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 Eight
(Chapters 509 to 573)
Translators: Rara, Ceti, Jouissance, Crystal, Yan
Editors: Addis
~~~~Brought to you by Exiled Rebels Scanlations~~~~
Chapter 509: Special Rules
Chapter 510: Swindlers and Thieves
Chapter 511: Extremely fortunate
Chapter 512: Competition
Chapter 513: Meeting Wu Cheng Again
Chapter 514: Identity Discovered
Chapter 515: Xi Jing
Chapter 516: A Baby Turtle
Chapter 517: Request
Chapter 518: The Weeping Ghost Shore's Tiangou
Chapter 519: A Fight
Chapter 520: Advance
Chapter 521: You JunQi
Chapter 522: Venturing into the Human Skull Peak
Chapter 523: Leisure Pavilion
Chapter 524: Refining Pills and Communication
Chapter 525: Exposed
Chapter 526: To Mount a Sneak Attack
Chapter 527: Alleviation and Mating
Chapter 528: A Massive Change
Chapter 529: Direct Descendant
Chapter 530: The Proprietress of the Restaurant
Chapter 531: Amazing MaoQiu
Chapter 532: A Wise Man Acts Accordingly
Chapter 533: River Town
Chapter 534: The Old Man and Going Out to Sea
Chapter 535: Cooking
Chapter 536: Kitchen Chaos
Chapter 537: Whale Island
Chapter 538: The Black Turtle Clan Arrives
Chapter 539: Jumping into the Fire
Chapter 540: The Contributors
Chapter 541: Identity Revealed
Chapter 542: 'Thief'
Chapter 543: Brute Force
Chapter 544: Leaving the City
Chapter 545: Ingesting Life Blood
Chapter 546: The Black Spider
Chapter 547: The Wealthiest
Chapter 548: You’re Overthinking it
Chapter 549: Private Exchange Quarter
Chapter 550: Have No Eyes
Chapter 551: Pill Recipe Trade
Chapter 552: Nothing More Than a Delusion
Chapter 553: Engulfing Godfire
Chapter 554: Kite Flying
Chapter 555: Familiar Faces and More Familiar Faces
Chapter 556: The Sommelier and Spirit Wine
Chapter 557: The Wolf of Greed’s Life Crystal
Chapter 558: Artificially Inflating the Price
Chapter 559: Procedures
Chapter 560: In Opposition
Chapter 561: Challenging a Higher Level
Chapter 562: The Sluggish Ball of Light
Chapter 563: Xenophobic Dong Zhou

Translated by Jouissance of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Chapter 564: Shady Inn
Chapter 565: The Tailor Shop’s Proprietress
Chapter 566: The Reincarnation Pill
Chapter 567: Dealt With
Chapter 568: The Town's Magic Herb Shop
Chapter 569: Expensive Purchase
Chapter 570: Setting up Home in a Cave
Chapter 571: IN PROGRESS
Chapter 572: Inquiry
Chapter 573: IN PROGRESS
Chapter 509: Special Rules
Translated by Yan of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

You XiaoMo remembered that when they had first arrived on the Tong Tian
Continent, the old geezer had given them a Sealed Jade Drive. But because the
seal on the jade drive was too powerful, and Ling Xiao couldn’t undo it even as a
Divine Realm practitioner, the matter continued to be pushed back. By now, many
months had already passed, and he had nearly forgotten about it entirely.
Remembering this, he almost couldn’t control himself.

However, Ling Xiao had recently finished absorbing the Dragon Clan’s inheritance.
But in order to master a few of the Dragon Clan’s techniques, he had left XiaoYao
Institution in search of a far away place with no people to practice his cultivation, and
he wouldn’t be back before dusk.

No matter how anxious You XiaoMo was, he still had to wait.

In the afternoon, You XiaoMo didn’t wait until Ling Xiao came back, instead Qiao
WuXing and Jiu Ye came to visit.

It was rare that the two of them would come at the same time to find him, so You
XiaoMo invited them into his room and poured them two cups of cold tea, acting as a
host. The tea was only hot when Ling Xiao was there.

“I only have cold tea here, no hot tea or wine. Make do with this for now.” The two of
them looked at the cold tea in front of them and didn’t move.

You XiaoMo didn’t feel that it was awkward. “Why did you come to find me?”

“Oh, I heard that you and Ling Mo went to the ZhongTing Trade Fair a few days ago
and met my master and Jiu Ye’s master.” Qiao WuXing said deliberately.

“Yep!”

There was nothing particularly worth hiding about this incident. The two of them had
already said that those two were their masters, and it couldn’t be any more normal
for their disciples to know. You XiaoMo was pretty curious as for what they wanted
to say.
If they had received their Master’s trust and come to be on friendly terms with him,
there was absolutely no need for that, because their relationship right now was
already pretty good. Although it wasn’t a friendship for life, they could still be
considered friends nonetheless. It was also unlikely that they came to trick him into
telling the truth. It wasn’t as if he was an idiot, so how could the matter about the
Spiritual Water be casually tricked out of him.

“Actually, it’s nothing much. I came to tell you about something. If you want to climb
to a higher floor in the tower as soon as possible, you can try to go challenge
XiaoYao Institute’s special rules.”

“What are the special rules?” This was the first time You XiaoMo heard of this.

Jiu Ye’s cool voice slowly said, “The so-called special rules are set up for powerful
experts who cannot wait for three months. But it isn’t as if anyone who wishes to
challenge the special rules can challenge them. You need a recommendation from a
prestigious elder in order to enter the quota.”

You XiaoMo nodded. “What do you have to do in the challenge?”

Qiao WuXing said, “It’s actually very simple, you only have to compete against a
teacher in the institute. If you beat him, then you can ascend.”

“What kind of competition is it?”

“Comparing pill-refining techniques.”

You XiaoMo thought about it for a bit. “Let me ask, how powerful is this teacher?”

Jiu Ye slowly spat out a few words. “At least of the first grade rainbow level.”

You XiaoMo, “......”

How could he compare to this? Right now, at the very most he could only refine level
ten medium grade magic pills. If the opponent could refine a one-color pill then he
would lose for sure. A one-color pill meant a first grade rainbow pill, since a first
grade rainbow pill only had a thread of color, it was also addressed using a color.

Qiao WuXing laughed and said, “If the teacher’s isn’t very powerful, then how can it
be called special rules? After all, you’re challenging XiaoYao Institute’s rules, so it’s
a little more difficult. Moreover, every person only has three chances to challenge
the special rules. Once you’ve used them all up, you can only abide properly by the
rules and climb up that way.”

“Actually, you don’t need to worry too much.” Jiu Ye said, smiling.

You XiaoMo used his eyes to indicate that he should keep talking.

“Although the teacher you’ll be challenging will be at the first grade rainbow level,
the success rate of refining and creating rainbow pills is definitely not high. They
have requirements for their surroundings and for themselves, so every time
someone challenges the special rules, the teacher won’t refine a rainbow pill then
and there.”

The magic herbs required for a rainbow pill were extremely expensive and hard to
find. If it failed, finding all the magic herbs again would be difficult, so if there wasn’t
above a 70-80% chance of success, there was absolutely no teacher who would
dare to casually attempt it.

“I will carefully consider this.” You XiaoMo said.

“If you decide, you can notify us whenever.” Qiao WuXing stood up. There must be a
certain amount of time to prepare before the special rules.

After sending the two of them off, You XiaoMo closed the door.

Returning to the table, You XiaoMo picked up the cups and drank the cold tea that
the two of them hadn’t touched. Tsk tsk, cold tea actually tasted pretty good. Even
though he was always very stupid in front of Ling Xiao, he actually hadn’t lost his IQ.

For Qiao WuXing and Jiu Ye to suddenly run to come find him and say that it had
nothing to do with their masters was something he definitely couldn’t trust. It was
more likely than not that this was something their Masters suggested. As for the
reason, if he thought about it carefully he would know.

Last time at the ZhongTing Trade Fair, although he had told them to their face that
he didn’t have any extra Spiritual Water, two old people who were that shrewd
definitely wouldn’t trust him completely. So after that, they sent their own disciples to
tell him of the existence of the special rules.
Qiao WuXing had never told him about the existence of the special rules before this,
most likely because he thought that You XiaoMo wouldn’t be able to beat a teacher
of the rainbow mage level at that time, but if it was suggested by his master then
that was a different matter.

Under Old Lei and Old Shen’s judgement, it was likely that they had already
discovered his cultivation level.

If he really agreed to challenge the special rules and if he wanted to beat the teacher
at his current cultivation level, he would have to use the Spiritual Water, unless the
opponent played it easy on him. He would use the Spiritual Water to promote the
magic pill to another grade.

This would be able to confirm whether or not he still had Spiritual Water with him.

He trusted that the two old men wouldn’t try to steal his things, but they would
definitely wear him down to the point where he would sell them the Spiritual Water.
They were truly two sinister old fellows. They knew he very much wanted to go to a
higher floor, so they used the special rules to lure him in, ensuring that he wouldn’t
relinquish this opportunity, wasn’t that right?

You XiaoMo was very hesitant. He wanted to go up quite badly, but...

When Ling Xiao entered the room, he saw You XiaoMo, who had his chin cupped in
both of his hands and was dejectedly heaving deep sighs. This expression didn’t suit
him at all, and the more he looked at him the more amusing it became.

You XiaoMo seemed as if he was in a trance, and he didn’t notice that Ling Xiao had
already returned.

He only noticed when his chin was suddenly turned to the side by a hand and he
was met with a handsome, heroic-looking face that was moving closer. His lips were
covered by another pair of somewhat cold lips and his slightly open mouth was
forcefully invaded, dazing him in a split second.

It was a five minute long kiss, and You XiaoMo felt like he lost half of his life
because of a lack of oxygen. His mouth was red and swollen from the kiss, and his
melancholy atmosphere turned into a ravished one. Truly, it truly made his balls hurt!

Ling Xiao scooped him up and placed him on his legs before sliding one of his
hands inside his disheveled shirt in an erotic movement, as well as the ‘rod’ below
which was preparing to lift its head.

You XiaoMo hurriedly grabbed his hand. “Wait a second, I have something important
to discuss with you.”

“Mhm, I’m doing something important right now, let’s do it together.”

“…”

You XiaoMo sucked in a deep breath and decided go straight to the point, not giving
Ling Xiao an opportunity. “A few hours ago, Qiao WuXing and Jiu Ye came over.
Most likely their masters told them to come, and their purpose was to tell me about
one of XiaoYao Institute’s special rules.”

“One who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions,” Ling Xiao assessed,
finally stopping his hand movements, straightening the clothes in front of his chest
with some regret. “It must have something to do with the Spiritual Water.”

“Yes…” You XiaoMo was a little put out. He hadn’t even told him about the content
of the special rules, yet Ling Xiao had actually guessed it. Wasn’t he just trying to
deliberately infuriate him? After that he used an unhappy tone to generally describe
the situation to him.

Ling Xiao placed his chin on You XiaoMo’s shoulder. “Let’s not talk about their
purpose, what are you hesitating over?”

You XiaoMo said haltingly, “Didn’t you say before that if I went above the 70th floor,
you couldn’t go up with me anymore?”

Ling Xiao was staring fixedly at his collarbone. When he heard this, he answered,
“Idiot, I can’t go up, but can you not come out to find me? It’s not as if XiaoYao
Institute has rules saying that their students must live in Giganticus.”
Two large words flashed in You XiaoMo’s mind: day school!

Cold sweat involuntarily dripped down. He had almost forgotten that in his previous
life, he had also gone to a high school with a day school system. His only regret had
been that if he went up, Ling Xiao wouldn’t be able to live in Giganticus anymore,
and without his student ID, Ling Xiao also wouldn’t be able to enter.
“Then what should we do about the Spiritual Water thing?”

The circumstances that Jiu Ye had talked about was only a possibility. There was no
need for the teacher he challenged to actually not refine a one-color pill, so he also
had to consider this kind of situation and come up with countermeasures before
responding.

“No matter how much you promote a level ten magic pill you still can’t turn it into a
rainbow pill.” Ling Xiao pondered. “Whether a rainbow pill can be a rainbow pill
mostly depends on its ingredients. Every magic herb has its restrictions. If you could
change the level of a magic herb just by depending on an outside object, then
people wouldn’t have to differentiate magic herbs by levels.”

“I understand.” You XiaoMo suddenly slapped down his hand. “The reason that a
level ten low grade magic pill can use Spiritual Water to be promoted to a level ten
medium grade magic pill is because the ingredients that they use are all level ten
magic herbs, so they’re on the same rank. A magic pill’s grade can be promoted, but
it’s not possible if you want to surpass a magic pill’s level. For example, for a level
ten high grade magic pill to be changed into a one-color pill, in theory this cannot be
achieved by using an outside object, correct?”

“Correct!” Ling Xiao bit his earlobe once as a reward.

You XiaoMo hastily moved his head away. He didn’t want this kind of reward.

Ling Xiao laughed. “Qiao WuXing and Jiu Ye’s master surely can also think of this
scenario, or perhaps they’ve already tested it before. So if you accept the challenge,
that teacher definitely won’t refine a one-color pill.”

In reality, it wasn’t just this.

If the teacher refined a one-color pill, then the special rules couldn’t be called special
rules, but rather death rules. There was no need to establish special rules that didn’t
give students a chance of success.

At that moment, You XiaoMo had a feeling as if he had pushed apart the clouds and
seen the blue sky.

No wonder Jiu Ye said that the teacher usually wouldn’t refine a one-color pill. This
was the real reason, and if this happened, then he had about a 70-80% chance of
success, if he remembered back to when he refined a high grade magic pill even as
a mage who could only make low grade pills during the assessment at DaoXin
Academy.

Although the levels of the magic pills were different now, and the degree of difficulty
would also increase by a lot, he trusted that he could still leap over one grade.

“Okay, the problem has been resolved. Let’s go to bed and do important things.”
Ling Xiao scooped him up. The sun had just set, so now they could do things that
were supposed to be done at night.

It was only when he was placed on the bed that You XiaoMo remembered the
matter that he had been repeating in his mind since the morning. This was more
important. “I have some business that’s even more important.”

“Is your business more important, or is my business more important?” Ling Xiao
narrowed his eyes.

You XiaoMo swallowed, and said, unafraid of death, “Mine is more important.”

“Say it again.”

“...yours is more important.”

“Good.”

The dusk rose high in the sky, and by the time Giganticus sank into an expanse of
darkness, when the sound of the creaking bed and cries of ecstasy finally stopped in
a certain room, it was already late at night.

You XiaoMo laid on top of Ling Xiao’s body, completely naked, and his smooth, pale
back was dotted with blue and purple spots, revealing the fierce situation that had
just taken place. Underneath the blanket, the place where the two of them were
joined still hadn’t separated yet.

You XiaoMo shook his fingers and said, unwaveringly, “I have something important
to ask you.”

Ling Xiao had a face full of satisfaction, and he patted his head and smiled. “Go
ahead.”

You XiaoMo sniffled, this was too miserable!

“That Sealed Jade Drive…”

Ling Xiao was silent for a few seconds, as if he was remembering what the Sealed
Jade Drive was, before he felt around for the Sealed Jade Drive he had dropped into
his ring dimension. “Are you talking about this thing? I forgot to undo it.”

Tears streamed down You XiaoMo’s cheeks. He just knew that Ling Xiao forgot.

By now Ling Xiao was already a Sacred Realm expert, but the opponent was also
clearly an expert with high-level cultivation. If they wanted to undo the seal that he
made, it truly wouldn’t be easy. They would very likely attract the attention of experts
hidden in XiaoYao Institute, so Ling Xiao held You XiaoMo and directly entered his
dimension.
(Ra: Boss’s priority: Make love > everything. Poor Momo
Addis: Legit feel sorry for Momo. No wonder he's the wife. He doesn't have any balls
to stand up for himself.)
Chapter 510: Swindlers and Thieves
Translated by Kollumceti of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

In the blink of an eye, the surrounding scenery had changed into an endless
meadow.

You XiaoMo raised his head and stared blankly for a second, with stupefied shock
on his face. He looked at the man, who was looking satisfied despite being pressed
down by him, with hidden bitterness in his eyes. The corner of his mouth twitched as
he protested, "I say, we should at least wear clothes before coming in."

The two were currently completely naked. You XiaoMo remembered that there were
quite a few demon beasts living in Ling Xiao's dimension and some of those demon
beasts had their spiritual awareness opened early. He would be humiliated to death
if he was seen by them. Even if Ling Xiao didn't want his face, he still wanted his
own.

"Why does it matter?" Ling Xiao put a hand on his fair and delicate buttocks and
erotically fondled it while holding the sealed jade drive in his other hand. He totally
wasn't ashamed at all.

You XiaoMo did not harbor any hopes for him to be ashamed and directly slapped
his hand away. Just as he stood up, he felt a slick and sticky liquid flowing out from
between his two thighs and his body froze in a split second.

"Oh, what a nice view!"

You XiaoMo abruptly returned to his senses. He lowered his head and saw that the
expression in Ling Xiao's eyes had changed as his attention had shifted from the
sealed jade drive to You XiaoMo’s lower body. It seemed as if a storm of desire was
brewing in his eyes.

You XiaoMo shivered, then he covered his lower half and ran away.

Ling Xiao gazed at his fleeing figure and smirked. The desire in his eyes
disappeared in an instant, as if he was able to freely receive and attack.

You XiaoMo ran to the lakeside. He turned back to look at Ling Xiao who had just
sat up on the grass and could not help but sigh. He really did not know whether he
was lucky or unfortunate to have such a lover.
You XiaoMo washed away the stains on his body in the lake before he took out a
new set of clothes from his magic bag and put them on. After tidying himself up, he
took a wooden basin out from his dimension, filled it with clear water from the lake
and walked over to Ling Xiao.

You XiaoMo saw Ling Xiao concentrating on the sealed jade drive that he was
fiddling with as he snuck up behind Ling Xiao. He was suddenly struck by a
mischievous impulse. If he poured water directly on Ling Xiao, it could also be
considered as helping him clean his body?

"What are you hesitating for?" Ling Xiao's voice suddenly resounded, causing him to
jump in fright.

You XiaoMo looked down and found that Ling Xiao had not looked up at all. His
back was as straight as a pine and the solid muscles beneath his skin were faintly
visible. He was still fiddling with the jade drive.

As expected, he really didn't have the guts. Might as well forget about it. He could
not forget his previous lesson so quickly after he had just been tormented for several
hours.

You XiaoMo went around him and put the clean water down.

Ling Xiao suddenly raised his head and a smirk graced his lips, "You were being so
slow that I thought you were going to pour water onto my head."

You XiaoMo, “…”

Sure enough, he was discovered. Fortunately, he applied the brakes for his plan on
time.

Ling Xiao finally put on a clean set of clothes after a brisk wash, looking clean and
tidy like a gentleman. Perhaps there should be a 'bogus' added on in front of
'gentleman'.

You XiaoMo squatted down in front of him after an hour, "How is it, are you able to
undo the seal?"

Ling Xiao vaguely replied, "How can it be so easy to undo? Didn't your master
mention before that the owner of the sealed jade drive was probably a level twelve
mage? Their cultivation was bound to be above Grade Four Rainbow Level for them
to be able to become a level twelve mage."
"So, you're still unable to undo it?"

"I can undo it, but I will need a little time. The seal on this jade drive is very
complicated. If I had not received the inheritance of the Qilin Clan, the Demon
Phoenix Clan, and the Dragon Clan, I am afraid it would take several months to
undo."

Ling Xiao frowned. The owner of the jade drive probably set up such a complicated
seal because they did not want let the people who found it to see the things inside
easily.

You XiaoMo sniffled, he had thought that Ling Xiao could undo it immediately.

However, one thing was certain. The things inside the jade drive must definitely be
valuable, otherwise its owner would not have spent so much effort to protect it.

You XiaoMo was increasingly looking forward to it.

Dawn had arrived on the outside while they were fiddling with the sealed jade drive
in Ling Xiao’s dimension. One after another, the people on the sixtieth level hurried
to the Cultivation Center to cultivate, leaving only a few scattered figures in the
corridor.

At five o'clock, a person suddenly appeared in the hallway and stopped in front of
You XiaoMo's door. After knocking for a few times without receiving any response,
the person suddenly opened the door and walked in. He came out after less than
eight minutes and disappeared into the hallway in a hurried manner.

Inside the dimension.

Ling Xiao finally undid the seal after many twists and turns.

At this moment, the red colored jade drive in Ling Xiao's hands appeared just like an
ordinary jade drive. As long as he picked it up and took a look, You XiaoMo would
immediately know what was recorded in the jade drive that had been buried for more
than ten thousand years.

Ling Xiao threw the jade drive to him, "Go on and take a look."

You XiaoMo flusteredly caught it. He suddenly had a feeling similar to 'being anxious
when approaching one's home after many years of absence'. It was as if something
he had always been thinking of was already in front of him, but he did not dare to
look at it for fear that the things inside would disappoint him.
After thinking for a while, You XiaoMo simply shoved the jade drive back into Ling
Xiao's hands.

"What is it?" Ling Xiao raised an eyebrow as he asked.

"You help me take a look. Tell me after you've finished looking." You XiaoMo firmly
replied.

Ling Xiao immediately knew what he was thinking about and he derided and
taunted, "You dunce, you don't even have this much guts." However, he still helped
You XiaoMo take a look.

The smile on the handsome face instantly disappeared after looking at it.

You XiaoMo became apprehensive. Judging from his expression, it doesn't seem
good ah. Don't tell me that the owner of the jade drive was playing a practical joke
and what was inside were not actually things like treasures but something useless?

"How, how is it?" You XiaoMo hastily asked.

Ling Xiao did not look at him. He passed the jade drive to You XiaoMo while
supporting his head with a hand, as if he could not bear to look at him, "Take a look
for yourself."

This expression, this tone...

You XiaoMo's excited mood slowly became dejected. It seemed that things did not
go as he wished and it really was a prank. He did not hold any hope as he glanced
inside the jade drive. In a split second, the mountains and rivers, and the sun and
moon lost their colors; and he was thunderstruck. The jade drive slipped from his
hands and dropped onto the grass.

Ling Xiao was still in the pose of supporting his forehead with his hand, but his
shoulders started to slowly tremble. A deep and low laughter slowly flowed out of his
mouth and floated into You XiaoMo's ears. You XiaoMo finally recovered from the
blow and his eyes moved to Ling Xiao who was currently laughing up his sleeve.
