
The black robed man's empty gaze become more and more lifeless as his life
drained away. His gaze was filled with despair, and the flash of incredulousness.
You XiaoMo hadn't shoved the sword into his heart, otherwise he would've been
dead by now and not on his last breath. He wanted to know why the man had
ambushed him and if it had something to do with the flash at the bottom of the
canyon.
Before he could ask anything, though, the black robed man slumped as he died.
You XiaoMo approached him and realized that the other had completely died. Was
the guy afraid of him interrogating him and thus committed suicide?
Did he really look so evil?
You XiaoMo retracted his gaze, turning his gaze towards Xie Jun and company. He
had noticed them ages ago. He simply didn't have the time to bother with them
before.
It was only when he properly looked at them that he realized that these people were
familiar faces. Trouble really did always follow him, how come he bumped into them
again?
Mo Xue and company then realized that the person they were afraid of was a
familiar face.
At first they had only seen his back and weren't able to recognize him, after all, they
had only met each other twice. It wasn't until he turned around that his face was
revealed to them.
Mo Xue and Mo Fei's expressions were ugly like they had just eaten shit. Their eyes
were wide, jaws dropped. Reality had played a cruel trick on them. The person they
had looked down on was a true powerhouse?
Unlike them, Xie Jun's reaction was different. His gaze didn't leave the golden
gloves You XiaoMo was wearing. He had personally witnessed how You XiaoMo
had snapped the sword with the gloves.
Chapter 584: Ape Shit
You XiaoMo took one look and turned away. He searched through the man in
black's body but only found one magic bag and there wasn't much in it either.
Nothing to identify him whatsoever.
But, it was because of this that You XiaoMo was sure the man attacked him
because there was something below the canyon. He was probably also a
professional assassin, so something like them were the only ones who would hide
their identity.
"Killing for goods is only something a bandit would do." It was at this moment that a
voice with a slight evilness to it appeared. Although it wasn't directed at anyone in
particular, You XiaoMo knew that they were cursing him.
The reason was no other than the fact that the voice belonged to Mo Xue, the
woman who wouldn't go away. You XiaoMo took the magic bag and destroyed the
body, then looked thoughtfully at Mo Xue.
Mo Xue knew that she shouldn't provoke him but she couldn't help it. Someone she
once looked down upon was now above her. Now the one to look up became her
and she couldn't take it. Seeing that You XiaoMo looked over, she subconsciously
raised her chin, in stubborn defiance.
A flash of displeasure towards Mo Xue appeared in Xie Jun's eyes as he pulled her
back, "Xue-er, don't provoke him."
Mo Xue could understand what Xie Jun was implying and wanted to follow his words
but her usual pride kept her from lowering her head. Instead, she said, "Xie-dage,
we are a group, why are we afraid of one person?"
Xie Jun carefully made sure to not show his impatience and continued, "Don't forget
he still has a comrade. Not only that, if we were to really fight him, we would pay a
harsh price for i. After that, the Dong Yu Bandits would surely set their eyes on us."
"Xie-dage, why are you arguing for them and dissing yourself. From what I can tell,
his comrade isn't even here, otherwise, they would have surely appeared by now."
Mo Xue knew that Xie Jun was right but she just didn't want to give up so easily.
Xie Jun chuckled, but deep down he wanted to kill her. If she wasn't still worth
something, he would have left her to die a long time ago. Did she seriously think
being the Guma Tribe Leader's daughter made her invincible?
This was Dong Yu, not her tribe, her status would only scare the weaklings.
It wasn't long after Mo Xue's talk that Ling Xiao appeared. His slender figure
appeared elegantly beside You XiaoMo, without a warning. Ling Xiao didn't see the
man in black's vanished corpse, but he could tell that a major fight had happened.
Looking at Mo Xue's group in the distance, he asked, "What happened?"
"I'm wondering if I should kill them." You XiaoMo said. He didn't lower his voice for
this, rather he purposefully said it loudly, so that Mo Xue's group could hear him.
Just like he thought, the expression on their faces changed.
"All of them?" Ling Xiao asked without batting an eye.
You XiaoMo scratched his head, "Ah, actually I just want to kill this one person, her
mouth is so annoying. The things that come out is hard on the ears, but I don't want
to dirty my hands."
Ling Xiao gently chuckled, "If you want her to never speak again, that's easy. If you
think it'll dirty your hands, then I'll do it."
"Okay." You XiaoMo nodded, smiling.
The couple simultaneously looked towards Mo Xue.
As if she had fallen into an ice pit, feelings of fear, like the sprouts erupting after the
rain, erupted one after another. It was only now, that she started to regret provoking
them for her pride. In fear, she held on tightly to Xie Jun's arm, with half of her body
hiding behind him. "Xie-dage, help, help me!"
Xie Jun froze. If he stood up for Mo Xue with the current circumstances, then he was
as good as dead. But, it was also an opportunity to completely capture her heart. As
he debated, the scale soon tilted towards his fear of death. If he died then what
would be the point of capturing her heart? With her heartlessness, she would
probably forget him soon after.
But, now he needed to prevent Mo Fei from seeing this side of him. At this moment,
he had already changed to focus on Mo Fei instead, but he would soon be rid of his
worries.
Mo Xue, who had originally been latched onto him made a scream of terror and
shoved him away. Her whole body was tossing and turning on the ground. Her
hands gripped tightly at her neck and as her mouth opened, she spit out fire.
Soon, she was unable to scream, as if her throat had been burned. One half of her
face caught on fire as well, making it eerily hideous. She kept rolling on the floor
because of the pain and her fingernails broke due to the pressure, but that pain was
nothing in comparison.
"Sis!" Mo Fei screamed as she was about to rush over.
With quick reflexes, Xie Jun caught her, "Don't go there, that's not a normal flame,
even you would be burned if you go."
Mo Fei's body froze for a second and she didn't dare go up anymore, instead, she
cried into Xie Jun's arms.
Somewhere in him, Niu XuYang felt a little bad for Mo Xue. If this was before they
had entered Dong Yu, then he would have stopped at nothing to save her. But now,
with her cynicism and her intimate actions with Xie Jun, she had worn off any love
he had for her.
Now, he was eerily calm watching everything unfold.
The strange flame burned Mo Xue's throat and half of her face. The scars moved as
if there were worms on her face and it was red like a soldering iron. No one dared to
go up to her and seeing the ugliness of her face, everyone shifted their gaze away in
disgust.
Xie Jun hesitated for a second before pulling out a magic pill for Mo Xue to eat. She
was still the daughter of the Guma Tribe's leader, after all.
On the other hand, both Ling Xiao and You XiaoMo were gone. With Ling Xiao's
power, he could easily have Mo Xue taste her own medicine with a flick of a finger.
As for Guma Tribe's possible revenge, that wasn't a consideration of theirs. After all,
the Guma Tribe were close with the Vermillion Blood Clan, there was no way they
wouldn't be on opposite sides.
You XiaoMo didn't get to see Mo Xue's sad state since they quickly left, but with Ling
Xiao's usual tendencies, he could already see Mo Xue's misery.
"Okay, now can you tell me what happened? Who were you fighting with and for
what?" Until they couldn't see Xie Jun anymore did Ling Xiao asked once again.
You XiaoMo quickly re-accounted the ambush and his suspicion that the right eye
was below the grand canyon, but he was only thirty percent sure.
Ling Xiao searched all the way over, and of course, he hadn't seen anything
suspicious along the way. They could be certain that the white tiger's right eye was
not here. It was either on the other side or below them.
"Do you want to go down now?" Ling Xiao confirmed.
You XiaoMo thought about it for a second and shook his head, "Let's do it another
day."
There were still other people around searching for the right eye. It was better the
less people knew about it and Ling Xiao's wounds hadn't healed yet, so before he
was sure of the strength of the people below, he wasn't going to take chances. As
for whether or not he acted rashly, which might alert the enemy, with the corpse
burned, that shouldn't be a problem.
Ling Xiao didn't oppose it.
The two took another look at the canyon before leaving for Dong Yu. With them, Xie
Jun's group had also left due to the severity of Mo Xue's injuries. Due to her
position, everyone agreed to leave early for the town.
It wasn't long after You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao returned that Xie Jun's group arrived
too. Mo Xue's three man group didn't stay in the same place as them but Xie Jun's
exploration team did. It was closer to Dong Yu, thus, when they returned to town,
they headed there. They caused a big commotion and many people peaked out their
heads to take a look.
You XiaoMo was curious too and purposefully opened the window to get a closer
look.
But because of that, Xie Jun, who was carrying Mo Xue, arrived in front of him.
Seeing him, his whole body froze and his hurried footsteps came to a halt.
The people behind him pulled their emergency breaks too. Just as they were about
to speak, they saw You XiaoMo leaning against the window with a devious smile.
Everyone of them froze like a zombie and Mo Fei even hid behind Niu XuYang.
This was what you call ape shit!
But, they were able to meet twice in Dong Yu, which was a much bigger place, it
was actually not that much of a surprise that they would meet up here in town.
Maybe they were just fated to meet each other.
You XiaoMo waved, smiling, "Hello."
Xie Jun was the first to react. If he left now, that would appear too deliberate, so he
could only clench his teeth and continue walking. If they let them off the hook before,
they probably wouldn't do anything now.
Mo Fei wanted to follow him but she was afraid of becoming like her sister, so she
just glued herself to Niu XuYang. Using him to block You XiaoMo's vision so that
even if something happened, it would happen to Niu XuYang first.
Seeing them run away as if they had seen a ghost, You XiaoMo laughed whole
heartily.
It was the first time he had seen someone so afraid of him. Before, it was only him
being afraid, now it was the other way around. As they say, what comes around
goes around.
Congratulations! (to him)
"Ah!"
As he was thinking that, he was knocked on the head as Ling Xiao's voice came
from within, "What are you standing around there stupidly for? Get your ass in here!"
Ah! Ling Xiao was so annoying!
Chapter 585: Woman in White
In the dead of the night, something like the sound of a female ghost screaming
would occur every so often. The voice was extremely shrill and sharp, and almost
half of the town heard it.
In an instant, cursing voices drifted out from many inns, and a large stretch of lights
lit up. But the weird thing was that by the time everyone wanted to know which inn
the sound had come from, the voice had disappeared again.
That night, there were a lot of people who couldn't sleep.
However, there were two people who were exceptions: You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao.
After they threw out a sound insulation Restriction, the female ghost's voice couldn't
be heard anymore.
The second day, the people of this inn were said to have the heaviest eyebags, so
many people were very displeased with Xie Jun. But taking into consideration Xie
Jun's strength, they didn't dare to say anything, and they could only get angry.
A burn on the face and throat couldn't be compared to one on the arm. That kind of
pain would be much greater than the pain from an arm. In addition, one couldn't
scratch it, or it would get even worse, so it was normal that Mo Xue screamed for
most of the night.
In the latter half of the night, Xie Jun most likely fed her some kind of magic pill that
could stop the pain. Or what You XiaoMo guessed was that Xie Jun was afraid of
offending too many people, so he knocked Mo Xue out. It was a bit simpler, and this
way she couldn't scream even if she wanted to.
Early in the morning, the lobby was very lively.
Everyone was discussing the sound of the female ghost screaming last night. Even
though there had been such a racket that they couldn't sleep, everyone was still very
interested in this kind of gossip.
Some people had seen Mo Xue's face with their own eyes, which was burned so
badly it didn't look like a human or demon. They were so scared that they couldn't
sleep the entire night, and as soon as they closed their eyes they would remember
her face. It was quite terrifying.
However, there were also people discussing what happened in Dong Yu.
The information about the legendary cave dwelling couldn't have come from nothing,
or else it wouldn't have attracted so many people. As of today, more and more
people had rushed over to this place, including some major powers in Dong Zhou.
Seeing everyone discuss it so fervently, You XiaoMo couldn't help but quietly ask
Ling Xiao, "They shouldn't know about the map, right?"
For this kind of rumor to spread out after they pieced together the four maps, if they
just thought about it they could tell something wasn't quite right.
"There aren't that many clues, half are true, and half are fake." Ling Xiao cracked
open a peanut.
You XiaoMo saw that he liked to eat peanuts, so while he opened some for him, he
asked, "Then which major power do you think the person in black who attacked us at
Black Canyon is most likely from?"
He was well-trained and was also an accomplice, so he had to be part of a group.
Ling Xiao calmly accepted his service and said, "You shouldn't have destroyed that
corpse. You should've seen if there were any symbols on his body before destroying
it."
"You can't blame me for that. Mo Xue and the rest were watching from the side back
then, so all I could think about was quickly destroying the corpse and the evidence. I
didn't examine it very carefully, and at the time I didn't think about taking off his
clothes." You XiaoMo felt a bit of regret.
Ling Xiao paused and stared at him. "Don't forget you're a man with a husband."
You XiaoMo's mouth twitched. Suddenly, the noise in the lobby quieted down.
You XiaoMo looked in the direction of the stairs. It turns out that his fated people
were coming down from the stairs, including Mo Xue, who had to wear a veil
because part of her face was burned. She appeared extremely weak, as most of her
body weight rested against Xie Jun. Her younger sister Mo Fei followed behind them
with a reluctant expression on her face, and she occasionally glanced enviously at
her sister.
You XiaoMo had always felt that these two sisters were like exotic flowers. It
would've been better if they hadn't been born human in this lifetime. They couldn't be
fox spirits either, because that was thinking too highly of them.
He and Ling Xiao sat in the corner close to the window. For a while, Xie Jun and the
rest didn't notice them, but Niu XuYang saw them immediately. However, he had no
reaction. Instead, he was calm and unperturbed, as if he didn't recognize them.
"This Niu XuYang's temperament actually isn’t too bad." Ling Xiao spoke in a rare
show of praise for a stranger.
You XiaoMo had also noticed him, and he said disapprovingly, "It's too bad that he
likes Mo Xue. No matter how normal his worldview is, sooner or later he's going to
be led astray."
"You haven't discovered it yet?" Ling Xiao asked in return.
"What?" You XiaoMo froze.
Ling Xiao said, "He should've already given up by now, or else he wouldn't have
been indifferent to Mo Xue's face being disfigured. He didn't have any reaction
whatsoever when he saw how close she and the one with the surname Xie are."
"Could it be because Mo Xue got disfigured?" You XiaoMo said in alarm. The story
of a scumbag and a slut momentarily took shape inside his mind.
"Who knows."
While they were speaking, Mo Xue had already noticed them. She couldn't speak,
but there was no way the thin layer of the veil could block the resentful, bone-deep
hostility in her eyes. She probably thought they couldn't tell, so the hatred in her
gaze was undisguised.
You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao had become aware of it in the first second. This Mo Xue
was the typical example of someone who didn't learn her lesson. She was punished
so brutally, yet she still dared to use that kind of expression to look at them. It
seemed that years of having a superiority complex prevented her from dropping this
kind of bad habit. Just last night she was more dead than alive, yet today she didn't
seem to fear death at all.
You XiaoMo clicked his tongue. However, he learned the reason behind Mo Xue's
reaction very quickly.
The Guma Tribe's people had arrived. Their cultivation bases were even higher than
Xie Jun's, and their whole body emitted an aura of 'I am an expert,' especially the
woman in white who was walking at the very front. She had a noble air around her
as she sent out a holy and pure aura, as if she was an immortal who had descended
to the earth. She was even more beautiful than the two sisters.
When she saw them, Mo Fei was the first to rush over in pleasant surprise.
"Sister Xia..." Mo Fei bounded over to the woman in white with a hurt expression on
her face, as if she was about to cry. "You must support me and my sister."
The woman in white revealed a divine smile and said gently, "What's wrong? Who
bullied my little sister Mo Fei and made her so sad?"
Mo Fei didn't instantly point in the direction of the new immigrants and Ling Xiao.
Instead, she pulled her over to Mo Xue and Xie Jun and said in a complaining tone,
"Sister Xia, hurry and take a look at my older sister. She was disfigured by
someone."
The woman in white looked at Mo Xue, who was wearing a veil. She could see
clearly that half of Mo Xue's face was disfigured and changed beyond recognition
through the veil, and it seemed that the injury near her neck also was wasn't light.
Her elegant brows crinkled slightly. It was actually this severe?
"Ah..." Mo Xue was very excited when she saw the woman in white appear, but she
couldn't speak. She could only sit there anxiously, but luckily, her little sister
immediately brought her over.
The woman in white's expression was slightly overcast, and she asked in a cold
voice, "What in the world happened? How was Mo Xue disfigured?"
Mo Fei finally found a way to vent, and she colorfully described all of You XiaoMo
and Ling Xiao's offences. Her voice wasn't quiet, and she greatly exaggerated many
things right in front of You XiaoMo's face. For example, she didn't include that it was
because back then Mo Xue had spoken insolently first, nor did she include that You
XiaoMo had once rescued Mo Xue. In any case, it was all You XiaoMo's fault.
Who knew what the woman in white was thinking, but when she heard Mo Fei
speak, her beautiful face remained completely expressionless, as if she wasn't
moved in the slightest. However, the two sisters didn’t find this unusual at all.
After Mo Fei finished pouring out the story, she looked expectantly at the woman in
white. "Sister Xia, my big sister is so pitiful. You must back her up."
"Your Excellency Xia Yin, may I ask whether Mo Xue's face can still be cured?" Niu
XuYang walked respectfully over, sweeping away the detachment from his face.
When Mo Xue heard this, she also looked eagerly at her.
The woman in white finally reacted, and she nodded imperceptibly at him, though
she said, "The flames that burned Mo Xue aren't ordinary flames. If I'm not wrong, it
should be from a kind of Godfire. Injuries that were created by Godfire are usually
very hard to cure completely."
Mo Xue instantly stood up agitatedly, not even caring that she slammed into the
table. She didn't want to be disfigured for her whole life.
Xie Jun hastily supported her and said quietly, "Xue-er, don't get too excited. 'Very
hard to cure completely' doesn't mean that it's impossible to cure completely, there
will definitely be a way."
The woman in white glanced at him indifferently and said, "I need to examine it first
before I can determine whether it's curable. However, don't get your hopes up.
Magic pills that can cure a burn from Godfire require rainbow pills that are grade five
or up."
Mo Xue fell back onto her chair, and soundlessly began to cry. Even though she
wasn't a mage, how could she not know how difficult it was to refine a rainbow pill
that was above grade five? Moreover, even if they wanted to refine pills, they still
needed a pill recipe.
Mo Xue stroked her own face. When she thought about how she would have to carry
this demonic appearance forever, the hostility that she had towards You XiaoMo and
Ling Xiao took shape into a soaring resentment. She would definitely make them
suffer a painful death!
"Sister Xia, those two people are the ones who made big sister become this tragic."
Mo Fei instantly pointed at You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao in the corner, a pleased
expression on her face. After oppressing it for so long, they could finally get
revenge.
They would let them know that Sister Xia was the strongest one in the Guma Tribe,
besides their own father.
You XiaoMo's back was facing them, and he asked Ling Xiao curiously, "Can you
really cure a burn from Godfire?"
He thought that it wasn’t possible, or else Xing Qi wouldn't have carried around a
broken arm back then. However, it was also possible that there just hadn't been
enough time.
Ling Xiao picked up his cup of tea and took a sip before saying blandly, "You can't!"
"What's the difference?"
"The difference is that that's my Godfire."
"You have a lot of confidence, hm."
Ling Xiao smirked and shot him a glance. "You don't like it?"
You XiaoMo's eyes sparkled. "I like it!"
Self-absorbed public displays of affection were truly very disgusting!
Chapter 586: Made Into A Scapegoat
Xia Yin was the incumbent holy maiden of the Guma Tribe and the only Grade Six
Rainbow Level mage in the tribe. There was one point that had to be mentioned
when speaking of this.
Although there were few mages in Dong Zhou, the quality of those mages were
high. This was because other than Xia Yin who had a Grade Six cultivation base,
there was also a Grade Five Rainbow Level mage under her. As that mage
undertook more tasks than Xia Yin, their reputation outside was higher than hers.
As the saying went, things were valued for their quality rather than their quantity.
That was the truth. The Vermillion Blood Clan did not have a Grade Six mage and
even the Mage Association and the Beast Transfiguration Guild only had one or two.
The holy maiden's position in the tribe was extremely high, second only to the Chief
of the Guma Tribe, Mo Ma.
The reason these foreigners would appear here, was firstly because of Mo Xue and
Mo Fei, who came to Dong Yu without many guards with them and with their father
on their back. The second reason was the ultra legendary abode.
The tribes of Dong Zhou would rather believe in such a thing then let it slip by.
Furthermore, they had received secret reports that the ShuiXi Tribe had secretly
sent experts to Dong Yu. In this case, the Guma tribe could not sit idly by. It was just
as well that Xia Yin was interested in ultra legendary adobe, so Mo Ma requested
her to come over and to take care of his daughters while she was at it.
Xia Yin was a very smart woman. She was crystal clear about what Mo Xue and Mo
Fei's behavior were like. She believed only ten percent of Mo Fei's words and did
not believe the rest because few would have made a move for no reason if the
sisters had not provoked the other party.
After Xia Yin saw the appearance of Ling Xiao, she was absolutely sure that Mo Xue
and her sister were the first to incite the conflict.
The entire Guma Tribe knew that Mo Xue was a man-chaser and paid great
attention to the appearance of men. When she saw a handsome and dashing man,
she could not wait to climb into the other's bed. She was a licentious and degrading
woman. Of course, no one knew that Xia Yin really hated Mo Xue and her sister very
much.
An imposing aura suddenly burst out of Xia Yin's body. The vigorous soul force that
carried a boundless pressure blasted towards You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao.
The imposing pressure and aura of a Grade Six Rainbow Level mage made many
people in the inn breathless. Some even exaggeratedly fell to the ground. However,
most would probably be injured now if Xia Yin had not deliberately controlled her
pressure from spreading to the rest of the people. Just when Mo Xue and their group
were pleased with themselves, a terrifying aura suddenly erupted in the small inn. It
crossed blows with Xia Yin's soul force in midair and instantly overturned the roof of
the inn.
The excessive power dissipated after two minutes, but by that time, more than half
the inn had already been destroyed.
Xia Yin's beautiful eyes showed her shock. She intended to perform a perfunctory
gesture and thought of giving them a small lesson for the sake of Mo Xue and her
sister's face, and for her to be able to justify herself to Mo Ma. Yet she did not think
that there was a concealed talent in this remote town.
"May I venture to ask how I should address Your Excellency?" Xia Yin reacted and
quickly retracted the aloof and arrogant glint in her eyes. Her expression was neither
obsequious nor supercilious and her tone was mostly courteous. The other side had
the strength to be on equal footing with her.
Mo Xue and her sister, who was beside her, were shocked by the attitude of Xia Yin
and could not say a word. After interacting with Xia Yin for so many years, they had
a profound understanding of Xia Yin's disposition and temper. At times, she would
not even show respect to their father, yet, she was tranquilly and calmly speaking to
a stranger at this moment. The heavens must be falling.
Ling Xiao swept a glance over Xia Yin, "An address is not necessary. Holy maiden,
remember to tell Chief Mo Ma of the Guma Tribe to strictly discipline his daughters.
They provoked us as they wished and spoke rudely towards us. For the sake of the
Guma Tribe's face, their lives were not taken this time. The next time they certainly
won't be so lucky.”
"Xia Yin will apologize to Your Excellency on their behalf here. Many thanks to Your
Excellency for being magnanimous and not arguing with them." Xia Yin did not
hesitate to believe his words. She even took the initiative to show the white flag. This
was all for the Guma Tribe.
Ling Xiao let out a soft smile but did not reply.
Xia Yin knew that the other side would not bother about this anymore, otherwise he
would not have just destroyed Mo Xue's appearance. She thanked him once again
and left the inn with Mo Xue and her group. Xie Jun hesitated for a moment, and
then he went along. Things had already progressed this far, he could not ruin the
enterprise for the sake of one basketful.
……
You XiaoMo sighed in despair and looked at a big hole in the roof. Fortunately, it
didn't rain, but he paid a month's rent in advance and stayed only a few days.
The innkeeper also felt like weeping but he had no tears. It was really an
undeserved catastrophe. After witnessing their strength, he also could not ask You
XiaoMo and Ling Xiao for compensation.
On the other hand, after Xia Yin left the inn, she asked the people with her to find a
clean inn again. After she asked for a first-class room, she took Mo Xue and the
three to her room. Xie Jun was blocked from entering and could only wait outside
the room. He dared not get too close as there were guards watching.
Once they entered the room, Xia Yin gave a backhanded slap to Mo Xue and Mo
Fei. The sound of the two slaps were so loud that even Xie Jun who was outside
could hear it.
"Sister Xia!" Mo Fei screeched in agitation, "Even if you didn't take revenge for my
sister and me, why would you hit me? I'll tell my father about this!"
Xia Yin sneered, "Even if you don't complain, I will still report this to the Chief Mo
Ma. You guys really progressed farther the longer you live. It's nothing much even
when you caused a disaster in the tribe. This time you actually provoked a Sacred
Realm expert. It's already considered a mercy that he did not kill the two of you. I'd
like to know what Chief Mo Ma will think when he knows about this."
Mo Fei could not refute, yet she was not willing to take it lying down as she shouted,
"Aren't you the holy maiden of the Guma Tribe? Isn't your strength very high? Why
didn't you kill him and spare all later trouble? Don't tell me you deliberately let them
go. What kind of intention do you have for the Guma Tribe in the end?"
She did not like Xia Yin because she had heard people talk about her and her sister
in private, saying that they could not even compare with a finger of the holy maiden
even though they were Chief's daughters. The holy maiden was aloof and remote,
they were only licentious and degrading women.
But this time her father actually sent Xia Yin over. Mo Fei wanted to let Xia Yin and
those two people fight it out. She did not think that Xia Yin would take the initiative to
show the white flag. Now, she even hit them. New hatred piled on old and she hated
Xia Yin, this woman, to death.
Xia Yin looked at her with cold eyes.
"Mo Fei, how can you say this to the holy maiden? The holy maiden is majestic and
pure. How can you make such comments at will? If it's passed back to the clan,
even your father cannot protect you." Niu XuYang saw Mo Fei was saying more and
more outrageous things and immediately reprimanded her.
"Majestic and pure?" Mo Fei mocked. She only felt her qi and blood in the pit of her
stomach raging and she could not help but voice out her malicious words. Flashing
over and over in her mind were the words of those who praised Xia Yin and belittled
them.
"You!" Niu XuYang was furious.
"All right." Xia Yin suddenly interrupted Niu XuYang, "I'll send you back to the Guma
Tribe later. As for the wounds on Mo Xue's face, there is no need to heal them. It is
impossible to heal anything burned by Godfire."
Mo Xue shook the table in agitation. Now, she could only express her inner thoughts
in this manner. Xia Yin had obviously said there might be a way before, but now she
went back on her words and said it could not be healed. It was evident that she just
did not want to help her.
Xia Yin ignored her. She let the guards in and brought four people over. The four
people were relatively strong and she asked them to escort the two sisters back.
She let Niu XuYang stay instead.
Xie Jun immediately went over upon seeing them come out.
Xia Yin glanced at him, "Young Master Xie, we still have something to do so please
return."
Xie Jun did not dare to offend her. Although he had a lot of things to ask Mo Fei,
since holy maiden opened her mouth to chase him away, he could not continue to
stay here. The future was long and there was still a chance, so he said his
goodbyes. He did not know that Xia Yin was going to send the two sisters back. At
this point, he never expected that they would not have the opportunity to meet again.
Returning to the room, Xia Yin sent Niu XuYang away and asked him to call her
attendant over. After a while, the attendant pushed the door open and walked in.
"What is the holy maiden's command?"
Xia Yin opened her eyes. Her beautiful black eyes harbored a trace of chilliness,
"Send a message to Xiao Qiu and the rest. Ask them to find a suitable opportunity to
kill the two sisters."
The attendant was startled, "Holy maiden, I'm afraid that it's not appropriate to do
this. It will be hard to avoid the effects of this if Lord Mo Ma blames you. Even if they
spoke rudely to you, you must not act rashly and disregard the consequences."
Xia Yin stood up, "This is not an impulsive idea, this is an opportunity. The incident
between Mo Xue and those two are already known to all. When Mo Ma investigates
this, I can push the blame for this onto them. It would be a shame to waste such a
good opportunity."
The attendant thought for a moment. This plan was indeed feasible. Not only could
she get rid of the two sisters, but she could also divert Mo Ma's attention.
"The holy maiden is wise. Your servant will do it right away."
Xia Yin nodded her head and dismissed her. Although this would turn the two of
them into her scapegoats, she had no choice but to make them suffer such an
injustice for the time being.
At this point, You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao did not know that they would become Xia
Yin's scapegoats. However, even if they knew, they would probably have no reaction
since they already had a feud with the sisters.
Chapter 587: Illusion Array

"How about I take you to watch a show?" After the two returned to the room, Ling
Xiao said this out of the blue. The ‘how about’ was just a courtesy, dragging the
confused You XiaoMo away to ‘watch a show’ before the other could even nod in
agreement.
The actors of the play were Mo Xue and Mo Fei, as well as Xia Yin's two attendants.
The two attendants led the two into a thick forest after leaving the town. The forest
was devoid of human life; there didn't even seem to be a single demon beast here
either. It really was a good place to kill and bury people.
Mo Xue and Mo Fei didn't sense that there was anything wrong and Mo Fei was
even cursing people out loudly, Xia Yin amongst them. This was a huge shock to
You XiaoMo.
In the inn, You XiaoMo had personally heard Mo Fei call out to Xia Yin with such a
sweet tone. Now that Xia Yin was no longer of use, they immediately turned on her?
Soon enough, he knew what the show Ling Xiao had brought him here to watch
was.
The two attendants suddenly stopped, one in front and the other behind, cutting off
the two sisters' escape routes. Their gazes were chilling, as if looking at two
corpses, and killing intent filled the air.
"The holy maiden told you to escort us back to the tribe, what do you think you're
doing?" No matter how thick-skulled Mo Fei was, this was killing intent thick enough
for even her to sense.
However, she probably thought that the two attendants didn't actually dare kill them
and thus wasn't afraid at all. Mo Xue grasped Mo Fei tightly. She was the older one,
after all, and after blow after blow, she was no longer as naive as before. She could
see that the two attendants truly did want to kill them.
"Sister, don't worry, they won't really dare to do anything to us," Mo Fei thought that
what Mo Xue was expressing was rage.
The two attendants unsheathed their swords.
Mo Fei cried out in anger, "Do you want to die? You dare to go against the holy
maiden's orders? My father will know about this! I'll make sure he punishes her!"
"The holy maiden's orders?" Attendant Xiao Qiu sneered. "The order we received
from the holy maiden was to kill you two sisters."
"Xiao Qiu, let's not waste our breath on them and deal with them quickly, so that
nothing unexpected happens." The other attendant immediately raised her sword
and stabbed towards Mo Fei with it, her strikes fatal.
You XiaoMo, watching from a distance, felt his jaw drop in shock. "What's this?"
Ling Xiao helped him close his mouth and explained, uncaringly, "Can't you tell?
That holy maiden wants to kill Mo Xue and Mo Fei and then frame us. Plenty of
people know that there's bad blood between the sisters and us. With them dead, the
Guma Tribe would naturally suspect us."
"But we have nothing against the holy maiden, so why is she trying to put the blame
on our shoulders?" You XiaoMo felt depressed. The women here were getting more
and more intimidating.
"I'm guessing that she doesn't have the best relationship with Mo Ma. The bad blood
between us and Mo Xue was a chance, so the person she's really targeting isn't us,
but Mo Ma." The corner of Ling Xiao's mouth curled up, his smile meaningful.
You XiaoMo raised his head. "How did you know that the holy maiden wanted to kill
Mo Xue and her sister?"
Ling Xiao said confidently, "In the inn, though she hid it well, I could clearly see that
she had been wanting to kill them for a long time.It wasn't too hard to figure it out
after that."
You XiaoMo glanced at him, deciding to forgo complimenting him.
"Well, if you knew, then you just brought me here to watch the sisters being killed?"
Shouldn't he consider You XiaoMo's feelings before dragging him out to watch gore?
Though he was used to it by now, he preferred to avoid it if possible.
"Of course not, you think I'd let just anyone frame us?" Surprisingly, Ling Xiao
denied it.
You XiaoMo was shocked. "You want to save Mo Xue and her sister?"
Ling Xiao cuffed him over the head. "What the hell are you using your brain for all
day? Did I say we were going to save them?"
"Then what do you mean?" You XiaoMo covered his head, feeling rather chagrined.
"If she wants to frame us, then why not be more direct and turn what we're framed
for into a reality?" A malicious grin spread across Ling Xiao's face.
You XiaoMo gaped.
Ahead, the battle between the four ladies was coming to a close.
Though Mo Xue had been injured, it had only destroyed her beauty and hadn't
affected her skill. However, the sisters weren't as strong as the two attendants and
soon fell to a disadvantage.
Seeing that they wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer, Mo Xue suddenly took
out an item.
Seeing this item, the two attendants knew that this wasn't good. They had forgotten
that Mo Xue and her sister were Mo Ma's daughters and were certain to have
special tools they could use to save themselves when attacked. If they managed to
escape and inform Mo Ma, then the holy maiden's plan would fail.
Mo Xue grinned, her face becoming terrifying; the veil she was wearing had fallen off
early into the fight. When Xiao Qiu charged over, she immediately activated the
magic tool. The tool was something her father had specially made to help her flee
from dangerous situations. It used spacial force to teleport the user instantly across
a short distance. Before, when she had appeared in front of You XiaoMo, it had
been through this treasure.
"Sister, wait for me!" Seeing her older sister activate the magic tool, Mo Fei hurried
over, but was blocked by Xiao Qiu who managed to stab her thanks to this
distraction.
Mo Xue looked at her younger sister apologetically, silently saying sorry. One of
them surviving would be better than if both of them died here. After she returned to
the Guma Tribe, she would have her father avenge her younger sister. She let the
spacial force that seeped out of the magic tool envelop her.
The attendants cursed silently at the current situation, intending to charge over
regardless, but that was when something strange occurred.
The spacial force that enveloped Mo Xue suddenly began to thrash wildly, from
gentle to violent, and Mo Xue took the brunt of the damage.
"Aaaaahhhh!!!” The violent spacial force cut through Mo Xue's flesh, blood gushing
out. In under a minute, she had become nothing more than bits of gore and blood,
the spacial force cutting through her like a hot knife through butter. Half an arm, a
leg, half a head, and so on. The entire scene was horrifying.
Everyone stared in shock.
Mo Fei, originally angry at her sister for fleeing without her, began to retch in disgust.
When the violent spacial energy disappeared, Mo Xue was completely dead. Once
upon a time, she had a position that drew everyone's envy, and now she was no
more than a pile of flesh and blood.
After staring, dumbstruck, for five seconds, Xiao Qiu snapped out of her stupor and
raised her sword, stabbing it through the retching Mo Fei. Though she had no idea
what happened, she thanked the heavens that they were on the holy maiden's side.
After killing Mo Fei, she covered some of her wounds and made some more on her
own body, as if she had just fought to the death with someone, before heading back
to the town.
You XiaoMo had thrown up everything he had eaten that morning. He had eaten two
bowls of tofu pudding that morning and the current scene really was too alike,
making him sick.
Ling Xiao took him back to the inn and, rather nastily, ordered a bowl of tofu pudding
for him. From then on, whenever You XiaoMo saw tofu pudding, he'd feel sick.
In a different inn, Xia Yin had just received a report of what had occurred. For Mo
Xue's death, even Xia Yin would've never thought that it was Ling Xiao who had
done it, simply treating it as a malfunction of the magic tool. However, to make the
story of the attack more realistic, she had Xiao Qiu feign her death and become a
different attendant before sending someone to report back to the Guma Tribe.
Mo Ma was already tens of thousands of years old. Mo Xue and Mo Fei were his
only daughters and he didn't have any sons, so despite these two ladies not being
the best of people, he truly did love the twins. If he knew that they had been killed,
he'd be absolutely furious.
In the afternoon, You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao prepared to enter Dong Yu again.
This time, they carefully covered their tracks and went directly to the Black Canyon.
They looked around the north side and, as expected, didn't find their target.
With this, You XiaoMo was certain that the white tiger's right eye was at the bottom
of the canyon.
After making some preparations, the two jumped down the canyon.
The canyon was over two kilometers long and two to three hundred meters wide.
Due to the intense wind and miasma that was present, as well as the violent spacial
energy even further down, most people couldn't possibly get down, so very few
people knew how deep the canyon truly was.
You XiaoMo was settled on Ling Xiao's shoulders. If it wasn't for the fact that this
place had been discovered, he actually would've preferred to come down after Ling
Xiao was fully recovered.
A layer of flame surrounded them, and they plummeted like a shining star.
They had fallen for around three thousand meters or so before You XiaoMo realized
that they were at the bottom because the spacial force had disappeared, replaced
by a wide, open world with blue skies, white clouds and a pleasant breeze. Did who
did this think they were born yesterday?
You XiaoMo felt that his IQ had been seriously underestimated.
"As expected, someone is down here. And they've created such a massive illusion
array to welcome us, too," Ling Xiao exclaimed.
You XiaoMo said in frustration, "Exactly! Do they think we're brainless? I can't
believe they thought we wouldn't realize, how stupid."
"No!"
"What?"
"You are. I'm not."
"..."
Chapter 588: Underwater world
The one who set up this illusion array meant to kill everyone who was lost in it. They
didn't hold back at all. It wasn't just an array that created illusions, the wind became
razors, the grass became lethal, it was a death trap everywhere. Unless they found
the core and destroyed it, they were going to die of spiritual energy depletion.
The one who made a move was surprisingly not Ling Xiao but rather You XiaoMo.
Ever since Ling Xiao was injured, he took the initiative on many manual labors.
This illusion array looked abnormal and difficult to break but for You XiaoMo, the
crescent moon up in the morning sky was a dead give away.
Thus, without hesitation he attacked the moon. With a Azure Hand attack, he
slapped the moon flat. In an instant the illusion array was broken, but before he
could feel happy about it and reflect on it, they were attacked.
Same as the man in black who surprised him before, these people were in the same
costume. The three man in black attacked ruthlessly. Just as they came out of the
array, their swords went straight for vital organs.
Ling Xiao, however, was prepared. Two slivers of flame, like a snake, slithered out
and wrapped around the man in black's swords. Climbing up the sword, they quickly
reached towards the men's bodies. To protect themselves, the men in black couldn't
help but retract their attack.
Like last time, You XiaoMo used his ugly woven gloves to catch his sword bare-
handedly. This time he didn't break it but rather sent him flying against a wall with a
kick. You XiaoMo thought that he was going to be half-dead if not dead, but instead
he quickly got up again.
The man in black let out a deep roar, like a wild beast, as his shirt started to rip inch
by inch. He turned into a gorilla with dense black fur.
Gorillas were a high grade demon beast, with great offensive and defensive
capabilities. One could say that they were like a cockroach, unkillable. Thus, that
kick You XiaoMo did, didn't affect him much.
Pounding on his chest, the gorilla let out a roar and quickly ran towards You XiaoMo.
You XiaoMo thought of its incredible defenses, especially the chest area, and
thought to win by speed. In the meantime, they exchanged a few blows and You
XiaoMo felt numb from the shock of his force. Looked like he had no choice but to
end it quickly.
Once Ling Xiao burned two of the men in black to dust, he turned just in time to see
You XiaoMo pierce the back of the gorilla.
You XiaoMo wiped his face. Gorillas were truly tough with thick skin. He had to use
so much force to plunge that sword in that he almost ran out of breath.
Ling Xiao kneeled in front of the gorilla and grabbed his arms as if double checking
something, then destroyed the evidence.
"What happened?" You XiaoMo quickly asked.
Ling Xiao thought about it for a bit before replying, "I just found the spider logo on
the gorilla's right arm. It seems that these men in black are members of the Black
Spider."
You XiaoMo was shocked, "How did they know about the treasure here?"
"It's likely due to the map you bid from the Black Spiders. If they could pin point that
it was around the Dong Zhou, southeast direction then they must have investigated
it before. I suspect that they brought out this map for auction was to find people who
would bid for it and follow them for the other three maps. To bad for them, the
moment we left the auction, You ZhenTian was there and halted their plan." Ling
Xiao figured.
You XiaoMo scratched his head, "But that's weird, if they knew that the treasure was
in the Black Canyon, then why would they need the other three maps?"
Ling Xiao said with indifference, "That's why you can only be an idiot!"
Hey, no personal attacks!
"They probably waited here for a while, but since there was only a few guards, that
means they haven't found out the position of the right eye yet. The Black Spiders
probably thought that they needed the complete map." Ling Xiao continued to
explain.
Hearing his analysis, You XiaoMo just pulled out the map and stared at it. Wasn't it
just a map, what secret could a map hold?
Just as the thought crossed his mind, the map changed.
In an instant the map became as hot as a burning coal, causing You XiaoMo to
throw it away immediately.
The map turned into a ball of red light staggering to float up and in the next second,
it quickly flew towards a certain direction.
You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao quickly followed.
At the same time, what they didn't realize was that above the Black Canyon
appeared many people. The Guma Tribe, the ShuiXi Tribe, and the Black Spiders,
one by one they appeared.
"Master, it's like you suspected, a lot of people became suspicious of the Black
Canyon. It shouldn't take them long to find out the legendary cave dwelling at the
white tiger's right eye. By then, it should be another blood bath." An elderly walked
towards a man wearing a purple-gold crown. The elder wore an expression of
complete seriousness and was greatly respectful towards the man.
The man gave off a slight lethargic impression. His handsome exterior was as if
craved by god, carefully sculpted. Different from Ling Xiao's 'manly' handsomeness,
this man, from his expression to the air around him, gave off the devil's lure.
Currently, the man leaned into a velvet covered chair, wearing a luxurious purple
gown, appearing both mysterious and high-class. His elegance matched one of
royalties.
Hearing the elder's voice, the man opened his eyes and with his magnetic voice, that
had a quality of laziness, tingling the ear of the listener, he said, "Good, but I want to
make sure that we are the ones getting it."
"Master, don't worry, even if we have to use all our resources, we would bring that
item over. It's just...master, are you sure you don't want to see that person
personally?" The elder asked with a bit of hesitation.
The man chuckled and said, "It's not the time yet."
The elder didn't know when was the right time but he was smart enough to not ask
further. Some things were better left unknown if one want to keep their life.
Once the elder left, the man stood up from his chair. The two gorgeous maids came
from the side to serve him.
At the bottom of the Black Canyon, with the guide of the red light, Ling Xiao and You
XiaoMo were finally able to find the correct location of the right eye. It was a crack
that was only four to five centimeters wide and with a flash, the red light went in.
Ling Xiao casually broke the crack and of course, there was a black tunnel hidden
inside that went straight ahead. Beneath them was damp soil and the deeper they
went, the wetter the soil became, when it finally became a puddle of water. The red
light had disappeared.
"Could it be that the white tiger's right eye is just a water cave?" You XiaoMo clicked
his tongue. As they went further in the tunnel, the deeper they were going as well.
Just after one or two hundred meters and they were already seeing water. If they
went further, it might just be an underwater world.
That seemed to be the case.
Dong Yu was in the southeast direction and between Dong Zhou and the South
Continent was a vast ocean. Thus, it wasn't too weird for the underground of Dong
Yu to be filled with water, especially considering the element of the white tiger.
There were many who believed that the Psychic Black Turtles were of the water
element but in fact they were wood. White tigers were the ones with the water
element. Now everything had a clear explanation.
Once they reached the end of the tunnel, it suddenly became incredibly spacial with
a light coming from somewhere. Deep beneath the water one could see a luxurious
palace and above it was a red ball of light.
The two hurried over as the red light flew over as well, hitting a barrier creating
ripples upon ripples.
Ling Xiao grabbed You XiaoMo and with his quick reflexes, rushed inside. Inside the
barrier was a air-tight space, blocking out all the sea water and the red light turned
back into a map.
You XiaoMo ran over to pick up only to find the map had changed.
Before, it was the geography of the white tiger, now it became a map full of twists
and turns.
"No need to look, it's the map of the palace." Ling Xiao patted him on the head as he
walked first over to the palace gate. On the gate was a sculpture of a white tiger's
head, that was incredibly realistic with two eyes made of sapphires. Sometimes light
would shine and reflect off of it, creating the illusion of it being alive.
"Looks like this guy knows how to enjoy life." Ling Xiao said as he stared at the gate.
You XiaoMo asked offhandedly, "You said before that the white tiger could have
suffered a grave injury and came here to rest. Do you think he's going to be here?"
"Probably."
"Oh..." You XiaoMo paused before realizing what he said, "What did you say?"
If the white tiger was still in the palace, then they were trespassing. White tiger was
a powerhouse from the ancient times, even if they were injured, they were still
powerful. What if they just slap them flat due to anger?
"What I said was a human language." Ling Xiao glanced at him and was about to
open the gate to walk inside.
You XiaoMo quickly pulled him back, "If he really is inside, can we just go in like
this? What if he gets mad?"
Ling Xiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Who was the one so excited about
finding the treasure? Now, you're at the gate and you hesitate? When did you
become this cowardly, don't you still want the treasures inside?"
"Well I'll still need to be alive to get it!" You XiaoMo said embarrassed.
Ling Xiao lightly patted his cheeks, "You have to believe in..."
"Believe in the aura above my head, right?" You XiaoMo glared at him. He had
heard this many times before, it's nothing new.
Ling Xiao stared at him and said sensually, "No, what I want to say, is that you can
believe in your man."
You XiaoMo was embarrassed.
Chapter 589: Collaboration
The White Tiger's palace wasn't actually as dangerous as You XiaoMo had
imagined. Although the exterior was indeed magnificent, in reality the interior was
awfully shabby. It was a large, empty palace with only a few pretty gems set into the
ceiling and pillars. It could practically be called destitute.
You XiaoMo looked over the map several times before finally determining that it
really did only display the topography of the palace. It didn't even indicate where the
treasure was. There were only a few strange lines, split into red, yellow, and blue
colors, and it twisted and turned like a labyrinth.
"How do we find this?"
You XiaoMo felt as if it would have been even better if they didn't have a map.
The thing that made him the angriest was that he had only received two maps in
total, but both maps had problems. Shouldn't a so-called map directly indicate where
the location was, so he could effortlessly find what he was looking for?
Then how come every time it landed in his hands, he always had to waste so many
brain cells? Despite clearly knowing his IQ was in the double negatives, the
Heavens were still testing him like this. They were too blind.
Ling Xiao said, "The White Tiger's innate character should be very lazy."
"So he's too lazy to draw a map?" You XiaoMo gritted his teeth.
Ling Xiao couldn't help but laugh. "The White Tiger is a legend. Even the Four
Ancient Beast Clans very rarely saw him before, so nobody knows what exactly he
was thinking. If he had supported the White Tiger Clan like the Four Ancient Beast
Clans did, the White Tiger Clan would have already become one of the strongest
demon beast clans on TongTian Continent, just like the Four Ancient Beast Clans."
You XiaoMo felt that the White Tiger being too lazy definitely had something to do
with why the White Tiger Clan hadn't developed. He was even too lazy to have any
descendants, so he undoubtedly was also too lazy to collect things like treasures.
No wonder there was nothing good in the palace.
"You aren't trying to tell me that we came for nothing this time, right?"
"Not necessarily." Ling Xiao pushed open the door to the stone room. He stood in
the doorway and glanced inside. Indeed, it was also completely empty and destitute,
but he instantly started walking towards his target.
You XiaoMo hastily caught up. "What do you mean by 'not necessarily'?"
Ling Xiao didn't directly answer his question. Instead, he asked, "Do you know why
the White Tiger hibernates for so many years?"
You XiaoMo pondered for a moment. "He likes water?"
Ling Xiao shot him an admiring look.
You XiaoMo immediately felt smug and self-satisfied. He started to consider whether
he should negotiate with Ling Xiao to see if he could change his negative double
digits IQ to a negative single digit IQ.
Ling Xiao continued, "The White Tiger likes water, so even though he's lazy, he
won't ever treat himself unfairly."
You XiaoMo nodded. In reality, you could tell from this palace. The exterior was
created extremely magnificently, but the inside was completely empty. This showed
that all he wanted was a cozy nest, nothing more.
"What comes to mind when you think of water?" Ling Xiao suddenly asked.
You XiaoMo patted himself on the head and hesitated for a few seconds. "Uh... he’s
thirsty?"
Ling Xiao's expression instantly changed slightly.
You XiaoMo absolutely refused to acknowledge that his expression actually carried
the meaning of 'I just praised you, but your IQ just dropped back down.' How could
he guess what the answer was if Ling Xiao suddenly asked him this kind of
question?
Ling Xiao had no hope whatsoever that You XiaoMo would understand what he was
getting at. He said blandly, "Water is one of the five elements..."
"Ah, ah!" You XiaoMo hastily cut him off. He said happily, "I get it now, it's the Water
Elemental Essence, did I guess right?"
"I was indeed about to say the Water Elemental Essence. The Water Elemental
Essence is much harder to find than the Wood Elemental Essence. Legend has it
that this Elemental Essence was originally in the possession of the Chief of the
Oceans, whose territory is connected to Dong Zhou. But because the White Tiger
likes water, he stole the Elemental Essence. However, this is something that very
few people know about."
"Then how do you know?"
"There's no need to look into that kind of detail."
"Oh... ..."
Ever since they started searching for the Water Elemental Essence and they rushed
to the Black Canyon with a bunch of other people, one couldn't look at how easily
You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao found the entrance. In reality, if it weren't for the map,
which was the key, even if they had stayed for a century in the Black Canyon, they
wouldn't necessarily have found it.
Even though that fissure seemed very easy to find, the Black Spider's people
searched the bottom of the canyon for a very long time, yet they had never once
discovered that kind of fissure. So, after they saw the place that Ling Xiao
destroyed, they were extremely shocked in their hearts. After the shock passed, they
naturally slipped inside at once.
The broken rocks on the ground clearly indicated that someone had already gone in
before them. If those people happened to be You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao, who had
obtained the map from the auction, they determined they would have most likely
already got to the treasure by now.
After the Black Spider's people went in, the ShuiXi Tribe's people also rushed over
to the Black Canyon. They immediately jumped into the canyon after surveying the
nearby area. Only a short while passed before Xia Yin also arrived at that place.
Xia Yin's understanding of the Black Canyon wasn't very deep. She didn't actually
know that the White Tiger's palace was at the bottom of the canyon, but when she
learned from Niu XuYang about You XiaoMo fighting with the person in black here,
her intuition told her that there was a problem with this place, so she brought some
people over.
"Holy Maiden, there's a footprint here." Little Qiu discovered a fresh footprint at the
edge of the canyon. The area surrounding the canyon was all made up of rocks, so
it wasn't easy to leave a footprint. The other person's shoe must have first stepped
into loose mud in order for it to just happen to leave a footprint behind.
Xia Yin immediately announced that they were going down into the canyon.
But they hadn't expected that, in the end, they would be blocked off by a barrier.
Without a key, nobody could enter unless they destroyed the barrier.
Xia Yin discovered the underwater palace, and by the time she hurried over, she
found that the two sides were currently facing off against each other. She originally
wanted to hide so she wouldn't be found out, but then a person covered head to toe
in a black cloak opened his mouth and exposed her name. "Holy Maiden Xia Yin,
since you've already arrived, why aren't you coming over to greet us?"
Xia Yin brought three female servants with her as she rushed over, but her gaze
didn't fall on the cloaked person who had revealed her. Instead, it landed on the man
who was leading the ShuiXi Tribe, and she laughed lightly. "It's been two years since
we last saw each other. Mister Fu's cultivation has improved vigorously. Even I, Xia
Yin, cannot compare with your speed."
"Holy Maiden is joking. In front of you, this little bit of strength that I have is nothing."
The man who Xia Yin was staring at remained expressionless, and his polite words
were spoken without a single rise or fall in his voice. It seemed very much as if he
was a person who had had a cold temperament ever since he was born.
Xia Yin wasn't surprised. She had long since heard that there were two esteemed
people from the ShuiXi Tribe, one cold and one warm. Through some unknown
opportunity, their cultivation rose sharply, which greatly aided the ShuiXi Tribe in
tiding over several crises. Now, the people of the ShuiXi Tribe basically considered
them to be their spiritual leaders.
Xia Yin pressed her lips together and smiled before finally looking at the cloaked
person. "The Black Spider's subordinates are indeed very mysterious. I am not sure
what rank Your Excellency holds at the Black Spider?"
The cloaked person was silent for a few seconds before suddenly laughing cruelly.
"Holy Maiden is indeed out of the ordinary. You even know about this kind of thing, I
truly, truly admire you. Since Holy Maiden wants to know, then there's no harm in
telling Holy Maiden. This humble subordinate is of the Sky rank."
The Black Spider divided its subordinates into three ranks: Man, Earth, and Sky. The
Man rank was the lowest, while the Sky rank was the highest. It was divided
according to strength. The two people in black that You XiaoMo killed were of the
Man rank, so their strength was around the Divine low-star level or possibly the
Emperor Realm level.
The Earth rank consisted of those in the Divine middle-star or high-star level. The
Sky rank was on a whole other level; every Sky rank member was a Sacred Realm
expert. They didn't divide according to stars, so he could be low-star or middle-star.
Since high-stars were very rare, she didn't need to worry much about that.
When she heard him say Sky rank, Xia Yin narrowed her eyes.
She had heard of the Black Spider before. If they just casually dispatched a Sky
rank expert, then that truly showed that the palace inside the barrier wasn't
something simple. She hadn't come for no reason this time.
"Holy Maiden is most likely very interested about what is inside the palace. Would
you perhaps be interested in joining hands with me to destroy the barrier? As for
what is inside the palace, I am willing to split it evenly with Holy Maiden." The
cloaked person immediately threw out an olive branch.
"Just us?" Xia Yin glanced at the ShuiXi Tribe's people. Instantly, a bright light
flashed across her eyes.
The cloaked person laughed. "Only experts have the qualifications to possess good
things."
Xia Yin's strength was undoubtable. Even though the cloaked person was a Sacred
Realm expert, if he truly did start fighting with Xia Yin, his chance of winning wasn't
over 40 percent. In addition, the Black Spider's people didn't have enough strength
to break through the barrier at all, so it wasn't odd that he wanted to invite Xia Yin.
As for the ShuiXi Tribe, they had always been a cornerstone existence among Dong
Zhou's three major tribes. Naturally, they looked down upon the Black Spider, but
just because they looked down on them, that didn't mean that the ShuiXi Tribe would
just compromise.
"Your Excellency has quite a bold tone of voice." The old man standing behind the
man named Fu suddenly walked forward. At the same time, he took off the black hat
he wore on his head, revealing an old appearance.
"Moqi Xiyuan?" The cloaked person immediately cried out in alarm.
Similarly, Xia Yin's eyes also revealed an incredulous expression.
Moqi Xiyuan was the strongest person in the ShuiXi Tribe. He wasn't a mage, but he
was a well-known expert. Simultaneously, he was also the head of the ShuiXi Tribe.
In the past, he would never just easily leave the ShuiXi Tribe; after all, there were
quite a few people who wanted to attack the ShuiXi Tribe. Last time during the Black
Spider's auction, he himself hadn't appeared.
But for him to personally appear here now, it showed that he greatly valued what
was inside the White Tiger's palace, and he was completely determined to win.
Chapter 590: Dead
Perhaps one would assume that the most precious thing in the White Tiger Palace
was the Water Elemental Essence. This was absolutely a treasure amongst
treasures for the Qilin Clan, because there existed a method of breaking the
shackles of the Sacred Realm by using five types of Elemental Essences in the Qilin
Clan's inheritance.
But there had only been one person who truly gathered the five Elemental Essences
from ancient times till now - this person was the progenitor of the Qilin Clan and was
an expert belonging to the same period as the White Tiger. However, that person
had not succeeded, because the chances of gathering the five Elemental Essences
was only one percent.
However, Ling Xiao did not think that the most precious thing here was the Water
Elemental Essence. He had other ideas when they found an extremely well-
preserved and completely intact body of Bai Hu on a soft bed in one of the side
chambers.
"No wonder Bai Hu had no descendants despite being one of the Five Great
Spiritual Beasts. There are no other demon beasts who have the purebred bloodline
of the White Tigers other than this one which is already dead. It is simply impossible
for it to appear again." You XiaoMo could not help murmuring. It seemed that it was
not unreasonable why later generations mostly mentioned the Qilin, FengHuang,
Real Dragon and Black Tortoise when talking about the Four Divine Emperor
Beasts.
"The first and only White Tiger in the TongTian Continent has fallen to such a state."
Ling Xiao was also quite regretful.
You XiaoMo roughly measured the White Tiger. The White Tiger's body was about
ten meters long and approximately three meters wide. Using the same method, his
bed was also that big. He now finally believed that the White Tiger was a individual
who totally enjoyed his comforts and was unwilling to treat himself shabbily even
when he was dead.
"Let's quickly see if the Water Elemental Essence is here." You XiaoMo suddenly
remembered the purpose of their trip and immediately pulled Ling Xiao's hand as he
ran over. Since the White Tiger was already dead, then they could justly and openly
take away the Water Elemental Essence.
"There's no hurry." Ling Xiao pressed on his shoulder.
"Why is there no hurry? The Black Spider may already have found the tunnel at the
bottom of the valley." You XiaoMo was very anxious. He was more worried that Ling
Xiao would be unable to deal with the forces that barged in, so he was very willing to
just take the treasure away and stealthily leave.
Ling Xiao hooked him by the neck and dragged him forward, "They would have long
discovered it if they wanted to find it. Those people are not fools. They could find it in
less than fifteen minutes even if several of them had died. I reckon that they are
outside the wards now and are thinking about how to break it."
You XiaoMo even more agitated upon hearing this and he jumped up and down.
The corpse of the White Tiger was already rigid. He could not tell how long it had
been dead, but it was composed of treasures from head to toe.
Ling Xiao lifted him by his collar and brought him to one side, "Go to the side and
play."
You XiaoMo felt wronged. Who was playing ah? He was obviously very active in
searching for Water Elemental Essence. However, he still obediently went to one
side and stayed there. He knew what Ling Xiao's next big move was upon seeing his
behavior.
The White Tiger had coarse fur and thick muscles and was also an expert belonging
to the same period as the Qilin progenitor. The indomitable strength of its physical
body could not be denied even after it had died.
Ling Xiao directly released purple and red flames before fusing the two together, this
was another variation of the Godfire. The temperature suddenly rose by tens of
thousands of degrees as the flame instantly engulfed the body of the White Tiger.
The jade bed beneath the body actually stubbornly withstood the heat of the flames
for an hour before melting.
You XiaoMo immediately let out an expression of lament.
This jade bed was definitely not an ordinary item for it to withstand the flames for so
long. It was really such a pity for it to just be destroyed like this.
You XiaoMo could not help a little idea from surfacing. Maybe the other places
would also have a jade bed like this. If he and Ling Xiao could find a place to settle
down in the future, they could build a jade bed that belonged only to them.
You XiaoMo sneaked out of the side chamber while Ling Xiao was concentrating on
refining the corpse.
Relying on the map of the palace, You XiaoMo was just like a fish in water as he
came and went freely around the palace. Unfortunately, as they had guessed
before, other than the palace of the White Tiger being beautiful to look at, the rest of
the area had nothing but bare walls. Fortunately, the White Tiger did not disappoint
him as he found another jade bed of the same size in a different side chamber.
You XiaoMo seemed to have been injected with chicken blood. He released the
Metal Swallowing Beast and the two Golden Winged Insects and instructed, "Xiao
Jin, try to see if you can take out half of this jade bed."
The Metal Swallowing Beast complied. He immediately jumped on the jade bed and
opened his mouth to reveal two rows of glittering and shining teeth. Just as he bit
down, there was a 'ka-cha' sound. A small piece had been bitten off from the edge of
the jade bed...
You XiaoMo wanted to tell to him to continue persisting.
The Metal Swallowing Beast ran back with eyes brimming with tears and flashed his
two rows of teeth to his Master.
You XiaoMo failed to understand, so he thoughtlessly said, "What are you doing?
You want to compare whose teeth is whiter...Uh..." He found the problem before he
finished his sentence.
A gap of about zero-point-two centimeters appeared in the middle of the two rows of
neatly arranged teeth.
"Ha ha!" You XiaoMo gave a hollow laugh and touched his little head in consolation,
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. It's just a small gap, and it won't affect your
eating. At the most, there'll be just a little air coming through."
The Metal Swallowing Beast, "..."
You XiaoMo was afraid that he would really gnaw away both rows of teeth and
dared not order him to do it again. Originally, he also wanted Ping Pong Qiu to bite it
together too, but now he was worried that they would also gnaw their teeth away,
"Go to the side and play, I'll do it myself."
The three of them ran away extremely cohesively without the slightest hint of
hesitation.
This bunch of heartless fellows, at least hesitate for a second!
The jade bed was too hard to be cut into two parts. You XiaoMo thought he might as
well start from the bottom because the jade bed was fixed to the ground.
At the same time, Dou PengRen, Xia Yin and Moqi XiYuan had reached an
agreement. The three would cooperate to break the barrier and the items inside
would be divided equally among them. As for the situation where there were not
enough items to be divided among three people, the three shared a mutual
understanding and did not bring it up. This was because any discussion of such
matters would be getting nowhere and was just a waste of time.
The barriers were personally put up by the White Tiger. At that time the White
Tiger's cultivation was still in its peak form. So it was not easy for the three people to
break the wards despite them having existed for a long time.
Three mighty spiritual energies simultaneously bombarded the wards. When all was
said and done, the three were Sacred Realm powerhouses and their full-powered
attack was not to be trifled with. The palace swayed violently as if the foundations
had been shaken.
You XiaoMo, who was lying on the jade bed watching the situation, was frightened
by the sudden shaking. His entire person fell from the jade bed and rolled out three
to four meters like a snowball. Finally he landed on his back in front of the Metal
Swallowing Beast who had been happily playing.
"Ao wu?" The Metal Swallowing Beast blinked. Even if you wanted to express your
apology, you don't need to be so courteous ba?
You XiaoMo turned over and jumped up before he ran out with a low curse.
He did not believe that Ling Xiao would have caused such a stir just by refining a
corpse. There was a ninety percent chance that it was the Black Spider and that
holy maiden from the Guma Tribe. He did not guess that the ShuiXi Tribe would also
be involved for a period of time.
He ran to the side chamber and saw that Ling Xiao was still refining the corpse of
the White Tiger. He had only refined half of the corpse. Based off this progress,
perhaps Ling Xiao would not be done by the time that group of people had broken
the wards. Furthermore, they had not yet found the Water Elemental Essence.
You XiaoMo was so panicky he started running around in circles.
"You dumbass, what are you panicking for?!" Ling Xiao's calm voice suddenly
sounded. It did not affect him in the slightest even if the palace was shaking
violently.
You XiaoMo hastily replied, "But they're about to burst in."
Ling Xiao explained, "It's not possible for them to immediately find this place even if
they broke the wards. They can only wander aimlessly around the palace without a
map. The palace of the White Tiger is a large-scale labyrinth and they won't be able
to find this place in a short while."
"What about the Water Elemental Essence?" You XiaoMo asked.
Ling Xiao muttered to himself irresolutely for quite some while, "Take out the map
and try to connect the three colored lines to see if you can find anything. The Water
Elemental Essence is probably hidden inside there."
You XiaoMo immediately complied. Before he felt that it was strange that some of
the colored lines on the map were broken off after it reached an area. It was just like
hide-and-seek, but he did not care too much at that time.
He took out his pen that he used to draw the map and sketched on top of the map.
He managed to connect the lines after about fifteen minutes. If he hadn't drawn the
topographic map of the White Tiger, he probably would not have been so fast. This
was because he found when the lines on the map were connected, it formed a white
tiger. However, the difference was that the three lines eventually converged at the
position of the heart of the white tiger and the map showed that the heart of the
white tiger was in the center of the palace.
You XiaoMo told Ling Xiao about his discovery.
Ling Xiao instructed, "You leave now and bring the Water Elemental Essence here.
But remember to act within your means. If you meet those people, I will permit you
to abandon the task and run for your life first."
What do you mean 'I will permit you to run for your life first'.
You XiaoMo was too lazy to argue with him, "Then what about you? If those people
find this place, wouldn't you be a sitting duck without me by your side?"
"You're mistaken about two facts."
"What?"
"First, I am not a sitting duck. Second, well, don't place too much importance on
yourself."
"..."
You XiaoMo deeply felt that his heart was pierced by ten thousand arrows. His kind
intentions were beaten until there was no blood left. The most miserable thing in the
world was when you cared about the other party, yet they just treated you like grass.
You XiaoMo decided to deliver an intact Water Elemental Essence right to Ling
Xiao's face and prove to Ling Xiao.
He was actually very important!