Instantaneously provoked, he threw himself over with bared fangs and brandished
claws.

"You bastard, you actually dared to deceive me!"

You XiaoMo saw red as he grabbed Ling Xiao by the throat. This bastard actually
deceived him again. If he had known earlier, he would not have passed the jade
drive to Ling Xiao to look, resulting in him feeling a sense of loss for quite a while.

Ling Xiao leaned backwards and burst into laughter.

You XiaoMo sat astride on him, indignantly beating Ling Xiao's chest with his fist, not
to be appeased. He was truly an extremely nasty guy, to go as far as to mess with
him till he went crazy when Ling Xiao knew that he was very concerned about this.

"All right, put the jade drive away. Let's go out first." Ling Xiao gripped his little
steamed buns.

You XiaoMo immediately picked up the jade drive gingerly. This time, on account of
the jade drive, he would not stoop to pettiness or harbor grievances for past wrongs
and would stop bickering with him.

The two returned to their room in the blink of an eye.

You XiaoMo promptly jumped down from the bed but was pulled to a stop by Ling
Xiao right away. He unhappily turned around, only to see Ling Xiao touching his chin
in contemplation. You XiaoMo's tone instantly changed, "What happened?"

Ling Xiao replied, "Someone came in."

"Seriously? Who would enter my room without my permission?" You XiaoMo

widened his eyes, however it seemed that he did not lock the door.

"Who knows."

"Then how did you discover it?"

"It's the clothes. There are clear traces that someone had trampled on your clothes."
Ling Xiao pointed to the clothes that were strewn all over on the floor before they
entered the dimension.

You XiaoMo followed his line of sight and saw the messy pile of clothes beside the
bed. His expression changed. Weren’t these the clothes that Ling Xiao had stripped
off him? He did not have time to clean up since they suddenly entered the
dimension. If someone really came in and saw the clothes, wouldn't they be able to
guess what they had done?

You XiaoMo hurriedly put the clothes away.

Ling Xiao reclined on the bed and gently sighed. A certain someone's key concern
was never right.

After packing away the clothes, You XiaoMo then remembered the key point and
turned around, "Who do you think would enter my room without my permission?"

"How would I know?"

You XiaoMo made a round around the room. Actually, he hardly took things out to
display in the room after having a magic bag and the dimension since it was neither
safe nor convenient. So, even if someone really did sneak in, it was not possible for
them to steal anything.

"Forget it. In any case, there's nothing missing. Maybe that person went into the
wrong room."

His search produced no results. On account of his good mood, You XiaoMo did not
bother about it anymore. Once he thought of the things inside the jade drive, he felt
as if he was walking on air. It was indeed true that whatever one lacked would come
around.

It was as he had mentioned before, how could the things from a mage whose
cultivation was above Grade Four Rainbow Level be useless? They were practically
so good that it exceeded his expectations and he would no longer need to worry
about the problem of pill recipes in the future.

Recorded within the jade drive were the pill recipes of many magic pills. The
characters of the pill recipes were ancient, looking just like characters from the
Heavenly Soul Scripture that Ling Xiao stole from Qiu Ran. He could comprehend a
few characters as he had compared the translation and original text in the past.

In addition to this, there was also a line of text in the jade drive marking the name of
its owner.

You XiaoMo had a feeling that he had seen this jade drive owner's name
somewhere before. A level twelve mage, and someone he had seen before; as he
recalled, it appeared that there was only one person…
Chapter 511: Extremely fortunate
Translated by Rara of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
(Ra: My brain has turned into leftover porridge.)
At noon, the sunshine lazily shone through the window, the room was lit and bright.
Ling Xiao was nestled on the bed, he was affected by the sunshine, every cell of his
seemed to emit a faint drowsy and sluggish aura, he only barely opened his eyes
when he heard You XiaoMo.
"So you are saying that the owner of this jade drive, called Dan Qing, was from the
ancient times and could refine a sixth grade rainbow pill?"
You XiaoMo nodded positively, "Likely so. When I was in the Time Wall, the mage I
saw talking about the path of magic pills refining was him. He was also a level
twelve mage, and his soul level seems to be a rainbowed sixth grade."
Ling Xiao supported his head with his hand, "No wonder the Restriction barrier was
abnormally powerful, turns out he was a mage from the ancient times. If so then this
jade drive must have existed for over millions and millions of years. And also...my
wife!"
Ling Xiao suddenly called him.
You XiaoMo returned back at him with question mark.
Ling Xiao sat up from the bed, he stared at him with a straight face, "My wife, you
are extremely fortunate!"
"What do you mean?"
Ling Xiao laughed out loud, "Do you know what the two words ‘ancient times’
represent?"
You XiaoMo frowned and pondered, and his final answer —— How the hell would
he know!?
Ling Xiao didn't expect any answer from him, he lazily slumped back onto the bed, "I
have told you before, almost all the ancient items that have been passed down are
rare, like soul and skill training manuals..."
"Not true ah." You XiaoMo interrupted his sentence, "Aren't there lots of soul and
skill training manuals in TongTian contient?"
"They were made by the later generations. The genuine ancient skill and soul
training techniques have almost disappeared into the flow of time. And the most
important thing to mages, the magic pill recipes and magic herbs, their
circumstances are way more severe. In the ancient books there is a record about
magic herbs having existed in the ancient time. The legend said the magic herbs
seemed to be everywhere in the past, mages didn’t even have to run around looking
for them, and the price was never as high like current ones."
You XiaoMo wiped his drool, "All of that goodness, why didn't I transmigrate into the
ancient times?"
As soon as his sentence came out, the temperature of the room dropped down one
hundred degrees.
You XiaoMo shivered, he looked up and saw Ling Xiao’s threatening squint, those
cold and horrifying eyes were staring back at him. Knowing that he had made an
improper remark, he laughed dryly while added, "But I don't want to be in the ancient
times if you aren’t there."
Ling Xiao snorted, "Although the ancient magic pill recipes weren't as ubiquitous like
magic herbs, the amount was definitely a hundred times more than the present. The
guy called Dan Qing, if he really was a mage from the ancient time, then most of the
recipes inside the jade drive are definitely lost recipes."
You XiaoMo took out the jade drive, he walked in front of Ling Xiao and tried to curry
his favor, "I don't know many words inside there, can you help me translate it?"
Ling Xiao looked at him with a smile yet not a smile.
You XiaoMo felt numb to his scalp, he had a bad feeling.
Ling Xiao picked up the jade drive, "I can help you with the translation without
problem, but it seems that you haven't given me any magic pills for quite some
time..."
You XiaoMo twitched his lips, I clearly gave you some just the day before.
That day after they came back from the ZhongTing trade fair, Ling Xiao saw him
take out almost ten magic pills from his bag all at once, so he took them all away.
Currently, he had none left. In addition to that, only two days had passed.
"One day without eating them feels like three autumns have passed ah, I have
waited for two years already." Ling Xiao seemed to notice what he was thinking, he
gave him a bright and dazzling smile.
"Fine, I will refine some for you."
"How many are you going to use to shoo me away?"
"A dozen?"
"Add one zero in the back."
"...You can go steal them."
In the end, not until You XiaoMo promised to give him his first rainbow pill did Ling
Xiao stop ‘fooling around’ and helped him translate the recipes and record them
down into another jade drive.
You XiaoMo counted, he discovered that the jade drive contained a very completed
set of magic pill recipes from level one to level twelve. Most of them were recipes he
had never heard of before, this was simply a pot-pourri of recipes. Besides, he also
found a recipe that gave him a very pleasant surprise, and it was the Samsara pill
recipe for his second-shixiong Wei Bai.
He finally understood why Cang Alliance still couldn’t find the Samsara pill recipe for
so long despite their capability, because it turned out the Samsara pill was an
ancient recipe.
"Ling Xiao, do you want to tell Fu CangQiong about how the Samsara pill we have
found?" You XiaoMo asked in excitement.
"It's not the time yet." Ling Xiao said.
"Why?" You XiaoMo asked, as he couldn't figure out the reason.
Ling Xiao discovered that his little lover seemed to never use his brain whenever he
was in front of him. Everytime he had questions, his first sentence was always why,
and it became a tendency to depend on him more and more. However, this was a
good thing.
"Where did this recipe come from?"
You XiaoMo opened his mouth to reply but he stopped immediately. He understood,
if he just took it out directly, Fu CangQiong would definitely feel something was
strange, so what he should do was to find a right moment to tell.
"Then I'll wait until I have gathered all the required magic herbs and tell him after,
how about it?"
Ling Xiao replied, "What Fu CangQiong wants is the recipe. About the herbs, using
his ability, he should already have them well prepared."
"If it’s true then why did he want me to help find the magic herbs?" You XiaoMo had
the feeling of being deceived.
"Idiot, can you guarantee you will successfully refine the Samsara pill using only one
batch of magic herbs?"
"...I can't."
The next day, You XiaoMo asked someone to call Qiao WuXing down because Jiu
Ye happened to be in the Meditation Room, and only those students that stayed
from the 70th floor and above could go up there.
When Qiao WuXing came, You XiaoMo told him his decision, he wanted to
challenge the special rule. Qiao WuXing gave him some time to prepare mentally,
he said that he could arrange the match in the afternoon. After that, he left right
away to inform his master.
You XiaoMo thought it would happen tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, he didn't
expect it would be that fast.
Hearing his mumble, Ling Xiao smiled, "In the eyes of those two old geezers, they
must have seen through your current level, a peak middle grade level ten, to put it in
another way, you are only one step away from advancing to high grade. And judging
from your advancing speed, they can’t predict if you might breakthrough tomorrow."
“Which means they won't be able to find out whether I have more spiritual water,
correct?"
"Correct. If you were a high grade level ten, you wouldn’t need the spiritual water to
increase your magic pill grade. And since the teachers won't refine a first grade
rainbow pill as it will be unfair to you, they can only take advantage of your current
level as a middle grade level ten to make a move."
"Wow, what a sinister plan."
Qiao WuXing’s work was really fast, perhaps because his master was impatient. It
took him less than three hours to walk out and came back. He told him the challenge
would begin at one in the afternoon. Since there was already a designated location
for the challenge, he would come back early in the afternoon to pick him up.
You XiaoMo accepted this with his whole heart. Having it in the afternoon was a bit
rushed for him, so it was impossible to eat a magic pill to breakthrough, even if he
tried to seize every moment.
Half an hour before one, Qiao WuXing came to pick him up, following him was Tian
Xin and the other three.
In short, they heard that You XiaoMo wanted to challenge the special rule, so each
one of them wanted to watch for fun, since XiaoYao Institution didn't have any rules
about forbidding spectators.
You XiaoMo straightforwardly dragged Ling Xiao along.
"You XiaoHa, I didn’t expect you would have the audacity to challenge the special
rule." Tian Xin was being carefree like usual, "As far as I know, since the day the
Giganticus was established, there are no more than a hundred people that won the
challenge. Better yet, only less than ten people manage to win on the first try."
"Less than ten also means that there are still some that have succeeded, which
means I still have a chance." You XiaoMo replied with no hard feelings.
"Don't think just because you are more powerful than WuXing-ge that you are
capable of winning. Do you know that all the previous successful challengers all
possessed a higher level than you." Tian Xin intentionally taunted him.
"You can go and wait."
"I'll wait for you to get embarrassed."
The venue where the special rule challenge was held on the 70th floor of the
Giganticus. By the time they arrived, people had already gathered at the venue.
When they walked in, You XiaoMo felt countless stares fall on him, observing,
investigating, curious, etc... Each one of them were strangers whose faces didn't
seem familiar, but he could feel their strengths were very strong.
"They are the powerhouses from the 80th floor and above. They were interested by
the rumor they heard about someone wanting to challenge the special rule, so they
came over to see.” Qiao WuXing explained to him next to his ear.
You XiaoMo went speechless, no wonder their strengths were so powerful, so they
came down from the upper floors. The XiaoYao Institution really lived up to its name,
this place was full of Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons!
It wasn’t the time for the match yet, so the teacher hadn't arrived.
Jiu Ye and the others also came, You XiaoMo even saw An Qiao whom he hadn't
seen for quite some time. The only difference was that An Qiao didn't look at him
with resentment, he only looked at them with a calm manner and then lowered his
head.
Tian Xin noticed his line of sight, she smiled deviously, "Did you know, An Qiao's
master has come back. His master is a rational person, when he heard An Qiao
made plenty of enemies thanks to his personality, his master immediately gave him
a lecture. Now he is obedient like a grandson."
"Tian Xin, watch your mouth, if he heard you he will spit on you again." Qiao WuXing
turned around and criticized.
Tian Xin stuck her tongue out, "I got it!"
After You XiaoMo took a seat, the gazes that fell on him still had not disappeared,
and some even began to whisper with each other.
A few minutes later, the teacher and the referee finally arrived.
Chapter 512: Competition
Translated by Crystal of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Although the amount of elites from Xiao Yao Institution wasn't comparable to the
Mage Guild and the Beast Transfiguration Guild, the teachers there were very
strong, like the opponent for You XiaoMo.
You XiaoMo's opponent was called Wu HaiGuang, a grade one rainbow level mage.
In the Tong Tian Continent, being a rainbow mage wasn't as simple as being
'popular'. For a lot of forces, even after giving away all of their fortune, they may not
be able to even invite one.
So the reason the 'special rule' was special was because every student challenger
would face off against a rainbow-level teacher. For a mage who could make rainbow
pills, a level ten magic pill was as easy as eating.
Thus, the challengers would face a difficult task.
Not only did they have to make a magic pill that was above their level, they also had
to make sure its quality would be able to defeat a teacher. A truly daunting task!
With a reminder from Qiao WuXing, You XiaoMo walked down from the audiences
seating area. He subconsciously looked over to the entrance, neither Qiao WuXing’s
nor Jiu Ye's Master came. They couldn't be observing him in secret, right?
You XiaoMo actually guessed correctly. Since, Lei Long and Old man Shen's status’
were special, their appearances would cause more speculation, thus if they could
avoid it, they would.
The referee took a step forward, "For the sake of fairness, the recipe and magic
herbs used for this competition will be provided by the Xiao Yao Institution.
However, if the competitors believe that they have better ones, they can make a
suggestion. Also, there is only two sets of magic herbs, thus the competitors will only
have two chances. Once someone finishes their two sets of magic herbs, the
competition will end."
The provided sets of magic herbs was actually an opportunity given to You XiaoMo.
At Wu HaiGuang's current level, unless his luck was really bad, there wouldn't be
any mistakes.
With that, the referee handed the recipe and the two sets of magic herbs to them.
You XiaoMo took a look, surprisingly, the magic herbs were all mid-grade, not even
close to the high-grade ones in his dimension. Also, he more or less had all of these
herbs. Even with that though, he hesitated before deciding to not change them,
because if he used mid-grade herbs to refine the pill, wouldn't it be a better show of
his skills?
And then there was the recipe, with a pleasant surprise, You XiaoMo realized he
had this recipe and had refined it before.
However...
You XiaoMo frowned, because of the difficulty of refining the Thundercloud pill, he
had only made four or so of them and with a failure in the middle too. Since he was
distressed over his magic herbs, adding on to the fact that Thundercloud pills had no
market value, he had temporarily paused the making of such a pill.
But the key was, he had used high-grade magic herbs before. There were less
impurities in high-grade herbs, thus he didn't have to spend as much effort distilling
them. Mid-grade herbs were a whole other story, with many impurities, the amount
of distilling would only increase, and even then the herbs would still have them. With
that, the chances of successfully making a pill worsened.
"If there are no problems, then I announce the start of the match."
The referee noticed one was smiling and the other was relaxed, his eyes had a glint
of satirical laughter in them. As if the special rule would be so easily challenged.
Wu HaiGuang backed a few steps away only to lightly sweep his hands across the
open space in front of him. A purple cauldron appeared out of thin air. The cauldron
had a feeling of mystery and around the opening, nine small purple dragons were
coiled, as if they were going to ascend to the heavens. Even with the naked eye,
one could tell the uniqueness of this cauldron and with that, whispers arose from the
audience.
"To think, teacher Wu would bring out the Purple Cauldron."(Ra: I’m tempted to
change the Purple to amethyst cuz it sounds prettier)
The Purple Cauldron was ranked twelfth on the cauldron ranking board, although it
wasn't in the top ten, it was the treasured possession of teacher Wu. Every time he
brought it out, it showed that he really cared about the match.
"Valuing a mid-grade level ten mage?" The person spoke with slight disdain.
"What of it, once upon a time, someone even won as a low-grade mage."
"Tsk."
When You XiaoMo saw the Purple Cauldron, a flash of surprise went across his
eyes. He had later on patched up his knowledge of cauldrons so he recognized this
one. All the cauldrons that could make it on the ranking board, especially the top
twenty were all incredible.
Seeing that he was looking over with a surprised expression, the smile on Wu
HaiGuang's face shone brighter.
Suddenly, You XiaoMo felt laughable. If teacher Wu's ego took a heavy blow from
him, was he going to kill him? This teacher shouldn't be that petty right?
Seeing as teacher Wu had brought out his cauldron, everyone turned to look at You
XiaoMo.
You XiaoMo pretend to tap his magic bag and a soccer ball sized red cauldron
surfaced on his hand. Once he threw it out, the cauldron quickly grew larger, with its
red light shined brighter than the Purple Cauldron.
Everyone widened their eyes in astonishment.
"This, this is the Heavenly Cauldron?" As someone who loved cauldrons to death,
teacher Wu's eyes became round with shock. Having one of the top ten cauldrons
was his dream, but they were either in someone’s possession or their whereabouts
were unknown. This old fellow could only sigh with powerlessness.
He had thought that his Purple Cauldron was impressive enough, yet his opponent
brought out the Heavenly Cauldron so casually, that it was really a heavy blow. The
audience burst into an uproar.
Every mage had a dream and that was to obtain a good cauldron.
A good cauldron was an element of success for refining pills, although not by much,
it was still critical.
"He's so lucky, to think its the Heavenly Cauldron. That’s just two ranks away from
Elder Lei Long's Thundergod Cauldron, even I don't have one." Tian Xin said with
extreme jealousy. She was also a mage, so of course she knew what a good
cauldron meant.
Below the stage, the referee coughed and said, "Competitors, please start the
match, the time limit is twenty four hours."
You XiaoMo grabbed a set of magic herbs. Using a mid-grade magic herb meant
that it was unlikely to have the pill at a high-grade, thus he had to work on the
distilling process.
The Thundercloud pill was considered a high-grade level ten magic pill because it
contained ten or so level ten magic herbs, with a total of sixty plus herbs used.
Firstly, You XiaoMo threw all of the non-level ten magic herbs into the Heavenly
Cauldron. It was his first time refining pills in public so he was a bit nervous, but it
was negligible.
On the side, teacher Wu saw that he could distilling tens of herbs at a time and
couldn't help but take a few more glances. If he could do this, then his control over
his soul power must be at a very high level, no wonder Elder Lei would specifically
tell him to not hold back.
Since You XiaoMo had always been distilling high-grade magic herbs and due to
their nature of having less impurities, it was much more difficult to distill than mid or
low-grade herbs. It was because of that, that his proficiency of distilling went up by a
lot.
A mid-grade magic herb usually contained about ten percent impurities.
During the first round of distilling, You XiaoMo easily took out four percent of the
impurities, when before, he could only take out two to three percent. For the second
round of distilling, the difficulty went up by half, but even then he still took out two
percent and more.
The Thundercloud pill wasn't too difficult for teacher Wu and thus while he was
distilling, he was observing You XiaoMo's situation. About three hours later, he
suddenly saw You XiaoMo throw in all of the level ten magic herbs and a feeling of
astonishment flashed over him.
He only used five hours for nearly fifty magic herbs?
Teacher Wu couldn't help but be suspicious, could it be that he was pursuing
efficiency? But, if that was the case, then he would be sacrificing the success rate
and the pill grade. It looked like he was a bit impatient.
Although it was true that You XiaoMo focused on speed, he would still take care of
efficiency and grade as well. It was his unwavering motto from his many years of
refining pills.
Time was money!
But in terms of ability, teacher Wu was still stronger. You XiaoMo had used five
hours whereas he only used three. Towards the end, he even increased that
distance. When You XiaoMo started to distill level ten herbs, he was already
merging the pill.
During the pill making process, the key was in the merging process. Since it was
beyond his ability, You XiaoMo had to double his concentration. If there was a slight
mishap, then all of his efforts would go to waste.
You XiaoMo let out a small sigh. In truth, merging high-grade herbs was slightly
more difficult than mid-grade herbs because the herbs' energy was more saturated.
Thus, herbs which had more saturated energy would cause a bigger conflict when
merging, increasing the chance of failure by a lot.
That was why, on the market, there were fewer high-grade pills than mid-grade pills.
It wasn't only because of the rarity of high-grade herbs, it was also this.
From the spectator seats, Qiao WuXing and the others were staring intensely at You
XiaoMo, without even blinking. One rarely failed in the refining stage, the real
challenge lay in merging.
Although every recipe would have clear and specific instructions, the requirements
for merging was strict and rigorous. For example, some required a balanced
merging, some only needed to be a faction. These kinds of situations were stricter
the higher the level of the pill.
"It's already been going on for more than two hours, that's so impressive!" Tian Xin
exclaimed as she held her cheeks with sparkling eyes. As expected of the man she
had once liked. Examining herself, she knew she wouldn't be able to do this, maybe
she would have failed at the start of the merging process.
Qiao WuXing said with a smile, "That's true, since they are a teacher at the Xiao
Yao Institution, with a strength of a level one rainbow grade mage, to be able to do
this much is already amazing."
"Who knows how long he can last though, with this many people watching, he must
be feeling the pressure. Maybe in a minute he will fail." Yan Hui said with disinterest
as he folded his hands behind his head.
Ling Xiao, who was two people across from Yan Hui suddenly glanced at him from
the side.
"He will succeed." Jiu Ye unexpectedly opened his mouth.
Hearing such an assertive answer, everyone turned towards him.
Tian Xin couldn't help but ask, "How are you so sure?"
Jiu Ye continued calmly, "Haven't you guys noticed? Since distilling his herbs until
now, he has never noticed the people around him, not even to look at the teacher.
Such an intense concentration is not something people can do normally."
"That's true." Qiao WuXing thought as his rubbed his chin, "Judging by this, maybe
he can make the Thundercloud Pill with only one set of magic herbs."
"Look guys, teacher Wu is about to finish." Tian Xin suddenly shouted out.
Teacher Wu's Purple Cauldron was a few levels below You XiaoMo's Heavenly
Cauldron and only the top ten on the rankings had Restriction Barrier, thus once
teacher Wu's pill was completed, immediately there were signs of it trying to escape
the cauldron.
'Thud, thud, thud' sounded from within the Purple Cauldron, as if something heavy
was smashing against it. As anyone who had refined high leveled magic pills before
would know, this was the prelude to the pill trying to escape and the higher the level,
the more the struggle.
A second after Tian Xin yelled out, a deep blue magic pill came rushing out of the
cauldron, as if it was a pure blue shooting star. Within the blink of an eye, it shot
towards the ceiling.
As someone who had many experiences, teacher Wu reacted quickly and jumped
up, reaching to catch the Thundercloud pill. Using his soul power slightly, he
suppressed it. It quickly lost its resistance and lay in his hand obediently.
The crowd stretched out their heads.
Looked like teacher Wu's Thundercloud Pill was a success and by the color, it was
of pretty good quality too.
Although the materials were mid-grade, the color was closer to that of a high-grade.
There weren't many, even within the institution, who could do something like this.
Now all that was left was You XiaoMo.
If he failed, he could continue to use the second set of magic herbs, there wasn't a
worry for time but the pressure would be exponentially greater.
Either he finished this round or he would wait for the next, but the chances of failure
would go up. No matter how one looked at it, it was bad for You XiaoMo, especially
since teacher Wu's pill looked so close to a high-grade pill. To him it must be a huge
burden.
Ling Xiao stared at You XiaoMo for a few seconds before looking away and leaning
back on his chair, bored out of his mind.
He had seen him refining pills, with his own two eyes, thousands of times. He knew
exactly what responses he would have when refining a pill. If something was off, he
would give a reaction. If he slightly tilted his head or his mouth twitched, half an hour
later he would successfully refine the pill.
As for his failures, it was usually with a poker face.
Once the magic herbs in the cauldron were wasted, he would squat at a corner to
draw circles. As he grieved, he would reflect on his mistakes.
For this, Ling Xiao used one sentence to draw a conclusion--- an idiot's cycle of
process!
Chapter 513: Meeting Wu Cheng Again
Translated by Yan of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
In the quiet arena, the only one left on stage was You XiaoMo. As everyone held
their breaths, watching this scene, some people noticed something abnormal about
You XiaoMo’s actions.
He suddenly bared his teeth, as if he was gritting his teeth, and he seemed to be a
little discontent.
It looked like he had lost!
This idea flashed through many people’s minds. However, this was also something
that couldn’t be helped. The Thundercloud Pill was a level ten high grade magic pill,
but You XiaoMo’s own cultivation level was only at the mid grade. Not only did he
want to jump to a higher level by challenging, but he also needed to make the quality
of the magic pill better than Teacher Wu’s. These were two big mountains that
weighed down his shoulders, and there was no way he could succeed on the first
try.
“Ah! Is he really going to fail?” Tian Xin said, disappointed.
Yan Hui shook his head and said, “Didn’t I say it wasn’t possible? It’s still too difficult
at XiaoHa’s level of strength.”
Tian Xin suddenly patted her cheeks forcefully. “No matter, there’s still one more
chance. With the experience of failing the first time, the second time should be a bit
better.”
“Let’s hope so.”
“Who said he’s going to fail?” At that moment, a familiar, indifferent voice suddenly
sounded from next to them.
They looked behind them to discover that it was Ling Xiao who spoke. It was as if he
hadn’t noticed their gazes at all, and the corners of his mouth curved upwards a bit
lazily with a hint of carelessness.
“Why are you so certain?” Tian Xin plucked up the courage to ask.
Ling Xiao glanced sideways at her and didn’t answer.
In reality, there was already no need for him to answer. You XiaoMo had already
given the answer himself, and after eight hours, it had finally concluded. The only
thing was that his situation was different from Teacher Wu’s situation. You XiaoMo’s
magic pill hadn’t flown out from the cauldron, and the Heavenly Cauldron was still
calm and quiet, with no reaction whatsoever.
“No way, he actually failed.” Yan Hui opened his eyes wide. If this kind of situation
couldn’t be considered failing, then why hadn’t the magic pill flown out?
“Is that the truth or not?” Tian Xin yelled forlornly.
Qiao WuXing didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “How could that be possible? Do
you guys not know why the cauldrons ranked in the top ten are famous?”
The two of them looked simultaneously at him, uncertain.
“Cauldrons ranked in the top ten all have Restrictive Barrier, and they can prevent
the magic pills from flying out when they’re created. This is the biggest difference
between the Heavenly Cauldron and Teacher Wu’s Purple Cauldron.”
Tian Xin looked downwards. Just then, You XiaoMo took out a magic pill from the
cauldron that was the same color from Teacher Wu’s. The color of the magic pill was
impressively close to that of the high grade, and it was about the same as Teacher
Wu’s Thundercloud Pill.
In an instant, the crowd flew into an uproar.
Not only did You XiaoMo succeed in one try, it was also the exact same as Wu’s.
Without borrowing the use of outside objects, he had succeeded in jumping to a
higher level and had refined a Thundercloud Pill whose quality was close to high
grade.
Looking at the color, even the judge couldn’t determine who was the winner and who
was the loser. Both had their own strong points.
Teacher Wu burst out laughing. Now he was truly beginning to understand why two
great masters regarded You XiaoMo in a special light. This youth’s potential was
extremely high, and it was true that he could already surpass a seven color soul
while only possessing six colors.
Teacher Wu walked before You XiaoMo. “When this old man was your age, I could
not reach the degree that you are at now. This challenge will be considered your
win.”
You XiaoMo cupped his hands and bowed respectfully. “Many thanks, Teacher.”
“However, I never thought that you would have the Heavenly Cauldron, which is
ranked seventh. Your luck is truly amazing.” Teacher Wu’s gaze landed onto the
Heavenly Cauldron, and his tone carried an obvious trace of admiration.
You XiaoMo could only laugh dryly.
Teacher Wu waved his hand. “The competition is already over, you can go back
now.”
You XiaoMo handed the magic pill to him. “Teacher, this magic pill…”
“A medium grade magic herb isn’t worth many Spirit Gems.” After finishing this
sentence, Teacher Wu turned and left, implying that You XiaoMo could take this
magic pill himself.
“Thank you, Teacher.”
You XiaoMo retrieved the Heavenly Cauldron and immediately ran over to Ling Xiao,
who was sitting in the crowd.
Qiao WuXing and the rest of them each congratulated him.
From tomorrow onwards, You XiaoMo could move to the 70th floor and up. After
succeeding at challenging the special rules, the highest floor he could move to was
the 90th floor. The rest of the ten floors remaining could only be reached by fighting
upwards step by step through the upcoming Challenge Matches. However, from the
90th floor upwards were all some powerful, uncommon monsters, and it was
impossible to climb leisurely upwards.
“That’s right, there’s something else I have to tell you.” After separating, Qiao
WuXing suddenly called out to You XiaoMo.
“What is it?” You XiaoMo looked back.
Qiao WuXing said, “There’s a division in how Giganticus keeps track of your
aggregate score. Originally, for the Challenge Matches on the 70th floor and above,
every time you win a match you can earn two points, but if you lose, you’ll likewise
lose two points.”
You XiaoMo quickly calculated. By the time he moved to the 90th floor, every three
months he could compete in six matches. If he won all six matches, he could gain
twelve points. Thinking like this, he began to greatly anticipate the arrival of the
Challenge Matches, because right now he didn’t have a single point on his tallies.
However, this was also what the situation demanded.
For most people, having a Challenge Match once every three months was still too
long of an gap.
The Meditation room and the Beast Transfiguration room weren’t the same. When
one entered the Beast Transfiguration room, they could still temporarily memorize
everything they saw so they could cultivate after they came out. But with one point,
one could only stay in the Meditation room for three days, which wasn’t enough time
at all.
Qiao WuXing and the rest had also only figured this out after they had gone up.
After returning to their room, You XiaoMo gave the Thundercloud Pill to Ling Xiao as
an interest payment.
He didn’t even blink before directly chewing up the Thundercloud Pill and swallowing
it, as if he were eating a jellybean.
You XiaoMo was already used to seeing things like this. Magic pills below the
rainbow level were already of no more use to him at all, so he decided to utilize the
rest of his spare time to quickly raise his own cultivation level.
Early the next morning, the two of them left XiaoYao Institute again to search for
housing.
After not very long, he would have to move to the 90th floor, so Ling Xiao would also
have to move out. However, living in a hotel wasted too many Spirit Gems, as a
nicer room would cost five to six Spirit Gems a day. Moreover, they didn’t know how
long they would stay in this place, so, acting as a good, hard-working and thrifty
wife, You XiaoMo decided to rent a room for Ling Xiao.
The room couldn’t be too far from XiaoYao Institute, and it would be best if it wasn’t
more than two- to three-thousand meters away.
They made a circle through the area around XiaoYao Institute following these
requirements. The residential district had a few places, but after they asked around
a bit, they learned that although the rooms in the Central City were close, they were
so expensive that it was like living in Huaxia’s capital, and the land was extremely
expensive.
There were many students in XiaoYao Institute who were also an important source
of customers for many shops, so there were several shopping streets nearby,
thereby increasing the price of housing in the area immensely.
You XiaoMo asked all around before finally discovering that the price of living near
the shopping streets was between 40,000 to 50,000 Spirit Gems, and that was only
for one month. A whole year would cost several hundred thousand Spirit Gems.
Some people couldn’t even make several hundred thousand Spirit Gems in an entire
year.
The houses in the residential district were fairly cheap, but if they were to rent it, it
would still cost about two- to three-thousand Spirit Gems a month.
In the end, the conclusion that You XiaoMo reached was this: it was still better to go
live in a hotel. Even if they asked for the best room, it still wouldn’t be more than a
thousand Spirit Gems a month.
After running around here and there, they were back at square one in the end.

In one of the first-class rooms in the hotel, You XiaoMo slumped on the table,
sighing heavily. His mood already couldn’t be described anymore using the word
‘dispirited.’
Ling Xiao, who hadn’t really spoken from beginning to end, said something, “Wife,
you outdo my understanding of you every time, and what’s more, every time it gets
deeper and deeper. But each time, you actually make me pleasantly surprised.”
You XiaoMo, “.....”
People must grow when they encounter setbacks. He was an unbeatable diamond,
and he couldn’t be defeated by a small setback like this, You XiaoMo quickly
comforted himself.
“Since we’ve already determined that we should live in a hotel, why didn’t you let me
pay for a month in advance just now? Do you not like this hotel?” You XiaoMo
remembered how Ling Xiao had only allowed him to pay for a day’s worth of rent
before going up.
“Because after this, there’s some business I have to go take care of.” Ling Xiao
picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea before gracefully drinking it.
Every time You XiaoMo saw this, he felt that this movement didn’t suit him at all, but
if he liked it there was nothing he could do.
“What business?” You XiaoMo was confused. During this time, they had resolved
many things together, and the only business left to resolve was the matter about the
Cang Alliance, but that was coming up too.
Ling Xiao said, “I still must find out the truth about the Dragon Clan bloodline in me.”
You XiaoMo said carefully, “But didn’t you say that uncle, your father’s trust aide,
also probably didn’t know about this? Or else he would’ve told you long ago.”
“That was only a hypothesis, plus I have a different guess in mind.”
“What guess?”
“Eh… I’ll tell you after I confirm it.”
“... you actually wanted to say ‘I won’t tell you’ just then, right?”
“Don’t be so smart at a time like this, you’ll only hurt yourself.”
“I also don’t want to…” But your expression told me bright and clear that that’s
exactly what you were thinking. Do I have a loose tongue? You XiaoMo thought
angrily.
After several seconds passed, You XiaoMo looked at Ling Xiao and said resolutely,
“I want to go with you.” There was no intention of asking for permission in this
sentence. What he meant was he had already decided on going.
“The reason?”
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Piqiu and the rest, and I don’t even know how
they’re doing over there with your close uncle, so I want to go and see them too.
Also, even if I move to the 70th floor right now I can’t really do anything. I have no
points, so I can’t enter the Beast Transmigration room or the Meditation room.
Lastly…” You XiaoMo lowered his head and looked shyly at his fingers. “If you leave
for a month again, I wouldn’t be able to see you for a whole month.”
Ling Xiao said calmly, “Speak the truth.”
You XiaoMo instantly responded, “You squander money too easily, if I don’t go with
you, I’m afraid you’ll spend all of my Spirit Gems again.”
Ling Xiao knocked him on the head, as the last note of his sentence lifted upwards.
“I squander money too easily?”
You XiaoMo covered his head. “That’s right.” This time, he was determined to
remain unmoved for a hundred years.
“Say it again.”
“......you don’t squander money.” Ah, a hundred years passes so fast!
“Very well, I’ll let you come with me this time.”
This was the opportunity that he had used his self-respect in exchange for!
After leaving the hotel, the two of them walked slowly along the road. Half of the sun
had already sunk below the horizon, and everyone’s face was glowing because of
the flaming red sunset reflecting on them. They weren’t in any hurry to return to
XiaoYao Institute.
“You XiaoHa!”
You XiaoMo was about to say something to Ling Xiao when he suddenly heard a
voice call out from behind him. It was a little familiar, but probably because it was too
far away, he couldn’t remember whose voice it was for a while until the owner of the
voice ran in front of him.
“Wu Cheng?” You XiaoMo looked, surprised, at this person. He had quite a deep
impression of Wu Cheng, and whenever he saw him he remembered that incident
where hostility turned into friendship. Otherwise, there would be one more person
named Wu Cheng among the people who hated him every day.
Wu Cheng glanced quickly at Ling Xiao before explaining, “I’ve been searching for
you this whole time, but you left Zhong Tian. I only heard today that you had
returned, so I told my men to keep an eye out for your whereabouts. When I heard
that you were here I ran over.”

You XiaoMo was very curious as for why he was looking for him, because from what
he remembered he had only crossed paths with him that one time, and afterwards
had never seen him again.
“Why were you searching for me?”
“I came to thank you two.” Wu Cheng went straight to the point and said, “You two
made bids for something at an auction in Samsara Tower before, and at that time
there was a fatty who competed with you two. If it weren’t for this, my father wouldn’t
have have been able to pull down one of the managers at ShuangYu Hotel, so I
wanted to personally come and give thanks to you two. This time, I owe you two a
favor.”
You XiaoMo was confused as he listened. A fatty from Samsara Tower? He could
only remember that the fellow had a body full of fat, but he had already forgotten
what he looked like. However, it seemed that it had been a good thing.
“You came over just to tell me about this?”
In reality, if Wu Cheng had never said anything, he would have never known about
this, and he wouldn’t have owed You XiaoMo a favor. But if he thought closely about
it, he could guess that using a favor in exchange for some friendly relations was truly
very profitable.
As for how to use this favor, You XiaoMo pondered over it for a day before finally
coming up with a good idea. It was something that he had lacked the courage to do
for a long time now, so Wu Cheng would definitely be a good choice.
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Ra: Final conclusion:
“Someone” is a real spendthrift while the other is a total chicken when in front of his
husband >_> They are born for each other
Chapter 514: Identity Discovered
Translated by Kollumceti of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

You XiaoMo received the plaque for the ninetieth level the next day.

Every floor of the Giganticus had a different plaque which represented different
floors. You could only enter the ninetieth floor with this plaque, otherwise, the
teacher guarding the ninetieth floor would directly refuse entry no matter if you were
a familiar person or not.

Soon afterwards, he left a few words for Qiao WuXing and the rest with someone
before leaving Zhong Tian with Ling Xiao.

Qiao WuXing had no words to say after knowing of this. It seemed that after he
became a student of the XiaoYao Institute, he had not properly stayed in the
Giganticus for a period of time. Now, he had even ran off till he disappeared without
a trace after successfully challenging the special rule.

What You XiaoMo had requested of Wu Cheng was to find the few remaining magic
herbs for the Samsara Pill and find magic herbs for refining rainbow pills. No matter
whether they were seeds, immature and even mature magic herbs, all were fine.

Excluding the magic herbs for the Samsara Pill, he was unable to request
assistance from the Cang Alliance for the latter items because Fu CangQiong would
definitely not believe his excuses with his astuteness. Furthermore, the information
network of the Cang Alliance was too superb.

It was very possible that his identity would be revealed if they already knew that the
Vermillion Blood Clan was looking for Inheritance Jewel. He would definitely not take
this sort of precarious risk.

At the ShuangYu Hotel, Wu Cheng muttered to himself irresolutely as he looked at

the slip of paper on the table.

You XiaoMo had written a few magic herbs he needed for the Samsara Pill on the
slip of paper. He did not note down any restrictions for seeds and so on, only telling
Wu Cheng that anything was fine as long as it was a level eleven or twelve magic
herb.

It was impossible for Wu Cheng not to suspect such suspicious actions, but...
Wu Cheng recalled the answer that You XiaoMo gave him that day. He-he really did
not know how to describe that sort of shitty scammed feeling. He even clearly
remembered the words he said at that time.

"Of course these are preparations for the future ah. Think about it, if I plant the level
eleven and twelve magic herbs into my magic herb fields now, wouldn't I be able to
reap my gains after tens of thousands of years? It's better to prepare early, rather
than regretting it after growing old!"

What he said did indeed sound reasonable, but Wu Cheng felt that it was awfully
strange when he thought about that solemn expression on You XiaoMo's face when
he said it.

However, there was one point he was certain of. You XiaoMo really did believe that
he would be able to become an extremely strong mage in the future.

Regardless of whether he would be able to make it in the future, Wu Cheng did not
have any reason not to help him based off this point. It was just helping You XiaoMo
to collect magic herbs. Moreover, it was not as if he wanted matured magic herbs.

Zhong Tian did not lack mages and mature level eleven and twelve magic herbs
would always be immediately snatched up after just being put on sale. Wu Cheng
also did not have much funds, so it would be much easier if they were only seeds or
immature herbs, which many mages were seldom interested in.

"Cheng-er." Wu Cheng's father pushed the door open and walked in.

Wu Cheng promptly stood up, "Father, is anything the matter?"

Based off his appearance, Wu Zheng seemed to be a upright and plainspoken

middle-aged man with a square face and a thick and short beard around his mouth.
The shimmering brilliance in his eyes made him look frank and forthright, however,
how could a virtuous type of person become the steward of the ShuangYu Hotel?

"Father has heard that you were continuously asking people to inquire about
transcendent level magic herbs yesterday. Furthermore, what you were looking for
were magic herbs of different growth stages. Is this rumor true?"

Level eleven and twelve magic herbs were collectively known as transcendent level
magic herbs.

"Yes, Father!" Wu Cheng did not mince his words. He had no intention of concealing
this matter and even wanted to ask his father to help. After all, his resources was
limited and some people would not give him any face even if he was the son of the
steward.

Wu Zheng picked up the slip of paper from the table, "Someone asked you to look
for these magic herbs?"

Wu Cheng narrated the events that happened systematically and in full detail.

Wu Zheng was more experienced than Wu Cheng. He did not perform an in-depth
investigation upon knowing that You XiaoMo had requested their help. Till now,
there had not been any hatred between them and Ling Xiao and You XiaoMo. The
gains would not make up for the losses if they offended a powerhouse on the Ten
Gods Ranking simply because they were snooping after a piece of information.

"Then this matter will be handled by your Father. It'll draw attention if there's too
much activity."

"Yes, Father!"

In the Southern Continent, at the main house of the Vermillion Blood Clan.

You ZhenTian put together all the incidents that had happened recently and with the
addition of Jiang Liu's testimony, he was finally convinced that You XiaoHa was You
XiaoMo and Ling Mo was Ling Xiao!

"Bastards!"

You ZhenTian suddenly swept off the chinaware on the table onto the floor. The
wrath bubbling up after he had been fooled was impossible to rid from his mind.
Especially when he thought of how they had actually let them openly slip away
during the birthday banquet organized by the Cang Alliance. Truth to be told, he
should have thought of it before. Someone whose strength was outstanding and was
a duo comprised of a practitioner and a mage.

"Since it is already known that the Vermillion Blood Clan's Inheritance Jewel is with
that You XiaoHa person, we have to recover it as soon as possible!"

"Quell your anger, my husband."

Seeing as he was so furious that he was nearly about to dispatch people to Zhong
Tian to capture them, Madam Yin promptly spoke up.
"My Lady, you also know how important the Inheritance Jewel is to the Vermillion
Blood Clan. That is a treasure which has been passed down from ancient times until
now. How could we let it fall into the hands of a wretch?!" Once You ZhenTian
thought of that Inheritance Dimension, an obsession to get the jewel burst forth from
his eyes.

Madam Yin placed her right hand over her left and calmly said, "Husband, that
wretch is the son of your younger brother. He would be the Family Head if not for
those events occurring. Besides, aren't you curious why he was able to inherit the
Inheritance Jewel of the Vermillion Blood Clan?"

The origin of the Vermillion Blood Clan's Inheritance Jewel could be traced back to
ancient times and it served as a symbol of every Family Head that would inherit that
clan. That was to say, whoever had the Inheritance Jewel was the Family Head, but
not just anyone could use the Inheritance Jewel.

It was unknown when this tradition was suddenly broken. Afterwards, the Inheritance
Jewel changed from a treasure that defied the natural order to a symbol of the
Family Head and never was there anyone who knew of its capabilities.

Since it was passed down from ancient times, it would definitely not be something as
simple as a symbol.

The Vermillion Blood technical team had tried for many years, but the symbol was
still a symbol and there was still no one who knew how to activate the Inheritance
Jewel.

After that, it was passed on till You ZhenTian's generation.

As per what Madam Yin had mentioned, the original successor of the position for the
Vermillion Blood Clan Head should have been You XiaoMo's father. The previous
Family Head had passed the Inheritance Jewel to You XiaoMo's father quite some
time ago before the name of the successor was announced.

However, You XiaoMo's father was someone who had quite an indolent personality.
To put it plainly, he had no aspirations and wanted to live a smooth and secure life
instead of taking on such a heavy responsibility like the Family Head.

However, his wishes were not taken in consideration by the previous Family Head.
Regardless of whether you were willing or not, if I let you be the successor, then you
have to be the successor!

The result was as one could well imagine. You XiaoMo's father was framed by You
ZhenTian a month before he would inherit the position of the Family Head. Since
then, he began a life of a fugitive and conveniently brought along the Inheritance
Jewel while on the run, causing You ZhenTian's position as Family Head to remain
unverified.

It should not be assumed that the Vermillion Blood Clan was very peaceful now.
Behind the scenes, there were some old monsters who always refused to accept
You ZhenTian. There would have been a rebellion in the Vermillion Blood Clan if not
for You ZhenTian using his cultivation to suppress them.