Chapter 591: Barrier Broken

The barrier shook, being blasted again and again. The tremors wracking the palace
increased in frequency. After all, it wasn't connected to the earth. Since the palace
was held, floating in the water, by the barrier, when the barrier shook, so did the
entire palace with it.
Once the barrier was broken, the palace of the White Tiger would descend into the
bottom of the ocean. No one would be able to predict what ruin that would bring it.
Considering this, You XiaoMo immediately ran over to the center of the array.
White Tiger was lazy, so the palace, apart from being beautiful labyrinth filled with
lavish comfort, there weren't any traps and the likes, though there were quite a few
seals and barriers.
This might be a problem for others, but You XiaoMo had seal-devouring golden
winged insects. His journey over was smooth and swift. Not long after, he arrived at
the center of the palace.
There was a massive hall in the center of the palace, the ceiling was made of crystal
and shone with a bright luster.
On the two sides of the hall were two rows of pillars of immense size, leading from
the main doors all the way to the throne. Different colored gems shining with
glimmering light surrounded the throne. Thick furs lined the throne - it looked
comfortable, truly like the throne of an emperor.
You XiaoMo couldn't help but run over.
The Metal Swallowing Beast also rushed over, lunging onto the throne and trying to
get there first with the Golden Winged Insects. The three were just a tad faster than
You XiaoMo.
That's why it was said that contracted demon beasts took after their master. They
were all the same.
You XiaoMo shoved the Metal Swallowing Beast and Ping Pong to one side of the
throne and down on it himself. He didn't know what demon beast's fur this was but it
really was soft, and even had a somewhat cool feeling.
"Aaaoooo~" The Metal Swallowing Beast jumped onto the hand that rested on the
throne, objecting to You XiaoMo's actions.
You XiaoMo whacked him. "Though we have no idea what sort of beast you are, but
you definitely aren't a wolf. What are you howling for? No one's going to give you a
prize for it."
The Metal Swallowing Beast bared its teeth, "Gua gua gua~"
"Fine, fine!" You XiaoMo jumped off the throne, starting the search for the Water
elemental essence.
The map had the water elemental essence marked in this hall, but the specific
location wasn't detailed so he had to find that tiny thing in this massive hall.
You XiaoMo kicked the crystal like floor beneath him with all his strength. As
expected, only a small dent about the size of his thumb appeared on the smooth
surface of the crystal floor. With this speed, it'd probably take him a year to get a
four to five meter deep hole.
As he was thinking of a plan, the palace began to shake less and less frequently, but
each tremor was like the coming of the apocalypse. He'd run out of time if he didn't
manage this soon.
After who knows how long, a sharp noise suddenly screeched through the air. There
was a pause before there was a loud pop, like a bubble being burst. Then, the
ground quaked and the sea flooded in from all directions.
One hall was filled with water before the water attacked another area. The ocean
water was rapidly filling up the White Tiger's palace from all directions.
When the palace descended to the bottom of the ocean, the areas of the palace
unprotected by barriers were completely filled with water, the turbid seawater
flooding across the palace.
"What a shame." Xia Yin gazed at the ruined palace; this was truly unfortunate.
"If the holy maiden, you, like this palace, then you could try and save it after
becoming a grade seven rainbow mage." The cloaked person laughed mockingly. A
normal sacred realm elite wouldn't even be able to support this palace with a barrier.
If it wasn't for the fact that they had to break the barrier to get inside, they honestly
wouldn't want to do this. The water might not be good for the treasures inside and
trying to find anything would become extremely troublesome.
Xia Yin smiled, not replying. Grade seven rainbow mages were extremely rare even
in ancient times, never mind nowadays. Reaching the requirements for advancing
was like trying to ascend to the heavens. In her soul's current state, she didn't even
know if she had hope of reaching grade seven either.
Plus, while the White Tiger's palace was beautiful, there wasn't any practical use for
it. If she really did manage to advance to grade seven, then she didn't need this
palace. There would be people to build a better one for her.
"You two keep chatting, I'm heading off first." WanQi XiYuan's voice rose and when
they looked over, he was already leading the ShuiXi Tribe down towards the palace.
The two didn't dare waste any more time, immediately rushing down with their own
subordinates. If WanQi XiYuan found the treasure, then he would be the one to get
it. They hadn't discussed how to split the spoils, so it was finders keepers.
This was a primitive instinct of the strong. If they hid something, they couldn't go and
search the other's body even if they suspected something.
When the three groups all thought the entire palace was flooded, a few places didn't
have a drop of water inside, all the seawater kept out.
Among these places was the room You XiaoMo was in. The floor, made of a milky
white crystal, actually hid a massive maze under it.
But, in reality, the entire palace's floors were made of the same milky white crystal
as the jade bed. It was just that in other places, the White Tiger and cleverly covered
it up, so others would think that only the main hall had floors made of that material.
As for the strange lines on the map, they actually led to the three openings to the
maze.
Though there were three entrances, people who weren't familiar with the maze
would get hopelessly lost inside and they might even startle the water elemental
essence. If it fled into the sea, then they could give up on ever finding it again.
You XiaoMo finally found his target using the map and, as expected, the water
element around him grew denser.
You XiaoMo solemnly spoke to his contracted demon beasts, "Xiao Jin, Xiao Ping,
Xiao Pong, guard the exit carefully. If the water elemental essence wants to run, you
have to stop it. If it manages to flee, I'll deduct your food."
Metal Swallowing Beast and Ping Pong: "..." At the same time, Ling Xiao wasn't
having very good luck.
Just as he was about to finish with the White Tiger's body, someone entered his
sensory range.
Originally, he could throw the White Tiger's body into his pocket dimension and
refine it later, but then he realized that he couldn't move it. Though the entire palace
seemed to lack traps. There was actually a massive - the only - trap.
Many people, after seeing the corpse of the White Tiger, would immediately try to
take it for themselves, not knowing that this was exactly what was required to
activate the trap. This was something he had found out after he had turned the jade
bed into a pool of liquid, otherwise he wouldn't have had You XiaoMo go and find the
water elemental essence alone.
Ling Xiao had no choice but to spare a part of his attention on contacting You
XiaoMo and quickly asked, "Idiot, have you found the water elemental essence?"
The idiot: "..."
You XiaoMo noticed the hint of anxiety in Ling Xiao's voice and didn't bother
retorting. He immediately reported his current situation. He had found the water
elemental essence, but this elemental essence's spiritual awareness exceeded any
other he had seen before, and it was as slippery as an eel.
If it wasn't for the fact that he had the foresight to get the Metal Swallowing Beast
and others to each guard one of the three exits, it'd have probably escaped by now.
In order to not have their food deducted, they had given it their all.
"Deal with it quickly. I think my position is soon to be found. After obtaining the water
elemental essence, leave the palace at once. I'll come and find you after," Ling Xiao
quickly informed the other of his plans.
Chapter 592: An Independent Dimension
Before You XiaoMo could say anymore, Ling Xiao broke off contact.
He knew it was an emergency so he didn't bother contacting Ling Xiao again.
Putting the transmission stone away, he stared malevolently at the Water Elemental
Essence floating in the air.
The Water Elemental Essence shook a bit, as if it felt his gaze.
A second later, it suddenly swayed and quickly rushed towards the tunnel guarded
by the Metal Swallowing Beast. At first, the Metal Swallowing Beast was jumping
around but once he saw the Water Elemental Essence, he immediately landed dead
center in the tunnel. As if a goalkeeper, he stared intensely at the Water Elemental
Essence, with his cheeks puffed up as if to say, 'come get me'.
If it wasn't the right time, You XiaoMo would have laughed out loud. To not have it's
efforts go to waste, he hurried over as well.
At the same time, the Water Elemental Essence was also gaining speed. It headed
straight for the Metal Swallowing Beast as if shooting a goal.
Even though the Metal Swallowing Beast was pretty small, it was pretty dependable
when it counted. When the Water Elemental Essence was about two meters away,
he took a deep breath, expanding his body and let out a strong gust of air.
The Water Elemental Essence had planned on going closer and tricking him,
however he didn't expect the Metal Swallowing Beast to pull something like this.
Unexpected, it was blown back, rolling straight into You XiaoMo's embrace.
You XiaoMo was almost blown away by the impact. It was a good thing that he
reacted quickly and before the Water Elemental Essence could escape, he threw it
into his dimension. Then, he quickly recalled the Metal Swallowing Beast and the
Golden Winged Insects, sending them back to the dimension to guard the Water
Elemental Essence.
There was a spiritual water pond in his dimension, which was likely loved by the
Water Elemental Essence. As it was an emergency, he had no choice but to send it
in and have his beasts guard it. If there was a single drop missing from his pond, he
was going to cut their meal budgets!
Thus, a stupid owner could only be stupid and bully his demon beasts. Words said
straight from the Metal Swallowing Beast and Ping Pong's heart.
Finished dealing with the Water Elemental Essence, You XiaoMo headed out of the
palace and along the way, he took out the transmission stone, inquiring about Ling
Xiao's situation. But, it was never answered, and Ling Xiao hadn't reply.
Thinking that something happened, You XiaoMo changed course.
The side palace hall, of which the White Tiger deceased, the crystal room wasn't far
from the main hall and he remembered Ling Xiao melting the jade bed. Although he
wasn't able to see the situation below, if it was directly above the maze, then he
could use it to decrease the distance and watch from afar.
You XiaoMo was on the right train of thought but...
Sadly, in place of the jade bed was a huge boulder Ling Xiao had dug up
somewhere else and Ling Xiao was nowhere to be found. However, there were a
few unfamiliar faces, which he just had a historical meeting with.
A strange shaped boulder appearing in the middle of a fancy side hall was no doubt
weird, so the man-in-hood told his men to remove it.
You XiaoMo was dumbfounded.
Although the other’s face was covered, but from their frozen movements, he could
tell that they were surprised too.
A tenth of a second was how long it took for You XiaoMo to react and run.
"Follow him!" Seeing the familiar face, the cloaked man ordered without thinking. If
this person was here, then the other man must be close as well. If he could catch
them, then his master would undoubtedly reward him.
But, before the men in black could jump down, something strange happened.
So as to not activate the only trap in the palace, Ling Xiao purposefully placed a rock
there in place of the bed. He knew that the people who come would definitely try to
remove it so he specifically told You XiaoMo to run after accomplishing his mission.
He didn't think You XiaoMo would come back.
The palace rooms, hallways, and tunnels, all became part of a moving mechanism,
or rather, it was as if the organs of an animal suddenly gained life after many years
of silence.
Everyone became alarmed and rushed to escape, without a care of the treasures
inside. Their instincts told them that if they didn't go now, they would never be able
to.
The palace started to push out the sea water and some rode that wave and were
washed out. Once everyone was out, the palace became something cubical, like the
modern day magic cube.
If it wasn't for MoQi XiYuan and the others breaking the barrier, the palace wouldn't
have drained the sea water and they wouldn't have been washed out. The barrier
was likely to keep them locked in the palace forever, and a mini one at that.
"An independent dimension?" Seeing the palace shrink in front of their eyes, Xia Yin
cried out involuntarily. Only an independent dimension could do something like this.
No wonder the palace was floating in water and not actually built in the sea.
An independent dimension was much better than a pocket dimension created by a
powerhouse. First of all, an independent dimension could grow along with its owner.
Second, it had a strong defense, and could conceal itself. Most importantly, it could
automatically protect its owner in times of need, similar to You XiaoMo's dimension.
With the White Tiger's strength, if they were trapped inside, there was no way that
they would get out in this lifetime.
An independent dimension was something you could find but never buy. Even in the
TongTian Continent, one could count with one hand the amount of people who
owned one.
Even without Xia Yin saying it, both the cloaked man and MoQi XiYuan noticed it as
well.
It wasn't long before they entered the palace when the trap had been activated, so
even though someone came before them, getting this independent dimension was
more than enough to make up for it.
Suddenly the atmosphere became tense.
No matter who it was, they were very interested in the independent dimension,
however, there was only one...
The independent dimension was floating around, but once it returned to its original
form, it slowly sunk into the ocean, in to the abyss, about to disappear.
The three moved simultaneously.
But, there was someone even faster than them.
A black shadow charged over and took the mini independent dimension. In a split
second, he escaped to the opposite direction.
The three were furious. Although they noticed someone else in the palace before
them, they didn't think they would dare try to pull something right under their noses.
And all three of theirs at that.
The three became three different colored rays of light and quickly flew over to chase
the one who stole the independent dimension.
The cloaked man already knew who he was so he chased without hesitation.
Xia Yin simply thought that this person's back looked familiar, but she had no time to
ponder over it. The independent dimension was much more important than thinking
about useless things.
However, once they chased for a while, they realized that the distance wasn't getting
shorter, rather, it was increasing. Xia Yin finally realized why the back looked
familiar.
If they could stretch out the distance even after them chasing at full power, they had
to be a Sacred Realm practitioner as well. It was highly likely to be the man Xia Yin
saw in the small town.
As she thought of this, Xia Yin suddenly slowed down.
With her Grade Six Rainbow Level, it was possible for her stand at the top along
with other practitioners, since there was only a few Grade Six Rainbow Level
mages. However, this was only for the ability to make pills.
If it was about fighting prowess, Xia Yin was worse than her actual level. At most,
she was on par with a four star Sacred Realm practitioner.
It was the main reason for her backing off when she discovered Ling Xiao's true
level. She also wanted the independent dimension, but she'd rather be the last one
standing. Even though she had thought of this, others may not have realized it.
MoQi XiYuan was the oldest and he was the one who wanted this the most. The
ShuiXi Tribe being last of the three major tribes was largely due to his strength. If he
could obtain the independent dimension, his power would go up by two levels.
By then, he would have the capital to negotiate with the Guma Tribe and they would
have to think twice about attacking them.
However, just because he wanted power, didn't mean he was going to get carried
away. He was immediately aware of Xia Yin's actions and too bad, he also didn't
want to be the one who stood out.
Realizing the two's thought process, the cloaked man's expression darkened
drastically.
He was under a lot of responsibility and couldn't watch from the sidelines like the
other two. If Ling Xiao disappeared with the independent dimension, he was the one
who was going to have to face the wrath of his master.
"The two bastards!" The cloaked man cursed under his breath.
On the other hand, Ling Xiao hurried out towards the exit, but the three were clearly
aware of his intentions and split into three, surrounding him. The direction of the exit
was blocked by the cloaked man.
Ling Xiao couldn't help but change directions.
It was the bottom of the ocean, there couldn't be just one exit.
Who knew how long the ocean stretched for, in the blink of an eye, they were very,
very, far away from their original location. The cloaked man, who was expecting Ling
Xiao to slow down due to his wounds, was becoming more impatient.
"You two, if you don't go all out now, once he leaves this place and enters the
ocean, it's going to be near impossible finding him again. Think about it."
Chapter 593: Trapped
Xia Yin and MoQi XiYuan both knew what the cloaked person meant. If it was just
one on one, it was very easy for a Sacred Realm expert to escape.
For the typical Sacred Realm expert, their control over the dimension was three or
four times that of a Divine Realm expert. Although they could be obstructed, it was
impossible to block them completely, so it was necessary for the rest of them to
collaborate.
The three of them belonged to different major powers.
Perhaps Xia Yin could trust Moqi XiYuan. After all, they had come in contact
numerous times before and understood each other quite well. Xia Yin was keenly
aware that Moqi XiYuan was someone whose trust was borne of trust, and likewise,
Moqi XiYuan knew that Xia Yin always stood by her word. But the Black Spider was
a different matter.
Many people knew about the Black Spider. They were even more bandit-like than
bandits, and they were a group of evil people who did whatever they pleased. One
basically couldn't trust anything they said, since who knew if they would just casually
go back on their word. They were people that couldn't be trusted, unless the sun
rose from the west.
The only reason why Xia Yin and Moqi XiYuan weren't completely committed was
because of this. Although they didn't know the Black Spider's goal, when they saw
how on edge the cloaked person looked concerning the solitary dimension and the
treasure inside, they knew that they had already grasped the cloaked person's weak
point.
Xia Yin and Moqi XiYuan quickly shared a look before they finally stopped dragging
things along.
The cloaked person didn't reveal a happy expression. Instead, his expression
became even more complicated. He wasn't an idiot; he could tell that the two of
them had most likely come to an agreement.
If they wanted to kick him out after finishing things up, they would still have to see
whether his fists agreed or not. The people from the Black Spider weren't easily
bullied. Moreover, it had only ever been the Black Spider bullying other people.
The three of them each harbored their own sinister intentions, but although their
calculations were created very meticulously, Ling Xiao wasn't someone who would
allow them to walk over him. His wounds still hadn't healed yet, not to mention that
he had used quite a lot of spiritual energy in the palace in order to refine the White
Tiger's corpse. Fortunately, he still had several bottles of spiritual water which
allowed him to recover spiritual energy. He drank several bottles in a row, and his
spiritual energy had already recovered by half.
As for You XiaoMo, he seemed to have disappeared.
By the time Ling Xiao reached a safe spot, he wanted to give You XiaoMo a round
beating.
You XiaoMo was very bitter, he was extremely bitter. Originally, everything was fine.
Nobody knew that he was in the underground labyrinth, and he just needed a tiny bit
of time so he could escape from the palace and meet with Ling Xiao, but he hadn't
expected that such an accident would occur.
He was in the underground labyrinth, and the passageways had no sea water, so his
circumstances were different from the cloaked person's. He could only depend on
his own two legs to run out of the labyrinth. Even though he had a map, his speed
still wasn't that much faster. As a result, by the time all the sea water drained out of
the palace, he ended up being trapped inside it.
You XiaoMo resentfully slapped the membrane trapping him. He didn't even know
what it was; clearly there had been nothing there in the gateway, yet he couldn't
leave, as if he was trapped inside by a clear membrane.
He wanted to attack the clear membrane, but he couldn't gather the energy. No
matter how he called, the soul force in the sea of consciousness had no response.
When he received the same response after trying multiple times, You XiaoMo
basically had guessed what had happened. It turned out that after changing, the
palace had the ability to suppress people's strengths.
You XiaoMo was locked in the palace. Even though he was powerless, he could still
clearly see what was happening outside. Everyone, including Ling Xiao, looked like
giants to him, and their rapid movements also slowed down. Now, the only thing he
could do was pray for Ling Xiao's safety.
After confirming that for now, there was no way out, You XiaoMo decided he might
as well enter his dimension.
The Metal Swallowing Beast and Ping Pong were currently guarding over the
spiritual water lake with 120% devotion, since You XiaoMo had threatened to reduce
their food expenses. Three pairs of eyes rolled towards him when he entered.
The spiritual water lake was the same as ever. The surface was extremely calm
without even a ripple. You XiaoMo wasn't in a hurry to find the Water Elemental
Essence. He walked over and tested the height of the water. Thankfully he had
foresight, so the spiritual water hadn't declined by much.
If the Water Elemental Essence was hidden in Ling Xiao's dimension, it might be a
little more troublesome. But You XiaoMo's dimension was essentially a part of his
body, and he only needed to do a quick check to know what there was in his
dimension.
Only a short amount of time had passed before You XiaoMo found the Water
Elemental Essence underneath the spiritual water lake.
This fellow was indeed very inclined towards the spiritual water lake. At that
moment, it was hidden under the surface of the spiritual water lake, moving slowly.
Since the Metal Swallowing Beast and Golden Winged Insects were guarding from
above, it didn't dare to move too much. It only sucked in a tiny bit of the spiritual
water in the lake each time, and its IQ could even be compared to a cunning human.
If it weren't for You XiaoMo being trapped in the palace, the next time he would have
entered his dimension might have been a few days later or an entire month later.
Just thinking about it gave him a sense of lingering fear.
This fellow didn't want to hide anywhere else except below the spring. It wasn't hard
to believe that his target was the spring.
The high-IQ Water Elemental Essence was currently happily absorbing the spiritual
water in the lake. When it finished absorbing all the spiritual water and swallowed
the source of the spring, it could transform and become the first ever transforming
Elemental Essence in the whole world. Then, it could go settle the score with the
White Tiger and get revenge for being imprisoned for countless years.
The Elemental Essence was blessed by the heavens, but it wasn't easy at all to
nurture Intelligence. Its Intelligence had already taken shape since the ancient times,
and after countless years of experience, its Intelligence had long since reached the
IQ of a human's. It learned how to wait patiently like a human, and it learned how to
calculate like a human.
It originally thought that it was dead for sure when it fell into humans' hands this
time, but it hadn't expected to find a spiritual spring here. With a human-level IQ, it
knew very clearly the worth of the spiritual spring.
The extremely excited Water Elemental Essence instantly calmed back down. For
many years, it had been unable to transform because it didn't have enough energy,
so it had never been able to break through that layer of restriction. Now the Heavens
gave him this opportunity, and he definitely would have to grasp it well.
Only a few minutes had passed before the human who had captured him put three
demon beasts inside.
The Water Elemental Essence was quite disdainful towards them. Before, it was
only because it was careless that it had caught the attention of the glittering demon
beast. In its heart, they had the IQ of small children, and it would be very easy to
deal with them.
So the Water Elemental Essence quietly slunk to the bottom of the spring and
started to implement its plan.
You XiaoMo's appearance told it that although its plan was perfect, reality was
brutal.
An invisible force pulled it out from the depths of the spring, and the Water
Elemental Essence fearfully began to struggle, but its resistance was like that of a
three-year-old toddler. It didn't have the capability to resist at all.
Several seconds later, it was delivered to You XiaoMo.
"Are you very surprised?" You XiaoMo laughed gloatingly. If it weren't for this fellow
being so sly back then, he wouldn't have wasted so much time in the labyrinth,
causing him to be unable to meet up with Ling Xiao. Even though he sounded a little
angry, right now, what he needed was a way to vent the worry in his heart.
However, You XiaoMo had clearly underestimated Ling Xiao's abilities.
After the three reached an agreement, they caught up to Ling Xiao, who was still
injured. The moment they entered the sea territory, the three of them quickly
surrounded Ling Xiao.
"Heh heh heh, Master always says that I should not underestimate you too much,
but in my opinion, you're just so-so." The cloaked person looked at Ling Xiao with a
dark smile. Right now, he was just like a turtle in a jar, caught by their scheming.
How could this kind of person be an opponent for Master? The cloaked person felt
that Master looked too highly upon him.
Ling Xiao narrowed his eyes indifferently. The 'Master' he was talking about was
most likely that person. Since the beginning, he had suspected that the Black Spider
had something to do with that person, since the Black Spider's underhanded tricks
and way of doing things were way too similar to that person’s. Now, when he heard
this person speak, he was extremely certain.
Xia Yin's eyes flashed. Judging from his tone, they were acquaintances?
But Ling Xiao didn't bother with the cloaked person. Instead, his gaze moved to Xia
Yin, and his mouth unexpectedly revealed a faint smile. "After parting paths at the
small town, I never would have thought that I would meet the Holy Maiden here. I
wonder if Chief Mo Ma's two twin daughters are doing well right now? This humble
subordinate dearly misses them."
Xia Yin's pupils shrunk, and her hands curled into fists inside her sleeves. For him to
suddenly mention Mo Xue and Mo Fei, it couldn't be that he knew something. It most
likely wasn't very likely, after all, her plans were only made at the last minute, so it
was impossible for them to be leaked out. But as the saying went, it was better to be
safe than sorry.
Although a war was going on in Xia Yin's heart, her face remained expressionless.
"If Your Excellency wishes to see them, you can go to the Guma Tribe and visit them
if you have a chance in the days to come."
Ling Xiao chuckled. "In the days to come? I'm afraid I won't be able to see them."
Xia Yin's heart jumped. She suddenly was very certain that this man knew that she
had killed Mo Xue and Mo Fei. Was this a suggestion or was it a threat?
"You have quite a bit of self-knowledge. If you want to live, then hand over the
solitary dimension, and I can consider letting you walk away alive." The cloaked
person started to laugh loudly. He hadn't heard the suggestion in Ling Xiao's words;
instead, he thought that Ling Xiao knew that he would be unable to escape. The
cloaked person felt extremely pleased in his heart and looked down on him even
more.
"You're so loud!" Ling Xiao looked at him, annoyed.
The cloaked person's laughter came to a halt suddenly. He was about to
counterattack when his heart suddenly throbbed with terror, and he quickly retreated
backwards. In the next second, a fire snake abruptly shot up in the spot where he
had just been standing. If his reaction was one beat slower, he would've been done
for.
But the main reason why he could dodge it was because they were in the ocean.
Although the ocean couldn't extinguish Godfire, it could obstruct the Godfire a little
bit. It was this tiny difference that allowed him to avoid disaster.
Chapter 594: Underestimating the Enemy
Ling Xiao's figure disappeared instantly when the cloaked man retreated. When he
appeared, he was already behind the cloaked man. Although Ling Xiao had internal
injuries, it had no effect on his speed.
His slender and incisive legs swept towards the back of the cloaked man like a
whirlwind. The latter had not expected him to attack suddenly, or maybe he had
misjudged Ling Xiao's strength. This was because the information he got said that
Ling Xiao had advanced to a Sacred Realm expert not long ago. No matter how high
his potential was, he could not have advanced by four stars in just one year.
It was this idea that made him belittle the enemy, who now taught him a profound
lesson. The cloaked man only had time to block Ling Xiao's attack with his hands,
but it only served as a minor buffer and the kick landed firmly on his back.
A full-powered attack of a Sacred Realm expert was not to be underestimated. The

cloaked man quickly increased the distance between them. The qi and blood in his
body churned and he could not help but spit out a mouthful of blood, the blood
spread out in a halo in the sea.
Xia Yin suddenly blocked his path as soon as MoQi XiYuan was about to step
forward.
MoQi XiYuan was puzzled and raised his eyebrows, "Holy maiden, what do you
mean by this?"
He was different from the cloaked man. He felt that something was strange about
Xia Yin and Ling Xiao's dialogue, but he did not think deeply over it as Ling Xiao had
launched a sudden attack on the cloaked man. Now that Xia Yin had blocked him,
the doubts in his heart grew.
Xia Yin laughed softly, "Chief MoQi, don't you think this is an opportunity?"
MoQi XiYuan's eyes flashed, "What do you mean?"
"Chief MoQi should know what I mean. The Black Spider is not good a partner to
cooperate with. They may stab us in the back at any time. Why not wait until both
sides have suffered great losses before making a move?" Ling Xiao had blackmail
over Xia Yin, but she would not compromise if there was a glimmer of hope.
"The independent dimension..." MoQi XiYuan's desire was aroused as he listened,
but this did not mean that he would take immediate action. Some things had to be
distributed well in advance for one to rest assured.
Xia Yin replied, "The independent dimension is not the only treasure left by the
White Tiger, moreover, it is not appropriate to discuss this at the moment. Let's do it
like this. We will negotiate again after this matter is resolved. What do you think?"
MoQi XiYuan hesitated.
Xia Yin knew that he would not make up his mind if she didn't bring out a bargaining
chip that could tempt him. In any case, she would have to look for him sooner or
later, it made no difference whether she explained it clearly now or not.
"Chief MoQi..." Xia Yin's mouth was opening and closing but she did not make a
sound.
MoQi XiYuan was so shocked when he heard the latter part of her words that he did
not restrain his expression in time. Fortunately, the cloaked man was still being
tangled up with Ling Xiao and had no time to pay attention to the situation on this
side.
"Chief MoQi, you can think about this. You are a wise man. My proposal contains
only benefits for the ShuiXi Tribe. You should understand the current situation of the
ShuiXi Tribe. Mo Ma's actions against the ShuiXi Tribe are becoming more and
more brazen. In the near future, he will probably initiate a war between the two
tribes. I don't have much time, so I hope that you can give me an answer as soon as
possible. " Xia Yin said.
MoQi XiYuan fell silent for quite a while, "All right, I will give you an answer as soon
as possible."
In the side room, Ling Xiao's surprise attack on the cloaked man was successful,
and the cloaked man grew more and more annoyed. At the same time, he was
shocked by Ling Xiao's cultivation base. He did not know what method Ling Xiao
had used for him to have advanced by three to four stars in such a short time. If he
kept up with this speed, Ling Xiao would probably catch up with his Master in a short
time.
The cloaked man thought it was necessary to tell his Master this news. Otherwise, it
would be more difficult to kill him when he grew up to the level of the Master.
Anyone who threatened them must be killed in the cradle. This was the purpose of
the Black Spider. They were fully aware of the principle that 'nurturing a tiger invites
calamity'.
"Xia Yin, MoQi XiYuan, you are still not making a move?" The cloaked man saw that
the two seemed to want to sit on the sidelines and watch the tigers fight. He could
not help shouting at them resentfully. Unexpectedly, they still had not moved.
Seeing this, the cloaked man immediately guessed their intentions.
The Black Spider had always been the one stabbing people in the back, but this time
the tables were turned on them. This kind of feeling put him in a rather bad mood.
He was also one of the strongest experts in the Black Spider. There was none who
dared not fear him besides the people who ranked higher than him, but now he had
been continuously humiliated here.
"You seem to have been left high and dry. What do you plan to do next?" The corner
of Ling Xiao's eyes lifted, and there was obvious mockery in his eyes. Just like what
had happened before, there was the same contemptuous look in his eyes. Perhaps
the cloaked man did not think that his situation would be reversed.
"You want to kill me? You still don't have this capability!" The cloaked man coldly
snorted, "Others may not know this, but I know very well that your internal injury has
not healed, and you're simply unable to exhibit your former strength."
Xia Yin and MoQi XiYuan showed traces of astonishment on their faces. They both
looked at Ling Xiao at the same time. If what the cloaked man said was true, their
odds of success would be even greater.
Nevertheless, they did not immediately believe the cloaked man's words, because
Ling Xiao did not seem like he was suffering from an internal injury. It was likely that
the cloaked man had set a trap in order to incite them into making a move.
"Why don't you test it out whether I have the capability or not?" As soon as he
finished speaking, Ling Xiao's figure disappeared again.
This time, the cloaked man responded quickly and smashed a fist in a certain
direction without the slightest hesitation. The strength of his fist was so shocking that
it split the sea in half, and his momentum was extremely large.
Ling Xiao's figure appeared in that direction, yet he did not make a single movement.
The cloaked man's fist suddenly diverted from its path when it was only three or four
meters away from him, before landing more than twenty meters behind his left,
causing the seawater to burst apart in an instant.
The cloaked man's pupil suddenly contracted.
Not only he, but Xia Yin and MoQi XiYuan were also somewhat startled. They did
not see any big movements from Ling Xiao at all. Based off the strength of the
cloaked man, it was impossible to neutralize his strength so easily.
What they did not know was that Ling Xiao had the bloodline of the Black Tortoise
within his body. Although the Black Tortoise was not a demon beast with a water
attribute, they had lived in the Living Waters River Boundary for many generations.
Their ability to manipulate water was definitely one of the best even if it was not a
good as the White Tiger. Many of his inherited memories concerned methods on
how to flexibly control water.
At this moment, the water around the cloaked man became turbulent as if it was
following the occasion.
The cloaked man was frightened and wanted to run away immediately, but he was
one step too late. It was as if his four limbs had been tightly constricted by an
invisible python. He made a small movement and actually found that he could not
break free.
Meanwhile, Ling Xiao quickly adopted a pose for drawing a bow. The seawater
formed a bow in his left hand, and his right hand was holding the fletching of an
arrow that was completely made up of purple and red flames, with the tip pointing at
the cloaked man.
The shadow of death shrouded the head of the cloaked man.
Impossible. It was impossible for him to lose to someone he looked down upon.
However, at this moment, he finally understood why the Master asked him not to
belittle Ling Xiao. His current situation was the price for belittling the enemy, which
was likely to cost him his life.
The cloaked man struggled hard, and he felt that the things that were confining him
were starting to loosen. He just needed a little more time...
But would Ling Xiao give it to him?
That was obviously impossible. The flame arrow in his hand shot out. Because of
the obstruction of the sea water, the distance that it could normally cover in less than
one second took one-point-five seconds before it penetrated the cloaked man's
shoulder. As the cloaked man had managed to struggle free from the invisible
python that imprisoned him at the last moment, the trajectory of the arrow that
should have pierced his heart hit his shoulder instead.
But even so, the cloaked man could not be at ease.
Ling Xiao's flames were a special type of Godfire, which had the power of devouring.
Only when one had experienced it personally could one know how painful it was.
The cloaked man endured the heart-tearing, lung-splitting pain with great difficulty.
After stabilizing his posture, he staked the last of his strength to flee this place
resentfully. He was seriously injured and staying behind would only lead to his
death. He had already lost the qualifications to fight for the independent dimension
and the Water Elemental Essence.
The reason he suffered a defeat this time was mainly because he underestimated
the enemy and definitely not because his strength was inferior to Ling Xiao.
Xia Yin and MoQi XiYuan looked at each other in dismay and saw the astonishment
in the other's eyes. They would be fools is they believed in the cloaked man's words
after that kind of performance by Ling Xiao. However, they were unwilling to give up
on the independent dimension too. Furthermore, they had two people on their side
and would not be at a disadvantage if they went up against Ling Xiao who was
alone.
Just at this moment, their subordinates finally arrived.
The one to take the lead was the man surnamed Fu. He rushed over and opened his
mouth as if he were going to shout MoQi XiYuan's name, before he caught a
glimpse of Ling Xiao's figure in the corner of his eye.
Previously, he was going too fast, so he did not see the front view of Ling Xiao's
face. At this time, Ling Xiao's face practically appeared in front of him. The man
surnamed Fu stumbled. Fortunately, he was able to stabilize himself in time,
otherwise he would fallen in front of everyone.
His strange state attracted everyone's attention.
Ling Xiao had recognized him long ago, it was just that he did not have any reaction.
Now when he saw him, Ling Xiao could not help revealing a strange smile on his
handsome face.
MoQi XiYuan silently thought 'not good', he assumed that Ling Xiao was going to
attack Fu ZiLin and he hastily used his body to shield him. However, contrary to his
expectations, Ling Xiao disappeared instead. He actually made a reckless move and
crushed a teleportation talisman?
Xia Yin also did not respond in time.
This 'hand of God' move unexpectedly succeeded as she and MoQi XiYuan did not
expect him to do such a thing.
Everyone was dumbstruck upon witnessing this.

Chapter 595: Uncharted Island
You XiaoMo exited the dimension and found that they were no longer at the bottom
of the sea. Above them, the azure skies stretched on for miles and bright sunlight
shone, almost blindingly so. The clear blue sea shimmered all the way to the skyline.
It appeared that they had arrived at an uncharted area of the seas.
To the side, Ling Xiao was meditating, eyes closed. He seemed rather pale.
You XiaoMo leaned against the film separating them and watching the other with
wide eyes. Though he didn't know what happened just now, they were probably out
of danger now. There was no sign of Black Spider or the people from the two tribes.
After who knows how long, Ling Xiao finally opened his eyes.
You XiaoMo was staring at him, and therefore noticed this immediately. He smacked
the barrier with all his might, trying to get Ling Xiao’s attention. He wasn’t sure if Ling
Xiao knew he was trapped in the palace or not.
What was disappointing was that Ling Xiao didn’t seem to notice, instead, the other
scowled,
You XiaoMo was anxious; did Ling Xiao really not know he was in the palace?
Currently, his cultivation base had been sealed, and he couldn’t attack the palace.
He had to find another way to let Ling Xiao know he was in here.
That was when an idea popped into You XiaoMo’s head. How could he have
forgotten something as convenient as the transmission stone? If he recalled
correctly, so long as he was close enough, the transmission stone would work.
However, when he tried to contact Ling Xiao, the transmission stone didn’t react at
all. As expected, he couldn’t do anything apart from enter his dimension.
Just as he wilted in disappointment, the sky above turned dark.
You XiaoMo raised his head, and when his eyes got used to the lighting, he realized
that it wasn’t that the sky had grown dark, but that there was blood, lots of blood
above the palace, blocking the light until it was like nighttime.
This situation immediately had him panicking. This blood wasn’t Ling Xiao’s, was it?
He coughed up so much, he hadn’t lost too much blood, had he?
As he thought of this, something happened.
The palace flashed with dazzling light, and though the humming sound it made
wasn’t loud, it felt deafening to You XiaoMo. His head spun and when it cleared, his
surroundings had changed. The breeze against his face felt startling real.
He got out?
You XiaoMo was stunned for a moment until there was a slight cough, and he
remembered what had happened before he got out. He hurriedly rushed to Ling
Xiao’s side and said nervously, “You coughed up so much blood just now; that
scared me.”
Ling Xiao, "..."
“How do you feel right now?” You XiaoMo patted Ling Xiao down, thinking that Ling
Xiao was injured. But he had felt Ling Xiao up all over and hadn’t found any injuries.
Lifting his head, he was met with Ling Xiao darkened gaze, like a black hole sucking
him in.
"..."
… What was this?
No matter how oblivious he was, You XiaoMo realized that there was something
wrong and quickly retracted his hands, which had been unintentionally teasing Ling
Xiao.
You XiaoMo carefully scrutinized Ling Xiao up and down, and noticed that apart
from looking a little pale, Ling Xiao seemed completely fine. Did he hallucinate or
something?
“Which eye of yours saw me coughing blood?” Ling Xiao stared at him for a
moment, and finally spoke up when You XiaoMo had nearly lowered his head to the
ground. Hearing this, You XiaoMo immediately lifted his head, only to look away
awkwardly when their gazes met.
You XiaoMo twisted his fingers, stammering, “I… that… When I was in palace, I saw
a lot of blood so I thought you had sustained injuries or something.”
“A lot of blood?” Ling Xiao’s voice seemed to hold a hint of amusement, “You mean
this?”
You XiaoMo carefully raised his head and saw that Ling Xiao was holding something
in his hand, it was cube-like and only a fourth of the size of his palm.
Right above the object, a drop of blood spread over it, slowly being absorbed. The
milky white jade stone had turned blood red - it was the palace that he had been
trapped in before.
“...”
。
There really had only been a drop of blood, but for someone trapped in the palace, it seemed
like a lake of blood.
You XiaoMo, having realized that he had misunderstood, really wanted to dig a hole and
bury himself in it. He had once again done something embarrassing, and this time he had
embarrassed himself twice in succession.
“Idiot! I don’t think I could find someone as stupid as you anywhere else,” Ling Xiao said,
smiling. He had originally wanted to punish the other for this, but with this tangent, he had
lost interest.
You XiaoMo wilted.
Ling Xiao continued to mock him mercilessly, “If you didn’t have me, you’d probably get
yourself killed by your own stupidity.”
“It was you who dripped blood over the palace,” You XiaoMo couldn’t help but grumble.
“Seems like you wish to stay in there some more. You want me to grant that wish?” Ling
Xiao heard his grumbling, but wasn’t bothered by it. He raised the shrunken palace to You
XiaoMo. “I’ll personally send you back.”
You XiaoMo grabbed Ling Xiao’s arm tightly, changing the topic not very
successfully, “Unlocking the palace required blood?”
“What do you think?” Ling Xiao retorted, raising an eyebrow.

You XiaoMo nodded seriously, “I think you’re the most heroic, most amazing person
ever.”
Ling Xiao burst into chuckles, clearly not taking his flattery.
Afterwards, Ling Xiao had You XiaoMo help him to rest. His injuries hadn’t healed
when he fought at the bottom of the ocean. Though he had injured the cloaked
person, he had also worsened his internal injuries. He was very lucky to have been
able to escape from Xia Yin and MoQi XiYuan’s hands.
If Xia Yin and MoQi XiYuan knew that he was actually gravely injured, the two
definitely wouldn’t hesitate to gang up on him. It was lucky that they didn’t believe
the cloaked person’s words. However, his escape was thanks to Fu ZiLin. If it wasn’t
for their arrival drawing most people’s attention, then things wouldn’t have gone as
smoothly.
“Where are we now?” You XiaoMo helped Ling Xiao to the base of a coconut tree.
They were currently on an uncharted island, facing the boundless blue sea.
“DaTong Ocean,” Ling Xiao replied simply.
You XiaoMo was stunned for a moment. He had heard of DaTong Ocean before. It
was the ocean that was connected to Dong Yu’s border. It was at the edge of the
TongTian Continent, stretching out boundlessly. It was immensely vast, and if
people didn’t have someone familiar with the area to lead them, first timers would
usually get lost in the DaTong Ocean. The more unlucky ones might never get out.
He didn’t know that Ling Xiao had crushed the transportation talisman, so not even
Ling Xiao knew what corner of the DaTong Ocean they had been transported to.
However, You XiaoMo didn’t ponder for long. They weren’t in desperate need of
finding a way out of the DaTong Ocean. What they needed to do now was get
stronger and rest up.
The unnamed island was a primitive island, filled with dense forestry. Each tree was
at least four, five hundred years old, some looked malnourished, but in reality they
were over a thousand years old and abundant with nutrients. The spiritual energy
here was more dense than in Dong Zhou, too.
You XiaoMo, thinking that they probably would be staying for a while, chopped down
a few older trees and built a simple hut near the sea. He managed it within the hour.
Inside the hut, there was a wooden bed; he had specifically gone for the kind of
wood that was rather soft and held a light fragrance. Some trees that he couldn’t
recognize, thousands of years old, weren’t like normal trees that were easy to cut.
You XiaoMo had hacked at it, rotating upwards of 90 degrees, yet it still didn’t break.
The tenacity was something he had never seen before. He had even gone and
replanted a few in his dimension.
All this time, You XiaoMo had felt that his dimension was rather monotonous, and
the addition of a few trees might make it more pleasing.
Afterwards, he had chosen a few other kinds of trees, some black, some red, some
brown, and so on. Planted in rows, they made a colorful and satisfying sight.
After the hut was built, You XiaoMo adorned the inside.
He had finished this small, cozy home in two hours. Apart from building the supports
for the hut, the other areas used the high tenacity wood. That way, they wouldn’t
have to fear splinters and the like.
You XiaoMo looked at his hut with a sense of accomplishment, thinking to himself
deeply, he really was a great wife.
“In the future, even if you decide to not be a mage anymore, you’d probably do
alright as an architect.” Ling Xiao had personally witnessed the hut come to shape
bit by bit. Though he knew before that You XiaoMo knew how to build houses, he
didn’t think the other was so familiar with the activity.
You XiaoMo grinned in delight. “In the past, my dream was to become an architect.
These simple huts are nothing. In the future, when you come to Earth, where I’m
from, you’ll find that their buildings are completely different. They’re far more
complicated than this.”
“Watch your ego.” Ling Xiao said.
A good environment was helpful to one’s physical and emotional health!
You XiaoMo truly believed that and, to make sure that Ling Xiao could focus on
resting up, he ran back into the primitive forest and hunted a few low level demon
beasts. He was lucky enough to find two low level demon beasts not too different
from turkeys.
He decided to make one into beggar’s chicken, so that Ling Xiao could have a taste
of how amazing beggar’s chicken was. The other, he made into chicken soup to help
with Ling Xiao’s condition.
Though he knew it wouldn’t help with Ling Xiao’s internal injuries any, but it would let
You XiaoMo spoil Ling Xiao a little. He was determined to be the good wife and
mother to the end.
Though You XiaoMo had made beggar’s chicken before at home, he hadn’t done it
by burying the chicken in the ground. In the twenty-first century with all that
technology, who’d bury the chicken in the ground anymore?
You XiaoMo hadn’t done it back then, but he dared to bet that if he had, he’d be
looked upon with disdain by his family, especially his mother who was a real
aristocratic lady. She was very picky about the food that came on the table, as well
as their table manners, and she had a husband that spoiled her to no end, too.
You XiaoMo first killed the turkey, and then removed its internal organs. After that,
he cleaned it and rubbed on the season he had bought before. However, because
he hadn’t made ample preparations, so he had to simplify things slightly. Luckily, he
did have most of the necessary spices, so the flavor wouldn’t be too affected.
Afterwards, You XiaoMo used some leaves from the forest to wrap the chicken up.
These leaves were even larger than lotus leaves, and one leaf was enough to wrap
up the entire turkey. Then, he lumped mud on it, a layer around 1.5 cm thick, and
after that, he placed it into a hole in the ground.
You XiaoMo had wanted to get Ling Xiao to light a fire for him, but after considering
it, he decided against it.
After finishing the beggar’s chicken, he began working on the second dish. The
fragrance of cooked meat wafted through the air. It was all meat dishes. He had
wanted to make a few vegetarian ones, but he didn’t have enough ingredients. He
only found twenty wild mushrooms. Alone, the flavor would be monotonous. It was
better to cook it with something else.
Two hours later, he had made a table of meat dishes.
With the aroma of meat in the air, You XiaoMo didn’t have to go and call for Ling
Xiao. The other had come out already.
You XiaoMo excitedly dragged Ling Xiao over and had him sit at the table. He had
made the table and chairs himself. The table was wider than normal tables. “Look, I
made all this for you.”
Ling Xiao really liked the barbequed meat You XiaoMo cooked. Though they had ate
it in the cave for several months, he had never gotten tired of it, and different demon
beasts would have different tastes, so compared to You XiaoMo, who had gotten
sick of barbeque, he was still very interested in it.
Plus, demon beasts all enjoyed meat. Meat was much more tempting to them than
to humans.
“What’s this?” Ling Xiao’s gaze fell onto the beggar’s chicken, which was covered in
a layer of mud, and he frowned.
You XiaoMo knew that the other had misunderstood, but he didn’t tell him any
specifics, just grinning and saying, “This, we’ll save for last. Then you’ll see how
amazing it is.”
Ling Xiao raised an eyebrow at him.
The two began to sweep through the dishes on the table. You XiaoMo had made
plenty of each dish, seven different flavors for seven different meat dishes. Ling Xiao
hadn’t even finished them when his gaze once again fell onto the beggar’s chicken.
You XiaoMo was so stuffed that he had a little food baby. He quietly activated his
inner energy, digesting half of it before he started to peel open the beggar’s chicken.
The mud had prevented the beggar’s chicken from leaking warmth, so even after
half an hour, it’s flavor, color and scent hadn’t changed at all, still piping hot and
delicious.
The aroma wafted towards the sea, and a gust of wind blew it right back onto the
island.
From that day on, Ling Xiao became obsessed with beggar’s chicken.
Each day, after he finished meditating, he would sit at the table, waiting for beggar’s
chicken, not missing a single meal. You XiaoMo had no choice but to go and catch
turkeys in the forest every day, in the end, not only did the number of turkeys fall, but
for a while, he could barely find any. Even though they might not be sentient yet, low
level demon beasts could sense danger and avoid it instinctively.
In the end, You XiaoMo had to change tactics. He no longer hunted the turkeys at a
specific time each day, and instead caught more in one go. In order to make sure
that Ling Xiao could have beggar’s chicken in the future, he caught a few male and
female turkeys and put them in his dimension. Afraid that they would trample over
his magic herbs, he had to get more wood to build a tall fence.
However, it wasn’t as if the hens could immediately lay eggs. It wasn’t until You
XiaoMo had hunted all the nearby turkeys that he realized this wasn’t good.
One day, he entered the forest to catch turkeys again, yet didn’t find a single one,
and this continued for several days. As he thought, they were going to break the
food chain here, weren’t they?
Though Ling Xiao didn’t say anything, he hadn’t eaten beggar’s chicken for four, five
days, and each day he would silently come out and then silently return to the room.
This, somehow, had You XiaoMo developing a sense of guilt that he really shouldn’t
have.
Then, one day, he came back empty-handed and didn’t plan to touch the turkeys in
his dimension, so You XiaoMo decided to enter the deeper area of the forest to find
some. Since the turkeys were low level demon beasts, he had stayed at the edges
of the forest to catch them and very rarely went deeper.
The following morning, You XiaoMo left after bidding Ling Xiao goodbye.
Though the unnamed island didn’t seem to have any signs of other people, there
was a primitive forest, so there must be demon beasts there, so even if there were
no turkeys, he could get other fowl. So long as it was some sort of fowl, it could be
made into beggar’s chicken!
Barely a minute after he had left, a black eagle on a nearby true suddenly flew into
the air and deeper into the forest with a long cry. It’s speed was shocking.
You XiaoMo raised his head as the black eagle just so happened to fly overhead. He
only saw a flash of its tail and couldn’t help but gasp at the speed, the last vestiges
of doubt leaving his heart.
The small island wasn’t small at all, but massive.
You XiaoMo darted through the forest, so fast that he left afterimages behind.
Occasionally, he saw a few low or middle level demon beasts, but he hadn’t seen
any fowl yet, which was puzzling. Fowl demon beasts weren’t rare. They were just
as common as the chickens that normal people kept. Plus, he only caught turkeys,
so how come he hadn’t seen any?
You XiaoMo landed on a branch of a large tree, looking around. There were quite a
few middle level demon beasts nearby, but not a single fowl. Could it be that this
kind of demon beast was particularly rare on this island?
Not long later, You XiaoMo’s befuddlement was finally solved.
Just as he prepared to leave and continue further into the forest, a Red-Crowned
Turkey with with a crown of fiery red and feathers like the blazing clouds of the
sunset. Red-Crowned Turkeys were a middle level demon beast, a mutation of
turkeys, able to breathe fire and three times as fast.
You XiaoMo was delighted. After searching for four hours, he had finally found a
Red-Crowned Turkey. As the turkey’s mutated form, and a middle level demon
beast, it’s meat would be even better than turkey meat. He immediately chased after
it.
Then, something strange happened.
He could see the Red-Crowned Turkey open up its wings, running in his direction
with interest, but then a demon beast jumped out in the middle and said something
to the Red-Crowned Turkey. The Red-Crowned Turkey seemed shocked, and
quickly ran in the other direction.
You XiaoMo was stunned. What on earth was this?
After he snapped out of it, he immediately gave chase, not caring about anything
else. No matter how fast it was, it wouldn’t be able to outrun him. Once he caught
up, it immediately started attacking furiously, not giving him a chase to act first.
Fireball after fireball flew at him.
You XiaoMo casually dodged the fireballs and, not five minutes later, had the Red-
Crowned Turkey under foot. It was too bad that this guy couldn’t assume a human
form, then he’d be able to find out what that other demon beast had said.
Soon enough, You XiaoMo knocked the Red-Crowned Turkey unconscious and was
about to shoulder it and leave. The Red-Crowned turkey was thrice as large as the
normal turkeys and required even larger leaves to wrap it. Later on, he could pick up
some leaves on the way back.
Just as You XiaoMo turned, the rustling of leaves suddenly sounded beside him. He
turned his head towards the direction the noise had come from and saw that it was a
middle level demon beast that looked exactly the same as the demon beast that had
talked to the Red-Crowned Turkey. However, he knew it was a different one,
because there was no way they’d be faster than him.
These were a demon beast known as Demon Rats, they were nocturnal creatures.
Demon Rats were very agile and sensitive to sounds. They could tunnel into the
ground silently and were very good for spying. Seeing that he wasn’t moving, the
Demon Rats quietly returned underground, crouching there without a single
movement.
You XiaoMo, amused, sent out his soul power around him and soon discovered that
there were around ten Demon Rats hidden around here. Over seventy percent of
them were facing him.
Seeing this, if he still didn’t realize that someone was controlling these Demon Rats,
then he would’ve lived for nothing for twenty years.
He had always thought that this was a island that hadn’t been taken over by demon
beasts, but now it appeared that this island may have been claimed by a powerful
demon beast. The reason why he had never noticed until now was probably
because they were on opposite sides of the island.
You XiaoMo didn’t bother confirming this and headed back with his Red-Crowned
Turkey.
He wasn’t here to fight over land with demon beasts. After Ling Xiao recovered
some, or after he broke through to grade four, they would leave. Thus, there was no
need to fight over this island where no one lived and nothing happened.
Not long after he left, so did all the Demon Rats.

Chapter 596: Removing it's intelligence
Once he returned to the small wood cabin, Ling Xiao was still inside recuperating.
You XiaoMo took a look inside and the Metal Swallowing Beast, who he left behind
to take care of the house, leaped into his lap with it's four stubby legs. The life
without his stupid owner was way too boring.
Ever since the Water Elemental Essence had been tamed by You XiaoMo, he let out
the Metal Swallowing Beast and the Golden Winged Insects. In this past month or
so, they had been having the feasts of their lives, and became picky as a result.
Every time he came back from hunting, they're mouths started to water.
You XiaoMo threw out the Metal Swallowing Beast from his lap. The latter, as if as
light as a feather, made a mid-air turn and landed gracefully on the floor. That was
the result of the past two weeks of training.
The two Golden Winged Insects flew around the Metal Swallowing Beast, as they
chuckled at his misfortune. Metal Swallowing Beast simply shook his head pridefully.
You XiaoMo was too tired to deal with them and carried his Red-Crowned Turkey to
make food.
The Red-Crowned Turkey was bigger than a normal turkey, so it was harder to deal
with, but it was filling, as much as three normal turkeys. Ever since his beasts joined
their dinner table, they fell in love with the dish, Beggar's Chicken. He had to make
two or three each time for them to eat.
That was the real reason for the quickly depleting turkey's in the forest.
With proficiency, You XiaoMo killed the Red-Crowned Turkey, took out its insides
and even used his spiritual water to clean it. With that, the dish would taste even
better and it had a healing effect, which he discovered later.
Once he cleaned it, he stuffed it with all kinds of spices. Other than the ones in his
dimension, he also found some in the forest. Luckily he was able to find
replacements for most of the ingredients he didn't have before. With the
preparations completed, he calculated the time and buried the turkey into the
ground.
Once he turned to the cabin, You XiaoMo told the Metal Swallowing Beast and Ping
Pong to take at look outside. After that, he took the Metal Swallowing Beast and
started his daily cultivation.
The energies left in Xing Qi's Life Crystal had all been absorbed by him. He hadn't
just been cooking dinner and catching turkeys, he had also been cultivating with the
energies in the Life Crystal.
However, the energy required to go from three stars to four stars was more than he
had imagined.
Like a bucket that could fill a ton of water, the energies left in that Life Crystal
couldn't even fill a tenth of it. If it wasn't for the fact that the Wolf of Greed was
LanQiu's brother, he would have really lost to the temptation of absorbing it as well.
Although, he figured that LanQiu wouldn't blame him for it, whenever he the thought
crossed his mind, he felt like he had no face to see LanQiu. So, he held his
temptation in check and threw his Life Crystal to a corner of his dimension.
But, ever since they came to this island, You XiaoMo wasn't in nearly a rush as
before.
They had stayed here for over a month, there wasn't a shadow, not even a ghost of
a shadow here. From that, one could tell how remote this island was. Since that was
the case, they could easily wait until Ling Xiao's wounds healed before leaving. They
had the time. Thus, with that thought in mind, You XiaoMo felt free to stay here.
Unbeknown to him, although he wasn't in any rush, the others were.
Two hours later, the Metal Swallowing Beast came running back.
The Red-Crowned Turkey was huge and it's meat was tougher than a normal turkey,
so it wasn't easily cooked over flame, at least doubled the time of a normal turkey.
With his orders, the Metal Swallowing Beast came running to him when the time was
right, highly energetic.
You XiaoMo dug out the Beggar's Chicken from the ground. Even with a layer of
mud, one could still smell that rich fragrance as it was carried away by the wind into
the forest. By the feel of it, even from afar one would still be able to smell it.
The size of the turkey was quite impressive, so he didn't plan on making any other
dishes. They were running out of certain spices so he was taking care using them.
"What's this chicken?" The moment You XiaoMo heard that, he knew Ling Xiao was
also lured here by the fragrance of the turkey. Now, he didn't even need to call them,
as long as there was the Beggar's Chicken, one big, three small would all
automatically sit by the dinner table. Sometimes he wondered who was the foodie
here.
"Red-Crowned Turkey, I just caught it today." You XiaoMo said without turning.
Ling Xiao squatted down beside him and watched on as You XiaoMo stripped away
the outer layer of mud with ease. Out from it revealed a turkey covered in leaves,
with an even stronger scent than before.
You XiaoMo placed the Beggar's Chicken onto the table and used a huge knife to
slice the turkey's belly open. The spices came pouring out onto the plate, making
their mouths water.
Before he had a chance to say Bon Appetit, the four started eating. They devoured
the turkey at a even faster speed than before. Just because he was a bit slower, that
massive turkey was already eaten by half.
You XiaoMo glanced at Ling Xiao, something had been bothering him for a long
time. Even though Ling Xiao ate fast, to give a comparison, his one bite was Ling
Xiao's three, but even with that, he eat elegantly.
Now looking at him, he was also from a wealthy family with a mother that cared
deeply about table manners. More or less he had been in that environment for
fifteen or so years, so why couldn't he be fast and elegant? As he recalled, You Bo
and You Lu were also like Ling Xiao. Was this really a matter of talent?
Of course a certain problem was purposefully left out by You XiaoMo.
Once they finished the turkey, the 'gods' returned.
You XiaoMo hesitated for a bit but still decided to tell Ling Xiao, euphemistically,
about the situation with the turkeys.
With the massive death of turkeys, now it was difficult for them to even eat it one
every two days. Before he understood he situation in the forest, they were going to
have trouble eating the Beggar's Chicken.
After Ling Xiao heard that, he said, "If we don't have the Beggar's Chicken then
make something else." After that, he went back into the cabin.
You XiaoMo suddenly had a feeling that he had been worried over a month for
nothing? By the looks of things, even if he didn't have the turkey, it was okay?
He must be over thinking things.
The next day, You XiaoMo didn't go the forest to hunt for turkeys as Ling Xiao
needed him for something.
"Here, take this." Ling Xiao said as he tossed a bottle with a few drops of shining
golden blood. This was the Life Blood he extracted from the White Tiger's corpse.
Like the Four Ancient Beast Clan, the white tigers didn't have a Life Crystal, thus
their Life Blood contained a massive amount of energy, directly connected to their
cultivation levels.
You XiaoMo knew that other than tending to his wounds, Ling Xiao had been
extracting from the white tiger's corpse. Since they weren't in a hurry like in the
palace, they were proceeding at slower place, just finishing two days ago. In total,
he extracted seven drops of Life Blood with three of them given to You XiaoMo.
"Why are you giving this to me?' You XiaoMo asked in confusion.
In the beginning, the one who was interested in the white tiger's corpse was Life
Blood. He had thought that it was somehow really useful to him. But now, he gave
him three drops, which was almost half.
Ling Xiao replied, "I just need four drops. As for the rest, didn't you want to level up? Every
drop of Life Blood contained more energy than Xing Qi's Life Crystal. Absorbing it is good
for you and it can strengthen the tenacity (韧度) of your body. But be careful, the energy
contained in the Life Blood is a bit violent, it's better if you take magic pills when you absorb
it."
You XiaoMo took the bottle. Lately he had been worried about the speed of his
cultivation. Given the speed he was progressing at, he may not be at four stars even
after a year. Just yesterday he was wondering if he should take a magic pill that
increases one's levels.
"Give me the Water Elemental Essence." Ling Xiao said.
You XiaoMo immediately took out the jade box containing the Water Elemental
Essence. Even through the box, he could still see the Elemental Essence hitting
against it in discontentment. However, that was useless as the jade box was
prepared by Ling Xiao and it had a layer of restrictions around it, not matter how
intelligent it was, it wouldn't break it.
Ling Xiao opened the box and immediately the Water Elemental Essence darted out,
but it wasn't even free for two seconds before it was captured by a giant hand.
It probably sensed that Ling Xiao was even harder to deal with than You XiaoMo so
it struggled even more violently, as if frightened."
You XiaoMo was confused at first, why was it so afraid?
It shook like no tomorrow and Ling Xiao's next move explained You XiaoMo's
confusion.
Suddenly his finger moved and the once struggling Water Elemental Essence
calmed down. When Ling Xiao opened his palms again, he didn't escape either,
rather calmly floated on top. That reminded You XiaoMo of the other four Elemental
Essences.
"You wiped away it's intelligence?" With a flash of brilliance, You XiaoMo asked.
Ling Xiao confirmed, "It doesn't need intelligence, otherwise, it would be thinking of
escaping all day. That's going to be a hindrance when we use it."
No wonder the Water Elemental Essence was so afraid, it was afraid of being wiped
of it's intelligence.
Compared to the ignorant Wood Elemental Essence, the Water Elemental Essence
had the intelligence of an adult, so it knew the outcome of being captured. It took
hundreds of millions of years to form an intelligence, and it was ambitious in wanting
to shape shift. Of course it didn't want to be wipe of his intelligence, but too bad it
met Ling Xiao.
You XiaoMo didn't pity it as he wasn't a saint. Compared with Ling Xiao, even with
one's butthole, you'll know who he would side with.
Chapter 597: Weasel Beast
After that day, Ling Xiao went to do secluded cultivation.
You XiaoMo keenly felt that it was because Ling Xiao knew that he wouldn't be able
to eat beggar's chicken for a while after this, so he decided to go do secluded
cultivation.
However, in order to refine a Heart Vein Pill , he had no interest in going back to the
forest to catch the Red-Crowned Turkey.
The Heart Vein Pill was a type of grade three rainbow level magic pill. Its rank was
quite high among the grade three magic pills, and it had many uses. Its first benefit
was that it could calm the heart and qi energy. When mages used this pill, it could
raise the success rate when refining pills, especially when refining transcendent
level magic pills.
Its second benefit was that it could strengthen and protect the meridians, just like
adding a layer of steel on top of fragile glass. It ensured that when some explosive
energy was used in the meridians, they wouldn't receive a blow.
There had always been very few pill recipes for this kind of magic pill. You XiaoMo
had searched in the jade drive for several minutes before he discovered a few pill
recipes, selecting the Heart Vein Pill in the end.
The Heart Vein Pill just happened to be a grade three magic pill, and it had the
highest rank among the pill recipes. With his cultivation base, it wasn't hard to refine
a Heart Vein Pill, but some of the magic herbs that were required for the pill weren't
ripe yet.
Originally, he wanted to nurture the magic herbs in the magic herb field step by step.
After all, spiritual water was precious, and he couldn't just casually waste it. Because
he had watered them too many times in one day, if the magic herbs couldn't absorb
it in one go, then it would lead to part of the spiritual water being wasted.
You XiaoMo didn't have time to wait, so he figured that if it was wasted, then it was
wasted. Plus, the spiritual water would seep into the magic herb field and be
absorbed by the soil, so the magic herbs that would be cultivated later would still
grow very well even if they weren't watered for a certain period of time.
So he watered the magic herbs at least ten to twenty times a day. They grew
extremely satisfyingly; not even a month had passed before the magic herbs were
close to maturing.
You XiaoMo re-planted the seeds that the magic herbs dropped in the same magic
herb field. Since he constantly watered this field, the soil contained a rich amount of
spiritual water. Even if he didn't water them, the seeds would absorb the spiritual
water in the soil on their own and grow quickly.
You XiaoMo placed the magic herbs, which he had washed cleanly, into a sieve. He
was worried that it wouldn't succeed in one try, so he prepared several portions.
There were several hundred magic herbs, an extremely large amount.
On a bright and sunny morning, You XiaoMo adjusted his vigor so it was at its best
condition and prepared to begin refining pills.
In order to prevent people from disturbing him in the middle, he told the Metal
Swallowing Beast and Golden Winged Insects to keep an eye out nearby.
The Metal Swallowing Beast and Golden Winged Insects had been with him for a
long time, and they had eaten quite a few of his magic pills. Even though their
cultivation base wasn't as high as SheQiu's and the rest, but ancient demon beasts
naturally were much stronger than the typical demon beast.
You XiaoMo had checked out the situation at the small island before. In general, the
strength of the demon beasts here wasn't very high. Most of them were mid-tier
demon beasts, and there weren't that many high level demon beasts, so even if
there was actually a leader, their strength wouldn't be very high. The Metal
Swallowing Beast and Golden Winged Insects should be able to deal with them, but
if they couldn't defeat them, he would probably consider cooking them.
Afterwards, You XiaoMo took out the Heavenly Cauldron.
He controlled the Heavenly Cauldron and made it into a large cauldron that was two
meters tall. This was the first time he had made a cauldron this big. The bigger the
cauldron didn't necessarily mean it was better, but he could adjust based on the
circumstances.
You XiaoMo decided to throw all of the supplementary magic herbs into the cauldron
together to refine it. His technique for refining magic herbs now had already
improved a lot compared to before, and it wasn't much of a problem for him to
control a hundred or more high level magic herbs at one time. On the contrary, he
could even use it to strengthen his mind and multitask.
When all of the magic herbs were thrown into the cauldron, the cauldron had long
since been filled to the brim with soul force, and it methodically separated the magic
herbs in an instant...
Eight hours later.
You XiaoMo sat in front of the cauldron, and his hands formed complex yet
extremely practiced hand signs in front of his chest. In the cauldron, he had already
refined the hundred magic herbs into round balls of colorful, sticky liquid. Quite a bit
of the black impurities landed on the edges of the cauldron.
After finishing the last sequence, You XiaoMo used the edge of his sleeve to wipe
the sweat from his forehead.
It had taken quite a while to refine the magic herbs this time. However, he hadn't lost
too much of his soul force, so for now, he still didn't need to drink spiritual water.
You XiaoMo picked up the transcendent level magic herbs that he had prepared
long in advance. These magic herbs were fairly valuable, so he didn't dare to be
negligent, and he only threw in ten at a time. Even though it was a bit harder to
refine these compared to high level magic herbs, he was already extremely familiar
with the procedure, so it wasn't too bad.
Once he finished refining all of the magic herbs, the sky was already light.
You XiaoMo looked at the liquid floating peacefully inside of the cauldron. He was
finally done. Next was fusing them together. In order to carve all of the steps into his
memory, he had drilled it in his mind numerous times yesterday. Now, he tested it
out and went through it again in his mind. Only after ensuring that there were no
emissions did he begin.
At the same time, in the depths of the forest.
"You guys have confirmed that that person is refining pills?" A slightly sharp male
voice drifted out from behind the red curtain, and the tall and sturdy figure of the
person sitting behind the curtain could vaguely be seen.
A mouse spirit kneeled in front of the curtain. Even though he had already
transformed, characteristics of the Demon Rat still remained on his body. One could
tell from one glance that his original shape was that of the Demon Rat.
When he heard this, he instantly responded, "Yes, my king. This subordinate saw
that person take out many magic herbs from a cauldron with my own eyes. He's
already sat in front of that cauldron, unmoving, for a whole day and night. He's
definitely refining pills."
That person instantly stood up, hauling out a long and fluffy tail from behind him.
When he threw aside the red curtain, he revealed that his half-human-half-beast
appearance was that of an awe-inspiring Weasel Beast. His tail was at least two
meters long.
"Well done, we'll take this opportunity to teach that person a lesson. He dared to eat
all of the turkeys that I like the most, there's no way we can let him off easily!"
The Weasel Beast's face revealed a hint of vindictive pleasure. He knew that mages
didn't allow outsiders to disturb them when refining, or else not only would the
refining fail, it was also easy for them to be counterattacked and harmed. However,
he more so hoped for the latter.
"My king is brilliant!" The Demon Rat's flattery instantly followed.
"We'll set out right now."
The Weasel Beast's outer appearance was very similar to that of a weasel, except
its body was four or five times bigger than the average weasel. There were also
some varying characteristics, but most of the Weasel Beasts didn't like to eat
chickens. Or, in other words, they didn't consume chickens as food, but this Weasel
Beast was a mutation. He extremely loved eating turkeys. The turkeys that You
XiaoMo massacred were the ones that his subordinates had specially raised for him,
so that it was easy for them to catch one whenever their king wanted to eat a turkey.
Half a month before, the Weasel Beast suddenly wanted to have a turkey feast.
A turkey feast was different from just eating one or two turkeys like normal. One
table at the turkey feast required at least ten or so turkeys, so the results were easy
to imagine.
The Demon Rats searched all over, but they only caught five turkeys. This was also
when they started to suspect that someone had arrived on the small island. After
following the fragrant scent, they discovered that a house had been erected on the
beach who knows when.
After observing it for half a month, they finally confirmed that the disappearing
turkeys had all been killed by the master of this house. Moreover, the turkeys that
that person made were a hundred times tastier than the ones they made, and one
could tell just from the scent.
They didn't actually tell their king about the delicious turkeys, but the truth couldn't
be concealed. In the end, it was still discovered. Their king still remembered the
turkey that that person made, and he had almost charged over numerous times
without a care. If it weren't for them stopping him just in time, he probably would've
met disaster already, since that person didn't look like he was weak.
He had endured it for half a month, but his opportunity had finally arrived.
The Weasel Beast decided to capture that person and force him to make delicious
turkeys for him every day. His dreams were very ambitious, but reality was very
harsh!
They had clearly forgotten that it wasn't just You XiaoMo by himself. Even though
Ling Xiao stayed in the house the whole time, he was only recuperating. It was most
likely because of this that led to their mistake; they thought that Ling Xiao didn't have
much capabilities, and as for the Metal Swallowing Beast and Golden Winged
Insects, they were too small, so they didn't notice them.
The Weasel Beast led a vast horde of subordinates to the edge of the ocean. They
laid low for two more days, up until the point where You XiaoMo's magic pill entered
its final stage in the cauldron.
The course of refining the pill went very smoothly. It had taken slightly longer, since
the time it took to fuse the magic pill was one or two times the amount it took to
refine the magic herbs. He had already concentrated his vigor at a high level for
almost three days now, and at this critical moment, he couldn't fail no matter what.
He hadn't discovered the Weasel Beast and his subordinates, but the Metal
Swallowing Beast and Golden Winged Insects had.
The three of them leaped up at once, and they looked warningly towards the back of
the house. In the dense, pitch-black forest, they could faintly make out multiple pairs
of eyes that glowed green, and their intent was clear at a glance.
Not long after, the Weasel Beast led his underlings out from the forest. Demon Rats
could tunnel under the ground, and not only would they not be discovered, they
could even carry out sneak attacks. But what they didn't know was that their
movements were all witnessed by the Metal Swallowing Beast and Golden Winged
Insects.
"Awooo~" The Metal Swallowing Beast released a warning howl: if they came any
nearer, it would kill them all.
If they really couldn't suppress these Demon Rats as ancient demon beasts, then
they really might as well return to the cauldron and be remade.
The sudden howl scared the Demon Rats so bad that they really didn't dare to get
any closer. However, the Weasel Beast was still a high level demon beast in the
end, and moreover, it was a mutation. He didn't pay any attention to this warning, he
was only surprised that there were actually demon beasts guarding the house.
"Interesting, I will personally go pay you all a visit."
The Weasel Beast carried an iron hammer on his shoulder and walked over.
(Addis Note: Surprisingly this chapter is about twice the length of a normal chapter,
so sit down and get comfy and ready for a longer read than normal.)
Chapter 598: Visit
The Rat beasts enthusiastically cheered for their king. The numerous squeaking
noises of the densely packed group seemed to have been magnified by several
hundred times, it was so noisy that it caused one's head to swim.
You XiaoMo was in front of the house. He was in the middle of refining pills and was
currently at the last stage of forming the pill. He could not help frowning. Although he
was used to blocking out all distractions, he was unable to concentrate no matter
how he tried to ignore it with such a sound always by his ears.
The Metal Swallowing Beast seemed to be aware of this situation, and a deep and
low threatening growl came from it's mouth. The pressure of a transcendent level
demon beast spread like ripples in the direction of the forest. The continuous
squeaking of the rat beasts came to an abrupt end.
When demon beasts of inferior bloodline were facing the demon beasts of higher
bloodline, disregarding their strength, the pressure alone was enough for them to
give up the idea of resistance.
The Weasel Beast brandished the large metal hammer in its hand, its figure
traversed over twenty meters in a flash. It's demeanor was aggressive as it
approached the wooden house.
The Metal Swallowing Beast leaped down from the roof and it's mini bulk instantly
expanded. It was golden-bright and dazzling, like a small sun, but the Weasel Beast
did not attach any importance to this increase in size, because the Metal Swallowing
Beast which had regained its original size was not even half a meter long.
"Boy, eat my Wolf Fang Great Metal Hammer!" The Weasel Beast bellowed in fury.
The large metal hammer in his hand spun one round in mid-air and smashed
towards the Metal Swallowing Beast who was pouncing at him. A golden light
flashed, the hammer missed its target and fell into the sand. The sound of the
impact was extremely loud and a deep pit of more than three meters was suddenly
smashed into the ground.
The metal hammer was the Weasel Beast's weapon and it was an alloy of many
hard metals. The hammer weighed about five hundred kilograms. If one was hit,
they would still be seriously injured even if they were not immediately killed. The
Weasel Beast had once crushed many monsters who wanted to plunder the island
from him with it to death, so he was very confident.
When he saw that the blow had missed, the Weasel Beast suddenly sneered. As his
arm strength was more than five hundred kilograms, he easily and quickly lifted the
hammer and swung it at the golden shadow. The golden shadow slightly lowered its
body and the blow seemed to have brushed past it. However, the Weasel Beast
knew he had hit it.
The Metal Swallowing Beast flipped several times in the air and landed on the
ground more than ten meters away. It crept on the ground like a wolf and a strange
light seemed to have flashed through its blue eyes.
The Weasel Beast did not give him a chance to breathe, but approached the Metal
Swallowing Beast step by step. The metal hammer in his hand hit the ground with a
'thump-thump' sound. There were soon more than twenty deep pits on the ground
and it looked just like the surface of the moon.
In less than half an hour, the two crossed hands hundreds of times.
The Weasel Beast felt that their battle got easier the more they fought. The hammer
in his hand seemed to be lighter and lighter. Blows fell one after another, and he
was smashing until he was unhappy.
The situation remained in a deadlock until the Metal Swallowing Beast made a
mistake. He did not seem to notice that there was a hole beside him. One foot
missed its foothold and its entire body rolled down into the pit. When it looked up,
the Weasel Beast appeared at the edge of the pit. It raised the hammer in his hand
up high, and smashed it down with a nasty grin on his face.
Boom!!
The metal hammer hit the Metal Swallowing Beast head-on and a strong shock-
wave instantly spread out from the middle of the impact. The deep pit changed from
three meters wide to five meters, and the ground seemed have shook for a moment.
"Ha ha ha..." The Weasel Beast laughed excitedly. There had been none who had not
been seriously injured after taking a head-on smash of his large metal hammer. The less
powerful ones could even be smashed into minced meat by him. He had seen this so many
things that he was not surprised by the result.
"Oh, oh!!!" The excited cheers of the rat beasts started to sound continuously.
“Ka-cha, Ka-cha～～” At that moment, a soft gnawing sound drifted over in bits and pieces
out from the bottom of the hammer. The sound grew louder and louder.
Finally, it caught the attention of the Weasel Beast. Before he could move the
hammer away and see happened, a golden head suddenly came out from the
bottom of the hammer. It was the Metal Swallowing Beast which he thought was
smashed into minced meat.
The Weasel Beast was so shocked his mouth fell open, but in the next second, the
actions of the Metal Swallowing Beast thoroughly struck him dumb.
The Metal Swallowing Beast opened its mouth and took a bite of the hammer. 'Ka-
cha, ka-cha' sound rang out as it followed the edge of the hammer and ate its way
up. The five hundred kilogram metal hammer was decreasing at a speed visible to
the naked eye. The interior of the hammer had long been eaten by the Metal
Swallowing Beast into an empty shell.
When the Weasel Beast reacted, his hammer weighed less than one hundred
kilograms. As the metal handle which contained gold was already more than fifty
kilograms, one could imagine how much of the hammer was left.
The width of the Metal Swallowing Beast was still very small even after eating such
a large piece of metal. He, seemingly in disdain, even spit out a mouthful of black
dregs. The taste was not only much worse than the metal he usually ate, but also
could not compare with the food his Master cooked.
It must be known that that he was used to eating only the best metals, and it was
already the greatest charity for him to have eaten such a small piece of metal. The
Metal Swallowing Beast looked at the Weasel Beast in contempt, before he returned
to the roof.
The Weasel Beast's face turned red. He was actually looked down upon by a small
demon beast!
They were both demon beasts and aberrants, but the vision of the Weasel Beast
was obviously narrower and shallower. How many demon beasts in this world would
eat metal? He had not yet discovered the fact that the breed of the Metal Swallowing
Beast was too eminent and unapproachable for him.
At this time, the Weasel Beast's head was full of the contemptuous eyes of the Metal
Swallowing Beast. Do you think I am a sick cat if this tiger does not demonstrate his
might?
Just as he was about to launch a second attack, that is, to let his men attack the
wooden house, the sky suddenly rumbled and lightning flashed across the sky.
Immediately following that was a vast stretch of black cloud gathering on this side.
The black clouds stretched for several hundred of meters and was accompanied by
lightning. It looked extraordinarily spectacular.
The Weasel Beast and his comrades were stunned.
The Metal Swallowing Beast and two Golden Winged Insects had long become
inured to the unusual. It is not the first time their Stupid Master refined a rainbow-
level magic pill. They had already seen this phenomenon for more than ten times.
The appearance of the thunderclouds represented the success of You XiaoMo

forming the magic pill, and following that was the time to resist the Lightning
Tribulation.
Under the gazes of the Weasel Beast and his little companions, a blue figure
suddenly appeared in the sky. It looked so small and insignificant beneath the
thunderclouds that filled the whole sky as the booms following the lightning
continued to ring in unbroken succession. When the thundercloud brewed till it was
saturated, a black tribulation lightning suddenly struck from the sky without warning.
The target seemed to be the blue shadow.
The next scene stupefied them when they thought the man would be struck dead.
They did not see that person make any big actions. He only gently waved his hand
at the black lightning and it was as if the black lightning had crashed into a piece of
soft and velvety cotton. A silver light suddenly appeared in the shape of a half-moon
as it flashed a few times before blocking the black lightning.
After that, several lightnings strikes appeared successively, each of which had
different colors and seemed to be more powerful than the previous, but they were
still blocked by the man.
Although they were not directly below the thundercloud, the Weasel Beast could still
feel the astonishment that made it unable to breathe. They appeared particularly
insignificant before the might of this apocalyptic force.
The Weasel Beast finally knew how arrogant and ignorant it was to provoke him.
With such power, even a hundred or a thousand of them were not his opponents.
The thunderclouds soon dispersed and the sky turned blue, as if it had been washed
clean. The brilliant sunshine warmed the ocean surface, creating a sight of the
gleaming reflection of waves in sunlight.
You XiaoMo descended from the sky back to the front of his cauldron. He let out a
sigh of relief once the lightning tribulation was over. He finally did not fail midway,
otherwise, he would have to spend three days and three nights to refine a Heart
Meridian Pill. It was not that he had no energy, but that he felt distressed over
wasting so many magic herbs.
A buzzing sound came from the cauldron at this moment. Sure enough, when he
went to the cauldron and took a look, he found that the Heart Meridian Pill which he
had just refined was desperately ramming the restriction of the cauldron.
Although the restriction could prevent the magic pill from escaping, the higher the
rank of the magic pill, the lesser the effect of the restriction was. The magic pill
would really have escaped if he was slower by a few seconds.
Under You XiaoMo's suppression, the magic pill finally calmed down.
You XiaoMo kept the magic pill, then put the cauldron and the rest of the magic
herbs into his dimension before cleaning up the debris on the ground. He walked to
the back of the house and saw that the beautiful beach had turned into a pitted
surface like that of the moon. There were big and small deep pits and one was likely
to fall down if they were careless.
"Where are the people?" You XiaoMo looked up to the roof and asked.
The Metal Swallowing Beast opened his mouth and seemed to want to say
something, before it suddenly burped.
You brat, what did you eat in the sly when I wasn't paying attention?
You XiaoMo was not intending to cook at night, but in order not to douse the
enthusiasm of his little demon beasts, he decided to reward them with food. After all,
if they had not intercepted those demon beasts which launched a surprise attack, his
process of refining pills would not be so smooth.
After getting a look at Ling Xiao's situation and seeing that he was still in secluded
cultivation, You XiaoMo left the three behind and entered his dimension alone.
He had not entered his dimension for several days, but the magic herbs in the magic
herb fields were still flourishing. The growth of the magic herbs planted a few
months ago, including the magic herbs that he lumped together and planted, were
also very pleasing. Those were the ingredients for the spirit wine recipe which he
won at the Black Spider's auction.
They had already drunk half the bottle of spirit wine and the remaining half had been
hidden away by You XiaoMo.
Ling Xiao liked drinking tea, but that did not mean he did not like drinking wine. It
was just that he preferred to drink tea when comparing the two. However, tea was
limited after all. Ling Xiao had already used half of the tea leaves presented by the
shopkeeper as a gift, and he was not willing to finish the remaining half in one go.
The spirit wine was of a high level, so it needed dozens of kinds of magic herbs.
Furthermore, they were all high-grade magic herbs. Two stalks were even
transcendent level magic herbs. The production cost was very high, and the price
did not even cover the cost. No wonder few people in the TongTian Continent were
willing to use magic herbs to make wine, and few spirit wine sommeliers were willing
to use magic herbs.
You XiaoMo decided to brew a pot of spirit wine first. Although the effects of
restoring spiritual energy with a transcendent level spirit wine was a little worse than
drinking spiritual water, the spiritual water was odorless and tasteless after all. To
men, wine was indeed good stuff, and it was a wonderful thing to be able to recover
spiritual energy while enjoying its taste.
However, he did not have any stock left for two of the transcendent level magic
herbs that he needed to brew the spirit wine. He now had a very high demand for
transcendent level magic herbs. and the magic herbs would be used up in a short
while once they were matured.
The magic herbs were already approaching maturity. If it developed normally, it