Eventually, You ZhenTian unexpectedly discovered the secret of the Inheritance

Jewel from an ancient record within the clan. Thus, he began to dispatch people to
look for traces of You XiaoMo's father with the intention of taking back the
Inheritance Jewel. Yet, things were not that simple any more.

You XiaoMo's father had already disappeared for many years and since You
ZhenTian had succeeded the position of Family Head for a number of years, he later
felt that it was not necessary to use a symbol as proof and called back the people he
had dispatched.

There was a vast sea of people to comb through when he wanted to find You
XiaoMo's father again. In addition, the other party may have long left the TongTian
Continent. From where should be even begin to look?

Just as he was at his wits' end, You XiaoMo's father suddenly appeared in the
TongTian Continent again.

You ZhenTian sent people to capture him and it was easier than he had expected.
However, he had always been unable to get information on the whereabouts of the
Inheritance Jewel. This was because those old monsters within the clan were
pressuring him from above, preventing him from torturing it out from You XiaoMo's
father.

You ZhenTian finally could not restrain himself twenty years ago.

Thus, he pretended that he was going to choose a successor for the position of
Family Head and revealed the matter of the Inheritance Jewel to his four sons. He
knew that his four sons had nurtured many connections both aboveground and
underground.

Sure enough, his four sons moved as he had predicted and sent people everywhere
to look for it. In the end, they really found it, which was what happened more than a
year ago. However, their attempt resulted in failure. Not only did they not bring that
person back, they also lost track of You XiaoMo.

The astonishment in You ZhenTian's mind was simply indescribable after knowing
that it was extremely possible that the Inheritance Jewel had been activated.

Why on earth would the Inheritance Jewel activate?

Chapter 515: Xi Jing
Translated by (I think I should call myself B(Ra)inless) of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
The Inheritance Jewel couldn't be activated was a fact that the Vermillion Blood Clan
had acknowledged!
Since it was impossible to trace back to the origin, they couldn't figure out how to
activate it, thus the matter was dropped. To the Vermillion Blood Clan, from the
Family Head to the clan members, each of them had all seen the Inheritance Jewel
as the symbol of Family Head.
You ZhenTian actually only knew the secret behind the Inheritance Jewel, but
regarding how to activate it, the ancient book didn't mention anything.
At first he only wanted to bring back the Inheritance Jewel to slowly research it. After
he learned about You XiaoMo's story, he wanted to capture him at all costs. Even if
he couldn't obtain the Inheritance Jewel genuinely, as long as he could control You
XiaoMo, then it would be the same as having a god-defying treasure.
You ZhenTian's calculation was rolling smoothly, however, there was one thing he
missed, and that was the unexpected appearance of a powerhouse as You
XiaoMo's escort.
They went all the way to the TongTian Continent and then came to the territory of
Vermillion Blood Clan, only, they changed their appearance. Within less than two
years they flipped the Vermillion Blood Clan upside down. To a controlling person
like You ZhenTian, he could never swallow such a loss!
"Husband, I still don't understand the frightening secret behind the Inheritance
Jewel. Ten years have already passed, you still don't want to give me an
explanation?" Madam Yin's voice sounded casual, but for her to take the initiative in
asking indicated that she was very concerned about this matter.
You ZhenTian knew his wife would ask about it sooner or later, he sighed heavily,
"My wife, I didn't want to conceal it from you, but this matter is too crucial, if it
accidentally leaks out, the Vermillion Blood Clan might face a terrible calamity."
Madam Yin shivered. A terrible calamity?
With the position of the Vermillion Blood Clan in TongTian Continent, who would
dare to directly go against them, but a terrible calamity...
Madam Yin and him had been married for twenty thousand years, she knew her
husband wasn't a person who would say something baselessly.
"I understand, I won't ask further. Still, how do you want to take care of You XiaoMo,
I heard that this person seems to have a close relationship with Fu CangQiong."
You ZhenTian furrowed his brows, actually this was also the matter he had been
scruppling about. According to the information he gathered at that time, You XiaoMo
and his companion had a hidden secret with Fu CangQiong's disciple. And since Fu
CangQiong extremely doted on his disciple, it was difficult to guarantee he wouldn't
take those two's side for his disciple’s face.
"Fu CangQiong is indeed a trouble, and I can't directly ask him. Moreover, my wife,
you haven't seen the situation from that time, so I'm afraid you didn't know the truth.
It seems that those two and the son of the Nine Headed Serpent King also have
quite a relationship."
"I have heard this rumor about it as well." Going beyond his expectation, Madam Yin
did know about it.
You ZhenTian also didn't seem surprised, his voice sounded heavier, "Although the
Nine Headed Serpent King is only a Three-Star Sacred level practitioner, he is a
madman, if you mess with him, he will make sure to pay you back by all means."
The Vermillion Blood Clan was a big clan with massive businesses, they couldn't
afford the revenge of a Sacred level expert, even if You ZhenTian was more
powerful, he didn't have the ability to protect his clan members at every moment.
The Nine Headed Serpent King had lived for over one hundred thousand years, his
wife, Madam Yin, was only half of his age, when she was young she had already
heard about the Nine Headed Serpent King.
The Nine Headed Serpent King was a hotheaded unreasonably stubborn and
capricious man. If he thought you were wrong, even if you had ten thousand mouths,
he wouldn't change his mind. In addition, the Nine Headed Serpent King Clan had
very few members, to say it reluctantly, there were only two people, him and his son.
If the Nine Headed Serpent King knew the Vermillion Blood Clan was targeting his
son, who knows what maniacal thing that old fox would do.
If You ZhenTian wanted to make a move on Yin Ge, he must take the consequences
of offending the Nine Headed Serpent King into consideration.
Besides, he also had to consider the man beside You XiaoMo, although he didn't
receive any information regarding that man during the last two years, his identity
alone was enough for him to avoid.
As he thought about it, You ZhenTian was angry, he wanted to make a move on You
XiaoMo but ended up having too many considerations to take. He was the Family
head of the Vermillion Blood Clan, yet his hands were tied in front of him.
Madam Yin knew he was honing a bull's horn, she stood up and walked to his side,
her white hand gently caressed and stroked his back, as she spoke softly, "My
husband, if you want to take action on You XiaoMo, you only need to watch out for
Fu CangQiong."
t//n: hone a bull’s horn= to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem
"Why?"
"As long as you do nothing to the Nine Headed Serpent King's son, he wouldn't see
the Vermillion Blood Clan as an enemy. And the man you are worried about, you
must have already known, the QiLin Clan and the Demon Phoenix Clan both highly
value the purity of their bloodlines, if that man really possess two types of blood,
then he will never be accepted by both clans."
"Is it true?" You ZhenTian asked in pleasant surprise.
"Of course. Furthermore, if this man isn’t accepted by both clans, you can start from
this clue to investigate his identity." Madam Yin was the daughter of the clan head of
the Silver Dragon Clan, she knew these things very clearly.
"Ok, I will send people to investigate right now."
"Husband, remember, this matter should be kept low profile."
"My wife, rest assured, I understand." You ZhenTian left hurriedly after saying it.
…
Xi Jing was a region with a thick density of demon beasts on the Tong Tian
continent. This was also the only region with endless mountain ranges, hills and
plateaus. Here in this region, the plains only accounted for less than one percent,
thus this region was only suitable for demon beasts to live.
Thus, not many would come here as an individual, basically they would form a
group. The amount of people weren’t many, but they were definitely powerhouses,
because, if they weren't, they wouldn't be able to survive in Xi Jing. This also meant
one thing, Xi Jing was the heaviest kill rated region on the whole Tong Tian
Continent.
The demon beasts in Xi Jing always obeyed the law of jungle, like how humans ‘
only respected the strong’. Except, demon beasts were always relatively more
straightforward, they weren’t like humans; full of cunning plots. Most of the time they
would use their fist to talk directly, the image was often seen as extremely cruel and
bloody.
Like right now, on the mountain ranges, two powerful demon beasts were killing
each other, blood splattered like raindrops, underneath them had been dyed a
bloody red color.
The two big demon beasts seemed to be evenly matched. Although they were
heavily injured, both of them couldn't finish the other. As they saw this would end up
with both side suffering, one of them, whose body was like an ox, his eyes were
under his armpits, suddenly raised his head and made a hoarse roar. His roar
reached to a thousand of miles away.
Opposite to the ox shaped demon beast, the other big demon beast's complexion
changed, as he immediately turned around and ran.
The ox shaped demon beast, who was just summoned by his companion, saw his
opponent run away, so he immediately chased after. One after another, they entered
a chase that lasted for a thousand miles. Eventually, the runaway demon beast was
stopped by the opponent's companion, his circumstances became more and more
unfavorable.
"Xing Qi, how dare you to ambush and kill me, don't you feel afraid that my clan
members will find out and go after you?" The big demon beast in the shape of a
tortoise said in anger.
"Kekeke." The ox shaped demon beast sinisterly laughed, "If I were afraid, I wouldn't
want to kill you, because if you were dead then no one would know it was my doing
anyway, what is there to be afraid of? I suggest you obediently hand me the one
inside your clothes and I will consider leaving your corpse intact."
"Keep dreaming!" Despite all the that, the tortoise shaped demon beast held his
body tighter, his eyes flashed a hint of wrath, as if he want to eat him alive.
"You are seeking for your own death!" The ox shaped demon beast cursed, he used
his eyes to signal his companion, and the two of them suddenly made a move.
The tortoise shaped demon beast was angry and frightened. Right now he was
gravely injured and was nothing more than a spent arrow from a powerful crossbow.
With one more enemy after him, if miracle didn't happen soon, he would no doubt
die today. He was fine with his own death, but he must never let anything happened
to the master hidden inside his clothes.
t/n: a spent arrow from a powerful crossbow = spent force
Under the joint attack, the tortoise shaped demon beast couldn't withstand it
anymore, his body staggered as he fell down to the bottom of the mountain and
caused a loud noise, even with naked eyes one could see dust flying up.
A moment later, the tortoise shaped demon beast suddenly transformed into human
form and turned into a man with a purple shirt. Blood was spilling out from his mouth
and his body was staggering. After a while, he suddenly opened his clothes and
looked inside, when he had made sure everything was fine, he sighed in relief.
The ox shaped demon beast and his companion also transformed into human form.
They were both burly and muscular, their looks were very sinister and dangerous.
They didn't look like good people.
They walked toward the man in the purple shirt, Xing Qi laughed rashly, "Running? I
will see where can you run to."
"Xing Qi, did someone incite you to ambush me?"
The man in the purple shirt couldn't figure out why these two seemed like they had
come prepared as well as carried a clear goal on killing him. But he didn't believe
Xing Qi and his partner would be brave enough to go against him,unless there was
someone behind the curtains pulling the strings.
"What a pity, even if you die, I won't tell you." Xing Qi seethed, his tone was
extremely vicious.
The man in the purple shirt’s eyes were bloodshot. At this moment, a light bulb
popped up inside his mind, he raised his head and looked toward the void while
quickly shouting, "Hey there, I am Mo Jing of the Mystic Tortoise Clan, if you are
willing to help me, the clan will definitely repay you."
Xing Qi was shocked for a little, he then laughed, "keke".
"It's all useless, there is no one beside us here, are you trying to shift our attention
away so that you can flee? Just give up on that idea! Hahaha!"
A question suddenly came from above the sky, "Ah, is it true?"
Chapter 516: A Baby Turtle
Translated by Crystal of the Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Xing Qi's laughter stopped abruptly and he looked to the source of the sound
apprehensively. If there was a fourth person here, he couldn't have not noticed.
Mo Jing, however, was pleased. He didn't think someone would actually be there. In
actuality, when he shouted that, he was hoping to divert the attention of Xing Qi and
his friends, so that he would have a better chance of escaping. In terms of getting a
response, he wasn't hopeful, but to think there was actually someone there.
"Fellow friends, I'm from the side clan of the Psychic Black Turtles. If you could lend
a hand, the Black Turtle Clan would be grateful too." Mo Jing didn't know if they
were friend or foe, but at the present, he could only rely on them.
As he finished talking, from mid-air appeared a silhouette, a little slim and a little
small. Then the true face of the person was revealed.
The three were simultaneously dumbfounded.
What appeared before them was a delicate and pretty young man who had an air of
kind energy. His wore a smiling expression too.
All three of them were experts with incredible Spiritual Senses, they could tell the
young man's level with one look.
The young man was clearly a human and a level ten mage at that, not so high but
not so low. Everyone here could have killed him with one hand, since they were all
level eleven practitioners.
After Xing Qi got over his initial shock, he suddenly burst into laughter, "Mo Jing, it
looks like your 'hope' was but a small mage and a human at that. And here I thought
they were some powerful demon beast. Since you were so excited that he would
save you, then I'll have to kill him right in front of you."
With that, he walked towards the young man in the sky.
The young man was the perfect example of 'getting-hit-while-standing-around', in
reality he knew nothing of what was going on. Just as he was transported here, he
heard a creepy weird laugh saying something like, other than them, there was no
one else here. Was he not a person too?
Thus, he couldn't help but offer a rebuttal. How was he supposed to know that this
person would want to kill him out of the blue like that?
No wonder so many people had said that Xi Jing of TongTian Continent was the
most unruly. If one didn't have power, coming here was asking for death, now he
had a taste of it too. Rumors didn't lie.
"This dage over there, let's talk this through, shall we?" The young man smiled
modestly, with his hands together.
Xing Qi loved seeing the final struggles of someone before their death and a small
mage wouldn't be able to escape from his clutches anyways. It was easy enough for
him to kill, thus with a good mood he said, "This great me will let you speak your last
words."
The young man smiled, showing his white teeth, "Actually, I have a comrade too and
he is right here. If you want to kill me, you'll have to speak with him first."
Xing Qi looked around cautiously and couldn't find anyone.
However, when Mo Jing was asking for help, he also didn't realize their presence,
thus his words may not be unbelievable.
Nonetheless, Xing Qi wouldn't just believe a stranger's words, maybe he was trying
to distract him, thus with suspicion he asked, "If you say your comrade is here, then
where is he?"
The young man replied with a smile, "You didn't notice? Isn't he standing right
behind you?"
Xing Qi was startled, at first he thought he was lying but soon a shudder of horror
creeped up his spine and an alarm in his head went off. However, he soon found
himself unable to move, and his heart skipped a beat.
Without a trace and sound, this person was able to restrict him. He must be
stronger, much stronger than him.
In alarm, Xing Qi opened his mouth only to find out that no sounds came out.
Gao Yan, who was standing at the bottom, also a friend of Xing Qi's, heard You
XiaoMo's words too. Subconsciously, he turned to look behind Xing Qi, but couldn't
find anyone. Just as he was about to urge Xing Qi to make a move, in case
something happened, he realized that something was off with him.
"Xing Qi, why aren't you doing anything?" Gao Yan asked.
Xing Qi opened his mouth and along his forehead cold sweat started to drip down
from the side of his face. The sweat, hit by the bright sunlight, reflected with a bright
shimmer.
Gao Yan finally realized that something was wrong.
It was at this moment, that behind Xing Qi appeared a shadowy figure. He seemed
to be dressed in a black robe, with a cool demeanor as his hand held onto Xing Qi's
shoulder. It was that hand that forbid any movement from him.
As the man appeared, Xing Qi immediately felt the pressure of a level twelve
practitioner. It wasn't apparent but because they were very close to each other, he
felt it instantly.
How did a level twelve practitioner appear at the border of Xi Jing?
Xing Qi swallowed hard. Although there existed level twelve demon beasts in Xi
Jing, how was he lucky enough to meet one at random? But, that pressure was
undeniable.
"My friend, that was wrong of me earlier, I shouldn't have said that. I didn't think that
this little mage was your friend. If I offended you in any way earlier, please excuse
me, it wasn't intentional." Xing Qi hesitated for a brief second before resigning his
fate.
"Heh, heh." The man gave a light chuckle.
Xing Qi's heart skipped a beat, by his reaction, it didn't seem good.
That was when, Gao Yan, who had stood below quietly before, suddenly, at lightning
speed, ran at the opposite direction, leaving behind a blue shadow. He decided to
abandon his comrade and escape himself.
The crowd watched.
If there was one similarity between demon beasts and humans, that would be that
unless there was some special connection, like blood relatives or soulmates, no one
was willing to sacrifice their life for the other. Especially the high leveled demon
beasts, they are especially afraid of death, so without hesitation, Gao Yan left Xing
Qi and ran.
Xing Qi was stunned for a moment before cursing in his heart.
However, if the situation was swapped, he would have done the same.
He had hoped that the man would give chase, but clearly he had no interest in those
he didn't know and simply glanced over lazily, without making a move.
"My friend, if you let me go, I assure you that I won't find trouble for you and I'd
never tell a soul about what happened here." Xing Qi continued to lower his position,
he also treasured his life.
"I could let you off, but..." The man suddenly opened his mouth to say.
Hearing some hope, Xing Qi hurriedly asked, "But what?"
The man let out a joyful laugh as his other hand got hold of Xing Qi’s right arm. With
a gentle tone, as if a death god out for one's soul, he said, "But, I don't like others
causally making a move on my wife and asking him to die. So, if you don't leave
something behind, I just don't feel right."
Instantly, Xing Qi's expression changed.
However, before he could react, his shoulder suddenly went 'crack' and a heart
stabbing pain appeared. From his mouth came a chilling shriek of pain that reached
the skies.
Along with a splatter of fresh red blood flying into the air, the man held a severed
arm, and as for Xing Qi, he had already been thrown away.
Xing Qi was suspended in mid-air as his unharmed hand covered his wounds. His
right arm was not simply 'ripped-off', the wound also had the scars of being burned,
but he couldn't bother with it. Once he was thrown out by the man, he, without
turning back, ran for it and his desperate figure quickly disappeared.
On the ground, Mo Jing finally let out a sign of relief and the body that had been held
together by willpower alone fell to the ground. The purple shirt he was wearing was
already stained with blood.
His wounds were severe and by the looks of it, he couldn't continue his journey. Not
only that, if he didn't get treatment soon, he probably didn't have that much longer to
live either.
You XiaoMo descended from above right in front of Mo Jing and behind him was
pair of black wings.
The wings were transfigured from the Giant Roc. It itself was at level eleven and the
emperor of the skies, so even if the user was You XiaoMo, he couldn still fly at an
incredible speed.
"Hey, are you okay?" You XiaoMo asked in curiosity, but not with much sympathy
since that was the law of the jungle.
Mo Jing shook his head but his gaze landed on Ling Xiao, who also came down and
was currently standing behind You XiaoMo. They had used a Dimensional talisman,
which was why they had suddenly appeared in the outskirts of Xi Jing. If they
wanted to go deeper into Xi Jing, they would have to use another Dimensional
talisman.
"I'm Mo Jing and I'm eternally grateful for your help. I will never forget that you have
saved my life." Mo Jing attempted at making obeisance as he made a heartfelt thank
you. Even if the man's intention was not to save him, it was a fact that he was saved
because of them
You XiaoMo waved his hand, "It's just something small, don't mention it. On the topic
at hand, are you really of the Mystic Tortoise Clan and what does that have to do
with the Psychic Black Turtles?"
Mo Jing stopped for a moment before asking in delight, "Could it be that you know of
the Psychic Black Turtles clan?"
You XiaoMo nodded as he replied, "Yes, but it was just a chance encounter with
someone called Xuan Ming. Although it was just one meeting, he looked like a nice
guy."
Reminder: Xuan Ming appeared in chapter 474 in the Cang Alliance’s birthday
banquet incident.
After Mo Jing heard the name Xuan Ming, he more or less believed him and after
some hesitation said, "Truth to be told, my clan, the Mystic Tortoise Clan is also part
of the Psychic Black Turtles. I was on my way to the Black Turtle Clan when I was
unexpectedly ambushed by Xing Qi and that was when I was saved by the two of
you. Once I arrive at the Black Turtle Clan, I will explain the situation and then return
the favor. Speaking of which, I still haven't learned my savior's names."
"I'm You XiaoHa." You XiaoMo replied with a cheeky smile and then pointed at Ling
Xiao to say, "He's called Ling Mo, you might have heard of him."
Mo Jing paused for a moment, Ling Mo?
He tried hard at remembering but still had no impression of this name and couldn't
help but feel troubled. His savior seemed to think that he should have heard of it.
"Eh? Could it be that you haven't heard of it?" You XiaoMo said in surprise as he
noticed his confusion.
Mo Jing gave an apologetic smile, "I'm truly sorry, its my ignorance."
You XiaoMo noticed that his expression didn't seem fake and stopped paying any
mind to it. If he didn't know then all the better, that way, no one would recognize their
identity so they wouldn't be exposed either.
"It's fine if you never heard of it, I was just asking out of curiosity. Then, farewell." As
You XiaoMo finished, he was prepared to leave.
"Wait...cough, cough, cough..." Mo Jing hurried rose to called them back, but
because he was in such a rush, his body fell back down halfway through the
movement and he coughed up blood again. The intense coughing felt as if he was
trying to cough up his intestines too.
You XiaoMo turned around, about to speak but was quickly distracted by the
movement from within Mo Jing’s arms.
A turtle that was the size of You XiaoMo’s palm slowly crawled out from Mo Jing’s
collar, probably because it couldn't tolerate the onslaught of blood and felt
suffocated.
Mo Jing hurriedly shoved the baby turtle back into his clothes. But, relentlessly the
baby turtle crawled back up, as if intentionally against him.
"Young master, please be good and stay put." Mo Jing said in a whisper to the baby
turtle and his hand, tracelessly covered the baby turtle.
You XiaoMo asked in interest, "Is that your son?"
"Idiot!" Before Mo Jing even said anything, Ling Xiao, who had been standing as a
backdrop finally spoke and it was his catch phrase too.
You XiaoMo laughed awkwardly.
"Didn't I tell you before to review the breeds of demon beasts in Xi Jing and their
characteristics but you just wouldn't listen. How could this baby turtle be his son, it
was clearly the descendent of the Black Turtle Clan."
"Eh?" You XiaoMo's eyes went wide, it was the first time he had seen a baby turtle
and of the Black Turtle Clan at that. He had heard that the Psychic Black Turtles
were even bigger than Green Turtles.
Reminder: In chapter 394, Xiong Xiao and another member of the Cang
Alliance were carried by a green turtle.
Hearing that the man seemed to be very knowledgeable, Mo Jing became more
vigilant.
Ling Xiao, as if he saw nothing, continued to explain to You XiaoMo, "The shells of
the Mystic Tortoise Clan are a purple turquoise color with no patterns on them, but
this baby turtle, although he hasn't matured yet, clearly has patterns on his shell. Not
only that, his shell was of a light turquoise, that is the defining characteristic of the
Psychic Black Turtles."
"Oh." You XiaoMo raised his head to find Mo Jing staring at them with a face of
alarm.
Chapter 517: Request
Translated by Yan of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
The Psychic Black Turtle was one of the Four Divine Emperor Beasts, and it
naturally had an incredibly respectable position among the demon beasts, but
Emperor Beasts such as the Four Divine Emperor Beasts couldn't really form
contracts with humans.
However, even if they were a powerful race, they still had no way to completely
contain the greed that humans had at the bottom of their hearts towards the Four
Divine Emperor Beasts. Perhaps humans had no way to force a contract with an
adult Emperor Beast, but they could make one with an Emperor Beast that was
young or was just born.
Although the Psychic Black Turtle had many side families, the Black Turtle Clan was
just as rare as the Qilin, Demon Phoenix, and Dragon Clans. In total, the clan had
around several dozen members, and so they greatly valued their descendants. Baby
Turtle was a part of the Black Turtle Clan and was only half a year old. It hadn't even
fully gained its Intelligence yet, so it would be easy to form a contract with it. Due to
these reasons, Mo Jing was worried that the two people in front of him had a similar
idea towards the Baby Turtle.
You XiaoMo had also guessed what he was thinking and shrugged his shoulders
helplessly.
In reality, he didn't have that kind of idea in mind about the Psychic Black Turtle. At
the most, he could only sigh - he hadn't expected to meet another Psychic Black
Turtle here, and it was one that hadn't been born very long ago.
"Ah, could it be that what that guy called Xing Qi wanted you to hand over was
actually this Baby Turtle?" You XiaoMo suddenly responded.
Mo Jing didn't see any greed in his eyes and nodded his head slowly. "Xing Qi's
objective is indeed the Young Master, but I do not know how he knew that I would
be passing through here with the Young Master. At first I thought it was just a
coincidence."
"Why?" You XiaoMo asked curiously.
Mo Jing rubbed Baby Turtle's shell. He had already slightly lowered his guard
around them, since most people would have immediately rushed over to snatch the
Young Master after hearing that the it was a Psychic Black Turtle. They wouldn't ask
questions like You XiaoMo did with an extremely curious expression. He was
basically at a dead end now anyway, and he had no choice but to trust them and
hope that he hadn't made a wrong call.
"When the Young Master was born, Master put a seal on him. That seal could
isolate the inherently powerful energy that came from the Young Master's body. As
long as the other party isn't a level twelve expert, there's absolutely no way to
discover the Young Master's existence. But Xing Qi will definitely talk about how the
Young Master is with me, so he must have known beforehand and then ambushed
this place."
You XiaoMo rubbed his chin. "So you're saying that it's very likely that someone
betrayed you."
Mo Jing nodded. "Yes. Actually, I don't want to suspect that a clan member would
betray the Black Turtle Clan either, but facts speak louder than words, because no
more than five people know that I am sending the Young Master back to the Black
Turtle Clan."
"Then I wish you the best of luck! We still have important things to take care of, so
this time we really have to go. You should hurry and leave this place too, or else that
guy called Xing Qi and his pals will most likely come back again." You XiaoMo stood
up. His curiosity had already been fulfilled.
"Wait a moment!" Mo Jing stopped them again. After confirming that they had no
interest towards the Baby Turtle, there was no way he could just let them go like
that.
"Is there something else?" You XiaoMo looked back and asked with a smile on his
face.
Mo Jing suddenly felt as if the other party had been waiting for this sentence of his
all along, and he immediately laughed bitterly. "You two benefactors already know
my situation right now. If I do not treat my wounds soon, I won't be able to find the
Black Turtle Clan. But my Young Master's situation is unique, so I would like to ask
you two gentlemen to do me a favor."
"What kind of favor?" You XiaoMo asked.
Mo Jing held up his Young Master. "I would like to ask you two gentlemen to help
me send the Young Master back to the Black Turtle Clan."
You XiaoMo suddenly curled the corners of his lips upward and teased, "Oh, is it
really okay to hand over your Young Master to two strangers? Aren't you afraid that
we'll pretend to agree, take your Young Master and not return?"
Mo Jing's face revealed a bit of unease. "I, I trust you two benefactors."
You XiaoMo pulled out the salesman smile that Ling Xiao often used and looked at
him.
Mo Jing scratched his head. His original body was that of a Mystic turtle, so he didn't
actually really know how to talk very well, and especially the more anxious he
became, the less he was able to explain things clearly.
"You two benefactors, I know that this is a little rude of me, but right now I can only
ask for help from you two. If there is really someone from the clan who exposed my
whereabouts, the opposing side will definitely send more people over. It's already
impossible for me to protect the Young Master in my current state..."
As he was speaking, Mo Jing pulled out a card from his robe. It looked as if it was an
ID card or something similar, and he handed it to You XiaoMo.
"Mister, this is something from the Black Turtle Clan. As long as you send the Young
Master back to the Black Turtle Clan and show them this card, the Black Turtle Clan
will definitely reward you two in my stead. Please, you two gentlemen must help me.
Mo Jing will absolutely remember this."
In reality, in order for Mo Jing to give the descendant of the Psychic Black Turtle to a
stranger he had only just met for the first time, he must have already made a huge
decision.
The Young Master was too important. This time, he had only reached the border of
Xi Jing before being ambushed by someone, so there must be even more enemies
waiting for him on the road to the Black Turtle Clan.
Mo Jing had also seen how Ling Xiao had ripped off Xing Qi's arm with one move.
This man named Ling Mo was undoubtedly an expert who could do whatever he
wanted in Xi Jing. If he protected the Young Master and sent him to the Black Turtle
Clan, he could definitely be 1.2 million percent at ease.
You XiaoMo took the card. Actually, he was pretty interested in the Baby Turtle.
Mo Jing was extremely happy. If he agreed to take the card, that meant he had
agreed to the request.
However, Mo Jing sneakily shot Ling Xiao a glance. His real goal was to get this
man to agree, since the one who was actually powerful was him.
You XiaoMo didn't notice his gaze, and he said with all smiles, "Seeing how sincere
you are, I have no choice but to say yes. However, there's something I have to say
first."
"What?" Mo Jing asked.
"If something happens along the road that we have to do, it will take priority, so you
shouldn't expect too much that we'll send your Young Master back home without
stopping."
"This... that's fine." Mo Jing compromised, "But you two benefactors must leave
some information for Mo Jing, or else how will I know where to look for you two after
my wounds have healed."
You XiaoMo rubbed his chin, pondering. There was no way he could tell him that
they were going to find Ling Xiao's trusted aide uncle, who knows if he was from
some secret organization!
"How about this, if we haven't sent the Baby Turtle back to the Black Turtle Clan
within two months, then you can come to Zhong Tian's XiaoYao Institution to find us.
As long as you say our names they'll know who we are."
No matter how ignorant Mo Jing was, he had still heard of XiaoYao Institution
before. He thought back to what the youth had said when he introduced the man. It
seemed that this man called Ling Mo should be very famous, and at last his mind
was set a bit at ease.
"Next, let's discuss the compensation." You XiaoMo squatted down in front of him.
"Ah?" Mo Jing was startled. He thought that they had finished discussing. When
compensation was brought up, well, he didn't have anything on him right now.
"Mister, I can't do anything right now..."
"I know." You XiaoMo held up his hand to cut him off.
"Then what do you mean?"
"Dense forests cover all of Xi Jing. Several magic herbs must grow here, right?" You
XiaoMo's eyes finally gave off a bright light.
XI Jing was somewhere that was highly suited for the growth of magic herbs. It was
covered with many types of primeval vegetation, including several types of magic
herbs that hadn't been discovered or picked for tens of thousands of years. But
because demon beasts couldn't refine pills, and Xi Jing was a dangerous place
where demon beasts roamed everywhere, the magic herbs on Xi Jing were
extremely plentiful.
For many mages, Xi Jing was like a treasure trove of magic herbs.
When many mages couldn't find the high-level magic herbs they were seeking, they
would often think of Xi Jing. So some mages would choose to do business with
some of the demon beasts in the Xi Jing, or they would bring experts along and go
to the Xi Jing to search for magic herbs themselves.
When You XiaoMo was in Central City, he had occasionally heard people mention
this.
This time, his target also included the Xi Jing's magic herbs.
Although he had requested for Wu Cheng to help him gather magic herbs, level
eleven or twelve magic herbs were extremely rare, even in Central City. The amount
of people competing for them was also high, so it wasn't certain that the magic herbs
would be his in the end.
Furthermore, level eleven or twelve magic herbs grew extremely slowly, and even
with spiritual water it took quite a bit of time, so he decided to prepare a few mature
magic herbs ahead of time.
You XiaoMo had a premonition that it wasn't far before he could break into the
rainbow level.
Before leaving, You XiaoMo threw Mo Jing a magic pill that treated wounds.
Although there was no way it could completely cure his wounds, it could at least
protect his life.
Afterwards, the two of them left.
Mo Jing gripped the magic pill in his hand tightly and gazed in the direction the two
of them had left in for a long time without looking away. "I hope I haven't misread
them."
As for the magic herbs that the gentleman wanted, that wasn't a problem at all.
Although the demon beasts in Xi Jing didn't know how to refine pills, they knew of
the importance of magic herbs to the humans. Therefore, the majority of demon
beasts would collect a few magic herbs and exchange it with human mages for their
magic pills.
After that, Mo Jing propped himself up and departed as well.
He didn't know whether Xing Qi would return or not, but he needed to leave and find
a safe place to treat his wounds.
One hour after Mo Jing left, a stranger wearing all black appeared in the place that
he was standing before. It wasn't Xing Qi, nor was it his companion.
Chapter 518: The Weeping Ghost Shore's Tiangou
Translated by Kollumceti of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

The little tortoise still did not have a name. Mo Jing had said that the descendants of
the Black Tortoise Clan were all bestowed names by the elders in the clan after they
were born. However, this little tortoise was born outside the clan, so he had no name
even until now.

You XiaoMo really liked to give names to people. An idea struck him after he knew
that the little tortoise did not have a name.

"Little tortoise, how about I give you a name since you don't have one? If you don't
speak up, I'll take it as you agreeing. What name should I give you ne?"

You XiaoMo muttered to himself, completely ignoring the tortoise rights of the little
tortoise.

The little tortoise was less than half a year old and its spiritual intelligence had not
opened completely. Thus, it was unable to understand human language.

Mo Jing passed it to You XiaoMo. The little tortoise didn’t feel uncomfortable for a
little bit. It would occasionally be swung around like a startled rabbit and occasionally
be left as still as a boulder while being cupped in You XiaoMo's hands. Life as a
tortoise was really not easy.

"Ling Xiao, what do you think it should be called?" You XiaoMo thought for a long
time, yet he could not come up with a suitable name for the little tortoise.

Ling Xiao indifferently replied, "Just call it Little Tortoise."

You XiaoMo, "..." Pretend that he didn't ask!

Finally, You XiaoMo still did not give a name to the little tortoise, mainly because he
did not have any good names. Therefore, he kept calling it little tortoise, little
tortoise, just like the chick. He had almost forgotten the name given to the chick. It
seemed that Ling Xiao was the one to help name it and it seemed to be called
something along the lines of doucheball?

"Next, should we first head to where your father's trusted aide is, or should we
deliver the little tortoise back to the Black Tortoise Clan?" You XiaoMo placed the
little tortoise onto his shoulder.
Ling Xiao did not even blink, "The Black Tortoise Clan is too far from here and the
journey there may not necessarily go too smoothly."

This meant that they were not going to the Black Tortoise Clan first.

Actually, You XiaoMo also had the same intention. They only had two and a half
months. If they were delayed because of the little tortoise's situation, he would miss
the next challenge matches again and it would be too late to regret it then.

Thus, the two prioritized Mo Jing's entrustment as second without any hesitation and
happily proceeded to their destination.

The Four Divine Emperor Beasts were the cornerstone of the forces in Xi Jing.

The Demon Phoenix Clan was located at the Hundred Birds Valley. With the
Hundred Birds Valley as the center, the entire area within a radius of a thousand of
miles was the territory of the Demon Phoenix Clan. They generally did not allow
outsiders to enter their territory, unless it was for the purpose of joining with other
forces.

The Dragon Clan was situated at the Dragon Island. The range of its forces were not
as large as the Demon Phoenix Clan, therefore the Dragon Island belonged to the
type where entry and exiting was restricted. The majority of the members of the
Dragon Clan were living on the Dragon Island.

The Physics Black Tortoise lived in the Living Waters River Boundary. This was the
largest and longest river in Xi Jing. The water in the river was known as the Living
Waters. The Living Waters here did not refer to water that saved the living, rather, it
was water that could take the lives of humans and demon beasts. However, the
Living Waters would only affect those with weaker cultivation. The Living Waters did
not have any effect on those Emperor Beasts like the Physic Black Tortoise who had
originated from the Living Waters River Boundary.

Finally, the Qilin Clan. The Qilin Clan was the most mysterious existence within the
Four Divine Emperor Beasts.

There were none who knew their specific location even up till now. It was said that it
was generally impossible for people to find them in one lifetime if it was not for the
members of the Qilin Clan.

Other than the Four Divine Emperor Beasts, there were also many other strong
clans within Xi Jing. Of course, there were also clans with just a single powerful
member, yet their strength was amongst the topmost powerhouses in the Xi Jing. An
example was Yin Ge's father the Nine-Headed Serpent King.

The Nine-Headed Serpent King was naturally a level twelve powerhouse. Anyone
who had grown eyes would not dare to touch the brows of the Nine-Headed Serpent
King unless it was the Four Divine Emperor Beasts.

Though the forces were all tangled and complicated, the area in Xi Jing was
extremely vast. Thus, there would normally be no major events like a war between
the clans as long as one did not step on any of their the tails.

However...

A sensational and major event happened in Xi Jing ten thousand years ago. A
mysterious and up-and-coming influence appeared out of thin air and swept over
more than half of the Xi Jing in an instant. After nearly drawing out the Demon
Phoenix Clan, that mysterious faction rapidly vanished without a trace once again.

It was rumored that the mysterious faction was located at the Weeping Ghost Shore.
The Weeping Ghost Shore was an extremely dangerous place in Xi Jing and was
known as the Purgatory.

It was said that the Purgatory was a battlefield in ancient times and many skeletal
remains of great demon beasts had been buried there. Just like an netherworld
which went on limitlessly, the resentment and evil left behind after the death of many
great demon beasts pervaded everywhere.

Not many demon beasts dared to tread into Purgatory because it was too terrifying.
In addition the Weeping Ghost Shore was located at the depths of Purgatory. Thus,
even if people knew that the mysterious faction was at the Weeping Ghost Shore,
few dared to venture inside to inquire about the truth.

The mysterious force had a code name and it was called Tiangou. This was the
force that was established by Ling Xiao's father’s trusted aide thousands of years
ago.
<strong>t/n: Tiangou (literally: "Heavenly Dog") is a legendary creature from China,
resembling a black dog or meteor, which is thought to eat the sun or moon during an
eclipse.</strong>

However, Ling Xiao had never been to the Weeping Ghost Shore. He informed that
person in advance the first time he came, and then met with him in another location.
Therefore, Ling Xiao did not know where the Weeping Ghost Shore was and how
many members were in Tiangou.

Ling Xiao had also notified the other party in advance the second time he came.

However, this time the other party let them personally travel to the Weeping Ghost
Shore, as if he was deliberately testing them.

Since the Purgatory was viewed as an ancient battlefield, it must definitely be a vast
and eye-catching place. However, in the interest of time You XiaoMo caught a few
demon beasts and gave them a good beating. Afterwards, they cried and willingly
told him where the Purgatory was. The Purgatory was located in the Ghost Tomb
Mountain Range. The Ghost Tomb Mountain Range was famous in Xi Jing because
it is the only place in Xi Jing that had no vegetation covering the area. The entire
landscape was filled a with dark fog and bare and sinister mountains.

This was because the area used to be a battlefield. It was hard to quell the
resentment from the countless great demon beasts that died there, leading to the
Ghost Tomb Mountain Range being barren even until now.

The distance from the fringes of Xi Jing to the Ghost Tomb Mountain Ranges was
very far.

XiaoMo simply decided to use a teleportation talisman. They should be able to be

transported to the vicinity of the Ghost Tomb Mountain Ranges as long as he let
Ling Xiao control the distance a little. Surrounding the Ghost Tomb Mountain
Ranges was a small town called the White Bone Town.

The White Bone Town was small, yet there were a lot of people entering and leaving
town everyday. Most of these people were transformed demon beasts.

"Is this the two honored guests' first time here?" The owner of the inn immediately
guessed upon seeing their unfamiliar faces.

You XiaoMo nodded, "I've heard that the Ghost Tomb Mountain Ranges is a place
that many people avoid out of fear. Why are there still so many people here?"

"Honored guests must have heard that the Ghost Tomb Mountain Ranges was an
ancient battlefield. Many great demon beasts died on this battlefield. Each and every
one of these great demon beasts were all famous experts in the ancient times. Most
of them would put the treasures they collected into mustard seed dimensions. If you
think about it, wouldn't the mustard space dimension that they carry with them
collapse once they die?"
You XiaoMo immediately saw the light as he clapped his hands, "I know! Once the
pocket dimension collapses, the treasures would drop onto the battlefield right? So
most of all these people who came to White Bone Town are here for a treasure
hunt."

"That's correct." The owner of the inn grinned and nodded.

Leaving aside how precious the treasures collected by the great demon beasts
were, just the fact that these treasures were passed down from ancient times was
enough to make the demon beasts of Xi Jing scrabble madly for these unobtainable
treasures. "Then does Owner know where the Weeping Ghost Shore is at?" You
XiaoMo asked in passing.

The owner's expression suddenly changed and he became nervous, "Honored

guests, you couldn't be intending of going to the Weeping Ghost Shore right? May
this one offer a bit of advice? It's best if you do not go. The ones living on the
Weeping Ghost Shore are all extremely cruel people. There is an example of this.
There was a powerful demon beast faction in Xi Jing a thousand years ago.
Because their companion was killed by the Tiangous of Weeping Ghost Shore, their
leader knocked on their door with more than twenty men. In the end, a horrifying
matter happened the next day."

The owner of the inn suddenly lowered his voice.

You XiaoMo swallowed, "What happened?"

The owner of the inn continued, "All of them turned up dead. The cruelest thing was
that their original forms had all been revealed and their clothes and flesh were gone,
leaving behind their skeletons. The twenty people, including that leader who was at
level eleven, were all neatly arranged outside the gates of White Bone Town. Few
people have dared to go to the Weeping Ghost Shore since then."

Leaving only a skeleton behind. So wouldn't it mean that their flesh had not been cut
off, but had been eaten by the Tiangous of the Weeping Ghost Shore instead?

You XiaoMo didn't take it seriously at first, but now he had to face it squarely. It
seemed that the Tiangou faction established by Ling Xiao's 'Trusted Aide Uncle' was
awfully powerful.

After the owner walked away, You XiaoMo impatiently looked at Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao frowned after taking a sip of tea, he was obviously not too happy with the
tea here. He put down the cup and saw You XiaoMo's expression of seeking
comfort, "What are you doing?"

"You've really never seen any members of the Tiangou?" You XiaoMo hastily asked.

"I haven't. But I have heard Uncle Gu mention it before." Ling Xiao casually
mentioned, "Uncle Gu's full name is Lin Gu, but he is not from the Qilin Clan. He is
also not a demon beast, but a genuine human being who was rescued by my father
when he was young and had been following my father from then on. Even until now,
he has never given up the idea of saving my father from the Qilin Clan since my
father got into trouble."

"I couldn't tell that this Uncle Gu is so sentimental, to have refused to give up even
after ten thousand years." You XiaoMo supported his chin as he sighed. Upon
hearing this sentence, a strange expression suddenly flashed across Ling Xiao's
face.

You XiaoMo tilted his head and looked at Ling Xiao, "You haven't mentioned, what
did that Uncle Gu tell you about the members of Tiangou?"

Ling Xiao took a moment to recall, "Uncle Gu said that each and every member of
Tiangou were all very unconventional. More or less, everyone had undergone some
unpleasant experiences. He also spent a lot of time trying to get them to join the
Tiangou in the beginning.”

"For example?" You XiaoMo had begun to fantasize about their unpleasant
experiences, such as lack of love or something.

"For example, I remember that there was one with an extremely ugly appearance, so
he was bullied by the surrounding demon beasts from young..."

"So he always felt very inferior since he was a child?"

Ling Xiao suddenly stopped and suspiciously eyed his face, "What are you so
excited about?"

You XiaoMo rubbed his cheek, "You're mistaken. Continue, continue."

Ling Xiao snorted, "'He did not feel inferior. Instead, he continued to quietly cultivate,
striving to raise his strength until his strength surpassed all the demon beasts
around him. He then spent one night to massacre all those demon beasts that
ridiculed him, not sparing a single one. It was said that a few demon beasts had
been attracted over by the smell of blood and the corpses of demon beasts were
piled up like a mountain. Moreover, not a single corpse was left intact. If they weren't
missing an arm, they were missing a leg. Some were also missing their heads or
had been cut off at the waist." You XiaoMo could feel his blood run cold just by
thinking of that scene.

No wonder the owner of the inn would tell them that it was best not to go to the
Weeping Ghost Shore. It was really quite frightening if the Tiangou comprised of
these type of members.

"How about, we go to the Black Tortoise Clan first?" You XiaoMo could not help but
propose.

Ling Xiao shot him a glance.

You XiaoMo gave a hollow laugh as he hugged the little tortoise. He was just saying
it only.

"However, you can also be considered at the young master of the Tiangous. If all the
members of Tiangou are such abnormal/perverted guys, then will they obey your
orders?" Inspiration struck You XiaoMo.

Ling Xiao confidently stated, "They won't. Although they are Uncle Gu's
subordinates, each and every one has their own independent mind and definitely
would not obey me due to my relationship with Uncle Gu or with Uncle Gu's
command."

"Then wouldn't it be difficult to subdue them?" You XiaoMo sighed.

Ling Xiao raised an eyebrow, "Why should I subdue them?"

You XiaoMo replied, "For them to be helpers ah. Our enemy is the Vermillion Blood
Clan. As they say, it is difficult to resist four hands with two fists. One more helper is
an additional assistance, it’s a good thing for us."

Ling Xiao gave a smile that was yet not a smile, "You couldn't have forgotten that we
made this trip not to find helpers, but to look for Uncle Gu to ask about the Dragon
Clan bloodline from my father?"

You XiaoMo was embarrassed, "Since it was convenient."

"All right, let's speak of the matter at another time. I'll reluctantly subdue them if they
deserve to be subdued by me. If they're not worthy, you should curb your evil
instincts. Not just any person can become my companion." Ling Xiao stood up,
"Let's return to our room. We're setting off early tomorrow morning."