would be mature in a few days.
You XiaoMo hesitated for a moment before he dropped a few drops of spiritual water
onto the magic herbs. After half an hour, the magic herbs had matured. He skillfully
dug them out, washed them with spiritual water and put them together with other
magic herbs. Then he carried out a big jar he had bought in the past and the
ingredients for the brewing the spirit wine.
He had already bought the items listed on the recipe, it was just that he had no time
to brew it. Now that he had time, he moved everything out.
You XiaoMo stuffed all the magic herbs into the jar according to the steps of the
recipe, before proportionally pouring some spiritual water into the jar. The recipe did
not say that spiritual water should be used. After all, spiritual water was an extremely
scarce good. It only stated that ordinary water should be used.
You XiaoMo felt that if one could make such a delicious spirit wine with ordinary
water, the taste must be out-of-the-world if spiritual water was used. Moreover,
spiritual water itself had the effect of restoring spiritual energy. If he made wine
according to the recipe... He was suddenly looking forward to the result of the spirit
wine.
As he only accelerated the maturity of two magic herbs, he could only make one pot
of spirit wine. He would have to wait for the remaining magic herbs in the magic herb
field to mature before using them to brew spirit wine.
You XiaoMo stoppered the lid on the jar and then moved it to the yard to hide it. The
recipe stated that there were two important factors for the successful production of a
first-rate spirit wine.
The first was that it must ferment for enough time. Too short a time would probably
spoil a jar of good wine; the second was that it had to be sealed well. It must be
completely sealed, as the taste of the spirit wine would be destroyed once the air
leaked in and result in a failure.
You XiaoMo dug a hole in the courtyard, then he buried the jar in it and stomped the
earth level to make sure that there was no problem before leaving the dimension
with the remaining half bottle of spirit wine.
Those who were fond of drinking spirit wine was not only Ling Xiao, but also the
Metal Swallowing Beast and Ping Pong.
The last time he took out half a bottle of spirit wine, the three of them only drank one
cup. As they were lightweights, they were all dead drunk in less than half an hour
after drinking it.
They did not have any hangovers after the event, but they could not forget the taste
of that spirit wine.
The reason why many chronic drunkards preferred spirit wine was partly because of
the effect of restoring spiritual power, and partly because they found the taste of
spirit wine irresistible.
However, spirit wine was something that only the rich and those willing to spend
spirit gems could afford to drink. So high level and transcendent level spirit wine was
also known as the Noble's Wine.
You XiaoMo reappeared in front of the house with the spirit wine. The Metal
Swallowing Beast who had a particularly keen nose immediately rolled down from
the roof and pounced towards the spirit wine in his arms. You XiaoMo dodged at the
last second, and the Metal Swallowing Beast closed in on empty air before it landed
on all fours in the ground.
The Golden Winged Insects, who had reacted one step slower, immediately took joy
in calamity and delight in disaster as they laughed it.
Who asked your nose to be so keen. Now you've suffered a calamity.
You XiaoMo rolled his eyes at them. They had already taken fifty steps and still had
the face to laugh at someone who had already taken a hundred steps. They were all
clearly birds of the same feather, "All right, don't fight, everyone has a share."
With that, You XiaoMo took five cups from his dimension and put them on the table.
Although Ling Xiao had not come out yet, he could not go wrong by preparing a cup
for him. Maybe Ling Xiao would even come out a while later.
The Metal Swallowing Beast and Ping Pong Qiu immediately took the initiative to 'sit'
at their own places like obedient kids. In actual fact, they were just three future
drunkards with great potential. Obviously, one only eats metal, the other two only eat
Seven Leaf Grass, now they really ate all sorts of miscellaneous things.
You XiaoMo had just filled three cups of wine when the three immediately
ensconced the cups belonging to them into their embrace.
The Metal Swallowing Beast even ran to the corner with his own cup. The Golden
Winged Insects wanted to imitate him, but they were about the same size as the
wine cup. They could not hold the wine cup even if they wanted to imitate him, and
would spill the wine if they held the cup in their mouth, so they had to obediently sit
on the table.
You XiaoMo poured himself a cup. Although he did not really drink, he could still
taste wine. The three of them were even licking the cup after drinking their wine. You
XiaoMo put down the cup and ran into the house. Probably because he smelled the
aroma of wine, Ling Xiao suddenly opened his eyes.
You XiaoMo thought of the Metal Swallowing Beast and the two others, and could
not help laughing.
"What are you laughing at?" Ling Xiao looked at him and lightly asked.
You XiaoMo shook his head, "I'm not laughing at anything ah!" He would not say it,
or else Ling Xiao would definitely use it as an excuse to torment him.
Ling Xiao eyed him suspiciously, and then his eyes immediately moved to the spirit
wine in his hands. The aroma of a transcendent level spirit wine had always been
rich. He could already smell it inside the house when they had just been drinking
outside.
You XiaoMo immediately brought the cup to him. There was still a lot left in the jar.
After all, it cost ten million spirit gems to buy it. It would not be worth the money if it
was finished in a couple of mouthfuls.
"Didn't you plant a lot of magic herbs in the magic herb fields before? How's it
going?" Ling Xiao received the wine jar, and raised his head to drink one mouthful,
the spiritual energy that had just been consumed immediately started recovering bit
by bit.
You XiaoMo replied, "I have buried a jar of spirit wine in the ground, but it will take
three months before we can dig it out."
Generally, the longer the wine was fermented the better it was. Three months was
already the shortest time and the taste would certainly not beat those that were
fermenting for over a year. In any case, it was still a transcendent level spirit wine
and the taste should not be too bad. He knew that as soon as the spirit wine had
been finished, Ling Xiao would definitely ask about it.
"When are you going into secluded cultivation?" Ling Xiao asked.
You XiaoMo scratched his head, "I'm planning to make another Heart Meridian Pill
tomorrow. I'll find some time after I'm done. How are you now?"
"About the same. Tell me when you're about to start." Ling Xiao finished the
remainder of the spirit wine in one gulp. He had a bold idea in his mind, but it was
not time to implement it now.
"You're in hurry?" You XiaoMo asked.
They had been on this island for more than two months and did not know the
situation in the outside world. Although he was not in a hurry, it would be nice to
know some news about the outside world. After all, they were not completely free of
all constraints and attachments.
"No hurry, but we can't stay here too long. It's probably a mess on the outside now."
Ling Xiao indifferently stated.
You XiaoMo didn't ask him why. He could probably guess the current situation of
TongTian Continent. When they were in DongCheng Town before, they had heard
about the situation in Xi Jing and Nan Ling, and both were already open. This was a
development that could overturn the heavens!
The next day, You XiaoMo began to refine the second magic pill.
Ling Xiao did not go into secluded cultivation this time, so naturally he was the
person who was his guardian. With him keeping watch, You XiaoMo could fully
immerse himself into refining and his movements were more nimble than those of
the first time.
Originally he thought that the Weasel Beast would not come back, but You XiaoMo
found that he had underestimated its face. It was not that of a general thickness.
Just as he had progressed till the last day, the Weasel Beast appeared again. The
difference was, this time he brought fewer people.
"Master!" The Weasel Beast and his men stopped thirty meters away from the
house. When Ling Xiao indifferently looked over, he suddenly knelt down and roared
loudly. His head was lowered so he didn't see that the man who appeared was Ling
Xiao. Words rattled from his mouth like a torrent.
"Master, this lowly one has eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai and had offended you a
few days ago. Today this one has comes to make amends. I am willing to sign a
permanent contract with you and serve you for life. I hopes that Master will accept
this lowly one and give me a chance to make up for my mistakes. I vow that I will
never betray you."
"A Weasel Beast?" The voice with a slight ridiculing tone suddenly drifted to the
Weasel Beast's ears.
The Weasel Beast was stunned. He looked up and saw the aloof man under the
eaves. He was wearing a gorgeous white brocade robe and had handsome features.
He was adopting a casual posture, but a noble temperament emanated from his
whole body. After a few seconds, the Weasel Beast reacted and immediately
shouted, "Who are you?!"
Ling Xiao raised an eyebrow and did not speak. He just enigmatically looked at him
and the few people he brought. The numbers were certainly several times lesser
than that of the last time. There was indeed 'sincerity'.
The Weasel Beast suddenly began to feel the stress increasing, could it be that this
man be Master's comrade? He remembered that his men had told him that the
master also had a comrade besides a few contracted demon beasts. It was just that
person often stayed inside the house, so he had never seen his face. It was very
possible that this person was him.
"I got it! You must be the Master's subordinate. I apologize, I am the Weasel Beast
who will soon become the Master's subordinate too. I resign myself to your
guidance!" The Weasel Beast decided to strike up a good relationship with the
Master's subordinate first. It would be even better if the man could help the Weasel
Beast say some good things about him in front of his Master.
Chapter 599: Use Value
Ling Xiao started laughing.
The Weasel Beast didn't understand why he was laughing, and started laughing as
well, but soon enough, he wasn't able to laugh anymore.
"A Weasel Beast like you? Are you for real?" Ling Xiao spoke mildly, yet there was
clear contempt in his tone. No matter him or You XiaoMo, any normal demon beast
that followed them would only become a burden.
The Weasel Beast might be a high level demon beast, and even a mutated variant,
but his combative ability was relatively low amongst high level demon beasts. He
wouldn't be much of an asset in a battle to them. The only reason he could rule this
island was because he was lucky enough that there were no powerful high level
demon beasts.
The Weasel Beast clearly felt that the other was insulting him, his eyes red with
anger. So what if he was a Ground Squirrel Beast? He was proud of being one!
“What do you mean, am I for real? You should be honored to have the chance of
becoming this king’s comrade. If it wasn’t for Master, then this king would never
lower himself to sharing a Master with someone like you.”
“That’s your attitude when wanting to become someone’s contracted demon beast?”
Ling Xiao’s lips curled, seemingly in a good mood. He was actually willing to sit here
arguing with the Weasel Beast, but the Weasel Beast wasn’t so happy.
“It’s not like this king wants to form a contract with you, so what does this king’s
attitude have to do with you?” The Weasel Beast replied arrogantly.
“Of course it has to do with me.” Ling Xiao narrowed his eyes.
The Weasel Beast’s expression remained unchanged, clearly disbelieving, and

asked, “Then go on, what does it have to do with you?”
Ling Xiao responded in an amused tone, “Any demon beast that wants to form a
contract with him has to get my approval. As for why, that’s simple: because he’s
mine.”
“Mine?” The Weasel Beast was stunned. Was it what he thought it meant? “You…”
Ling Xiao crossed his arms. “If you want to become his demon beast, sure, but first,
tell me what use value you have.”
The Weasel Beast didn’t know how to react at all. The other had said the words “use
value” so straightforwardly that it had stunned him. He was speechless for a good
while.
“My patience is limited,” Ling Xiao added lightly.
The Weasel Beast finally snapped out of his stupor. For some things, it was better to
believe they were true no matter if they were or were not. He personally thought it
was rather absurd because the island was rather isolated, so he had interacted with
very limited numbers of people and demon beasts. He hadn’t ever heard of the idea
of a man with another man.
However, he couldn’t not believe it, otherwise, if it was true, then wouldn’t he had
offended his future master’s other half?
As a clever and amazing Weasel beast, he had to show his courage and gain his
master’s other half’s acknowledgement.
“I naturally have great use value, and, and not just one…” The Weasel Beast
stuttered, “My greatest value is my intelligence network.”
“Oh? And how does that work?”
The Weasel Beast saw his neutral expression, and, unable to figure out what he was
thinking, could only continue, “I have a talent that normal Weasel Demons don’t
have. Only an aberrant like me has this talent, that is, to be able to control all rodent
demon beasts.”
Ling Xiao raised an eyebrow. “What? You?”
The Weasel Demon once again felt like he was being looked down on, but this time
he didn’t get angry. He puffed out his chest, saying confidently, “Of course, let me
tell you, this talent of mine is really powerful. I can produce a special kind of sound
wave that only rodent demon beasts can hear. It can control all rodent demon
beasts, and as my cultivation base grows, this talent will get stronger, too. Right now
I’m not all that strong, but after I become even higher leveled, then I’ll be able to
control all rodent demon beasts with a weaker cultivation base, or even those on par
with me.”
Originally, he had wanted to say level eleven or even twelve, but this goal was a bit
of a stretch. To prevent being taken as a joke again, he didn’t say it.
Ling Xiao’s interest was finally roused. At first he hadn’t held much hope at all.
There were very few records of aberrant Weasel Demons, because Weasel Demons
were on the lower end of high level demon beasts, and aberrant Weasel Demons
hadn’t appeared in tens of thousands of years. The other reason was that Weasel
Demons had this brutish look about them. Female cultivators didn’t like them and
male cultivators found them too weak, so very few practitioners would form contracts
with Weasel Demons.
“Then let’s try it,” Ling Xiao said. After all, he hadn’t been shown any evidence yet.
“What?” The Weasel Demon, too lost in his own pride, didn’t manage to react
immediately.
Ling Xiao continued, “Summon all the rodent demon beasts on this island,” he
suddenly realized, though this sound waves trick was pretty useful, this demon
beast’s IQ was too low.
The Weasel Demon hesitated for a moment before obeying.
It was then that Ling Xiao realized why the other had hesitated. Rodent demon
beasts generally reproduced very rapidly, and with the Weasel Demon there to back
them, they lived better lives than any other kind of demon beast on the island. Thus,
their population was ten, twenty times the size of the other demon beasts on the
island.
All these rodent demon beasts, of different shapes and sizes, like swarming ants,
darted out of the forest group by group. Around five to six meters of ground around
the hut was filled with rodents.
What was the funniest was that these rodents had brought their entire families with
them. For example, newborn rodent demon beasts, lying there limply, were being
carried on their parents’ backs. It was probably because Ling Xiao had asked for all
rodents, so the Weasel Demon had complied, even gathering the newborns.
Ling Xiao, "..."

As expected, IQ wasn’t just an incurable injury in humans, but demon beasts, too.
You XiaoMo, who was refining pills, suddenly shuddered. Any normal person,
seeing so many rodents, would be shocked, especially someone like You XiaoMo
who had transmigrated over: so many rats!
“That’s enough, send them all off.” Ling Xiao waved a hand.
“Ok.” The Weasel Demon was rather nervous, and immediately had the rodents
leave upon hearing this order. Thus, the swarm of rodents retreated back into the
forest like the tide. Some were slower, some accidentally tripped over, and some
walked for quite a ways away before realizing their children were missing then ran
back to get them...
What a bunch of dumb rodents.
Ling Xiao then asked, “Apart from this talent, do you have anything else?”
Hearing this, the Weasel Demon was conflicted. In order to change Ling Xiao’s
impression of him, he had showed off his signature talent. It wasn’t like he couldn’t
do anything else, but none of those were as good as this one. If he really did show
them, then they’d just get worse and worse, and wouldn’t have just make the other’s
impression of him worse and worse?
“There are other… er, minor talents. Do you want to see them?”
This time, he wasn’t arrogant.
Ling Xiao chuckled. “Never mind then.”
The Weasel Demon carefully asked, “Then, did I pass the test?”
Ling Xiao replied, “Seeing as you still have some use value, I’ll give you a chance,
but…”
The Weasel Demon almost cheered in excitement, but then, hearing the but, tensed
again.
“But, I’m merely giving you a chance to meet him. In the end, it’s up to him if he
wants to form a contract with you or not,” Ling Xiao then said, his gaze moving to
You XiaoMo, who was still refining pills. Today had gone smoothly, too. It shouldn’t
be long until another Lightning Retribution came.
The Weasel Demon’s face fell, but he was still in high spirits. He just had to work
harder and get his master to form a contract with him, then he’d be able to eat
delicious turkeys in the future. Let’s go!
Go go go!
If You XiaoMo knew that he had his mind set on the turkeys, then he definitely
wouldn’t form a contract with the other.
His Qiu team already had enough gluttons. If another joined, then he really wouldn't
be able to deal with it. Plus, he wasn’t aiming to make a team of gluttons.
When the Lightning Retribution came, it was still You XiaoMo who acted.
It seemed easy, but only those who had personal experience would know that it
wasn’t. Otherwise, if it was so easy to deal with, there wouldn’t be so many rainbow
grade mages troubled over Lightning Retribution, or struck down by it, resulting in
their efforts all gone to waste.
After an hour, the thunderclouds dispersed.
You XiaoMo took the newly refined pill from the cauldron and placed it with the one
from before. Two was enough for them to use. If they ran out, then he’d make some
more in the future. By then, the magic herbs in his fields would have matured.
“Who is that?” You XiaoMo came over to Ling Xiao and suddenly noticed the
Weasel Demon. Last time, he hadn’t seen the demon beast, so he didn’t know of
what the master of the island looked like.
The Weasel Demon immediately revealed a bootlicking smile, though it wasn’t very
successful. Since he wasn’t all that good looking in the first place, it even seemed a
little terrifying.
The corner of You XiaoMo’s mouth twitched.
Ling Xiao smiled and explained, “He’s the Weasel Demon, the master of this island.
He wants to form a contract with you. You decide if you want him or not.”
You XiaoMo hesitated. This was the first time a demon beast came over to try and
get him to form a contract.
Generally, the more scarce they were, the more valuable demon beasts became.
Those that came running over for a contract were different from those who were
sought out by practitioners. The latter was considered much more valuable.
The Weasel Demon could tell that he was hesitant and hurriedly said, “Master, I
might seem like any normal Weasel Demon, but I’m actually very strong. I can
control many rodent demon beasts and make them obey and gather information for
you. I promise, I won’t disappoint you if you form a contract with me. I have other
talents, too…”
This was also the first time he had ever seen a demon beast sell their talents like
this.
(133 Chapters until we complete the novel~!!)
Chapter 600: The 'Truth'
You XiaoMo sent an SOS signal towards Ling Xiao's direction. Ling Xiao simply
smiled without a word, clearly wanting no part of this.
You XiaoMo could only decided for himself. To be completely honest, he hadn't
thought of contracting a Weasel Beast, it just reminded him weasels. As the saying
goes, a weasel giving his respect to the chicken has ulterior motives.
Of course, he wasn't comparing himself to a chicken, he was just questioning its
motives. Otherwise, why would it suddenly come and ask to be his contract demon
beast.
As everyone knows, once a demon beast enters a contract, it will lose its freedom.
Thus, if it wasn't for a special reason, normally a demon beast wouldn't be willing to
enter a contract.
"Why do you want to be my contract demon beast? What's your reason?" After he
gave it some thought, You XiaoMo thought it was better to lay everything out into the
open. His situation was different from before, every contract he formed must be with
caution. If it wasn't for the fact that the Weasel Beast was from this remote to the
point of no outer world contact place, he would have immediately rejected it.
The Weasel Beast had already thought of an excuse. Looking earnest, he said,
"Ever since last time, where I thoughtlessly offended you, I had been reflecting over
my past actions. As learned from this painful experience, I was drawn in by your
magnificent image and decided to become your follower. I hope you could grant me
this insignificant wish."
You XiaoMo felt his mouth twitch the whole way through. No wonder he was the
boss, that sure was an exaggerated, heartfelt speech. Clearly it wasn't his first time.
If he took him in, he felt that he would've taken in another idiot and he already had
enough in his ball team. if he didn't take him in, he felt like this beast wouldn't give
up either.
Ah, what to do!
Suddenly, the Weasel Beast kneel in front of him and yelled, "Master, please take
me in, I beg you, I'll kowtow!"
You XiaoMo jumped in surprise, and once again looked towards Ling Xiao for help.
Ling Xiao laughed till his shoulders started shaking.
You XiaoMo knew then he couldn't count on him, clearly this bastard was just having
fun at his expense. Thus he replied unhappily, "Got it, got it, I'll take you in, stop with
the kowtow."
"Thank you master!" The Weasel Beast said unable to control his glee. He quickly
got up and stood to the side, well-behaved, as his stared at You XiaoMo.
With reluctance, You XiaoMo made a contract with him.
Currently, the Weasel Beast was only a level ten demon beast, so he could only
command Rat Beasts of level ten or below. Unless his cultivation increased, even if
he had this commanding skill, those above him in level would be able to resist it.
After he knew about this, You XiaoMo made an interesting expression.
This thing was actually more troublesome than any other member of the ball team.
First of all, his level was the lowest, by now, even CatQiu and PiQiu were five and
six star level tens respectively. Also, for his commanding skill to work, he needed to
push him to cultivate and feed him magic pills to help increase his level.
No matter how he thought about it, he was on the losing side.
"I'm going to give you your first assignment. Go and find out where we are and
what's the fastest way to return to land." You XiaoMo said as he took a deep breath
in. It didn't pay to not use it when he could.
With an excited expression the Weasel Beast said with vigour, "Yes sir, I promise to
fulfill my mission!" It was his first assignment, he must complete it flawlessly to leave
a good impression on his master.
Finally someone who was hardworking, unlike the others who needed threatening or
persuasion. You XiaoMo felt a little calmer. "Then hurry along. If I'm happy with the
result, I'll give you a reward."
The Weasel Beast knew that his master was a mage and a high leveled one at that.
Hearing that there was a possible reward, he could already guess what it was,
making him even more energized.
Once the Weasel Beast left, You XiaoMo turned to stare at Ling Xiao bitterly, "You
already knew, didn't you?"
Finally, Ling Xiao laughed out loud, "It turned out well, didn't it? His ability is pretty
nice and..."
It was true that the Weasel Beast was lacking in the fighting department but an
ability like sound waves was indeed a surprise, but it needed more testing. After all,
even amongst rodents, there was difference in bloodline. If he could even command
the royalties, then that was truly a unique skill.
"And what?" You XiaoMo said furious.
With complete seriousness, Ling Xiao said, "And an idiot just like you, if you don't
take him in then who?"
He should have known that nothing good would come out of that mouth of his. He
was too naive.
After he put his cauldron away, You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao talked for another half an
hour in the room before finally deciding to leave soon. Also, he decided to take the
White Tiger's Life Blood in three days time. With his current cultivation level, he was
just away from being four stars, one drop of Life Blood should be enough.
The situation was a bit rushed since after every level was an adjustment period.
Also, he had been advancing way too fast, even from one star to two star it was the
case. Thus, even more so, now, he needed this adjustment period.
"Oh right, are you going to use the other four drops to advance too? Do you want a
Heart Meridian Pill?" You XiaoMo asked. If he needed it, he could refine a few more
pills. Even though he knew of Ling Xiao's strength, if they could reduce the risks,
spending a bit more time refining pills was worth it.
Ling Xiao had planned on rejecting, but a thought occurred to him as You XiaoMo
was talking, "Then give me a pill."
Instantly, You XiaoMo pulled out a jade bottle and gave him a freshly refined pill.
"Take this for now, if you need more, come and ask. That batch of transcendent
level magic herbs are reaching maturity, when that happens, I'll refine a bit more."
In the afternoon, You XiaoMo hunted down two Red-Crowned Turkeys in the forest.
Without the interference of the Weasel Beast, it didn't take him very long this time.
But just as his Beggar's Chicken was about to be ready, the Weasel Beast returned.
"Master, master." The Weasel Beast said as he rushed in front of You XiaoMo. After
that, he continued out of breath, "I have sent out an order like you asked, it shouldn't
take more than five days to get a response."
You XiaoMo widened his eyes, and stared quizzically at the overly excited Weasel
Beast, "Are you sure it's in five days?"
The Weasel Beast nodded with certainty, "Five days and that's because this is pretty
remote with little nearby islands. Otherwise, it wouldn't take more than three days."
"Then I'll be waiting for your good news." You XiaoMo was very satisfied with his
speed, at first he thought it was going to take at least half a month. This speed was
really unexpected, so he asked, "Right, I made two Beggar's Chicken, do you want-"
"Yes, yes, yes!!!"
The Weasel Beast cut him off excitedly and was even panting afterwards. The only
reason he rushed back was for the master's Beggar's Chicken. One of his
underlings had told him that the master was making really good turkey.
You XiaoMo stared at him confusedly, what's with this huge reaction?
Behind him, Ling Xiao was laughing so hard he felt as if though his stomach was
going to pop.
You XiaoMo turned around only to see Ling Xiao's yet to be retracted smile. It was
so exaggerated that he was even more confused. With a scrunched up expression,
he asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Ling Xiao replied calmly, "I'm training my facial muscles."
The residents of this world were getting harder and harder to understand. Training
facial muscles?
Did he think he was a three year old? That easy to prank? But, if Ling Xiao didn't
say, he wouldn't be able to guess what he was laughing about.
With a stomach full of questions, the two Beggar's Chicken were finally done.
Using a dagger, You XiaoMo dug up the Beggar's Chicken from the ground. The
fragrance was long-awaited. He didn't even need to call on anyone before they all
sat down by the table. The most exaggerated one was the Weasel Beast, the
moment he smelled the fragrance, his saliva started flooding. Even the corner of his
mouth had a suspicious water mark.
Taking away the outer layer, You XiaoMo split up the turkey. Other than the Metal
Swallowing Beast and the Golden Winged Insects getting a smaller portion, the
Weasel Beast was given a fourth, and Ling Xiao a half. Perfectly dividing a turkey.
"You're going to eat one yourself?" Ling Xiao stared at his plate then at You
XiaoMo's.
You XiaoMo said giddily, "Of course, this Beggar's Chicken is considered my
reward."
Ling Xiao was displeased, "Give me half."
"Nope." You XiaoMo rejected it without a second thought.
Ling Xiao thought about it and said, "Half is not filling for me and I eat more than
you. How about you give me a quarter of yours, so we split this evenly."
You XiaoMo replied, "I can give you a quarter, but on one condition."
Ling Xiao stared at him thoughtfully, "What is it?"
You XiaoMo smiled, "If you tell me what you were laughing about earlier, I'll give you
a portion."
Almost muttering to himself, Ling Xiao said, "Knowing too much is not always good."
You XiaoMo made a threatening sound, "Even if it's not good for me, I want to know.
After you tell me, then it's my problem, not yours. If you don't, then this Beggar's
Chicken is all mine. No matter how you beg me, I won't share it."
"Then I want half." Ling Xiao said, beating the iron when it's hot.
"Deal!" You XiaoMo agreed without hesitation. He couldn't finish it by himself and
anyways, after eating it for so long, he wasn't nearly as greedy for it.
With a meaningful smile, Ling Xiao asked, "Do you know why the Weasel Beast
wanted to be your demon beast?"
The called upon Weasel Beast silently lowered its head.
"Why?" You XiaoMo quickly asked, he was truly curious. He didn't think his it was
due to his charm, or maybe partially due to his charm?
"Because...he’s interested in your Beggar's Chicken."
Thus, this was the legendary, digging your own grave? He planned out so much just
for this? Was he an M?
With grace, Ling Xiao took half of the Beggar's Chicken from his plate.
(Jouissance Note: Digging your own grave was originally translated as no zuo, no
die, why you try, no try, no high give me five, which basically means if you don't do
it, you won’t have to face the consequences.)
In the blink of an eye, two months passed.
On that day, where the sky and ocean met in the distance, there was a large round
black spot covering the vast blue expanse of the ocean, and it was unclear when it
had arrived. When one got closer, they would be able to see that it was actually a
dense group of sharks, stretching unbroken for a thousand meters. Every shark
looked fierce and tough, and based on a rough estimate, there were at least ten
thousand of them.
These sharks were from the largest active water demon beast clan near the small
island. Besides the mutant, the vast majority of them were level six demon beasts.
Their teeth were extremely sharp, and if a huge group of them attacked at once, it
would be just like a horde of locusts sweeping through. An ordinary small island
would most likely be drowned. But this was something that happened quite often in
the sea territory, so practitioners also called this phenomenon the beast tide.
At that moment, this group of sharks had the same goal.
Their target was the small island ahead of them. It seemed like something attractive
had appeared on the small island, and they all fought to arrive at the island first,
moving extremely fast. Not even an hour later, they were less than a thousand
meters away from the small island.
Astonishingly, the sharks suddenly stopped.
But then, an enticing, persistent scent abruptly spread out from the center of the
small island, and the sharks, which had originally calmed down, started to move
restlessly again.
For them, this scent was as enticing as if a human was walking in a desert without
food or water but suddenly discovered a green oasis. The diffusion of the scent
made it impossible for them to resist, and it was even enough to make them go
crazy.
As the scent grew thicker and thicker, a few of the sharks close to the small island
couldn't take it any longer, and they sped quickly towards the small island, eyes
crimson, as if they had fought through an invisible restriction.
One after another, they advanced in waves.
However, when they came within fifty meters of the small island, something strange
happened. Two sharks that had violently leaped out from the water looked as if they
were sliced into numerous bloody meat chunks by an intangible net. Fresh blood
stained the surface of the ocean red, and the sharks that smelled the scent of blood
grew even more frenzied. The price that they paid was that all of the sharks that
were unable to resist ended up being annihilated.
The expanse of sea water became blood water, and the group of sharks in the
distance became more and more restless.
After a moment, the scent spread from the small island for the second time. This
time, it was even more tempting than the last, and it contained an extremely rich and
pure spiritual energy. Just smelling it made them feel as if the cultivation that had
stagnated in their bodies would suddenly break through.
One could imagine what kind of situation that would be.
If they could obtain the thing that was emitting this scent, their cultivation bases
would definitely be able to grow quite a bit.
Sharks were considered mid-tier demon beasts. Even if one was a mutant, at the
most it could only be a high-tier demon beast, but because of mutant demon beasts'
bloodlines, their success rate for breaking into higher levels was fairly high.
However, the process to advance was difficult. In the end, mutants were still
considered a defiance of the natural order of things, so they couldn't be too
successful.
Not longer after, a group of sharks arrived at the other side of the island under the
command of a mutant leader.
To their pleasant surprise, there seemed to be no defenses up here. But deciding
what to do next made them uneasy again.
After all, sharks were underwater creatures. Before transforming, they couldn't go on
land.
If they wanted to seize the small island, there wasn't much they could do besides
directly attack the small island like before. If they did this, the entire island would be
destroyed in an instant.
Just when the mutant leader was at a loss for what to do, a sense of danger loomed
over its mind in a heartbeat.
By the time the mutant leader raised its head to look at the shore, a horde of Rat
Beasts had begun to slip out from the forest, endless and even more crowded
together than the sharks. They filled the shore very quickly with thousands of green
eyes. There were even more of them present than there were sharks and just
looking at them made someone's scalp prickle.
The Rat Beasts had an advantage: just like the sharks, they had very sharp teeth. If
the sharks dared to go on land, the Rat Beasts would easily be able to turn them into
food in a short amount of time. This had happened before. The mutant shark led its
subordinates and attacked the small island, but in the end, there were heavy
casualties.
Not long after that, the mutant leader fled in defeat with its underlings.
This was the reason why it had always been unable to attack and obtain the small
island, which was in the scope of its territory.
One hour later, the mutant leader, who had been doggedly dithering nearby, finally
discovered that the smell had weakened and unwillingly left at last.
Meanwhile, You XiaoMo spat out a mouthful of blood onto the floor.
Today was the day that he would refine one drop of the White Tiger's Life Blood, but
in reality, he had already undergone secluded cultivation for two months now. The
White Tiger's Life Blood was even harder to refine than he had imagined.
The scent that had lured over all the sharks was precisely the smell that the Life
Blood emitted. The White Tiger was one of the very few ancient Emperor Beasts, so
its Life Blood had a very powerful attraction for demon beasts and humans alike.
This was one of the reasons why Ling Xiao advised that You XiaoMo refine the Life
Blood here.
While refining the Life Blood, it would produce a resistance and emit a kind of
tempting scent. While this scent might be a little less tempting for humans, it held a
deadly attraction for demon beasts, since even though the only thing left was the
Life Blood, it still carried the oppressive power of an Emperor Beast.
Most ordinary demon beasts had a chance of jumping from a low level to high level
after absorbing the Life Blood of an Emperor Beast, and a chance of becoming half
an Emperor Beast from there. Even though it was only half, as long as it was related
to the Emperor Beast, it was enough to make all the demon beasts go crazy. So if
he refined it in a place with more people, sharks wouldn't be the only thing lured
over.
Even though the small island was called 'small,' its surface area was actually very
large.
Ling Xiao was unable to set down restrictions across the entire island in a short
amount of time, but he could still place them in the ocean in front of their house. The
thing that had sliced the sharks into chunks was an extremely sharp offensive
restriction, and even that mutant shark hadn’t dared to rashly get close.
Ling Xiao saw the situation inside the house from the half-open window. He stared
expressionlessly at the blood that You XiaoMo spat out, and it was unclear what he
was thinking.
You XiaoMo wiped the corner of his mouth. Though he had taken the Heart Meridian
Pill, the White Tiger's Life Blood was even more violent than he had imagined.
Moreover, there was an immense amount of power contained in one drop of Life
Blood, and the energy collided with itself all throughout his body, as if it were an
unbridled wild horse.
It was essentially impossible for low level demon beast bloodlines to ingest the
Emperor Beast's Life Blood. Even if they succeeded, they would have to pay an
extremely large price.
But You XiaoMo was a human, and in the first place, the bloodlines for humans and
demon beasts repelled a bit from each other. Refining and absorbing it completely
required enormous amounts of willpower and stamina, so it was very typical to get
injured. It was abnormal if one didn't get hurt.
You XiaoMo picked up the bottle next to him and drank a sip of spiritual water. His
dried-up soul force slowly recovered in a moment.
It was too bad that he still couldn’t completely refine that drop of Life Blood even
after being secluded for two months. However, he had already stored the rest of the
Life Blood in his meridians, and when he cultivated later, he could slowly convert the
energy from the Life Blood into his own.
Even though he couldn’t completely absorb the energy from the Life Blood, he was
already able to reap the benefits from the little amount he had been able to.
You XiaoMo checked the condition inside his body. Unfortunately, he still hadn't
been able to advance to grade four, but he was already at pinnacle grade three, so
he could break through whenever he wanted to. Next, all he had to do was wait for
that opportunity.
Ling Xiao pushed open the door and entered. "How is it?"
You XiaoMo stood up and shook off the dust on him. Since he sat in one place,
unmoving, for two months, he had quite a bit of dust on him. When he heard Ling
Xiao, he said, frustrated, "It was alright. I always felt like it wasn't going very
smoothly. I'll probably need some more time before I can break into grade four."
Originally, he wanted to advance to grade four all in one go, but for some reason, he
just couldn't break through that layer. Even though he had more than enough energy
to break into grade four, in the end You XiaoMo had no choice but to accept that the
opportunity hadn't come yet. In the past, it had always gone very smoothly; this was
the first time that he encountered such an obvious barrier.
"Don't be impatient. Take things slowly." Ling Xiao placed his hand on his head.
You XiaoMo also knew that he shouldn't be impatient. It was just that in the past, he
had been able to advance too smoothly, so now he wasn't very used to encountering
an obstruction. He would undoubtedly feel a little depressed. After all, people still
had to experience some setbacks so they could grow stronger.
"I secluded myself for so long, did anything happen outside?"
Back then, the Weasel Beast said that it would be able to receive information after
five days, but he ended up secluding himself for two months, he had missed it.
Ling Xiao helped him sit in a chair before sitting next to him. "This is the eastern
territory of DaTong Ocean. It's extremely far from the continent, and there are very
few islands. It's at least five thousand kilometers from here to the nearest one. If we
fly, it'll take a few years before we can get back to Dong Zhou."
You XiaoMo pondered for a moment. "Don't we still have a few teleportation
talismans? The distance shouldn't be a problem." If one wasn't successful, then they
could just use another one. As he spoke, he fished around in his magic bag, but he
only pulled out a few jade tokens.
"We used them all up, didn't we?" Ling Xiao took the jade tokens from his hand.
Back then, when his wife had been transported to the Vermillion Blood Clan's
territory, he had refined a lot in case of emergency. But recently, they had used up
quite a few, including all the ones in storage.
You XiaoMo nodded before he suddenly thought of something. He said happily,
"With your current cultivation base, you should be able to refine mid-level
teleportation talismans, right?" Mid-level teleportation talismans could transport them
fairly long distances, so perhaps it could transport them directly out of DaTong
Ocean.
"I can, but I have to find a dimension that is relatively weak. This small island won't
do."
Ling Xiao played with the jade tokens in his hand. If the dimension was relatively
weaker, it was easier to make an opening, and he wouldn't have to worry about
using too much force, leading to the dimension being unstable.
You XiaoMo also understood this reasoning.
One week later, they tidied up their things and left the small island along with the
Weasel Beast that they had just contracted.
The Weasel Beast was someone who was both clever and righteous. It was worried
that if the sharks attacked and there was no leader here, there would be a problem,
so it promoted one of more popular Rat Beasts at its side to leader. At the very least,
the Rat Beast would enjoy popular support. Finally, the Weasel Beast that had
become the commander of those ruffians wiped away its tears as it bid farewell to its
adorable underlings.
Chapter 602: Look Upon One In A Different Light
The more dangerous a place was, the weaker the space.
They found a place after three days with the ability of the Weasel Beast.
It was a famous and dangerous maritime area in DaTong Sea. From a distance, one
could see the abnormality of the sky. A large stretch of sea was covered by dark
clouds. Lightning and hurricane entwined with each other and the currents were
becoming more and more turbulent. If a ship passed by here, it would definitely be
sucked in.
People who did not have Divine Realm cultivation base did not date to enter,
because not only was this maritime area strange, but occasionally a powerful current
would shoot up to the sky like a tornado and it's destructive power was extremely
astonishing. It was said that no boat had ever escaped from this patch of sea safely,
and this was only one of the reasons.
At the same time, the maritime area was full of the spatial force instabilities, which
was due to the space being too weak. Thunder and lightning boomed, pressurizing
the space and leading to the spatial rift to grow larger and larger. Even if one was a
Divine Realm cultivator, they would not dare to barge in.
But for the Sacred Realm experts, this was a good place to accumulate spacial
energy.
They did not go deep into the interior, but stayed in the periphery. It was sufficient
for them to accumulate it from their surroundings as they only needed spacial
energy to make teleportation talismans. If someone passed by, they would definitely
be shocked as the average person did not even have time to hide from it, let alone
get close.
Three days later, Ling Xiao finally rushed out a stack of teleportation talismans.
Twenty pieces of jade tokens were used for mid-level teleportation talismans, but
only fourteen were successful. There were more low-level teleportation talismans, as
they had experience in making them after all and all thirty were successful.
Apart from the distance transported being further, the mid-level teleportation
talisman was also more stable than a low-level teleportation talisman. For example,
a cultivator of the same rank needed to used one to two tenths of their power to
disrupt the transportation of a low-level teleportation talisman. However, they
needed to use five to six tenths of their power to disrupt a mid-level teleportation
talisman. This was why Ling Xiao produced fourteen teleportation talismans.
Afterwards, the two of them left.
The Weasel Beast had been put into the dimension by You XiaoMo. He let the Metal
Swallowing Beast and the other two enter to explain some rules that could not be
violated in the dimension.
In accordance with his usual practice, You XiaoMo gave him a nickname called
QiQiu.
The Weasel Beast was the only contracted demon beast among the Qiu team that
did not resist the name that he gave and incessantly thanked him instead. The fervor
demonstrated was as if You XiaoMo was his great benefactor, and You XiaoMo was
thanked so much that he grew embarrassed.
With the teleportation talismans and the maps collected by the Weasel Beast's
subordinates, they soon emerged from the DaTong Sea and reappeared in Dong
Yu.
The number of people going on expeditions were much lesser compared with the
last time. Perhaps the news of the legendary cave dwelling had faded in people's
minds. They only met a few people throughout their journey after walking for half an
hour.
With regards to the current situation in the TongTian Continent, the most grim place
was not the South Continent but Xi Jing. The missing descendants of the Four
Ancient Beast Clans have not been found even until now, however, they were most
certainly all dead. Xi Jing was now in a mess in order to find the murderer. News of
fighting breaking out in an area would be conveyed every once in a while.
Other than this, Zhong Tian was also not very peaceful.
This was not to say that there was also turmoil in Zhong Tian, but that the TongTian
Palace decided to bring forward the selection contest held once every hundred
years when the situations in other places were grim. The last selection contest was
forty years ago. It was indeed surprising to hold the selection contest sixty years
ahead of schedule.
The requirements of the selection contest were very strict. Only rainbow level mages
were eligible to participate and it was said that participation was compulsory.
Although You XiaoMo had been away from the XiaoYao Institution for quite some
time and did not intend to go back, he was apparently still a student of the XiaoYao
Institution on paper and was qualified to participate in the selection contest.
However, his cheap old man had once said that TongTian Palace's motive for
recruiting rainbow level mages did not seem to be genuine.
So he did not intend to go after learning this news. First, he had no interest in the
TongTian Palace. Second, he was not very interested as he had many things to do
and had many things he was concerned about.
However, this was a major event for the Mage Association and the Beast
Transfiguration Guild. The TongTian Palace was so mysterious that even Jiu Ye and
Qiao WuShuang's masters could not explain it. Yet without exception, the figure of
the TongTian Palace was very large in their hearts, so they were busy preparing for
the selection competition.
"Where should we go next?"
You XiaoMo turned his head and looked up at Ling Xiao. Originally, he wanted to
stay in DaTong Sea until he had advanced to Grade Four. But, he had no objection
since Ling Xiao wanted to leave early.
The footsteps of Ling Xiao stopped suddenly.
You XiaoMo looked at him in surprise. His mouth was covered just as he wanted to
ask him what happened. After a while, he knew why. Several slightly familiar voices
drifted from the thick fog ahead, one of which surprised him most, because it should
be impossible for that person to appear here as far as he knew.
......
"Yan Hui, do we have to be enemies?" Cheng XiangRong looked at Yan Hui with
slight melancholy. He was a man who attached importance to matters of emotion.
He had been friends with Yan Hui for several years, and had seriously regarded him
as a friend in his heart.
Yan Hui felt that his face full of pity was hilarious. Contrary to Cheng XiangRong, he
was a heartless person who even disregarded family ties, let alone ties of friendship.
So he thought Cheng XiangRong's thinking was ridiculous. It was destined for them
to not be friends from the first time they met.
"The war between the Guma Tribe and the ShuiXi Tribe has not been going on for
just one or two years. You should be very clear in your heart about the fact that we
can never be friends. That you understand this and still regard me as a friend, aren't
you too naive, uncle? Or should I call you MoQi Rong?"
Cheng XiangRong frowned and unexpectedly retorted, "I know you are not."
"What?" Yan Hui did not quite understand what he meant.
Cheng XiangRong declared with certainty, "I know you are not from the Guma Tribe.
You weren't one from the very beginning, and I also know you are not a person from
Dong Zhou."
Yan Hui's expression changed slightly. "How did you know it and when did you find
out?"
Cheng XiangRong laughed, "I knew shortly after I was in contact with you. I
understand them although I am not a Guma tribesman. After observing you for
several days, I find that you are totally unlike the Dong Zhou people. For example,
those from Dong Zhou, especially those who grow up in the tribes, have a strong
sense of belonging. But I found that you never once talked about things from the
tribe."
"By this alone, you are certain that I am not a person from the Guma Tribe. Isn't this
too arbitrary?" Yan Hui's expression was obscure. It was obvious that he had not
expected that Cheng XiangRong would discover his secret so early.
Cheng XiangRong stated confidently, "Of course, this was only one of the factors
that caused me to doubt you. What made me really sure that you weren't a person
from the Guma Tribe was your living habits. If you were, some living habits would
bound to appear. But I can't see any such things from you. How can a person who
had lived in the tribe for years on end change all of a sudden?"
Yan Hui laugh grimly, "Since you long knew about this, why didn't you expose me?"
Suddenly, he found that Cheng XiangRong was not as easy to bully as he looked.
He hid an exquisite mind under his simple and shy appearance. Yan Hui reckoned
that everyone had been deceived by him.
Cheng XiangRong looked at him hesitantly, "Because not all liars are necessarily
bad people and I also want to know what your aim is."
"Then what can you make out?" Yan Hui's expression was dark.
Cheng said falteringly, "I think your aim seems to be XiaoMo. Sometimes you are
particularly solicitous to him. You probably want to mask up your objective, so every
time you'd drag me in to cover for you."
Yan Hui suddenly laughed, "This time I'm the one who made an error of judgment.
You are not stupid, you are really very smart."
"Thank you for your compliment." Cheng XiangRong seemed to have turned into
that shy uncle again. He was really a little embarrassed, probably because this was
the second person who had praised him for his cleverness.
"I can't let you go now that you know, and allow you ruin my plan." A trace of
grimness flashed through Yan Hui's eyes. Strictly speaking, his task had not yet
failed. You XiaoMo did not know his identity, so he could still put on an act in front of
him at any time. He could not let Cheng XiangRong get away now that he knew .
You XiaoMo speechlessly rolled his eyes. Dage, your plan went up in smoke several
months ago. Don't indulge in wild fantasies too much.
"Ling Xiao, are they the only ones nearby?"
Cheng XiangRong only had one person on his side, but Yan Hui had two. Moreover,
the strength of the two people behind him was quite high. One person fighting
against those two was not their match at all. You XiaoMo quite liked this uncle very
much. He was shy and idealistic, and looked honest and naive, yet he was very
opinionated. He did not want Cheng XiangRong to die here.
To tell the truth, he did not expect the uncle to know that Yan Hui was suspicious so
quickly. He probably did not expose Yan Hui because Yan Hui did not do anything
harmful to him during that time.
Ling Xiao searched their surroundings, "There's no others. They may have met by
chance, but it may also be possible that Yan Hui ambushed Cheng XiangRong
here."
Cheng XiangRong's original name was MoQi Rong, so he was presumably the son
of MoQi XiYuan. His status was uncomparable to that of ordinary people, so it was
normal to hide his name in the outside world.
Now that the resentment between the two tribes was brought to the surface, and
with Yan Hui cooperating with the Guma Tribe, it was normal for him to ambush
Cheng XiangRong here.
Chapter 603: The Ruins of Peach Blossom Spring
Translated By Jouissance of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
The two sides soon engaged in battle.
Yan Hui's murderous intentions were clear in his eyes, telling Cheng XiangRong his
answer. However, his strength was clearly above Cheng XiangRong's. Back in the
XiaoYao Institution, he had concealed his true strength.
Cheng XiangRong might have potential, but right now, he was only grade one, while
Yan Hui was grade two. Luckily, Cheng XiangRong wasn't a normal mage. As the
son of MoQi XiYuan, he had plenty of tricks up his sleeves. With that, the two were
at a deadlock.
However, Cheng XiangRong's subordinate weren't having such a good time. It was
exceptionally tiring to fight one against two.
The guard watched as his opponent’s sword descending on him, filled with
resentment. If he died here, what would become of his master?
That was when the unexpected happened. A stone flew out from who knows where
and struck the other’s temple. The latter screamed, sent flying out almost twenty
meters. His face was covered in blood; he didn’t get up again.
Everyone was shocked at his scream.
Yan Hui immediately pulled away from Cheng XiangRong, looking around warily. His
heart stuttered, had they been ambushed?
However, when he saw Cheng XiangRong’s equally as confused expression, he
knew that the attacker probably wasn’t from the ShuiXi Tribe. Just as this thought
flashed through his mind, the other person he had brought was also attacked.
Another small rock flew out from the mist, striking the unprepared man in the chest
and falling him. It was no light injury, if the blood leaking from his mouth was
anything to go by.
With two injured and their opponent hidden from them, Yan Hui didn’t have the will
to continue this fight anymore. He didn’t like situations that were out of his control
like this. He gritted his teeth and fled, leaving the two others behind.
Cheng XiangRong’s guard didn’t hesitate to charge over and end the two’s lives.
The GuMa Tribe had killed so many of his comrades. Killing two was evening the
score by two. Mercy was something unnecessary in this way of life.
Seeing the actions of his guard, Cheng XiangRong sighed and shook his head, but
didn’t stop him.
“May I know which master it was that had given us a hand just now?” Cheng
XiangRong clasped his hands, bowing in the direction the second rock had come
from. If this person saved them, then he believed that they at least wouldn’t be their
enemies.
You XiaoMo walked out of the mist, a smile on his face and said with a hint of delight
at their reunion, “Uncle, it’s been a while; your aura has really changed, I’m
surprised.”
Cheng XiangRong was completely stunned.
A familiar voice accompanying a familiar figure, the topic of his and Yan Hui’s
discussion not long ago was now standing right in front of him, alive and well. This
coincidence was unbelievable, and he didn’t know how to react.
“Xiao, XiaoMo… You, you…” It wasn’t until You XiaoMo walked up to him that
Cheng XiangRong finally snapped out of his stupor. A light flush appeared on his
cheeks and his words tripped over each other in a rush to express his excitement.
You XiaoMo chuckled at this. He hadn’t changed at all. “Uncle, slow down, don’t
rush. I’m right here; it’s not like I’ll run away.”
Unable to ignore his presence, Cheng XiangRong glanced at Ling Xiao, who had
come out of the mist behind You XiaoMo. Then he looked back to You XiaoMo,
saying with a hint of embarrassment, “Sorry, I didn’t mean to hide this from you.”
You XiaoMo paused a for a moment before realizing what the other was talking
about and replied casually, “I don’t mind. If it were me, I’d do the same. You don’t
need to apologize. But, how come you’re here. I heard that the TongTian Palace is
holding prelims; are you not participating?”
“Crap, I almost forgot about that.” It wasn’t until You XiaoMo reminded him of this
that Cheng XiangRong remembered what he was here to do, his expression
hardening.
“What happened?” You XiaoMo asked.
Cheng XiangRong didn’t tell him immediately, saying that he’d tell him on the way,
then they hurried towards their destination, opposite to the way You XiaoMo had
come from and deeper into the DongYu. It was only when Cheng XiangRong
explained that they got wind of that an incident had occurred over here at DongYu.
The Legendary Immortal’s Caves really did exist, but it didn’t refer to the White
Tiger’s palace. Very few people knew of the existence of the palace under DongYu.
What they were talking about was the Immortal’s Caves that belonged to a powerful,
ancient cultivator, and not just one, but a whole lot of powerful cultivators.
In ancient times, DongZhou was a paradise to mages and practitioners.
Legend has it that there was a Peach Blossom Spring that once existed in DongYu.
However, after the war begun, the powerhouses of the Peach Blossom Spring didn’t
want the war to affect their home, and thus a few of them used divine power to
separate the Peach Blossom Spring from DongYu, forming an isolated dimension,
though the entrance was still in DongYu.
The Peach Blossom Spring had opened up around a month after You XiaoMo and
Ling Xiao had been transported to the DaTong Ocean. After they left, more and
more powerful cultivators appeared in DongYu, not just the three great tribes, but
also the Cang Alliance, Vermillion Blood Clan and other powers. By now, two
months had passed.
Though it had been two months, the incident hadn’t come to a close.
After all, the Peach Blossom Spring was separated from this dimension by some of
the strongest cultivators of the ancient times. Their cultivation base wasn’t
something that modern cultivators could match up to and the seals they had placed
were immensely powerful, many of them having been forgot in time.
However, they then realized that the seals of the Peach Blossom Spring would
weaken for a period of time. A few Sacred level practitioners would be able to unseal
it, working together.
However, it would only be open for half a year. After half a year, the seals would
strengthen again.
By then, the Peach Blossom Spring’s seals would automatically kick out everyone
inside, no matter who.
Unless, of course, you had the power to go against the seals, but that was
impossible, because those seals were layered, extremely complex. It was better to
spend your time finding treasures than researching those seals.
You XiaoMo listened, wide eyed and shocked. Something so significant had
occurred while they were away. If it wasn’t for Ling Xiao deciding to leave early,
they’d probably have stayed another few months on the island. By then, they’d have
missed this boon.
“It’s a good thing we came back.” You XiaoMo pulled on Ling Xiao’s sleeve, excited.
Ling Xiao nodded, “Yes, it’s good that we didn’t listen to you.”
"..." You XiaoMo decided to not argue with him over this. Life was still great and
there were so many treasures just waiting to be uncovered. He should think to the
future.
Cheng XiangRong smiled. He had always found their interactions to be rather
unique.
“Ahem, uncle, there’s one thing I’m confused about.” You XiaoMo, seeing his
expression when he turned his head, felt a little embarrassed and hurriedly changed
the topic. “These aren’t peaceful times, and many of these powers are enemies. Will
they really be willing to cooperate?”
After all, if there weren’t any sacred level powerhouses there to oversee things,
other powers might be able to take advantage of that. The risks seemed high, unless
they were willing to sit down and discuss.
“I guess you don’t know about this, but,” Cheng XiangRong began to explain, “I
heard from my dad that the Peach Blossom Spring had many Immortal’s Caves
belonging to immensely powerful cultivators, especially rainbow grade mages. Their
Immortal’s Caves were more valuable than practitioners’. Legend has it that those
Immortal’s Caves had rainbow grade five and six pills in them. I haven’t heard about
any grade seven ones, but they might exist, too.”
That’s not all. There was a serious lack of materials for rainbow grade five and six
pills. Some mages only had that cultivation base, but no transcendent level magic
herbs. In addition, they wouldn’t necessarily succeed the first time when refining
pills.
After being sealed away for all these years, there was sure to be an abundance of
magic herbs in the Peach Blossom Spring. It was clear what sort of temptation this
would be for mages.
In the face of such a temptation, it wasn’t impossible for the great powers to put
down their grudges for the time being.
Cheng XiangRong said, “There’s another benefit. The spiritual energy in the Peach
Blossom Spring is very dense, and good for cultivation. Some people get stuck,
unable to advance for years on end, but often they manage to achieve breakthrough
after going inside.”
Hearing this, You XiaoMo’s eyes lit up further.
Was he not in the state of wanting to advance but being unable to? If the Peach
Blossom Spring really was that amazing, then he’d have to find a way in no matter
what.
“It’s already been two months, can we still go inside?” You XiaoMo asked anxiously.
“In theory, no,” Cheng XiangRong said with a frown. “That entrance is currently
being guarded heavily. I can only go in because of my father, but they said that I can
only bring one other. They probably won’t agree to any more.”
That definitely wouldn’t do. He had to be with Ling Xiao. Thinking of this, You
XiaoMo looked to Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao didn’t disappoint him, saying tyrannically, “That’s not up to them.”
You XiaoMo immediately grinned.
Cheng XiangRong shook his head with a laugh. He knew that it’d end up this way;
he’d been expecting it. It would be weirder if one of them agreed to leave the other.
Then, the four continued to hurry to their destination.
When they arrived, they could see plenty of people guarding the entrance even from
afar. Apart from the people of the great powers, there were a few explorers of
DongYu. It was just that they didn’t have the power, in society or in combat, so they
could only watch from outside. Even so, there were quite a few spectators.
You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao arrived separately from Cheng XiangRong and his guard.
After all, Cheng XiangRong was representing the ShuiXi Tribe. If those people
thought that they were brought here by the ShuiXi Tribe to cause trouble, then it
wouldn’t be good for Cheng XiangRong or his tribe. Plus, the transport array was
random. No one could be certain that they would arrive together.
Chapter 604: Eight mansions of the Spirit Mountain
There were three Divine Realm experts guarding the entrance to the ruins. They
emitted a formidable aura, the ones who stayed were no more than the Emperor
Realm, as those above already went inside. Although the major forces held all the
power, if they didn't leave some room for the lone practitioners, then rebellious
feelings might arise.
Cheng XiangRong went ahead of them. Truly the title of being the son of MoQi
XiYuan held power, the three guards immediately let him through.
However, in fear of the dangers his son might face, MoQi XiYuan left a person
waiting for them. Although, he wasn't at the Sacred Realm, he was a four star Divine
Realm practitioner, who already had a spot in the exploration. So, it didn't take long
before the three of them entered.
Afterwards, the three Divine Realm practitioners resumed guard.
Each guarding a direction, there was no way a normal person could get close, just
the pressure they emitted was enough.
The crowd's whisper were full of complaints. After all, the treasure was right in front
of them, if they could enter, they might have a chance. However, these people
blocked the path. Lunatics, why weren't they allowed in?
Although they knew, in their hearts that the entrance was opened by the Sacred
Realm experts, they just couldn't help but complain. If they could, all of them would
have flown in immediately, given the chance.
Just as everyone was whispering about, two people suddenly entered the scene. At
first, not many people noticed them, it was only when they were ten meters away,
did the people pay attention.
Ten meters was precisely the range of the guards, if anyone came closer, they
would have to face them. With the looks of things, these people had no intention of
stopping.
"Stop and don't come any closer! Don't say I didn't warn you!" Suddenly, one of the
normal guard yelled, as his aura exploded towards the two. His voice instantly
grabbed the attention of the onlookers.
And, the crowd seethed.
It was so exciting! Finally, after so much waiting, there was another two!
At first, there were quite a few displeased with the restriction placed by the major
forces and so, in the first few days, many revolted, but they were all suppressed.
Later, the number of people willing to stand up greatly diminished, till now, all they
dared to do was to complain.
The three Divine Realm practitioners also noticed the situation, but arrogantly
glanced over it. They weren't from the same force and it was a common occurrence
over the past two months, so they didn't have a huge reaction to it. They took a look
and looked away, aloof.
Seeing that they ignored his 'advice', a cold glint shined across his eyes and with a
roar, the guard attacked. The piercing lance in his hand went to You XiaoMo, the
one closest to him, headed straight for his throat. Seeing that it was about to land,
cries of shock could be heard from the crowd.
With a quiver, You XiaoMo dodged the lance and with his bare hands, shook it. The
vibration numbed both of the guards hands and he uncontrollably took a few steps
back. Before he had time to react, his chest was hit by the lance and the guard went
flying as he threw up blood. He landed right by one of the Divine Realm expert's
feet.
The other guards were instantly in a uproar, and all of them rushed forward.
Throwing away the lance, You XiaoMo quickly made a seal and threw out a Azure
Palm. Instantly, the guards tumbled all over the place.
The scene caused everyone to become silent.
Being able to shake off multiple Emperor Realm practitioners needed at least a
divine realm level.
Finally, the three Divine Realm experts took a proper look at them and then the one
to the left, upon seeing Ling Xiao and You XiaoMo's faces, took a deep breath in. He
stared wide-eyed at them; clearly he knew them.
Although it had been a while since You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao made an appearance,
but for a while, they were quite the celebrities. There were still people who
recognized them, and this one was a member of the Vermillion Blood Clan.
The resentment the Vermillion Blood Clan felt towards them was even stronger than
towards the Demon Phoenix Clan. Ever since their resentment had been brought
onto the open, their faces were known all over the clan. At first he didn't notice, only
now did he realize they were a 'familiar face' and dangerous ones at that.
Remembering Ling Xiao's Sacred Realm power, his face instantly turned pale.
You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao were already in front of them by then, with the one
talking turned out to be You XiaoMo. He looked at the three and asked with a smile,
"Can we enter?"
After all, he was a polite person, thumbs up! (click like)
That person's mouth twitched.
But the other two, who didn't recognize them, darkened their expressions. It was
clearly a provocation!
"We were ordered to stand guard here. If you wish to forcefully get past, then you
have to go through us first." One of the experts threw out his reply.
You XiaoMo smiled, "You're the one who said it."
The first expert made a smile of contempt, clearly unimpressed. Just then, the one
on his right, the second expert took a step back. Although it was small, he noticed
and frowned at him. "Could it be you're afraid?"
The second expert made a stiff smile, "I don't mind them going in."
Just because he didn't know them, didn't mean he didn't have eyes. Once he
realized that he couldn't tell Ling Xiao's level, he knew something was wrong.
Not only that, the young man in front of him felt slightly stronger than them. Just
because they were ordered to guard this place, didn't mean they were going to put
their lives on the line.
Finally, the first expert noticed that something was wrong and his expression
twisted.
It was then when You XiaoMo took a few steps back and had Ling Xiao replace him,
right in front of the first expert. He really didn't go easy on him since they were of the
Guma Tribe.
The amount of people each force brought in was dependent on the number of
experts they had. Both the Guma Tribe and the Vermillion Blood Clan had one extra
person so they left them behind.
Without a warning, Ling Xiao threw a fist at him. The latter instantly paled as his
aura was locked and he couldn't even dodge before he was sent flying. With
everyone watching, he had no face or reputation left as half of his face swelled up
like a pig's head.
Everyone burst into an uproar.
The other two experts quickly backed away. They were fully aware now of Ling
Xiao's strength. If they were still trying to save face, then they're just asking for
death.
Thus, Ling Xiao held his wife's hand and walked in fair and square, with swagger.
The first expert quickly got up with a darkened expression. Even if they were
stronger, he was of the Guma Tribe. Being made a fool of like that in public was
really making him lose face.
"You just have to swallow it, even if you don't want to." Seeing that the Vermillion
Blood Clan was in alliance with the Guma Tribe, the second expert told him in good
will. Even the Vermillion Blood Clan could do nothing against them, much less the
Guma Tribe. Also, just because they couldn't do anything now, didn't mean they
would never be able to. It was better to wait.
"Of course you can say that. You're not the one who got beat up." The first expert
said ungratefully. If he really wanted to help, he should have said so in the beginning
and not after, pretending to be of help.
He was taking his good intentions for granted, well then he wouldn't say anymore.
The second expert looked at the two retreating figures. He figured that he knew who
they were, but he didn't think they would appear now, as there hadn't been news of
them lately.
......
The Peach Blossom Ruins had existed for tens of millions of years, the amount of
resources accumulated couldn't even be described as abundant anymore.
Everywhere in the Immortal’s Cave were fields and fields of magic herbs, from low
level to high level, from mature to immature. Mostly importantly, mid to high-grade
magic herb were the common. Usually one could only find a few in a patch but now,
it was a third or more.
But even if the Peach Blossom Ruins was just a small Immortal’s Cave, there were a
few layers of restrictions on the outside and even some high tier demon beasts as
guards. The ferociousness of the demon beast deterred some people, but wasn't
enough for everyone's love of magic pills.
The Peach Blossom Ruins, as a whole, was a spirit mountain. The higher the
altitude, the stronger the owner's cultivation base. That meant more treasures and
more threats, however, there was some exceptions.
For example, the Eight Mansions of the Spirit Mountain. In the ancient times, the
Peach Blossom Spirit Mountain was very well known. Although nowadays, it was
hard to find any information in books, if one were to ask around enough, there was
still some information.
The Eight Mansions were considered the focal point of Peach Blossom Ruins. They
each represented a 'door' of the Qimen Dunjia and was placed in eight corners of
the spirit mountain. Only the Eight Mansions didn't follow the rules of altitude.
(t/n Qimen Dunjia is a form of prediction based in astrology. The eight doors are part
of the human plate, and split into ‘bad luck’ , ‘great luck’, or moderate (or auspicious,
inauspicious, moderate men) they each represented a direction, as well as an
element. Kai Men - Metal, Leader; Xiu Men- Water, Family; Sheng Men- Earth,
Wealth/Growth; Shang Men- Wood, Damage/Gambling; Du Men- Wood, Conceal;
Jing3 Men- Fire, Dispute; Si Men- Earth, Death; Jing1 Men- Metal, Scandal)
Thus, they could be at the foot of the mountain, in the middle, they could have a
lavish exterior or a plain one. It was all dependent on luck or if it was meant to be or
not, and of course, that sometimes meant death.
The sixth mansion was owned by a Grade Six Rainbow Level mage, who had been
incredibly powerful. However, this transcendent level mage was an oddball, with a
gloomy personality, when he was alive. Thus, his mansion was built within a field of
miasma. The sixth mansion was also the 'death door' Si Men, which was part of the
'three bad luck doors', with a high mortality rate.
In present, in front of the sixth mansion appeared a group of people.
Chapter 605: Goodbye Water Demons
A immortal’s cave glowing with silverlight sat amidst a sky full of black miasma. It
wasn't hidden in the mountain like other cave dwellings, preventing other people
from seeing it. Instead, this cave dwelling was essentially the complete opposite.
This cave dwelling was twenty or so yards tall, and it was made up entirely of a sort
of glowing crystal. The exterior was covered by a transparent Restriction, obstructing
everything outside. What was strange was that the owner of the cave dwelling didn't
actually grow the magic herbs within the Restriction.
There was a clear lake behind the cave dwelling. A large magic herb field had been
established near the lake, and numerous transcendent level magic herbs grew in the
field. Since they most likely had been corroded by the miasma all year long, the
leaves and roots of the magic herbs looked ashy black. There was one small section
of the magic herb field that looked the most sinister.
That section was only about two yards wide, and several dozen grade one
transcendent level magic herbs were grown, scattered, inside it. There were some
bumpy areas in the middle, but nobody paid attention to them. Their attention was all
diverted by the appearance of the magic herbs.
This magic herb only had three leaves. At first glance, the shape of every leaf looked
a lot like that of a human skull. The leaves were silver-gray, and their tops were
outlined with several thin lines, making it look very similar to the eyes, nose, and
mouth of a skull.
Underneath the three leaves was a small flower bud which hadn't yet bloomed.
Rumor had it that when the flower bud bloomed, the skull leaves surrounding it
would also change into smiling expressions, making them exceptionally terrifying.
This kind of magic herb was the legendary Skull Herb. It typically grew in vile places,
such as ancient tombs or amidst miasma.
Although the requirements to grow them were extremely harsh and eerie, the Skull
Herb was still the primary ingredient for refining the rainbow magic pill Fire Bathed
Jewel.
The Fire Bathed Jewel was a Grade Six Rainbow Level magic pill. It was also a
transcendent level grade six magic pill that few possessed. Its specific effects were
as amazing as the Samsara Pill's, although they were made differently. Just like how
a phoenix bathed in fire to be reborn, it could make someone be reborn upon the
brink of death.
Because the conditions needed to grow the Skull Herb were very unpleasant, it was
a kind of priceless transcendent level magic herb.
Xi Jing might have this kind of magic herb in places such as the Demon Beast
Graveyard in the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range, but there weren't that many people
who actually dared to go into the Demon Beast Graveyard. The Demon Beast
Graveyard contained the tombs of many large demon beasts and powerful experts,
so if you took it lightly, you would meet your downfall. Therefore, even Tian Gou's
members very rarely went to the Demon Beast Graveyard.
Besides the Skull Herb, a dozen or so other transcendent level magic herbs were
grown around the lake. There were about ten of each kind, swaying slightly, and
they were all already matured.
Aside from this, there were quite a few herbs which were also ingredients for the
Fire Bathed Jewel. Clearly, the cave dwelling owner's goal for planting all these
magic herbs was to refine the Fire Bathed Jewel Pill.
But even if there were many magic herbs, there were also many greedy people.
The sinister atmosphere grew tense along with the arrival of several groups of
people.
"It seems that everyone has numerous opinions on this magic herb field. I trust that
nobody wants to waste too much time here, so it might be better to listen to this old
man say a word. There are quite a lot of magic herbs here, so let us each take what
we need and split it evenly, how's that?" The one speaking was a rainbow level
mage from the Mage Association. Even though his grade wasn't very high, among
these people, his strength could still be ranked among the top five.
The person from the Black Spider sneered. "Split it evenly? Wouldn't that just be
convincing other people?" When he mentioned other people, he looked meaningfully
at the people from the Vermillion Blood Clan.
The Vermillion Blood Clan all knew that he was referring to them, and their
expressions instantly grew ugly.
There were only five major powers here: the Mage Association, the Vermillion Blood
Clan, the Black Spider, the True Dragon Clan, and the Qilin Clan. Since each major
power had split off into separate paths after entering Peach Blossom Ruins, it was
understandable that the attendance was uneven. Among the five major powers, only
the Vermillion Blood Clan's total strength was the weakest, so it was no wonder that
the Black Spider was unwilling to split it evenly.
"Then what idea does Your Excellency have?" The representative from the Qilin
Clan said lightly. It seemed like he also agreed with the Black Spider, since who
wouldn't be willing to receive a little bit more.
The representative from the Black Spider said, "There are eighteen Skull Herbs in
total. Each of us can get four, and the remaining two will be given to the Vermillion
Blood Clan."
Once he finished speaking, the other three major powers all agreed, except the
Vermillion Blood Clan.
What did the Vermillion Blood Clan matter in the face of profit? Decreasing their
share would benefit the others, and only an idiot would reject something so great.
So even if the Vermillion Blood Clan was unwilling, in the face of the like-minded
four major powers, they had no choice but to swallow all of their discontent back
down. Who let them have so few people? They didn't even have five people total,
one of which was even a 'blind person.'
After dividing up the Skull Herbs, the four major powers started to split up the rest.
When there wasn't enough to distribute, they would spill over into other magic herbs,
and sometimes they would even forgo the Vermillion Blood Clan's share completely.
"Black Spider, don't get ahead of yourself. Even though the Vermillion Blood Clan
doesn't have many people, you shouldn't underestimate us. If you push us too hard,
in the worst case scenario we might end up in a life-and-death struggle." The
representative from the Vermillion Blood Clan howled angrily at the chief offender
from the Black Spider.
The representative from the Black Spider had a very dark expression on his face.
Even though the representative from the Vermillion Blood Clan was furious, he didn't
get carried away by it. He purposefully pointed out the Black Spider and didn't
mention the other three major powers, so as to avoid them thinking that the
Vermillion Blood Clan wanted to do a 1v4.
As for why he wanted to target the Black Spider: one reason was because the one
to suggest decreasing the Vermillion Blood Clan's share was them; the second
reason was because he anticipated that the Black Spider wouldn't actually dare to
start fighting with them in this moment. Once both sides lost, the Black Spider would
definitely be kicked out of the arena by the other three major powers.
"I think the two of you should stop fighting. The extra two magic herbs should belong
to my Mage Association." Just when the atmosphere was getting more and more
tense, the representative from the Mage Association suddenly opened his mouth.
Unexpectedly, nobody had any objections.
Even though the Black Spider was unhappy, the Mage Association, True Dragon
Clan, and Qilin Clan didn't reject the idea. If he continued to oppose it, he would
probably attract their resentment. The representative from the Black Spider couldn't
help but spit. Don't think he didn't know what the True Dragon Clan and Qilin Clan
were thinking.
The Mage Association had the greatest amount of mages in TongTian Continent,
and the amount of rainbow level mages in the association was basically the same as
the amount of people in every other major power. Since the True Dragon Clan and
Qilin Clan couldn't refine magic pills due to natural restrictions, they often sought
help from the Mage Association. If they could exchange two magic herbs for some
favor, it could be considered a very profitable transaction for them with no extra
losses.
Besides the True Dragon Clan and Qilin Clan requesting that people from the Mage
Association help them pick the herbs, everyone else moved on their own. When they
got close to the magic herb field, faint bubbles suddenly appeared on the surface of
the calm lake.
Everyone was very alert, and they noticed it almost instantly. Not even ten seconds
later, the clear water of the lake turned into a thick, ice-cold milky white color. The
bubbles grew bigger and bigger, as if the lake was full of boiling cold water.
The expressions on everyone's faces changed, as if they had all thought of
something.
"Everyone retreat quickly!" The representative from the True Dragon Clan shouted
abruptly before hastily retreating backwards, his movements and speed extremely
purposeful.
But he hadn't even finished speaking when something like the sharp sound of a cat
screaming suddenly came from the bottom of the lake. The water in the lake rose a
meter higher before a horde of transparent, strange creatures with a hint of blue
appeared from below the lake. They charged, screaming, towards the crowd of
people.
"Oh no, it's Water Demons!"
Moreover, it wasn't your typical Water Demon. The level of every single Water
Demon in this horde was very high.
Everyone could no longer be bothered with the transcendent level magic herbs by
the lake. They only knew that Water Demons were a type of extremely dangerous
creature, and no matter how important magic herbs were, they weren't as important
as their own lives. If they didn't want to become like the Water Demons, they would
have to flee with all their strength. They just hadn't imagined that this lake would
actually be the cold pool where the Water Demons rested.
Just when they were retreating, a Water Demon suddenly crawled into the magic
herb field and randomly picked up a Skull Herb before stuffing it into its mouth.
All the people who saw this scene couldn't help but open their eyes wide. They
suddenly understood why there would be so many bumps and holes in the magic
herb field. At first they thought that it was the owner of the cave dwelling who had
dug out the magic herbs, but it seemed like the true thieves were these Water
Demons.
Transcendent level magic herbs had the ability to shock some low level demon
beasts. Even high level demon beasts didn't dare to casually swallow transcendent
level magic herbs into their stomachs. But Water Demons counted as half a demon
beast, so it was no surprise they hadn't thought of this.
Just when the battle against the Water Demons was at its peak, a figure darted
sneakily towards the magic herb field when nobody was paying attention. That
person was Jiang Liu.
With Jiang Liu's status, he didn't actually have the qualifications to enter Peach
Blossom Ruins. Who knows what he did, but he had actually earned You ZhenTian's
trust even up to now. Just this little bit of ability was enough to make everyone
looked at him with a new attitude.
In order to cure his eyes, he had searched through numerous resources before
finally discovering the existence of the Fire Bathed Jewel. This kind of magic herb
could make someone reborn by bathing in fire, so it should also be able to cure his
eyes. But the ingredients needed to refine this magic pill had given him a heavy
blow.
At first, Jiang Liu had thought that he wouldn't be able to gather all of the ingredients
in this lifetime, and he grew hopelessly apathetic. But then they discovered the Skull
Herb in a place like this, and his feelings were imaginable.
In order for his eyes to heal as fast as possible, he would still have to give it a try,
even if it was dangerous, resulting in this scene.
His blind eye wasn't much of a hindrance to him, and Jiang Liu felt his way over to
the section of the magic herb field where the Skull Herbs were growing. It seemed
as if the calmly waving magic herbs were beckoning their hands towards him.
Chapter 606: Barely Escaped From Death
The lake boiled and released bubbles full of cold air.
Meanwhile, Jiang Liu's hand had touched the nearest Skull Flower Herb to him.
However, the tightly closed flower buds suddenly slowly blossomed when his hand
touched the leaf of the magic herb.
When the flower bud was in full bloom, it suddenly sprayed a thick black liquid. Jiang
Liu never noticed the change at all. Even if he perceived it at the last moment, he
could not react in time and immediately got a head-on spray.
The bubbling sound was just like that of sulfuric acid.
"Aaaaahhhh! ! !"
Jiang Liu let out blood-curdling screech, his hands grabbed his face as he rolled
around on the ground. But in a few seconds, one side of his face had decomposed
to reveal the white bones beneath. The bright red blood was dyed black as it flowed
down his neck, looking exceptionally terrifying.
His screams attracted the attention of most of the people present. They hurriedly
looked over, but no one came to rescue him. Some even gave a sneer of contempt.
Transcendent level magic herbs could not be lumped under one class.
This was because some transcendent level magic herbs naturally had defenses to
protect themselves with. For example, one should be even more cautious with magic
herbs like the Skull Flower Herb which grew in special places.
Although the Skull Flower Herb grew within a miasma, what all magic herbs could
not lack was spiritual energy. So the Skull Flower Herb developed a means of self-
defense, which was expressed in two directions.
One was that the magic herb absorbed excess miasma during its growth. In order to
protect its growth, they would convert the absorbed miasma into a liquid state and
store it in the flower bud. This was a kind of self-defense method; the other was for
external threats. In the case of Jiang Liu, the magic herb would protect itself by
spaying out the liquid stored in its flower bud when he touched the magic herb. The
liquid was highly corrosive and erosive, and even spiritual power could not be used
to block it.
The situation was even worse as Jiang Liu was sprayed when he had let his guard
down.
The Vermillion Blood Clan did not come to rescue him upon hearing his miserable
shriek. They could not go to him as the Water Demon was too powerful and they did
not even have time to look after themselves.
Moreover, he even took advantage of the time when everyone was dealing with the
Water Demon to pick magic herbs. In some people's eyes, his actions felt a little like
he was taking advantage of another's perilous state.
The miasma produced by the black liquid soon spread to Jiang Liu's whole body.
From time to time, a black gas could be seen running through the meridians from the
surface of his skin. With one glance, it was enough to tell that the corrosion was too
severe and he could not be saved.
At that moment, a slight movement suddenly came from the lake which had
constantly been boiling with bubbles of cold air. In the next second, a Water Demon
emerged from the bottom of the lake.
This Water Demon was distinctly different from other Water Demons in that it did not
have that weird color. The Water Demon looked like it was made of milky white
cheese. It was totally bald and had a pair of black eyes that seemed as if they were
embedded in cheese, and almost appeared like they were about to fall off when the
eyes moved.
The man who saw this scene was immediately overwhelmed with shock.
The representative of Mage Association inhaled and after drawing some distance
away from the water demon he was fighting with, and could not crying out, "A Level
Twelve Water Demon?"
In the ancient records, Water Demons were a rare species that was nearly extinct.
The only existing Water Demons in the TongTian Continent were those from that
swamp in the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range. However, the strongest was only a
Level Eleven, and some people had even predicted that a Level Twelve would not
appear.
Unexpectedly, a Level Twelve Water Demon actually appeared here. If they let it
escape to the TongTian Continent, perhaps it would not be long before many people
in the TongTian Continent would turn into Water Demons.
Some people suddenly beat a hasty retreat.
The fighting strength of a Level Twelve Water Demon was very strong and its
infection rate was one of the very best. Water Demons were not fond of eating
humans, but one could turn in the next Water Demon with just a slight carelessness.
However, the Level Twelve Water Demon was obviously not ready to give them its
attention, and its eyes soon fell on Jiang Liu who was the nearest to it. After coming
ashore, it walked slowly towards Jiang Liu and stared at him for three seconds,
before it suddenly reached out and grabbed him as it lifted him easily.
Jiang Liu who was tormented by the miasma till he was at the gate of death
suddenly began to struggle violently. He could feel the 'man' standing in front of him
and his fear instantly drowned him. However, his struggle was like fine drizzling rain
in the eyes of the water demon and was even not worth mentioning. Then he was
thrown into the cold lake by the Water Demon. The Water Demon seemed to feel
that killing him was beneath its dignity.
The cold lake was the dwelling of the Water Demons. Jiang Liu's ending could be
easily predicted.
As early as when the Level Twelve Water Demon had shifted its attention Jiang Liu,
some weaker people were so afraid that they fled first and did not even want the
magic herbs anymore.
The representatives of Mage Association took great effort to kill one Water Demon
before he surrounded the Level Twelve Water Demon with the experts from the True
Dragon Clan. They were purely underwater creatures, just like how fish could not
live without water, Water Demons could not leave the cold lake for too long
However, if one wanted to pick the magic herbs by the lake, they definitely had to
defeat this Water Demon.
The Level Twelve Water Demon uttered an extremely shrill cry, its malevolent
appearance made one endlessly terrified, as it took the lead in attacking the most
powerful cultivator, the representative of Mage Association.
The latter was shocked, but he was a veteran of a hundred battles after all and
quickly responded by cooperating with the experts from the True Dragon Clan to
fight the Water Demon. The Water Demon was extremely strong in close combat, so
they could only fight a long-range battle, with one person to restricting the Water
Demon, and the other attacking the Water Demon. Yet, the Water Demon was not in
a disadvantageous position at all.
However, this situation was quickly disrupted because another Water Demon joined
in the battle.
They did not know what was going on at the Black Spider's side, for them to actually
let a Level Eleven Water Demon come over. If the expert from the True Dragon Clan
did not dodge fast enough, he would have been caught.
The expert from the True Dragon Clan resentfully glared at the people from the
Black Spider. In spite of everything, five people could not even cope with two Water
Demons? Even a three year old would not believe it. His expression was extremely
ugly after looking at their insincere actions.
The expert from the Mage Association gave him a look that asked him to let it go. It
would not be too late to get revenge after this was settled. The Black Spider would
pay for their actions.
However, an additional Water Demon did give them some opposition. The fighting
strength of the Level Twelve Water Demon suddenly soared and its attacks became
much sharper. In order to restrain the Level Eleven Water Demon, the expert from
the True Dragon Clan had to fully concentrate on it. As a result, the pressure of
fighting the Level Twelve Water Demon fell entirely on the expert from the Mage
Association.
"You're all still not coming over to help?"
The expert from the Mage Association immediately shouted at the people from the
Black Spider. He could not deal with the Level Twelve Water Demon alone. The
Water Demon had always been a very difficult half-demon beast to kill, especially
one of the Twelfth Level.
The representative of the Black Spider suddenly laughed, "Sorry, we decided to give
up the magic herbs here. You can deal with the Water Demon yourself."
No hint of apology could be heard from their words. With that, he and the other four
retreated.
The Water Demon would not leave the vicinity of the cold lake. With no one
restraining that Water Demon, it joined into other's battles. The Vermillion Blood
Clan did not bring many powerhouses. Seeing the situation take a turn for the worse
and since they would not have a big share of the magic herbs after distributing it out,
they immediately started retreating when they saw that they could be defeated at
any moment.
Two of the five forces were gone, and the pressure on the remaining of the people
doubled, especially for the expert from the Mage Association. This was because he
was the strongest amongst all of them, and the Water Demons always liked to deal
with the powerful person first.
There were fifteen Water Demons in all. Once the Black Spider and the Vermillion
Blood Clan left, some people had to deal with two. Casualties soon started
appearing as some were are not strong enough.
A disciple from the Mage Association was torn in two by a Water Demon. Blood
sprinkled down from the sky. Then the Water Demon looked at the nearest person
who was a disciple from the True Dragon Clan and pounced on him with a screech.
The disciple immediately withdrew while eying it vigilantly. He was not even flustered
at all and was so calm that he made one hold him in high esteem. However, for
some unknown reason, there was a sudden pain in his knee, and he was unable
control himself as he knelt down. When he raised his head again, the water demon
had already pounced forward, and it was too late to dodge...
The expert from the True Dragon Clan happened to witness this scene and was so
shocked that his eyes turned red.
Just when people thought that the disciple would die, a strong ray of light suddenly
appeared between the two. The water demon just happened to hit the light and was
rebounded. In the next second, two figures that were closely stuck together
appeared in the place where the strong ray of light was.
The disciple who had barely escaped from death stared at them with shock and a
hint of amazement. It was as if he knew them, but thought it was inconceivable to
see them here.
The Water Demon pounced on him again before he could open his mouth. The shrill
cry was so sharp as if it wanted to break the eardrums of all people here. It was
really such a loathsome creature!
They only saw the white clothed person who had appeared out of thin air lift a finger,
before a wisp of purple-red flames suddenly shot at the Water Demon. The latter did
not even have the time to evade. Its whole body was set aflame just by touching the
flame.
Sad and shrill cries sounded from the Water Demon. It struggled several times, but
its whole body suddenly turned into a pool of water within minutes.
The people from the Qilin Clan were stunned. One must know that they too used
their flames to burn the Water Demons. Though they managed to restrain the
demons, they could not melt them at all. What kind of fire was this? It was even
more powerful than Qilin Godfire! No, what should be said was - how could there be
flames that were more powerful than the Qilin Godfire in this world?
Everyone looked at the two people who suddenly appeared, and someone
immediately recognized them.
Chapter 607: Wish Fulfilled
"It's you!?"
A shocked cry broke through the heavy atmosphere and snapped everyone out of
their stupor. Seeing the terrifying Water Demons, they felt cold sweat forming on
their skin. Getting distracted at a crucial moment could be fatal.
The crowd ignored this and focused on dealing with the Water Demons.
The ones who had suddenly appeared and saved the True Dragon Clan disciple
was none other than You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao. They had just been transported
inside. Being transported directly to the Eight Mansions of the Spirit Mountains was
a testament to their luck. They were probably the ‘luckiest’ of anyone here.
You XiaoMo left his back to Ling Xiao, squatting down in front of the True Dragon
Clan disciple and asking with a grin, “Do you recognize me? I traded a few Life
Crystals with you at ZhongTian’s Zhong Ting Trade Fair. One of them was a level
eleven one, do you remember?”
The young man’s mouth twitched. How could be forget?
Originally, You XiaoMo had told him to find the other at Xiao Yao Institution if he had
any more Life Crystals to trade. After that, he had gone to look for You XiaoMo
once, but the other wasn’t even there.
It was only after asking around that he found out that You XiaoMo usually wasn’t at
the Xiao Yao Institution. And yet the other had told him to find him there. What the
hell?
He wasn’t really holding a grudge, though. After all, he had come at the wrong time.
Plus, after knowing of their identity, he understood their reasons.
The young man nodded, “Of course I remember?”
You XiaoMo smiled. “Then do you have anymore Life Crystals on you? Level eleven
is preferred, but I’ll accept level tens.”
Last time, he had bought a few Life Crystals from this young man, but he didn’t buy
enough. His Qiu team had over ten demon beasts, so there weren’t enough to go
around.
He wasn’t someone who played favorites, and Life Crystals worked better for
Demon Beasts than for humans, so he wanted to buy some more for his Qiu team,
even the Weasel Beast who he had only just formed a contract with. Increasing the
other’s combative power was a priority.
“Are you sure you want to talk about this now?” The corner of the young man’s
mouth twitched. Their current opponents were Water Demons, and level eleven and
twelve ones, too. Talking business at a time like this, was he brave or just oblivious?
You XiaoMo realized what he was trying to express and scratched his head, saying
in embarrassment, “Let’s talk about this after we deal with the current situation.”
As he said this, he got up and offered a hand.
The young man didn’t bother putting on any fronts, grabbing his hand and pulling
himself up, not forgetting to thank You XiaoMo. “Thank you for saving my life just
now. If it weren’t for your sudden appearance, those Water Demons would’ve
probably already killed me.”
“It was nothing, don’t sweat over it,” You XiaoMo replied. He quite liked the people of
the True Dragon Clan, and this was a familiar face, too. He was rather happy about
it. “Plus, we only just got transported in and saved you. I suppose that’s fate.”
The young man nodded, smiling. The other had saved his life and didn’t ask for
anything, but he was determined to find a way to repay this.
After Ling Xiao and burned one of the Water Demons to death, the level twelve
Water Demon that was fighting the Mage Association suddenly screamed, as if it
had seen something terrifying, before disengaging from the Mage Association’s
elites and fleeing towards the cold lake.
However, the elites of the Mage Association counterattacked and refuse to let it flee.
They recognized Ling Xiao. Though the Mage Association didn’t really have any sort
of relationship with him, they knew that Jiu Ye and You XiaoMo were friends, so Ling
Xiao would probably lend them a hand.
Plus, the level twelve Water Demon seemed terrified of Ling Xiao. He couldn’t let it
go like that.
It only took a glance for Ling Xiao to figure out what had happened here. Though he
didn’t like the Qilin Clan, but this didn’t go against his goal of the magic herbs next to
the cold lake. His wife would definitely love them.
Purposefully ignoring the people of the Qilin clan, Ling Xiao joined the fray.
His flames had the power of devouring, which was the weakness of Water Demons.
This was why the level twelve Water Demon was so afraid. No matter how arrogant
something was, they could only run when it came to their weakness.
Not long later, the fourteen level eleven Water Demons had mostly been decimated.
Only the level twelve Water Demon was still being stalled by the Mage Association
and True Dragon Clan. Even if they couldn’t kill it for now, they could still stall its
movements.
You XiaoMo, seeing the fields of magic herbs next to the lake, was very interested in
the patches of transcendent level herbs, wanting to go and take a look. However, he
was stopped by the young man next to him.
“Where are you going?” The young man asked.
You XiaoMo pointed at the magic herbs. “I want to go and take a look.”
The young man hesitated for a moment. “I’ll go with.”
You XiaoMo didn’t refuse him.
Circling around the one-sided, soon-to-be over battle, the two soon found
themselves next to the lake. There wasn’t a large variation of magic herbs, probably
because ones like these had very specific conditions in which they grew.
You XiaoMo made a rough estimate. There were over ten different kinds and each
kind had around ten to twelve stalks, not much, but these magic herbs were all used
in rather obscure recipes.
You XiaoMo had researched the recipes in his ancestor's jade drive. Some
transcendent level pills had rather strange effects. Though they gave the user
powerful bonuses, they also had huge risks.
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For example, the Fire Baptism Pill that used these herbs as ingredients. Humans
and phoenixes were different; they couldn’t necessarily be reborn through fire; it was
usually more risky than not.
You XiaoMo hesitated for a moment but decided against digging up the stalks,
instead picking up seeds from the field.
The owner of this cave dwelling clearly hadn’t tended to these magic herbs in a
while. The seeds were scattered on the ground. Though these seeds had very
specific growth conditions, he wanted to try and cultivate a few in his dimension.
The young man had thought he wanted to dig up magic herbs, not expecting that he
would come to just pick up these mostly useless seeds. Though he was curious, he
didn’t say anything, but instead walking to another field to help him pick up more
seeds.
The two didn’t notice the danger approaching from the seemingly peaceful lake.
You XiaoMo was focused on picking up seeds, and as he gathered them, he arrived
at the edge of the lake and saw a few seeds next to a magic herb. He bent down to
gather them.
Just in these two seconds, a splash came from nearby and a rather small and thin
Water Demon suddenly jumped out of the lake. It’s body was translucent, but it was
wearing clothes, clearly some misfortunate person who had been infected.
The Water Demon lunged at him without hesitation, its face twisted into a
intimidating look and hatred flashing in its eyes.
You XiaoMo didn’t have the time to wonder why it hated him. The Water Demon had
sneaked up on him and attacked him, and it was only two meters away, but he
realized that this Water Demon wasn’t very strong at all. He didn’t even need to
dodge.
A powerful aura erupted from his body.
The Water Demon didn’t cower from this threatening display, continuing its lunge.
You XiaoMo flicked a Resonance Bullet at it. With the increase in his cultivation
base,
The Water Demon was struck in the shoulder. It had almost reached You XiaoMo,
but it was sent flying by the attack, landing on another field of magic herbs and
crushing a few under its body. It didn’t seem to notice the injury on his shoulder,
dragging itself over the ground with its four limbs and glaring at You XiaoMo in
hatred.
“I can’t believe he turned into a Water Demon.” The young man ran over hurriedly
and frowned when he saw the clothing on the Water Demon.
You XiaoMo hadn’t expected that he would know this Water Demon. The Water
Demon’s face had become unrecognizable, so he didn’t recognize it. The weirdest
thing was that this Water Demon had no eyes. Hearing the other’s words, he asked,
“You know him?”
The young man replied, “He’s someone from the Vermillion Blood Clan. Not long
ago, he was thrown into the lake by the level twelve Water Demon. He probably got
infected by the Water Demon poison. If I recall correctly, his name was Jiang… Er,
Jiang Liu I think.”
“What?” You XiaoMo’s voice rose in pitch with surprise. He thought he had misheard
at first.
The young man didn’t understand his reaction and replied, “I said his name was
Jiang Liu. You know him?”
“Well, he were once disciples under the same master. Then he betrayed the sect
and joined the Vermillion Blood Clan.” You XiaoMo looked at the glaring Water
Demon with a conflicted gaze. This could probably be called karma. After his eyes
had been gouged out by Ling Xiao, he knew that Jiang Liu wouldn’t be able to have
a good life, but he didn’t think that this would be his eventual fate.
“There’s no need to feel sad over this sort of person,” the young man said with a half
smile. He hated traitors the most.
“I’m not feeling sad over him. I just think its a bit of a shame,” You XiaoMo sighed.
He wasn’t that sad, after all, the person Jiang Liu had really betrayed was him.
The young man suddenly smiled, saying, “Now that he’s become a Water Demon,
you might as well personally end his misery. I think he might be thankful that you
did.”
Perhaps it was because it had understood what the other meant, but the Water
Demon suddenly seemed enraged, roaring and lunging at them again, like it wanted
to tear them to shreds.
You XiaoMo couldn’t read minds, and he hadn’t really interacted much with Jiang liu,
so he didn’t know that Jiang Liu hated him to the point of wanting him dead.
Hearing the young man’s words now, You XiaoMo thought it very reasonable. He
didn’t know Jiang Liu would be willing to live like this, so he decided to fulfill this
wish.
Chapter 608: The Feelings that Didn't Get Through
When humans transformed in a Water Demon, they hold no previous memories,
however, there were some mages who were the exception. Like Jiang Liu for
example, his grudge was so strong from his previous life, (wanting to kill You
XiaoMo even as he was about to die) that even after death, it was deeply imprinted
into his mind. Even after he became a Water Demon, the first thing he wanted to do
was to kill You XiaoMo.
Thus, when it heard their conversation, the Water Demon was furious.
You XiaoMo wasn't afraid of him, after all, when they met Jiang Liu in Xing Luo City,
he was still high grade level nine. Even now he was just a lower grade level ten so
during their time apart, it didn't change much.
Since Jiang Liu became a Water Demon, his strength did improve, probably
because he became an evil spirit of a sorts, but it was still not enough to be You
XiaoMo's opponent.
It wasn't even five minutes before the Water Demon was below You XiaoMo's feet
with it's limbs severed. A thick, blue-greenish liquid poured out from it's wounds,
seeping into the earth.
The main weapon of a Water Demon was it's infectious properties. Air borne
infections only affected normal people, for experts like them, they would only be
affected by scratch wounds. Thus, when fighting a Water Demon, unless one had
the strength to annihilate it immediately, most would sever it's limbs first, to protect
themselves from being scratched.
You XiaoMo had never fought with a Water Demon before, it was the young man's
suggestion. The contained Water Demon made a sharp piercing scream, like the
sound of scratching metal, it pierced through the ear drums. It was full of anger and
dissatisfaction, but without it's limbs, it was just like a leopard without it's claws.
Even if You XiaoMo didn't kill it then, just by letting it out to dry by the lake, in a few
weeks, it would die.
You XiaoMo sighed with emotion, "Seeing that we used to be students of the same
Academy, I'll call you Jiang-shidi for the last time as I'm sure you don't want to be a
monster like the Water Demon. Don't worry, I'll release you from your pain now. Just
a thing, if reincarnation exists, let’s hope to never meet again."
"Euagh!!" The Water Demon let out an angry roar. It wasn't able to talk, so it could
only use sounds to express his fury, but it seemed that it's enemy never understood
it.
You XiaoMo raised his hands and smashed his fist into its head. Just like that, in a
unwillingness, it's life was ended by his enemy. While the 'executioner' was still
feeling touched at his good deed.
On the side, the young man watched as the whole scene unfold. Uncontrollably, his
mouth started twitching. If he guessed correctly, there should be some sort of a
grudge between the two.
He was somewhat knowledgeable on Water Demons. If there wasn't enmity from it's
previous life, it wouldn't have looked at You XiaoMo with such resenting eyes. Since,
this kind of hatred was strong enough to be remembered even as a Water Demon,
that could only mean, in their previous life, it was an extreme hatred.
However, no matter how he saw it, he felt that You XiaoMo was unaware of Jiang
Liu's hatred for him. By the looks of things, it could very well be a one-sided hatred
on Jiang Liu's part.
What could be sadder. If Jiang Liu knew in the underworld, he would definitely turn
over in his grave. His hated person not only killed him, and even thought that he was
doing a good deed. Just to rub salt into his wounds, You XiaoMo even thought that
Jiang Liu should be grateful for his kind act.
The young man thought for a bit before deciding not to tell the truth to You XiaoMo.
Once they got rid of the Water Demon, the other side was also coming to a
conclusion. All of the Level Eleven Water Demons had been killed, leaving only the
Level Twelve one, but even it won't last long as Ling Xiao's occasional flames made
it's body patchy, like the moon's surface.
Once it realized that it wasn't going to win, the Level Twelve Water Demon suddenly
tilted his head up and roared. If it wasn't going to be able to escape, then we should
all die together.
"Not good, it's about to self-destruct." The expert from the Mage Association let out a
cry of shock and quickly backed off to retreat. Everyone else who heard his words,
also made a beeline to the outside without hesitation.
Of course the Water Demon wasn't going to let them go, as it jumped up to chase.
But, it was then when two lines of purple-red flame suddenly surrounded it from the
front and the back. Not only did it stop the Water Demon, it also blocked off the
escape route.
The Water Demon tried escaping to the left but the flames connected itself into a
circle. It tried escaping up, but Ling Xiao was there waiting for it. If it dared to come
out, one punch would smash it's head open.
The Water Demon let out a cry of grief and resentment. It's patience finally ran out
and without anymore considerations, it wanted to self-destruct. Even if it's couldn't
kill the man, it would at least gravely injure him. The self-destruction of a Level
Twelve Water Demon definitely had the power to abolish half a spirit mountain.
As the misama started to stir, the Water Demon's body swell up like a balloon. At the
same time, the flames that surrounded it, suddenly leaped towards it under the
control of Ling Xiao. It didn't take long before it was wrapped in a fireball.
The self-destruction of a Level Twelve Water Demon was extraordinary, if not dealt
with properly, it might come back to bite him. Ling Xiao's expression was serious.
After he used the flames to wrap it up, when no one was looking, he added a sliver
of The Breath of the True Dragon.
Although the True Dragon Clan didn't have an incredible flame like the Qilin Clan nor
the Demon Phoenix Clan, they were able to unleash the Dragon's Breath. The
Dragon's Breath of a True Dragon was the strongest, with a heat that was on par
with a Godfire. The Water Demons were half demon beasts that were turned into
one, so no matter how strong their defenses were, it wouldn't be able to take the
ultimate move of three Emperor Beasts.
With the the Breath of the True Dragon, instantly the screams of terror could be
heard from within the fireball. That sense of danger also seemed to have slowly died
down and in a few minutes, completely disappeared.
As the flames died away, there wasn't a trace of the Water Demon left. Even the
liquid of it's melt body evaporated, truly it was gone without a trace.
You XiaoMo ran over to Ling Xiao and asked quietly, concerned, "Are you okay?"
Ling Xiao shook his head. This degree of usage wasn't enough to make his wounds
worse, otherwise he would have wasted all those months of recuperation. Also, he
already knew when he left the island that he was going to have to use his powers.
"The Water Demons in the cold lake all died. If you want any magic herbs by the
lake, you can get them now."
Seeing that his face wasn't pale or sickly, You XiaoMo felt his heart calm down.
Then, he proceeded to call upon the young man to follow and dig up magic herbs
together. He didn't need much since he wasn't in need of the ones grown here. Like
the Phoenix Rebirth Pill, he could replace herbs with the Samsara Pill and other
rainbow pills like it.
The young man represented the True Dragon Clan's and knowing that it would take
them a lot of effort digging up magic herbs, since non-mages needed to pull out the
roots with the soil, You XiaoMo lent a hand.
It didn't take long before the others came running back.
Seeing that the Water Demon was taken care of by Ling Xiao, other than the Qilin
Clan, the two old men from the Mage Association and the True Dragon Clan both
turned a little awkward. Now they didn't have the face to take the major share, thus
they decided to give You XiaoMo half.
The Qilin Clan wanted to say something about it, but seeing that they had already
decided, he couldn't say anymore. Since if it wasn't for Ling Xiao, they wouldn't have
gotten a single magic herb.
At first, You XiaoMo was only going to take two-three stalks of each, but after
hearing their decision, he gladly agreed. But, just when he dug up the last stalk, the
earth started to shake. You XiaoMo fell butt first onto the black soil.
Ling Xiao walked over to pull him up and said, "The barrier around the mansion has
been broken. Do you want to go check it out?" They weren't familiar with the Peach
Blossom Ruins but the Immortal's Cave here tended to have a lot of treasures.
"It's very likely to be the Black Spiders." The young man ran over and quickly
explained that the Vermillion Blood Clan and the Black Spider had deserted the
battle.
By the looks of things, they were concerned with the sixth mansion. There was a bit
of a distance from here to the sixth mansion so with the Water Demon distracting
them, no one realized that the Black Spiders were attacking the sixth mansion's
barrier.
Realizing what they had done, both the Mage Association and the True Dragon
Clan's faces turned sour. Finally they decided to go check it out, if it was the Black
Spider's, then they couldn't let them take the treasures.
Once they hurried over, the barrier to the sixth mansion unmistakably disappeared.
No matter how strong it was, after tens of millions of years, it was going to break
under the combined strength of experts.
Not even caring to talk, everyone rushed inside.
The Black Spider's were caught by surprise that they took care of the Water Demons
so quickly and were caught red-handed in the mansion. Remembering the danger
the Black Spiders put them through, all three forces had a sour look on their face.
"Well fellow practitioners, you actually took care of the Water Demons,
congratulations!" One expert of the Black Spider let out a eerie laugh. They didn't
know if it was a truthful congratulations or a fake one but he didn't seem at all
nervous.
An expert of the Mage Association let out a cold laugh.
It was then the young man walked out and looked maliciously at the Black Spider
expert. Then he turned towards the True Dragon Clan and said, "Elder, I was almost
hurt by the Water Demon before because someone had set a trap for me. I suspect
that it was by the Black Spiders, they want us to all die under the hands of the Water
Demons."
The expression on the True Dragon Clan's expert changed.
Just at that moment, the Black Spider suddenly all moved, turning into streaks of
shadows, headed towards different directions. Even that expert tried to flee. He was
also the fastest, but just as he was about to exit, a pressure along with an attack
came from above and smashed him silly. With a loud thud, he was smashed up
against the door.
Chapter 609: Blood Figure
A white figure stood reflected against the light in the entrance of the mansion. Even
though the expert from the Black Spider couldn't make out what the newcomer
looked like clearly, he could sense the familiar aura being exuded, and the expert
opened his eyes wide in disbelief.
This person wasn't anyone else except the man in the black robe who had fought
with Ling Xiao at the bottom of the ocean in Dong City over the White Tiger's palace.
Afterwards, he had fled when he was injured by Ling Xiao.
Even though he was also a Sacred Realm expert who was even stronger than the
Mage Association's experts, because he was wounded by Ling Xiao, it had caused
his strength to decrease, so he had tolerated these major powers. Or else someone
with the Black Spider's bandit-like attitude definitely wouldn't have agreed to split the
magic herbs evenly with the Mage Association and other major powers.
When he had entered the Peach Blossom Ruins, he clearly hadn't seen Ling Xiao or
You XiaoMo. He presumed that they had probably been chased by Xia Yin to some
other place, and he hadn't expected to see him here. He even more so hadn't
expected him to be the one who came out to help the Mage Association, and in a
moment of oversight, he was fooled.
It was the so-called "hitting them when they were down."
Ling Xiao obviously wasn't here to reminisce about the olden days. Once he
intercepted him, he acted immediately, and within a few blows he caused the expert
to spew blood endlessly, unable to defend himself. His injury, which still hadn't
healed completely from two or three months ago, became even more serious. Even
if he was a Divine Realm expert, he wouldn't be able to defeat him.
The other Black Spider members couldn't even take care of themselves, let alone
come and save him. Furthermore, in their eyes, their companions were people that
they could leave behind or sell out at any time.
"Wait a moment, as long as you don't kill me, I can tell you a big secret. It concerns
that person."
Ling Xiao raised his hand, and a ball of fire the size of a fist appeared with a crackle
in his hand. Purple and red flames intertwined together, spinning like a whirlwind.
The person in black definitely didn't want to die here, and he hastily told him to stop,
that he still knew quite a few secrets that he was certain Ling Xiao would be quite
interested in.
Ling Xiao's movements paused, and he looked at him with an expression that
seemed to be smiling but not at the same time. "That person?"
The person in black saw him wavering, and joy leaped in his heart. He said quickly,
"Correct, that person is your biggest enemy. I imagine that you would be very
interested in knowing more."
"Then why don't you talk about it a little? If it has value, I can consider letting you
go." Ling Xiao extinguished the ball of fire in his hand, his figure still standing in the
entrance, not moving a single step, gaze locked on the Black Spider expert's body.
Even if the person in black wanted to play tricks on him, he still wouldn't be able to
escape.
The black-robed person covered his chest with his hand as he stood up, his face
going pale, his footsteps a little uneven. When he smiled, he revealed a mouth full of
bloody teeth. "That person... right now... he is... ah!"
He hadn't finished talking yet when his body suddenly exploded, leaving behind a
bloody hole where his heart was. The black-robed person opened his mouth, as if he
wanted to say something, but he had already fallen down, unmoving.
Ling Xiao took a few steps back as a spray of blood just happened to splash onto
the ground where he was standing.
The sudden situation attracted everyone's attention, and a member of the Black
Spider took advantage of the opportunity to escape.
A few people thought that Ling Xiao killed the person in black. Even though the truth
was about the same, the ones with good judgment could tell that the black-robed
person's body had exploded on its own. This should be something that was
controlled from very far away; someone most likely had a hold over the person in
black.
You XiaoMo slipped in from outside.
Ling Xiao walked over and blatantly stripped the magic bags from the black-robed
person's body and handed it to You XiaoMo, who put them away extremely self-
consciously. He didn't even look at them before tossing them into the dimension.
They didn't have the intention of sharing them with the others at all.
Only an idiot would share them. Ling Xiao could be considered the one who killed
the person in black; moreover, if it weren't for Ling Xiao intercepting him, the person
in black would have fled a long time ago. If the others wanted to beg for a share of
the treasure, then they would still have to take a look and see if they were standing
on the side of logic.
The one who showed the most interest was still the Qilin Clan.
Since the person in black was the strongest among the five people from the Black
Spider, and since the Black Spider was the one who had taken most of the treasures
from the cave dwelling, the majority of those treasures were in the black-robed
person's magic bags.
However, the True Dragon Clan didn't seem to be unhappy. The lives of their clan
members were still more important than any object. Moreover, the identity of the
youth was fairly out of the ordinary.
The representative from the Mage Association frowned, but he didn't say anything.
The other two major powers' responses made the Qilin Clan feel worse and worse,
but out of fear of Ling Xiao's strength, they didn't dare to step forward and oppose
him. Especially after they learned that Ling Xiao's Godfire had the ability to swallow
other Godfire, he was simply their natural enemy, unless they wanted to end up like
the Demon Phoenix Godfire's Ji Rui.
After the barrier around the cave dwellings was broken, this place would also soon
be filled with miasma. Spirit Mountain's Eight Mansions had already lost a mansion.
After leaving the sixth mansion, You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao separated from the other
major powers.
However, they had made an agreement with the youth that after leaving the ruins,
they would go find him, and so they told him to prepare the demon beast Life
Crystals. What they needed wasn't just one or two.
The thing that the youth had in abundance was demon beast Life Crystals. There
were many demon beasts in Xi Jing, and every year, at least hundreds of thousands
demon beasts died. Most were killed in battle, but there were also a few who had
died from old age. Every year, the True Dragon Clan could collect ten or so crystals
at the very least, and he hadn't even finished selling all the Life Crystals he stole
from the True Dragon Clan last time.
Without any outsiders present, You XiaoMo's tense expression finally relaxed.
He had known that the Qilin Clan and Ling Xiao didn't get along for a long time now.
He could already tell during the Black Spider's auction, and the more they had to
interact with each other, he discovered that Ling Xiao's expression grew chillier and
chillier. In the end, it looked entirely as if he wanted to eat someone alive.
"What did the person in black say back there?" You XiaoMo could finally ask without
having to worry.
However, Ling Xiao didn't answer his question immediately. Instead, he started
dragging him back in the direction they came from.
Correct, it was the path that led back to the sixth mansion. They returned the same
way they came.
You XiaoMo was full of doubt, but he understood once they returned to the cave
dwelling and he saw the black-robed person's corpse. The person in black was
already completely dead, but the fresh blood covering the floor acted as if it was
alive as it gathering into a round ball of blood. Once they arrived, the ball of blood
spasmed a few times like a heart before slowly expanding and finally forming the
shape of a person made of blood.
You XiaoMo gaped.
The blood figure turned and looked towards them. Even though it was blurry, they
could still make out a very handsome face. It suddenly revealed a dazzling smile
before its gaze landed on Ling Xiao, and it laughed. "The person I like the least in all
of the Qilin Clan is you. But the only one who really understands me is also you. Lin
Xiao (麟宵, not a typo), it's been an eternity since we last met, I trust that you've
been well!"
"Thank you for your inquiry. I've been doing pretty well."
Ling Xiao stared at this face, which he hadn't seen in many years, his heart calm.
His surname was Ling, but also Lin, because Lin was his father's last name. But
after he was born, his father changed Ling Xiao's surname to Ling, and he had never
told him the reason why. However, this was something that the Qilin Clan never
knew about. They knew that his surname was Ling, but they didn't know that this
Ling was once Lin.
The blood figure assessed him before laughing lightly. "Your cultivation base is
higher than what I imagined it to be. I really thought that you would stay in the
Middle Level Realm for ten thousand years, but it seems like that wasn't the case."
Ling Xiao shot him an indifferent glance. He suddenly smiled. "Did you personally kill
one of your subordinates just to speak nonsense with me? It's been ten thousand
years since we last met, but you've become more and more long-winded."
The blood figure didn't get irritated or angry. "Of course not. I came to warn you that
there are only two years left of the promise you made ten thousand years ago.
When the time comes, you better not disappoint me."
As he spoke, he even purposefully shot a glance at You XiaoMo.
You XiaoMo's scalp prickled. He felt as if this person was very unusual, but when he
heard them speaking, he finally knew Ling Xiao meant during their conversation
when they had just met. It seemed that this extremely strange person was actually
the arch-criminal who drove Ling Xiao to Long Xiang Continent. It also seemed that
he wasn't your typical formidable adversary.
Ling Xiao pulled You XiaoMo behind him, as if he didn't want him to be seen. He
said, "I didn't think that you would care about me so much. I'm very touched."
"Pfft...." You XiaoMo couldn't help but laugh.
The blood figure was stunned for a moment before recovering very quickly. When he
heard You XiaoMo's laugh, he swept a glance over him before lowering his voice.
"You're the same as ever. You always like to misunderstand other people's
intentions. However, I can't see you being so confident. Are you really entrusting all
of your hopes to this little brat?"
The 'little brat' he was referring to was naturally You XiaoMo.
You XiaoMo had enormous potential, more potential than anyone he had ever met
before. But right now, he was still only Grade Three Rainbow Level. Even though it
wasn't impossible for him to reach Grade Six or Seven within two years, it had
extremely large consequences. It probably hadn't manifested yet, but the more time
went on, the clearer the after-effects would be. He greatly anticipated the arrival of
that day.
"I know that you care a lot about me. I appreciate your kindness." Ling Xiao smiled
slightly as he spoke, his expression as light as ever. Matched with his words,
someone who wasn't familiar with the situation would really believe that their
relationship was quite good.
The blood figure paused for a second before an ugly smile appeared on his
handsome face. "Do you know that what I hate the most is you using that expression
to say those kinds of words."
"I know, so that's why I specifically replied to you that way." The smile on Ling Xiao's
face grew even warmer.
Three seconds later, the blood figure spilled back onto the ground, the air ringing
with his last sentence. "I greatly anticipate the day that we meet again. I hope that
you will not disappoint me."
"Mhm."
"..."
Chapter 610: Promise
"What was the promise made ten thousand years ago about? And who in the world is he?"
After the disappearance of the master of the blood shadow, You XiaoMo impatiently started
speaking. He could tell that the content of their discussion had a great deal to do with him
from their conversation. As the party involved, he thought he had the right to know about it.
Ling Xiao also did not intend to hide it from him. After they left their Immortal's cave Ling
Xiao explained it to him while they were hurrying to their next destination, "He is the future
heir of the Qilin Clan, Lin ShaoYi..."
Ling Xiao's father had a high status in the Qilin Clan and was greatly favored by the Qilin
Clan's Valley Master who had high hopes for him. However, it was precisely because of this
that they had ruled that he would be imprisoned within the Qilin Clan after making a
mistake.
The succession for the Qilin Clan was somewhat different from the other three clans. The
Valley Master would not reject a member's right to succession because he had no backers
behind him.
Taking Ji YunLang from the Demon Phoenix Clan as an example, he had great potential, but
he was not the number one in the Demon Phoenix Clan. The most important reason why he
had been considered as the heir was due the backing from his grandfather. However, the
Qilin Clan was different. Identity and status were not the most important factors. In the eyes
of the Qilin Clan's Valley Master, strength was the most important factor.
Lin ShaoYi was the strongest member in the third generation of the Qilin Clan.
However, this was before the appearance of Ling Xiao. When the incident regarding Ling
Xiao's father was discovered, naturally Ling Xiao and his talent was also revealed.
The right to succession for Ling Xiao's father was revoked, but Ling Xiao was also qualified
to compete in the succession since he had the bloodline of the Qilin Clan in his veins. Even if
the Qilin Clan did not acknowledge him, it would be of no use no matter how the other
members of the clan opposed as long as the Valley Master recognized his right.
Lin ShaoYi would not let what belonged to him fall into other people's pockets.
Although Ling Xiao had no intention of being the Valley Master, he was very willing to stir
things up for the people in the Qilin Clan, so he agreed to Lin Shaoyi's proposal.
Each would spend ten thousand years to train a Rainbow Level powerhouse. The reason for
this long time limit was because there were various reasons to be considered. Finally, the two
would participate in the Mage Assemblage held by the TongTian Palace.
Only Rainbow Level mages could participate in the Mage Assemblage. This event was
organized by the TongTian Emperor himself. However, it had only been held within the
TongTian Palace before, and was later opened to the whole continent. Therefore, one could
participate even if they were not students the TongTian Palace or the XiaoYao Institution.
It was said that the mage who won the first prize could gain the secret how of the first
TongTian Emperor became an existence that ascended beyond the Sacred Realm. The
TongTian Palace only held this event once in a long while because this concerned an
extremely important matter. This was also one of the reasons why they set the agreed time to
ten thousand years later.
Lin ShaoYi was full of ambition. He would not give up any chance to be the number one
absolute power. Although the Qilin Clan had their own secret techniques (秘法), they may
also fail, so this was also called preparedness prevents calamity.
You XiaoMo's expression was very complicated after hearing this.
He had to become a Grade Six mage within two years. If it was the him in the past, he would
pat his chest and give Ling Xiao a guarantee that there would definitely not be a problem.
However, ever since he was stuck at the pinnacle of Grade Three, his confidence had
decreased a little.
If he got stuck at Grade Four for a while and also get stuck at Grade Five for some time, he
may not be able to advance to a Grade Six mage after two years. Furthermore, he also had to
compete with the TongTian Palace.
Although he did not have an in-depth understanding of the TongTian Palace, based off inside
information of the TongTian Palace, the competition would be extremely fierce. To tell the
truth, he had little confidence in attaining first place.
Ling Xiao knew what he was thinking with a single look. He stroked his head and said in a
gentle tone, "There's still two years, what's there to be anxious about!"
You XiaoMo glanced at him aggrievedly. Could this be considered as the emperor as not
worried, but his eunuchs were worried to death?
"Then what do we do next?"

"Next, we'll find a place to cultivate..." Ling Xiao instructed. The Peach Blossom Ruins
really deserved to be called the Land of Peach Blossoms. The place which had most Spirit
Mountains were the Peach Blossom Village. Maybe it was because their luck was good, or
because the weather was spring all year round, the entire spirit mountain seemed to be
covered in peach blossoms.
The peach blossoms on the Spirit Mountains were not ordinary peach blossoms. After the
peach blossoms bloomed, they would release a rich fragrance. This fragrance was linked to
the Heaven and Earth spiritual energy of the Spirit Mountain, and appeared to have the effect
of raising one's cultivation.
After You XiaoMo tried it, he could really feel his cultivation base rising minutely. Though
this was almost negligible, it proved that it was truly useful. There was still three months
before the Spirit Mountain would be sealed off. If they did not go into secluded cultivation
now, there may not be enough time later. It would be very dangerous if the time was up and
they were interrupted mid-way.
Finally, Ling Xiao looked for a safe Immortal's cave that had a restriction and stuffed You
XiaoMo inside.
After discussing, they decided that Ling Xiao would look for transcendent level magic herbs.
This was because what You XiaoMo lacked the most now was transcendent level magic
herbs. Despite him having gathered a lot of magic herbs, when compared to the ones in his
ancestor's jade drive, it is just like a small sorcerer in the presence of a great one. Therefore,
he still had a lot more to gather.
However, Ling Xiao felt worried about leaving him here alone. After all, everyone was
looking for an Immortal’s Cave now. It would be troublesome if some careless person found
this place and disturbed his cultivation.
Therefore, he took Xiao Pong with him. The feels of Ping Pong Qiu were interconnected. If
there was trouble on this side, Xiao Pong would be able to feel it and he would hurry back
here at his fastest speed when the time comes.
"You definitely must restrain yourself a little. Don't empty out the Spirit Mountain."
You XiaoMo stood at the entrance of the Immortal’s Cave and repeatedly warned Ling Xiao.
As Ling Xiao was not a mage, he could only dig magic herbs using the crudest means. This
was the most undesirable method and too much movement would attract the attention of
others.
"I know, I will pay attention to it." Ling Xiao said it a little insincerely, before he left.
You XiaoMo was worried as many strong experts in the TongTian Continent were here and
he may meet them at any time. Ling Xiao's injuries have not yet recovered, so You XiaoMo
could not help worrying about him.
"Master, don't worry about the Boss. Boss is very strong, and he can still escape if he can't
beat them." The Weasel Beast walked over and comforted him.
You XiaoMo retracted his gaze. Now, he could only pray that Ling Xiao's movements
would not be too obvious. Fortunately, they promised that it would only be for half a month.
The higher the Immortal’s Cave was in the Spirit Mountain, the better it was. It was the same
for the Heaven and Earth spiritual energy, the higher one went, the thicker it was. But instead
of going to the top, they found an Immortal’s Cave halfway up the spirit mountain that had
already been used. The magic herb field outside the cave had been dug until it was full of pits
and depressions. If someone came close, they would find that the cave was already emptied
and would voluntarily leave.
You XiaoMo led his contracted demon beasts into the cave and strolled around inside.
Almost all the stone rooms had been cleaned-out. The skewed and overturned chairs were the
evidence.
Finally, he found a stone room that was more concealed. It was empty, but there were some
traces on the ground. It seemed that something had been put here, before it had been carried
away. Those people really did not let anything go, even the table and cabinet had been
carried away.
"The spiritual energy here is very rich, you all can also cultivate. If someone comes, they
would surely trigger the restrictions outside the Immortal’s Cave. So it's okay even if you
don't set up a guard."
After saying this sentence, You XiaoMo closed the door of the stone room.
The Weasel Beast was very touched. He did not expect that their Master would think of their
well being even before he went into secluded cultivation. He would definitely try to improve
his strength to repay his Master.
The Metal Swallowing Beast and Xiao Ping walked off even without looked back. The word
"touched" was getting farther and farther away from them after knowing the moral conduct
of their stupid Master. The Heaven and Earth spiritual energy of the Spirit Mountain was
very rich. They too should seize this opportunity, so the two separated to find a stone room.
On the other end, Ling Xiao who was all by himself was like an out-of-control wild horse.
As You XiaoMo only needed transcendent level magic herbs, he directly headed to the top of
the Spirit Mountain. Although he was two months late, the Immortal’s Caves at the top of the
Spirit Mountain were not ordinary Immortal’s Caves. It was impossible to break into all of
them in just two months.
As for the Eight Mansions of the Spirit Mountain, it depended on luck.
Every time he passed by an unexplored and uninhabited Immortal’s Cave, Ling Xiao would
violently bombarded the restriction first, before he dug up the whole magic herb field at the
speed of lightning. The flourishing magic herb field would often be turned into a field
resembling a plot of undeveloped soil.
Although You XiaoMo did not say anything about the treasures in the Immortal’s Caves,
Ling Xiao still very thoroughly plundered them till they were emptied. As time was of the
essence, he did not even let things like the quilts and chairs remain.
After he finished plundering an Immortal’s Cave, he immediately hurried to the next target.
He had completely dismissed You XiaoMo's repeated warnings to the back of his mind.
This activity did attract some people, but fortunately Ling Xiao's speed was too fast. By the
time they had arrived, there was not a single soul in the cave.
This phenomenon happened from time to time for ten consecutive days, and finally attracted
some people's attention.
When those people rushed to the cave which had been cleaned-out, some could not help but
gasp. The one who did this was definitely a Sacred Realm expert.
"Who do you think it is?" A lone practitioner could not help asking.
However, no one answered him. This time, everyone was well aware of who the Sacred
Realm experts who entered the Peach Blossom Ruins were. The person was mostly likely
someone from one of the factions. Although some were lone experts, but that person was still
a Sacred Realm expert after all. No matter how familiar they were with them, they would not
dare to snatch a Sacred Realm expert's things.
But they since they knew about this, the other factions should also have received this
information.
It was just that they did not know what opinion the factions would have about this expert
who had suddenly appeared.
Chapter 611: That Barrier
Translated by Jouissance of Exiled Rebels Scanlation

"I hear that there's been a sacred level practitioner clearing out Spirit Mountain's
cave swellings. Six or seven have already been swept. They're extremely fast and
don't leave even weeds behind."
These weeds were the weeds that often grew near magic herb fields. When Ling
Xiao gathered magic herbs, he'd take the entire field of magic herbs, so he'd often
end up taking the weeds as well.
"That person probably isn't a rainbow mage, but most likely a sacred realm
practitioner."
"No shit."
If it weren’t a sacred level powerhouse, then it would be extremely difficult for them
to break through the seals on the cave dwellings, never mind act so swiftly. Plus,
with such crude methods, it was unlikely to be a mage.
“Who do you think it is?”
“Uh, they seem to be acting alone. We’ll have to look into it if we want to know.”
Sacred level powerhouses usually drew a lot of attention when they acted alone.
The other powers had definitely noticed.
Ignoring these guesses, Fu CangQiong looked at You JunQi next to him. “Brother
You, who do you think it is?”
You JunQi raised an eyebrow. This was very much like that person’s style, but it had
been almost a year since he last saw them; could it be them?
“What do you think?” You JunQi tossed the question back at him.
Fu CangQiong said in a meaningful tone, “I believe my thoughts match yours.”
You JunQi began to laugh uproariously. “I hope that our guess is correct.” These
days, he was constantly missing his son. He didn’t know how he was doing recently,
but he had heard that Ling Xiao had been injured. Was it just a rumor or truth?
“If it’s true, then neither the Vermillion Blood Clan nor the Demon Phoenix Clan will
let them go,” Fu CangQiong brought up lightly.
Ever since Ling Xiao and You XiaoMo successfully escaped, You ZhenTian had
continuously sent people to look for them. He hadn’t given up even after a year, and
his persistence was suspicious.
If they had betrayed the Vermillion Blood Clan, then there was no need to make
such a big deal out of it, but You ZhenTian’s prioritization of this had people
wondering.
As for the Demon Phoenix Clan, after what happened with Ji YunLang, Ji He and his
family saw them as threats that needed to be eliminated.
Recently, though Ji he seemed to have something against TianGou openly, he was

also sending people to look for You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao in secret.
“And the GuMa Tribe,” You JunQi added calmly.
Three months ago, they had received news that You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao had
appeared in DongZhou. Originally, there this wasn’t anything shocking, but then they
had received news that the two had gone against the GuMa Tribe and even killed
Chief Mo Ma’s twin daughters, turning the whole thing into a blood feud.
From You JunQi’s understanding of the two, the daughters might not actually have
been killed by them.
Back then You JunQi felt that his son and son-in-law were really good at pulling
aggro. Of the ten something great powers of the TongTian Continent, they had
managed to blood feud with three of them. This was the road to suicide.
You JunQi felt that he really needed to get stronger, otherwise, considering their
personalities, they’d probably make more feuds, which put pressure on him as
father!
Seeing his conflicted expression, Fu CangQiong comforted him, “Don’t worry too
much. If they dared to enter the tiger’s den, then that means they have confidence
that they’ll be able to make a full retreat. Plus, you shouldn’t underestimate Ling
Xiao. He’s not so simple; he can definitely ensure your son’s safety.”
That, You JunQi wasn’t worried about.

Though he had only known Ling Xiao for a very short time, he could tell that Ling
Xiao valued his son’s life more than Ling Xiao valued himself.
“I hear that five of the Eight Mansions in Spirit Mountain have already been opened;
there’s only three left…”
The Eight Mansions of Spirit Mountain were Gate of Beginnings, Gate of Peace,
Gate of Life, Gate of Injury, Gate of Negation, Gate of Nature, Gate of Death, and
Gate of Terror. Currently, only the Gates of Life, Injury and Terror were left
untouched. However, apart from the Gate of Life, the Gate of Injury and the Gate of
Terror were both symbols of great misfortunes. Level twelve Water Demons had
appeared in the Gate of Death, so it was clear that the Gates of Injury and Terror
would be exceptionally dangerous.
“Isn’t there still a Gate of Life? They just have to find it first.” Fu CangQiong’s eyes
flashed.
The Gate of Life was a symbol of good fortune, bringing only good and no danger,
as it’s name suggested. Compared to the neutral Gate of Negation and Gate of
Nature, apart from the seals around it that would have to be broken, the Gate of Life
most likely wouldn’t have any dangers inside.
Those who had tasted the benefits the Gate of Beginnings and Gate of Peace could
bring definitely wouldn’t leave the Gate of Life be.
The Eight Mansions of Spirit Mountain seemed to be placed randomly, but since it
was designed based on the eight gates, then there would definitely be a pattern to it.
This wasn’t a problem for those in search of them. The Gate of Life would be found,
the only question was when.
You JunQi was also very interested in the Gate of Life. However, he didn’t want it for
himself, but for his son.
His appearance in the Peach Spring Ruins was for this; he was here to help his son
collect all sorts of rare magic herbs and seeds.
“Let’s not dawdle. We need to find the Gate of Life.”
Fu CangQiong led the disciples of the Cang Alliance onwards towards the top of
Spirit Mountain because, according to his calculations, the third mansion of Spirit
Mountain was very likely at the very top. Not only that, but the two great gates of
misfortunes, the Gate of Injury and Gate of Terror, were very likely at the top as well.
Along the way, they met the Black Turtle Clan and Beast Transfiguration Guild who
were also aiming for the top, temporarily allying with them because the people of the
Beast Transfiguration Guild told them news that the Vermillion Blood Clan, MuGa
Tribe and Demon Phoenix Clan had also made an alliance. Their goal was also the
peak.
Spirit Mountain was a massive mountain; the ancient practitioners and mages
seemed to have predicted that such a day would come, because they had set many
traps on the mountain, especially on the path to the peak. No matter what path you
took, danger was abound. Some lone cultivators thought they could get up there on
their own, only to fall halfway.
Ling Xiao’s promised half a month was also fast approaching.
On the way, he had gotten news that the great powers were all aiming for the peak
because the remaining three mansions were up there, but he didn’t go and join in.
When time was up, Ling Xiao returned.
The seals on the cave dwelling were set by Ling Xiao. The original seals had already
been broken, so when he entered, he didn’t startle anyone.
In this half a month, several groups of people had passed by. Most of them had left
directly. Some were more cunning, seeing the seals and thinking it hadn’t been
cleared out, and thus attacking.
It was good that Ling Xiao’s seals were very powerful, and those people couldn’t
break through no matter how hard they tried. In the end, they were forced to give up.
Not long later, Ling Xiao found the stone room You XiaoMo was cultivating in.
You XiaoMo was sitting in the middle of the room, legs crossed. The spiritual energy
around him swirled like a whirlpool, fighting to get inside him. It continued for four
hours before it finally stopped.
Then, You XiaoMo suddenly made a hand motion. His pale skin turned pink, then
redder and redder, like dripping blood. His motionless body also steadily began to
tremble.
Currently, his sea of consciousness was undergoing a wild transformation.
The seven crystals seemed to have been connected by a beam of light, like the
seven stars of the Northern Dipper, they constantly changed speed and shape,
seven colors flashing. A golden light would snatch the leading position, then a
purple, like they were fighting over leadership. Slowly, the seven colors began to
balance each other and harmonize.
After who knows how long, when the seven crystals were spinning at their limits,
You XiaoMo heard a huge crash in his ears, and that tense feeling disappeared,
replaced by a feeling of relief, like that of the open ocean and sky.
You XiaoMo felt his inner energy and almost jumped with joy.
The barrier that had been hindering him all this time had finally disappeared. He
thought back carefully, and finally figured out why he had failed to advance all this
time.
The crystals in his sea of consciousness was originally rainbow colored, and now
each one held a spectacular color to it, radiating warmth and light, feeding into each
other and reaching a unique balance.
The reason why he had been failing to advance was because he lacked this sort of
balance.
Grade three to four was a huge leap for rainbow grade mages, because a balance
was required to advance further, and this balance was the colors of these crystals.
He had once heard the advice and experiences of Ancestor Dan Qing for rainbow
grade mages in the Wall of Time. Back then, he had heard the other talk of balance
and hadn’t understood, but now he knew.
The spiritual energy of Spirit Mountain had the effect of calming and cleansing one’s
mind, preventing negative emotions when achieving breakthrough. That was why
people said it was easier to cultivate at Spirit Mountain. It was true.
“Ling Xiao, I can help you refine the Reincarnation Pill now.” The first thing You
XiaoMo saw upon getting up was Ling Xiao, standing in the doorway to the room. He
lunged for the other without hesitation, voice filled with excitement. He had been
waiting for the day he could refine the Reincarnation Pill for Ling Xiao and now he
had finally met all the requirements.
Ling Xiao curled one arm around his waist, his other hand lifting the other’s chin
teasingly.
You XiaoMo’s arms were wrapped around Ling Xiao’s shoulders, standing on his tip
toes, very uncooperatively and eagerly kissing him. You XiaoMo opened his mouth,
willingly offering his tongue and acting even hungrier than the one who was teasing
him.
There was no such thing as refusing a feast that practically jumped into your mouth.
Ling Xiao didn’t try to refuse this offering and sucked on the other’s tongue,
dominating his mouth. As a perfect husband, he had to satisfy his wife’s needs.
Chapter 612: Refining Pills
Periodically from the quiet stone room would appear the sound of heavy breathing,
mingled with a suppressed groan. It added a taste of charm and grace in the
otherwise simple stone room. With the light of the legendary luminous pearl, a
shadow of two intertwined figures could be seen reflected on the floor.
You XiaoMo was caught between Ling Xiao and the wall. His hand latched onto Ling
Xiao's neck, his face flushed red and his tongue mingled with Ling Xiao's. With their
noses touching and the breathy air on each other's faces, they looked inseparable.
Who knows how long it was before Ling Xiao finally let go of the lips he had kissed
swollen. As they parted, a silver string stretched out and he licked it away.
No matter how many times they did it, You XiaoMo would still get embarrassed by
this lewd action. His cheeks seemed to be stained with a tint of red, his eyes watery,
and occasionally a gasp would come out of his lips.
Ling Xiao's eyes darkened at his display of attractiveness and the thing inside his
body got even bigger. You XiaoMo took a breath in and instinctively clamped his
legs.
The clothes on his lower half had already been striped away. His two pale legs were
hooked onto Ling Xiao's waist, and his back was against the wall. His body felt like
jelly as he took in the thrusting of the weapon. If it wasn't for Ling Xiao's hand
holding onto his butt, he would've probably already fallen.
"It's only been a while since we last did it, how come it's gotten tighter?" A breath of
heartburn-inducing air suddenly reached You XiaoMo's ear and with it, Ling Xiao's
voice. The content of his speech made You XiaoMo face bleed in embarrassment.
You XiaoMo bit his shoulder and in a muffled voice, said, "You, you hurry up..."
Beside his ear came a light chuckle, "Roger, wife!"
Just as he finished, the thrusting motion became much more violent, it was as if he
wanted to combine their flesh and blood together. After a while, You XiaoMo's teary
voice could be heard on and off. "Wuuuu....I...I didn't mean this..."
The reply was an even faster movement.
He just wanted Ling Xiao to end quicker, why was it so hard?
In the end, You XiaoMo still laid tiredly in Ling Xiao's embrace. The movement and
the force, was as if unleashing everything that had been saved up for a while. No
matter how good his physical condition was, it wasn't able to take something like
this. By the time he woke up, the sun had completely risen.
Ling Xiao was nowhere to be found so You XiaoMo supported his hips and went
straight to his dimension. No one could stop him from using the spiritual water to
clean up the purple bruise marks on his body. By the time he came out, he was
completely refreshed and changed into a pair of clean black clothes.
That was also when Ling Xiao walked in. Seeing that he was jumping around, he
knew he was fine.
You XiaoMo was energetic and decided to let him off the hook. Remembering
yesterday's conversation, he asked, "Once I’ve consolidated my grade-four level, I'll
help you refine the Reincarnation Pill."
He already gathered a few batches of Reincarnation Pill ingredients. Even if he
failed, he didn't need to wait for the next batch to mature before continuing.
"Okay." Ling Xiao answered without hesitation.
It was a bit of a waste of time to refine pills here in Peach Blossom Ruins. After all, it
was a treasure hunting goldmine. Others wouldn't even have enough time to be
cultivating or searching for treasures, much less refining pills.
You XiaoMo had his reasons for being in a rush. The faster Ling Xiao's wounds
healed, the better it was for them. After all, he hadn't forgotten about You ZhenTian,
who was also there. If they met by accident, it would be troublesome for them.
Next, Ling Xiao brought him to his dimension.
Once inside, You XiaoMo was shocked by the amount of stuff he had collected.
For the past two weeks, Ling Xiao had been 'mopping up' many Immortal’s Caves.
To save time, he wasn't picky and so he placed everything he could see inside his
dimension, which caused him to have a pile of stuff the size of a hill. Good thing he
remembered that magic herbs couldn't be squashed and that his dimension was big.
"I'm going to sort the herbs, you go sort the other things. Once everything is sorted,
then I'll see what we will keep and what we won't." You XiaoMo instantly assigned
Ling Xiao a job, very smoothly.
The few Immortal’s Cave Ling Xiao scavenged were mostly from the hillside, only
one was around the top of the mountain. That one was high levelled, with sixty-
percent of the magic herbs being transcendent level ones. There was a bit of
everything else as well, so the total amount came up to quite a bit.
You XiaoMo wasn't going to transfer them to his dimension, as after all those years,
most of them had matured. Although there were a few mid-grade herbs, they were
mostly high-grade ones.
He spent half a day before finally digging them out. By then, Ling Xiao was already
done.
Most tables and chairs were a set, but every cave's owner had their own unique
taste. Some preferred lavish pieces while others like a more simplistic style. You
XiaoMo pondered for a bit before deciding to place the spirit-stone-made-furniture
into the White Tiger's Palace.
There were very few pieces of furnitures in the palace. When he first took a look
around, there was only one set of furniture, everywhere else was barren.
As for other furniture, he picked a set to place in the dimension then told Ling Xiao to
throw out the rest. Other than that, it was a miscellaneous pile of stuff, like magic
pills, soul training, skill training booklets and weapons.
Since Ling Xiao didn't like to eat pills refined by other people, You XiaoMo never
paid much attention to magic pills they scavenged. Other than that, soul training
manuals weren't all that useful either, so he picked out the higher leveled ones and
left the others in the corner.
"You really don't want it?" You XiaoMo raised a bottle of high level magic pills
towards Ling Xiao.
Ninety-percent of the pills inside were high grade ones, with only a few mid-grade
ones. If Ling Xiao was only picky about eating high grade ones then these were
edible, especially since he hadn't given anything for him to eat for a while.
Ling Xiao glanced at him and said tsundere(ly), "No."
You XiaoMo felt the corner of his mouth twitch, fine don't eat it. Although it may
reduce the effectiveness of the pills by leaving it out for so long but it would still sell
for tons of spirit gems. Since he last bought magic herbs in the Guma Tribe, his
magic bag had been feeling a bit empty.
Once he left the dimension, You XiaoMo started to consolidate his grade-four level.
It was a month after when he felt that he was ready and started preparing the
ingredients for the Reincarnation Pill. Although it was a grade-four magic pill, it was
quite challenging for someone who had just advanced, thus he prepared three sets
of ingredients.
That day, Ling Xiao went out to do some information gathering. He double checked
to make sure that all the major forces as well as most of the lone practitioners were
headed or on top of the mountain already, with no chance of backtracking, before he
headed back.
On the morning of the second day, You XiaoMo got ready to refine the pill.
The Reincarnation Pill needed double digit more herbs than a grade-three pill. In
total there were two hundred or more, a very large amount. You XiaoMo didn't dare
do it willy nilly, he was even more cautious than the last time at the island.
However, no matter how careful he was, when he was combining everything, there
was a small mistake and the three days he spent extracting herbs was wasted.
You XiaoMo looked depressingly at the liquid laying quietly in the bottom of the
cauldron. It was extracted from a few hundred herbs, but now it was just a puddle of
black water. He would like everyone to know that if sold, these herbs would definitely
be worth over one hundred million spirit gems. Now, one hundred million spirit gems
were just gone.
Knowing that he couldn't rush it, You XiaoMo regrouped his thoughts before starting
his second attempt. This time, he wasn't going to make the same mistake.
Three days passed by quietly.
Ling Xiao stayed outside the whole time, as to not interrupt him. Seeing that he
hadn't come out after six days and there wasn't a thunder cloud above the cave, he
knew You XiaoMo failed again.
As for the results, he wasn't a bit surprised. He knew his wife was very concerned
over his pill, so his mentality was more or less different than usual. As they say, the
more you care, the more mistakes you'd make.
Another day passed by and the sun already rose.
It was then when the Weasel Beast came running in a flurry. Before he spoke, Ling
Xiao furrowed his brows and looked intensely at the outskirts of the cave.
"Someone's coming?"
The Weasel Beast took a moment to register the deep voice before replying,
panting, "Boss, it's bad, I just saw something headed this way."
Since You XiaoMo was refining pills there, Ling Xiao didn't want anyone to interrupt
him and thus had the Weasel Beast stand guard.
Although the Weasel Beast was only level ten, there were plenty of demon beasts in
the mountain and even Rat Beasts that were weaker than him. Thus, he summoned
some Rat Beasts to guard the Immortal’s Cave's surrounding, alerting him if anyone
was nearby. This was the news he got from one of the Rat Beasts.
"How long?" Ling Xiao voiced calmly.
The Weasel Beast replied, "With their speed, it shouldn't take more than a hour."
But just as he finished, the sky suddenly darkened. Ling Xiao looked up to see the
once-clear-sky filled with thunder clouds. It took up a few hundred meter radius from
their cave and one could even see lightning flying through. Not surprisingly, even the
Peach Blossom Ruins couldn't stop a thunder cloud arriving because of a refined
pill.
Now, it was even more eye-catching.
Chapter 613: Unexpected Man
The appearance of thunderclouds meant that You XiaoMo was about to succeed at
forming the pill. Next, it would be time to face the thunder tribulation, but since there
was a Restriction outside the Immortal’s Cave, if the thunderclouds wanted to strike
down, they would still have to get through the Restriction first.
"Keep an eye on them. Inform me when they get within a thousand meters at once."
Ling Xiao instructed. Right now, all of the major powers were focused on the
mountain peak. If someone really came here, they most likely wouldn't be very
powerful, so it would be fine as long as they were chased away before they got
close.
"Yes, Boss." After the Weasel Beast shouted this, he instantly ran out of the
Immortal’s Cave. During this time, he had collected several dozen subordinates.
Even though quantity couldn't be compared to the amount he had during his time at
the small island, he had more than enough to keep an eye on those people. When
he left the Immortal’s Cave, the Weasel Beast instantly transformed into a human
shape and snuck into the ground.
......
"Did you hear something?" A person wrapped in a black cloak suddenly stopped
walking so rapidly. He looked pensively in front of him, as if he had discovered
something.
The man walking side by side with him also stopped when he heard him speak. He
murmured, "Now that you mention it, I also heard some weird noises, like the sound
of thunder."
"How could there be thunder in Peach Blossom Ruins!" The cloaked person said in
a low voice. His words had some reason to it. Spirit Mountain was in a dimension in
between; even though there was day and night, the sun here was actually just an
imitation. It was spring all year round, so it was impossible for there to be thunder
and rain.
A light bulb suddenly went off in the black-robed person's head, and he whipped his
head to look at the cloaked man. "Unless someone is refining pills!"
The cloaked person's eyes darkened. "Only rainbow level magic pills can summon
thunderclouds..."
"Haha, it's a blessing from Heaven!" The person in black instantly started to laugh. It
took some guts to dare to refine pills in Peach Blossom Ruins. Now, they could
confirm that the opposite party was a rainbow level mage. Even if they didn't go up
Spirit Mountain now, they could still definitely get some riches.
"Let's go take a look." The cloaked person could tell what his companion was
thinking with one glance. Not coincidentally, he was thinking the exact same thing. In
this kind of scenario, even those that flaunted themselves as being open and candid
would probably be tempted, let alone the Black Spider, who had always had that
kind of bandit-like reputation.
The only ones who would dare appear at a time like this could be nobody else
except the Black Spider.
Ling Xiao killing the black-robed person had an extremely large impact on the Black
Spider. Since their only Sacred Realm expert died, their next highest cultivator was
only at the seven star pinnacle Divine Realm level, and it was clearly not enough to
compete with the other major powers over the magic pills and items in the Eight
Mansions. It was even possible that it would be used as an excuse to kill them.
The Black Spider was full of a bunch of selfish people. When they discovered that it
was much more dangerous to go up Spirit Mountain, they decided not to
painstakingly fight with the other major powers. Therefore, the remaining four
members decided to take advantage of the fact that the other major powers were
still at the top of Spirit Mountain and try to find some other previously undiscovered
Immortal’s Caves. That's why they appeared here.
The four of them quickly moved.
Originally, with their slow flying speed, it would have indeed taken them an hour. But
after adding on the speed, they didn't even need half an hour.
After the Rat Beasts discovered the situation, they instantly reported it to the Weasel
Beast. They had a unique messaging system that was much faster than the human
counterpart. When the Weasel Beast received the information, he immediately
hurried back to the Immortal’s Cave. With their speed, there was no way the
thunderclouds would disperse that quickly.
Upon hearing the Weasel Beast's report, Ling Xiao was quiet for a moment. "There
are four people in total, and they're all wearing black?"
"Yes. It won't take long for them to reach this place, should we stop them before
they do?" The Weasel Beast nodded as he spoke. Naturally, he didn't know who
they were, since he used to be holed up all year round on the small island.
"No need, just let them come." Ling Xiao waved his hand. "Let those Rat Beasts
continue to keep guard nearby. If more people get close, let me know immediately."
"Yes!" This time, the Weasel Beast didn't leave the Immortal’s Cave. He only emitted
a special noise and transmitted the information to his subordinate.
Those people arrived extremely fast. The thunderclouds had just finished brewing.
The sky was dark and heavy, as if lightning would strike at any moment. The
Immortal’s Cave below it was faintly discernible, and the magic herb field outside of
it had indeed been dug clean of magic herbs.
The four people in black hid themselves several meters away. They were already
certain that the person refining pills was inside the Immortal’s Cave. In case the
person refining pills had a partner, they agreed to split into two teams. One team
would go in from the front, while the other would sneak in through the back. The
thunderclouds required an hour to disperse, so for now, they had more than enough
time.
But just when they were about to move, a husky, low voice suddenly spoke from
behind them. It carried the dangerous tone of someone who had just caught their
prey, as well as an irrepressible delight. "Aha, I've discovered four mice..."
The four people's bodies froze, and they reacted in 0.1 seconds, really just as if they
were startled mice. They fled a hundred meters away, splitting in four different
directions. The Immortal’s Cave was right behind them, but they couldn't care less
about it anymore. The person who had suddenly appeared was undoubtedly very
powerful, if he could just soundlessly get close to them!
The four of them looked warily in all directions, but they discovered that their
opponent was only one person, and their gazes landed on his body.
The man wore a black embroidered robe, his features handsome but cold. A smile
that seemed faintly bloody hung on his lips, and they weren't sure if it was directed
at them, or if he was just born like that. He held a weapon that looked like a fire iron
in his hand, and the thick scent of blood reeked from his body as he stood less than
two hundred meters away from them.
This also meant that they hadn't even noticed that this person had gotten within a
hundred feet of them just now. Cold sweat formed involuntarily over all four of their
bodies.
"Emperor Beast?" One of the four couldn't help but suck in a breath of air. Even
though he wasn't as strong as their opponent, he could clearly tell that the man's
original form was that of a Level Twelve Emperor Beast.
His companion's expression was very grave. "I've never seen this person before.
Could it be an Emperor Beast that lives in Spirit Mountain?" This wasn't impossible.
The high level demon beasts were trapped for tens of thousands of years in Spirit
Mountain, and they most likely wanted to get out. But he hadn't imagined that they
would be so unlucky as to encounter an Emperor Beast. This wouldn't be easy.
"Should we withdraw?" The third black-robed person wanted to retreat a bit now.
Even though it wasn't impossible for the four of them to win against a Level Twelve
Emperor Beast, but the Immortal’s Cave was right behind them, whose danger was
still unknown. If the person inside attacked them when they weren't paying attention,
the risk was greater than normal.
"It looks like the plan is useless. It looks like we'll each have to depend on fate for
this next part." The first person in black also didn't want to stay here any longer. He
suspected that it was very likely that this man had something to do with the mage
currently refining pills in the Immortal’s Cave. If he could delay them until the
thunderclouds dispersed, it would be hard for them to escape while being attacked
from the front and back. So if they wanted to run, it would be best to do so now.
He had just finished speaking when he moved first.
The other three weren't slow either, and they split into three different directions in
tacit agreement with each other.
The smile on the man's face deepened. He looked meaningfully in the direction of
the Immortal’s Cave before chasing after the one who was the most powerful. In an
instant, his figure disappeared.
When he sensed that someone was chasing after him, the first black-robed person's
face darkened, before he unhesitatingly changed direction -- towards the direction
that the second black-robed person had fled in.
One more person meant a higher chance of winning. Of course, it also meant
another scapegoat. The other two people were secretly happy, and they hastily sped
up to increase the distance. They definitely didn't want to be dragged over to
become doormats. From far away, they could hear the sound of the second black-
robed person cursing loudly, since nobody would be happy to be involved.
"You guys seem to be very pleased?" Just when they were feeling overjoyed over
living, a black vortex suddenly appeared in front of them. A man slowly walked out
from the vortex, a sinister smile on his pretty and bewitching face. He held a knife in
his hand, and it seemed as if he had been waiting here for them for a long time.
From time to time, purple demonic flames would flash through his black eyes.
The two of them rapidly came to a halt, and they stared in shock at the man who had
suddenly appeared. It felt as if there was cold sweat covering their backs.
"Who are you?" Even though they asked, they already knew the answer in their
hearts: there could be nobody else except the person hiding himself in the
Immortal’s Cave.
"It's not important who I am. What's important is that I don't like you." The man
lowered his eyes, revealing a dangerous expression. The black vortex disappeared
on its own from behind him after he walked out of it.
Their expressions went cold. Their reactions were already extremely fast, but the
other man was even faster. Fresh blood splashed onto the fourth black-robed
person's face, and his comrade's scream flew into the sky along with his arm, which
had been chopped off, before it landed back on the ground. He was completely
dumbfounded.
In any case, they were still four star Divine Realm experts. But they didn't have any
ability to fight back?
The fourth person in black turned, wanting to flee.
But the man had already appeared in front of him in an instant. He sliced his knife
from the top of his head down, and the fourth person in black watched as his own
body was split into two. Two seconds later, his consciousness finally disappeared.
The third person in black, who had lost an arm, stared fearfully at this scene.
The man flicked off the blood on his large knife a bit unnaturally. He said to him
warmly, "It's your turn next. Would you rather be steamed or fried?"
The third black-robed person's legs gave out from under him.
Of course he wouldn't choose, so in the end, the man helped him pick a more heroic
way to die -- dismemberment by five horses!
Chapter 614: Identity Guessing
The ground was completely covered with fresh blood and the bloody lumps of meat showed
that there had recently been a scene of a one-sided abuse here. Of the two corpses here, none
of the two were intact.
All this was the masterpiece of a single man. If not for the blood-stained blade in his hands,
it was hard to imagine that he had just tortured two people to death with his clean, white
robes that did not have a hint of dust.
The man flicked off the blood on his blade. This was the first time he killed with a blade. It
felt very different his previous methods of killing people. Although it was inferior to his
previous direct and efficient method, it did not matter once in a while. Of course, it would be
better to do it while carrying his wife on his back.
"Not bad!"
A bantering tone carrying strong interest rang from behind the man.
The white-robed man tilted his head and glanced at the person who spoke, yet there was no
surprise on his face. This was none but the man in the black robe who had just been chasing
the two other members of the Black Spider.
Since he was here, it meant that the two men had been properly settled in the nether world
and were reunited with their comrades. This speed was really quite fast.
The black man still carried the fire stick (烧火棍). The color of his clothes was too dark to
tell if there was any bloodstains. However, the scent of blood wafting off him was stronger
than before and there were even some bloodstains on the purple fire stick.
"A man consecutively cleaned-out seven or eight Immortal’s Caves within fifteen days more
than a month ago. Was that you?"
The black-robed man looked askance at the man in white. Although he had asked a question,
there was an obvious certainty in his tone. It seemed that he would not believe it even if the
man in white did not admit it.
The white robed man's leisurely gaze moved from the scimitar to the other party, sizing him
up with a shallow look. The corners of his mouth slowly curved a little, showing a faint
smile, "So?"
"I am very interested in you. Fight a round with me." The man in the black robe had a
insolent expression as he stared at the man in white with arrogant eyes. He was full of vigor
and was obviously a battle-manic. With a look, one could tell that he was a man who
incessantly immersed himself in bloody slaughter.
The white robed man glanced at him indifferently, "You are no match for me."
"Ha ha!" The man in black laughed instead of getting angry. He was an arbitrary and
tyrannical man who had lived for a long time. This was not the first time someone had said
this to him, but this person was the only one who made him believe his words. This was
because the man in white was right - his current self was really not his match.
"You are right, but I still want to give it a try."
The black robed man was not a masochist. He knew that he was not a match for his opponent
yet he still clashed head-on with him. The reason why he wanted to fight the man was
because he firmly believed that only by fighting could he become more powerful. Making a
breakthrough in the midst of danger and bursting out at the moment of life or death. This was
his motto in life.
"I'm busy!" The man in white threw this sentence at him before he turned and walked away.
The figure of the black robed man flashed and he was blocking the way of the white robed
man when he reappeared. He stubbornly insisted, "That's won't do. You must have a fight
with me."
The man's eyes darkened.
On the other side, the thunderstorm that had been brewing for a long time finally arrived.
They could only hear a faint rumble of thunder as they were a little far off.
You XiaoMo had to deal with the thunderclouds by himself since Ling Xiao was not here.
Fortunately, he already had a lot of experience with this, plus he himself was quite strong.
Therefore, he was able to handle it with ease even though the power of the lightning
tribulation for a Grade Four Rainbow Level was stronger than a Grade Three.
After resolving the lightning tribulation, You XiaoMo put the magic pill which had tried to
escape into the bottle and when he ran outside, the Weasel Beast told him that Ling Xiao had
yet to return after going out.
What did he go out to do at this time?