You XiaoMo hurriedly stuffed the little tortoise in his clothes and grabbed the two
remaining steamed buns on the plate before chasing after Ling Xiao.
Chapter 519: A Fight
Translated by Rara of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
The White Bone Town's inn was rather simple and crude. When they arrived and
made their way around the town, this was the only inn they found that was clean
enough. The rooms weren't classified by quality, one night cost five spirit gems
regardless whether it was good or bad, luckily the bed was big enough and the
service could be said to be considerate.
The reason You XiaoMo complained because it was as expensive as a first class
room in the hotel of the Central City. He really wanted to bargain with the inn owner,
but Ling Xiao didn't want him to embarrass himself.
Back to the room, You XiaoMo took off his shoes and climbed on to the bed.
The bed in the inn was an older style wooden platform bed (pic), there was no
decoration, not even canopy curtains. To someone that was accustomed to sleeping
on a soft bed, he was a bit unable to adapt at first.
After that, You XiaoMo took out the demon beast's Life Crystal that he got from the
exchange back in ZhongTing trade fair.
He had a total of four Life Crystals, but he only had one that was a level eleven
demon beast's Life Crystal. Except this one, he planned to give all the remains to
PiQiu and the rest.
Ling Xiao cast a Restriction barrier around the room to prevent the aura of the Life
Crystal from getting out, since it could lure in the thirsty demon beasts. Since it was
the Life Crystal of a level eleven demon beast, it was a great temptation to the same
level demon beasts.
The Life Crystal had a crimson color and was half the size of You XiaoMo's fist.
When he took out the Life Crystal from the bottle, a strong aura of a demon beast
quickly pervaded the room, as if there was truly a demon beast stalking their prey.
Fortunately there was a Restriction Barrier, or else this powerful aura of a demon
beast would sweep across the whole White Bone Town.
You XiaoMo sat down cross-legged and held the Life Crystal with one hand before
placing it on his knee. After he informed Ling Xiao, he started to absorb the energy
of the Life Crystal. The energy contained inside a level eleven demon beast's Life
Crystal was extremely powerful, just like the dead Six-winged Divine Tiger of the
Paradise Realm at that time, her cultivation was only level nine, yet her son only
needed her Life Crystal for its cultivation to rapidly advance.
But the circumstance was still different.
The little Six-winged Divine Tiger's level was very low, which was why he could jump
up several levels at one time, but You XiaoMo was not the same, his cultivation was
now at middle-grade level ten, each grade he advanced needed a massive amount
of energy.
The crimson Life Crystal's energy was being absorbed uninterruptedly, and its color
faded with time. Inside his mind was a vortex that looked like a galaxy, the luminous
fragments surrounded in the middle and started to change into a deep purple. This
was the sign of advancing to high grade level ten.
As the energy continued to replenish, the rotation speed of the luminous fragments
started to accelerate faster. Layer after layer, the color gradually changed from
purple to a deeper color, and when the luminous fragments completely changed into
a deep violet color, the crystal in the center of the vortex began to tremble.
You XiaoMo's body was also trembling fiercely.
Ling Xiao stood up all of sudden. At the same time, the ground was also shaking as
if there was an earthquake, followed by an intense scream spreading throughout the
small White Bone town.
At this moment, a knock came from the door.
Ling Xiao opened the door, standing outside was the inn's owner, the owner didn't
wait for him to speak up, as he quickly talked, "My guest, I forgot to tell you, the
Ghost Tomb Mountain Ranges often has a fights at night, so you mustn't go out at
night to avoid being involved."
"What fight?"
"I'm not really sure myself, but I heard it's a fight between two level eleven
powerhouses. Although it doesn't happen every night, there are at least seven to
eight fights within a month, and the length of each fight varies."
"How long does it usually take?"
"It will probably end before dawn."
Ling Xiao closed the door, before dawn was it? So troublesome!
Although the two mysterious powerhouses didn't fight each other within little White
Bone town, the town was still being affected as, occasionally, a violent shake in the
ground would occur. The people of White Bone town had grown accustomed to it,
but the newly arrivals weren't, thus swearing could be heard from time to time.
This situation lasted for around three hours, as the sun started to rise.
Everyone had the same thought, had it finally stopped?
But it only calmed down for fifteen minutes when all of sudden, a loud explosion
occurred to the south of White Bone town, followed by a more violent shake than
before that could knock down houses.
The inn's guests started running out one after another to the main street.
Ling Xiao opened the window and looked outside, he immediately saw a blazing sky
to the south, ten meters away from White Bone town. The two powerful auras were
gathered in that direction; this was the cause of the earthquake.
Except the two of them, every other guest had run out to the street, even the inn
owner, as he was also in a panic.
"My god, why did they come so close to White Bone town to fight? If they come any
closer, this whole White Bone town will be heavily affected."
"It was quite unusual this time, I remember before they clearly would never set foot
near White Bone town, was there any unforeseen events this time?"
"Everyone should try to find a place to hide first."
According to the usual routine, the two powerhouses would only fight inside the
Ghost Tomb Mountain Ranges, however this time, they unexpectedly ran out of the
Ghost Tomb Mountain Ranges to fight. Everyone couldn't guarantee those two
wouldn't move the fight to White Bone town. Since everybody all treasured their
lives, they quickly evacuated and ran to the opposite direction of the fight.
At this moment, the inn owner suddenly stopped, he looked up to Ling Xiao's
windows direction, "My guest, you should also quickly evacuate, or else trouble will
come when their fight reaches here."
Ling Xiao didn't respond back.
The inn owner saw him not respond. He shook his head and then ran away at all
costs. He was just being kind and warned him, if the man didn't listen to him, it
wasn't his problem.
To everyone’s expectation, the two powerhouses brought their fight from the south
to the emptied White Bone town. Each lift of their hands and each move of their legs
was like heaven falling and earth rending. The two figures, one black and the other
one white, moved as fast as lightning, just like the Black and White impermanence
doing their job at reaping life.
t/n: The Heibai Wuchang, literally "Black and White Impermanence", are two
deities in Chinese folk religion in charge of escorting the spirits of the dead to
the Underworld. As their names suggest, they are dressed in black and white
respectively.
The two rows of old houses standing quietly on street also got caught up in their
fight; they collapsed one after another into piles of ruins. If You XiaoMo was
conscious right now, he would definitely give a compliment to the prediction of the
White Bone town's people.
After that, the two figures suddenly separated.
Coincidentally, standing in the middle of them was the inn Ling Xiao and You
XiaoMo stayed in, if those two both made a move, this inn would very likely also
collapse.
"You lunatic, why are you so excited today?" The man in white indifferently glanced
at the White Bone town that had turned into ruins in one night, his eyes showed no
sign of sentimentally. He looked at the man in black standing the opposite of him; his
voice was cold but felt a bit familiar.
The man in black held up the dagger in his hand to lick the blood on the knife tip. His
pale face showed a ominous look. The blood was from the man in white, but the
man in black himself was also injured, his left arm had a 10cm cut and blood was
dripping profusely.
"What, you can't stand anymore?" The man in black laughed with a hoarse voice.
The man in white opened his fan, this fan wasn't just for decoration, this was his
weapon. Earlier he used the hilt of the fan to cause the wound on the arm of the
man in black. "Ah, you should care about yourself first."
"This little wound is nothing. If you are still able to act so calmly like that, then take
one more hit from me." The man in black ignored his bleeding arm, the dagger in his
hand glinted in the light as he laughed wickedly.
The man in white's face became serious. He held the silvery white fan in front of his
chest and suddenly, a bright light burst out from the fan, it looked similar to ring of
light from a solar eclipse. A moment later, he waved the fan and a violent storm
came toward the man in black before it swept him away.
The spiritual energy inside the body of the man in black quickly surged up. The
dagger inside his hand seemed to have spiritual intelligence, as it also immediately
burst out a bright light that didn't lose to the fan. However, it was a dark light, but it
could still almost be seen in the darkness of the night. A fierce slash of sword energy
in the shape of a half moon slammed into the storm.
Once the two forces met, the whole White Bone town would definitely be reduced
into nothing.
As the two forces were about to collide, a golden light like a halo suddenly came
from the intacted inn below and blocked the two forces.
When the storm and the sword energy slash striked the halo, the halo suddenly
burst into intense golden sparkles. The violent rotation of the storm was stopped
abruptly and disappeared within the next second. The sword energy slash also lost
its spiritual intelligence and *Bang*, exploded into tiny fragments.
After stopping the danger, that golden light returned back to the inn.
The two of them were shocked, "Who is it?"
"Three seconds, scram or die!" Coming out from the inn was a cold voice, the tone
was mellow and indifferent, yet it echoed throughout the whole White Bone town.
Both of them were mad and scared. They had ruled over the Ghost Tomb Mountain
Ranges for over thousand of years and this was the first time they met someone
who dared to order them to scram. To say they weren't mad was not possible, but
they definitely felt a bit terrified.
To block their attack with just one move wasn't something an ordinary person could
do.
"May I ask who are you, sir?" The man in white wasn't as stubborn as the man in
black, he quickly lowered his attitude. Regardless of the strength of the other party,
to be able to stop their attacks that easily, that person’s strength must definitely be
above them. Since the person's identity was unclear, taking a step back was a
smarter move.
The voice inside the inn didn't reply.
The man in white was irritated, he said no more and just turned around to leave.
Although the man in black wasn't happy, he still left with him.
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I cannot comprehend what I translated anm >_>
Chapter 520: Advance
Translated by Crystal from the Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Once the Black and white impermanence were gone, those who fled the White Bone
Town came running back.
Different to everyone's expectations, the White Bone Town did not become a
wasteland, however, one-third of the buildings were demolished though. Good thing
was that they were already in shambles so all they needed to do was rebuild them
with wood.
The owner was pleasantly surprised at the undisturbed inn, he thought that it would
be his inn that got the most damaged. At that time, many saw the man in white and
the man in black walking along this street, but in reality, much to their surprise, it
was this street that was the least harmed.
"Owner Wang, your inn is so lucky to actually escape unharmed."
On the opposite of the inn was another inn. Although it had only been half
destroyed, it was impossible to renovate it and the owners would have to rebuild.
The two inns contrasted strikingly.
Owner Yang sighed in despair at his own inn and would occasionally turn towards
Owner Wang's inn. How was he so lucky?
Owner Wang had a cheerful smile on, it was great that he didn't have to rebuild his
inn, otherwise it would've been a huge investment.
But after he heard what owner Yang had said, he had a sudden flash of genius and
subconsciously looked at the second floor window. He remembered that the guests
in that room had not left, connecting that with the oddity of the man in black and man
in white suddenly leaving White Bone Town, he had a brave/wild assumption.
Could it be that the man was the one who had chased the two away?
With a stomach full of questions, owner Wang left owner Yang and hurriedly ran up
to the second floor. The door was still closed shut, and he wasn't sure if the people
inside left or not.
Owner Wang knocked on the door to sound things out, "Hello, anyone?"
"What?" From the room came a calm voice.
Owner Wang violently took a breath in, now he was sure and quickly answered, "I'm
just here to ask if you wanted any drinks? In our wine cellar we have a hundred year
old Shaoxing wine."
t/n: Shaoxing wine is one of the most famous varieties of huangjiu( yellow
wine), or traditional Chinese wines, fermented from rice. It originates from the
region of Shaoxing, in the Zhejiang province of eastern China. It is widely
used as both a beverage and a cooking wine in Chinese cuisine
After a moment of silence, he asked, "Is there tea?"
Owner Wang was taken back for a second before answering, "A few."
"Then bring me the high-grade wines and teas."
"Sure, I'll be right back."
It was the first time he had met a guest who liked tea, but luckily, he also liked tea so
in his room was one catty of a really treasured tea of his. Even now he had not
drank it once.
Remembering that he was eighty to ninety percent sure the guest was the one who
had chased away the man in black and man in white, he made his mind and took out
half a catty of tea leaves. Not only that, he also brought along his high-grade purple
tea set with him.
Before he even knocked, the man let him in.
When owner Wang opened the door and stepped inside, he saw the man sitting by
the table. He even personally brewed the tea for the man and brought his two jars of
hundred year Shaoxing wine.
"You can leave now." Ling Xiao shooed with his hand.
Before the owner left, he secretly took a glance inside and saw a faint silhouette of a
person sitting cross legged on the bed, unmoving behind the screen.
It seemed to be the young man he came with, and probably the reason why he
hadn't left the inn.
On the second day, rumors and gossips of what happened last time at the White
Bone Town were everywhere. Everyone was discussing as to why they had
returned, but some, the more observant ones, found inklings of the truth.
For example, why did they suddenly leave? Why was owner Wang's street, the one
that should have been the most damaged, unharmed at all? Was there a connection
between the two?
Hearing everyone's discussion, the only one in the know, owner Wang, didn't join in
the conversation. Before, he was the one who loved to gossip the most.
"Owner Wang, do you know something?"
His neighbors were knowledgeable about what kind of person he was and seeing
that he was just smiling, a female shopkeeper suddenly changed the topic to him.
Seeing that everyone's gaze was focused on him, owner Wang replied with ease,
"About that, all I can say is that there really is a superior expert within our town. Not
only that, you guys should lower your voices, if it becomes a bother to that superior
expert then there will be severe consequences."
The hint in his sentences were obvious.
Owner Wang was not someone who exaggerated so most of them believed him
while a few were skeptical.
However, it didn't take long for the gossip of an elite to spread.
On the second floor room, nothing that had happened the day before bothered You
XiaoMo at all. He very successfully turned the Life Crystal’s power into his own. His
power increased by leaps and bounds, jumping from middle-grade to peak high-
grade. Now he was trying to break through the barrier from level ten to rainbow
grade one.
The speed in which the vortex in his mind turned slowed as the luminous fragments
reached their peak. By now, the dark purple crystal in the center of the vortex had
been condensed to the size of an swan egg.
From level ten to rainbow grade one was a process of metamorphosis, the difficulty
at least doubled from the usual process. It was a huge obstacle standing in the way
of many talented mages, thus he needed more energy.
You XiaoMo remebered that Dan Qing had said in his lecture that becoming a
rainbow grade one mage wasn't simply a process of metamorphasis, it was a
process of rebirth. From death to rebirth, it was like a phoenix rising from the ashes,
once again burning an everlasting fire.
Leveling up was a similar concept. Everything has its limits, if one wanted to break
that limit, then they must reconstruct their image and change the current situation.
Dan Qing's voice flashed across his mind and You XiaoMo instantly knew what was
happening.
Beyond the sea of consciousness, Ling Xiao suddenly saw the corner of his mouth
curl into a smile. It looked like he found the trick and seeing that the Life crystal in
his palm still had two-thirds of its energy, it looked like he didn't have to worry for
now.
You XiaoMo started to absorb the energy from the Life Crystal at an even quicker
pace, then channeling that energy to the crystal in the center of the vortex,
condensing the size of that crystal from a swan's egg to a chicken's egg, to a bird's
egg...
He began to feel drained and lost his strength, all that was left was a fingertip sized
crystal. Without restraint, he continued to pour energy into the crystal until there was
barely any left when finally the crystal could no longer contain it and started to make
a humming sound. It wasn't long after when the crystal exploded with a bang and it's
dusts disappeared into the vortex.
Now, the once slowly spinning vortex suddenly quickened, becoming faster and
faster, sparking as if a cog was hitting the floor.
The vortex became smaller and smaller until it condensed into a dot, then an
extremely bright light erupted. If it wasn't happening within You XiaoMo's sea of
consciousness, it would have been bright enough to turn someone blind.
Once You XiaoMo could 'see' the stuff within his sea of consciousness, the vortex
and the crystal had disappeared. All that was left were seven calmly floating flames,
all emitting a different color. The flames were only the size of a fingernail and they
were a bit dim.
However, You XiaoMo was thrilled, he had finally broken through and became an
official grade one rainbow mage. He had thought that a level eleven demon beast’s
Life Crystal could help him do it, he didn't think it would actually come true.
When You XiaoMo opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was Ling Xiao standing in
front of him. Before his brain could react, his body leaped over, hugging his waist
and screaming in joy.
"I made it, I made it, I can finally start refining rainbow pills!"
Ling Xiao was knocked back a step by him and was infected with his joy too but the
words that came out was, "I can see with my eyes, you don't have to tell me twice."
You XiaoMo wasn't bothered, he was in such a good mood.
Ling Xiao asked thoughtfully, "I heard that a rainbow leveled mage breaks through a
lot of a mage's limitations, like what?"
You XiaoMo nodded with a stupid laugh, "Like flying, a high level mage needs help
from other things to fly but a rainbow level mage doesn't. They can use their own
powers to fly, but it's going to take a lot of soul power so if they used an aid, not only
is it saving soul power, they can increase their speed."
He hadn't tested them out yet, all of these he heard from Dan Qing's lecture.
But, to him, he didn't have to worry about the consumption of power. Anyways, the
point was that he didn't need Ling Xiao to fly anymore.
After he finished being excited, You XiaoMo heard the construction noise from
below. After he opened the window, he realized that all of the houses in front of him
fell and were in the middle of rebuilding. "What happened outside?"
Ling Xiao gave a basic explanation.
You XiaoMo's mouth gaped open, "Good thing you chased them away."
When cultivating, the worst was to be disturbed. If it was light, it was a Qi deviation,
if it was harsh, one could die on the spot. Especially for critical moments like his, one
cannot stop, otherwise his crystal in the sea of consciousness might be heavily
damaged, if that happened, it would be difficult to breakthrough again.
Ling Xiao packed up the wine and tea he received from the inn owner and the two
proceeded downstairs to check out. Then, they left White Bone Town.
The owner guessed that they were probably going to the Weeping Ghost Shore and
this time he didn't say anything. With the man's power, even if they found the
Weeping Ghost Shore, they could probably make it out alive but...
"Honorable guests, this is a map of the Ghost Tomb Mountain Ranges, it'll probably
come in handy."
The owner voluntarily gifted them the map, normally one would have to buy it with
spirit gems and not for cheap either. Almost everyone who wished to go into the
Ghost Tomb Mountain Ranges would need one, otherwise, it was easy to get lost
and go somewhere dangerous.
You XiaoMo took the map and thought of the wine and tea he had received earlier.
He wasn't knowledgeable about wine but he knew a bit about tea. That half a catty
was truly extraordinary and so he pulled out a pill from his pocket to hand over.
"Seeing your sincerity, I'll give you this magic pill, it can give you an extra life."
Pleasantly surprised, the owner took the magic pill. For people like him that lived in
these dangerous areas, what they needed the most was safety. Sometimes one
could come by a magic pill that increased levels but ones that could save one's life
were rare. It wasn't something that could be bought, even if one had the money.
That just solidified the owners belief that these two weren't ordinary. Half a catty of
high-grade tea, two jars of specially brewed Shaoxing wine and a map was not given
unjustly.
Bidding their farewells, the two left the White Bone Town and headed to the Ghost
Tomb Mountain Ranges.
It was known as an Ancient Battlefield, buried within it were hundreds of thousands
of greater demon beast's corpses. Their resentment came together like a dense fog,
as if an evil spirit coming for all lives, if one didn't have enough strength, they
wouldn't be able to get in.
By now, You XiaoMo was a top tier mage, even without Ling Xiao, he could easily
and freely travel through the fog. With the breakthrough, his soul power had a
qualitative change.
The milky white soul power seemed to reflect a rainbow colored shine. At first glance
there didn't seem to be a change, unless if one looked long enough. But because he
had just recently leveled up, the effects were not apparent.
Although the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range was considered a mountain range, it was
already in ruins, with mountain plates shifting and breaking, sinking in to become
huge valleys. The ground had split and concaved into a huge chasm. Mountain
peaks had collapsed and some were even flattened to become fields and swamps.
Basically, it wasn't watchable anymore.
You XiaoMo laid out the map and clearfully went over it again.
Other than the names of places, the owner had also marked out where it was
dangerous.
He saw that in the depth of the mountain range was indeed the Weeping Ghost
Shore and what was interesting was that surrounding it, the owner had used a red
pen to mark out it's danger.
No wonder many people's expression changed just by the mere mentioning of its
name. By the looks of things, they where a bunch of daredevils, having their
headquarters purposefully set in such a dangerous location. Easy to defend but hard
to attack.
You XiaoMo put the map away and said, "The Weeping Ghost Shore was southwest
of the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range. Supposedly the southwest was where most of
the action occurred in the Ancient Battlefields and most of the deaths too. A lot of
powerful evil spirits wandered around there, it isn't too far away, should we use a
Dimensional talisman?"
"No." Ling Xiao out right rejected his idea.
"Why?" You XiaoMo questioned. They had a lot of Dimensional talismans, to the
point where they wouldn't ever run out. They were like the other Sacred Realm
practitioners who had to make Dimensional talismans for many people, like Fu
CangQiong, with his many disciples.
"This was the Ancient Battlefield, in ancient times, many greater demon beast fought
here, causing the dimension around the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range to be highly
unstable. Some places even had a collapse of dimensions."
You XiaoMo was disappointed, at the end of the day, they still had to walk.
Chapter 521: You JunQi
Translated by Yan of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
There was an especially famous demon beast graveyard in Ghost Tomb Mountain
Range, and it held the graves of the big demon beasts. Some were graves that had
been created in the ancient past, while some were graves that had been created for
the big demon beasts by their descendants.
The resentful energy here was particularly heavy because the demon beast
graveyard held the tombs of thousands and thousands of demon beasts. The dense,
black fog seemed to writhe with the shapes of countless ghosts, as it wandered all
about the demon beast graveyard. Whenever something living went inside, they
would instantly be attacked by the shapeless black fog.
Just like right now.
A black hawk flew out of nowhere. It released a piercing screech before plunging
confidently into the demon beast graveyard.
The black hawk pierced through the black fog very quickly. After flying low to the
ground, it began to rise upwards with the attitude of a champion towards the bright
and clear sky.
But the second it rose out of the black fog, something strange happened.
The intangible black fog suddenly began to violently churn as if it had come to life,
and like an evil spirit from hell, it transformed into many hideous demon faces. They
fought with each other as they rushed towards the black hawk, and the black hawk
was drowned in the black fog before it even had a chance to make a noise.
When the black fog dispersed, pieces of bone fell from the sky.
You XiaoMo drew in several breaths as he watched. No wonder the inn’s owner
labeled the demon beast graveyard as the most dangerous place in Ghost Tomb
Mountain Range. That black hawk had at least level ten cultivation, but it had been
turned into food without the slightest bit of resistance. Indeed, it was extremely
terrifying!
"How should we get across?" You XiaoMo swallowed and asked.
It was impossible to walk across the ground, but it was also very dangerous to go
through the air. Just now, that black hawk had been forcefully dragged back in after
it had flown out of the black fog. However, after comparing, they realized that the
likelihood of danger in the air was still a little lower.