Thus, when You XiaoMo, who was full of curiosity, followed the tracks to his destination,
Ling Xiao had already began to fight with the black-robed man.
The black robed man's cultivation was Level Twelve two stars, which was two stars lower
than Ling Xiao's. There was still a one-star gap in reality even if Ling Xiao's cultivation
dropped by one star due to his internal injury.
However, as a battle manic who had been dealing with all kinds of experts for years on end,
it was obvious that the battle experience of the black-robed man was richer than Ling Xiao.
In addition, Ling Xiao had no intention of bothering with him. As a result, the two were
vigorously fighting until there were flying sand and rolling pebbles.
There were traces left by their fighting within a hundred mile radius and the two corpses that
had been dismembered by Ling Xiao had long disappeared.
If this situation happened in normal times, it would certainly attract the people who came to
the Spirit Mountain for treasure-hunting. After all, the ones fighting were two Level Twelve
experts. However, everyone's goal was the peak of the Spirit Mountain at this time, so the
audience only consisted of You XiaoMo.
The two figures tangled together in the air finally separated an hour later.
The fire stick in the black robed man's hand was shining with a purple radiance, as if he was
getting ready to make a big move. On the other hand, Ling Xiao was gripping the scimitar he
had plundered from another Immortal’s Cave. The edge of the blade that was black in color -
which was a rarely seen feature - was stained with red blood that had not been cleaned up.
"Ling Xiao!"
You XiaoMo hurriedly waved at Ling Xiao.
Naturally, Ling Xiao had long discovered him and gave him a reassuring look.
Unexpectedly, the black man's arm that was being raised suddenly stopped when he heard
this name. His eyes twinkled with a strange excitement, "So you're Ling Xiao!"
"You know me?" Ling Xiao's gaze eyes shifted back to him as he calmly asked.
The black robed man flicked out his scarlet tongue and licked his dry lips. "Of course, your
name is like thunder piercing the ears to me. I can't forget your name no matter what. I've
wanted to meet you for a long time now."
There was a period of time when someone kept talking about the person with this name. He
had wanted to meet the person during time, it was just that he did not have the opportunity to
encounter this person.
Today's unexpected encounter was truly a pleasant surprise, because this situation was
completely different from the information he had. At that time, the others had told him that
Ling Xiao's cultivation base was Level Twelve one star, yet it was not possible for Ling Xiao
to be at one star no matter how he looked.
"And who are you?"
You XiaoMo was the person who asked this question. He felt that the black robed man in
front of him was like both an enemy and a friend.
Instead of answering his questions, the black robed man put the fire stick away. His action
surprised them as it seemed that he was not going to continue to fight.
"You will know who I am in the future. Today will not be the last time we meet. I believe we
will meet again soon."
The black robed man moved (挑动) his two sharp eyebrows that inclined towards his
sideburns, and his fierce-looking features suddenly gave rise to an awe-inspiring evilness. It
was a kind of tyrannical display which was totally different from the natural charm of others,
yet it was because of this that it was even more attractive.
You XiaoMo was baffled. It seemed as if he was an acquaintance from what he said, but he
was certain that he had never seen this man before. This was the most bloodthirsty (杀戮之
气) man he had seen ever since he came to this world. You XiaoMo would definitely
recognize him if they had met before.
The black robed man confidently walked off after he had finished speaking.
Just like how he bluntly badgered Ling Xiao for a fight, he came and went like the wind.
It was just that the gaze he directed at them before he left appeared rather significant. It gave
them the feeling as if there were some interesting things they did not know hidden away,
especially when he was looking at Ling Xiao. However, one thing was certain. The black-
robed man did not have a hint of killing intent when looking at them.
You XiaoMo scratched his head and then he turned to ask Ling Xiao, "Do you know who he
is?"
Ling Xiao wiped off the bloodstains on the scimitar and put it back into the scabbard. The
scimitar was rather handy to use, so he did not intend to throw it away for the time being. He
only replied after hearing You XiaoMo's question, "It is obvious that he knows us quite
well."
"So, can you guess who he is?" You XiaoMo closely pursued for an answer.
"Probably." Ling Xiao replied.
"Probably... means that you've guessed who he is?"
"Mhm."
"Who is it?"
"Since he is a Level Twelve demon beast, it means that he is from Xi Jing. He's familiar with
us, yet we don't recognize him. The most important point is that he keeps looking at us in
expectation of something that is coming soon, and his gaze contains a hint of schadenfreude.
Who do you think he can be?" Ling Xiao revealed all kinds of clues, before he answered a
question with a question.
You XiaoMo touched his chin and began to think. One minute passed, he could not help
pulling on his hair. Five minutes passed, he tangled a layer of hair on his scalp (他纠结出一
层头皮). Ten minutes passed, he impatiently looked at Ling Xiao, begging for the answer!
"Can't think of it?" There was a trace of disdain in Ling Xiao's eyes.
You XiaoMo pouted and said in vexation, "I remember that among the Four Ancient Beast
Clans, the True Dragon Clan and the Black Turtle Clan are quite friendly to us. Since that
person has a cultivation base of Level Twelve, he should be from these two clans. But I don't
know who are the Level Twelve experts in their clans. How in the world can I guess who he
is?!"
"You'll definitely die of stupidity in the future." (你以后一定是蠢死的)
After throwing out this sentence, Ling Xiao simply turned around and walked away. He did
not want to talk to You XiaoMo anymore.
You XiaoMo rushed to catch up with him. He knew he had guessed wrongly upon seeing
Ling Xiao's reaction but it was because of this reaction that he became more confused. Don't
tell him that he was from the Demon Phoenix Clan? After all, it was only Ji He who had
always regarded them as enemies. The others were all partial to the chick and were probably
not hostile to them.
"Then tell me the answer directly!"
Ling Xiao knew perfectly well that his IQ was really low, yet he still made him guess.
Wasn't this the death of him? (这不是急死他么)
"Not telling," Ling Xiao did not even look back. This time, he had hardened his heart and
was determined not to tell You XiaoMo.
You XiaoMo started crying out loud. He really disliked this type of story which was coming
to the end, but stopped before the answer. He definitely would not be able to sleep tonight.
Ling Xiao stated, then don't go sleep.

Chapter 615: Causing Trouble

In the end, You XiaoMo didn't manage to get an answer from Ling Xiao. He could
only figure it out himself or wait for someone to tell him.
You XiaoMo didn't manage to get him to speak even after three days of pestering
and could only give up and try and figure it out with his own not-as-bright mind. As
for the Reincarnation Pill, he had handed that over to Ling Xiao already.
He had felt much lighter and relaxed after successfully refining the Reincarnation
Pill.
Then, he had refined another Reincarnation Pill. It was better to prepare life saving
pills like this in advance. That way, when they needed it, they wouldn’t have to rush
to refine it, which would just make failure more likely.
By now, they had stayed in the Peach Springs for two months, and there were only
two more months until the half-year limit. However, they hadn’t gone anywhere at all.
Since Ling Xiao had decided to use the remaining two months on isolated
cultivation, taking this chance while the great powers were up on Spirit Mountain to
try and heal his internal injuries. That way, even if they were unlucky enough to meet
You ZhengTian and co, he’d have the power to ensure their survival.
You XiaoMo had gone into isolated cultivation for a while before, so now it was his
turn to stand guard.
However, he was rather lucky. He stood guard for a month and no idiot came to
cause trouble. He was dying of boredom.
It was good that the Weasel Beast brought him good news that helped him kill time.
The half year in which the Peach Springs would remain open was steadily coming to
an end. According to the Weasel Beast’s underlings, the war at the top of Spirit
Mountain was fierce. However, someone’s mistake had accidentally activated the
Gates of Injury and Terror, so the casualties skyrocketed.
One must realize, the Gate of Death hadn’t been at the peak because according to
the design of the Eight Mansions of Spirit Mountain, the Gate of Death wasn’t the
most dangerous. That was why it was at the side of the mountain. Which meant that
the level of danger for three gates of misfortune was in accordance to their height on
the mountain.
“Continue to have your underlings keep an eye on the entrances to the peak. If
anyone comes down the mountain, tell me, especially if they’re members of the
Vermillion Blood Clan. If you see them, inform me immediately,” You XiaoMo
ordered.
“Yes, master.” The Weasel Beast continued to bustle outside. Though he was
always being ordered around, he didn’t have any complaints. Originally, he had
wanted to be able to help his master, and, plus, he had gotten a few Beggar’s
Chickens for himself while on Spirit Mountain.
With him, were the Metal Swallowing Beast and XiaoPing.
Compared to the Weasel Beast, they were disgustingly lazy.
You XiaoMo decided that they couldn’t continue their lazy, gluttonous days, so he
threw them both at the Weasel Beast and told him to work them as much as he
wanted.
But the Weasel Beast didn’t dare. After the Metal Swallowing Beast had defeated
him, he was rather a afraid of them. Even though it should be him ordering them
around, in reality, it was them ordering him around, and he seemed delighted about
that, a rather dumb smile on his face.
If You XiaoMo saw, then he would definitely label the Weasel Beast as a masochist.
As for the black-robed man, You XiaoMo had the Weasel Beast keep an ear out for
information, however, he didn’t manage to find out anything of substance. This was
because while other people were fighting over treasures at the peak, he was
roaming around for opponents to fight. Whenever he met someone who was
powerful enough, he’d engage them in battle, spreading word of his battlelust across
Spirit Mountain.
It wasn’t until time was nearly up that he headed for the peak.
However, the Weasel Beast didn’t dare to have his underlings follow the other.
There was a huge gap between level 12 and level 11, and the other would notice if
they approached. There was no life insurance they could claim if they got blasted
into smithereens.
Thus, they lost track of him in a few short days.
You XiaoMo felt that it was a shame. He couldn’t raise his head in front of Ling Xiao
nowadays, but if the other was so perceptive, then he couldn’t have the Weasel
Beast send his underlings to their deaths like that. He could only leave things be.
He didn’t expect that something would happen on the last day.
The last day was the curtain call for this entire event, but some wanted to take this
chance to get rid of certain others.
It wasn’t that You XiaoMo didn’t know his cheapskate dad was in the Peach Springs,
but since the other was with Fu CangQiong, there wasn’t a need to worry about his
safety.
A power with two sacred level powerhouses and several Divine level powerhouses;
that was already the strongest formation here. Anyone with a brain would know to
not set their sights on the Cang Alliance.
Meanwhile, the ones with the weakest formation was the XiShui Tribe. In this
exploration, though the XiShui Tribe wouldn’t be able to gain the most profit, they
would still manage to get a significant benefits from this trip, so some had their eyes
set on them.
This “some” referred to the GuMa Tribe, with the Vermillion Blood Clan’s support in
the background.
Everyone knew that the GuMa Tribe thought of the XiShui Tribe as a thorn on their
side, especially in the recent few years.
This time, MoQi XiYuan was the one leading the XiShui Tribe and Mo Ma believed
that this was a great time to strike at the XiShui Tribe.
If MoQi XiYuan fell here, then the XiShui Tribe, without him there, would be greatly
weakened. After that, they just had to get rid of a few small fry before they could
take the XiShui Tribe, then the WanSha Tribe, which was second ranked in strength.
After that, the entirety of DongZhou would be theirs.
There was no chance that MoQi XiYuan didn’t know of this, but they were still
ambushed because one of their number had turned traitor and given the route they
were going to take down the mountain to the GuMa Tribe. Thus, they were met with
an ambush.
Their schemes had just so happened to be heard by one of the Weasel Beast’s
underlings.
The problem was that the Weasel Beast wasn’t familiar with the powers that
inhabited the TongTian Continent. However, since You XiaoMo had him keep a
close eye on the Vermillion Blood Clan, he sent an underlings over once he was
informed of the schemes.
His underling was a level nine rodent beast who could assume a human form.
Unfortunately, he was delayed on the way over, so by the time You XiaoMo heard of
this, the two sides were already fighting.
You XiaoMo didn’t actually know that his eldest shixiong and second shixiong were
with the XiShui Tribe. He had thought that uncle was in danger, but then the Weasel
Beast sent him some crucial news.
Metal Swallowing Beast and XiaoPing had joined the fray.
The Weasel Beast wasn’t sure of the situation then. All he knew was that before he
could react, the Metal Swallowing Beast and XiaoPing had suddenly leaped into
battle to save a man who had almost been killed by the GuMa Tribe.
According to the situation back then, the members of the Guma Tribe seemed to
place heavy importance on ‘taking care of’ that man, and then they were exposed.
As a target, the Metal Swallowing Beast was very recognizable because he had
been seen in the South Continent and then Ling Xiao and You XiaoMo’s identities
were exposed. Thus, the Vermillion Blood Clan knew that the Metal Swallowing
Beast was You XiaoMo’s contracted demon beast. This was a clear sign to You
ZhengTian that they might be nearby.
The Weasel Beast’s combative strength was low. If he approached, he was sure to
die a gory death. He couldn’t save the Metal Swallowing Beast or XiaoPing, so he
ran back to tell You XiaoMo the news.
You XiaoMo felt his heart jump into his throat. That was looking for death!
No wonder he had been feeling unsettled. Something had happened, as expected.
“Why did they save that man? Was it uncle?” You XiaoMo felt his anxiety mounting.
If he had known they would cause such trouble, he wouldn’t have thrown them out.
The Weasel Beast scratched his head. He didn’t know either. Before, he hadn’t seen
what Cheng XiangRong looked like either. “I’m not sure if it is, but that person
seems twenty-five or six years old, rather cold looking, always stoic.”
“Ah?” You XiaoMo was confused now. Uncle seemed very warm and open, not cold
at all. Then it wasn’t uncle. However, why did the Metal Swallowing Beast and
XiaoPing save him. Did they know the guy?
The Weasel Beast asked, “Master, do we go and save them?”
“We have to! But…”
You XiaoMo hesitantly glanced at the stone room Ling Xiao was cultivating in. The
reason he stayed here and kept guard was Ling Xiao. If he suddenly left and
someone came to disturb Ling Xiao, then what?
However, if he didn’t go, what of the Metal Swallowing Beast and XiaoPing?
“Master, I don’t think you need to worry about the boss. There are seals on the cave
swelling, so as long as it isn’t a sacred level powerhouse, then there won’t be any
problems. If you really are worried, you can leave XiaoPong here,” the Weasel Beast
suggested hesitantly.
You XiaoMo gritted his teeth, “Alright then, but you stay as well. Have your
underlings come with me. If any idiot comes here, then tell me immediately. Don’t
delay, otherwise I’ll beat you when I come back.”
“Yes, master!” the Weasel Beast replied seriously.
After making all the arrangements, You XiaoMo headed off with the rodent demon
beasts leading. Unbeknownst to him, the situation had taken a turn for the better.
The WanSha Tribe had intervened. They knew all too well what the XiShui Tribe’s
destruction would mean for them. The next would, for sure, be them. To save their
tribe, they had to ally with the XiShui Tribe.
At the heavenly stairs of Spirit Mountain, after the metal Swallowing Beast and
XiaoPing saved the man, they were exposed and pursued by the Vermillion Blood
Clan. The two were forced to hide and run, and they were seperated from the man
they had saved.
“Rawr rawr rawr~” I’ll kill you if you don’t give me an explanation.
“Chirp chirp~” I will.

Chapter 616: An Unexpected Surprise
The heavenly stairs of the Spirit Mountain was a well-known natural landscape of
the Peach Blossom Ruins. There was only one staircase going from the bottom to
the top of the mountain. It contained tens of thousands of steps, but the specifics
was unknown as no one could it count it. Although there was a staircase straight to
the top, one that anyone could tell would reach it, it was actually the hardest route to
the top. That was because there was many traps and challenges set along the
staircase targeting on the human emotions and desires. As long as one passed,
they would be heading straight to the top, and if not, they it's a direct route to God.
A while back someone did challenge the heavenly stairs, but another bore witness to
them falling off and dying. As you know, since the beginning of time, human
emotions and desires were the hardest to overcome. The people who dare
challenged it, must be super confident in themselves.
The reason the Guma Tribe choose this route was because the challenges only
applied to those climbing up. There was only one in a hundredth chance that it
would also apply to those going down, but these informations was only something
the Guma Tribe knew.
Half a month ago, a henchmen of MoQi XiYuan was fighting when they accidentally
fell of the heavenly stairs. At that time everyone thought he had died, even MoQi
XiYuan, but he appeared again and told the secret to MoQi XiYuan.
The other forces didn't dare challenge the heavenly stairs so they didn't know.
At first MoQi XiYuan thought it was a flawless plan but much to his dismay, there
was a traitor amongst them and even exposed the secret of the heavenly stairs. You
see, most of the forces had lost many of their men trying to climb up the mountain.
Now that they knew of a shortcut down, no one was willing to do more challenges.
The heavenly stairs, which was made of white jade, was in ruins after the big fight
broke out. The surrounding trees and grass were burnt to crisps as well. After a
while, one of the surviving shrubs shook a little.
A Vermillion Blood Clan member suddenly turned around and looked around
curiously but didn't discover anything. His comrade followed his gaze and looked
around, "What are you looking at?"
"I feel like I just heard something." That member said scratching his head.
His comrade replied, "You probably heard it wrong, there's nothing here."
That member said un-confidently, "Yeah, I probably misheard something. Anyways,
we should hurry to catch those two demon beasts, the headmaster promised a high
reward for them."
The two walked further and further away.
The shrub shook another time, this time it was very obvious. Right after it, a insect
like demon beast that was sparkling gold came out of the shrub. After it took a look
around and made sure there was no one, it made a slight noise directed to the
shrub. Then, another little demon beast came out.
The two heads looked around suspiciously as if thieves. Currently they were still at
the top part of the heavenly stairs and they were surrounded by Vermillion Blood
Clan members, so they needed to find another route down.
The Metal Swallowing Beast crouched on the floor and took a sniff, after confirming
the location, it signaled Xiao Ping, who was behind him. Just as they were about to
hid in the shrub again, a sharp cry of joy sounded.
"I found them, I found the two demon beasts!" The owner of the voice was the one
who noticed the moving shrub a while ago and besides him was his comrade. At this
critical time, they couldn't let go of any suspicious activity, thus them leaving before
was just a ruse and the result was as expected.
Neither the Metal Swallowing Beast nor Xiao Ping had time to look at them, in a jolt,
they drilled into the shrub again. But this time, it seemed that their luck ran out as
the two had secretly called a few more people nearby to help out. Now, they almost
had them surrounded.
Noticing that there was someone in front, the two could only change directions. After
they went around in a circle multiple times and looked to be trapped, they finally
realized that they couldn't standby anymore and needed to make a move.
As one should know, they were rare demon beasts of the ancient times and over the
past few years with their dumb owner, they had plenty of magic pills, even some
rainbow pills. Even if they didn't cultivate, their levels were rising by the day. If they
couldn't even beat a few human practitioners then they would really be losing face.
If it wasn't for the fact that they were afraid of luring the Divine Realm practitioners
over, they would've made a move a lot sooner.
The Vermillion Blood Clan disciples didn't get to see the two demon beasts go all out
before so they lowered their guard due to their deceptive size. But that just got him a
claw to the face by the Metal Swallowing Beast. His claw was very sharp, clawing off
half of his face in the process.
Xiao Ping wasn't to be left behind either, although it was a vegetarian, it's attack
wasn't any weaker than the Metal Swallowing Beast. With one sting, if they didn't
have some sort of miracle pill then they should be prepared for a painful death.
A continue stream of terrified screams could be heard. The one who was luckily
unharmed felt his legs gave out. No one said that the two little demon beasts were
difficult, seeing they're small and cute appearance, they had thought of them as pet
demons.
Most pet demons were owned by female practitioners, with a cute appearance, so
it's no wonder they would make the mistake.
The Metal Swallowing Beast and Xiao Ping didn't dare stay any long in fear of
catching the attention of the experts of the Vermillion Blood Clan, so after their
successful attack, they were prepared to run. But at last, they were one step two
slow as a harsh sounding voice, like the thunder, suddenly rung in their ears. With it,
a strong force appeared from the sky.
"Bastards, let's see where you can run!” The two suddenly didn't know what to do as
only a high star ranked divine realm expert could exert such pressure. In their
current state, they could deal with a middle star rank but not a high star rank.
The two went their fastest speed towards the opposite direction. Just as they were
about to leap across the heads of the Vermillion Blood Clan disciples, and escape in
lightening fashion, they were stopped by a invisible wall and knocked back. The
Metal Swallowing Beast safely landed on the staircase and crouching down, he
hissed towards the direction of the pressure and made a low growl of warning. Xiao
Ping laid on top of it's head and looked in alarm towards the one who spoke.
Seeing the two appear, the Vermillion Blood Clan disciples went running/crawling
towards them and was yelled at as 'useless' by the Divine Realm expert. Then his
cold gaze landed on the Metal Swallowing Beast and Xiao Ping.
"It appears that they are the Metal Swallowing Beast and the Golden Winged Insect
and Level Eleven at that. No wonder the headmaster wanted me to come, if we can
catch them, that would be perfect for the Vermillion Blood Clan. Let's get this done
quickly so we won't have to worry about it. Crow, we're capturing them."
"Yes, sir."
The one who stopped the Metal Swallowing Beast and Xiao Ping from escaping was
the one called Crow. He was a senior general of the God of War, You QiBei and
also a four star Divine Realm expert, a star higher than the two demon beasts. As
they finished talking, the two instantly attacked.
Xiao Ping hurriedly made an restriction. As he ate so many, he was able to create a
few, but they were all useless in front of You QiBei, in a few moves he was able to
break them.
Not giving up, Xiao Ping continued to spit out restrictions, this time it was layered
together. That way, it was much stronger than a single restriction. It looked like they
were just defending but actually he was buying time for the Metal Swallowing Beast.
If they couldn't win then they should run.
The Metal Swallowing Beast liked to eat metal and ate quite a few in the
undergrounds of the South Continent. Some metals are buried deep into the ground
so he often had to dig down to find them and over time, he developed a tunneling
skill.
Just as You QiBei broke the restrictions, the Metal Swallowing Beast carried the
Xiao Ping underground. They weren't just trying to escape from the ground but
rather dig deeper and deeper down, to the point were You QiBei couldn't find them,
then escape down the mountain.
You QiBei realized that he really didn't give them enough credit, but there was no way he
was going to let his prey escape. Not only that, he already stuck his signet (imprint 印记) on
them, so no matter where they escaped to, he would be able to sense it.
......
After Fu ZiLin was saved by the Metal Swallowing Beast, he was temporarily safe
but because the Metal Swallowing Beast's identity was exposed as You XiaoMo's
contracted demon beast, the two faced even stronger attacks. In the end, due there
being so many Spirit Mountains, and them desperately fleeing, they lost each other.
The Divine Realm expert that MoQi XiYuan sent to protect Fu ZiLin was also
separated amongst the chaos. Now it was only him left. The Guma Tribe saw him as
a thorn in their side and had people sent to kill him. He was also unlucky in that he
escaped to the wrong direction and became squished between the Vermillion Blood
Clan and the Guma Tribe.
The dark blue shirt was completely soaked with blood. Fu ZiLin had a gash on his
forehead and the blood had dripped across half of his face. He was extremely pale,
as even with his much stronger levels, he wasn't able to fight off against six
opponents at the same time. If there wasn't a miracle, he was probably going to die
here. As he thought about it, his heart sunk.
Just when he knew his little-shidi was also in the Peach Blossom Ruins and just as
they were about to meet, how could he die here?!
"Fu ZiLin, if you are going to blame someone, blame yourself for following the wrong
person." The people of the Guma Tribe let out a complacent and arrogant smile. If
they killed him, they would get a hefty reward from the tribe leader. They were
excited just thinking about it. Since there was very little mages in the Guma Tribe,
they were given very little magic pills.
With that, they raised their weapons.
Fu ZiLin clenched his fist.
Just then, a voice of surprise came from the sky.
"Second-shixiong?"
Chapter 617: Help
When they heard this voice, everyone subconsciously looked over, only to see a
flash of light that was originally preparing to fly over their heads suddenly turn
around and start falling in their direction.
The Vermillion Blood Clan and Guma Tribe couldn't help but share a glance. They
thought that this unexpected person was most likely someone from the opposite
side. After all, he had shouted 'second-shixiong,' and it couldn't be possible that he
was so coincidentally calling for Fu ZiLin. However, the Guma Tribe had heard
before that Fu ZiLin had a da-shixiong.
You XiaoMo's figure appeared very quickly in front of everyone else.
Only then did they discover that this was a youth who looked very young. He wasn't
tall, and his skin was very pale, but it wasn't that kind of deathly pale color. Instead,
it was fair and clear with a hint of pink peeking through. With one glance, you could
tell that he was very healthy, and that he had been 'raised' very well.
After the young man landed, he rapidly ran over to Fu ZiLin in front of everyone's
eyes. He called with pleasant surprise, "Second-shixiong, why are you here?"
Immediately, everyone was shocked.
This was actually Fu ZiLin's shidi?
The Guma Tribe was especially shocked. They had never heard of Fu ZiLin and
Fang ChenLe having a shidi before. Ever since the two of them demonstrated their
tremendous talent in Dong Zhou, the Guma Tribe investigated them thoroughly,
therefore finding out that they came from the Middle Level Realm and that they
basically didn't have any close relatives in TongTian Continent.
At the time, they hadn't recognized You XiaoMo. After all, not everyone had seen
You XiaoMo before, especially since every time he appeared, he would disappear
for a while after.
Fu ZiLin was also stunned. He thought that he was dead for sure, and he was just
thinking that he wouldn't have a chance to see his little shidi, but then the Heavens
just sent him to his door. He didn't dare to believe that this was real, and his typically
ice cold, 'don't-get-close-to-me' expression showed a bit of astonishment.
"Little-shidi, is it really you?"
You XiaoMo looked at him, before he suddenly had a thought that the man the Metal
Swallowing Beast and Xiao Ping were bent on saving was second-shixiong. Even
though he had accepted the Metal Swallowing Beast in TongTian Continent, Xiao
Ping had become his contracted demon beast a long time ago, so it wasn't
surprising that he would recognize Fu ZiLin.
"Second-shixiong, it's me. But why are you here? Are you with da-shixiong?"
Back then, when You XiaoMo went back to the Tian Xin sect, he learned from Zhao
DaZhou shixiong that second-shixiong and da-shixiong went out to travel. He had
never imagined that he would see them in TongTian Continent. Since second-
shixiong was here, then wouldn't da-shixiong also be here?
Fu ZiLin coughed. "When there's time, I'll tell you the entire story. Right now, it's
more important to take care of these people first."
Even though he couldn't see what his little shidi's cultivation base was, he had
already heard about You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao's achievements. Their cultivating
speed was something that he and Fang ChenLe couldn't compare to at all, so by
now, You XiaoMo should be at the rainbow level.
Only then did You XiaoMo look at the people who were surrounding second-
shixiong, and he discovered with this glance that they were people from the
Vermillion Blood Clan and Guma Tribe, since their clothing had distinctive elements
to it. He involuntarily narrowed his eyes. It just so happened that he was not in a
good mood with the Vermillion Blood Clan and Guma Tribe's people right now.
"I don't care who you are. If you dare to meddle in our affairs, then you're the enemy
of the Guma Tribe and Vermillion Blood Clan. You better think carefully!" The leader
of the Guma Tribe's people said calmly.
A bit of killing intent welled up in his eyes quickly, his expression slightly
disapproving. They had six people on their side, so how could they be afraid of
facing one person? Even if it was Fu ZiLin's shidi, he couldn't be that strong. After
all, it wasn't common to find a shidi whose cultivation was higher than his shixiong's.
The Vermillion Blood Clan weren't worried at all when they saw You XiaoMo. They
felt that something was a little off, and they didn't know if it was their misconception,
but they kept getting a feeling as if they had seen this young man somewhere
before. But that didn't mean that they had actually seen You XiaoMo before.
You XiaoMo snorted coldly. Who cared about the Vermillion Blood Clan or Guma
Tribe; it wasn't as if this was his first time offending them. If they dared to hurt his
shixiong, then they shouldn't think about leaving alive.
You XiaoMo stared at them, his voice mild. "Of course I'll think about it carefully.
Nobody knows better than I do, however, you all still have to survive first..."
The leader of the Guma Tribe's people froze for a second before instantly flaring up.
He seemed like he wanted to say something, but he didn't expect the young man
across from him to suddenly sway and disappear. By the time he recovered, a hand
that didn't belong to him suddenly plastered itself onto his chest, and a sense of
terrifying danger instantly welled up in his mind...
Nobody else reacted in time. When they discovered that something was wrong, their
leader was already kneeling on the floor with a hole in his chest, his bright red blood
spilling all over the floor.
There was a voice telling them to run, but no matter how fast they were, they still
weren't faster than their opponent. Not even five minutes later, everyone was lying
on the floor.
With You XiaoMo's cultivation base, unless it was a Sacred Realm expert, anyone
under the Divine Realm level really couldn't possibly be his opponent, much less a
bunch of useless men.
Fu ZiLin also hadn't expected that his little-shidi would be this powerful. Even though
he knew that You XiaoMo was stronger than him and Fang ChenLe just by listening
to the rumors, it was still extremely shocking to see him easily kill the people who
had forced him into a hopeless situation. Under circumstances that he and Fang
ChenLe didn't know about, his little-shidi had grown to a level that they could only
look up to.
You XiaoMo didn't look at the corpses on the ground. Compared to Ling Xiao's
bloodlust, these few people he killed didn't count for anything much. There was
simply no way to compare.
"Second-shixiong, why are you here by yourself? Weren't there two demon beasts
who saved you before?" You XiaoMo hadn't forgotten that he came to find those two
troublemakers. Even though them saving second-shixiong made his anger vanish
almost completely, but there was still that little portion that he absolutely couldn't just
let go of like this. If Xiao Ping had recognized second-shixiong, he should've told him
sooner.
"Were those two demon beasts your contracted demon beasts?" Fu ZiLin was
slightly stunned before he recovered. He had always wondered why those two little
demon beasts saved him, but when he heard his little-shidi mention it now, he
instantly understood.
You XiaoMo nodded. "I formed a contract with one of them at Long Xiang Continent.
I think he must've seen you before. Didn't they save you? Why don't I see them?"
Fu ZiLin nodded too before shaking his head. "We were separated halfway through
the journey. I don't know where exactly they are right now either. If you're worried
about them, then let's go find them now? I don't really have any obstructions, I can
go down the mountain by myself."
You XiaoMo didn't say anything. He took out a magic pill that replenished blood and
gave it to him to eat before taking out a half-empty spiritual water bottle. Spiritual
water could allow spiritual energy to recover much faster compared to using magic
pills. As for the problem of being exposed, it wasn't even an issue at this moment.
Fu ZiLin didn't reject them. There was no need to be unreasonable at a time like this.
After he drank the spiritual water, he felt his soul force quickly recovering, but he
didn't show a single trace of surprise. After a while, most of his wounds had already
healed.
"Little-shidi..." Fu ZiLin had just spoken when the sound of fighting suddenly came
from in front of them. It was coming closer and closer, as if it was coming towards
them, and when he turned his head, he saw his little-shidi's expression change.
Without a single word, he rushed over. Fu ZiLin didn't have a chance to ask why
before he also immediately followed.
After a short while, they saw the true identities of the people fighting.
Those were two extremely strong Divine Realm experts. They were continuously
attacking the ground, breaking apart the mountain rock and creating a large hole,
but their opponent's figure couldn't be seen. Before Fu ZiLin could be surprised, he
saw two golden figures slice through the air and burrow into You XiaoMo's embrace
almost simultaneously.
The two Divine Realm experts were You Qibei and his subordinate Wu Ya. Clearly,
they hadn't expected two unwelcome busybodies to appear, and they couldn't help
but pause. Unlike the other people, they instantly recognized You XiaoMo.
"It's you?" You QiBei hadn't expected to encounter one of his targets at this kind of
time. He subconsciously looked warily behind him, and he let out a breath of relief
when he didn't see Ling Xiao. With Ling Xiao's strength, only their family head could
take him on.
But he wasn't relaxed for very long, because You XiaoMo's strength right now also
wasn't one that he could defeat, or else he wouldn't be standing here.
"Captain, he's the only one here." Wu Ya's eyes blazed as he stared at You XiaoMo.
He had also discovered that Ling Xiao wasn't next to him, so he felt that this was a
good opportunity.
Across from them, You XiaoMo ignored both of them. He examined the Metal
Swallowing Beast and Xiao Ping worriedly before letting out a sigh of relief when he
didn't find any wounds. Even though typically, they were a little unreliable,
fortunately, their ability to run away was still pretty good.
He handed them temporarily over to second-shixiong before actually paying

attention to You QiBei and Wu Ya. However, he clearly didn't recognize them, even
though You QiBei was very famous.
"Are you from the Vermillion Blood Clan?" You XiaoMo narrowed his eyes, revealing
a bit of a dangerous aura. This movement was actually a little like Ling Xiao.
You QiBei furrowed his brows.
"Even if we are, so what? It's your bad luck to have run into the two of us today. Will
you obediently allow yourself to be captured and come with us, or will we have to
act?" Wu Ya extremely disliked You XiaoMo's tone of voice. He was only one of the
Vermillion Blood Clan's unwanted bastards, yet he dared to use this kind of
expression when speaking to the two of them.
"Act?" You XiaoMo revealed a smirk. "I'm afraid you're going to be the ones allowing
yourselves to be captured today..."
When he finished speaking, he immediately disappeared.
"Be careful!" You QiBei's expression changed, and he quickly pushed Wu Ya away
before disappearing as well.
Chapter 618: Captured
You XiaoMo was now a Grade Four Rainbow Level mage. Although he had just
advanced less than three months ago, his cultivation base was extremely stable
after using this period to consolidate his level. Even though You QiBei was the
leader of Four Battle Gods, he was completely no match for You XiaoMo as long as
he had not advanced to the Sacred Realm.
Regardless of whether You QiBei was naturally born with the physique of a Crow, he
had still been injured.
Underneath, Fu ZiLin stared at the scene. He had suffered several consecutive

blows in the course of this day and was already somewhat overwhelmed.
His little-shidi was fighting with a seven star Divine Realm expert, and it was obvious
that he had the upper hand. The man called Crow was already injured when they
first met and finally had no choice but to retreat from the battle ring.
The Metal Swallowing Beast and Xiao Ping saw this scene. The eyes of the two
beasts met without anyone noticing. Then, they suddenly rushed out of Fu ZiLin's
arms.
Fu ZiLin thought they were going to enter the battle ring and assumed that they
would only cause trouble to his little-shidi if they went over. He was about to call
them back when he saw them stealthily running towards that man called Crow.
Crow did not look heavily injured, but his internal injuries were quite serious.
You XiaoMo's style what quite different from Ling Xiao's. He was not used to
witnessing excessively bloody events, so he chose to directly disrupt the other
party's meridians. When the meridians were injured, that party's combat
effectiveness would drop dramatically.
At present, the strength of Crow was only one tenth of that in his heyday and he was
totally no match for the Metal Swallowing Beast and Xiao Ping.
The Metal Swallowing Beast and Xiao Ping had this exact idea. He had chased
them to the ends of the earth by all means in the past. Now, how could they let go of
such a good opportunity to retaliate?
Crow did not discover the approach of the Metal Swallowing Beast and Xiao Ping at
all. All his attention was on You XiaoMo and You QiBei who were fighting in the sky.
He was looking very anxious, because he could also see that You QiBei was not
You XiaoMo's opponent. If they let it go on like this, they would probably lose.
Crow hesitated. He wanted to go look for reinforcements as only the Family Head
could deal with You XiaoMo. But leaving Leader here alone would worsen Leader's
situation. People were selfish and he was the same too. However, You QiBei's
status was different.
Ever since You AnTai's death, Leader had become a major pillar of the Vermillion
Blood Clan. The loss to the Vermillion Blood Clan would be great should he die. In
the event that it was known that he left Leader here alone, his name would be
blackened even if it was for the sake of getting reinforcements.
Nevertheless, they would not be able to survive if they did not find any
reinforcements.
Crow was in an unsettled state of mind, and had not been able to make up his mind.
In actual fact, he hoped that Leader would give him the order to go get
reinforcements.
But before he could come up with a conclusion, someone had already helped him
make a decision.
Crow, whose strength had greatly declined, naturally did not overlook You XiaoMo's
two contracted demon beast and Fu ZiLin, but the concealment technique of the
Metal Swallowing Beast and Xiao Ping was too superior. He had only directed some
degree of attention to Fu ZiLin, so he did not notice the Metal Swallowing Beast and
Xiao Ping that had sneaked behind him.
After a while, Crow's body suddenly froze.
Then, he looked down at his chest. Like a heavenly maiden scattering flowers, a
spurt of blood gushed out from the position where his heart was. Then a golden
shadow drilled out from the wound - this was the Golden Winged Insect he had
hunted down before.
Though had clearly sensed their approaching aura, Crow had no idea where the
other party had emerged from. Eventually, he fell to the ground and died with a
remaining grievance. As an ambitious man, he was full of reluctance to be cut off in
his prime, because he had been expecting to take over the position of the Leader
one day.
Crow's death did not escape the eyes of You QiBei. His whole face suddenly turned
black.
Crow was ambitious, but he was also his trusted subordinate. Otherwise, You QiBei
would not bring him along intentionally. One must know that not everyone could
enter the Peach Blossom Ruins. Even for the Vermillion Blood Clan, the quota
allocated to them was quite small. With Crow dead, he lost a powerful subordinate.
You XiaoMo saw that You QiBei wanted to rush over and was one step ahead as he
blocked You QiBei's way, "You might as well worry about yourself first if you have
time to worry about others."
You QiBei quickly drew away from him. With chillingly cold eyes, he rebutted, "Don't
speak too early. Do you think you can leave the Spirit Mountain safely even if you
are stronger than me? Let me tell you, this is impossible."
You XiaoMo frowned. He did not believe that You QiBei was putting up a last-ditch
struggle as he appeared quite confident based off the look in his eyes. Don't tell him
that You QiBei really had a hidden move?
It was not long before he knew why You QiBei was not worried about his safety. This
was because You ZhenTian had arrived.
You Qibei had a high status in the Vermillion Blood Clan. Although he was ordered
to beat his eldest son by the Family Head, the truth was that he obeyed only the
orders of the Family Head with regards to many things. It was impossible for
such a person like him not to have a method to contact You ZhenTian.
When he first found that his level was quite far off from You XiaoMo, You QiBei
developed countermeasures and secretly notified the Family Head ahead of time in
a special way. It was just that he did not expect Crow to die.
Even though the loss to his battle squadron was not big enough to affect the overall
strength of the team, the impact was also not small as it was difficult to nurture
Divine Realm experts after all. Moreover, Crow was a four star expert, and with a
little more nurturing, it would not be long before there would be another seven star
expert.
An all-powerful pressure spread rapidly through the air just like the last time You
ZhenTian was hunting them down. The aura of a Sacred Realm expert was
extremely terrifying and came with the sudden suppression of one's strength. The
fighting power of a person facing this would be reduced once they lost their
confidence.
You XiaoMo could feel some blockages of the soul power in his body before You
ZhenTian had even neared. One could see how terrifying You ZhenTian was for him
to be affected to this sort of extent. He had witnessed this the last time too.
Ling Xiao's most powerful attack only hurt him a little. Although his current strength
was also not on par with his strength at that time, it was still like a small sorcerer in
the presence of a great one for him to fight You ZhenTian.
You XiaoMo did not dare to remain here any longer.
To his surprise, You QiBei did not stop him, but looked on unfeelingly as he left.
Maybe it was because he was convinced that You XiaoMo could not escape the
pursuit of You ZhenTian.
You ZhenTian had not changed his obsession of wanting to catch You XiaoMo and
drag him back. They had escaped the last time, and he could not find a single trace
of them no matter how he looked afterwards. This time, he would absolutely not let
this opportunity slip by, otherwise, it would be difficult for him to find them again if
they went into hiding.
You XiaoMo speedily picked up the Metal Swallowing Beast and Xiao Ping and
threw them into his dimension without saying a word. As for Fu ZiLin, he also did not
hesitate to put him into his dimension.
He believed that his second-shixiong would not spill the beans even if he knew his
secret. If Fu ZiLin had some ideas which he should not have, their camaraderie
between fellow disciples would have to come to an end. However, he still believed in
the character of his second-shixiong.
After doing all this, You XiaoMo immediately flew in the direction of where Ling Xiao
was in secluded cultivation .
Today was the last day and Ling Xiao should have already come out of seclusion,
otherwise it would be very dangerous to be transported away when he was still in
the midst of cultivation. You XiaoMo believed that Ling Xiao had a sense of
propriety.
"You can't escape. If you allow yourself to be seized without putting up a fight, I can
give you preferential treatment."
Just before he had escaped two kilometers away, You ZhenTian's voice which
seemed to have been magnified several hundred times suddenly came from behind
him. His oppressive voice seemed to contain a hint of a sound-wave attack capable
of penetrating through metal. This shocked You XiaoMo into a trance and he almost
fell out of the air.
The delay was enough for You ZhenTian to catch up.
You ZhenTian's familiar figure was approaching nearer and nearer, and he was
accompanied by a huge fist which had taken a physical form. The fist rapidly shot
over from behind You ZhenTian, and even the very space was pressured until it
deformed. That feeling of being locked in made You XiaoMo's blood freeze.
You XiaoMo did not hesitate to form the Xu Seal, which was the second most
powerful secret technique within the Sumeru Seal. It was not difficult for him to form
the Xu Seal with his current cultivation, and the power had also risen with the
increase in his cultivation. It was just the the soul power requirements for the Xu
Seal were very high and it took away seventy percent of his soul power all at once.
You XiaoMo did not remain to see the result after sending out the Xu Seal, instead
he continued to flee for his life.
The rumbling sound was loud enough to shake heaven and earth. The power of Xu
Seal was definitely great, but it was only enough to block a causal blow from You
ZhenTian. From this, one could see how huge the gap between their strength was.
You XiaoMo was almost thrown out of the sky by the huge blast of air behind him. It
was fortunate that he had immediately reacted and even borrowed the force of the
blast to speed up and fly several thousand meters in an instant. Even he could not
help giving himself an exclamation of admiration for his actions.
"You can't escape. Obediently be taken prisoner."
You ZhenTian's voice suddenly sounded from beside his ear.
You XiaoMo jumped in fright. He had clearly pulled away from You ZhenTian, yet
when he looked back, You ZhenTian was less than five hundred meters away from
him. His imposing face and black eyes stared fixedly at You XiaoMo as if he was
already the same as an object in his pocket.
You XiaoMo gaped, but the other party's second move had already arrived.
This time, the distance between them was too close. You XiaoMo was unable to
dodge and could only defend. As a result, his qi and blood surged and he could not
refrain from vomiting a mouthful of blood. Seeing that the distance between You
ZhenTian and him was only a hundred meters, he could not endure it any longer and
directly entered his dimension. As he had already disappeared, You XiaoMo did not
see You ZhenTian's expression of delight instead of the anger that should have
crossed his face.
Chapter 619: Stalling

You ZhenTian's form came to a stop when You XiaoMo suddenly disappeared. He
stood in place, his mouth curling into a strange smile.
In reality, he had never been 100 percent sure if You XiaoMo had successfully
activated the pocket dimension or not, because before those old farts passed the
dimension down to his younger brother You JunQi, no one had managed to activate
the dimension since their ancestors in ancient times.
The Vermillion Blood Clan's family heads had tried many different methods. He had
also tried once when he was younger, before he became family head, but he didn't
try in secret, but those old farts had taken his blood in an attempt to activate the
dimension. That was also when he knew that the Vermillion Blood Clan had such a
treasure. Unfortunately, it did not activate.
Back then, the young You ZhenTian didn't care much about the Inheritance Jewel,
because he believed that things that couldn't be used had no value.
It was only after You ZhenTian became the family head and was told the core
secrets of the You Family that he realized what sort of existence the Inheritance
Jewel was.
It could facilitate the growth of magic herbs, rapidly replenish spiritual energy, mass
refine magic pills. It was a priceless treasure, for sure; how could You ZhenTian not
be moved. It was unfortunate that he hadn't ever had the chance to see this
Inheritance Jewel again after finding out its secrets because his younger brother had
disappeared with the Inheritance Jewel.
After that, You ZhenTian didn't see You JunQi again until tens of thousands of years
later.
However, You JunQi was unable to activate the Inheritance Jewel either, so he was
relieved, even as he worried. At the very least, You JunQi wasn't able to use the
Inheritance Jewel, so he didn't have to worry about the other suddenly coming back
to steal the position of family head.
You ZhenTian strongly believed that there was none that could activate the
Inheritance Jewel. However, his belief had begun to waver since You XiaoMo's
appearance.
Who knows, perhaps he really did manage to activate it. No matter how low the
chances were, You ZhenTian was determined to capture You XiaoMo, knowing of
the benefits the Inheritance Jewel could bring the Vermillion Blood Clan.
As for why he waited until You XiaoMo entered the dimension.
It was because, if the other didn't enter the dimension, then You ZhenTian would
have to try and force him to reveal the dimension. If he accidentally damaged the
dimension, then it'd be all for naught. So, if there was a better way, he'd rather stick
to it.
Thinking of this, You ZhenTian swiftly released his domain - the Void Domain.
Nothing would escape his eyes in his domain.
......
Inside the dimension, You XiaoMo appeared in front of Fu ZiLin, blood pouring from
his mouth, giving the other quite the scare. However, his surprise didn't last long.
"Little-shidi, are you alright?" Fu ZiLin hurriedly ran over to support him and realized
that the other had some internal injuries, though luckily they weren't too serious.
You XiaoMo waved a hand at him, taking out a magic pill and ingesting it. It melted
nigh instantly in his mouth and it didn't take a moment before his injuries were
mostly healed. Expected, considering that he had ingested a level 11 magic pill. It
was rather wasteful to use this sort of magic pill to heal some minor internal injuries.
"I'm fine, but our current situation definitely isn't!" The moment he entered his
dimension, You XiaoMo knew that there was no way he’d be able to hide. However,
You ZhenTian was a Sacred level practitioner. He couldn’t be certain if the other had
methods to deal with his dimension. He had to be prepared.
Fu ZiLin’s expression turned solemn. “Little-shidi, it’s my fault we’re in such danger
this time. If you find a chance, escape first. There’s no need to mind me.”
“No way! Second shixiong, don’t worry. We’ll find a way.” You XiaoMo shook his
head. This wasn’t the other’s fault at all. You ZhenTian had been after them for a
long time already. Even if it wasn’t for today, he’d probably come after them in the
future.
Plus, he had done everything he could to save the other. There was no way he was
sending the other out to die after that.
Fu ZiLin couldn’t help but think of Ling Xiao. He had heard that the two rarely ever
separated. Yet this time there was only his little-shidi, which was rather puzzling.
“Little-shidi, that person… how come he isn’t by your side?”
“He was in secluded cultivation when I came over, but he should be done around
now.”
Awkwardness flashed across You XiaoMo’s face, but then he recalled that he could
contact Ling Xiao through the transmitter stone and hurriedly took it out. Yet, no
matter what he tried, there was no response. Rationally speaking, Spirit Mountain
wasn’t large enough that Ling Xiao would be out of range.
Fu ZiLin knew the result with a single glance.
That was when the dimension abruptly began to quake. You XiaoMo’s grasp on the
transmitter stone slipped and it dropped onto the ground. The tremors were so bad
that they would barely stand straight. The only one that could stabilize themselves
was XiaoPing.
You XiaoMo raised his head, panicked, and saw a crack appear in the sky of the
dimension. The crack was slowly widening, and tendrils of darkness were slipping
inside. If this continued, the dimension would be destroyed.
You XiaoMo looked over at his second shixiong and contract demon beasts, then
gritted his teeth and left the dimension in front of the the three. Fu ZiLin, having
realized what he was planning, didn’t manage to stop him before he disappeared
right before his eyes.
You XiaoMo appeared in place of the dimension after leaving. Since the dimension
existed within him, if he entered, then the dimension would become a speck of dust
on the wind. If he wasn’t inside, then the dimension would be wherever he was.
Before You XiaoMo could calm himself, a terrifying black light shot straight towards
him. In order to force him to come out and not destroy the dimension at the same
time, You ZhenTian didn’t strike a killing blow at him. Thus, it only took him a bit of
strength to block the attack.
“You finally came out.” You ZhenTian’s low voice sounded beside You XiaoMo’s ear
with a hint of barely repressed joy. The dimension was going to be his, finally.
“Wait!” You XiaoMo suddenly yelled, looked rather defeated.

Originally, You ZhenTian could ignore him and deal with him directly, but since he
was so confident in himself, or perhaps he wanted to hear what You XiaoMo had to
say before he died, he stopped.
“Seeing as you are my nephew, I’ll listen to what you have to say.”
The corner of You XiaoMo’s mouth twitched. So sorry, but he really didn’t want to be
that guy’s nephew. First, the man stole his cheap dad’s position as family head, then
he went after his nephew’s possessions. He even acted so damn righteous about it.
It was a misfortune to have such a disgusting uncle.
Calming his expression, You XiaoMo slowly said, “I believe you really want to know
how I managed to activate the You Family’s Inheritance Jewel, right?”
You ZhenTian’s eyes flashed and he intoned coldly, “If you tell me everything you
know, I can let you live.”
You XiaoMo grinned. “Even if I don’t say anything, you can’t kill me.”
“What makes you so confident?” You ZhenTian’s sharp gaze bore into him, his
impressive aura filling the domain as he spoke. Any normal person would have
probably already collapsed from terror.
You XiaoMo seemed completely unaffected and said with triumph, “Because, if I’m
dead, then you’ll never be able to activate the dimension.”
You ZhenTian gave a cold chuckle. “You think I can’t pry the method to activate it
from your head?”
You XiaoMo shook his head. “What I mean is that even if I tell you the secret to
activating it, you still wouldn’t be able to because I’m the only one in the Vermillion
Blood Clan that can activate it. I’m not lying to you. Otherwise the Vermillion Blood
Clan wouldn’t have spent all these years with no progress on that front.”
He wasn’t at all worried that You ZhenTian would go and find the You family after
knowing the secret. After all, there were hundreds of thousands of lower level planes
in existence. It was practically impossible to find their precise location. Plus, he
didn’t plan on actually saying the real secret. He knew how to lie. All he had to do
was to trick You ZhenTian.
You ZhenTian suddenly barked in laughter.
You XiaoMo was confused. Was what he said that funny?

A hint of mockery appeared in You ZhenTian’s expression, though his tone
remained as confident as ever. “You think I won’t dare touch you if you tell me that?
You’re as naive as your father. Even if what you said was true, believe it or not, but I
have thousands of methods to keep you under my control, to keep you from death,
but completely immobile, hm?”
Fear crept across You XiaoMo’s face. Of course he believed it. Could he hope for
someone who could strike their own brother down to show mercy to their nephew?
The answer was of course not.
You ZhenTian had no mood in continuing this useless talk. A hint of danger
appeared in his eyes and the energy around him grew violent. The space around
You XiaoMo began to distort.
You XiaoMo cursed in his heart and rapidly retreated. However, he was currently
inside You ZhenTian’s domain. No matter how far he ran, he’d still be in the other’s
attack range.
You ZhenTian was confident that he could keep the other alive even if he beat him
half to death, so there was no need to control his power. Right now, he just wanted
to capture You XiaoMo, so he wouldn’t show mercy.
Suddenly, black spheres of dark energy appeared around You XiaoMo. Though he
didn’t know what this was, he could tell that this strike would be overwhelming in
power. If he was hit, he’d be half a step to his grave.
Just as You XiaoMo began to despair, the domain suddenly began to shake
violently.
Chapter 620: The Second Battle
At first, the vibration in the domain wasn't apparent, but even then, You ZhenTian
was sharp enough to detect it. He paid it no mind in the beginning, as he had
absolute confidence in his domain. As long as it wasn't Fu CangQiong and the likes
making a move, there was no one else who could break his domain.
In his mind, capturing You XiaoMo was of the utmost importance, but it wasn't even
a minute before the shaking became even more apparent.
Currently they were in a enclosed black dimension, as if trapped in a black sphere.
But, as the domain started to shake violently, black shards began to drop from the
ceiling.
The domain was collapsing.
One after another, as if being smashed to pieces by someone with a massive steel
hammer, a pounding sound appeared.
You ZhenTian could only stop to stare at the enlarging gap with a darkened
expression. The sun shone through, as if it was a spotlight and coincidently landed
on You XiaoMo.
You XiaoMo's heart started to beat violently, he had a feeling it was Ling Xiao. He was
saved. He didn't need to face that disgusting old fox of a man, You ZhenTian anymore, as
upon seeing his aged face he wanted to puke. Compared with the other 'amazing' people he
had seen, this undying-old-fart was the creme de la creme. (the most 'amazing' 极品中的极
品)
As he thought of this, You XiaoMo started to sneak away from the black sphere as
You ZhenTian's attention was on the crack, but the moment he moved, You
ZhenTian noticed.
Even as his domain was about to collapse, he still hadn't forgotten about You
XiaoMo.
Seeing his little maneuver, You ZhenTian's serious and cold gaze instantly shifted to
him. His eyes were as if they were brewing some gloomy mist, cold and poisonous,
as if a venomous snake preparing to strike. A second later, a massive black hand
clawed towards You XiaoMo.
"Ling Xiao, come save me!" You XiaoMo knew instantly that it was bad, so he
started jumping around and shouting. He was positive that the one who attack was
Ling Xiao.
He didn't know if it was his prayer that got answered, but just as the black hand was
above him and about to catch him, the domain broke.
Like a broken mirror, the black domain shattered into pieces and rained down. The
sky opened and the blinding light quickly took over, replacing the darkness.
Reflexively, You XiaoMo squinted. With only a sliver of a vision, he saw, although
blurred, a backlit figure from behind the crack, as if a God had descended.
You ZhenTian turned abruptly. He wasn't blinded by the surprising light, so he saw
clearly the man who broke his domain and let out a cold sneer. If it was Fu
CangQiong then he would be a bit concerned, but if it was just a defeated opponent,
then he had no worries.
The black hand attack again, this time with more aggression.
You XiaoMo had taken the moment of pause from You ZhenTian to pull away from
the black hand, so seeing that it was moving again, he wasn't as worried.
A purple light went at full speed and stopped in front of him. A purple flame, as if a
spinning screw, went into the black hand and stopped it in its tracks. As it embedded
itself deeply into the hand, in a matter of seconds, it defeated it and the black hand
disappeared.
"Ling Xiao, I knew it, it was you. You think you can be my opponent now? A loser will
always be a loser!" You ZhenTian wasn't surprised with the results, he knew at first
sight that Ling Xiao's level was higher than before. Even though it didn't show on his
face, in his heart appeared a sense of danger.
In such a short time, he went up by another star. If he was given a few more years,
he might grow to his level. You ZhenTian's eyes showed his murderous intent, these
kinds of people must be killed before they grew.
Now, You ZhenTian was happy that he was only five stars, even if it was a star
higher, it was still two stars lower than him. Before they were transported from the
Spirit Mountain, he was going to keep Ling Xiao's corpse here.
The purple flame was absorbed into Ling Xiao's body and his handsome face could
be seen. In between his brows was a purple flame symbol, the symbol of the Qilin
Clan. It added a mystical feel to his features.
You XiaoMo wasn't sure if it was just in his head but he felt that Ling Xiao was
somehow different after this secluded cultivation. There wasn't much difference in
appearance but something felt different, he just didn't know what exactly.
You XiaoMo looked at his back with caution, a little afraid of greeting him.
But as if he hadn't heard anything, Ling Xiao pulled his wife closer in. His slender
fingers brushed away the blood on You XiaoMo's mouth. It was from when he tried
to clean the blood but he didn't do it completely. Ling Xiao's other hand was on his
chest and his deeply rich voice appeared beside his ear, "Does it hurt?"
You XiaoMo couldn't tell what he was thinking. At first he wanted to shake his head
but then thought about it, and slightly nodded. "A bit..." and even coughed a few
times.
"Good." Ling Xiao replied lightly, "You'll remember it if it hurts, although I don't think
you will..."
Actually, you didn't need to say that, the first part was already awkward, the second
just ruined the mood completely!
On the opposite side, You ZhenTian face turned sour, they dared ignore him. Just
as he was about to go all out, Ling Xiao opened his mouth.
His cold, indifferent gaze landed on You ZhenTian. "Where did this undying-old-fart
come from? This ugly and you dare show your face?"
"Pff!" You XiaoMo, very supportingly, laughed.
Suddenly, You ZhenTian's face was even darker than the night itself. How dare they
call him an undying-old-fart and ugly! The aura around him went into a rampage, as
if holding an unrelenting amount of rage. The space around him actually couldn't
contain it to the point that it started ripping. These cracks in space wasn't made
randomly, as if controlled, they gathered around You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao. Each
looked as if it was a man-devouring-mouth ready to consume them at any second.
The pinnacle of the TongTian Continent was Sacred Realm Seven Star. Unless one
reached that level, they wouldn't know how powerful they really were. Take
controlling the dimension cracks as an example, to them it was something easy and
simple.
"Wait for me in the dimension." Ling Xiao whispered in You XiaoMo's ear and before
he could say anything, sent him in.
If it was before, or if the opponent wasn't at You ZhenTian's level, Ling Xiao didn't
mind him watching, but just as You ZhenTian said, there was a huge gap between
five and seven stars. He wasn't one hundred percent confident either.
All around, flames started to appear beside Ling Xiao, like a brewing storm, the
flames came with overwhelming force. It stopped the dimensional cracks from
shrinking. The flames fought against the spacial energy that came from the
dimensional crack, trying to take control.
You ZhenTian realized that Ling Xiao really had something up his sleeves. Rumor
had it that his flames contained a Phagocytosis (devouring) force, and that had to be
true or else his flames wouldn't last this long against his power. The higher the
cultivation level, the bigger the gap between them.
But even then, Ling Xiao still wasn't his opponent. No matter how strong his flames
were, it couldn't patch up two stars worth of difference.
You ZhenTian sneered and then shouted. His hands reached up, palms towards the
sky and suddenly the sky darkened. Above Ling Xiao's head, a massive black and
dense mist started to gather. Inside, strange creatures seemed to toss and turn.
Anyone who gazed upon it would feel the stares of multiple creatures, sending a
shiver down their spine.
This was one of You ZhenTian's ultimate moves, The Black Snakes' Rampage.
Tens upon thousands of black snakes, as if fur, concealed themselves around Ling
Xiao, waiting for You ZhenTian's direction to strike the killing blow.
Ling Xiao looked up, the spacial energy around him, as if being devoured by the mist
monsters, sounds of chewing could be heard. Any normal person would have fallen
on the ground by now, shaking in fear.
"Today, I'll let you get a taste of my Black Snakes' Rampage. You can thank me
after your death." You ZhenTian turned his palms upside down and the dimension
cracks around Ling Xiao slowly closed, as if they never appeared before.
The dimension cracks was actually a move to accompany the Black Snakes'
Rampage. If it wasn't paired up with a devouring type spacial energy then it would
be much weaker. With it, even Fu CangQiong would have to be careful.
The reason You ZhenTian used this move against Ling Xiao was finish this fight
quickly. In a short while, they would be transported out of Spirit Mountain, but the
main reason was that he was afraid the commotion would grab the attention of the
other forces. If it was his comrades then it was fine, but if it was Fu CangQiong then
it would be troublesome.
As he finished talking, the monsters in the mist suddenly went into a rampage.
Countless piercing roars could be heard from the mist and then it intentionally
pounced onto Ling Xiao. The monsters inside opened their bloody mouths and bit at
Ling Xiao.
The appalling presence went at it at full force and instantly drowned Ling Xiao...
Chapter 621: Finish
After You XiaoMo was sent by Ling Xiao into the dimension, he didn't complain. He
was still at least a little self-aware that staying there would only hinder Ling Xiao, but
when he thought of You ZhenTian's strength, he couldn't help but worry.
He paced around the dimension. He could only hope that Ling Xiao could hang on
until the transportation array activated. However, when You XiaoMo remembered
that he would be of no use to anyone worrying here anyway, he entered his own
dimension instead.
When Fu ZiLin saw him appear, he thought he was seeing things at first. "Little-shidi,
are you okay?" He was just stewing over how to explain things to ChenLe when You
XiaoMo suddenly reappeared.
You XiaoMo scratched his head awkwardly. "Um, he showed up..."
Fu ZiLin instantly knew who 'he' was. Besides Ling Xiao, it could be nobody else, or
else he most likely wouldn't have appeared safe and sound in the dimension. The
only thing was, it seemed like Ling Xiao's strength couldn't compare with You
ZhenTian's...
Of course You XiaoMo knew that, but Ling Xiao was so smart, so he shouldn't be in
any danger.
What he didn't know was that, although Ling Xiao indeed wouldn't let himself be in
any danger, he was also someone who would seek revenge just for an angry look.
Since he got hurt last time, he would demand repayment and interest back for it from
You ZhenTian's body this time.
From You ZhenTian's perspective, the place where Ling Xiao was standing was
already swallowed up by the black snake.
But inside, where he couldn't see, a wall made up of several hundred transparent
glass crystals surrounded Ling Xiao. Each glass crystal was in a hexagonal shape,
and it looked very much like the shell of the Black Tortoise.
This was the Psychic Black Turtle's absolute defense.

The Psychic Black Turtle's defense was number one on TongTian Continent. As
one's cultivation base increased, their ability to defend would naturally grow stronger
and stronger as well. With Ling Xiao's current cultivation base, even though he
couldn't maintain it for very long, it was enough for him to steal a bit of time.
You ZhenTian couldn't see any of this, or else he would definitely be very surprised
that Ling Xiao could use the Psychic Black Turtle's absolute defense. If that came to
be, the truth about the four bloodlines in Ling Xiao's body would very likely be
exposed, which wouldn't be good for him at all, since there was an ancient legend
concerning the Four Ancient Beast Clans' bloodline.
Tens upon thousands of illusory black snakes attacked the absolute defense madly,
as if they didn't care about living anymore. Each one seemed like it had gone
insane.
Ling Xiao sucked in a deep breath. During the past few months he was secluded, he
wasn't just nursing his wounds; if he had just been nursing his wounds, he wouldn't
have been shut away for two to three months. He could've recovered within five to
six days. The only reason it took so long was because testing the strength of
combining all four bloodlines.
Last time, he had only managed to hurt You ZhenTian because he forcefully
combined them all. However, because of that, he had received an internal injury
himself. This time, he didn't plan on making the same mistake.
So while he was secluded, he had tested endlessly how to balance the four different
bloodlines. Afterwards, his experiments succeeded, but he could only maintain it for
a very short amount of time. The reason it had succeeded last time was most likely
because of luck.
There was no way four different forces that repelled each other could be balanced
forever, unless a special trick was used. But sooner or later, there would be a day
that kind of trick would collapse, so after that, he started to test how to extend the
duration that the four different bloodlines balanced. He experimented for another
month on this, and if You XiaoMo had gone back, he would've seen that the
Immortal’s Cave was already destroyed by Ling Xiao.
Four different colors, representing the four different forces, swirled in Ling Xiao's
hand. They didn't disturb each other, and they were slowly condensed between his
palms until it shrank into the size of a fist, as if there was a force sucking them in.
They didn't scatter like before anymore.
At the same time, under the black snakes' attack, a crack finally appeared in the
transparent wall. The cracks spread swiftly, and when it couldn't endure it any
longer, the wall immediately split apart as the transparent glass crystals fell like
snowflakes.
Without a barrier in their way, the black snakes instantly hissed and threw
themselves at Ling Xiao. In a moment of life or death, blazing flames erupted with a
bang under Ling Xiao's feet, and the purple flames rushed towards the black snakes
that were roiling in the thick fog.
Sunfire had always been the nemesis of evil spirits. Even though You ZhenTian was
the Vermillion Blood Clan's head and seemed to be honorable and righteous on the
surface, some of the techniques that he cultivated were fairly similar to what the
Eagle Guild had done back then. He had to draw support from some evil spirits in
order to complete it, so in the end, he had still touched some evil energy.
When two types of Godfire combined together, their power increased tenfold. After
that thick fog had persisted for half an hour, it started to slowly retreat, and the
thousands of black snakes screeched shrilly. They were so burnt by the fire that they
couldn't even maintain their shape anymore, and in the end, they transformed into
black smoke and disappeared without a trace.
When You ZhenTian saw this scene, his eyes grew cold. He had long since heard
that Ling Xiao had two types of Godfire. Godfire clearly repelled each other, but Ling
Xiao could somehow combine them together; this was something unheard of. At
first, he didn't believe it, but now he had no choice but to believe it.
"There are indeed two types, but if you think you can just depend on these two kinds
of Godfire to..." You ZhenTian's gaze was contemptuous, but he suddenly halted
halfway through his sentence, as if he had been forcibly choked by something. He
stared rigidly at the ball of light in Ling Xiao's hand, his expression extremely dark.
He hadn't forgotten that it was this trick that led to him being injured last time. By the
time Fu CangQiong and the rest had caught up, they had laughed mockingly at him
for a while upon seeing his injured state, and he had lost face in front of everyone
else. He had vowed that he would make Ling Xiao meet a tragic end, or else it would
be hard to eliminate the hatred in his heart.
But it was undeniable that this trick indeed made him feel quite afraid. When one
reached his rank, there were already very few things that could injure him, let alone
someone who was weaker than him.
You ZhenTian was always extremely wary of this hand.

"Do you want to say that I'm not your opponent? Then why don't you get a taste of
this?" Ling Xiao glanced at him provokingly and lifted the ball of light in his hand
high. Although the ball of light was small, it emitted a kind of world-destroying
despairing aura. Its target had long since locked onto You ZhenTian.
You ZhenTian's eyes were so gloomy that it seemed like they were about to turn to
ice, as if he wanted to pierce Ling Xiao's body with them. Even up to now, he hadn't
forgotten the power of this trick.
He didn't dare to underestimate it, and with a flip of his large hand, an enormous
black scythe appeared in his hand. The handle of the scythe was made of an iron
chain, and one end of the chain was wrapped tightly around his wrist. This was the
weapon that had made him famous in his youth. It had been many years since he
last used it, because whenever he brought it out, that meant that he looked upon his
opponent very highly, or that his opponent's strength made him afraid, even though
he didn't want to acknowledge that point.
Ling Xiao tapped on the ball of light, and it instantly surged up with a gust of wind
before it shot explosively towards You ZhenTian.
The enormous scythe in You ZhenTian's hand immediately erupted with an intense
black glow before it started to buzz and shake, as if it were very anxious. All the
spiritual energy nearby started to be violently sucked over by it.
"The scythe's third technique -- stealing the soul!"
You ZhenTian shouted loudly, and the scythe in his hand sliced downwards
forcefully. Immediately, a terrifying black aura of death burst out, and it was as if
night had fallen as it sliced the sky apart into two halves.
After a short while, the enormous black curtain collided with the ball of light, which
was brimming with destructive power. The two forces attacked each other madly,
and the ground quickly cracked apart, as a hurricane-like wind swept through the
nearby plants and rocks. Everything within a thousand meters was completely
destroyed in an instant, and the air changed shape with the pressure as crevices
appeared one after another, the spacial energy tyrannical.
Ling Xiao narrowed his eyes before a bottle of spiritual water suddenly appeared in
his right hand. He flicked off the cap of the bottle and drank it all where You
ZhenTian couldn't see him. The spiritual energy in his body swiftly recovered, and
two different types of flames appeared in his palm in a split second.
The flames melded very nicely together.
This time, he didn't plan on creating the ball of light. He still couldn't control that kind
of extremely destructive ball of light very easily, and the two flames were what he
was the most skilled at. He compressed the multicolored ball of fire very tightly until
it couldn't be any compressed any smaller.
Just when the two forces were beginning to disappear, Ling Xiao quickly sent out the
ball of fire. The tiny fireball collided with the ball of light, and it melted into it as if it
had touched water.
This was the move that Ling Xiao had wanted to pull off.
Because he knew that it would be hard to inflict serious damage on You ZhenTian,
who was already on guard, depending solely on the four-colored ball of light, unless
he could completely and perfectly combine the four different bloodlines, increasing
the true strength of the four-colored ball of light. But right now, that was impossible,
so that's why he thought of this strategy.
Add in two energies anew, temporarily disrupting the balance of the four-colored ball
of light. Violent waves swept outwards in all directions, and the black curtain
retreated bit by bit under the pressure.
As You ZhenTian watched in shock, the ball of light twisted fiercely before shooting
straight towards him. After a moment, a deafening noise exploded like a clap of
thunder. The rocks crumbled and collapsed, and the world changed colors...
All the people nearby looked in the direction that the sound had come from. Some of
the closer ones felt as if there was a rumbling sensation in their ears, before they
saw a gigantic pillar of light shoot towards the sky. If somebody said that the people
who were fighting and could generate such formidable destructive power weren't
Sacred Realm experts, most likely nobody would believe them.
The experts from every powerhouse wanted to rush over and take a look. Nobody
was slower than each other, but by the time they made it over, they all sucked in a
breath of air. Everything within several thousand meters had been razed to the
ground, leaving behind a huge hole so deep that they couldn't see the bottom.
However, this wasn't what made them the most shocked. Above the hole, they saw
someone standing, covered in blood, his expression already warped. They saw him
raise both his hands before he roared furiously at the sky, "Ling Xiao, I definitely
won't let you get away with this!"
Chapter 622: Poisonous Tongue
The news that You ZhenTian was defeated at the hands of Ling Xiao for the second
time soon spread out with the opening of the transport circle at the Spirit Mountain.
This Family Head of the Vermillion Blood Clan was a top powerhouse in the
TongTian Continent who had tasted defeat again and again at the hands of the
same person.
It made sense if he had underestimated the enemy the first time. After all, there
were too many unsolved mysteries about Ling Xiao. However, if the second time
lead to the same result, the people had no option but to suspect that the problem lay
with You ZhenTian. Nonetheless, everyone still showed due respect to him and did
not discuss about this topic in his presence.
Although everyone was transported at the same time, the transportation time varied
as those near the entrance and exit had a shorter transportation time.
The people from the Cang Alliance were already outside after Ling Xiao and You
XiaoMo were transported out. Before You XiaoMo could find an acquaintance, a
white shadow sneaked up from behind him and mounted a sneak attack. You
XiaoMo was caught off guard and was wrapped in a hug.
"Son, daddy missed you so much!" You JunQi hugged his son's head in his arms
and exerted all his strength as he rubbed against You XiaoMo several times. It was
said that one day apart seems like three years, and it felt like he had been apart for
nearly several hundred years.
You XiaoMo restrained himself till his entire face was red and was close to breathing
his last.
Eventually, it was still Ling Xiao who had rescued him by pulling You XiaoMo from
You JunQi's embrace to his side. The latter had even looked at the spirit of
cooperation of the husbands with hidden bitterness.
You XiaoMo coughed a few times and seeing that his family's cheap dad wanted to
throw himself at him, he quickly raised his hand to stop You JunQi, "Dad, if there's
anything, why don't we go back and discuss it? Now is not the time to reminisce,
okay?"
"Then... All right. " You JunQi reluctantly replied.

Needless to say, the jaws of the group of people had witnessed this scene had long
dropped so far to the ground that they could not be picked up. This was because
You JunQi's behavior in the past year at the Cang Alliance was not like what they
were presently witnessing. Everyone revered him like a Senior, and he also
demonstrated the demeanor of a Senior very well. Never have they seen this
expression of aggrievance. This was definitely a case of snow falling in June.
It wasn't long before the others came out too.
The forces that lost the most disciples were the ones that were waging war on the
final day. However, the one with the most severe losses was the Black Spider. More
than a dozen men had entered, but only one was left. That person was also the
black robed man who was the sole escapee from the 'death door' .
When the black robed man came out and did not see a single comrade, he knew
that they were probably all dead. So he dared not stay any longer and in the next
moment, he had ran till he was out of sight.
The losses of the ShuiXi Tribe were not too big as WanSha Tribe had lent their
assistance midway. MoQi Rong and his father were both safe and sound, but this
also meant that the ShuiXi Tribe and WanSha Tribe would be tied together for a long
time to come after today.
The Qilin Clan did not manage to take the largest share at the 'death door'. They
had increasingly sour looks on their faces as they looked at Ling Xiao and You
XiaoMo . Apart from one or two who were indifferent, the expressions of the others
were extremely ugly as they flung their sleeves and left.
The person sent from the Demon Phoenix Clan was Ji He. He had heard that Ling
Xiao and You XiaoMo were also in the Spirit Mountain, so he even took the initiative
to look for trouble with them. However, there was no fate between them and he had
not encountered them at all. Now that they were out, it was hard for him to make a
move with the Cang Alliance supporting them.
Some observant and conscientious people quickly discovered a fact that made them
click their tongue and caused them excitement. Apparently, out of the more than a
dozen forces present, there were three forces aiming for Ling Xiao and You XiaoMo.
This method of starting a feud was truly extremely rare and unprecedented.
In the next moment, the Guma Tribe acted as the vanguard and made the first
move.
Mo Ma lead his men before the Cang Alliance fraction. His chilly and gloomy gaze
fell directly on You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao.
Fu CangQiong waved his hands and signaled to his disciples that there was no need
to be nervous. He walked out with a smile and said, "I wonder what guidance Chief
Mo has for me?"
Mo Ma snorted, "I dare not give any guidance. This old man only hopes that Alliance
Head Fu would not obstruct the Guma Tribe from getting revenge on their enemies.
This is an old score between them and I. This old man holds the conduct of Alliance
Head Fu in deep respect, and believes that you should not be the kind of person
who will casually interfere in other people's personal matters."
"Then it'll depend on whether it's true or not. No one had better think of touching
them if you're trying to incriminate them with planted evidence." Fu CangQiong was
not the kind of young man who would be become muddled-headed with just a few
words.
"Since Alliance Head Fu believes that this old man is trying to incriminate them with
planted evidence, you should let them come out and confront me." Mo Ma went with
the flow and said. He knew it would be difficult to overcome this hurdle called Fu
CangQiong, but now, all the major forces were present. The Vermillion Blood Clan
was their ally, and the Demon Phoenix Clan also had enmity with those two. This
was a good time to pick a quarrel.
Ling Xiao, who had overheard their conversation, turned around. The corner of his
mouth lifted as he lightly smiled, "You old fart, why don't you tell us what you're
going to confront us over?"
Mo Ma's expression darkened slightly, "You guys killed my two daughters."
"We did not kill your two daughters." Ling Xiao gave a calm and composed reply.
Because we only killed one, You XiaoMo helped to supplement Ling Xiao's words in
his heart.
"You're talking nonsense," Mo Ma indignantly denounced, "You're clearly the one

who killed them."
Ling Xiao shrugged and spread his hands, "Where's your evidence?"
Mo Ma's anger smoldered as he frowned harshly and his malevolent gaze swept
back and forth between You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao, "Somebody witnessed you
destroying my eldest daughter's looks. Do you dare to deny it?"
This time, it was You XiaoMo's turn to laugh, "We admit that we destroyed your
eldest daughter's looks. Who asked her speak so rudely to us? Speaking of this, the
responsibility for this incident should lie with you. You're their father, yet you brought
up two daughters who put on airs, treat others in contempt, are arrogant and
conceited, and have loose morals. It is said that a child that untaught is better
unborn. If you really want to purse this, you should be punishing yourself!"
Ling Xiao shot him an look of praise and encouragement.
You XiaoMo accepted it.
"You're speaking nonsense!" Mo Ma's expression was gloomy as he furiously spat.

Of course, he knew what the morality and conduct of his two daughters were like,
but that did not mean that they could be allowed to vilify his two daughters in front of
him.
You XiaoMo sighed, "Chief Mo Ma, I know that you are just believing in your own
lies. If you really don't believe me, you can ask anyone who has interacted with your
daughters before. Your daughters' morality and conduct is known to all. Finally, I
want to tell you one thing - disfigurement does not equate to killing. Please don't
mix-up these two words 'disfigurement' and 'killing'. It is not shameful to be
uncultured. What's shameful is to pretend to know something when you don't, do
you understand?
"Good!" You JunQi gave an extremely timely applause and he was so excited that
his eyes shone, "Son, I couldn't have said it better. Those who are cultured are
really different."
"Dad, one must be modest in life!" You XiaoMo was embarrassed.
A few seconds later, some strains of stifled laughter could be heard. Many people
showed an expression where they did not know whether to laugh or not as their
shoulders shook from their effort of restraining themselves.
Mo Ma was so angry that the muscles on his face trembled as he gasped for breath.
A mouthful of old blood was stuck in his throat. He was close to vomiting out blood in
rage as he glared at You XiaoMo with fire spitting from his eyes.
You XiaoMo smiled, "Chief Mo Ma, there's no need to thank me too much. I'd be
happy to give you this lesson at no charge."
At that moment, a mocking voice drifted from where the Demon Phoenix Clan was,
"Today has really been an eye-opener. This old fellow has never seen such a
shameless person before. To dare to be so bold and confident even after disfiguring
someone, do you think that there's no one left in the Guma Tribe?"
You XiaoMo looked at the speaker. It turned out to be that old bitch, Ji He. He rolled
his eyes and smiled at the other party, "I'm still completely no match for a certain old
bitch who keeps talking nonsense anytime and anywhere."
"You motherfucker, who are you cursing as an old bitch?!" Ji He was full of rage,
and his aura instantly whipped into a hurricane as he charged at You XiaoMo.
You XiaoMo was not foolish enough to meet force with force. He stretched his head
out from behind Ling Xiao and laughed, "I didn't even name anyone, why on earth
are you so agitated? Don't tell me that you think you're the old bitch? You really
know yourself ah!"
As soon You XiaoMo finished talking, there was another round of laughter. Some
lone practitioners dared not laugh, but the other forces were different and did not
give Ji He the slightest bit of face as they roared with laughter at him.
Ji He was so full of hate that he was itching to tear You XiaoMo's mouth to shreds.
Ling Xiao came forward to deal the finishing blow, "Chief Mo, don't falsely accuse
others about something when there's no evidence. Finally, let me remind you of a
sentence. Don't be deceived by others and still count their spirit gems for them. I
believe that you are a smart man who will understand the truth behind this matter."
With that, Ling Xiao did not say anything anymore. It was unthinkable for Mo Ma to
be the Chief if he did not have brains. He may not be able to think of it now, but
when he returned and went over the sequence of events once more, it was
impossible for him not to suspect Xia Yin. Ling Xiao wouldn’t suffer being made into
a scapegoat without retribution.
In the end, they naturally parted on bad terms. Each of the major forces left one after
another.
You XiaoMo struck up a conversation with the uncle. As the uncle was not going to
take part in the competition held by the TongTian Palace, he promised that he would
visit the uncle if there was a chance later. The uncle left soon after. Both the ShuiXi
Tribe and the WanSha Tribe were worried that they would be ambushed, so they left
together.
Before the True Dragon Clan left, You XiaoMo exchanged contact information with
the young Long Yue.
The representative of the Black Turtle Clan also came to talk to You XiaoMo before
they left. As the story went, the baby turtle did not eat or drink for a period of time
after he was separated from You XiaoMo, and was neither hostile nor friendly
towards the people from the Black Turtle Clan. If it were not for the baby turtle
recovering from his despondency, they might have considered kidnapping You
XiaoMo to bring him to the Black Turtle Clan.
You XiaoMo wiped his cold sweat off after hearing this. Then he felt his heart ache
for the baby turtle. He had not even grown up before he learned how to go on a
hunger strike. If the baby turtle was here, You XiaoMo would have first given him a
sound beating before talking.
Thinking of this, You XiaoMo took out a bottle of magic pills and passed them to the
representative of the Black Turtle Clan, "These are some tasty magic pills that I
made. Not only can it satisfy one's craving for good food, it is also good for health.
Please give it to the baby turtle for me."
The representative of the Black Turtle Clan accepted it without affectation. At the
same time, he expressed his gratitude on the baby turtle's behalf before leaving with
his clansmen.
Just as You XiaoMo was preparing to leave with Ling Xiao, the people from the
Beast Transfiguration Guild suddenly came over.
Chapter 623: Neighbors
You XiaoMo had thought that the people from the Beast Transfiguration Guild and
Mage Association had left. This time, they had acted very discreetly, and they hadn’t
been involved in the situation just now. So, no one had paid them any attention.
As for the TianGou, they had apparently come, but they stayed low profile and left
before You XiaoMo could even spot them.
The Beast Transfiguration Guild representative wasn’t someone You XiaoMo

recognized. He was an elderly man, Old Man Shen’s shidi, Shi BuYong. The other
people were busy preparing for the TongTian Palace competition, so Jiu Ye and
Qiao WuXing and the others didn’t come. Though it was quite a shame, but there
was no helping it.
Shi BuYong didn’t beat around the bush and directly informed them of his intentions.
Unsurprisingly, it had something to do with the TongTian Palace competition. He
was more or less here to tell them that You XiaoMo was to enter the competition as
a student of the XiaoYao Institution. It wasn’t a request.
Though the XiaoYao Institution was rather lax with its students and didn’t restrict
their freedom, but it wasn’t a place you could just leave as you wished.
You XiaoMo knew that he couldn’t get on the XiaoYao’s Institution’s blacklist. After
all, the XiaoYao Institution had given him a place to stay and grow, and his ID still
had some unused points. It would be a shame to waste it. After a moment of
hesitation, he agreed. It wasn’t like he wasn’t going back. Getting a grasp of the
situation first was a good idea.
Leaving DongYu, they all returned to the town.
Fu CangQiong was delighted to see that You XiaoMo’s strength had already
reached grade four. By now, the ingredients required for the Samsara pill had been
gathered, and just in case, he had gathered five complete sets. Unfortunately, the
situation wasn’t looking good, and three sets had been used already.
You XiaoMo had already handed the Samsara pill recipe to Fu CangQiong. To get
the Samsara pill refined as soon as possible to heal his youngest disciple, Fu
CangQiong had asked a grade six mage of the Cang Alliance to help. Yet he had
failed thrice.
The lost pill recipes of ancient times were very different from the pill recipes now.
They had very high requirements regarding the mage’s soul power, and would reject
those that didn’t meet the requirements, so it was easy to fail. If there wasn’t a large
supply of magic herbs to use, then it wouldn’t be easy at all to refine a Samsara pill.
With no other option, Fu CangQiong could only place all his hopes on You XiaoMo
and hope that he would become a grade six mage soon.
You XiaoMo wasn’t worried about the materials needed, he had already obtained
plenty of the seeds of the materials for the Samsara pill. There were more than
enough for their use, and now all he had to do was improve his strength.
Then You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao parted ways with the Cang Alliance in town.They
didn’t plan on returning to the South Continent. You JunQi didn’t want to part from
his son, so he refused to leave with the Cang Alliance no matter what. So You
XiaoMo had no choice but to let him stay.
“My dear son, where are we going next?” You JunQi fluttered his eyelashes at You
XiaoMo.
You XiaoMo looked towards Ling Xiao, seeking his opinion.
Ling Xiao rubbed his smooth chin, contemplating for a while. “XiJing, we’ll live in
XiJing for now.”
You XiaoMo didn’t hesitate to agree because he was thinking of XiJing as well.
Only You JunQi was rather depressed. XiJing was demon beast territory, what were
they two humans going there for? Plus, XiJing was a very chaotic place, and there
were many ancient mountain ranges and forests. More importantly, they’d have to
build a house themselves over there.
Before leaving, You XiaoMo put his dad into the dimension to keep Fu ZiLin
company. Before, when the XiShui Tribe had left, You XiaoMo had asked after his
second shixiong’s plans because his eldest shixiong was still over there. However,
his second shixiong said that he intended to stay with You XiaoMo for now, so he
just had uncle inform his eldest shixiong that they were safe.
Fu ZiLin saw You XiaoMo as family. Since they had managed to meet after all this
time in the higher plane, there was no way he’d let You XiaoMo leave so easily.
Otherwise, who knew when they’d see each other again, and his eldest shixiong
would definitely be angry at him if he returned.
With teleportation talismans, it didn’t take them long to arrive at XiJing.
That unique fresh scent welcomed them, calming their hearts, even though XiJing
wasn’t the most peaceful of places right now.
The two didn’t dawdle, hurrying back to Ghost Tomb Mountain Range.
Ling Xiao planned to stay at Ghost Tomb Mountain Range. Though the Ghost Tomb
Mountain Range was a dangerous place, the TianGou were great neighbours and
You XiaoMo’s demon beasts were there right now. Most importantly though, the
XiJing was in complete chaos, so it would be hard to find a quiet, undisturbed place,
and communicating with the outside world would be hard as well, so the Ghost
Tomb Mountain Range was the best place to go.
You XiaoMo thought that this was just Ling Xiao’s excuse, The real reason was
because of the comprehensive information network that the TianGou had. They
could just ask TianDao for anything they wanted to know, meaning that they didn’t
have to go and gather information themselves.
When he asked Ling Xiao, the other gave him a very direct answer - yes! If there
were people they could use and they didn’t use them then that was dumb.
The newly built White Bone Town was far cleaner than when they had visited last
time, and many of the buildings had been reconstructed. Some inns were no longer
built from wood anymore either. They had built two or three floors out of mud,
seemingly no longer worried that TianGou’s battle-thirsty members would end up
fighting here. It was just good that the streets hadn’t changed.
You XiaoMo managed to guide them to the inn they had lived in when they came
here before. Unsurprisingly, this inn hadn’t been affected by what had happened, but
the inn had been completely revamped. Everything old had been replaced with the
brand new, the walls, the supporting pillars, the stairs all had a new player of red
paint. Everything looked completely new.
“Please, gentlemen, come inside!” The person manning the counter immediately
came over upon seeing them, his smile attentive but not annoying.
You XiaoMo asked, “Where’s your boss?”
“Please wait a moment, the boss is in the kitchen. I’ll get him immediately.” The man
was only surprised for a moment before he cleared his expression and ran off.
The one who owned the inn was called Boss Wang, and he immediately
remembered You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao upon seeing them because You XiaoMo
had given him a magic pill that saved his life before. The town had been attacked by
demon beasts from the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range a while back, and he had
survived thanks to that magic pill.
Boss Wang arrived in front of the two with delighted surprise. “Aiya, it’s you two
gentlemen, please, please come in…”
“There’s no need for that, Boss Wang, it’s fine, we aren’t here to rent a room. Mainly,
we were wondering if we could make a deal. Do you remember the quarter kilogram
of tea you gave us last time? Do you have anymore? If you do, we’re willing to buy it
from you.” You XiaoMo hurriedly stopped the other’s excessive enthusiasm,
immediately telling him their intentions in coming here. It was because they had
used up all their tea leaves, and Ling Xiao remembered that it was Boss Wang from
this inn that had given them the tea last time, so they had come to this inn.
Boss Wang was stunned for a moment before snapping back to the present.
Especially that last sentence, he was immediately reminded of the level ten life
crystal. This gentleman was very generous, so perhaps he could look forwards to
what they had to offer. Boss Wang had them wait and then went to get the quarter
kilogram of tea leaves he had kept, treasured, in his room. Thinking of how much
they seemed to enjoy drinking tea, they might like other kinds of tea leaves, so he
took out all the tea leaves he had collected and stashed in the cellar. There were a
total of six kinds.
He returned to the lobby in fifteen minutes.
Mortal delicacies like tea leaves weren’t worth many spirit gems. This time, You
XiaoMo didn’t give him a level ten life crystal. Seeing that his cultivation level was
emperor level, he gave him a level nine magic pill that would help him improve his
cultivation level.
Boss Wang naturally didn’t dare to ask for the same returns as what he had gotten
last time. This one level nine magic pill was enough to have him delighted into
rambling, bowing, thanking the two generous gentlemen profusely.
“I’m surprised at Hua Gu’s ability. She’s managed to turn White Bone Town into her
own territory,” You XiaoMo expressed. He had been talking with Boss Wang just
now and that was where he found out that White Bone Town’s changes weren’t
because the townspeople had realized that they should do something about
everything, but because of Hua Gu.
Before, Hua Gu had arrived after they left. After arriving, she was taken under
TianDao’s wing and that’s where she found out that TianGou was actually spending
more spirit gems than they were earning. Then, she thought of White Bone Town.
White Bone Town was the only town in the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range, which
meant that a lot of people would pass through White Bone Town. This was an
optimal business opportunity. Hua Gu realized that she could use the town to earn
spirit gems. Though it wouldn’t be much, it would at least cover the losses TianGou
was making.
Afterwards, TianDao felt that Hua Gu’s suggestion could work and agreed to it, thus
the older parts of town had been rebuilt, and a tall, thick wall had been built around
the town, preventing the demon beasts from the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range from
attacking the town again. This way, the townspeople had an extra layer of
protection, and they agreed to cooperate.
Before, You XiaoMo had thought that TianGou was rich. After seeing Weeping
Ghost Shore, he really thought that they were covering their finances just fine, yet it
was all kitsch.
After entering the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range, You XiaoMo took out the map Boss
Wang had given him before. Though they planned to become neighbours with
TianGou, they didn’t plan on becoming next door neighbours. After looking over the
map, they settled on the area behind Cartilage Mountain.
Cartilage Mountain was the place PiQiu and co had been sent to to train by Ling Gu,
but there was a large valley behind it, surrounding the area, making it easy to
defend.
Originally, he was considering other areas, but because of the natural defenses,
anyone who wanted to enter the valley would have to go through Cartilage
Mountain. Thus, they chose this area.
As for their dwelling, Ling Xiao took out the White Tiger’s palace. The palace had
recognized him as its owner already, so apart from him, no one could take the
palace. In addition, there were natural seals on the outside of the palace, so even if
anyone intruded, they’d have to get through the seals first.
Seeing this, You JunQi’s jaw dropped onto the ground.

Chapter 624: Buying Books.
Translated by Crystal of Exiled Rebel Scanlations
By the time TianGou got the notice that someone had made their home in the Ghost
Tomb Mountain Range, You XiaoMo and the others had pretty much finished their
home.
The palace was vast and desolate, so You XiaoMo took out all of his past furniture
and even got some plants for the hallways. Although there were only four people
living there, once it was carefully furnished, it became full.
By the time Tian Dao sent people over, they already settled down.
Due to the current climate of Xi Jing, when they weren't sure if it was friend or foe,
TianGou took greater care in their approach. However, as careful as they were, they
were still sent rolling down the hill by Ling Xiao.
The ones who were sent to investigate were the disciples of Hua Gu, a man called
Xiao San (little three/third-wheel) and another called Hua Diao. Since it was easy to
remember, they all called them that.
Before, Xiao San wasn't even at the Imperial Realm, however, ever since he joined
the Weeping Ghost Shore with Hua Gu, he became an Imperial Realm practitioner.
However, that was still pretty weak and traveling in the Ghost Tomb Mountain
Range was as if traveling beside death's door. But, that didn't mean he was useless.
Tian Dao gave him a magic pill that could hid his scent, with that, if he wasn't stupid,
he shouldn't be found. Xiao San was very reliant on the pill, thus when he was
struck by Ling Xiao, his whole expression went blank. You XiaoMo even started to
wonder if he hit his head and went stupid or something.
"Why do I think he looks familiar?" You XiaoMo said as he tilted his head and looked
quizzically at Xiao San. He wasn't to blame since it was years ago when they last
met and that was when Xiao San was still a passerby. It was normal that he didn't
recognize him.
However, just because he couldn't didn't mean Ling Xiao couldn't either. With one
look he replied casually, "He’s probably one of Hua Gu's disciples."
You XiaoMo made a face of sudden enlightenment and said, "What's your name?"
Finally Xiao San came to his senses. You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao made a lasting
impression on him, if it wasn't for them, the three of them would still be a hired thugs
(hatchet man) in Xing Luo City. Hua Gu wouldn't be regarded highly by TianGou
either. Now, they were much stronger than before.
"Bo-Boss, it's you! When did you guys come back?" Stripping away his dumb look,
Xiao San said with excitement. "Oh, my real name is Hua Shan but everyone calls
me Xiao San."
You XiaoMo nodded and asked, "Why are you here?"
Xiao San scratched his head in embarrassment, "Sir Tian Dao said that some
unidentified personnel had appeared in the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range so he told
us to come check it out. We didn't think it would be you guys. If they knew, they
would be very happy."
You XiaoMo continued, "Then go and report back to Tian Dao, after a few days we'll
go find them. Also, PiQiu and the others are still in the Weeping Ghost Shore, right?"
Xiao San knew that PiQiu was the boss' wife's contracted demon beast, so he
nodded hurriedly in response, "Some of them, but some of them aren't. If the boss
really wants to see them, I can tell Sir Tian Dao to call them back."
"No need to call them specifically. We're going to be in the Ghost Tomb Mountain
Range, so for the duration of our stay, we can see them at anytime." You XiaoMo
shook his head in rejection. If they were sent away by Tian Dao, then they must
have stuff to do.
Xiao San only stayed for a short while before he went to report back to Tian Dao and
also to tell everyone the good news.
You XiaoMo paid it no mind and poured his heart and soul into the palace instead.
Ever since he saw the Leisure Pavilion of Tian Xiu, he had kept dreaming of his own
pill refining room and library. Now that he had a home, he was obviously going to
build a Leisure Pavilion for himself.
Both Fu ZiLin and You JunQi were called over to help. One built the bookshelf and
the other, the magic herb shelf. As for Ling Xiao, he was sent off by You XiaoMo to
buy books, since they needed books for a bookshelf.
There weren't many books in Xi Jing, since not many demon beasts were interested
in it. You XiaoMo only discovered it after searching around a few major cities, thus
he dragged Ling Xiao to Zhong Tian. Zhong Tian was the most populated place in
TongTian Continent, even some of the famous places of the South Continent could
compare. Other than magic herb shops, there were also bookstores.
In reality, jade drives could also store a lot of content and it was both convenient and
hassle-free. However, there were always some who liked paperbacks, and most of
the mages who had their own bookshelves, preferred paperbacks.
It hadn’t even been a month since the Peach Blossom Ruins incident but the public
opinion had already changed. As long as they kept a low profile, it was unlikely that
anyone would notice them.
But, ever since Ling Xiao got the upper-hand, twice, against You ZhenTian, there
was another person added to the TongTian Continent list of Sacred Realm
powerhouses. Also, due to him being five stars, his fame and popularity
overshadowed everyone else. Almost everyone was talking about him.
It was important to note that just a few years back, when people knew of Ling Xiao,
he was still a Divine Realm seven star pinnacle level. But now he suddenly turned
into a five star Sacred Realm practitioner. There was a lot of cries of disbelief, if it
was that easy to advance, there wouldn't be so many people stuck on around the
Divine Realm.
When the two arrived at the Central City, the sun was high up in the sky.
They weren't in a hurry to buy books so they found an inn to rest at first.
Currently the talk of the town was no longer the Peach Blossom Ruins incident, nor
the match between You ZhenTian and Ling Xiao. Rather, it was about the upcoming
competition.
The competition hosted by the TongTian Palace was different in quality to the one
hosted by the Mage Association. The competition was mostly for recruiting talented
people, but the Mage Assemblage was a grand meeting geared towards the whole
continent. Every time it was a sight to behold.
Since they were already there, You XiaoMo decided that, after they bought the
books, they should go check out the XiaoYao Institution. He was going to gather
some information from Jiu Ye and Qiao WuXing.
After resting at the inn for half an hour, the two headed for the largest bookstore in
the city, PengLai Bookstore. You XiaoMo found it when he was shopping around
before, he took a look then and found that it was the richest collection of books he
had seen. Even his Shifu's personal library was less than half of the bookstore.
Although he was mostly buying for show, he wasn't dumb enough to buy stuff that
was completely useless.
Magic herb guides, Demon beast ancient text, TongTian Continent geography, etc. It
all added up to quite a bit.
Ling Xiao was acting as a carrier. Just as he was about to be engulfed by books, he
finally said something, "Are you done already? You like these books?"
You XiaoMo rubbed his nose embarrassed, he was just a bit curious. PengLai
Bookstore didn't just sell mage books, but also all kinds of interesting stories, like
fiction novels but that's besides the point.
The main point was that they also sell all kinds of [Playboy], [Eighteen Methods to
Dual Cultivate], [How to Capture your Lover], [How to Take it By Force], etc. books.
All kinds of weird, but these were also the most popular types of books.
The one You XiaoMo was holding was called, [A Horrifying Life], which described
the personal experience of a practitioner. He was really curious about the horror
stories of this fantasy world, that was the real 'fantasy'.
The thing behind him were those [Playboy] type books. It wasn't the first time he
glanced over, any men would be a bit interested.
After that, they finally went to the front desk to pay.
The cashier working there was also shocked, since they really bought a lot of books.
With a quick glance, there was at least five hundred, a whole shelf was emptied. The
ones who saw it didn't know if they should laugh or cry at it.
The interesting sight caught the attention of a lot of people.
"Miss, please calculate the price of these books." You XiaoMo said with a smile. He
was actually thinking that it wasn't enough, after all, everyone else had thousands of
books, his goal wasn't this low.
Due to the amount of books, the female cashier wasn't enough, so she called over a
few more helpers. Even though the PengLai Bookstore had a few hundred thousand
books, it was their first time with such a big sale.
The abacus clattered on as they calculated the cost. Some books were expensive
while others were cheap, but none more expensive than a high level magic pill. You
XiaoMo's wallet was already feeling strained from the transcendent level magic
herbs he bought, but he could still afford this little amount of books.
Finally, after fifteen minutes or so, they finally came to a sum. The female cashier
added them together but just as she was about to hand it over to You XiaoMo, a
voice interjected.
"These as well." Ling Xiao placed the ten or so books in front of the cashier. The
latter paused for a moment, but after she saw the cover, her beautiful face was
tinted red.
You XiaoMo tiptoed to take a look and also went red, an even bigger reaction than
the cashier. So that's what he was doing when he left. [Shunga Playboy], [Eighteen
Methods to Dual Cultivate], etc. What is this fucked-up feeling?
Seeing as the cashier added these to the total with a red face, You XiaoMo felt as if
his eyes were spitting out fire. He seriously wanted to take them and shove them
back onto the shelves. It was not about losing face. It wa only that if Ling Xiao read
them, the one who was going to suffer was him!
At last, You XiaoMo could only watch as the ten books got stuffed into the magic
bag. He wondered if they accepted returns?
Chapter 625: Seven Sins Beasts
Five hundred books cost You XiaoMo about five hundred thousand spirit gems. It
was actually pretty expensive, because on average, a single book cost around a
thousand spirit gems. However, in order to preserve these books for a long time, the
bookstore had to use unusual materials to make all of the books.
Normally, You XiaoMo would just complain once about how it was too expensive,
but today he was in no mood for that. His entire mind was full of the books that Ling
Xiao bought. It completely ruined his mental state.
After leaving PengLai Bookstore, they didn't go straight to XiaoYao Institution. In
order to select good books, they stayed in the bookstore for two to three hours. By
the time they left, the sky was already dark, and the city was ablaze with lights.
You XiaoMo randomly found an inn to stay in overnight, because they didn't plan on
staying out for very long. At night, Ling Xiao suddenly wanted the ten pornographic
books from him.
You XiaoMo shrank back on the bed at once with an extreme reaction. He howled,
"What do you want to do?"
Ling Xiao, "..."
Several seconds later, You XiaoMo discovered that he had reacted too harshly.
When he lifted his head and saw Ling Xiao's darkening eyes, he suddenly really
wanted to smack himself. He really was stupid, wasn't this just giving him an excuse
to use force?
After weighing the pros and cons, You XiaoMo still took out the pornographic books.
When they were at the bookstore before, he was only preoccupied with being
embarrassed, so he had only seen two of the titles of the books. He didn't know
what else they bought.
"[The Demonic Husband's Little Lovely Wife]?" You XiaoMo chose a book at
random. When he saw the title, he felt unwell immediately. What was up with this
kind of heavy romance? Ling Xiao actually liked to read this kind of book?
Ling Xiao plucked the book from his grasp extremely calmly. "Mhm, the shop
assistant introduced it to me. He said this was one of the very few male on male
stories in the bookstore."
You XiaoMo sprayed out a familiar mouthful of blood. He wanted to register a
complaint. Someone actually dared to corrupt his man, but didn't they know that his
man was already corrupted enough?
"I, I, I... I feel like it's better if you don't read this kind of book, it'll lower your IQ." As
You XiaoMo spoke, he wanted to snatch the book back, but Ling Xiao swiftly dodged
him. You XiaoMo looked helplessly at him.
Ling Xiao held the book and shot him a glance. "I have to read it first to know
whether it's good or not. Or are you saying you've already read it before?" He
narrowed his eyes.
"I haven't!" You XiaoMo answered extremely quickly. "Why would I read this kind of
book?"
Ling Xiao nodded cheerfully. "That's also true, your IQ has been negative for so long
that it can't go any lower, or else it'll go into the hundreds."
You XiaoMo wanted to bite him to death.
However, in the end, Ling Xiao still didn't read that book. He said that he would wait
until he had time and read it slowly. In any case, in the future he would always have
time to cover up his tracks. Just when You XiaoMo let out a sigh of relief, Ling Xiao
picked up that [Eighteen Methods to Dual Cultivate] book and started flipping
through it.
As the name implied, eighteen methods meant eighteen different positions. These
were usually illustrated handbooks, with relatively short explanations. However, as
long as a man glanced at it once, he could basically understand the fundamental
meaning behind the position.
You XiaoMo fearfully crawled onto the bed to sleep. Along the way, he wrapped
himself into a human zongzi using his blanket. Half an hour later, when he didn't see
Ling Xiao make any movements, he relaxed; another half an hour later, the human
zongzi was peeled apart. Two round, pale buns of flesh swayed as his body was
arranged into all sorts of extremely difficult positions, his butt continuously
swallowing the man's enormous object.
You XiaoMo laid on the bed, his entire face flushed. He had been done so much that
both his legs went soft, and before he fainted, he vowed that he would definitely find
an opportunity to throw away all the pornographic books.
The second day, when You XiaoMo woke up, his throat was still hoarse. Since they
did it too excessively last night, the bottom half of his body still felt painfully hot. Ling
Xiao wasn't awake yet, and one of his arms was curled around You XiaoMo's waist.
You XiaoMo muttered a sentence before his finger moved slightly and he entered
the dimension. When he left it, his body didn't have any more problems, except for a
bit of a strange sensation remaining.
He had stayed in the dimension for some time, and Ling Xiao had already woken up.
He was dressed properly as he sat next to the tea table, and he spun around a jade
stone in his hand. When he saw him, he said, "If you're ready, let's go?"
After that, the two of them left the inn.
Jiu Ye and Qiao WuXing didn't know about them coming back. In addition, they were
both currently in secluded cultivation for the competition. As for Wan Ya and Zhang
LanYu, the former was consolidating her newly advanced realm, while the latter was
also in seclusion looking for an opportunity to breakthrough in preparation for the
competition. In the end, the only one who had free time was Tian Xin.
Tian Xin knew that she couldn't attend the competition, so she decided that she
might as well give up on secluded cultivation. Without Qiao WuXing to watch over
her, she had basically gone wild.
When she learned that You XiaoMo returned, Tian Xin ran energetically over, and
when she saw him, she almost threw herself over. Even though she clearly wasn't
little anymore, her personality was still that of a careless and impatient young
maiden. If there was any change, it was that her strength had grown some more.
You XiaoMo's breath was knocked out of him when she slammed into his chest.
Tian Xin didn't notice. She only complained, "You XiaoMo, you're really ungrateful.
You actually didn't come back to see this friend of yours for so long."
You XiaoMo thought, if he had to be hammered by her every single time he came
back, he would rather not come back.
"Nobody else is here? Why is it only you?" You XiaoMo changed the topic.
Tian Xin giggled. "They're all in seclusion preparing for the upcoming competition.
Right now, there's only me. Did you come to participate in the competition? If you
have anything you don't know, you can ask me. Even though I'm not planning on
participating, I still know everything."
Sincee Ling Xiao couldn't go up, they left XiaoYao Institution and found a quiet
teahouse to chat. Tian Xin rarely found acquaintances during these past few days,
and she clearly seemed very happy. She didn't wait for You XiaoMo to ask before
she started to chatter away.
After taking into consideration the Mage Assemblage, this year TongTian Palace's
competition was more simple than it had been in previous years. Rumor had it that
there were only two tests. One test was testing the control that mages had over their
soul force, while the other test considered willpower and patience. They would have
to wait until it was time for the competition to know the details.
But it wasn't as if all mages could participate in the competition. Even if some
rainbow level mages met the strength requirement, they might be rejected because
they didn't meet some other qualifications. This was a common occurrence.
After confirming the information about the competition, You XiaoMo didn't linger, and
he parted with the reluctant Tian Xin. He and Ling Xiao went back to Xi Jing after
that. There was still a month between now and the competition, so there was still
enough time. Right now, his Pill Room and Library were the most important.
The moment they stepped inside, his clingy dad told him that someone came to find
him the day before, and that they had waited until now.
You XiaoMo mulled it over for a bit for guessing who it probably was. If it was his
contracted demon beast, his clingy dad wouldn't have phrased it as 'waiting'. Those
fellows would definitely find a cozy room for themselves immediately.
Since the palace was too large, You XiaoMo felt like it took too long to walk to a seat
every time he went in, so he converted the side chambers into places to receive
guests. The decoration was fairly simple inside, about the same as a private room in
an inn, except larger.
You XiaoMo pushed open the door and walked in. Everyone inside turned around,
and he felt like he heard the frantic thumping of several strong and vigorous hearts.
After that, he saw a familiar face among the six people.
"Master!" LanQiu walked over excitedly. Finally, the person they were waiting for
had returned. They had already been waiting for this moment for a whole year.
Besides the Wolf of Greed, who had already died a long time ago, all the other
Seven Sins Beasts were here. They had probably heard a lot about You XiaoMo
from LanQiu by now, and the five of them didn't look to be on guard after seeing an
unfamiliar expert. Instead, they looked appraisingly at them, but when their gazes
touched on Ling Xiao, they contained a faint trace of fear.
As a family head's... wife, You XiaoMo told them all to sit with the appropriate air and
demeanor. However, not a single one sat down. They had endured waiting for so
long, but when they finally met each other, the six brothers were still very anxious.
You XiaoMo could understand their feelings slightly. He didn't keep them in
suspense, and he directly took out the box that contained the Wolf of Greed's Life
Crystal and handed it to them.
LanQiu took it excitedly. He hadn't opened it yet, but they could already smell the
Wolf of Greed's scent. It was indeed the Wolf of Greed's Life Crystal, and the six
brothers were so stirred up that their faces turned red.
The fourth one looked lazily at his brothers' agitated state before glancing at You
XiaoMo and Ling Xiao's calm and composed appearance. He was the first to break
the balanced atmosphere. "This Life Crystal is very important to us. I don't know
what requests the two of you may have, but as long as it is possible for the Seven
Sins Beasts to accomplish it, we will definitely do it."
Everyone else calmed down immediately. That's right, they hadn't said they would
give the Life Crystal to them yet. Since the ancient times, there was no such thing as
a free meal.
You XiaoMo paused. "For now, we don't have any yet, but you all don't need to
worry about that. We bid on this Life Crystal for LanQiu in the first place. He's my
contracted demon beast, so if his brother's Life Crystal met misfortune, of course I'll
help him out."
His brother's Life Crystal met misfortune...
What kind of figure of speech was this?
Everyone's expression was strange, except for LanQiu. He was already used to You
XiaoMo occasionally saying something weird. He also knew that You XiaoMo had
always been very generous to him, so he had no qualms about accepting the Life
Crystal. Of course, repayment would be required.
After a while, You XiaoMo told LanQiu to take his brothers and find rooms to stay in
on his own. In any case, there were many rooms in the palace, and they wouldn't
even have a problem letting several dozen more people stay there. Then he and
Ling Xiao went to the Library.
Chapter 626: Freed Slaves?
There were many rooms, both big and small, in the palace. Some were as big as a
house and a whole family could live inside the room with no problem. The small
ones were still twice as big as a thatched cottage in a village and not a single one of
these rooms were empty.
You XiaoMo chose two rooms next to each other as his own pill room and study. For
convenience sake, he let Ling Xiao knock down a portion of the wall between the
two rooms and constructed an arched door in the middle for easy access. He then
blocked off the door of the other room so that there was only one entrance in the
room. This was to avoid others sneaking inside from the other door when he was not
paying attention, though the chances of this occurring were slim.
Fu ZiLin and You JunQi were nearly finished while they were out these few days.
You JunQi helped his darling son chisel out hundreds of jade cabinets as there were
quite a lot of magic herbs. Each cabinet had ten compartments, and each
compartment was able to hold more than twenty stalks of magic herbs.
The materials for these jade cabinets were unexpectedly found and dug up by You
JunQi during his previous travels and he had stored these inside his dimension ring.
He immediately took them out when he heard that his son wanted to make jade
cabinets out of jade. The quality of the jade was a first-rate Xia jade that was
glittering and translucent. There were several colors, such as purple, white, blue and
so on, and every one was splendid and magnificent.
In order to decorate his son's pill room more beautifully, You JunQi specially
selected six kinds of jade with different colors and evenly chiseled out twenty
compartments. Thus, two different levels of magic herbs could be stored in each
jade cabinet, which was much more convenient.
As You XiaoMo's requirement for the bookcases were lower than the pill room, Fu
ZiLin had completed them in less than two days.
A study had to have the smell of books before it could be called as such. Therefore,
You XiaoMo did not allow them to make the bookcases out of jade. Instead he took
out the trees he had transplanted from the island in the past. Those trees could also
be watered with spiritual water, and the quality was much better than that of the
trees on the island.
You XiaoMo accelerated the maturation of ten thick and solid trees. Fu ZiLin used
them to carve more than a dozen bookcases according to the height of the study.
Each of the bookcases were extremely huge.
You XiaoMo took out his books and arranged them according to their different
categories. However, he found that the books he bought were only a drop in the
bucket and he could not even fill three bookcases. Looking at the empty bookcases,
he felt them to be an eyesore and really wanted to find a pile of books to stuff inside.
He surveyed this situation and decided that he had to continue to buy more.
You XiaoMo did not want to go to Zhong Tian again, so he had to buy it next time he
went out.
Afterwards, they went to the pill room. The cabinets in the pill room were all set up.
The reason why other mages had a pill room was because they did not have a
dimension. Although it seemed troublesome, You XiaoMo himself was taking
pleasure from this even if he had a dimension to store these in.
Over the past few years, You XiaoMo had stored a lot of magic herbs in his
dimension - low level, middle level and high level were all available. There was a
particularly large amount of high level magic herbs as they were used to refine
transcendent level magic pills, so he had continuously been planting a large number
of high level magic herbs.
Ling Xiao wanted to leave, but You XiaoMo did not allow him to.
Don't joke around. He had managed to get Ling Xiao as a laborer after much
difficulty. No matter what happened, he had to properly grasp this chance. How
could he let Ling Xiao slip away?
Besides, please forgive him for being a little petty. He was tormented so much on
the bed that his waist nearly broke. Off the bed, he definitely had to order Ling Xiao
around as much as possible.
"Put these herbs in the eleventh compartment of the purple cabinet." You XiaoMo
picked up a sieve filled with magic herbs and passed it to Ling Xiao while beaming.
This was called working in cooperation with a due division of labor.
Ling Xiao gave him a profound stare before he took the sieve.
Behind him, You XiaoMo was grinning so widely the his whole row of teeth could be
seen.
Seeing this scene from the door, You JunQi almost burst into tears of joy. He
thought that his son had always been the one enslaved. He did not expect that there
was still...uh, he remembered that there was a phrase for this from a particular
realm, oh yes, a time when freed slaves would be singing songs of freedom. It had
really been hard.
You XiaoMo would definitely give You JunQi a sound beating at any cost if he heard
his thoughts. Slave what slave, it was just too unpleasant to hear. How can you
compare your son to a slave?
It was dark outside by the time they packed all the magic herbs.
You XiaoMo stood up and stretched. When he saw Ling Xiao walking over, he ran to
him immediately and patted Ling Xiao on the shoulder with a grin, "It's really been
hard for you today."
Ling Xiao indifferently glanced at the smile on his face and soon after, he said
profoundly, "It's not hard. It's alright as long as you can still smile when the time
comes."
You XiaoMo shivered. This feeling where he was about to suffer a calamity was
definitely not an illusion.
In the dead of night, the light emitted from the Night Pearl faintly stretched the
shadows of two figures till they were long and slanted.
The sixth brother of the Seven Sins Beast seem to have fallen asleep. His
contracted demon beasts had been playing crazily all day and each and every one
was snoring deeply in their own room. As for second-shixiong and his cheap dad, it
was because of their help that his pill room and study could be completed so quickly.
Although it seemed like there were a lot of people, in actual fact, the palace was still
cold and lonely as it was too big.
"Oh yes." You XiaoMo suddenly turned around and looked up at Ling Xiao. He
walked backwards while asking, "I've heard before that the Life Crystal of the Seven
Sin Beasts is an extraordinary item and it cannot be used by others. Could it be that
it can only be used by the other brothers of the Seven Sin Beasts?"
After all, a Life Crystal was just a Life Crystal. Even if he was carrying the Life
Crystal, the Wolf of Greed would probably not be able to come back. Therefore, he
did not understand why they were so agitated.
"Of course not." Ling Xiao replied, "The Seven Sins Beasts are a type of demon
beasts that are rarer than the Four Ancient Beast Clans. There can only be one in
each world and there will never be a second one unless the body of that demon
beast perishes. The newborn beast would not have the memory of its last life, and
the gestation of a Seven Sins Beast will take a long time. However, it would be
different with the Life Crystal..."
The reason why the Life Crystal of a Seven Sins Beast was so special was because
it could resurrect the demon beast.
Like what Ling Xiao had said, the Seven Sins Beast was a special type of demon
beast. If there was a Life Crystal left after his death, his brothers would not have to
wait for the heaven and earth to naturally gestate a second Wolf of Greed. Not only
would it take a shorter time, but the reborn Wolf of Greed would have the memory of
its previous life.
The seven brothers of the Seven Sin Beasts had deep affections towards each
other. Although the newborn Wolf of Greed was still their brother, they were more
willing to do it this way if they could restore the original Wolf of Greed.
You XiaoMo suddenly understood why they were so nervous and worried. If the Life
Crystal was not in his hands, it would be nearly impossible for them to get the Life
Crystal back with so many people in the world.
When they finally walked back to their room, You XiaoMo paused for a while when
he saw the screen. Then he suddenly started yawning heavily.
"Ah, after bustling around all day, I'm dead tired. Go to bed, go to bed. There's still a
lot of things to do tomorrow. I'm going to bed early and getting up early." You
XiaoMo climbed up onto bed in a flash, kicked off his shoes and clambered inside
without even taking off his clothes. He fished up the quilt and dove into it before
wrapping himself up like a meat dumpling, showing only a downy head. His black
and innocent eyes watched Ling Xiao who was standing beside the bed undressing.
Ling Xiao hung his clothes on the shelf, turned to bed, and saw You XiaoMo who
had wrapped himself tightly. He laughed softly, "Wife, why are you not taking off
your clothes?"
Every time Ling Xiao said 'wife', the next thing he would do would be to take liberties
with You XiaoMo.
You XiaoMo blinked his eyes, "Uh, I think wearing clothes to sleep is also very
comfortable, so I don't have to take them off. You should go to bed as soon as
possible too. There's still things to do tomorrow."
"There's no hurry. What we have now is time." Ling Xiao sat in front of him and
looked at him like this, "Wife, sleeping in clothes is a bad habit that you must get rid
of. If you feel that it's troublesome, your husband can help you take them off."
With that, he then reached his evil clutches out towards You XiaoMo.
"There's no need for that!" You XiaoMo cried out in horror. Yet, no matter how much
he resisted, he was still stripped till he had no skin left as he had been the last time.
Perhaps this was his greatest miscalculation. He would have taken it off himself if he
had known earlier. Maybe then Ling Xiao would not be able to use it as an excuse.
Ling Xiao had recently read a lot of pornographic books, so he was extremely
intrigued in matters between the sheets. How could he let You XiaoMo off so easily?
Ling Xiao pulled him over and thoroughly experimented with everything, taking note
of the positions which were pretty good so that he could use them again later.
You XiaoMo sat on Ling Xiao's lap with his back facing Ling Xiao's chest. His legs
were spread open and he was forced to keep Ling Xiao's imposing and formidable
masculine symbol inside him. You XiaoMo's entire body weight was resting on Ling
Xiao and Ling Xiao would be pushed extremely deep into him every time he sat
down. The squelching sounds were so loud in the silence of the night that his entire
face was red from embarrassment. Although this position did not require him to use
his strength, it was basically just allowing Ling Xiao to fiddle with him as he wished.
The repercussions appeared the next day.
You XiaoMo had no choice but to climb into his dimension. The water in the bucket
was the same spiritual water he had poured in the last time. He had been repeatedly
using this bucket of water to wash his body.
As spiritual water had a purification effect, the dirty things would soon disappear
after they were poured into the water. Then, the spiritual water would become as
clean and transparent as before, as if it had never been been used.
In the beginning, You XiaoMo had some psychological apprehensions, always

feeling that the water was dirty and could not be used any more. His psychological
apprehensions became stronger as he felt that he could not keep using the water to
water the magic herbs. Later, he became accustomed to it after a period of time.
LanQiu and PiQiu could be contacted with the transmission stone, but they were
sent out by Tian Dao during this period. After all, they were in the territory of others
and with the TianGou facing financial constraints, they had inevitably been ordered
about by Tian Dao for a while.
You XiaoMo wanted to go to the Weeping Ghost Shore to find them, but he had to
temporarily shelve this idea away. However, on the same day, he received news
from Long Yue that he had gotten a batch of Life Crystals, which were the Level
Eleven Life Crystals he had mentioned the last time. Long Yue asked You XiaoMo if
he still wanted them, and then they agreed on a time to meet.
Chapter 627: Don’t Dare to Treat You Too Well
The True Dragon Clan had collected a lot of Life Crystals. Though there wasn’t as
many as the amount of magic herbs they had gathered, they had started hoarding
these ever since ancient times and the life crystals were very well preserved. This
was also the reason why LongYue could easily sneak out a few high level life
crystals to sell. Even if he got caught, he’d only receive a small punishment.
However, this time, it wasn’t a private transaction. This time, LongYue was here to
trade on behalf of the True Dragon Clan.
LongYue had heard that they were at the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range. He was
personally very interested in the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range as well, so he
suggested that they meet over there. He left that day and arrived at White Bone
Town in the evening. You XiaoMo personally went to get him.
“I heard that there’s a constant stream of people trying to kill you, so I thought you
guys wouldn’t be living in such good conditions.”
Seeing the massive palace between the mountains, gleaming under the sun in its
beauty, it took LongYue a few moments to compose himself. Not even their Dragon
Island had such beautiful palaces.
You XiaoMo started laughing and patted his shoulder. “You’re talking about the
Vermillion Blood Clan, right? No matter how far they can reach, it won’t extend to
XiJing, no?”
LongYue liked You XiaoMo’s response very much. XiJing was demon beast territory.
Even if it was the TongTian Palace, they’d have to see if the locals were willing or
not if they wanted to settle here. Demon beasts were very proud creatures and didn’t
enjoy it when humans interfered in their world.
The two joked around as they walked like long time friends. Demon beasts were
known for being more straightforward; You XiaoMo could see the truth in that.
LongYue was rather jealous of You XiaoMo. The latter was able to live freely, going
anywhere he wanted. It was nothing like how there was always someone watching
over him. Especially after a member of the younger generation went missing and
was killed, then the clansmen kept an even closer eye on them.
“Since I don’t know how many you want, I brought a total of ten level eleven life
crystals.” As LongYue spoke, he placed the boxes with the life crystals onto the
table. One box per life crystal,
You XiaoMo was stunned. “So many?”
He remembered when they first met, Long Yue only had two life crystals and was
only willing to sell one to him. Now, he brought out ten at once.
LongYue grinned, saying, “This time I took these with permission from the seniors in
the clan. Plus, the elders heard that you had saved my life and then gave ten of
them. Don’t worry about it, we’ve got plenty. This time, I can give you all this for free,
to repay you for saving my life.”
You XiaoMo hesitantly looked over. “That’s too much, this is too big of a gift, and
plus, we just so happened to get transported there, which is why we were able to
save you. How about you sell them to me instead and just give me a discount?”
He was very good at taking advantage of people, but he didn’t feel good about doing
that with the True Dragon Clan, who he was sincerely making friends with.
Seeing his determination, Long Yue smiled and agreed, “Alright then.”
Level eleven life crystals weren’t as valuable as rainbow pills with healing effects.
You XiaoMo had realized that practitioners tended to prefer pills that healed and
helped with advancement, and demon beasts were no different. Thus, he took out
the pills he had refined before and swapped two per life crystal.
Long Yue was surprised and delighted.
If they wanted to ask someone from the Mage Association or Beast Transfiguration
Guild, then the cost wouldn’t just be ten life crystals. Since mages generally didn’t
have much of a use for life crystals, they would often ask for other methods of
payment.
Long Yue felt that You XiaoMo was losing out in this transaction and gave him the
remaining level ten life crystals he had as well and exclaimed, “I’ve suddenly
realized that you’re the one with deep pockets around here!”
You XiaoMo didn’t think so though. He said, “Deep pockets my ass. I’m broke here; I
don’t even have a million spirit gems to my name. I have to find a way to earn spirit
gems now. You’re different, you don’t have to worry about making money to buy
anything. You don’t understand the life a peasant like me has to live, I have to take
care of everything I need myself.”
Long Yue shrugged. It was true; he didn’t understand, but he was actually attracted to it.
“Oh right, can I stay here temporarily? Don’t worry, I don’t mean to do anything. It’s
just that it’s rare that I’m ‘ordered’ to travel, so I don’t want to go back until I’ve had
my fill.” Afraid that the other would think he had ulterior motives, Long Yue hurriedly
explained his intentions.
“Of course, you can. You can stay for as long as you want.” You XiaoMo nodded
happily.
“Thank you so much!” Long Yue grabbed his hands in excitement.
That was when the faint sound of footsteps came from behind them. Turning, they
saw Ling Xiao looking over emotionlessly, having stood there for who knows how
long.
You XiaoMo hurriedly pulled his hands back and laughed weakly. “How come you’re
here? I was about to go and find you.”
Long Yue could sense a strange atmosphere and stayed silent.
The corner of Ling Xiao’s lips slowly curled. “Just now, LanQiu received word from
PiQiu and the others. They’ve already returned. You can see them today if you want
to...”
“That’s great. I’ll go over and…” You XiaoMo thought to himself what a coincidence
this was. They returned just as he obtained the life crystals.
“Wait,” Ling Xiao interrupted him.
You XiaoMo blinked in confusion. “What’s wrong?”
Ling Xiao raised an eyebrow. “What are you going to Weeping Ghost Shores for?
Are you planning on living there for a few days or something? Just have them come
over.”
You XiaoMo looked away guiltily. It was just habit, that’s all. “Then let them come
over. We have plenty of empty rooms. They don’t have to live at Weeping Ghost
Shores anymore.”
You XiaoMo didn’t even need to send them a message. The group arrived by
evening. They had been to Cartilage Mountain plenty of times before. They arrived
smoothly, but when they saw the palace, their reactions were similar to Long Yue’s.
Even the usually composed SheQiu couldn’t help but be stunned. It was too
grandiose, to the point of being blinding. His master’s taste had them at a loss for
words more and more often.
However, after finding out that they could pick any room they wanted, they all threw
the waiting You XiaoMo to the side to go and snatch the room they wanted. Even
though there were plenty of rooms, they were in different geographical locations. If
they were slow, they might get one in a corner or something.
Thus, when they all appeared in front of You XiaoMo, some were delighted, others
depressed and some frustrated. You XiaoMo was shocked. He thought something
had happened, but then Ling Xiao told him the reason and You XiaoMo’s expression
darkened.
They dared to put getting rooms over seeing their master?
Amazing. You XiaoMo suddenly realised that he treated them too well, to the point
where they all thought that it was alright to ignore him completely.
“Do you dare to treat them too well in the future again?” Ling Xiao ruffled his wife’s
hair. His eyes were clearly begging for comfort.
You XiaoMo shook his head. “No.”
Long Yue, “...”
The demon beasts watched this silently, lamenting to themselves and telling
themselves that they couldn’t forget that master had boss Ling Xiao beside him in
the future. Was it too late to regret?
You XiaoMo sighed. “I just bought ten life crystals, but now I’m not in the mood to
give them away.”
“Then don’t. You don’t need to worry about them anyways. It’s not like they care
about you.” Ling Xiao added salt to the wound.
You XiaoMo withered.
However, he gave the Weasel Beast a level ten and a level eleven life crystal in front
of everyone else. This hard working, Beggar’s Chicken-loving demon beast was his
favorite. Originally, the Weasel Beast didn’t need a level eleven life crystal yet, but
You XiaoMo still gave him it and had him keep it for now.
The others immediately became desperate. Their master had twelve contracted
demon beasts now, but only ten level eleven life crystals. That meant that two of
them would get nothing.
You XiaoMo suddenly muttered to himself, “Oh right, I should leave one each for the
chicken and the little tortoise.”
Now three of them would miss out.
What should they do?
Silence fell.
The Giant Roc hardened himself and walked up. He hadn’t been with You XiaoMo
that long, so he didn’t dare ignore You XiaoMo like the others. It was just that he
didn’t know this place well, so he could only follow everyone else. Then he realized
that they weren’t going to find their master so he came over on his own and got lost
for a while. Thus, he arrived here not long before the others.
Ling Xiao was the owner of the palace and knew everything that happened inside.
After he whispered into You XiaoMo’s ear, You XiaoMo immediately smiled and
gave the Giant Roc a life crystal. The others took another blow.
LanQiu also received a life crystal.
This way, there were only five life crystals left out of ten, while there were still eight
of them. The most shameless Metal Swallowing Beast and Ping Pong Qiu
immediately lunged for You XiaoMo’s legs and acted cute. Then they were thrown
off by You XiaoMo, who then left, head high.
That night, several suspicious figures snuck into You XiaoMo’s room one after the
other. When they entered, their expressions were sour, and when they came out,
some bitter and some sweet. However, some of them hadn’t been given a level
eleven life crystal. Luckily, not all of them had reached level eleven.
The debacle finally ended.
Since the Giant Roc was powerful and fast, able to flee swiftly when met with a
stronger opponent, You XiaoMo had him escort his second shixiong back to
DongZhou and protect him on the way.
Fu ZiLin had now confirmed that You XiaoMo would be staying in the Ghost Tomb
Mountain Range, so he planned to go back to DongZhou because he was worried
about Fang ChenLe being there alone. Plus, their eldest shixiong was probably
desperate for news by now.
Though You XiaoMo wanted to go to DongZhou to visit his eldest shixiong, it wasn’t
the right time. He planned on going after the TongTian Palace competition was over.
In the afternoon, Fu ZiLin left.

Chapter 628: Match Start
In the blink of an eye, half a month passed and the TongTian Palace competition
was starting.
You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao left two days early as TongTian Palace wasn't in the
Central City. They were also going to meet up with people of the XiaoYao Institution
and head there together. If it was just him, before he even got to the TongTian
Palace entrance, he would have been rejected half-way by a screening.
Some say that the TongTian Palace was the most prestigious place of the TongTian
Continent. It stood at the peak of the mountains, it overlooked the earth, and it
towered over in magnificence. Some described it as a giant, protecting the land
beneath its feet.
Although it was a bit exaggerated, no one could deny that it existed for a very long
time and left an everlasting impression on practitioners. Even if the TongTian Palace
didn't have a belief or faith, some still considers it a holy place.
Once You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao reached the entrance of the XiaoYao Institution,
there were many who had already been waiting outside. Some say that it wasn't
nearly as dense as before, but with all of the rainbow level mages of tens or so
floors of the Giganticus, it was a hefty amount.
It was also his first time seeing this many rainbow mages. Ever since he moved to
the ninetieth floor, he almost never stayed there, much less attended the challenger
matches. Thus, he had never seen this many people gathered before.
You XiaoMo thought of his time in the Long Xiang Continent, at that time, those who
had a rainbow soul were so few that one could count it with one hand. But here, it
was at least in the hundreds. From that, you could tell the history and impact of the
XiaoYao Institution as well as the TongTian Palace.
With this many rainbow mages attending the competition, only three were allowed to
continue, according to what You XiaoMo heard. That was very few, about one out of
a hundred chance of passing.
However, You XiaoMo wasn't interested in the enrollment, he had no interest in
entering the TongTian Palace. Also, he heard when he applied that it was voluntary,
so even if he was in the top three, he could reject the offer and once he did, the
fourth place would replace him, so it was not a big deal.
Of course, it was rare for something like this to happen, most people who attended
the competition wished to get in.
This year there were a lot of mages from floor ninety-five and above, who also
stayed for more than ten years in the Institution, some even for fifty years. They
were filled with experience and powerful themselves, vastly different from the likes of
him who just advanced recently.
By the time they arrived, Jiu Ye and Qiao WuXing were already there.
When You XiaoMo appeared, he saw Tian Xin, who stood behind them, waving
fiercely towards him. With that excitement, anyone who didn't know would have
thought that she was the one attending the competition.
Although she wasn't participating this time, she could watch, since this competition
was held where the TongTian Palace hosted outsiders.
Having not seen each other for a year or so, You XiaoMo realized that both Jiu Ye
and Qiao WuXing had improved by a lot. Both were at grade two mages, except that
Jiu Ye looked to be advancing to grade three quite soon. The two had also fought a
few challenger matches so they were both on the ninety-fifth floor now.
Even though they were a lower level than You XiaoMo, in the XiaoYao Institution
they were already in the top percentile. If not compared with You XiaoMo, their
cultivating speed was not slow by any means.
However, it was going to be difficult for them to get to the top three. After all, there
were more floors above the ninety-fifth and most of those practitioners were
instructors of the Institution, by name only. They were still in fact students, but most
of them wished to enter the TongTian Palace, but failed in the previous
competitions.
With those people, others, like Jiu Ye and the newbies, would have a hard time
getting into the top three. The good thing was that neither Jiu Ye nor Qiao WuXing
were interested in entering the TongTian Palace.
That was because one of them was of the Mage Association while the other was
from the Beast Transfiguration Guild. Although these places had some association
with the TongTian Palace, it wasn’t much, so they were just here to prove
themselves.
You XiaoMo greeted the two of them. As Qiao WuXing had heard of his situation, as
well as Ling Xiao's, he ask a few questions in concern. Due to his personality, Jiu Ye
simply nodded and didn't say much.
Other than that, there was also Wan Ya, the gentle and thoughtful girl. You XiaoMo
discovered that she got prettier during the time they hadn't seen each other.
"How come I don't see Zhang LanYu?" You XiaoMo said as he took a look around,
only to discover the one who was always beside Wan Ya gone. The last time he
heard Zhang LanYu was in secluded cultivation, preparing for this competition.
Wan Ya expression was a bit weird as she said with a sigh, "He didn't advance, so
he’s a bit down and because of that, he’s not coming."
"Oh." You XiaoMo exclaimed and thought that it was hard to imagine someone like
Zhang LanYu feeling down. Normally he looked to be energetic, like someone who
was more open minded like Wan Ya.
It wasn't long before the XiaoYao Institution elder appeared. After the normal
announcement of the 'dos and don'ts', they departed and it didn't take long for them
to reach their destination, since it wasn't far.
From far, faraway, one could see the massive dark red building that stood at the
pinnacle of the mountain top. Every brick and stone seemed to be of a darker color
scheme, giving off a fearful pressure, as if a God overlooking humans. Maybe in the
hearts of practitioners, TongTian Palace was a place like that.
The closer they got, the less sound people made. By the time they stood at the front
gate of the TongTian Palace, everyone had stopped talking all together.
It wasn't that they didn't want to talk. For a lot of people, it was their first time.
Seeing something new, especially one that was central to their faith, they were
obviously excited. But even just the Palace emitted a powerful presence. The shock
and awe made them unable to talk.
You XiaoMo shifted closer to Ling Xiao, and whispered in his ear, "It looks very
impressive?"
He held no beliefs towards the TongTian Palace and saw a lot of Sacred Realm
experts so the Palace's presence had no effect on him. Thus, he wasn't like the
others who didn't even dare to talk.
But, he was curious about the TongTian Palace.
"Not as pretty as ours." Ling Xiao evaluated.
You XiaoMo didn't reject it, their palace was indeed overly extravagant.
It didn't take long before the front gates were opened. The creaking sound was like
an old clock tower's ring, one that held the sentiments of a thousand years of decay.
Slowly, it opened to the side, instantly, the situation inside was displayed in front of
them.
A man in a white cape came out and his hat covered half of his face, leaving only his
nose and mouth visible. Although, you couldn't see his eyes, everyone had the
feeling that he was peering into them. And, he saw them clearly from the inside out.
After a while, the caped man let them in.
The competition was situated in a grand hall specifically used for this. Every time the
competition was held here, so some of the older students already wore a serious
expression.
Every time the content of the competition was different, sometimes it was refining
pills, other times it was distilling herbs, and sometimes it was focused on soul power.
Most of them didn't have a friend like Tian Xin who was overly curious. Even without
You XiaoMo asking, Tian Xin told all of this to him.
Once they arrived at the spacious grand hall, all of the preparations were finished.
Looking at the grand hall, many of the older students tightened their fists. Due to the
sudden time change, they weren't prepared mentally, but what was going to happen,
was going to happen. If they failed again then they would have to wait till next time,
although there wasn't an age restriction, it was still awkward to participate
constantly.
Before the time arrived, to relax the mood, most people grouped together to have
small talk. Mostly, it was revolved around the topic of competition. Since there was
only two rounds, the topic was pretty easy to guess.
At this point, there was no point in hiding the topic, so Tian Xin, the natural extrovert,
instantly told everyone with excitement and gestures. Due to that, a lot of people
gathered around her.
Although You XiaoMo liked to join in on the fun, but he already knew the topics so
there was no point. Thus, he and Ling Xiao, as well as Jiu Ye watched them on the
side.
Qiao WuXing smiled helplessly, "Every time, if there is Tian Xin, it's always followed
with a lively atmosphere. Makes people wonder if she's actually the one
participating."
"Well, there's nothing wrong with that. Girls are cuter when they're lively." You
XiaoMo said. If he didn't die, if he didn't come to this world, then maybe in his
previous life he would have been attracted to girls like this.
Qiao WuXing thought about how his cousin Qiao WuShuang always liked to tease
Tian Xin. The reason was probably this, lively and cute, so it made one want to see
her angry, which was probably even cuter.
He had mocked this weird fetish of WuShuang's.
Just then, a bell toll sounded.
It rang three times, indicating the start of the competition. Instantly the crowd
stopped talking and the grand hall became quiet. With the guidance of the elder,
everyone slowly gathered in front.
Chapter 629: The Heavy Metal Rock
The person hosting the competition was another white-robed man from TongTian
Palace. From the part of his jaw that was exposed, it seemed that he was an old
man. As the competition advanced, he took his hat off.
The old man's features were ordinary. Even though every part of his face seemed
quite good-looking on its own, when they were all put together, they became
extremely mediocre. He was the kind that definitely wouldn't be noticed in a crowd.
However, his eyes were very commanding and reflected light, and all of the people
that he looked at averted their gazes without exception.
The first exam of the competition was testing a mage's ability to control their soul
force. In reality, it wasn't this simple. Besides testing their ability to control, they
would also be tested on their ability to endure.
"Please look at the stones in front of you. These stones are not typical stones.
Something called 'Heavy Metal' is mixed inside of these rocks. The bigger the stone
is, the more Heavy Metal is contained inside of it. Your goal is to use your soul force
to pick up these rocks and to throw them accurately inside ten small holes," the old
man explained calmly.
As the name implied, Heavy Metal was a kind of extremely heavy metal. It had some
resemblance to the principle behind the Gravity Room, back when You XiaoMo was
at Dao Xin Academy. It also targeted the soul force, and what this trial would be
testing was the mage's ability to endure.
Throwing the stones into the ten small holes would be testing their ability to control.
There were small holes and large holes, and each of the corresponding stones also
varied in size.
However, the competition didn't actually have a rule that said the competitors
couldn't pick up a stone even smaller than the hole. Or in other words, if you weren't
certain of it, you could pick up a smaller stone. But if you did that, your evaluation in
the eyes of the examiners would probably greatly decrease.
The top three in the competition were determined by their performance in the two
exams. The first exam compared who could accurately put in the corresponding
stones to ten of the small holes. The ones who scored well would receive the
opportunity to place in the top three, as long as no accidents occurred in the second
exam.
The old man expressionlessly listed out the rules for everyone, before he continued,
"Now I will announce the beginning of the competition."
Since the time was pushed forward this year, there were less people participating
than in the previous years. The palace was also fairly expansive, so there was more
than enough space for over a hundred people to compete at the same time without
making it seem too crowded.
You XiaoMo near the back of the middle section. He looked at the black stones
resting in the grooves. There were both large and small rocks, each one
corresponding to a hole, but there were more small rocks than large ones. Whether
a mage could resist picking it up would depend on their willpower.
In addition, there was a sensor in each of the ten small holes. As long as the stone
was thrown in, the sensor would be able to tell and would automatically close, so it
would be impossible to take it out, because there was only once chance.
You XiaoMo had guessed that it would be like this. Therefore, he would have to be
very cautious each time.
He used his soul force to test out the weight of a stone. He picked up a medium-
sized one, and the moment he picked it up, he felt his soul grow heavy, as if three
large bags of rice were pressing down on his shoulders. If the medium-sized one
was this heavy, one could well imagine what the heaviest one would be like.
He originally wanted to test if he could pick up several stones at the same time, but it
seemed like that would be extremely difficult and he would be biting off more than he
could chew.
You XiaoMo first used his soul force to pick up the smallest rock. Its weight barely
affected his soul, and he could almost ignore it completely. After that, he moved it
right over the small hole. He couldn't directly touch the hole, and moreover, he had
to throw it from twenty centimeters above the small hole. This would require
patience and accuracy.
You XiaoMo creatively shaped his soul force into a tube. After comparing and
confirming that it wouldn't fall outside of the hole, he released it, and the round stone
dropped straight down before landing at the bottom of the small hole with a clatter.
Even though Tian Xin said that the second exam would be testing willpower and
patience, You XiaoMo felt that the first exam had already included that.
After finishing testing the first stone, he started to test the second.
The second rock was three or four times heavier than the first. As he advanced, the
weights would increase even faster at a speed that was very shocking. It would be
more and more difficult as well, and even though the size of the holes increased,
making it easier to throw it in, it became very hard to pick up the stone and move it
over.
Before You XiaoMo picked up the eighth stone, he saw that the majority of people
already had foreheads covered with sweat. Some of them looked ashen, their faces
both ugly and distorted. They were fairly slow, and most of them were only at the
fifth or sixth small hole.
After that, he paid attention to Jiu Ye and Qiao WuXing.
Their situation was obviously better. Even though their cultivation base was only at
grade two, they had probably trained for this before, so there was only sweat on
their faces. Their expressions were as calm and collected as ever.
As time passed, and the first exam was about to end, people started to give up.
They picked up the smaller stones and threw them into the holes. Compared to
failing, they clearly cared more about whether these ten small holes all had stones in
them.
Therefore, these people's speeds quickened.
You XiaoMo sucked in breath through his nose. He still had three holes left, and the
weight of the eighth stone had already started to make him grit his teeth. After
carefully throwing it into the hole, he rested for a short while before advancing to the
ninth hole.
Nearing the end of the first exam, there already weren't many people left in the
arena, but all the ones left were powerful, without exception. The truly perseverate
people knew that speed wasn't the most important, and being impatient for results
would only increase the rate of failure. This was obvious just by looking at other
people.
The ninth stone was at least twice as heavy as the eighth. It already couldn't be
described as a strain; instead, it was a sort of pressure, so heavy that it made him
feel as if his soul almost couldn't breathe. It was just weight and more weight. This
was also only the ninth stone. It was hard to imagine what the tenth would be like.
You XiaoMo drew in a deep breath and focused on centralizing his mind. This
actually wasn't much, and it was still within the boundaries of what he could bear.
Thinking back to when he was training inside the Gravity Room, he was being
suppressed every single day to the point that he couldn't take a single step forward.
Nevertheless, hadn't he still made it out? Right now, the thing that he lacked the
least was patience.
There were only less than ten people left at the arena at this point, besides a few
older students from XiaoYao Institution, including Jiu Ye and Qiao WuXing. They
were one behind You XiaoMo, still on the eighth hole. He could tell that they were
almost at their limits by looking at their foreheads, which were crumpled so tightly
together that they could almost catch a mosquito with them. Having endured till now
with their level of strength could already be considered pretty good.
You XiaoMo quickly threw a magic pill which could recover soul force into his mouth.
This magic pill was actually a little extravagant, because the magic herbs required to
refine this kind of magic pill were extremely uncommon, among which one was
called Soul Restoration Herb. Even though the Soul Restoration Herb was only a
level eight magic herb, it was almost extinct.
TongTian Palace didn't have any restrictions on whether someone could eat a magic
pill to recover their soul force, so the majority of people had all used a few tricks. If it
weren't for him being afraid of being found out, You XiaoMo would actually have
preferred drinking spiritual water, which would restore his soul force quicker.
You XiaoMo took half an hour before finally throwing the ninth stone into the hole.
After that, he tested out the tenth stone. The weight was no less than that of a
mountain, and the sensation of a mountain weighing down on his soul was very
unpleasant.
It wasn't only him. The other people were also stuck at the tenth stone, and quite a
few people looked miserable. Some were even already considering whether or not
they should just settle for the second best thing and use the ninth hole's stone to pad
the tenth hole.
It had to be said that this was a good idea. If the majority of people were unable to
finish, it wouldn't be impossible to enter the top three using this strategy. In addition,
there was still the second exam.
As if they saw a ray of hope, several people actually did this in the arena.
You XiaoMo didn't do so. He still wanted to try and test it out. In any case, he didn't
have any psychological burdens on him, and there would be no effect on him even if
he failed.
As for Jiu Ye and Qiao WuXing, Qiao WuXing's cultivation base was a little worse
than Jiu Ye's. Even though they were both at grade two, Jiu Ye was already at the
pinnacle. So after testing out his own limits, Qiao WuXing also firmly settled for the
second best option. On the other hand, Jiu Ye persisted for a while longer, his grave
appearance drawn taut, his veins bulging.
In the end, Qiao WuXing couldn't resist saying to him, "Jiu Ye, if you want to see
what your limits are, you can completely just wait until the competition is over and
get some rocks from your shifi to test it out slowly at home. Don't forget that there's
still the second exam after this. If you injure your soul here, it will affect the second
exam."
Indeed, testing out one's limits was admittedly something worthy of praise, but you
still had to know when to stop. Just like stretching, if one stretched too much, it
would definitely affect the body. For the same reason, if it wasn't appropriate, yet
you insisted on doing something your body couldn't accomplish, you would very
likely hurt your soul.
It wasn't as if this kind of thing hadn't happened before in the past. In the end, those
people ended up in awful conditions during the second exam, and they couldn't even
enter the top ten. Ever since that happened, some examinees had exercised quite a
bit of restraint. Of course, there was also a possibility that their willpower wasn't
staunch enough, so they had easily been influenced.
However, You XiaoMo didn't have any apprehensions about this.
There were also two very persistent people besides him. One had a grade four
cultivation base, while the other had a grade five. There were both well known
teachers at XiaoYao Institution, and the reason they hadn't formally become
XiaoYao Institution's elders was because they wanted to enter TongTian Palace.
You XiaoMo withdrew his assessing gaze, and his eyes landed on the large stone
on the ground. It was about the size of a soccer ball, but it was as heavy as a large
mountain. He thought, after the competition ends, could I take a few back?
In a moment of carelessness, his mind wandered.
Chapter 630: The Second Exam
In the end, there were only three people left.
One of them was You XiaoMo, the other two were rainbow level mages who had
persisted on till the tenth hole. There were also strong competitors who were in the
top three. There was originally another person, but he had chose to use the stone
from the ninth hole to fill the tenth hole.
As a result, You XiaoMo's figure was particularly prominent.
More and more people had been paying attention to this dark horse ever since more
than half of the time allocated had passed. The crowd of onlookers began to whisper
wow that they saw that he was the same as the other two.
Most people still recognized You XiaoMo. Though it was because of his relationship
with Ling Xiao in the beginning since Ling Xiao was very well-known in the TongTian
Continent. As a Sacred Realm expert, he was an existence that many wanted to
curry favor with. Therefore, after knowing that You XiaoMo was his partner, there
were even more people, especially women and a small number of men, who were
envious of him.
However, to those from the XiaoYao Institution, he did not need to serve as a foil to
Ling Xiao. Everyone knew that he was also an extremely dazzling existence even
without Ling Xiao. It was just that more than half of his radiance was covered up
when he was compared with Ling Xiao.
You XiaoMo did not know what other people thought of him. He found that time was
running out, yet the tenth stone still had not been placed into the hole. There was no
shortcut for this exam and it was impossible to use any tricks. He could only rely on
his own willpower, so he felt that this examination was actually about willpower.
You XiaoMo took a deep breath. Instead of enveloping the stone directly with his
soul power, he pushed the round stone forward with the power of his soul, rolling it
first to the edge of the tenth hole before enveloping the stone with his soul force to
lift it up. This method was more efficient in terms of the consumption of soul force,
and it just so happened that the TongTian Palace did not stipulate that this could not
be done.
The old man who presided over the exam had said that no matter what method was
used, they would pass as long as they could throw the stones into the small holes
within the time limit.
Even so, one still had to lift the stone. The TongTian Palace probably guessed the
method used by You XiaoMo, so they set a requirement that the stone had to be
thrown down into the hole from a distance of twenty centimeters.
What happened next would depend on their strength. That Grade Five mage
obviously had the advantage. His stone had been raised to the height of fifteen
centimeters and he just had to put in a little more effort before he could pass.
You XiaoMo sat cross-legged on the ground as he strained himself till his whole face
was red. His skin was already very tender and white, and he had tensed himself so
much that his blue veins appeared. Those watching him unconsciously held their
breath, as if the one sitting there at this moment was themselves.
The height of the stone gradually rose. After an unknown period of time, the
onlookers suddenly let out a cry of surprise.
Despite You XiaoMo being one grade lower than the Grade Five mage, he had
almost caught up with that mage and there was a difference of less than two
centimeters between the heights of their stones.
Probably because he had heard the discussion around him, the Grade Five mage
suddenly put on a burst of strength and immediately attracted everyone's attention.
In the next moment, everyone heard a 'thump'. Looking in the direction of the sound,
they found that You XiaoMo's stone had fallen into the tenth hole.
The people who did not pay attention to You XiaoMo for a while were baffled. They
did not know what had happened. Could it be that You XiaoMo had accidentally
dropped it?
One must know that just a moment ago, the height of You XiaoMo's stone was
several centimeters lower than the Grade Five mage's. The distance seemed to
have increased again especially when the mage had put on a burst of strength. At
this point, the increase of every centimeter was awfully arduous and it was
impossible to have lifted it in one go. Therefore, most subconsciously thought that
You XiaoMo had failed.
You XiaoMo's whole body was soaked with sweat and he did not even want to move
a single finger. His soul seemed to be pressed down by a mountain and it as as if he
was being pulled in two directions if he still had to move. He was almost falling apart.
Just at this moment, a pair of black boots appeared in front of him.
You XiaoMo raised his eyelids and found it was Ling Xiao. But before he could
speak, the latter had bent down and carried him up in front of so many people.
He had originally thought that Ling Xiao would just act as his support. In the end, he
had carried You XiaoMo, and it was even a princess carry. You XiaoMo did not mind
if it was done in private, but to do this under the light of day and with so many people
around, it was practically so humiliating that he could die. You XiaoMo buried his
head in Ling Xiao's chest - he had simply chosen to escape from reality.
The end of the trial had soon arrived and the other two had also finished.
Afterwards, it was time to grade the performance of everyone in the first exam.
However, the results would not be announced until the end of the second exam, and
only the names of the top three would be announced. The names of those who did
not get a rank would not be announced.
After the end of the first exam, the participants had an hour to rest before they would
proceed with the second exam. The details of the exam would be announced at that
time.
You XiaoMo thought that the second exam might be different from what Tian Xin
had said, because if they really wanted to test their willpower and patience, the first
exam was enough to satisfy those two criteria. Therefore, he really wanted to know
what the TongTian Palace had up their sleeve.
"Congratulations." Qiao WuXing walked over while beaming and following behind
him were Jiu Ye and the rest.
You XiaoMo knew what he meant and smiled, "Thank you!"
Although most of the people did not see what he had done at that time, it did not
mean that Qiao WuXing and the rest did not witness it. At that time, You XiaoMo
was about three centimeters away from reaching the height of twenty centimeters.
He made a bold gamble and used the strength he had reserved to suddenly lift the
stone by three centimeters before he threw it down.
At that time, the sound was caused by the wrong positioning of the stone.
Fortunately, his gamble pulled through and the stone had finally dropped in even
after a dangerous shot. That had really been a perilous move.
One hour was was neither a short nor long time. You XiaoMo did not dare to drink
spiritual water, thus he could only take magic pills. In the terms of the twenty-first
century, he was drug abusing.
At this time, Tian Xin moved closer and whispered, "Xiao Mo, what kind of magic pill
are you eating? It looks delicious."
"A Energy Restoration Pill, do you want one?" You XiaoMo gave her one in passing.
Level eight magic pills were no problem for the current him at all.
Tian Xin held the magic pill with a somewhat lifeless expression. You XiaoMo had
always been eating this type of magic pill, it was just too extravagant. Thinking of
this, she asked again, "Do you have the Soul Restoration Pill then?"
What the Soul Restoration pill repaired was the soul, but the Life Force Herb that
was a main herb for refining it was also difficult to find, so this kind of magic pill was
quite rare. Since she saw You XiaoMo take out a Energy Restoration Pill, she
casually asked a question about the Soul Restoration Pill.
Needless to say, You XiaoMo really had a bottle of Soul Restoration Pills.
There were quite a lot of Life Force Herb stored in his dimension, which he had
refined when he was bored in the past. Besides those that had been eaten by Ling
Xiao, he had kept the rest in his dimension since he did not use them.
Nowadays, the profit from selling dozens of Soul Restoring Pill was not even more
than the profit from the sale of one rainbow pill. Thus, the Soul Restoring Pill was of
low value to him.
You XiaoMo gave Tian Xin five pills, "It's all for you."
"My good brother!" Tian Xin excitedly raised her hand to slap You XiaoMo's
shoulder. The latter was startled, wouldn't he vomit blood if she really hit him? It was
still Ling Xiao who was more awesome when he was in imminent peril. He directly
fished You XiaoMo up into his lap. Tian Xin's hand immediately met empty air, but
she did not care and ran away with the pill in hand.
After You XiaoMo's heart had calmed, he realized his current situation. What thigh
ah, it was just too embarrassing!
One hour passed in a flash.
That white-robed old man reappeared again. This time, the venue of the exam was
not in the public eye, but inside a stone chamber. Each participant was to enter one
stone chamber and the second exam would start immediately after they entered.
The old man let them choose the stone chamber by themselves and then he let
them enter at the same time after everyone was standing outside the chamber they
had chosen. He did not even explain the details of the exam before letting them
enter.
You XiaoMo was full of doubts. He looked back at Ling Xiao and gave him a look of
reassurance before entering. The pitch-black door was like a black hole and he
could not see anything inside even when he was standing at the door. However,
when he walked in, the scene that met his eyes was not a stone chamber like he
had imagined, but a...
Grassland as far as the eye could see. Under his feet was grass that had vigorous
and tenacious vitality. The breeze blew gently on his cheeks and a refreshing feeling
traveled from the soles of his feet to his heart. This feeling was definitely real, and
did not seem like an illusion at all.
You XiaoMo did not dare to be careless. Even if the sensation was real, he also
believed that there was definitely something that could simulate the feeling and
make it difficult to distinguish true from false, so he still felt that this was an illusion.
You XiaoMo quickly crossed the grassland and arrived at a desert world that was full
of quicksand. The sun in the sky was scorching and the sand under his feet was so
hot that it was emitting heat waves. He did not dare be careless and used his soul
power to envelope his whole body. Sure enough, it was much cooler.
After that, he walked forward. The desert was much bigger than the grassland. He
had thought he would cross it in no time like the grassland, but he soon he met a
group of camels crossing the desert. Each camel was led by a person and there
were one or two people sitting on it who were mostly women and children. Not only
was You XiaoMo looking at them, they were also looking at You XiaoMo.
"Hey, look, there's a yellow man here." A dark-skinned man immediately called his
comrade over as soon as he saw You XiaoMo, his tone carrying some of his
surprise.
A lifeless look had long been on You XiaoMo's face. He just did not mishear it just
now right? This person was speaking in a language that he did not understand, but it
seemed a little similar to Egyptian based off the language type. That was a language
from Earth.
Could it be that he had crossed realms again?
Chapter 631: Strange Situation
You XiaoMo didn’t know why he was here, but now he could finally confirm that this
was an illusory world. Otherwise, how could he take one step and end up in another
world?
Knowing that he couldn’t understand them, the dark-skinned man still pulled him
over enthusiastically, saying a long string of words to his companions that You
XiaoMo couldn’t understand. However, You XiaoMo could tell that they didn’t mean
any harm
Then, You XiaoMo left with their group.
Not long later, You XiaoMo realized that he had gotten things wrong. This wasn’t
Egypt, it was just that their language was similar. They weren’t black people either,
just very, very tan from walking in the desert for prolonged periods of time.
These people weren’t normal mortals. You XiaoMo could sense a very slight pulse
of energy from them, something only practitioners had. However, their cultivation
base hadn’t even reached the lowest level of Man yet.
Their group walked on and on through the desert. During this time, there wasn’t
even a hint of another person or any greenery whatsoever. They had stopped to rest
once, and rehydrate themselves, before continuing in the same direction. They didn’t
offer You XiaoMo any water, but he didn’t ask for any either.
He had thought that they would manage to walk out of the desert just like that, but
then a group of sand bandits jumped out at them.
It was a very sudden attack, and You XiaoMo didn’t even know where they had
come from. Was it possible that he simply didn’t notice?
Obviously not, what with his cultivation base!
The sand bandits were a group of men on camels, swords in hand. Due to staying in
the desert for prolonged periods of time, they were also extremely tan, but their eyes
were bright, greedily staring at the group, approaching with malicious smiles.
The men of the group seemed to be on guard against these people and they all
drew clubs from under the camels, running up to meet the bandits. The women and
children huddled together in fear, trembling.
Then the first person fell, bleeding out...
You XiaoMo began to become suspicious. This was an illusion, right? But then,
when the second, then third person fell, he couldn’t stay idle any longer. Who cares
if it was an illusion? Thus, he acted.
The scary and powerful bandits were dealt with almost instantly by You XiaoMo. You
XiaoMo didn’t kill them, but he incapacitated their cultivation and movement.
This scene had all the men and women’s eyes wide, expressions incredulous. Then,
when they looked at You XiaoMo, their expressions were no longer friendly, but
fearful and even somewhat hateful.
There was only fear, no gratitude at being saved.
You XiaoMo, originally wanting to try and communicate with them, was stunned.
What sort of reaction was this? He had saved them, after all, was there a need to
look at him that way?
You XiaoMo didn’t take it to heart. They were just mirages anyways.
Soon enough though, he experienced constant ostracization. It was clear that they
were trying to anger him, like they were testing the degree of his patience.
So You XiaoMo decided against following them. It didn’t take him long to walk out of
the desert alone, and what appeared in front of him was a swath of magnificent
buildings, stretching out seemingly forever.
This illusion really was quite the hard worker, even creating cities for him. But how
was he to leave?
When he walked into the city, he was practically smacked in the face by the dense
ambient spiritual energy. He had noticed a while ago that the spiritual energy in this
illusion was particularly dense, but the people of the desert didn’t seem to know how
to use it, so their cultivation levels were incredibly low.
A year later.
You XiaoMo appeared in a dirty little alleyway. He was wearing the same attire as
the locals, large swaths of fabric wrapped around him, like a mummy.
Any normal person would’ve probably developed hateful, antisocial thoughts about
taking revenge on society and the world at large after all he had been through. After
he had entered the city, everything seemed to pass like he was in a fantasy world.
The people he had saved in the desert seemed to have reported him to the city’s
leader. That day, barely within an hour of settling down in a local tavern, he had
been surrounded. Originally, he had wanted to teach them a lesson, but then he
suddenly realized that there was someone with an even higher cultivation base than
he in this world, sticking to the shadows and sabotaging him.
He didn’t know who it was, but the other seemed to be able to accurately predict
where he was and where he would go. Within half an hour of arriving in a new place,
a bunch of heavily armed people would come running, trying to catch him, forcing
him to constantly have to flee and find a new place to stay. Generally, he wouldn’t
be able to stay in one place for over half an hour before having to move.
Was this really an illusionary world?
Heaven’s sake, he was going crazy!
You XiaoMo noticed that this world didn’t seem to have any inconsistencies, which
meant that he couldn’t break the illusion, so he might be trapped in the illusion
forever.
Normally, illusions would be a trial of emotions, temptations and inner demons. At