"Do I really need to say it? Of course it's through the air." Ling Xiao said.
You XiaoMo rubbed his nose.
After deciding to go through the air, You XiaoMo didn't call out the Roc. Now was a
perfect time to practice his flying ability, as a transcendent level mage could use soul
force to create a pair of wings based on his own imagination. His wings were black,
just like a demon's wings, and they emitted a black light.
You XiaoMo flapped forcefully a few times. It indeed felt much better than borrowing
some other creature's wings, and it felt as if the wings had been a part of his body all
along. There wasn't a problem no matter how he used it.
"If you’re ready, let's go." Ling Xiao flew towards the sky first, and You XiaoMo
hastily followed.
Right now, the demon beast graveyard was below them, shrouded in black fog. The
demon beast graveyard was extremely large, and it was vast and boundless at first
glance. Broken-down, dusty and decayed graves were everywhere, and there were
skeletons piled disorderly in front of some of the graves, both human and demon
beast.
You XiaoMo looked down once before looking away. If he looked too much, he'd
have nightmares.
But what he didn't know was that after he had appeared, some of the big demon
beasts in the demon beast graveyard had begun to stir restlessly. Someone who
hadn't entered it wouldn't know, but the demon beast graveyard wasn't actually just
a graveyard for demon beasts; it was also a graveyard for humans.
The race that had erupted into a huge war with the demon beasts in the past was
the humans. That war was extremely chaotic, and the big demon beasts weren't the
only ones to fall. Many famous, renowned human experts of that time had also died.
And there was another point, which was also the most important point.
The soul, flesh, and blood of mages - especially transcendent level mages -
attracted resentful beings the most. What they hunted most was the delicious scent
that was emitted from the soul.
However, Ling Xiao, who was at You XiaoMo's side, made them extremely afraid, so
even though they were already salivating with desire, they could only control their
restlessness and wait quietly for an opportunity.
You XiaoMo didn't actually fly that slowly, but from their perspective, he flew as
slowly as a turtle crawling. Many pairs of glowing green eyes followed his every
movement.
You XiaoMo's body suddenly went numb. Why did he feel as if someone was spying
on him? When he looked downwards, all he saw was the extremely gloomy black
fog, which had no movement whatsoever.
Ling Xiao discovered that he had stopped, and he looked back and asked,
concerned, "What's wrong?"
You XiaoMo walked over to him and nervously hugged his arm. "It's probably just
my imagination, but I keep feeling as if someone is watching me. We should leave
the demon beast graveyard quickly."
"Then let's..." Ling Xiao hadn't finished speaking when the black fog below suddenly
began to violently churn. In the next second, a wave of black light suddenly rushed
out from the black fog and dissolved into a demon's face. The face was savage and
greedy, and it charged towards You XiaoMo threateningly.
Finally, there was a resentful being who couldn't resist anymore and decided to act
first.
Ling Xiao snorted coldly, and a wisp of purple flame burst out from underneath him
with a popping noise. The flames transformed into a fire Qilin, and it attacked the
resentful being with a roar, swallowing the screaming resentful being with one bite.
This time the soul was really scattered, with no possibility of rebirth.
This movement also served as a threat.
Not only did the opposing side have someone with level twelve cultivation, he could
possessed the fiercest flame that could restrain them. If they didn't want to be
obliterated like the first one and disappear from this world forever, they could only
reconsider their plan.
For the rest of their journey, they didn't encounter any more obstructions, and they
crossed the demon beast graveyard peacefully and calmly. There most likely hadn't
been anyone who had ever crossed as smoothly as them.
The swamp lay ahead of them after crossing the demon beast graveyard.
When their figures disappeared from the air over the demon beast graveyard, a
white spirit suddenly floated out from an empty gravestone. The white spirit
transformed into a tall and thin figure wearing all white clothing, and its indistinct
face continued to stare in the direction that the two of them had disappeared in for a
long time before looking away.
After the white spirit appeared, the resentful beings nearby all fled the area.
Ghost Tomb Mountain Range's swamp was only a little less dangerous than the
demon beast graveyard. The reason was because tens of thousands of water
demons hid beneath the surface of the swamp, and they were the water demons
that You XiaoMo had seen at Long Xiang Continent. Rumor had it that a level eleven
water demon led the rest. It had a demon beast's fierceness and a human's
intelligence, so it was extremely dangerous.
When he remembered that the water demons' original bodies were that of humans,
You XiaoMo had no way to identify if they were actual demon beasts, so he hastily
urged Ling Xiao to leave the swamp.
Since they were flying both high and fast, the water demons most likely could also
sense their cultivation level, so the swamp was peaceful without a single ripple.
Right when they were about to fly out of the swamp, You XiaoMo looked back.
A water demon was standing quietly on top of the swamp for who knows how long. It
had the outer appearance of a human, but its entire body was clear as if it was made
of water, and it was looking at them expressionlessly.
The goosebumps on his arms sprang up in an instant.
After they crossed the swamp, they finally reached the Weeping Ghost Shore.
The endless mountain peaks were precipitous and jagged. The Weeping Ghost
Shore was in the middle of all of these, so next, they had to find the Weeping Ghost
Shore.
The map the innkeeper had given them only marked the Weeping Ghost Shore as
being here, but as for which mountain or cliffside it was, nobody knew. They could
only slowly search on their own.
"How about you send Uncle Gu a message and tell him to come join us." You
XiaoMo had absolutely no interest in searching the mountains one by one. He knew
that, at the very least, there were over a thousand mountain peaks here, not
including shores. Each mountain peak probably had at least two to three shores.
"He won't agree." It wasn't that Ling Xiao hadn't thought of it before, but he
understood Lin Gu's personality. On the outside, he seemed refined, but in reality,
he was someone who stood by his word.
"So stingy!" You XiaoMo cupped his chin in his hands and squatted on a big rock.
"Then how exactly are we going to find the Weeping Ghost Shore? You're not
saying we should just wait until they appear on their own, right?"
"No need, we can just directly call them out." Ling Xiao said.
You XiaoMo's eyes lit up. "How do you plan on doing that?"
Ling Xiao lifted his head and looked at the sky, which was about to dim. "It's already
night, let's talk about this tomorrow. Let's first go rest in the dimension for the night.”
"Your dimension or my dimension?"
"First go to my dimension to see that person."
"Oh..."
It was extremely likely that the person in white was You XiaoMo's father, but
because the image that the person in white gave him was completely different from
his image of a 'father', You XiaoMo painstakingly forgot about him. Speaking of
which... last time, when he had entered the dimension naked with Ling Xiao, it
seemed that they hadn't come across that person.
Gah, he couldn't have been seen naked, could he have?
You XiaoMo only thought of this problem in hindsight. However, Ling Xiao shouldn't
be unprepared.
Ling Xiao's dimension had expanded alongside his cultivation skyrocketing, and by
now, it was already several dozen times bigger than You XiaoMo's dimension, vast
and boundless.
Soon afterwards, You XiaoMo saw the person in white, who was tied up.
"How did this happen?" The corners of You XiaoMo's lips twitched as he asked.
Ling Xiao whispered, "My dimension isn't the same as yours. The people and demon
beasts I put in here all retain their individual consciousness, and I can't control their
behavior from outside. If the demon beast isn't very strong, then it's fine, but this
man is very powerful, so I must control him well."
"What about last time?"
"Last time his cultivation hadn't yet completely recovered."
In reality, on the way out of the dimension last time, Ling Xiao had simultaneously
placed seals on his body that inhibited cultivation. The person in white was most
likely already used to it, so he hadn't had any response.
"How about we let him go?" You XiaoMo heaved a deep sigh. This was most likely
his father. Since they had rescued him, they couldn't just keep him in the dimension
forever.
Ling Xiao easily undid the seals on the person in white's body. He also hadn't
planned on keeping a ticking time bomb in his dimension.
The person in white stood up and smiled at You XiaoMo. "My fellow, could you tell
me your name?"
You XiaoMo looked at him for a long while. "First tell me what your name is."
The person in white said indifferently, "My name is You JunQi. You already know my
identity, so now can you tell me what your name is, right?"
You XiaoMo answered without even blinking, "My name is Ling XiaoMo."
(Ra: I feel like saying “The wife has taken the husband’s last name)
"The 'Mo' from silence?" You JunQi mulled over his name, and his expression
suddenly held a bit of grief. "Your name is the same as my son's. He's also called
XiaoMo."
T/n: You XiaoMo(游小默) = Xiao in little, small and Mo in silent.
"Well, what's his surname?" You XiaoMo unwittingly asked.
Ling Xiao pressed his hand to his forehead.
You JunQi laughed. "You really do like to joke around. Of course my son's surname
is You, he should be twenty two years old now. It's also been twenty two years since
I've last seen him."
You XiaoMo's entire face was red. "Do you miss your son?"
"Of course I do." You JunQi said desolately, "There's no moment I don't miss my
wife and son, but I can't go find them. My big brother won't let me go, and if he knew
about the existence of my wife and son, he definitely wouldn't let them off either."
You XiaoMo really wanted to tell him: your wife and son are dead already, and
moreover, the other person is already at your door. He coughed. "Let's not mention
things from the past anymore. I'll let you go, so now you're free. You can go
anywhere you want."
You JunQi blinked. "Can I go with you two?"
You XiaoMo was dumbfounded. "Why?"
You JunQi laughed quietly. "You two saved me, so now you're my saviors. I'm
unable to repay the kindness, so I can only..."
You XiaoMo was shocked. "You're not about to say that you can only repay us with
your body, right?"
You JunQi sweated. "No, I, I wanted to say that I can do manual labor." Repaying
with his body could wait until the next lifetime.
You XiaoMo waved his hand. "Then there's no need, I don't need anyone to do
manual labor for me."
"Then what do you need?"
"I don't need anything."
"Then you can keep me as backup."
"..."
At that moment, Ling Xiao couldn't stand it any longer and forcefully grabbed You
XiaoMo's chin, turning it to face You JunQi's face. "Who does he look like?"
You XiaoMo looked him up and down, and said extremely confidently, "Like me."
You JunQi, "..."
Ling Xiao continued, "Would an ordinary person have absolutely no reaction when
they see someone who looks a lot like them?"
You XiaoMo was silent for two seconds. "No."
"Very good. So now what are you thinking?"
"... I've been played."
Chapter 522: Venturing into the Human Skull Peak
Translated by Kollumceti of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
You XiaoMo let You JunQi out based on his words after that conversation. His real
intention was to get him to scram as far as possible, but You JunQi was as sticky as
a dogskin plaster and was unable to be torn off no matter what.
You JunQi had actually long known that You XiaoMo was his son, yet he did not say
it and still wanted to seize the opportunity to stick to him like a leech. Not a chance!
Therefore, You JunQi, who had just been released not long ago, was shut back into
the dimension by an extremely irritated You XiaoMo.
However, it was a little different this time as You JunQi actions were entirely
voluntary. The son was angry, so the father had to go face the wall.
The Ghost Tomb Mountain Range was more spectacular in the day rather than at
night. Bare reddish brown peaks and black brown peaks were criss crossing as far
as the eye could sew, each tall enough to touch the sky.
You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao stood at the foot of the mountain and the two looked
particularly small against the backdrop.
“So how are you going to call them out?” You XiaoMo excitedly looked at Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao had said last night that he could make the members of the Tiangou appear
on their own even without looking for them.
“You just watch.”
Ling Xiao walked a few steps forward. The aura from his body did not have the
slightest change. You XiaoMo only saw him turn his palm up and a wisp of flame
that appeared to be purple red in color suddenly jumped from the hollow of his palm.
It was the combination of the Qilin Sacredfire and Demon Phoenix Sacredfire. The
flame slowly melted into a ball of fire, emitting a temperature that was even hotter
than the sun.
You XiaoMo looked at this scene in shock. Ling Xiao couldn't be thinking of blasting
the mountains ba?
Ling Xiao’s next actions quickly informed him of whether his notion was true or false.
The very first mountain peak to suffer a calamity was not the one closest to them,
but the peak that was situated together with others to form a enormous mountain.
The rolling heatwave was like a giant sickle as it chopped halfway up the mountain.
The ground started rumbling as the earth split open in the wake of boulders tumbling
down from the mountain. The mountain tilted towards the next peak as it collapsed
and the clamour from the landslide and split earth was enough to attract the
attention of the powerhouses.
However, Ling Xiao did not stop there. A dragon roar akin to a shockwave
resounded in the skies, rousing countless black crows that were perching on the
mountain peak from their sleep, causing them to drop down the mountain while
cawing in startlement.
You XiaoMo’s ear drums nearly burst from the dragon roar even though he was
standing behind Ling Xiao.
After doing all this, Ling Xiao did not even pause as he immediately embraced You
XiaoMo and the two disappeared together from their original place without leaving a
single trace of aura.
A moment later, without any interruption in their consciousness that was performing
a search, the demon beast and human practitioners lurking in the Ghost Tomb
Mountain Ranges emerged near the scene one after another. When they ‘saw’ what
the scene that Ling Xiao had created, each and every one gasped.
To avoid attracting trouble, a portion of the people who treasured their lives left the
scene.
They were under the impression that this was caused by the members of the
Tiangou because the area was in the Tiangou’s territory, and they were the only
ones who had the ability to do this.
Moreover, it was a well-known fact in the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range that the
members of the Tiangou were very fond of fighting.
However, they did know that the members of the Tiangou also appeared on this
piece of land eight minutes later.
The white robed man they had met a few days ago alighted on the area that Ling
Xiao had been standing at. He looked at the two collapsed mountain peaks and
frowned as his hand gripped the shaft of the fan, and immediately commented with
great interest, “This is strange. Everyone knows that this is the territory of Tiangou
and they actually dared to make a move here. Is this a provocation?”
It was no big deal if there were only two collapsed mountain peaks. The crucial point
was that dragon roar because the other party seemed to be roaring straight in the
direction of the Weeping Ghost Shore.
The two of them happened to be some distance ahead and were intending to return
to the Weeping Ghost Shore, but turned back upon hearing the roar.
“It doesn't matter whether it was the same person who did the provoking or not. It’s
only just a guy who hid the head and showed the tail.” The black robed man
impatiently grumbled, “Tian Dao asked us to go back as soon as possible. Are you
coming or not?”
The white robed man shrugged his shoulders, “All right, I’ll ask another question.
What do you think Tian Dao called us back for?”
The black robed man was clearly more interested in this question as he sneered,
“What else can it be? It seems that young master of ours is coming back ba.”
When he spoke those two words ‘young master’, the tone of the black robed man
obviously contained traces of disdain.
“I didn’t get to meet him last time, I’m rather looking forward to it this time.” The white
robed man beamed. Although he did not directly express his unhappiness like the
black robed man, his sentence of ‘looking forward’ was spoken very serenely, as if
he was somewhat unconcerned.
With that, the two set out back to the Weeping Ghost Shore.
They did not return to the Weeping Ghost Shore immediately after leaving White
Bone Town last night.
The two people did not realise that the ‘young master’ they were speaking of in
disdain was noiselessly following behind them.
The Weeping Ghost Shore was situated at the highest peak in the Ghost Tomb
Mountain Range, similar to an overlooking platform. One was practically able to take
in a panoramic view of the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range all at once.
However, the members of the Tiangou did not catch sight of Ling Xiao and You
XiaoMo. No matter how skilled they were, it was impossible to look through the
overlapping mountain peaks and see the two standing at the foot of the mountain.
After fifteen minutes.
The white robed man and the black robed man alighted on different mountain peaks.
Not far from where they alighted was the Weeping Ghost Shore, but they did not go
over immediately.
The white robed man took out a small jade tablet, and hurled it at a mountain peak
on his left. Two seconds later, the scenery in front of him suddenly changed.
The mountain peak was still as bare as before. What changed was the position and
the number of mountain peaks. A perspicacious person would be able to tell with
one look that this was a integration of formation and restriction arrays. However,
there was not the slightest change in the highest peak.
The white robed man and black robed man rapidly dashed inside because it would
only open for three seconds. If they did not enter in time, they would be shut outside.
At that time, they could only ask for help from the people inside. For the members of
the Tiangou, it was an extremely embarrassing matter.
Three seconds was more than enough for Ling Xiao.
There was still two seconds left after the white and black robed men entered.
With one and a half a second to close the distance, the last half second was just
enough to enter the restriction that was closing. As they were in a rush to gather, the
two completely did not realise that two outsiders had already snuck into their
territory.
After entering the restriction, Ling Xiao did not immediately ascend to the Weeping
Ghost Shore. From the conversation between the white and black robed men, none
of the members of the Tiangou, besides Gu Lin, welcomed him, so it was not
necessary to strut about in front of them at this time.
You XiaoMo who had wanted to jump down from Ling Xiao’s hold, raised his head
for a look and nearly cried out in surprise.
With sharp eyes and agile hands, Ling Xiao covered his mouth, followed his line of
sight, and immediately felt that he was making a fuss about nothing.
You XiaoMo hinted for him to remove his hand.
The mountain peak that the Weeping Ghost Shore was situated at had a name. The
name was a little horrifying and it was called the Human Skull Peak. It was very
famous in the Ghost Tomb Mountain Ranges. However, few knew the location of the
Human Skull Peak and had only heard that there was a mountain peak which looked
very much like a human skull.
The Ghost Weeping Shore was at the head section of the human skull. The mouth,
nose and eyes of the skull were all entrances. Looking from the outside, the
buildings inside could be vaguely seen.
Once You XiaoMo saw the exterior of the Ghost Weeping Shore, he could roughly
guess the origin of its name. It was due to the entrances. Whenever the wind
whistled through the caves in the Human Skull Peak, the sound created probably
sounded like a ghost weeping, thus it was called the Weeping Ghost Shore.
When he said as such to Ling Xiao, he got a knock on his head, “Now is not the time
to display your knowledge.”
You XiaoMo’s lips curled, I know that you're actually jealous that I could guess it but
you couldn’t. Since I really understand how you feel, I won’t bicker about it with you.
“Then tell me, what should we do next? There’s still PiQiu and the rest but it looks
like they’re not here.”
Ling Xiao thought over it, “We’ll know if we take a look around. That white robed
man said that they were going to gather. Everyone should be gathered at someplace
now. Let’s go up and take a look first.”
Ling Xiao was now at three star Sacred Realm practitioner. When he stimulated the
Dragon Clan’s bloodline, it directly caused his cultivation to jump from one star to
three stars. Two stars were a gap that many experts were unable to overcome in
their lifetime of poverty.Yet he merely stimulated his latent bloodline and achieved
this accomplishment, he himself was also very shocked.
You XiaoMo held a little resentment for these things, as Ling Xiao was always
running ahead of him every time.
The Weeping Ghost Shore was much larger than they had imagined. Just the
section of the nose was more than ten meters wide, let alone the mouth section. The
mouth was one third the width of the Human Skull Peak. As the nose and eyes were
too conspicuous, the two directly entered from a small crack at the mouth.
……
There were only five members inside when the white robed man and the black robed
man hurried to the Smile Pavilion.
Although they were at another area of the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range at that time
they were to gather, it not considered late as the Tiangou had a total of twelve
members, and there were still five members who had not arrived. However, this did
not include Gu Lin.
“Tian Ming, Tian Hen, you’re late.”
The one who started speaking was Tian Dao. Tian Dao was a main member of the
Tiangou who was in charge of gathering intelligence and distributing all sorts of
information.
Tian Ming, who was the white robed man, immediately beamed and opened his fan
when he heard his words. Just like an outstanding and elegant young master, he
rebutted while approaching, “Aren’t all the members not present too?”
“The others are unable to return at this moment.” Tian Dao expressionessly replied.
It looked like they were really the last to arrive. Tian Ming and Tian Hen soon took
their seats.
Tian Hen asked, “What about Leader?”
Tian Dao indifferently replied, “Leader will only be back after a few days, but he
asked me to pass on some information today. The Leader’s young master should be
arriving at the Ghost Tomb Mountain Ranges within these two days and he asked us
to receive the young master properly.”
“Oh?” Tian Hen suddenly became interested as he stared straight at Tian Dao, “Can
I interpret the meaning as what I believe?”
“What you’re all thinking is of no concern to me, I’m only passing on the Leader’s
words.”
All of the remaining six people revealed an expression conveying a tacit mutual
understanding.
Chapter 523: Leisure Pavilion
Translated by Rara of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
The only mage of TianGou had a forbidden zone called the Leisure Pavillion was
Tian Xiu. Normally no one was allowed to enter without his permission, if he caught
someone doing so, the culprit would have to face a punishment of several years
without a single magic pill.
Tian Xiu was a level three rainbow mage, his strength was one of the very best
among TianGou. Plus, he also held the lifeline of everyone, so very few members
dared to touch his reverse scale.
t/n: touch one’s reverse scale = rubbing someone off, provoke.
However, the Leisure pavillion was intruded by two people, one black and one white,
similar to Tian Ming and Tian Hen. They were Ling Xiao and You XiaoMo.
After sneaking in, You XiaoMo waved his hand toward the direction of the door, the
two Golden Winged Insects wittingly flew to the top of his head. He had called them
because the Leisure Pavillion had a restriction barrier cast outside it’s walls.
With Ling Xiao's level, he could break Tian Xiu's Restriction barrier easily, but that
would cause too much disturbance and would also likely expose them to TianGou's
men, luckily they had the Golden Winged Insects who were experts in chewing
through restriction barriers.
Leisure Pavillion consisted of three parts, the living room, the Pill Refining room and
the Study room in that respective order.
You XiaoMo directly passed the Living room and walked forward to the Pill Refining
room on the left. The Pill Refining room was luxuriously furnished, with a big
cauldron placed in the middle of the room. However, compared to the cauldron
inside the Pill Refining room of his geezer shifu, this one was a bit smaller, but the
cauldron was decorated with sparkling gems, a very opulent and fancy touch.
It seemed like the master of the Pill Refining room had OCD or some sorts, because
every magic pill from level one to ten were all present. As for the rainbow magic pills,
there were no sight of it. It might not have been placed in the Pill Refining room,
since it would attract robber.
The jade cabinets on the opposite were similar looking, but were used to put magic
herbs. The arrangement of the magic herbs was different from the magic pills. It
might have been due to space saving, because some of those magic herbs with
lesser amounts were directly combined into a bundle of magic herbs by their master,
so that when that master needed to refine the pills, the person could directly use that
bundle.
"Wow, so awesome, I want to have a Pill Refining and study room like this some
time in the future."
You XiaoMo was envious; he went to see the study room, and it was extremely
spacious and magnificent. Except the front wall with the main door, the three other
walls were all being hidden by the towering bookshelves filled with a variety of
books, and they weren't specifically just related to pill refining.