first, that was what he had thought this was, but then he realized that there was too
little that was wrong with this world. It was just like a real world, and he had really
been forced to his limit.
You XiaoMo wondered to himself despairingly, when will this end?
That was when the black shadow that was hiding under his feet, waiting for an
opportunity, took his absent mindedness as a chance to enter his body. In the next
moment, it appeared in his mind...
“Hahaha… I’ve finally gotten a chance. I’ve been waiting a year for this moment, and
now it’s finally come! Huh? It seems that my luck isn’t bad, a Rainbow Grade four
Mage. What a prize…”
The sharp, excited voice that erupted in his head in that moment could be described
with five words: extremely unpleasant to the ears. It was a hundred times worse than
nails on chalkboard. He didn’t know how to describe it; it was like a sound wave
attack.
You XiaoMo grasped his head in pain, and then he felt that dark shadow attack his
soul. Fuck! One’s soul was no joke. He could clearly feel the pain of his soul being
assaulted. If this was an illusion, he’ll write his name backwards from now on!
You XiaoMo began to counterattack. Did that thing think it was free to do as it
wished by being in his body?
If it was outside, then he might be worried. He had already realized that this dark
shadow was the mysterious person that was stronger than him in this world. Well, at
least this saved You XiaoMo the trouble of seeking the other out.
The battle between souls was the crudest form of combat. Whoever had more power
would win!
That dark shadow let out a scream. “Impossible! Your soul, you’re just a Grade Four
mage, how come your soul is so solid?” It was practically tangible.
You XiaoMo sneered. Afraid? Good. He knew why, but there was no way he was
telling.
The black shadow tried to run. Right now, it knew that it couldn’t match up to You
XiaoMo. Such a powerful soul could only be matched by a legendary Grade Seven
mage.
However, the dark shadow was one step too late. There was no way You XiaoMo
was going to let the other escape from inside his body. You XiaoMo trapped the
other inside, slowly eroding away at the other’s soul. This guy was a mage as well,
and a Grade Five mage, too. His screaming didn’t stop, but he couldn’t defend
against the constant expenditure, his soul slowly thinning. One more strike and his
soul would be destroyed.
“Wait. Let me go and I’ll tell you a secret. You probably want to know if this is an
illusion or not, right?” the dark shadow begged. Id he didn’t say something, then he
would die. Completely, and utterly.
You XiaoMo stopped his attacks, but not because of the other’s words. He sneered,
“You think I need you to tell me? Do you think I’m an idiot that hasn’t realized that
this isn’t an illusion yet?”
The dark shadow hurriedly said, “I know you have a lot of questions. I can answer
them.”
“Okay then, talk. What the hell is the TongTian Palace doing?” You XiaoMo got
straight to the point.
The dark shadow swallowed. “This is reality, you already know that. In fact, this is
the second exam. Not only you, but everyone else is experiencing the same thing.
The basis of soul power is the soul, which means that the soul is extremely
important, so this exam tests your soul. If you had failed, I would’ve transported you
out anyways. Originally, you shouldn’t know any of this. Once we tell you, then you
fail.”
You XiaoMo chuckled. “So you mean that I’ve failed?”
The dark shadow’s eyes flashed. “If you let me go, I can promise to not tell anyone
and let you pass.”
“This isn’t very professional of you, is it?” You XiaoMo spoke meaningfully.
The dark shadow gave a strained laugh. “I really did underestimate your strength.
Even I’m not a match for your strength. I think I’m probably the only one who’s been
beaten so badly by a examee, to the point of begging. I just hope you won’t tell
anyone about this after you leave.”
You XiaoMo smiled. “No worries, I won’t tell anyone. After all, killing a member of the
TongTian Palace isn’t anything honorable. If anyone finds out, then I’ll be in trouble,
wouldn’t you say, you liar?”
The dark shadow startled.
And then, a thick layer of killing intent enveloped him.

Chapter 632: Captivity
Translated Crystal of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Once the dark shadow died, You XiaoMo was transported out. He thought that since
he had only stayed inside for a year, the time passed outside shouldn’t have been
that different. But the truth was far from it.
By the time he appeared again, he was no longer in the same grand hall that was
used for the competition, but another, bigger, as if holy place, with two dark red
pillars stretching out far into the distance. It embodied a solemn and imposing
atmosphere, one couldn’t help but hold it in reverence.
You XiaoMo rubbed his arm, all he felt was his hair standing in uneasy. Where was
the others, why was he here, shouldn’t he be in the competition hall?
He looked around and finally saw on the high seat about two hundred meters away
stood a blurry image, seemingly a person.
In this unknown situation, where he didn’t know if they were friend or foe, You
XiaoMo’s adventurous spirit wasn’t very high. Rather than solving his curiosity, he
prefered to find Ling XIao, fast.
After that one look, he looked away and headed towards the gate. If Ling XIao knew
he disappeared, he would definitely come find him.
Fifteen minutes later, You XiaoMo realized that something was wrong.
Even though the exit was right in front of him, no matter how he walked, he wasn’t
getting near it, as if he hadn’t moved an inch. That’s when he stopped moving.
Someone had definitely set up a restriction, by the looks of things, they didn’t want
him to get out.
You XiaoMo turned around to look at the person in the high ground, that person was
waiting for him to go, right? Even though he was a bit annoyed, for the sake of
seeing Ling Xiao, he had to hold it in.
Once he got closer, he could finally make out their features.
Flawless, handsome, with features that released a sharp, distinctive force of a
someone with power. He had definitely seen this man before, even if it was just
once, he could tell instantly who they were.
The Tong Tian Emperor; the man in charge of the Tong TIan Palace.
This was the man who brought him here?
You XiaoMo thought vigilantly. He had never been in contact with the Tong Tian
Emperor, even back in the Time Wall, he just saw a statue. But, thinking about the
content of the second exam, he felt that the whole thing was fishy.
Just then, the man on the throne, Tong Tian Emperor, slowly opened his eyes,
bright and terrifying. It felt as if he wasn’t looking at anything, just like that statue, as
if no one else was human, just pests. He was really disgusted by that attitude.
You XiaoMo’s first impression of him went down the drain, but even if one was
losing, they must not lose in vigor. So he pumped up his chest, held his head up
high and looked coldly at the Emperor.
“For you, your man and your dad, every once in a while, they would come to Tong
Tian Palace and make a scene. For a whole entire year, now at least tens of people
have died or gotten hurt…” The Tong Tian Emperor’s mystic voice slowly appeared
in the grand hall. His voice was very nice to listen to, it was deep and euphonious.
Even though what his saying wasn’t pleasant, he said it in a pleasant tone, as if he
didn’t care for the death or damage.
You XiaoMo wasn’t happy about it in the slightest. From his perspective, he stayed
in that world for a year, and a year passed here as well. A year to just pass like that
without a reason, he was a bit pissed.
“Oh really, then congratulations. I’m going to say this straight out, where are the
others? Did you capture them too? Also, what do I have to go for you to let go of
me? If you’re a man then give it to me straight, don’t beat around the bush.”
“Then, rest assured, just stay here.” After he said that, the Tong Tian Emperor
disappeared. Really, very very ‘not beating around the bush’ to the extreme!
Rest assured, the fuck!
You XiaoMo couldn’t help but want to swear. What happened in that year? From
what he heard of the Tong Tian Palace, he had believed it to be a very fair place, but
now, what? Just completely ignoring his rights and making him stay here? Did he
really think he was someone who he could just mess with without a consequence?
Just you wait, he was going to make you regret it!
In actuality, the Tong Tian Palace had announced to the outside world that You
XiaoMo had died in the second round.
Not just him, a few others didn’t come out either. They were also announced to be
dead.
Of course Ling Xiao didn’t believe it, he knew what kind of person You XiaoMo was.
If what the Tong Tian Palace said was true, then the other’s death was
understandable, since they were grade one or two mages, but You XiaoMo was a
solid grade four mage. Thus, he was sure that the Tong Tian Palace had held him in
captivity.
At that time, things got pretty crazy, Ling Xiao went berserk and destroyed many of
the Tong Tian Palace’s structures. Since he was an Emperor beast, his fighting
power was much stronger than most Sacred Realms, so it was only when the Tong
Tian Emperor appeared, did Ling Xiao back off wounded.
However, he didn’t give up. He sweared that as long as the Palace didn’t hand over
You XiaoMo, he would not let them have a day of rest. Ever since then, Ling Xiao
changed tactics. Instead of fighting them head on, he decided to harass them every
once in a while, with the son-loving-You QiJun.
Although the Tong Tian Palace had a lot of Sacred Realms, there were more Divine
Realms, so with Ling Xiao and You QiJun being Sacred Realms, sneaking up to
them was easy enough. Also, they had two restriction-eating-Golden-Winged-
Insects. When You XiaoMo attended the competition, he didn’t bring them along so
they stayed in the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range.
When the Tong Tian Emperor said there were tens of people dead and hurt, that
was just a part of it. Ling Xiao and You QiJun not only targeted believers of the Tong
Tian Palace, but also their architecture, magic herb fields, pill refining rooms, etc.
Any place that was worth something.
Even though the Emperor talked about it calmly, in reality, the lost this year was
massive for the Palace. But it was already at this point, could he hand over You
XiaoMo? Of course not.
Originally, if You XiaoMo was nicely replaced by that dark shadow then nothing
would happen, but unexpectedly, not only was he someone with a strong-will, he
also didn’t have any weak-points. The dark shadow waited for a year before finding
an opportunity, and even then, he was killed instead. With that, there was no way
the Emperor was going to let You XiaoMo leave.
In the Tong Tian Palace, You XiaoMo, who was trapped in the restriction, wasn’t
going to sit around and wait for his death. Being trapped here without a reason felt
very uncomfortable. Although he wanted to know why the Palace targeted him,
maybe they had some secret plan, but currently, getting out was the priority.
You XiaoMo leaned on the iron bars. The restrictions here seemed to all have been
set-up by a Sacred Realm practitioner, mostly likely the Emperor themselves. With
his strength, there was no way he could break through them. Suddenly, he was
reminded of Ping Pong, if he had known that this was going to happen, he would
have brought them along.
That day, when the the Tong Tian Emperor left, he was transported to a different
location.
It was a prison that held quite a few prisoners. There were only a few yellow lamps
in the hallway. Although the light was dim, the cells were quite clean.
The prisoners here were even stronger than the ones held in the Vermillion Blood
Clan Forbidden Area. However, a few of them seemed to have a phenomena where
their levels decreased.
You XiaoMo thought that it probably had to do with this place not having any spiritual
energy, without it, one couldn’t cultivate. That along with the despair and seeing no
end in sight, probably caused their cultivation levels to fall.
Luckily, You XiaoMo thought to himself, he had a dimension, but clearly he was
happy a bit too early. When he tried to grab a bottle of magic pill from the dimension,
it didn’t react and nothing appeared on his hand.
What’s going on?
You XiaoMo freaked out, then no matter how he tried to connect with the dimension,
it didn’t respond, like dead water. Without any response, he was suddenly flustered!
“Young man, don’t try anymore, other than restricting spiritual energies, dimensions
are also restricted. No matter how much you try, it’s pointless.” The one in the cell
next door knew from his gestures what he was doing, but he didn’t know that You
XiaoMo’s dimension was special so he wasn’t surprised.
You XiaoMo turned around to find a man with an unkempt appearance. He didn’t
know how long he had been imprisoned but his whole face was covered by a beard.
Even if he couldn’t tell what the others looked like, if he was kind enough to alert
him, he could probably tell him a lot of things.
You XiaoMo quickly leaned over, “Da-ge, do know where this place is?”
The man took a look at him from head to toe and said with his arm crossed behind
his head, “By the looks of it, another one who doesn’t know anything and was
captured. Once you’re here then don’t think of getting out. Be prepared at all times,
maybe the next would be you.”
“What next?” You XiaoMo asked in a hurry.
The man glanced at him and suddenly smiled, “What’s next other than death? Even
if you don’t know anything, they wouldn’t let you live.”
“Then we can only wait for death?” You XiaoMo asked once more, unwilling to give
up. If possible, he didn’t want to rely on Ling Xiao to save him. He had to work hard
too, after all, the reputation of the Tong Tian Palace was quite high in the Tong Tian
Continent.
He had initially thought the man would reply yes, after all, he looked to been here for
a while. If there was a way to escape, he would have done it a long time ago. But,
he didn’t reject it out right and said in a calm tone, “Who knows, maybe there is a
way, but we just haven’t figured it out yet.”
In truth, that was the same as not saying anything, but You XiaoMo didn’t bother
refuting. If there was a way, he was going to find it no matter what.
It was then when a series of footsteps could be heard along the corridor. After a
while, three people appeared in the hallway completely covered by white robes.
Chapter 633: The Unreturnable Prison
"They're here again!"
When the man saw them, he said those three words almost imperceptibly. Since
You XiaoMo was close to him, he could hear him fairly clearly. The man's voice was
full of hatred and fury, as well as a bit of powerlessness.
You XiaoMo's gaze moved to the three white-robed people. Even though he couldn't
see their faces clearly, they were all extremely strong. Moreover, ever since they
had come in, the prisoners' mood had started to fluctuate excitedly.
Even though it was faint, several strong, negative emotions were mixed in, which
were all targeted at those three white-robed people, but there was more fear than
anything else.
The three white-robed people walked past the cell You XiaoMo was imprisoned in.
One of their gazes seemed to sweep carelessly across him, and he could vaguely
hear other people releasing a breath of relief when the white-robed people moved
past their cells. The tense atmosphere also started to relax.
After a while, the sound of iron chains clanking came from inside, followed closely by
the sound of someone howling in fright.
"I don't want to go, I don't want to die, let me go, let me go! You're all devils, devils
who don't deserve to die properly. I curse you all to have an unpleasant death."
The person was being dragged along by two white-robed people, and his expression
looked as if he were deranged. But even though he was struggling endlessly, he
didn't move them in the slightest. He was still dragged out, black shackles around
his hands and feet. They created clanking sounds as he struggled, large echoes
rippled through the expansive prison.
You XiaoMo saw some people shake their heads helplessly, and the suspicion and
unease in his heart grew stronger and stronger.
"This person won't be able to come back." At that moment, the man who had just
talked to You XiaoMo gave a helpless sigh. His voice seemed a little lonely, as well
as a trace of hard to detect despair, as if he would also walk that path one day.
"Why?" You XiaoMo continued the conversation.
The man didn't answer for a long time, and just when You XiaoMo thought he wasn't
going to reply at all, he said, "I don't know the specifics of the situation, but I know
that it seems like TongTian Palace is currently carrying out some kind of shocking
experiment. They need many experts, and everyone who 'walks' out of this place
never returns. So they always need more people to make up for it after a short
amount of time, and it seems that TongTian Palace is using some sort of honest and
open way to catch people. How did you get in here?"
You XiaoMo told him briefly about how he was locked inside here.
"So that's how it was. To be the only one chosen out of a hundred people, you're
also pretty unlucky. This is one of TongTian Palace's tricks: by using the
competition, they can secretly kidnap a few of you from the hundred or so others.
They probably announced to the outside world that you all already died. It's really a
good excuse. If you don't have any strong experts supporting you, you probably
won't be able to get out of here for the rest of your life. But even if you do, there's
hardly anybody who is stronger than TongTian Palace. You should just prepare
yourself in your mind." The man sometimes laughed and sometimes sighed
helplessly, his expressions abundant. It seemed like he had also experienced this
before.
You XiaoMo lifted an eyebrow. "Were you also once a student from XiaoYao
Institution?"
The man hadn't expected him to be so sharp. There was nothing worth hiding about
this either, and so he said, "I could be considered so. Speaking of which, I would be
your senior."
When he thought of what happened before, the man's expression fell quite a bit
instantly. He remembered how high-spirited he used to be, but in the end, he had
still fallen to this point. If he couldn't get out, then he shouldn't have any more hopes
for this lifetime.
You XiaoMo had just entered, so he wasn't as emotionally stirred up. He also firmly
believed that Ling Xiao would definitely rescue him. Moreover, Fu CangQiong also
needed his help. Even though his cultivation base still wasn't high enough to refine
the Samsara Pill yet, but the Cang Alliance better not forget that they still owed him
a big favor.
"You're not worried?" The man was paying attention to his expression, and when he
saw that You XiaoMo had no change in expression after listening to him speak, he
couldn't help but ask that.
You XiaoMo grinned. "What is there worth worrying about? Someone will definitely
come to rescue me."
"You're this confident?" The man still didn't believe him. Ever since he was locked
inside this prison, he had never seen a single person who had successfully escaped,
nor had anyone ever come to rescue them. When the typical person heard of
TongTian Palace, they would have long since run far, far away. Who would dare to
challenge TongTian Palace?
"Of course, my man is very powerful. Also, I have a lot of friends, and my clin... uh,
my dad is also very strong. Just then, I heard that TongTian Emperor say that my
man and my dad have been thinking of ways to rescue me during this past year."
You XiaoMo said honestly. He said the words 'my man' even more smoothly.
The man looked at him with surprise. "You've seen the TongTian's Emperor?"
You XiaoMo nodded. "Of course, is there a problem?"
The man's eyes flashed. He only knew that the TongTian's Emperor was an
extremely mysterious person, and back then when he had been caught, he hadn't
seen the TongTian's Emperor at all. When he connected it with You XiaoMo's
confident expression and words, he knew that maybe this person really did have the
ability to get out.
"You can't be trying to trick me, right? If your supporters are really that formidable,
why would you be dragged in here? The TongTian Palace usually only kidnaps
those who don't have powerful backers or supporters." The man said, testing him
out.
You XiaoMo scratched his head. "I also can't answer your question. If I knew why I
was kidnapped, then I wouldn't need to ask you."
After thinking about it, the man also felt that what he said was logical. "Then tell me,
who will come to save you? If there's only the two people you told me about, they
probably won't be able to deal with TongTian Palace relying on their ability alone.
TongTian Palace has a strong and solid inside information network, and there are
also quite a few generals underneath the TongTian's Emperor."
"I can't tell you that. But I can say with certainty that I know a lot of Sacred Realm
experts, probably seven or eight if I estimate conservatively." You XiaoMo said
whatever came into his mind first, but he actually did know quite a few. He just
wasn't that close with some of them, that's all.
The man's eyes lit up, but he didn't directly trust his words. He thought a bit before
asking again, "Give me an example. Such as, your man and your dad?"
"My man is from the Qilin Clan, and he has a level twelve five star cultivation base.
My dad is from the Vermillion Blood Clan. He's a pretty low-profile person, but he's
also a Sacred Realm expert, with a three or four star cultivation base." You XiaoMo
looked proud.
The man sucked in a breath of air. The Qilin Clan and Vermillion Blood Clan were
two large powerhouses. Even though TongTian Palace was powerful, it wouldn't be
advantageous at all for them to provoke those two powerhouses at the same time,
especially when they were doing something secretive. If they didn't handle it
appropriately, it would very likely be exposed because of this.
He hadn't imagined that TongTian Palace would have kidnapped a big problem this
time. If they could take advantage of this wisely, they could probably escape from
Sheng Tian. A thread of hope appeared in that man's dead heart for the first time.
After so many years, if he was going to die with or without fighting, then it would still
be better to choose fighting.
"Young fellow, if what you're saying is true, there still might be a chance to escape
from here. But if what you're saying is a lie, then the only result will be that you'll die
even faster."
Radiance shone through the man's eyes, and he looked at You XiaoMo intently and
sharply. Even though he had been locked in here all along, so his cultivation base
hadn't improved, he wasn't weaker than You XiaoMo. Moreover, his willpower was
very resolute, or else his realm would have long since dropped.
You XiaoMo nodded solemnly. "I promise that I'm not tricking you. Everything I said
was true." Indeed, between Ling Xiao and his clingy dad, one was from the Qilin
Clan, and one was from the Vermillion Blood Clan. The only thing was that both of
them had drawn a clear line between them and the two major powers, but he wasn't
lying.
The man saw that it didn't seem like he was lying, and he finally believed him. "For
now, don't make any movements, so you don't attract TongTian Palace's attention. If
things are really as the TongTian's Emperor has said, then TongTian Palace should
be a little chaotic right now inside. When the opportunity strikes, I will tell you how to
escape."
You XiaoMo nodded, nothing changing about his expression.
Inwardly, he was actually already extremely overjoyed. Before, he had mentioned
TongTian's Emperor on purpose just so he could attract this man's attention, so he
could trust that You XiaoMo was valuable.
This prison had probably existed for at least over a hundred million years. The
people imprisoned here were all Divine Realm and up experts. When he was locked
in here earlier, he had also seen quite a few Sacred Realm experts.
He didn't believe that they had all really resigned themselves to being locked in here
for the rest of their lives until death. During that time, they had definitely looked for
many different ways to escape, and their experience absolutely had to be more
plentiful than his, since he just entered. Naturally, he had to utilize such a good
resource well.
Even though the man said there was no way out, You XiaoMo trusted that he
definitely could think of a way. It was just because the chance of success was low,
so he chose to bear it silently. That's what his intuition told him, and in reality, he
hadn't gambled incorrectly. The man did indeed have a method.
Afterwards, the person who was brought out indeed didn't return. Another person
entered his cell. You XiaoMo had seen his face before, and even though he didn't
have a deep impression of him, he was sure that the person was a rainbow level
mage who had participated in the competition at the same time as him.
The person looked like he was in despair, as if he had received some blow.
After a while, You XiaoMo heard him howling and shouting loudly in his cell, as he
only cursed out TongTian Palace's people in rage. Perhaps he was someone who
had once believed in TongTian Palace, but now, this belief was completely
shattered. That blow had to be significant.
He had an abundant amount of energy, and nobody nearby warned him either. The
second day, You XiaoMo saw him be taken away, and he never came back again.
Chapter 634: Escape (1)
The days of waiting were difficult to pass. You XiaoMo listened to the man's words
and bide his time. However, even if he wanted to make a move, he could only open
his magic bag as his dimension was not responding at all.
In the past, most of his things were placed in his dimension because he was worried
about the magic bag being stolen. Even now, there were not many things in the
magic bag. Yet, that was not completely true as there were two bottles of spiritual
water and several bottles of magic pills in the bag.
Before the beginning of the second exam, he did not place the Soul Restoration Pill
and Energy Restoration Pill that he had taken out back into his dimension. Instead,
he had directly thrown them into his magic bag. The two bottles of spiritual water
were prepared mainly for his convenience, but now they had come in handy.
After being shut in here for several days, You XiaoMo had already gotten familiar
with the man next door to him and knew that he was called He Dong, and had been
confined in the TongTian Palace for nearly five hundred years.
However, his bitter experience was different from You XiaoMo's because he had
justly and openly won second place in the exam, and later joined the TongTian
Palace.
At that time, he was full of passion for the TongTian Palace like the others, but it was
not long before his admiration was shattered and he became one of the prisoners
here in less than three months.
You XiaoMo had also inquired about the situation of those who had been brought
out and had never returned. Although it was not clear what conspiracy was brewing
in the TongTian Palace, the discontented ones generally died the fastest as there
were no rules in their experiments.
Besides that, one hundred and thirty four people were imprisoned here. This was
quite a fair number and all of them were experts above the Divine Realm.
You XiaoMo could not help gasping when listening to He Dong. This number was
too large. It would be extremely noticeable if so many people went missing at the
same time. However, there may not be anyone noticing if a few people went missing
each time with so many experts in the TongTian Continent.
However, You XiaoMo did not expect that the TongTian Palace would even make a
move on their own people.
No matter what, there was some relation between the XiaoYao Institution and the
TongTian Palace. Yet, the TongTian Palace actually borrowed this name to brazenly
grab people, one may well say that they were really too audacious.
You XiaoMo could not help suspecting that it was because the experiment had
already reached the second half or was about to be completed, so they were
becoming more and more lax in concealing their actions.
He Dong cast a sidelong glance at him when You XiaoMo raised this question.
He Dong did not expect that he would be so perceptive, so he did not conceal it any
longer, "As you have said, I also suspect that the TongTian Palace's conspiracy is
probably nearing completion. In the past, the TongTian Palace came here every
three or four months to take a person away. But now the intervals between the visits
are getting shorter and shorter. You should also have noticed this since they're
practically taking one away each day."
Dozens of cells in the prison - that could hold two hundred prisoners - were already
empty. In the past, there would be someone shoved inside immediately once a cell
was empty. But now the number of people here were decreasing.
"So you mean that it won't be long before our turn comes?" You XiaoMo stared at
him with wide eyes. He sure did not wish for his turn to come so quickly.
"Probably." He Dong uncertainly replied, "If they are really close to completing it,
they would also not let us get away for the sake of silencing us even though we have
no idea the conspiracy they are devising is."
A sense of crisis developed in You XiaoMo while he was listening to He Dong.
He tried to secretly test the defenses of his cell these few days, but it was useless.
On the contrary, he had drained the soul power in his body even faster. It seemed
that a force of attraction would be produced if he released his soul power here
again, and it seemed to be trying to suck the soul power out of his body.
You XiaoMo dared not haphazardly try it again after that time. He also did not
immediately replenish the soul power he had lost.
On this particular day, You XiaoMo continued to talk with He Dong.

Besides He Dong who was his neighbor, there was also another person in the cell
beside his, but he was a white-haired old man who was often silent.
You XiaoMo had tried to talk to him once. He had spoken a hundred sentences, yet
the old man did not even glance at him. The next day he went looking for the old
man again, but the result was the same. He no longer looked for the old man after
those two tries.
Most of the prisoners in the cells were all lifeless and the only one who really wanted
to talk to him was He Dong.
You XiaoMo deeply suspected that He Dong should have been a very talkative
person before he was shut in here. He had developed a slightly reticent character
probably because no one around him was in the mood to speak after he arrived
here.
Now with You XiaoMo present, the words which He Dong had held back for so many
years finally had an outlet. However, this was all just You XiaoMo speculations as he
did not know the truth.
You XiaoMo not only talked to him about the TongTian Palace, but also about things
outside. Although He Dong was always secretly fishing for secrets from his words, it
was obvious that he did not completely believe what You XiaoMo said. Yet, You
XiaoMo continued to generously speak about these things.
In the end, He Dong believed around seventy percent of his words, especially after
knowing that his cultivation was at Grade Four when he was merely in his twenties.
It was impossible for him to have advanced so quickly without having the support
from a large amount of magic herbs.
"Your background is so deep that it's hard to believe that the TongTian Palace would
snatch you. It doesn't make sense unless you have something on your body that
they want." He Dong suddenly said after looking at him a few times.
You XiaoMo was shocked, this may be very probable. He almost subconsciously
thought of his dimension, but if what the TongTian Palace wanted was his
dimension, why had there been no action so far?
With the ability of the Tongtian Emperor, it was impossible that there was nothing he
could do about it. To even indifferently shut him up here for several days... Unless
his aim was not his dimension.
"Little brother, did you think of anything?" He Dong tentatively asked when he saw
You XiaoMo's strange expression.
You XiaoMo immediately responded as he shook his head. "If I really had something
they wanted on me, I would not be sitting here talking to you now. Instead I should
have been taken away."
He Dong laughed, "That's right."
The cell suddenly quieted down with the end of the conversation.
You XiaoMo knew that He Dong did not believe him. However, he had no intention
of explaining it to him, otherwise he would be exposing himself the more he tried to
hide it.
At this moment, the cell suddenly started shaking violently as if an earthquake was
happening. Everyone jumped in fright. This was the first time it had happened as
such a thing had never occurred before.
Those who had become deathly still because they had given up all hope clung to the
metal bars. They looked at the entrance of the prison with inquisitive and slightly
hopeful gazes.
After a while, a white-robed man suddenly rushed into the prison and quickly told the
two men who were guarding the entrance of the prison, "Someone barged in.You
guys pay attention and don't let any strangers come near here."
"Yes!" The two men answered swiftly.
The prison was in an uproar after the man in white left. Although his voice was a
little soft, it was not difficult for most of those here to hear what he said, especially
those closer to him. His words were practically crystal clear to them.
The news of someone barging into the TongTian Palace spread all over the prison in
an instant.
What kind of idea was that?
One must know that the TongTian Palace was like an impenetrable defense in the
eyes of many. For many years, no one had successfully entered, let alone escaped.
None dared to make trouble under the eyes of the Tong Tian Emperor, because
there were rumors that Tong Tian Emperor was the strongest person in the
TongTian Continent. He was much stronger than You ZhenTian and was a person
who was about to break through the pinnacle of seven stars at any time.
"It must be Ling Xiao who came to my rescue." You XiaoMo was pleasantly
surprised. Although one year had passed, he knew that Ling Xiao would never give
up as long as he had not confirmed whether You XiaoMo was dead.
"Ling Xiao?" When He Dong heard his words, he immediately remembered what
You XiaoMo had said on the first day he had been locked up, "Is the Ling Xiao
you're referring to your man? Are you really sure it's him?"
"I'm sure!" You XiaoMo did not hesitate as he replied. He just had a feeling that it
was Ling Xiao.
He Dong did not ask him how he was so sure, but now he absolutely believed what
You XiaoMo had said. It was not just him, the rest of the other prisoners who knew
about his affairs also believed his words.
These sort of incidents had not happened in the TongTian Palace for tens of
thousands of years. However, this had occurred not long after You XiaoMo arrived.
Maybe they could even borrow this chance to escape from here.
"Do you have any way to get in touch with your man? Ask him to make a big
disturbance if you can contact him. It'll be best if the TongTian Palace is thrown into
confusion so that it'll be easier to create opportunities." He Dong immediately
passed him a message.
"This..." You XiaoMo became embarrassed. He first thought of the transmission

stone when speaking of passing a message. However, he had tried it on the first day
but there was no reaction at all. It seemed that this was their only method of contact.
"You don't?" He Dong asked anxiously.
You XiaoMo scratched his head. Of course he doesn't! He would have long gotten
into contact with Ling Xiao if he had such a method.
Without needing him to reply, He Dong knew his answer and looked slightly
disappointed, "Forget it, now we can only hope that your man is a smart person."
You XiaoMo touched his nose. Ling Xiao was more than just a smart person.
Thinking of this, he said, "He Dong, I think you can rest assured. I understand him.
My man will definitely not do anything if he was not certain of the outcome. Since he
could make such a big disturbance, it means that he had come prepared. This time,
TongTian Palace will surely lose a layer of skin."
He Dong looked at him and seemed to be thinking of whether to believe his words or
not. After all, this matter was of great importance and not a hint of carelessness
could be allowed. If he failed, they would probably not get another chance the next
time.
The truth proved that You XiaoMo was right.
This time, Ling Xiao's actions were not of an ordinary magnitude.

Chapter 635: TongTian Palace, Dragged Through the Mud
In the past year, Ling Xiao You JunQi would launch an attack on TongTian Palace
every now and then. In reality, the number of injured was only in the tens, and the
TongTian Emperor had informed You XiaoMo they were all dead. This was no small
loss to TongTian Palace.
However, Ling Xiao didn’t do this just to cause trouble for the TongTian Palace.
Each attack was with a goal in mind: getting a handle on the TongTian Palace’s
structure.
The TongTian Emperor had managed to figure this out, after a while, but even if he
increased the guard, he still couldn’t stop Ling Xiao’s footsteps. The number of
casualties increased exponentially.
It was only now, after figuring out the gist of the TongTian Palace’s structure, that he
dared act as he did today.
The TongTian Palace was very different from other powers. Apart from the TongTian
Emperor, who was a transcendent Sacred level practitioner, he had several other
sacred level practitioners under his command and even more divine level
practitioners. Considering their overall power, not even an clan like the Vermillion
Blood clan dared go against them.
But that didn’t mean no one dared.
You XiaoMo had been locked away in the TongTian Palace for a year. In this year, a
lot had happened in the TongTian Continent.
Black Spider had grown rapidly. Though many people knew of them before, but now
they were engaging in all these black transactions under broad daylight. This was
because the Black Spider’s leader had appeared, and he was a scared level
practitioner, too. They suddenly evolved into one of the fourteen - including the
TongTian Palace - superpowers in the TongTian Continent.
However, no one knew who the leader of Black Spider was.
This caused a huge uproar in XiJing, because the Black Spider’s base was in XiJing,
yet the Four Ancient Beast Clans hadn’t heard anything about this. It was easy to
imagine their shock.
Then, over in the Southern Continent, Fu CangQiong’s eldest student, Zuo Yan
successfully ascended into a Sacred level one star elite. From then on, the Cang
Alliance had two sacred level powerhouses, dealing a huge blow to the Vermillion
Blood Clan, who was beaten back in their many battles.
Rumor had it that You ZhenTian, in an attempt to even the playing field, had
arranged for his clan’s elites to advance as well. However, haste makes waste, and
the more impatient you were, the more likely you were to fail. Plus, if it was so easy
for sacred level powerhouses to advance, then there wouldn’t be so many who were
stuck at the peak of Divine level seven star. Thus, there had been no good news for
them so far.
And finally, there was ZhongTian, and the biggest thing that had happened in
ZhongTian had to do with You XiaoMo’s situation.
In the past, the TongTian Palace didn’t dare overstep their boundaries. After all, if
the tests were dangerous, then who’d enter? They just wanted to get a good result
and gain renown, not risk their life. Otherwise, the TongTian Palace could kiss their
believers goodbye.
Thus, TongTian Palace didn’t dare take people in broad daylight. Usually, they used
all sorts of events to hide their real intentions.
However, for some reason, they directly announced You XiaoMo and the other
mages’ deaths in the second test, not even offering a body. This was rather
suspicious, and had a direct influence on the Mage Assemblage that was occuring a
year later, since it was also hosted by the TongTian Palace.
Later on, Ling Xiao used this as a chance to spread rumors about the TongTian
Palace, saying that the TongTian Palace was scheming something evil and required
living people as lab rats. Those who had managed to place in their competitions and
become members of the TongTian Palace had all died, thus why they were never
seen again.
Though most people didn’t believe it, the power of rumors was a strong one,
especially for the people of the XiaoYao Academy and the two big Guilds.
It should be known that the reason why many mages became students of the
XiaoYao Academy or joined the two big guilds was because of their belief in the
TongTian Palace. Their belief lay with the powerful.
However, if one day, they were suddenly told that all of TongTian Palace’s people
had been killed and the TongTian Palace was an evil place, many people would be
unwilling to believe this; they would be conflicted.
Afterwards, a lot of people conducted investigations on this and found that the
majority of people who entered the TongTian Palace were never seen again, and
this information was spread, causing panic in XiaoYao Academy.
The mages that had placed top three in the test this time were preparing to leave for
the TongTian Palace in a few days, but after this debacle, they all hesitated.
No matter what, Ling Xiao’s plan of throwing dirty water on the TongTian Palace’s
name had succeeded. Compared to one’s life, what value did faith hold? The
stronger the individual, the more they valued their life, so matter if this was real or
not, their suspicion towards the TongTian Palace would be etched in their hearts.
The TongTian Palace sent a single representative to address this issue.
After all, the TongTian Emperor relied on the faith the elites of the TongTian
Continent. If this incident caused people to stop believing, then it would negatively
impact the TongTian Emperor.
Probably because of how much belief this cost them, TongTian Palace, which rarely
appeared in front of others, specially had a messenger go and explain this incident.
To describe it with a single word, they were very ‘serious’.
However, Ling Xiao had long since predicted this move of theirs, so he tore out the
messenger’s soul in front of the public and slowly burned his soul with fire while still
keeping him alive.
At first, the messenger was stubborn, refusing to speak no matter what, but later on,
probably because he couldn’t take it anymore, his tongue wagged and he spilled the
truth, including how the mages that placed in the tests were usually imprisoned, and
some were killed. However, before he could finish speaking, a dark beam shot out
from who knows where and destroyed the messenger’s soul.
Originally what the messenger had said was shocking enough. If he wasn’t silenced
like that, then they might’ve been able to defend themselves, saying that they had
been forced, but this strike practically settled the matter of the TongTian Palace
plotting something evil.
Afterwards, no matter how the TongTian Palace tried to explain, less and less
people believed in them.
The populace’s belief in the TongTian Palace disappeared rapidly as the news of
what they did spread. Some people saw the dark fog that covered the top of the
TongTian Palace, and the dark red structure didn’t seem nearly as holy as it once
did, more like a demon in the shadows, cold and threatening.
After that, Ling Xiao gathered a group of elites and began plotting an attack on the
TongTian Palace, amongst them, TianGou’s battle-thirsty practitioners. In the year
You XiaoMo had been imprisoned, Ling Xiao had managed to gain the acceptance
of TianGou’s members, including the most troublesome, TianGui.
Apart from that, to express the Cang Alliance’s sincerity, Fu CangQiong had his
eldest disciple, Zuo Yan, help Ling Xiao. He personally had to stay on guard against
You ZhenTian, and thus couldn’t leave the Southern Continent.
The Demon Phoenix Clan had also sent people to help. Originally, Ji he’s line
objected, and their grand elder Ji Wen also wasn’t willing to make enemies with the
TongTian Palace for You XiaoMo. Though they were in You XiaoMo’s debt, this cost
was too large. However, when XiaoJi told them that he was You XiaoMo’s contract
beast, everything changed.
Contracts were nothing to joke about. No matter if it was a lifebound contract or a

normal contract.
Lifebound contracts were a contract that tied the lives of the two together. If one
died, unless the other had an immensely powerful willpower, the other would die as
well. This was also why Ling Xiao was certain that You XiaoMo was alright.
As for normal contracts, if the master died, the contracted demon beast wouldn’t die,
but would take great damage, possibly even to the point of destroying the
foundations of their body. There was no need to discuss any longer with that cat out
of the bag. Ji Wen sent two powerful generals of the Demon Phoenix Clan to help
Ling Xiao.
Last but not least was the Psychic Black Turtle Clan. The little turtle had bit You
XiaoMo’s finger back then, taking a drop of his Blood Essence, but since You
XiaoMo hadn’t been a willing participant, it was a one sided contract. That meant
that if something happened to the little turtle, You XiaoMo would be fine. If
something happened to You XiaoMo, then it would effect the little turtle.
This truth almost had them erupting with anger. The little turtle had randomly made a
contract with someone they hadn’t even known for a year, and it was an unbalanced
contract as well. The Black Turtle Clan couldn’t leave things be like this.
On the other side, knowing that the Demon Phoenix Clan and the Black Turtle Clan
were supporting Ling Xiao, the rather clueless True Dragon Clan thought that the
two Ancient Beast Clans were taking a risk betting on You XiaoMo’s potential. After
considering, they decided to take a risk as well. Plus, they were rather worried about
the TongTian Palace’s situation as well.
Thus, apart from the QiLin Clan, the other three Ancient Beast Clans all decided to
support Ling Xiao.
Once the news was out, the entire TongTian Continent went into uproar. Now, apart
from a very small minority, the others all believed Ling Xiao.
However, this news was let loose afterwards, because Ling Xiao was planning a
surprise attack on the TongTian Palace. Seven sacred level and seven divine level
powerhouses was a formation with power that hadn’t been witnessed in tens of
thousands of years.
The TongTian Palace didn’t think that Ling Xiao had this sort of ability, and really
had been unprepared for the attack. Even the TongTian Emperor had appeared, but
Ling Xiao managed to stall him.
In this year, the one who had experienced the greatest change was Ling Xiao.
His cultivation base had grown from five stars to six stars, just one star from seven.
Not even You JunQi knew what had happened. He only knew that Ling Xiao
suddenly went into secluded cultivation three months back.
Two months after that, when he returned, his white robe looked like it had been
soaked in blood, and his aura was terrifying, as if he was about to fall apart. His
eyes were cold and sharp; it seemed almost like he had become an entirely different
person.
Chapter 636: Opportunities and Accidents
It wasn't long after You XiaoMo said that when the shaking got even more violent.
Even those who were in the middle of the underground dungeon couldn't escape it.
It should be noted that they were held in a dungeon that was the most
unpresentable place of the TongTian Palace. Thus, it was deep underground with
layers and layers of guards. If the fight spread to this place then the fighting must
have already started.
At first, He Dong was still dubious of You XiaoMo's words, but after feeling the
impact, he had to believe it. Their chance finally arrived.
After a while, five white cloaks ran out from the depths of the dungeon. They hurried
outside and left the dungeon, it seemed that the situation outside was quite dire, so
they needed more members. Thus, they went outside to help, but the gate was still
guarded by two white cloaks.
"Our chance." He Dong said in a whisper.
"What?" You XiaoMo asked upon hearing his words.
A cold glint could be seen in his eyes and he started explaining after hearing You
XiaoMo's question, "Did you see the five that ran out just now? They are the guards
of this cell. Four of them are Divine Realm six or seven stars with one Sacred
Realm. Now that they left, there are only two guards left currently. By the looks of
things, the situation outside is already a mess, which means that there aren't many
guarding us."
You XiaoMo understood him immediately, but...he knocked on the cell bars that
imprisoned them, "What are we going to do about these?"
This cell was different from the ones in the Vermillion Blood Clan. Even though they
were both made for people like him, this one had a spirit-locking circle.
"You really thought that just this could trap everyone here?" An eerie smile appeared
on He Dong's face, as well as a barely noticeable venomous feeling.
Without much surprise, You XiaoMo raised his eyebrows, "Could it be you have a
way out, but didn't decide to make a move because you lacked an opportunity?"
"That's one of the reasons." He Dong said, "You should also know that this place is
surrounded by a spirit-locking circle, anything that's in the circle, will have their
spiritual energy replenished. That's a critical problem. We can break this cell, but we
will be low on spiritual energy, then more likely than not, we would be caught by the
experts. So we only have one chance."
This dungeon had existed for a very long time. During that time, there had been
plenty who tried to escape, but without an exception, they were captured and lost
their lives.
He Dong had never tried it himself, all of this he had heard from his conversations
with others. It was very important, so to wait for that one chance, he waited for five
hundred years.
"However, our plan has a huge defect." He Dong suddenly furrowed his brows, by
the looks of things, this defect had troubled him for a while.
"What defect?" You XiaoMo asked subconsciously. He had thought that He Dong
was a hundred percent prepared, but to think there was still a defect. They really
couldn't mess up at such a critical moment. After all, Ling Xiao finally created this
chance for them.
He Dong replied with some difficulty, "When I said that the cell couldn't contain us,
that is because there is someone whose power is coincidently not affected.
However, one man's power is limited and without ways to replenish spiritual energy,
at most he can open eight cells, but by then, he would be completely out of spiritual
energy. Once he faces up against a TongTian Palace member, he won't stand a
chance and so to protect himself, he is only willing to open four cells."
You XiaoMo blinked, out of a hundred or more, only four?
Was this seeking death or asking for it? Before they could escape, they were going
to be surrounded by the TongTian Palace guards.
"Here, take this." You XiaoMo, without hesitation, took out half a bottle of spiritual
water. At first he thought of giving the Spiritual-Replenishing Pill, but it was targeted
towards mage's spiritual energy, and by the sounds of things, that person seemed to
be a practitioner.
He Dong's voice suddenly widened, "They didn't take away your magic bag?"
You XiaoMo stared blankly, "Yours was taken away?"
He Dong looked at him as if he saw a monster, "Of course they were going to take it
away. Otherwise you think the TongTian Palace would be so kind as to leave us our
magic bags so we could cultivate at anytime and leave at anytime? What is your
relationship with the TongTian Emperor?"
Hearing the last bit, You XiaoMo rolled his eyes, speechless, "Well, not lovers that's
for sure."
Actually, he could probably guess why the TongTian Emperor didn't take away his
magic bag. When he was in that place for a year, he was constantly chased and
didn't have time at all to cultivate. He could only rely on pills and spiritual water to
recover. By the time he came out, he appeared right in front of the TongTian
Emperor and was sent straight to the dungeon without much of a conversation.
He Dong stared at the spiritual water in his hand as his eyes flickered in unrest. After
a few seconds, he passed the spiritual water to the person.
What was surprising to You XiaoMo was that the person sat on his left and was an
elder that never spoke a word to him. It was then he knew that he was a demon
beast, although not as strong as the Metal Swallowing Beast. According to He Dong,
he was a Iron Devouring Beast, one who specially refined iron and the likes, but the
harder they are, the slower the process.
Just as they were preparing for the incredible escape plan, the war horn sounded
and the fight was growing like a wildfire.
Explosions and the rumbling sounds continued flowing down from the mountain top.
One could even hear it in Central City. Although it was expected, they didn't think it
was going to be this extreme. From afar, they could even see the lightning and
thunder roaring.
"Jiu Ye, do you think he's going to be okay?" Qiao WuXing asked as he stood by the
ninety-fifth floor window. Due to the height advantage, from this angle, he could
clearly see the TongTian Palace.
The one beside him was Jiu Ye, his expression was colder than normal, his eyes
were as cold as the abyss. Only when he heard the question, did he start talking, "If
something happened, that person would've probably gone on a rampage by now."
"Well, that's true." Qiao WuXing chuckled. Ling Xiao would oppose the TongTian
Palace for You XiaoMo, from that one detail one could tell he really cared for him.
Qiao WuXing was envious.
The situation was quite damaging to the two major Guilds, after all, they were the
ones who truly believed and had faith in the TongTian Palace. Now that they're faith
had fallen, it was very damaging to their mentality.
Although he wanted to help You XiaoMo as well, his situation was very different.
Without the orders of his Shifu, they couldn't act on their own. But, they could pass
over messages and information.
Although people from the outside may not know much about the TongTian Palace,
the higher ups of the two major guilds more or less knew something about it. Taking
the chance, Qiao WuXing got a lot of information from his Shifu, and in secret,
passed them to Ling Xiao. Thus, doing him a favor.
Even though what Jiu Ye had done wasn't obvious, Qiao WuXing was sure that he
also did his part, but due to his personality, he hadn't said anything about it, that was
all.
The chaotic fight was still ongoing, and some, for first-hand information, went near
the TongTian Palace, risking their lives. One of those was the Cang Alliance.
Fu CangQiong told his head disciple to help Ling Xiao, but the TongTian Palace was
overly secretive, so he couldn't feel at ease and sent more people at the base of the
mountain for support.
Seeing the commotion above the TongTian Palace, everyone wiped away their
sweat of nervousness.
Although there were restrictions around the TongTian Palace, but as if they all
stopped working, they were easily broken. People easily went into the No-man's
Land and there wasn't even much of a defense. All around, buildings were smashed
into pieces.
However, what attracted most of the attention was the two figures above the
TongTian Palace.
One of those was the very elusive and secretive TongTian Emperor. There were
many who knew him even if he didn't appear often due to the statue of his on the
way up to the TongTian Palace. The same one that You XiaoMo saw in the Time
Wall.
The one standing opposite to him was Ling Xiao. Now that he was at six stars, he no
longer feared the seven star in front of him. Not only that, he also had the bloodline
of the Four Ancient Beast Clans, his fighting prowess was on par with that of a
seven star.
"Give him back." Ling Xiao stood in mid-air, his expression cold and a sliver of an
eerie dark red could be seen in his eyes. It looked very much like Qi deviation. His
black cloak, with hidden gold patterns, made him even more cold and gloomy than
usual.
With his hands behind his back, TongTian Emperor stared at Ling Xiao. His eyes
were extremely apathetic and not responding to his question, he said nonchalantly,
"Over the many years, you're the first to oppose the TongTian Palace. I admit you're
very strong but the current you is no match for me."
Ling Xiao raised his tightly held fist, as if to show his commitment, his expression
was very severe as he said, "Your biggest mistake will be capturing him."
TongTian Emperor chuckled, "I think it's my best decision. He’s a critical part of my
plan, and the last one. It won't be long before I'm done, by then, I can crush you
guys like ants."
Ling Xiao's expression darkened.
At the same time, a loop-hole appeared in He Dong's plan.
But, to be more precise, the one who had an accident was You XiaoMo. That was
because a white cloak suddenly appeared in the dungeon and called him out to take
with him.
Chapter 637: The Truth
A ball of multi-colored light was suspended above the enormous stone stage. Seven
different colors were intertwining within the light, and this ball of light seemed to be
wrapped around something that looked like a magic pill.
The four corners of the stone stage were carved with four stone dragons. Their
mouths were opened, and it seemed like there were transparent tubes extending
from the stone dragons' mouths to the ball of light. There was a kind of white energy
being transferred inside the tubes, and it was pouring endlessly in magic pill.
But this wasn't what shocked You XiaoMo the most.
There was a transparent prison below the stone stage. There were many people
imprisoned inside of it; precisely speaking, they should be souls. There were mages,
as well as a few practitioners, and there were even demon beasts. These souls were
currently howling in pain, their faces fierce, as if they wanted to end their lives then
and there.
You XiaoMo saw something peel away from behind them. It was the origin of their
agony.
"That is conviction and soul force." At that exact moment, a hoarse voice suddenly
sounded next to his ear.
You XiaoMo turned to look and found that the white-robed person who had brought
him over had already left. Now it was a middle-aged man wearing the clothes of a
priest. He was staring with fascination at the thing above the stone stage, and if it
weren't for the fact that he was the only other person there, You XiaoMo might have
thought that what he just heard was an illusion.
Ever since he had been captured, he had never heard a white-robed person say a
single thing in this place. Now that somebody spoke to him, he was not used to it.
The middle-aged man slowly started to laugh. "You must want to know what's
happening here very badly. I can tell you."
You XiaoMo looked at him and didn't speak.
The middle-aged man didn't care. He followed up with a shocking sentence: "I'm the
same as you; we both came from another world, or should I say, another plane of
existence."
"What are you going off about?" You XiaoMo furrowed his brows.
The middle-aged man turned and glanced at him, and it felt like his eyes had a kind
of ability to pierce through someone's mind. The corners of his mouth slowly curved
upwards. "In the world I'm in, one can advance by relying on the power of conviction.
Even though it's not as fast as cultivating, it is truly indispensable in our world.
Moreover, the power of conviction can even help the practitioner to break through
that realm."
When You XiaoMo heard him speaking about the the secrets that he shouldn't know
without any reservations whatsoever, he had more or less guessed what he wanted
to do. On the contrary, his heart calmed down. "What does the power of conviction
that you talked about have to do with this? What exactly is your goal?"
"Rumor has it that the power of conviction can indeed break through and advance.
But later, I discovered that it lacked the most important element." The middle-aged
man spoke out loud as if to himself.
You XiaoMo asked, "What element?"
The middle-aged man's eyes suddenly revealed a hint of crazed happiness. He said,
"The strength of the soul's origin. The reason that realm is hard to break into is
because of the restrictive nature of the world. It only recognizes one. Originally,
cultivation is a path going against the natural order, and one is often unable to
control their own destiny. However, once someone breaks into that realm, not only
can they control their own destiny, they will become the master of the entire world.
They can easily wipe away the rules the previous master left behind and establish
new rules. Everyone will live under those rules." The middle-aged man suddenly
asked, changing the subject, "Oh, that's right, do you know why this world's rules
aren't obvious?"
You XiaoMo was startled before he shook his head. How would he know this kind of
thing? Ling Xiao had never talked about it with him, and he had never thought to
inquire about it either.
The middle-aged man chuckled and said, "That's because the previous master is
already no longer here. Even though the rules that he left behind are still here, it's
already no longer as obvious as before. This is extremely advantageous for the next
generation. Without the previous master's influence, the certainty of the TongTian
Emperor breaking into that realm will increase greatly."
You XiaoMo felt like his worldviews had been refreshed tens of thousands of times
today alone.
Back then when he heard Ling Xiao mention breaking into the Sacred Realm seven
star pinnacle level, he never imagined that this realm would be so awesome. In
addition, someone could even establish new rules, wasn't that the same thing as
creating Heaven's laws?
"I already understand the realm you're talking about, but what does it have to do with
the strength of the soul's origin?" He still didn't understand why breaking into that
realm would require using such a blood method?
The middle-aged man simply didn't bother hiding or concealing anything that he
knew from You XiaoMo. He probably thought that after this You XiaoMo wouldn't be
able to tell anyone anyway, because he was going to die, so helped him resolve the
misgivings in his mind all at once.
The strength of the soul's origin was actually the strength of the world's origin. But
the soul's origin that the middle-aged man was talking about here was in reality
referring to the middle- and low-level people. They needed 9999 people from
different planes of existence, and afterwards, they would extract the origin energy
from the soul.
Extremely unfortunately, You XiaoMo was the very last one.
The TongTian Emperor had already implemented this plan for many years. The
reason why he hadn't appeared in public for many years was because he was
constantly running between different planes of existences with his subordinates.
It was impossible to gather together over nine thousand different planes. What's
more, there already wasn't very many middle-level planes, and it was fairly
troublesome to pinpoint their locations. So he could only go to low-level planes to
search. There were quite a few low-level planes, so it was easier to catch. But it was
still something that wasted a considerable amount of time.
However, under his persistence and patience, he finally only needed one more.
But it was harder and harder to pinpoint the location of the planes. In order to
capture the 9998th plane, the TongTian Emperor spent three or four hundred years,
but this also meant that the difficulty level of finding the last plane would become
even higher.
Coincidentally, You XiaoMo just happened to run into them at this time. It was also
an accident finding out that he was a soul that came from a different world.
The Vermillion Blood Clan made a huge fuss about You XiaoMo. Even though they
concealed their real objective, the TongTian Emperor knew the You Family's secret.
But he knew that the real You Family had already been wiped out in ancient times.
What was left were just some side branches. Since You XiaoMo could open the
Inheritance Jewel, that meant that he was from the real You Family. However, the
TongTian Emperor didn't find out he was from a different world because of this;
instead, it was during the second exam.
When You XiaoMo was being pursued by the black shadows, he had accidentally let
it slip. Even though it was only him back then, that world was actually all in the grasp
of TongTian's Emperor. You XiaoMo's every word and action couldn't escape his
surveillance.
"Enough, I said so much. It's also time for you to be on your way." It was as if the
middle-aged man had unburdened his heart after speaking, and he smiled as his
gaze landed on You XiaoMo again.
You XiaoMo looked at the guards around them. He couldn't take on this many by
himself, and he said hastily, "Wait a second, I still have another question."
"What is it?" the middle-aged man asked.
You XiaoMo said, "Since you guys only need 9999 people from different planes, why
did you have to capture so many experts from TongTian Continent?"
The middle-aged man lifted his hands and arranged his sleeves and robe before
glancing at him with a hint of a smile. "You're going to die in any case, so there's no
harm in telling you. There's only one Higher Level Realm, you must know that. But
just because there's only one, it needs an even larger amount of origin energy. Do
you understand if I explain it like this?"
"Oh, that's right. There's also another thing." The middle-aged man suddenly
remembered something, and he curved his lips slightly. "Even though you're the last
one, those people in the prison can't escape either. It won't be long before they'll go
down there and accompany you. You don't know yet, do you? The Soul
Disappearing Array down there isn't a normal array. It also has another name --
Absolute Death Array!
"The Absolute Death Array is a kind of sacrificial array. It can transform all of the
living people inside of the array into energy. The reason why TongTian Palace didn't
seal their cultivation bases is to ensure that they can smoothly transform into
energy. Because the more violently they resist, the more effective the Absolute
Death Array is. When the energy reaches a certain high point, an ancient barrier
surrounding TongTian Palace will activate. When the time comes, none of those
people who barged into will be able to escape." A hint of sinister ruthlessness
flashed through the middle-aged man's eyes.
You XiaoMo sucked in a breath of air. Completely inhuman.
No wonder He Dong would say that. It was indeed not without basis.
The middle-aged man said, "You know everything that you should know. You can go
on your way now." As he spoke, he reached out a hand towards You XiaoMo.
Why would You XiaoMo wait to die obediently? A boundless wave of soul force shot
towards the man with a roar the moment he moved.
The middle-aged man laughed coldly. He had long since expected that he wouldn't
obediently submit. With a casual wave of his hand, an even more fierce wave of soul
force welled up from inside him, colliding instantly with You XiaoMo's soul force. A
violent wind started emerged between them, creating a piercing exploding noise at
once. By the time the power dispersed, You XiaoMo had already disappeared.
The middle-aged looked sharply in the direction of the stone stage only to see that a
human figure had suddenly appeared on the originally empty stone stage. It was
You XiaoMo.
Without waiting for him to shout, You XiaoMo smashed a fist onto one of the stone
dragon's heads. With a rumble, the stone dragon's head tumbled down, and the
force from the origin that was currently being transmitted sprayed out immediately,
shapeless and colorless. It instantly disappeared in the air...
The middle-aged man opened his eyes wide and roared in rage, "You bastard, I'm
going to kill you!"
You XiaoMo immediately booked it and ran.
Chapter 638: Destroy
The Origin Energy was equivalent to the vitality of the soul and it could also be
considered as the life force of all living things. The weeds near the stone platform
started growing crazily after it leaked out. A little leakage of life force was enough to
make all living things grow. One could well imagine the consequences of an
unending stream of life force.
The middle aged man could not stop it in time. Driven by the Origin Energy, the
growth of the weeds was extraordinarily crazy. In less than a dozen seconds, all the
weeds had become more than ten meters high, looking like they were going to break
through the sky.
You XiaoMo was also surprised by the turn of events, but it also created an excellent
cover for him. The white-robed man from the TongTian Palace immediately lost sight
of him when he scurried into the weeds.
"Pass on my orders. Catch him and execute him immediately on the spot. Then pull
his soul out." The middle aged man was burning with frenzied rage as he roared. He
could not leave the stone platform in order to prevent the Origin Energy from
continuing to leak out.
This result was exactly what You XiaoMo wanted.
If the middle aged man did not shoot his mouth off and tell him the truth, he would
not have known that the stone platform had such a function.
Since he attached so much importance to the Origin Energy, it should be enough to

cause them to panic as long as he smashed one of them.
The truth had proved this as the middle aged man was thrown into confusion by his
move. They had planned for the Origin Energy before they had even started. If they
fell one step short of success at this point, the many years of effort of the Tongtian
Emperor would be destroyed in one day and he would not be able to bear the
consequences.
The middle aged man was regretting his previous actions. Why did he have to tell
him so much? Unfortunately, there was no use crying over spilt milk, so he can only
try to preserve the Origin Energy.
The middle aged man was the only Sacred Realm cultivator on the stone platform
because he was a Grade Six mage. Originally, this would be more than enough to
catch You XiaoMo, but it was precisely because of his self-confidence that he fell to
this extent.
Though the TongTian Palace had a deep background, Ling Xiao had seriously
injured and killed many of their experts in this year. Now that he was leading a large
number of powerhouses consisting of several Sacred Realm experts to attack the
TongTian Palace, almost all the experts in the TongTian Palace had gone out to
meet the attack.
All those that currently remained in the Palace had a Divine Realm cultivation base
and it was really hard for them if they wanted to catch You XiaoMo!
The middle aged man had also thought about this. He immediately ordered the
people to carry the stone dragon's broken head up and rebuild a basic transmission
pipe. He instructed the others to keep an eye on the stone platform before heading
out to catch You XiaoMo himself.
If You XiaoMo was not the last one in their plan, the middle aged man would not
care whether he escaped or not. Unfortunately, it just had to be him.
If he escaped, not only would the plan would be delayed by several years or even
several hundred years, the secret of the TongTian Palace would also be discovered
by the world. At that time, the power of faith would also be somewhat affected.
Although there was still some portion of the power of faith being passed on, the
power of faith that the TongTian Palace received this year had been greatly reduced
because of Ling Xiao. Fortunately, the other realms believed in the Tongtian
Emperor, so they did not need to worry too much about this aspect.
Just five minutes after the middle aged man left the stone platform, a speck of dust
drifted almost purposefully towards the direction of the stone platform from the dust-
filled sky.
At this moment, the stone platform was surrounded by ten white-robed people, two
of whom were even high star Divine Realm experts. The cultivation of the rest were
varied, but their combat effectiveness was still quite high when they worked
together. Yet none of them noticed the approaching danger.
It was very quiet all around except for the crackling sound - similar to when a magic
pill was burning - which occasionally came from the middle of the stone platform.
"Boom--"
The sound of an explosion which had come without warning suddenly sounded. The
stone platform violently shook several times, and countless white souls darted out in
a mad rush from below. The expressions of the ten white robed men immediately
changed.
Without the supply of Origin Energy from these souls, the four stone dragons
immediately stopped transmitting the Origin Energy to the magic pill in the middle.
The consequences was more severe than the destruction of one stone dragon's
head by You XiaoMo.
"Immediately send someone to inform the High Priest. Four people will stay here to
guard the stone platform, while the rest will follow me to catch the escaped souls." A
white robed man with a high star cultivation base quickly made a decision before
leading four others in the direction that the souls had escaped in.
The TongTian Palace was always too confident in itself. As they did not anticipate
any mishaps, the number of people caught were all allocated in advance and there
were no extras. Therefore, the plan would also ground to a halt if these souls
managed to escape.
"It's going to be troublesome this time." The other high star expert who had stayed
behind to guard the stone platform had a gloomy expression.
As a matter of fact, they were all once kidnapped by the TongTian Palace. However,
they betrayed their companions in order to save their necks, and pledged their life
and loyalty to the TongTian Emperor. As their lives were held in the hands of the
TongTian Emperor, they dared not betray the TongTian Emperor even in a
desperate situation. Yet, the current situation was different.
If the TongTian Emperor knew that there was an issue with the stone platform while
they were guarding it, he would certainly take his anger out on them and maybe he
would take them as ingredients. No one knew better than them how important the
stone platform was to the TongTian Emperor.
"You guys wait here and watch over this place first. I'll go check what's happening."
The high star expert suddenly told the other three and prepared to walk out before
they could respond.
One of the white robed man abruptly grabbed his robe, "Don't think we don't know
that you want to run away. You're afraid of being killed by TongTian Emperor, but we
cherish our lives too."
Since their opinions had all reached an accord, they naturally fled together.
Additional people could help shoulder a portion of the danger. Even if the TongTian
Emperor found out afterwards, they could also match their confessions and properly
plan out countermeasures.
Thus, the stone platform was deserted in no time.
You XiaoMo revealed himself. He had completely overheard their conversation while
in his dimension. He did not expect the situation to be like this inside the TongTian
Palace. If so, it would be too easy to drive a wedge between them, but... He shifted
his eyes to the magic pill that was wrapped in seven colors on the stone platform.
Five sparkling and golden characters flashed in his mind - The Heavens Are Helping
Me!
Once he thought of this, You XiaoMo dared not tarry any longer. He rushed onto the
stone platform without demur and reached out with the intention of taking the magic
pill out.
However, when his hand touched the outer layer which made up the seven colors,
an electric shock spread over his body. The amount of electricity seemed to be quite
large too. His limbs became paralyzed in an instant and a tremendous force threw
him out before he could react.
You XiaoMo stabilized his body in the air, and then he circulated the soul power in
his body into his limbs to alleviate the paralysis before falling flat onto his back.
You XiaoMo immediately stared at the seven-colored ball of light in surprise after
landing steadily on the ground. This thing even had a defensive function, sure
enough, it was not just for decoration.
Thinking of this, You XiaoMo immediately took out that pair of ugly gloves from his
dimension. Now that he was not in the Soul Disappearing Array, he could it enter
and exit his dimension as and when he wanted without its interference. The
TongTian Emperor probably did not tell the middle aged man that he had a
dimension that could move at any time.
After putting on the gloves, You XiaoMo continued to try taking the pill.
This time, he did not feel that electric shock anymore when he reached in. In a spurt
of energy, You XiaoMo grabbed the magic pill...
At the same time, the expression of the Tongtian Emperor, who was fighting
intensely with Ling Xiao in the sky, abruptly changed. He suddenly looked in a
particular direction, which was where the stone platform was at. As this was a matter
of great importance, the stone platform was placed in a secret area and the situation
there could not be seen from their current location.
This unusual expression was caught by Ling Xiao. When he saw that the TongTian
Emperor wanted to extricate himself, he immediately obstructed him without a
second thought. No matter what happened, Ling Xiao was certain that it must
definitely be something detrimental to the TongTian Emperor.
"Get out of my way!" The TongTian Emperor's expression was malevolent and
powerful spiritual energy was constantly bubbling out from his body. Crackling
sounds echoed, as if lightning was gathering and winding around him. His aura was
dreadfully terrifying.
Unfortunately, the one in front of him was Ling Xiao, who was more arrogant than
him. His gaze was like sharp arrows, chilly and bone-penetrating as they landed on
the TongTian Emperor. The bitterly cold black robe was blown by the wind making a
cold and raw noise. Ling Xiao's handsome face revealed a cocky and tyrannical
smile when he heard his words, "Thinking of getting past me? Then defeat me first!"
As Ling Xiao's physical constitution was that of the valiant Four Ancient Beast
Clan's, his fighting capacity was extremely indomitable. The TongTian Emperor
seemed to be reserving his own strength because of something, so their battle was
currently at a standstill and none could gain any advantage!
After Ling Xiao finished speaking, a fireball created from the fusion of three forces
appeared in his hands. He could now freely control three types of forces. Though the
result was not as powerful as using the four forces, the might of the attack could not
be underestimated.
The TongTian Emperor's expression darkened, "Since you want to die, I'll grant your
wish."
As soon as he finished speaking, the aura from his body suddenly increased
explosively. This time, it appeared that he did not intend on concealing it anymore.
Although it could not be seen from his expression, in actual fact, the TongTian
Emperor was extremely worried because he had just felt that someone had moved
something on the stone platform. It would be all right if it was the High Priest, but if it
was someone else...
Ling Xiao looked increasingly serious. Despite him being at six star, his realm was
not stable enough because he has just advanced, so the actual gap with the
TongTian Emperor was more than one star.
At this moment, You XiaoMo had already gotten the semi-finished magic pill. He had
also destroyed the stone platform while he was at it before leaving.
Shortly after he left, the middle aged man who had not been able to find You XiaoMo
all along returned to the stone platform. When he saw the destroyed stone platform,
he immediately realized that he had fell for the ruse of luring the tiger out of the
mountains. A furious roar resounded through the air in the TongTian Palace.
Chapter 639: Success
After leaving the stone platform, You XiaoMo left the way he came, heading for the
prisons.
However, he wasn’t planning on going there to save the people in the prison. He
couldn’t even ensure his own safety right now. He didn’t have that much of a
bleeding heart. It was only because the middle aged man had said that if the
Absolute Death Array was activated, then they would all be trapped inside the
TongTian Palace.
You XiaoMp hadn’t personally seen the TongTian Emperor in action, but since he
was the strongest man in the entire TongTian Continent, then he definitely wouldn’t
be weak. He was afraid that the TongTian Emperor would go berserk if he knew his
plan had been thwarted, so he had to give him and Ling Xiao an escape. He couldn’t
let the ancient barrier around the TongTian Palace activate.
The middle aged man hadn’t said anything about how to prevent the barrier from
activating, and You XiaoMo didn’t know either, but he knew that if the people in the
prisons escaped and the array couldn’t gather enough energy, then the Absolute
Death Array wouldn’t activate.
The white robed person that had originally taken him hadn’t blindfolded him, so he
knew the way back. It didn’t take long for him to reach the prisons and hear the
sounds of fighting.
Not far off, the entrance to the prisons had been blasted into debris.
So after he had left, He Dong and company's plan was successfully being executed.
The Iron Devouring Beast had said that he would only save four people, but with
You XiaoMo’s spiritual water, he had the others had freed everyone and the two
guards at the entrance had long since been dealt with.
It wasn’t out of sympathy that they freed the others, it was just that one more person
meant one more body to help fight the white robed people, making them safer.
People were selfish at heart.

However, something had gone wrong: the Absolute Death Array.
When You XiaoMo had been taken, the Absolute Death Array had been secretly
activated under the middle-aged man’s command. He Dong and the others didn’t
know that the Soul Disappearing Array was actually the Absolute Death Array.
To free the others inside, they had wasted quite some time in the prison. By the time
they made to escape, the Absolute Death Array had fully activated, surrounding the
prison in red light. Only the few who had escaped first managed to avoid it.
By the time You XiaoMo arrived, the people trapped in the array were all letting out
blood curdling screams of pain, hugging their heads and rolling around, faces
distorted, eyes red. The prison had long since been destroyed. Not a single person
of the hundred something prisons was left standing.
You XiaoMo inhaled sharply. No wonder the middle-aged man looked so triumphant.
All these elite practitioners couldn’t deal with this single Absolute Death Array. If he
hadn’t come, then they’d probably have all died here when the array activated.
There were no white-robed people nearby anymore, possibly because they knew of
the Absolute Death Array.
You XiaoMo went over, having seen He Dong. He Dong’s strength hadn’t been
impacted as much, so he was a little better than the others, but his face was still
pale.
Seeing You XiaoMo, He Dong didn’t bother wondering why he came back,
struggling up and stuttering, “The array… array core… att… attack…”
“Array Core? Where is it?” You XiaoMo was nervous. He hadn’t looked into arrays. If
he knew that this day would come, then he would’ve asked Ling Xiao to teach him.
“Near… nearby… There mu… must be someone… there… guarding… find them…
quick…” He Dong fell onto the ground once more, having spent almost all his
strength on that one sentence.
You XiaoMo nodded and hurried off to find the array core.
According to He Dong, there was someone nearby controlling the Absolute Array.
That made it much easier to find.
You XiaoMo immediately went in the direction where there were people. His soul
power spread out with a radius of fifty meters. The white-robed people in the palace
had all gone outside to fight and the prison was in a relatively out of the way area, so
there were barely any people nearby. As soon as someone entered the range of his
soul force, he would notice immediately.
However, before he could find the one controlling the array core, he was found by
two other white robed people. You XiaoMo thought that they would charge over and
attack, but the two fled as soon as he prepared himself for a fight.
“...”
The TongTian Palace had been thrown into complete chaos. Though they had the
advantage, not all the white-robed people were willing to fight. Those who were
actually willing to sacrifice themselves for the TongTian Palace were those who had
been taken and brainwashed from since they were young. As for the other people
who were forced to pledge their loyalty, all they wanted was to escape.
This was a huge opportunity. Though they had sworn their everdying loyalty to the
TongTian Emperor, and even made a binding oath, the outsiders had managed to
kill countless of them already. If they wanted to escape now, they just had to find a
body and fake their deaths. So long as the TongTian Palace thought they were
dead, they were free.
An oath meant nothing in the face of their freedom. Even if they would forever
remain in the same level, they were happy with that. Plus, there were no absolutes.
Maybe, after they had their freedom, they could find a way to advance. Even if they
died, then it would at least be worthwhile.
So, You XiaoMo didn’t see another white robed person as he looked around. By the
time he finally found one, he was practically hyperventilating with desperation.
The white-robed person was in a tall structure behind the prison. It was a pointed
tower of thirty to forty meters tall, though the top was gone due to being damaged in
the fighting.
You XiaoMo saw something white flash through the window of the fifth floor. No
matter if it was or wasn’t, he had finally found someone. He ran over without
hesitation.
The white-robed person hadn’t run away yet, so they were clearly different from the
others. Probably someone that had been faithful ever since they were young, thus
why they were so loyal.
The white-robed person’s strength was unexpected, about the same level as You
XiaoMo’s. Logically speaking, with such strength, they should’ve been out there
fighting. If he was here, standing guard, You XiaoMo thought to himself, then they
had probably been planning on activating the ancient barrier from the very start.
If it was a divine level practitioner in You XiaoMo’s place, then they wouldn’t be a
match for the white-robed person at all, and then their plan would’ve been executed
successfully.
You XiaoMo couldn’t help but be glad that it was him who had come, and they were
at about the same strength. With that, he immediately entered his dimension...
The dimension slowly approached the white-robed man from the back, as a speck of
dust. At around a meter away, he immediately left the dimension and struck at the
white-robed man’s head. Just as he thought he had succeeded, his hand went
through the white robed man, but there was no impact.
You XiaoMo paled; it was a trick! A razor sharp blade of light, brushed past his
cheek, hitting the wall and creating a large hole.When he turned, he saw a white-
robed person standing not far off.
The white-robed person was holding a large scythe, facing him. His hood wasn’t on,
revealing a very pale face. It seemed like he was born that way. His pale his face
held a malicious smile, like that of a cat toying with a mouse.
Yu XiaoMo tensed. This person didn’t seem like any ordinary Sacred level
practitioner. How did he notice You XiaoMo?
“Where’s the array core?”
Something dark flashed through the white-robed man’s eyes, and he said in a raspy
voice, “Array core? It’s behind me. If you want to get to it, you’ll have to defeat me
first.
You XiaoMo looked over and found that there was a red array drawn on the wall.
There was a lot of spirit gems around it, massive chunks, glowing white and
seeming to be providing the array with energy.
The array core He Dong was talking about was probably this. So long as he
destroyed it, then the Absolute Death Array would stop.
You XiaoMo took out a knife from his dimension. He had found the sword in the
Peach Springs. He didn’t know how good it was. It was the first time he had used a
sword.
That was when the white-robed person suddenly moved.
White flashed before his eyes and You XiaoMo hurriedly raised the sword. With a
clang, the white-robed person’s scythe hit his sword. The sound echoed, the tremors
practically breaking through his eardrums and making his purlicue uncomfortably
numb.
The white-robed person’s attacks were fast and strong, relentless. His expression
was wild, laughing crazily as he got faster and faster. It made You XiaoMo
uncomfortable.
He was only using his sword to defend. He could barely keep up with this attack
speed, never mind counterattack. You XiaoMo soon noticed that the sword was
being chipped away at.
He felt like a masochist. Clearly, he couldn’t compare to Ling Xiao at all. The other
could immediately master it the first time he used it, while, for him, he just struggled
even more.
After pulling away from the white-robed person, he discarded the sword.
The white-robed person attacked again, and this time, You XiaoMo dodged easily.
He relied primarily on speed, but that didn’t mean his attack speed would see
improvement.
You XiaoMo gave up.
His easy dodge had the white-robed man surprised. The other hadn’t thought that
You XiaoMo would become more dexterous without the sword. With that moment of
shock, You XiaoMo sent a kick his way. He blocked with his scythe and stumbled
back from the force.
The situation reversed itself.
This time, the white-robed person was the one who could do nothing but defend.
Every time he raised the scythe, the other would attack before he had a chance to
strike, so he could only do everything he could to turn his offense into a defense.
Sometimes he wouldn’t have the time, and would only be able to dodge, and then
his opponent’s attacks would hit the walls or floors, punching holes through the
pointed tower.
It wasn’t until You XiaoMo slammed his fist into the ground and the cracking sounds
underfoot didn’t stop that the white-robed person paled, realizing what the other was
trying to do. It was, however, too late.
“BOOM——”
The remainder of the pointed tower collapsed with a rumble, turning into a pile of
rubble under startled gazes. As for the Absolute Death Array array core, the pointed
tower had fallen, was there any way the array core would still exist?
If the white-robed person ever had the chance to meet You XiaoMo again, You
XiaoMo would give him a single word: dumbass!
Chapter 640: Escape
With the core destroyed, the expected ancient barrier from the TongTian Palace's
hopes was shattered.
You XiaoMo didn't feel the danger of the situation inside the tower, but almost
everyone outside had their hearts in their throats, about to jump out. That was
because, just as You XiaoMo was about to destroy the tower, the TongTian Palace
was engulfed by a shining bright light. The ancient barrier appeared and
disappeared. Some who accidentally touched felt that it almost bounced back. As for
those in the Absolute-Death Array, the energy from their bodies was almost depleted
by half, even He Dong felt despair.
Seeing this, that overcast expression of the TongTian Emperor finally showed a
slightly blood-thirsty smile, because at that moment, he felt uneasy, as if something
out of his control happened.
Just then, the middle-aged man hadn't told him about the stone-table being broken
yet, probably afraid of the Emperor's wrath. But, their hopes were once again
shattered by You XiaoMo. The appearing and disappearing barrier only flashed for a
few times before dying down, as if it had no more power.
The smile on the TongTian Emperor's face was frozen in place.
For a second it was as if the time had stopped in the TongTian Palace, but then a
new round of fighting exploded, in greater heights than before. Although they didn't
know what happened, but seeing the surprised expression of the TongTian Palace
people, they knew it was something in their favor.
"High Priest!" The TongTian Emperor roared angrily to down below.
But before the middle-aged man could response, Ling Xiao's flame surrounded him.
The scorching flame roared, as if an evil beast unleashing it's claws.
The TongTian Emperor, who got cut off, looked at Ling Xiao with hostility.
Suppressing his feeling of growing unease, he said, "Since you guys like it so much
here, then stay. This time, I'm not letting anyone of you off the hook."
Ling Xiao was expressionless. Although he didn't know what happened, but he had
a feeling that it had something to do with his wife.
The conflict exploded on the trigger and this time, the TongTian Emperor went
almost full force right from the start. When Ling Xiao fought against You ZhenTian,
he had already seen the power of a seven star, but clearly the TongTian Emperor
was stronger than You ZhenTian.
The surrounding air was filled with a despair-inducing-pressurizing-feeling. Even
those close by was effected and movements halted, almost resulting in decapitation
by their opponents. The hurricane blew Ling Xiao's clothes in all directions. The
TongTian Emperor in front of him seemed to be planning on using his domain. His
power was the strongest in the Continent, and no one knew of his domain powers.
Those who were caught in it was either dead or badly hurt.
Thinking about it this far, Ling Xiao stopped worrying, there was only one way to
stop the TongTian Emperor and that was with the domain explosion he used before.
No matter what, the TongTian Emperor couldn't have predicted Ling Xiao to do
something this crazy.
When they faced off against You AnTai before, Ling Xiao wasn't as strong as he was
now, so the power of the domain explosion was much weaker. But now, a clash
between a six and seven star domain, the resulting explosion and effected area
would be immense, even their comrades would be affected.
But, Ling Xiao wasn't someone who rushed in without a plan, when he made this
decision, he quickly told everyone to leave the area and proceeded to lure the
TongTian Emperor higher into the sky.
Before they departed, they made some preparations as to keep in contact, and now
it was finally paying off. Other than some who was still focused on their opponents,
most started to consciously back off.
On the other hand, when You XiaoMo destroyed the tower, the white-robed person
went crazy, even more so than before, as if he was about to go mad. Ignoring the
crumbling tower, he came at You XiaoMo, madly swing his scythe.
You XiaoMo dodged left and right, after all the core was destroyed, there was no
reason for him to fight him.
Seeing that the Absolute Death Array was no longer capable, He Dong and the
others were considered saved. No matter if they still had the power to make it out of
the TongTian Palace, what happened after was none of his concern.
The white-robed person seemed to have seen through his plan and continuously
stood in his way. Every time, he just barely managed to dodged the scythe by the
skin of his teeth.
"Die, how dare you destroy the TongTian Palace's plan! Just go die!" The white-
robed person stared at him with a ferocious expression. His eyes felt as if they were
going to pop out of their pockets as he stared at him venomously. His teeth were
showing and once he finished yelling, the spiritual energy around him suddenly went
on a rampage, as if a tornado, it kept rotating.
The only thought in You XiaoMo's mind was that this person had been brainwashed
very thoroughly. When everyone else was rushing to escape, only he kept trying to
contain him, even risking his life to do so. That was so stupid, there were plenty of
beautiful things in this world.
But being plagued by someone like that, even a Buddha would get frustrated.
You XiaoMo simply went into his dimension. The white-robed person was nowhere
near the level of You ZhenTian. The only reason You ZhenTian could easily find his
dimension and attack it was because for one, he was in his domain, and second,
You ZhenTian was way too strong. But, although the white-robed might predict his
movements, there was no way he could break through it.
Without much surprise, once he disappeared, the white-robed person instantly
turned towards the direction of the dust. He raised his scythe high above his head
and swing down with malicious aggression.
Not only did the black glow not slice open the dimension, it bounced back to the
white-robed person. The latter was stunned but quickly dodged it and didn't dare to
attack randomly like that again.
You XiaoMo instantly started controlling the dimension to leave.
However, the white-robed person wasn't about to stop there. Without a second
thought, he threw away his scythe and swing his fist at the dust particle. Much to his
surprise, a man suddenly appeared from the position of the particle, and using the
element of surprise, grabbed a hold his fist. With a pull, the fist changed directions.
The white-robed person couldn't react in time. First, You XiaoMo had a sudden
explosion of pressure to suppress him for a moment, rendering him motionless, and
then smashed his fist into his head.
No matter how strong the practitioner, they couldn't train their head to be
unbreakable. Even if they were to block in time, getting hit was definitely going to
cause a concussion. But the white-robed person managed to get hit on the temples
with ten percent of his strength and no defense. The result was expected.
The white-robed person could no longer think, his greatest mistake was to let go of
his scythe, and his body felt to the ground.
You XiaoMo let go of his wrist. He had enough confidence in his strength that with
such a close-distance smash, if he wasn't dead, he was going to be brain dead.
Just as he was about to turn around, the once barely-alive white-robed person,
suddenly opened his blood-shot eyes and threw himself aggressively at You
XiaoMo's unprotected back. As if the final hit, the last struggle before death.
You XiaoMo noticed it instantly and just as he was about to strike back, a massive
force, as if a huge wave washed over them from the sky, tumbling them around. The
sky-breaking noise broke through the black mist that had once covered the sky. Itt
was as if the sky had been split in half.
The white-robed person was thrown away by the impact.
Without another word, You XiaoMo went into his dimension.
Just as he disappeared, a destructive force engulfed them and the white-robed
person died before he could let out a single cry.
It must have been Ling Xiao who created such a huge commotion!
Due to the fact that Ling Xiao had told his people to leave beforehand, his comrades
weren't affected by the domain explosion. However, that couldn't be said for the
TongTian Palace people. It was devastating, especially the ones close by, they
weren't even left with a corpse.
You XiaoMo controlled the dimension to leave, although with difficulty. He only came
out when it was safe and as he turned to look around, the structure that had been
the symbol of the holiest place in the TongTian Continent had been mostly
destroyed. With broken walls, the TongTian Palace was gone.
"Once I go back I'm going to go calm my nerves." You XiaoMo said to himself. This
whole year had been like a dream. Suddenly going up against the TongTian Palace
and fighting with them to the death, he even had the 'this is just a dream' kind of
feeling.
"Ah!"
You XiaoMo turned around and was tripped by something he didn't notice. As his
body leaned forward, his quickly caught himself with one hand and used the force to
stand up again.
When he turned around, he realized that it was a 'corpse'. Just as he was about to
brush it off and took a few steps, he suddenly turned around, aggressively. Wait, this
'corpse' wasn't a white-robed person so he wasn't a member of the TongTian
Palace.
Quickly, You XiaoMo turned the 'corpse' over and took a sharp breath in. Wasn't this
guy the black-robed person he and Ling Xiao met in the Peach Blossom Ruins? He
just left after saying something weird, even now he didn't know his real identity.
Why was he here?
You XiaoMo was confused, he remembered Ling Xiao saying he wasn't an enemy,
but he was here. Could he be a helper Ling Xiao got?
Isn't he a bit weak to lose here, even though he looked so strong before.
Checking for breathing, You XiaoMo realized that he hadn't died yet, he was just
exhaling more than inhaling and unconscious. If he left him here, he was bound to
die.
"Well, good thing you're lucky." You XiaoMo took out a life saving magic pill and
made him eat it, then threw him into the dimension. Since he was unconscious, he
shouldn't wake up anytime soon.
When he left with great care, he didn't notice that not far away was a white-robed
corpse underneath a huge boulder. There was a hole in his chest and he was dead
as one could be. He was the blacked-robed person's opponent, a Sacred Realm
three star.
Chapter 641: Recovery
The outcome of the battle at TongTian Palace was very tragic. According to
observers' descriptions, an earth-shaking explosion nearly razed the entire TongTian
Palace to the ground. Not many people had escaped by that point, so nobody knew
how many were dead or injured.
But there was one thing that they were sure of: TongTian Palace was really
destroyed. Moreover, it wasn't just the building, even the people were mostly
destroyed.
This became TongTian Continent's hottest topic.
Ling Xiao and the rest genuinely became famous across the continent, especially
Ling Xiao himself. Back then, being able to escape twice from You ZhenTian's grasp
was already extremely skillful. Now, not only did he escape from right under the
TongTian Emperor's eyes, he even destroyed TongTian Palace. This level of skill
left everyone else far behind in the dust.
Even though a large part of it was because there were other powerhouses helping
secretly from the dark, it couldn't be denied that the main reason was still because of
Ling Xiao. This time, TongTian Continent's experts really considered him to be the
number one expert.
When speaking of this matter, there was no choice but to bring that up. Some
people even predicted that a major power on the level of the Vermillion Blood Clan
and the other powerhouses would appear with Ling Xiao as its head, a dark horse
that needed to be reckoned with, just like the Black Spider.
As a result, some people wanted to go and throw in their lot with Ling Xiao, so they
could be there at the set up stage of Ling Xiao's powerhouse. After joining his
powerhouse, they would definitely be considered senior figures.
This way of thinking wasn't bad, but the prerequisite was that they first had to find
Ling Xiao. If they couldn't find him, what the hell was there to join? However, this
was all something to be discussed later.
Presently, the lingering effects from the war still hadn't passed yet.
After this battle at TongTian Palace, it had basically destroyed half of it.
Some of the white-robed people died, while others fled. A large part of the prisoners
in the dungeon also escaped, and only a small portion was affected. But the biggest
damage was still the stone stage that You XiaoMo's destroyed. That was what the
TongTian Emperor had spent several tens of thousands of years' worth of
meticulous care on, and it was destroyed all in one go.
Seeing these circumstances, the Mage Assemblage that would be taking place a
year from now most likely wouldn't be able to be held.
However, there were rumors that XiaoYao Institution would very likely hold its own
Mage Assemblage. In the past, it was always because there was TongTian Palace
there to support from behind. This time, even though it was gone, there was still the
Mage Association and Beast Transfiguration Guild. The two associations had ample
resources, so they would still be able to give awards.
In addition, the Mage Assemblage could still be considered a grand occasion. Each
assemblage, there were numerous amounts of mages who signed up to enter. Even
though the competition was fierce, it was also a good chance to make friends.
Moreover, it could allow the disciples in the association to train themselves and let
them know that, in the world outside, there were always people more talented than
themselves.
But this was just everyone's guess. Whether or not the Mage Assemblage would
actually happen would still depend on XiaoYao Institution's interest. If they didn't
hold it, everyone could only express their regret.
......
Ghost Tomb Mountain Range, which had been calm for several thousand years,
recently had many practitioners come and go from White Bone Town. The desolate
mountain range grew lively because of these people, and White Bone Town
gradually became more prosperous. The streets were crowded every day, and
hotels and inns basically had to announce that they were full almost all the time.
With Boss Wang as the head, the other bosses took advantage of the situation to
raise the price of lodging and food. Everyone earned lots of money, and a day's
income was equal to the revenue that they would receive from a whole month in the
past.
The reason for this phenomenon was because of the battle at TongTian Palace.
Nobody knew who spread the information, but somebody said that Ling Xiao lived in
Ghost Tomb Mountain Range. Even though nobody knew the exact location, as long
as they knew that he was in Ghost Tomb Mountain Range, then that was easier.
In order to join Ling Xiao's powerhouse, there were people entering Ghost Tomb
Mountain Range nearly every day to find them. Using You XiaoMo's words, it was
just a bunch of fellows who were full and had nothing else to do.
However, nobody cared about that.
In that battle, even though You XiaoMo had successfully escaped, everyone had
received injuries that weren't light. Some people had nearly lost their lives, such as
the black-robed man that You XiaoMo had saved on his way out.
His opponent was two stars higher than him, so for the black-robed man to have
killed him, it was already extremely skillful. It made sense that he would receive
heavy wounds. Luckily, he was saved by You XiaoMo, and only through the use of
magic pills was his life saved.
As for the rest, after undergoing a period of rest, most of them could leave their
sickbeds already, except for the ones that were still unable to get up.
Don't look at how miserable they made TongTian Palace. In reality, each and every
one of them had paid quite a high price. The most tragic one was Tian Hen, the one
in TianGou who liked to quarrel with Tian Ming the most. His body was gone, and
only his soul was left. Rumor had it that he fought too selflessly, and he ran a step
too slowly, so he lost his body.
Fortunately, as long as the soul wasn't wiped out, the person could still be
resurrected. Afterward, he was scolded quite harshly by Tian Ming, because when
he was fighting the white-robed people, he actually went as one person against five.
Even though that insane enthusiasm wasn't as amazing as the black-robed man's, it
was still enough to make someone scared witless.
Compared to TianGou's members, the other people that the powerhouses had sent
over fared much better. They were all experienced veterans and knew when to
advance or retreat. The most heavily injured one's life wasn't in danger. After the
incident, they went back.
Without mentioning the Cang Alliance for now, Ling Xiao owed the Four Ancient
Beast Clans, besides the Qilin Clan, a huge favor. He would have to return this favor
later.
In the dimension, You XiaoMo laid next to the spiritual water lake. He stared with
eyes full of joy at the man floating in the middle of the lake. It has almost been three
months.
Ever since the man entered the lake, the spiritual water was decreasing every day.
Now, there wasn't even a third of the spiritual water in the lake left. At first, You
XiaoMo was worried, but now, he was already calm and collected.
The speed at which the spiritual water was decreasing had already slowed down.
This meant that the condition of the man's injuries was already slowly stabilizing, or
they had already pretty much recovered.
Just when he was enthralled watching, the man moved.
You XiaoMo happily climbed up. It was really hard for him to have waited three
months. Thinking of this, he immediately jumped into the lake impatiently and swam
to the man's side. When he saw him open his resplendent eyes, he said, "Ling Xiao,
you finally woke up?"
That day when he escaped from TongTian Palace, he hadn't left immediately. Since
he knew that activity was caused by Ling Xiao, there was no way he could run away
by himself.
After he flew in that direction searching, he saw Ling Xiao kneeling on one knee
amidst ruins, his entire body bathed in blood. It looked as if he had received a very
heavy internal wound, but as for the TongTian Emperor, he was nowhere to be
seen.
At that time, You XiaoMo didn't say anything else before putting him inside the
dimension. Along the way, he also found several other similarly injured TianGou
members.
In retrospect, speaking of TianGou's members, he really felt like they were a bunch
of lunatics. Everyone else had long since listened to Ling Xiao and left TongTian
Palace. Only they were a bunch of crazy people who fought for the sake of fighting,
dragging it out till the very last moment before leaving. In the end, they were affected
by the explosion of the residual power on site. If it weren't for him, they would have
all probably fallen into TongTian Palace's hands.
As for that black-robed man, after confirming that his life wasn't in danger, You
XiaoMo threw him into the dimension and let the Weasel Beast take care of him.
Since Ling Xiao's injuries seemed the most serious, You XiaoMo was scared of an
accident occurring, and so he threw him into the spiritual water lake. He spent three
months waiting before he finally woke up.
"There are no longer any huge problems." Ling Xiao reached out his hand and
patted his head so he could be at ease.
On that day, he had made the area self-implode. Even though he had indeed
inflicted heavy damage on TongTian Emperor, and he had grafted the damage from
the self-imploding area onto the Demon Phoenix Clan's secret technique, he had
only tried it once before. He hadn't recovered completely from it that time either, so
using it again heavily injured his body.
Thankfully, his wife was clever and promptly moved him into the spiritual water lake,
or else he might not have recovered even within a year. He couldn't use the Demon
Phoenix Clan's secret technique of rebirth by fire later either, since he couldn't use it
for at least another five years.
Only when You XiaoMo saw that his complexion did indeed look better than it had
three months ago did he release a sigh of relief.
Ling Xiao pulled him ashore and asked, "Did anything happen outside while I was
recuperating for three months?"
"Many things happened..." You XiaoMo said.
Around the time of the battle at TongTian Palace, the development of the situation at
TongTian Continent was just about the same as what happened right before the
ancient war broke out. Every powerhouses' conflicting views started to intensify
more and more.
Like South Continent, the Vermillion Blood Clan and Cang Alliance didn't see eye to
eye in the first place. Now that Cang Alliance had one more South Continent expert,
they naturally wouldn't let this good opportunity go. Therefore, their war with the
Vermillion Blood Clan was becoming more and more intense.
Zhong Tian wasn't stable right now either. After the faith in TongTian Palace
collapsed, the two associations seemed to have decided to draw a clear line
between them and TongTian Palace. They turned a blind eye to the white-robed
people who came seeking help. Zhong Tian's people also avoided them as if they
were the plague. If it weren't for them being afraid of TongTian Emperor, there would
definitely be quite a few people who would want to drive them out of Zhong Tian.
Ever since a portion of the prisoners escaped, the things that TongTian Palace had
done for thousands of years was finally revealed to the public. Because XiaoYao
Institution's past top three experts were included in the people who were imprisoned,
there were quite a few people in Zhong Tian who recognized them.
Speaking of Dong Zhou, everyone knew about the grudges between ShuiXi Tribe
and Guma Tribe. They fought quite fiercely, and ShuiXi joined hands with WanSha.
Guma Tribe's holy maiden also secretly contacted them, so now Dong Zhou was
also quite unstable.
However, the most chaotic place was still Xi Jing.
After the Black Spider was exposed, they started to do evil all over Xi Jing. Several
demon beast clans were persecuted, and after enduring it for a year, they finally
could bear it no longer and sought help from the Four Ancient Beast Clans.
The Four Ancient Beast Clans long since couldn't stand the Black Spider. One more
powerhouse coming to fight for territory with them already made them somewhat
unhappy, but the Black Spider didn't even know to exercise restraint. They
constantly expanded their strength for an entire year, and if they continued to stay
silent, they would really have the Black Spider crawl right up to their doors.
These were all things that You XiaoMo found out from other people, as well as what
happened during the three months Ling Xiao was recovering.
Chapter 642: Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
Ling Xiao turned back and looked at the spiritual water which he had absorbed till
there was less than a third left, and gave his family's wife a funny look, "What do we
do now? There's only so little spiritual water left, and we have to be frugal when
using it in the future. Does it make your heart ache?"
You XiaoMo immediately grinned and rubbed against Ling Xiao's arm as he hugged
it, "My heart won't ache if I give it to you. If it’s for someone else, I won't even give
them a mouthful."
Just like the black robed man for example. Although he was also seriously injured,
You XiaoMo did not dare to throw him into spiritual water lake. After making sure
that he would live, he threw him out of his dimension without even giving him the
chance to wake up. This was the difference.
Ling Xiao pinched his nose, "Why do I feel like you're getting more and more sticky
after I woke up this time? You can even act coquettishly. Are you having a guilty
conscience about something?"
Being accused of this by Ling Xiao, You XiaoMo involuntarily remembered all the
things that he was guilty about. Originally, it was not his intention to do so. He was
simply happy to see that Ling Xiao was awake. After all, this was the first time that
Ling Xiao had been in a coma for three months where he did not move a single
muscle. This was totally different from secluded cultivation.
You XiaoMo moved his eyes shiftily, "How can there be? I was very worried during
this period of time where you were in a coma. Furthermore, if you didn't wake up, the
Ghost Tomb Mountain Range would really be leveled by someone."
"Who dares to level the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range?" Ling Xiao indifferently
raised an eyebrow. Despite being unconscious for three months, but with just a little
extrapolation, he was clear about the current situation.
Levelling this was not as simple as stomping it flat.
You XiaoMo instantly animatedly told him about the news that many people wanted
to join them. This was the first time that so many people were rushing to be their
comrades. Since the rumor of their disagreement with the Vermillion Blood Clan
leaked out, many experts did not dare to get too close to them for fear of being
implicated.
Ling Xiao did not have any reaction after listening, instead he was nonchalant, "Such
things like comrades and subordinates are valued for their quality rather than their
numbers. Moreover, it's just an unusual period now. A hasty recruitment would only
give an opportunity for those that harbor evil designs to exploit."
This was truth that had come from practice. Otherwise, Ling Xiao would not have
only led a dozen experts to shake up the TongTian Palace, which was the number
one force in the TongTian Continent, causing them to fail at the final step when they
were about to succeed.
"Then forget about it. In any case, I also don't want too many people in our palace."
You XiaoMo was not interested in being the boss, because it represented
responsibility and was more troublesome.
Ling Xiao smile dryly, "But I have a piece of good news to tell you."
You XiaoMo's eyes lit up, "What good news?"
Ling Xiao laughed and said, "Uncle Gu has handed the command of the TianGou
over to me. We'll be comrades in the future."
His strength was already above that of Uncle Gu. The latter was extremely gratified
as Lin Gu had waited a long time for this day. Afterwards, he simply handed over the
TianGou to Ling Xiao. The members of the TianGou were also very compatible with
this young master, even the most difficult one to handle in the TianGou was
wrangled by him.
You XiaoMo was also very happy for him. With this, the chances of rescuing his
father had increased a little. Although the members of TianGou had strange
personalities, their fighting strength could not be underestimated. Once he thought
of this, an idea flashed through his mind, but he did not manage to catch it as it
passed by too quickly.
They went ashore together. Ling Xiao was only wearing a pair of white trousers. His
long black hair was in a mess, casually sticking to his sensual and strong chest. He
looked more attractive and sexy than usual while dripping wet.
It was only then that You XiaoMo noticed that he had no clothes on, and
remembered that he was the one that had stripped Ling Xiao bare. You XiaoMo
looked down and blushed.
At first, he was afraid that clothes would hinder the absorption of spiritual water, so
he did not think much before stripping him down to his trousers. Now that the
trousers were wet, it was tightly clinging to two strong and lean thighs, clearly
outlining the gigantic sleeping object between his legs.
"You like what you see?" Ling Xiao suddenly asked in a low voice while intimately
whispering into his red ears.
Despite being an old married couple, You XiaoMo could not help blushing as his
gaze darted all around. He just did not dare to look at Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao cupped his face with both hands and intimately rubbed noses with him,
"Wife, in total, we haven't seen each other for a year and three months. I miss you
very much. How about you? Do you miss me?"
You XiaoMo nodded shyly. He felt that his feelings differed to some extent from Ling
Xiao's.
In the second test, he was under the impression that the year he spent in it was
actually very short, so he regarded it only as a test from beginning to end at that
time. Thus, he did not feel that time was passing slowly and was difficult to bear, but
it was different for Ling Xiao.
He had passed the whole year day by day, and had spared no pains or effort to save
him during that year. You XiaoMo did not need to personally experience that feeling
for him to understand how it must have felt. When all is said and done, the TongTian
Palace was just too abominable.
Thinking of this, You XiaoMo immediately looked up and said, "Let me tell you, that
TongTian Emperor was originally... Mhn..."
Before You XiaoMo had finished talking, Ling Xiao bowed his head and kissed him
on his lips. How could he let You XiaoMo speak of such distasteful things with such
a good atmosphere? He had really really missed his wife very much. During that
year, he thought of it for many nights.
You XiaoMo soon lost himself in the desire that Ling Xiao had stirred up. His arms
went around Ling Xiao's neck and he voluntarily opened his mouth to let Ling Xiao
in.
After a year of separation, this old married couple were as passionate as
newlyweds. Regardless of how well they knew each others bodies, the flames of
desire came the moment they were mentioned.
The two bodies were tightly entwined, and the neatly clothed You XiaoMo soon
became like Ling Xiao, as even his trousers were stripped off. Yet, Ling Xiao's
trousers were still on. It was just that the head of his gigantic sword had completely
risen, and his sword was straight as a ramrod as if it wanted to tear through the
trousers. The boiling heat made You XiaoMo, who was sticking onto it, tremble a
little.
While the two were rolling together in the meadow and enjoying the the pleasure of
close intimacy between a husband and wife, it was obviously not very peaceful
outside.
Although it was a plus for the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range to become so bustling,
the drawbacks were also top-notch, in that it was easy to get into a fight due to a
slight disagreement, especially in White Bone Town.
The White Bone Town could now be regarded as the property of the TianGou, but
ever since the town had flourished, there would be fights breaking out from time to
time everyday. Originally, this did not pose any danger for the White Bone Town, so
the TianGou turned a blind eye to it.
It was not known if it was due to this kind of laissez-faire behavior that made those
outsiders belittle the TianGou. There was news of fierce fighting emerging in an
endless stream daily, and eventually a group war even broke out.
When it came to this group warfare, the 'sin' that Ling Xiao created definitely had to
be mentioned as well.
Ever since Ling Xiao's reputation exploded, the number of experts who came to the
Ghost Tomb Mountain Range out of admiration for him had continually increased.
However, the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range was a very dangerous place. For them
to find the palace, they had to traverse the Cartilage Mountain and break through the
barrier that Ling Xiao had laid down afterwards. Otherwise, it was impossible.
As a result, the White Bone Town had developed, and the town boundaries had
expanded by two or three times.
Each and every one of those practitioners all started squatting in White Bone Town
and refused to leave. Later, it was not known who had thought of this shit idea; they
actually established their own small forces, then each one of them said that they
were the real subordinates of Ling Xiao and argued till they were red in the face.
It was only three months and they actually started fighting.
It was tolerable if was just a small-scale fight. However, the problem was that it was
not the case this time because the strongest amongst the small forces suddenly
wiped out many of the other small forces in White Bone Town.
Even the TianGou had no choice but to pay attention to this situation, because the
leader of this force was an expert who was a Level Twelve demon beast. It was said
that he wanted to become Ling Xiao’s subordinate. In order to show his sincerity, he
purged all the small fish in White Bone Town
It would be good to have the Level Twelve expert to join them, but Level Twelve
demon beasts were all haughty creatures and they could easily establish a force in
Xi Jing just by depending on their own cultivation base. There was no need for them
to run over to become someone's subordinate, therefore the TianGou suspected that
his motives may be impure.
A day had passed before You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao came out of their dimension.
However, no one knew that Ling Xiao had woken up, so it made no difference
whether he came out in the morning or evening. No one had imagined that they
would have such a wild day in their dimension.
You XiaoMo had not moved around anywhere for three months. When they came
out, they were in their bedroom and no one else was there.
His Qiu team had not been idle during this period. Since Lin Gu handed the TianGou
to Ling Xiao, PiQiu and the rest had accompanied Tian Dao and the others in their
work, and had become more right and proper. Due to the situation in White Bone
Town, as well as the recent chaotic events in Xi Jing, each and every one of them
were all very busy.
While Ling Xiao was changing clothes, You XiaoMo had run out.
As soon as the door opened, a blue shadow pounced on him. Caught off guard, You
XiaoMo was hit head-on and was nearly squashed flat. At the same time, a familiar
voice sounded above his head.
"Son, son, you finally come out! Daddy missed you so much!" You JunQi hugged his
son's head with all his strength. This feeling of recovering what one had previously
lost was absolutely not any less than that of Ling Xiao's. When he learned that You
XiaoMo was detained by the people from TongTian Palace, and had even been told
that his son was dead, he would have rushed to the TongTian Palace if not for Ling
Xiao obstructing him.
You XiaoMo gave him a kick, "We clearly just saw each other yesterday! Are you
trying to strangle me?"
You JunQi sulkily poked his fingers together, "Son, one day apart seems like three
years ah~"
You XiaoMo rolled his eyes at him.
Speaking of this cheap dad, his luck was quite good. Others, including Ling Xiao,
had been injured, but he was the only one who was completely without a scratch.
Furthermore, it was said that one third of the countless injured and dead white-robed
men from TongTian Palace was his handiwork. The reason was because his old dad
had a super-strong sneak attack ability that was said to have been perfected when
he was being hunted down by You ZhenTian.
However, You XiaoMo was extremely gratified that he was all right.
Chapter 643: The Origins of the Ancient War
The Weasel Beast rushed over soon after finding out that his master had come out
from the dimension. PiQiu and CatQiu followed. They were relatively weak, so they
didn’t go over to Weeping Ghost Shores, staying in the palace with Metal
Swallowing Beast and the others.
The demon beasts raced to get inside, but upon seeing that Ling Xiao was sitting
next to their master, they all settled down.
Their master had been in the dimension taking care of Boss Ling Xiao recently, and
without anyone to keep them in check, they went wild. Originally, there was still You
JunQi to keep an eye on them, except he wasn’t the most reliable either.
Surprisingly, the most reliable was the weakest Weasel Beast. However, with the
pills and life crystals You XiaoMo had provided, his strength had improved by a lot.
Now, he could command more and more rodent demons, and stronger ones, too.
Though Ghost Tomb Mountain Range was still that dangerous ancient warzone, he
had plenty of eyes placed here now. He would be the first to receive the news if
anything happened in the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range or White Bone Town, even
sooner than TianDao.
You XiaoMo’s current favorite was the Weasel Beast. Seeing him reminded You
XiaoMo of the black robed man he had given to the Weasel Beast to take care of.
After coming back, he had spent most of his time in his dimension taking care of
Ling Xiao, so he didn’t know much about what had happened recently.
“How’s that man doing?”
Seeing that is master was looking over at him, the Weasel Beast replied, “He hasn’t
woken yet, but his injuries are mostly healed. He’ll be fully healed in a few months.”
“Since his injuries have healed, how come he hasn’t woken up yet?” You XiaoMo
asked in confusion. You XiaoMo had heard from the Weasel Beast that though the
man had sustained heavy injuries, his regenerative abilities were very powerful.
Logically speaking, he should’ve been awake by now.
The Weasel Beast scratched his head. “I’m not sure about that. Master, do you want
to go and visit him?”
You XiaoMo looked to Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao asked, “Who is this man you’re speaking of?”
You XiaoMo immediately replied with excitement. “Do you remember that black
robed man we saw in the Peach Springs? That’s him. I saved him on my way out
from the TongTian Palace. He’s your helper, right?”
Back then, he hadn’t only saved the black robed man, but also two members of
TianGou. Though they had both been injured, their injuries weren’t severe, so the
two went back to Weeping Ghost Shore directly, just missing the black robed man
that was in You XiaoMo’s dimension back then.
Ling Xiao’s expression was a little strange. “Have you informed TianGou’s people?
What about your demon beasts, are they not here?”
You XiaoMo blinked. “Why would I inform them? Do you mean SheQiu and the
others? TianDao borrowed them not long after we came back, saying there was
something important he needed help from them with. I let them go, seeing that he
seemed after anxious.”
Ling Xiao didn’t reply, directly saying to the Weasel Beast, “Send someone to the
Weeping Ghost Shores, tell them that the person they’re looking for is over here with
me.”
The Weasel Beast looked at You XiaoMo.
You XiaoMo nodded back for him to obey, feeling delighted. This wasn’t the first
time Ling Xiao had ordered his contracted demon beasts. It was, however, rare that
his demon beasts didn’t immediately obey and instead asked for his opinion first.
“From what you just said, did you mean that black robed man a member of the
TianGou? Ah, is it that TianGui?”
After the Weasel Beast left, You XiaoMo put together Ling Xiao’s words and finally
figured out the black robed man’s identity. Of the members of TianGou, TianGui was
the most mysterious and often disappeared without warning, so even his
companions rarely saw him, nevermind PiQiu and the others.
No wonder PiQiu and CatQiu didn’t have any reaction upon seeing the black robed
man. In addition, all those that had met him were with TianDao now, so TianGou still
had no idea that TianGui was here with him.
As for You JunQi, all he cared about was his son, and no one bothered him anyway,
so even if he knew that TianGui was a member of TianGou, he wouldn’t see a need
to inform TianGou, seeing that the man was ok.
“I’m delighted that you finally figured out who he is,” Ling Xiao said without sincerity.
If it wasn’t for him this time, TianGui might’ve been hidden here until he spoke up
himself. If he recalled correctly, TianGui was going up against a three star enemy. It
seemed like he had sustained heavy injuries while killing his opponent.
You XiaoMo’s gaze drifted. To much had happened as of late; he hadn’t had the
time to consider other things like that.
The Weasel Beast was very fast at sending messages, and TianGou knew within
the day. TianDao almost thought that TianGui had been taken by TongTian Palace’s
people and had sent plenty of people to look for the other over the course of these
three months. Knowing that TianGui was at the palace, he calmed, merely telling the
Weasel Beast to tell them to let TianGui stay and heal for now.
However, the Weasel Beast secretly told You XiaoMo afterwards that, when he had
told TianGou about TianGui, their expressions had twisted terrifyingly.
Perhaps other people wouldn’t understand, but the Weasel Beast knew that the
TianGou had been up in arms over TianGui’s disappearance for a full three months.
It was just that, back then, he hadn’t known that TianGui was the black robed
person.
You XiaoMo decided to would be for the best if he didn’t go to Weeping Ghost
Shores for now.
Ling Xiao was strong, and in three months, his internal injuries had mostly healed.
He had heard of the sacred level practitioner in White Bone Town, but he decided to
leave this be for now.
Right now, he was more concerned about the overall situation in the TongTian
Continent.
“Ling Xiao, let me show you something.” You XiaoMo remembered the pill he had
taken from the stone platform. Afterwards, he had checked his DanQing Ancestor’s
jade drive, but hadn’t found anything, so he was doubting if this was a magic pill at
all.
Ling Xiao took the pill. “What’s this?”
Seeing that there were things that even Ling Xiao didn’t know, You XiaoMo’s
enthusiasm was immediately peeked, informing Ling Xiao of everything the middle
aged man had said three months ago, including the stuff about the rules and the
master. This was something he couldn’t figure out.
“I understand.” Ling Xiao immediately organized all these scraps of info and asked,
looking at You XiaoMo, “Do you have any questions?”
You XiaoMo slowly began,” This pill…”
Ling Xiao immediately understood what he wanted to say and held the pill up to him.
“Strictly speaking, this isn’t a magic pill, but you could call it that if you really wanted
to. I’ve never seen something like this before either. It should be a method the
TongTian Emperor and that middle aged man thought up, to transcend into the level
of the Almighty.”
“The Almighty?” You XiaoMo’s eyes lit up.
“That level is called the Almighty, but there can only be one, so if one were to
transcend into the Almighty, then no one else will be able to. Since the last one is
dead, it’s unsurprising that the TongTian Emperor wants to become the Almighty.”
You XiaoMo smacked his lips and said, “But that middle aged man said that the
master of the rules has already died. If he’s really that powerful, then how did he
die?”
“This is a huge secret, and very few - definitely less than five - people know. It’s
doubtful that even the TongTian Emperor knows.” Ling Xiao suddenly adopted a
mysterious tone of voice.
You XiaoMo’s eyes lit up and asked in a low tone, “Then do you know?”
Ling Xiao glanced at him. “Of course I do, do you want me to tell you?”
You XiaoMo immediately nodded, “Tell me, tell me.”
Ling Xiao beckoned at him with a finger.
You XiaoMo leaned in and just as he offered up his ear, it was bitten. A wet tongue
licked over his ear, even attempting slide inside. With a shudder, he tried to push
away, but was dragged back, a pair of hands groping his body and making his limbs
feel weak.
“Are you going to tell me or not?” You XiaoMo straightened his clothing. That guy
had just had his rut yesterday, and it went on for several hours. He really couldn’t
take it.
Ling Xiao could only hold him, staring hungrily at the soft body hidden within his
clothes as he replied mysteriously, “You have probably heard of the previous
Almighty, the first master of the TongTian Palace. Though there can only be one
Almighty at a time, this isn’t certain…”
The first master of the TongTian Palace was similar to the current TongTian
Emperor. He was a man who looked serious and honest, but was actually petty and
deceitful. He had become the Almighty a thousand years before the ancient war.
Because he was afraid of the power of the Four Ancient Beast Clans, he triggered
the ancient war in an attempt to destroy the Four Ancient Beast Clans.
He did this because he had figured out that after he became the Almighty, the Four
Ancient Beast Clans were the biggest threat to his position through the legacy of
their blood.
The reason why he felt threatened by the Four Ancient Beast Clans as the Almighty
was because, in a time more ancient than ancient times, there was a legend about
the Four Ancient Beasts. A being far more powerful than the Four Ancient Beast
Clans would be conceived through the perfect amalgamation of the bloodlines of the
Four Ancient Beast merged. This being’s power could even rival the Almighty.
It was this being that the Almighty felt threatened by.
However, never mind the palace master’s thoughts, the Four Ancient Beasts
wouldn’t allow this being to be conceived. After all, who was willing to be ruled over
like that?
The Four Ancient Beast Clans were all prideful creatures. They had been at the top
of the TongTian Continent for so long, enough that they even snubbed the Almighty.
In addition, this being would only be created from a perfect amalgamation of the
bloodlines of the Four Ancient Beast Clans, which meant a fourth of the blood of
each clan. The Four Ancient Beast Clans looked highly upon the purity of their
blood, so it was clear to see that this being could never come into existence.
However, the Almighty wasn’t convinced. The Four Ancient Beast Clans were still
threats.
And so he plotted the ancient war.
Chapter 644: Irresponsible
Very few knew of the ancient battle, and as luck would have it, the You Family
ancestor they met at the Demon Beast Graveyard of the Ghost Tomb Mountain
Range was one of them. It was also him who told Ling Xiao about it, otherwise he
had no way of knowing.
He also told him about the fact that when the Four Ancient Beast bloodlines
combined, it was strong as the Almighty. Back than, in an instance, the man in white
knew all of the bloodlines in Ling Xiao, but if it wasn't for he and You XiaoMo's
relationship, he might not have told Ling Xiao about it.
What goes around comes around, probably something like that.
As for why the first TongTian Emperor died, that has to do with the Four Ancient
Beast Clan's legend.
The first TongTian Emperor was highly ambitious, not only did he want to destroy
the Four Ancient Beast Clans, he also wanted to destroy some of the major families
of the time. The You Family was amongst them. He wanted to then regroup the
forces of the TongTian Continent and unify them.
But his scheme was still discovered.
Back in the ancient times, there was also someone like Ling Xiao who had all Four
Ancient Beast Clan's bloodline and was just as unappreciated. Back then, the Four
Ancient Beast Clans didn't know that a perfectly combined version of their bloodline
would become as strong as the Almighty.
Only when the first TongTian Emperor's scheme was discovered did that person
start to shine, but when the fight came near its end, that person still perished
together with the Almighty.
Due to the Almighty’s disappearance, although this world was complete, it's rules
weren't fully set. What was left was what the first Almighty set as the rule, if there
wasn't a new one soon, it wouldn't be long before their rules disappeared.
But, even though the ancient battle was an evil scheme of the Almighty, the truth
wasn't known because the one who found out about it was the one who died
together with the Almighty.
Before he could say it, he died. As for why the You Family's ancestor knew, that was
because he was coincidentally there when it happened. Not only that, they weren't
stupid either, there were too many loopholes as to why the battle occurred, it's just
that most of them died in the battle.
So up till now, no one knew of the dirty secret of the TongTian Palace and that it
wasn't worth worshiping at all. However, with the TongTian Palace destroyed as well
as their reputation, there was no need to purposefully mention the truth behind the
ancient battle.
This TongTian Emperor spring up tens of thousands of years after the ancient battle.
Many of those in the TongTian Palace had died in the ancient battle as well, not only
that, very few knew of the scheme in the first place, thus the TongTian Emperor
actually knew very little. But, he just needed to know that the first TongTian Emperor
was the Almighty and that was enough.
There was only one thought in You XiaoMo's mind as he heard the story. There was
nothing 'absolute' in this world, even someone as strong as the first TongTian
Emperor stilled died, but that was completely his fault.
He could have just comfortably stayed as the Almighty, but he just had to unify
everyone, clearly unnecessary. And what happened? He successfully forced the
true powerhouse out and died. Greed and power was truly death-inducing.
"Then what are we doing about this magic pill?" You XiaoMo asked as he looked at
the dark red magic pill silently resting on his palm.
At first he thought that Ling Xiao might use it, but after some careful thinking, he
thought against it. Ling Xiao already had the four bloodlines, he didn't need to be like
the TongTian Emperor and rise to the Almighty level. Not only that, this magic pill
absorbed so many lives, it was sinister and this was probably an incomplete product.
Without another word, Ling Xiao crushed it to dust and it flew away, taken by the
wind. Clearly, Ling Xiao had no favorable impression of it either.
"If they have time to make such an obscure thing, they might as well be cultivating
the proper way."
Suddenly a thought flashed across You XiaoMo's mind, "Say, do you think the first
Almighty also used this method to become that level?"
"Probably not." Unexpectedly, Ling Xiao rejected his idea, "From what that middle-
aged man told you, this method was probably thought of after he got together with
the TongTian Emperor. The possible results are still unknown."
"Then what about you and the other person's bet?" You XiaoMo stilled remembered
the bet Ling Xiao made. Now that the TongTian Palace was destroyed, the Mage
Assemblage was probably not going to be held either.
Suddenly, Ling Xiao smiled, "What does it have to do with me? Since the beginning
it was a one-sided bet, if something happens, it's his problem."
You XiaoMo thought he was such a fraud.
That person's probably going to be fuming in anger. The TongTian Palace was
destroyed by Ling Xiao but he had to clean up the mess.
However, it was a highly welcomed situation!
In the afternoon, Ling Xiao and You XiaoMo went to check up on Tian Gui. With Ling
Xiao's hint, he finally realized that Tian Gui was advancing and not unconscious.
Tian Gui was a fighting maniac, very often he would advance from the experience
he got from fighting. Although this time, from the life and death battle in the
TongTian Palace, he suffered grave injuries, he also managed to go past the two
star barrier. With a little more time, he would be at a three star level.
For the past three months You XiaoMo had been back, he hadn't received any
information about his first and second-shixiong.
After they knew that he was captured by the TongTian Palace, they were also very
worried and repeatedly sent the Giant Roc to gather information. When they heard
about Ling Xiao gathering powerhouses to invade the palace, they also wanted to
help, but couldn't leave Dong Zhou at all.
From their letters, You XiaoMo learned that the situation in Dong Zhou was pretty
bad.
Although the ShuiXi Tribe and the WanSha Tribe combined forces to fight against
the Guma Tribe, they were unable to get the upper hand as another force was
secretly helping them.
That force wasn't the Vermillion Blood Clan since they couldn't even fend for
themselves, much less sent someone over to Dong Zhou.
You XiaoMo however, knew of this force. From what he heard, Yan Hui and Su
Lang's Shifu was someone incredibly strong with a remarkable identity. Not only
that, they had the previous holy maiden Zu Ma, who was even stronger than Xia Yin.
Since you can only win a hundred percent of the time when you know your enemies,
You XiaoMo later told them about this. Although their Shifu's identity was still
unknown, they could at least have a direction to search.
One the second day, You XiaoMo heard that Ling Xiao was preparing to go to the
Weeping Ghost Shore.
Ever since he became the real young master of Tian Dao, even if he had Tian Dao's
help on most things and didn't have to deal with them himself, it was still important to
learn a bit more.
You XiaoMo thought about what the Weasel Beast said and wanted to back out.
"Ling Xiao, maybe you should go yourself. I just suddenly remembered that I had
something else to do. For the past three months I was by your side and didn't
cultivate or refine pills."
In the past year or so, You XiaoMo was still stuck on grade four, mostly because he
hadn't been cultivating. But, he wasn't completely without improvements either. In
the year he stayed in that world, the spiritual energy was very thick, thus even if he
was chased all over the place, the whole escape process could still be counted as
cultivating.
Without another word, Ling Xiao lifted him up by the collar and left the palace. They
were just going to the Weeping Ghost Shore, it wasn't even going to take that long.
Did he think he couldn't tell that it was all just a ruse?
You XiaoMo’s head drooped low and hoped that all of the TianGou members were
out.
But, obviously that wasn’t going to happen.
It didn’t even take half an hour before they arrived at the Weeping Ghost Shore. The
reason was because in the year You XiaoMo was gone, TianGou created two
teleportation circles, the ones commonly found in the Long Xiang Continent,
between the Weeping Ghost Shore and their palace. It was perfect for short distance
teleportation.
At the Weeping Ghost Shore, ever since Hua Gu and You XiaoMo’s contracted
demon beasts joined, the work was more clearly divided and everyone had a clear
role to play. Everything was progressing smoothly.
Since Ling Xiao told them ahead of time, by the time they arrived, most of the
members were already waiting in the Smile Pavilion.
Just as they walked in, everyone turned and stared at the them.
As You XiaoMo was feeling guilty, his chest wasn’t puffed up as high and his eyes
kept darting all over the place. Thus, he successfully saw Hua Gu who had made a
transition to a classy woman (business women).
When they first met, Hua Gu was an alpha lady and had the skills to back it up,
however, she felt vulgar with a poor taste in clothing. Thus, even though she felt like
an alpha, she never had the classy or professional feel to her.
But now, Hua Gu was wearing bright, flaming red lipsticks, making her more
gorgeous. A single belt formed her slender waist, emphasizing her chest and she
also had a whip attached to her hip.
Seeing that, You XiaoMo suddenly pictured a classy woman, swinging around a
whip and laughing as she whipped a bunch of men. He shocked himself with the
image.
“Young Master.” Just as he was thinking, Hua Gu came up.
Finally, You XiaoMo regained his senses and the moment he looked up, he saw
Ling Xiao making this, half-smiling-but-not-really-face. He subconsciously rubbed his
nose, feeling guilty.
Hua Gu suddenly turned towards him and finally said after some hesitation,
“Madame.”
As if lightning struck You XiaoMo’s head, he was once again shocked by her.
‘Madame or Wife’ was Ling Xiao’s exclusively, when it was from him, there was
always a feeling of softness and flirty-ness to it. At first he was embarrassed but
over time he got used to it. But suddenly hearing that from a woman, he felt a
peculiar feeling, as if saying he was a woman as well.
Chapter 645: Forbidden Zone
Ling Xiao refuted the word 'wife' very quickly.
The reason was obviously because only he could say it. He liked to use a flirting
tone the most when calling for his wife. This was a joy that only existed between a
couple, and definitely couldn't be destroyed by Hua Gu.
Hua Gu revealed a seldom seen embarrassed expression. She was an attentive
person in the first place, so when she saw You XiaoMo's constipated expression,
she knew that she said something wrong. In the end, You XiaoMo told her to call
him Young Master You, because he himself liked that a lot.
Hua Gu saw that the young master didn't reject it, and she seized the chance to call
him Young Master You once.
In the Smile Pavilion, besides TianGou's four members, there was also You
XiaoMo's contracted demon beasts: SheQiu and XiaoHei. They could both be
considered the placid type, and when they saw them come over, their expressions
were very calm.
You XiaoMo originally wanted to dash over and reminisce with them, but halfway
there he was grabbed by Ling Xiao and dragged to the host position. There were
two chairs there, one for Ling Xiao, and one for somebody else.
After sitting down, Ling Xiao went straight to the point.
Nobody was in the habit of doing a sloppy job, and their efficiency was quite good.
Not even an hour later, they had already resolved a few problems.
You XiaoMo was bored to death. He only heard them mention something related to
him at the very end.
Tian Dao suggested, "Young lord, I hope that TianGou's information network can
integrate itself with what Young Master You's Weasel Beast is capable of. TianGou's
information network has always had too few people, so if the two sides can integrate
with each other, their effectiveness will increase even more."
Ling Xiao didn't answer him immediately. Instead, he sought You XiaoMo's opinion.
You XiaoMo thought, 'In any case, it's all 'one family.' Might as well integrate.' "Let's
play it by ear. I'll let QiQiu know later."
Everyone stared blankly.
They recovered very quickly and realized that he was referring to the Weasel Beast.
Everyone already knew about You XiaoMo's habit of giving his contracted demon
beasts all sorts of nicknames, never mind the fact that not a single one from SheQiu
and the rest liked their own nicknames. But they all liked to shade their comrades,
so they would always call them by their nicknames in front of other people. As a
result, the one whose nickname was called out would be unhappy and retaliate.
After that, they made such a disturbance that everyone knew about it.
The second problem had to do with White Bone Town's Level Twelve expert.
Their opponent was a one star expert. In this chaotic state of affairs, a Level Twelve
expert could become a critical turning point. If they could draw him in, TianGou's
strength would go up a level.
But that was merely their desire. First they had to ensure that the person didn't have
any problems.
The person appeared two months ago. He was the strongest person in White Bone
Town, and everyone else under his suppression dared to get angry, but didn't dare
to speak back. Quite a few people even joined his powerhouse, and by now, it had
already developed into a small powerhouse with thirty to forty people, even more
than them. Among those people, the one with the lowest level of strength was still at
the Emperor Realm level.
While Ling Xiao was recuperating, Tian Dao had long since sent someone to
monitor this person. But there wasn't anything really suspicious about his behavior,
and he didn't reveal any clues.
It seemed like there wasn't any problems, but Tian Dao wasn't that easily fooled.
The more it seemed everything was fine, the more suspicious it was.
Tian Dao had checked out his history a long time ago. This matter had even
implicated Yin Ge's father, the Nine-Headed Snake Emperor.
There was only Yin Ge and his father remaining in the Nine-Headed Snake Emperor
clan. They were considered the lowest Level Twelve Emperor Beasts in Xi Jing.
They didn't expand their territory, nor did they participate in Xi Jing's wars.
The other powerhouses didn't want to go provoke the Nine-Headed Snake Emperor
either, a fellow with an irritable temper. However, there was one person who dared
to. This person was the Nine-Headed Snake Emperor's natural enemy, the Crested
Serpent Eagle. It was equally matched in terms of strength with the Nine-Headed
Snake Emperor, and it had quite a few subordinates. White Bone Town's level
twelve expert was one such subordinate.
But he hadn't volunteered. Instead, he was forced to by the Crested Serpent Eagle's
threats, and so he had no choice but to yield.
All the way up until just recently, the Crested Serpent Eagle would always go out to
trouble the Nine-Headed Snake Emperor. He had most likely finally pissed off the
old Snake Emperor. When he was leaving, he was high-spirited and full of self-
confidence, but when he returned, his face was pale and he had received a heavy
injury. He immediately went and secluded himself that very day.
That person had taken advantage of this opportunity to escape. He knew that the
Crested Serpent Eagle would be in secluded cultivation for a very long time, so he
wanted to borrow this chance to find a strong and powerful supporter.
But those powers that had been famous for a very long time definitely wouldn't
agree. So then he decided to seek help from Ling Xiao, who had just become
famous through the continent. With Ling Xiao's success in fighting You ZhenTian
and TongTian Emperor, the man's old boss definitely wouldn't be a match for him.
Moreover, he hadn't yet established a powerhouse, so joining now would make it
easier to lay down his achievements and gain Ling Xiao's trust.
Even though it could still be considered normal to say that someone at Ling Xiao's
level of strength didn't attach any importance to the Crested Serpent Eagle, Tian
Dao still felt as if this meat pie that fell from the sky wasn't easy to chew. So he had
hesitated in making a decision.
"Continue watching him. Find out his real motive." After listening, Ling Xiao was
silent for a few seconds before he made his decision.
Tian Dao wasn't surprised. In reality, he was thinking the same thing as Ling Xiao.
There was still something odd about this person, but if they couldn't find out what it
was, there was no way they could feel at ease letting him join TianGou.
"Tian Dao, have you heard any news about Yin Ge and Feng ChiYun?" You XiaoMo
saw that they had pretty much finished discussing, so he asked a question that he
was more concerned about.
Since Yin Ge and Feng ChiYun's feelings weren't accepted by the old Snake
Emperor, after being freed, they joined hands and left. Rumor had it that they were
going to travel, and it had been a very long time since he last received any news
about them.
Tian Dao responded, "I haven't."
You XiaoMo was a tiny bit disappointed. It seemed like Yin Ge and Feng ChiYun still
hadn't returned.
Tian Dao said, "If Young Master You wishes to know, I can send someone out to ask
around. However, TongTian Continent's situation right now is a little chaotic, so it'll
be quite difficult to find them."
"Then never mind." You XiaoMo shook his head. He didn't want to trouble him. Right
now they didn't even have enough people by their side to use for their own
purposes, so if they sent out somebody to search, their crew would become even
smaller. Furthermore, with their current reputation, Yin Ge and Feng ChiYun could
come to Ghost Tomb Mountain Range at any time if they wanted to find them.
Tian Dao nodded his head, unsurprised. He had actually long since expected this
result, and he continued to ask, "Young Master You, how is it going on Tian Gui's
side right now?"
"Oh, he's about to break through. He should wake up soon." You XiaoMo propped
up a hand underneath his chin, and his expression started to become absent-
minded.
Ling Xiao stood up and said to Tian Dao, "Today's meeting will conclude here. You
can take care of the other matters as you see fit."
Even though he had assumed control of TianGou from Lin Gu, he was still very
competent at being the hands-off leader.
Fortunately, Tian Dao had long since become accustomed to Lin Gu as a hands-off
leader. Now that it was Ling Xiao, he couldn't be any more used to it.
After that, they returned to the palace.
Even though they didn't know whether the Mage Assemblage would still happen or
not, You XiaoMo felt that Ling Xiao's promise with that person would still be valid.
There were only nine months left till the promise. His cultivation base was still grade
four, and if that time really came, this level of strength wouldn't be enough at all. So
after this, he had to do his best and work hard.
Meanwhile, Hundred Birds Valley.
The chick that was already three or four years old was still a white and plump baby.
He was innocent and unaffected, very adorable, but under the head elder's teaching,
his heart had already become blackened.
Even though everyone was very good to him in Hundred Birds Valley, besides the
second elder Ji He and his bloodline, the chick had never forgotten his true purpose
in returning to the Demon Phoenix Clan. It was so he could be a spy for his master
and boss. He had even already received the task that the boss gave him.
Ever since he had broke the news about being contracted, Ji He and his bloodline
had continuously used this as an excuse to pull him off his high horse. Their
reasoning was that the Demon Phoenix Clan couldn't have a young master that had
formed a contract with a human. Moreover, it was only an ordinary contract. They
believed that this was extraordinarily shameful and humiliating for the Demon
Phoenix Clan.
However, Ji He and his bloodline's power was fairly weak. Their voices of opposition
didn't create any huge waves in the Demon Phoenix Clan before it was very bluntly
suppressed by the head elder Ji Weng. The reason was because of this ordinary
contract.
If it was a lifebound contract, Ji Weng might have actually considered whether he
should allow Ji NingYu to continue being in line for succession in the Demon
Phoenix Clan, because there was no way to undo a lifebound contract. But ordinary
contracts could be undone, so the situation that the chick was facing now was that
he had to rescind the contract with You XiaoMo.
The chick had already agreed verbally, but in reality, nobody knew what he was
really thinking.
Ever since he had returned to the Demon Phoenix Clan, Ji Weng had taught him
many things. You could imagine what kind of things he taught him to turn a perfectly
fine young, cute boy's heart black.
There was no way Ji Weng could have imagined that there would be a day the chick
would end up using the things that he taught him on himself.
However, even though this situation caused some opposing clamor to rise up in the
Demon Phoenix Clan against him, Ji Weng's doting on him still didn't change. By
now, the chick had already returned to the Demon Phoenix Clan for many years,
and he was no longer that little baby that could only stay by Ji Weng's side.
On this day, the weather was sunny and cloudless.
Two people from the Demon Phoenix Clan looked awkwardly at the little kid
standing in front of them. Nowadays, who didn't know that Ji NingYu was the head
elder's darling treasure? He was really like something that they were afraid of
sucking on too hard and melting, or holding in their hands and dropping. They
couldn't drive him away or touch him, making things very difficult for them.
"Young master, please don't make things hard for us. It's really not that we aren't
letting you in, it's only that this is the Forbidden zone. The head elder instructed us
before not to allow anybody in." The one speaking had light brown hair, and right
now his face looked like a bitter melon.
"I don't care, I want to go in." The baby said in a childlike voice. He was a tiny ball,
but the two clan members didn't dare to look down on him. Because all the people
who underestimated him were lying on beds right now. The phrase ‘don't judge a
person by their looks’ seemed to be created just for Ji NingYu. Who would've
imagined that this tiny round ball actually had a Divine Realm cultivation base? It
had to be said that it had only been a few short years since he was born until now.
However, something they hadn't imagined even more was that half of the chick's
cultivation base was exchanged from You XiaoMo's spiritual water lake. But you
couldn't deny his innate skill just because of this.
When they heard his words, both of them didn't know what to do. It looked like they
had to go find the head elder.
At that exact moment, a cold and imposing voice floated out from the Forbidden
zone.
"Who is making a racket out here?"

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Su Lang's expression twisted uglily.

Yan Hui frowned, "What are you laughing about?"

Su Lan's eyes almost popped out of his skull.

You XiaoMo, “…”

Excuse me, may I ask if I can rewind what just happened?

It was almost dawn after they returned to the hotel.

You XiaoMo immediately climbed out of bed and rolled over.

"Then... I'll just give it a try..."

You XiaoMo started the refining aphrodisiac the next morning.

However, the materials needed to refine aphrodisiacs were relatively obscure. He

You XiaoMo was disappointed. "Was the aphrodisiac not enough?"

"What?" You XiaoMo asked.

You XiaoMo, “…”

If they were humans, they wouldn't be able to last at all.

The Metal Swallowing Beast's expression twisted.

Metal Swallowing Beast nodded shyly. He wanted to have a heat too.

Ling Xiao almost spat out his tea, choking.

"What?" You XiaoMo noticed his uncharacteristic behavior.

You XiaoMo suddenly stopped.

Ling Xiao asked him what was wrong.

Metal Swallowing Beast struggled to get back on his feet.

You XiaoMo was dumbfounded. "Why?"

When they approached, they could smell a faint scent of blood.

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It didn't take long for You XiaoMo to finish them.

That was also when Ling Xiao walked in.

Who wants half of your intelligence, I want double your intelligence!

You XiaoMo glared at him and took out another blanket.

It didn't take long for everything to be burned to dust.

"Let him in." A gentle voice came out of the room.

"Yes." Luo WenZong answered.

The man nodded, satisfied.

That was also one of the reasons for Su Lang’s disbelief.

You XiaoMo, “…”

Don’t say something everyone knows so straightforwardly, it’s making me blush.

"Great Elder, do you mean leave the death of my grandson uninvestigated?!" Ji He

Ji YunLang's Heart Fire would instantly extinguish if he died.

However, his actions were stopped by the Great Elder Ji Weng.

Thus this scene came about.

Everyone was gathered to discuss this matter.

Ji He could not refute this point.

The solemn atmosphere in the building was instantly broken by him.

Furthermore, why did it have to be his grandson?

At the thought of this, Ji He was close to vomiting to death. He itched to slaughter

Ghost Tomb Mountain Range, Weeping Ghost Shore.

However, they couldn't not avenge the Wolf of Greed.

It was common knowledge.

You XiaoMo carefully compared the two.

You XiaoMo glared at him. I don't need morale support!

After six hours, the new map was done.

No one noticed Xie Jun darkly eying Niu XuYang.

"It's you!" Mo Xue gnashed her teeth in anger.

"So it's this Sir who saved us..."

No good deed goes unpunished ah!