Leisure Pavillion was his ideal place.
"You want it?" Ling Xiao walked over, even he felt the master of Leisure Pavillion
had a good taste.
You XiaoMo immediately nodded; he had been longing for one like this even in his
dreams. But what could they do since even until this day, they still didn’t have a fixed
location. So a study room or a pill refining room was still just a dream.
Even though he could make one inside his dimension, and it would be a perfectly
safe spot as well, the feeling wasn't the same. It felt a bit unrealistic.
"I'll build one for you when we find a place to settle down."
"Do we have a place like that?" You XiaoMo sincerely doubted this. There were too
many troubles after them, it was simply impossible for them to build their own home.
Even if they did manage to, if one day the Vermillion Blood Clan came to their
doorstep and blew away his Pill Refining room to pieces, he would surely die from a
broken heart.
Ling Xiao firmly stated, "There will be."
You XiaoMo stared at him with doubt. In fact, he felt that the Weeping Ghost Shore
was a good region. With the Ghost Tomb Mountain Ranges as a natural barrier,
ordinary people could never find the Weeping Ghost Shore.
"Then you say, where would be a perfect place to settle down?"
"Xi Jing." Ling Xiao didn't even hesitate a little bit. "Not only does Xi Jing have many
natural barriers, many events are bound to happen in Xi Jing in the future.”
"A pavilion near the water, right?"
t/n: using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
"Oh, can this sentence be used in that way?"
"I said yes then yes."
"Ok."
You XiaoMo walked around the Pill Refining room. He didn't pay much attention to
the magic pills because what the master had, he had as well. Even if he didn't have
it, he still wasn't interested. The only thing that fascinated him was the transcendent
level magic herbs, the master had a cabinet full of them, You XiaoMo was really
jealous.
"Ling Xiao, do you think I can ‘hold’ a bit of some of those transcendent magic
herbs?" You XiaoMo was nearly drooling for real, he couldn't hold himself back from
making the suggestion.
t/n: he use the word 拿(take, hold, seize), a word with various meaning *cough
Ling Xiao went silent for a few seconds.
You XiaoMo couldn't refrain from blushing, fine, he shouldn't say those words.
TianGou, after all, was built by his Uncle Gu. To take their stuff on their territory
would definitely leave a bad impression if he was caught.
At this moment, Ling Xiao spoke, "Is ‘a bit’ enough for you?"
You XiaoMo, " ..."
He shouldn't be overthinking it. If he had to ask who had the thickest face in this
world, if Ling Xiao was number two, then no one would be number one.
Without getting a response from You XiaoMo, Ling Xiao still walked to the magic
herb cabinet.
"Didn’t you just say you wanted to take a bit?" Ling Xiao turned around, he saw
every muscle on You XiaoMo’s face twitch, his eyes couldn't help but show a hint of
mockery.
You XiaoMo's mouth twitched, "It was just a slip of my tongue. You already know
that I have asked people to help me look for transcendent level magic herbs. I'm
sure I will receive some news soon."
As soon as he finished his sentence, footsteps suddenly came from outside.
Ling Xiao immediately took You XiaoMo to hide.
The footsteps stopped right outside the Leisure Pavillion, then, a familiar voice with
a slight bit of arrogance talked, "Tian Yuan, when will Tian Xiu come back?"
Ling Xiao remembered this voice, this was the voice of one of the two that fought
each other back when they rested at White Bone Town, the owner of this voice was
Tian Hen.
Tian Yuan jeered, "Tian Ming only left one scratch on you, why would you need to
find Tian Xiu for a recovery magic pill? Do you really want to make a big fuss over a
minor issue?"
"This small wound isn't the thing I came for." Tian Hen gave him a disdainful look.
"Then why are you looking for him?"
Tian Hen suddenly went silent for a few seconds, then replied, "I want to ask for a
rainbow level magic pill for increasing cultivation. I want to increase my strength."
"You already leveled up last month, aren't you afraid of bad consequences that
come along with reckless advancement?" Tian Yuan didn't understand why was he
was in such a rush to increase his power, since there was a backlash for fast
advancement.
Tian Hen scratched his head restlessly, the him at the present moment was a bit
different than the him back at that night, he said, "Although Tian Ming forbids me to
talk, but I will say to you. A few days ago when I fought with Tian Ming, we
carelessly brought our fight to White Bone Town. There we met a really powerful
person. Even though that person didn’t make any move on us, I can feel that
person’s strength is above ours, even with our powers combined we are still
definitely not his opponent, so…”
Tian Yuan pondered, "For the strength to be above you and Tian Ming, there are
only those old famous coots of Xi Jing, could it be that person is one of them?"
"Who knows, I'm still in a bad mood anyway." The soul training techniques that Tian
Hen practiced had quite an impact on Tian Hen's personality, causing his
temperaments to change quite a bit. Sometimes he would appear grumpy, otherwise
gloomy, but usually he would directly show his likes and dislikes on the surface.
"Then you will have to wait." Tian Yuan patted his shoulder with sympathy, "Tian Xiu
has gone out to find transcendent level magic pill recipes. If I have to guess, he
might come back next month. You shouldn't break your way in, if he knows you will
be skinned alive."
Tian Hen lowered his voice and cursed. After that, their footsteps went farther and
farther away.
Ling Xiao and You XiaoMo appeared inside the Pill Refining room again, they had
heard the conversation loud and clear, Tian Xiu must be the Leisure Pavillion’s
master.
"He will be back in a month." A fire sparkled inside You XiaoMo’s eyes, he looked at
Ling Xiao with excitement.
Ling Xiao raised his brow, "So?"
"It wouldn't be a problem if I borrowed this Pill Refining room for a while, right?" You
XiaoMo calculated. It shouldn’t be an unreasonable request if he only wanted to feel
the feeling of refining magic pills inside a Pill Refining room, yeah? At least not when
compared to stealing magic herbs.
"It won't be a problem." Ling Xiao casually said, "But are you willing to spend a
whole month here waiting just to borrow someone else's Pill Refining room?"
"A few days is enough..."
"Then you first wait here for me, I will go search for Uncle Gu to see whether he is at
Weeping Ghost Shore or not, and after that I will come to pick you up." Ling Xiao
made a quick decision.
"Ok then!" You XiaoMo had prepared himself to observe the Leisure Pavillion, "One
more thing, remember to search for PiQiu and the rest as well."
Ling Xiao nodded, then he went out through the hole the Golden Winged Insects
made.
You XiaoMo went out of the Pill Refining room. He hadn't collected enough magic
herbs to refine a rainbow level first grade magic pill, thus he was afraid that if he
stayed in there, his hand would start itching and conveniently take some of the
transcendent level magic herbs of the owner.
And so, he decided to go to the study room.
The quantity of the books inside the study room were enormous, even more than
what his shifu owned, from TongTian continent's history and terrain, Xi Jing's history
and demon beast's races, etc, it had whatever one wished for.
You XiaoMo gave a thought and finally decided to start with Xi Jing's history.
The history of Xi Jing was actually the record of demon beast’s origin and
development process, starting from the ancient times. It was a really long story.
Turned out, demon beasts weren't the only creatures that lived there, human beings
also lived in the area back then.
After the great war broke out with both sides suffering a great loss, it ended with
human beings withdrawing from Xi Jing.
You XiaoMo was so enthralled he didn't notice time had passed.
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Ra: My kokoro went brokoro when they mentioned they want to build their own
lovenest but couldn’t due to too many enemies.
Chapter 524: Refining Pills and Communication
Translated by Crystal of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
When Ling Xiao returned, he did not find You XiaoMo in the Pill Refining Room.
Taking his time, he walked to the Study. Sure enough, laying on the table while
staring intensely into a book was You XiaoMo. Ling Xiao walked behind him, but
didn't call out.
Suddenly, You XiaoMo let out a yawn and his focus shifted from the books. He
straightened his back and twisted his hip to relieve the tiredness he had gotten from
reading too long.
Ling Xiao stared at his hips, which were shaking.
Then, You XiaoMo had another feeling of being stared at, but this time it was
different from when they passed the Demon Beast Graveyard. He felt no ill intent but
rather a burning sensation.
You XiaoMo slowly turned his head and the sudden appearance of a certain
someone scared the hell out of him as he fell onto the table. His heart was pounding
so much that no words came out.
Taking advantage of the situation, Ling Xiao laughed teasingly, "Wife, you really
know your husband well."
Just as You XiaoMo had calmed down his freaking-out heart, someone's unruly, but
also passionate hands were already creeping up his shirt, agitating him and making
his heart pound.
"Don't you dare try something funny!" Once You XiaoMo remembered that they were
in someone else's territory, he immediately shooed off any unwanted thoughts and
pulled Ling Xiao's hands off if him.
Ling Xiao held a face of disappointment.
You XiaoMo tidied himself up and proceeded to switch the topic, "Have you found
Uncle Gu yet?"
Ling Xiao replied, "No, it looks like he went out for something and won't be back for
a few days. He's probably the only one who knows the answer to what I want to ask,
so we can only wait here for a few days."
"Then what about PiQiu and the others?"
"I didn't see them either, they may not be at the Weeping Ghost Shore but instead
cultivating somewhere else in the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range."
"Oh, then let’s wait for your Uncle Gu to come back and then ask him."
Luckily, the master of the Leisure Pavilion wasn't going to be back for another month
or so and the other members couldn't get into the Forbidden zone. Also the
Restriction Barrier prevented their presence from being sensed, thus this was
currently the safest place for them.
You XiaoMo returned to his seat and flipped through the book in front of him,
hopelessly bored.
From the book he was reading, he noticed a familiar last name. It seemed that the
You Family had also participated in that great war during the ancient times and had
a few epic powerhouses.
However, the You Family was not called the Vermillion Blood Clan before and didn't
have that many side families. Regardless of their legitimacy, they were all
considered as part of the You Family.
Unfortunately, the You Family lost many powerhouses in that fight and went into
decline. Not only that, those who had survived were almost all from the side families.
The current You Family members were not nearly as 'legitimate' as those of the
ancient past. Most of them were from side families of the ancient You Family and
along with many later reasons, even the main branch of the Vermillion Blood Clan
were not very 'legitimate'.
However, the exact reasons were not detailed in this book.
What You XiaoMo saw was a few reminders given by their descendants.
Ling Xiao seemed to be interested in the books on the shelves too and pulled one
out at random. When You XiaoMo glanced over at it, he was rendered speechless, it
was something akin to a joke book.
His first reaction was that even in this dimension there was things like joke books?
You XiaoMo observed Ling Xiao for five minutes straight only to discover that his
expression had remained completely unchanged. After a while he got bored and
returned the history book to its shelf then hurried to the Pill Refining Room.
In the end, only the Pill Refining Room was his one true love!
You XiaoMo was itching for the transcendent level magic herbs at the top of the
magic herb cabinet. So, it wasn't until his eyes became red did he quietly retracted
his gaze to sit butt first onto the floor, pulling out that red jade drive.
To prevent the jade drive from being lost, he had copied all of the pill recipes onto a
different jade drive. Since the two jade drives had different storage capacities, he
could only fit the high-grade and transcendent level pill recipes in the new one.
After he finished that, You XiaoMo put back the red jade drive and began digesting
all of the transcendent level recipes.
Before refining pills, one must memorize the pill recipes to heart, otherwise, it could
also cause the process to fail. Therefore, it was a critical step.
Transcendent level recipes and high-grade recipes had one major difference.
There weren't many more magic herbs added but some recipes had forty to fifty
more steps. That was because more of the magic herbs had to be split into parts
before they were able to be mixed with the other herbs; some had unique handling
methods and so on. Therefore, its difficulty was two or three times more than that of
a level ten magic pill.
You XiaoMo deeply believed that if this was to occur on Earth, if one didn't have a
photogenic memory, it was impossible. The failure rate was probably going to go
straight up.
You XiaoMo picked out a few first grade rainbow level recipes but his gaze,
uncontrollably brushed over the jade cabinet. Although he had some transcendent
level magic herbs in his dimension, it wasn't enough for any of the recipes.
He wondered if he could make a trade?
You XiaoMo thought fancifully.
The magic herbs he got from the cave behind the Hu Village had already dropped
seeds. Once he had the seeds, he didn't need to worry about not having stock
anymore.
In the end, You XiaoMo couldn't resist the temptation and got a stool to step on it.
All of the transcendent level magic herbs in the jade cabinet were of mid-grade
quality, none of the high-grade ones. Those ones were probably on the person who
owned this room.
You XiaoMo got out a few high-grade magic herbs and one that wasn't even in the
cabinet, then he took a few stalks of magic herbs that he needed. Although he was
taking without permission, but exchanging high-grade magic herbs with mid-grade
ones, even if the owner knew, he wouldn't have anything to say, right?
Too bad there wasn't any seeds though.
Just as You XiaoMo finished sighing, from the corner of his vision he suddenly saw
an opened cabinet. At the base of it was a few black seeds lying quietly, could it be
magic herb seeds?
One of his paws slowly crept over with a guilty conscience...
"What are you doing?" Ling Xiao's voice suddenly appeared by his ears.
Taken by surprise, You XiaoMo almost fell off the chair and was pulled back by Ling
Xiao quick reflexes. You XiaoMo said with reproach, "I'm the one who wants to ask
you, what are you doing? Just how many times a day do you want to scare me
before you're satisfied."
Taking no mind of it, Ling Xiao asked, "If you weren't feeling guilty, would still you
get scared by me?"
You XiaoMo replied with confidence, "I have no guilt whatsoever. I did exchange
them with magic herbs, even high-grade ones. I'm the one who taking a loss here,
even if I got a seed with it, it shouldn't matter."
Ling Xiao sneered, "When I suggested it to you earlier, who was the one who
rejected my proposal and now you changed your mind? Didn't you say you already
had someone help you find the magic herbs?"
"Any, anyhow, I was bored okay? I thought might as well scrape together enough
ingredients for a pill recipe and try to make a rainbow pill." You XiaoMo averted his
eyes, feeling guilty.
"Then, did you scrape together one?" Ling Xiao lifted him off his chair.
Quickly, You XiaoMo grabbed the seed and nodded stupidly while holding on to a
few stalks of magic herbs, "Just enough for one." There weren't many magic herbs
stored here by its owner, the most he could do was one recipe.
Since the Pill Refining Room was closer to the outside, if someone came by
accident, they would discover it, thus You XiaoMo carried the magic herbs and went
with Ling Xiao to the study. The study had enough space so they just needed to be a
bit careful.
Although refine pills in other people's territory was something unimaginable, You
XiaoMo did it anyways.
You XiaoMo took out all of the magic herbs as well as the Heavenly Cauldron.
Other than the dozen of transcendent level magic herbs, the others were all level
nine or ten herbs. The cost was actually quite high, but the good thing was that he
had all of them in stock in his dimension.
He then used the next two hours to organize his mental state, an hour and a half
more than usual, before starting to refine pills. From that, you could tell he was
serious.
Then, he threw all of the level nine magic herbs into the cauldron. When he took out
most of the impurities, he then followed the recipe to split the green magic herb
liquid to sections. After that, he threw all of the level ten magic herbs in. Up till now,
his movements were very smooth and fluid.
Only when he finished extracting the essences from the herbs, other than the
transcendent level ones, did he allow himself to relax a little. When he regained his
composure, You XiaoMo got out the last eleven herbs and distilled them in three
steps.
Due to the different qualities of the magic herbs, the effects would greatly vary as
well. Therefore, the difficulty level would be higher than normal, he would have to be
more careful too.
This time, just extracting four mid-grade magic herbs took him six hours and his Soul
Power was depleting at an alarming rate too.
Ling Xiao didn't know anything about refining pills but he found that this time, You
XiaoMo was sweating more than he ever had. Even his clothes was drenched in
sweat.
After a bit of hesitation, he decided against wiping it away since he didn't want to
take the blame if he failed.
A day had gone by before You XiaoMo finished extracting all of the magic herbs.
Staring at the magic herb liquid, which was quietly floating in the cauldron, You
XiaoMo finally let out a sigh of relief and wiped his forehead from sweat.
The mental and Soul power he needed for making a rainbow pill was more than he
had expected. He had almost given up in the middle so it was a good thing that Ling
Xiao didn't help him wipe off the sweat or he might have actually been distracted.
However, what was really painful was that before he even began refining the pill, he
was already half dead.
Refining pills really took a lot of willpower. He had painstakingly made it through the
first day and now he really couldn't fail, otherwise he would have not only wasted all
of the magic herbs but also his efforts.
You XiaoMo once again braced himself.
The process for refining took longer than anticipated for the both of them. As it was
the first time refining a rainbow pill, You XiaoMo didn't dare multi-task like usual. He
took it step-by-step and was very careful at each one. With intense concentration,
even if the time increased, the success rate was secured.
However, the situation outside wasn't proceeding like they had planned, because Lin
Gu had returned. Not only that, the owner of the pill room, Tian Xiu, also came back
early.
Pill recipes for rainbow pills were hard to find, especially higher grade ones, they
were almost extinct. Not only that, even if they had it, they wouldn't give it away and
those people were usually one of power, so you couldn't even take it by force. It did
seem like Tian Xiu had those intentions.
The members of TianGou once again gathered at the Smile Pavilion.
Tian Dao stood up and said to the man at the seat of honor, "Leader, there is
something I want to report, it about the 'young master', he still hadn't arrived yet."
The man raised his eyebrows, "That's weird, he said that at most it was going to
take him ten days to find the Weeping Ghost Shore." It was because of that did I
hurry back today, just to see him. Afterall, he had something important to say.”
"Leader, everyone can talk big, aren't you thinking too highly of the 'young master'?"
Hearing the head, Tian Hen stopped cleaning his dagger and said jokingly.
"He's a man of his words, unless there was something that held him up." The man
wasn't surprised at all by his comment. He had never thought that his subordinates
would acknowledge someone they had even met before, but he also didn't believe
that someone he raised would break a promise without even a word.
Tian Dao suggested, "Leader, maybe you can try contacting him again, afterall, we
can't all wait here at the Weeping Ghost Shore for one person."
"Alright." The man accepted without hesitation because he wanted to know the
reason too.
Members of the Qilin Clan, especially those who were closely related, would have a
special communication method between them. Although the man wasn't of the Qilin
Clan, Ling Xiao's father was.
By using the blood of a family member, and some Life Blood, they could set up a
special communication device. As long as they were not of different planes of
dimension, they could communicate. Also, the shorter the distance, the clearier the
message.
The man took out the Blood Jade. The Blood Jade was like a transmitter stone, but
one couldn't talk directly into it. What one had to do was hold the jade tightly with
one hand and using one's mind to communicate.
As Ling Xiao was watching You XiaoMo refine pills, he suddenly felt the movements
of the Blood Jade.
Chapter 525: Exposed
Translated by Yan of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Ling Xiao picked up the Blood Jade and a man's voice sounded directly inside his
mind. This time it was clearer than any time before: “Xiao-er , where are you right
now?”
Ling Xiao's eyebrows raised. Could it be that Uncle Gu had returned?
He looked at You XiaoMo. Right now, he was already on the last part of creating a
pill, and if there were too many people it would probably disturb You XiaoMo as he
was refining pills.
Considering this, Ling Xiao replied, "Uncle Gu, I am currently at the Ghost Tomb
Mountain Range."
"Since you're already here, why haven't you come over yet?"
Ling Xiao knew that Uncle Gu was testing him, and he laughed as he answered,
"Oh, something very minor happened, but it should be finished by the end of today.
After that I will instantly appear in front of you."
"Instantly?"
"Yes!"
The man couldn't help but frown after hearing this. He always felt as if Ling Xiao’s
words had double meanings. In the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range, one couldn't
necessarily instantly appear in the Weeping Ghost Shore, but he understood Ling
Xiao and knew that he absolutely was not someone who would brag needlessly
unless he was one hundred percent confident.
"Boss, did something happen?" Tian Dao asked upon seeing that the man's brows
were tightly knit.
Tian Hen instantly said disdainfully, "Boss, Young Master really makes people look
at him with new eyes. It can't be that he's trapped somewhere in the Ghost Tomb
Mountain Range and needs us to go save him, right?"
Tian Ming smiled thinly. "Tian Hen, don't speak nonsense. Our Young Master is a
through and through Divine Realm expert, so how could some trivial Ghost Tomb
Mountain Range trap him!"
"Divine Realm expert?" Tian Hen snickered and said disapprovingly, "Even a Divine
Realm expert could fall in a place like Xi Jing."
"Enough, enough. In any case, he's still our future Young Master, so we should
speak more politely. You can only make money by being friendly, so we should still
listen to how Boss speaks." Tian Yuan smoothed over the dispute just like a
peacemaker, but everyone there was a slick talker and could hear the belittlement in
his voice.
The man didn't stop them. He trusted that when they saw Ling Xiao's strength with
their own eyes, they would know who the real expert was.
However, the man himself didn't know Ling Xiao had already entered the Sacred
Realm. The last time he'd seen him, Ling Xiao was still a Divine peak seven-star
practitioner, but since Ling Xiao had found a place to break through after separating
from the man, the one who would end up receiving a 'pleasant surprise' most likely
wasn't just his subordinates.
Just when the man was getting ready to speak, the sound of thunder rumbling
suddenly rolled through the sky.
Without waiting for everyone to respond, Tian Xiu, who had been silent up until now,
suddenly stood up with a noise of surprise. His expression turned extremely ugly.
"Someone is in my Leisure Pavilion." After spitting out this sentence, he disappeared
in the blink of an eye.
The rest of the people all looked at each other with disbelieving expressions. There
were only nine people at Weeping Ghost Shore, including Boss, and there were also
four other people outside who had no way of returning. Since everyone was
gathered in the Smile Pavilion, how could someone be in Tian Xiu's Leisure
Pavilion? Unless it was an outsider.
Everyone hurried to the Leisure Pavilion until only the man and Tian Dao were left.
The man looked at Tian Dao, who seemed calm and collected. He laughed lightly.
"You've known for a long time that someone snuck into Weeping Ghost Shore,
right?"
"Yes." Tian Dao said simply.
"When did you know?"
"Not long after they snuck in," Tian Dao said. All of Weeping Ghost Shore's barrier
mechanisms were arranged by him, including Tian Xiu's Leisure Pavilion, and there
were even some places that only he knew about.
Weeping Ghost Shore was the Tiangou's headquarters. If someone could really just
casually sneak into it without being discovered, TianGou's influence would've been
extinguished thousands of years ago by Xi Jing's other powerful forces until not even
a trace of them was left. He hadn't exposed them because he had suspected that
one of the two was their Young Master.
After observing them and finding that they continued to hide in the Leisure Pavilion
without making any other movements, he suspected that idea even more strongly.
"Ah, it seems that I didn't misjudge you, Tian Dao," the man said warmly.
Tian Dao shook his head. "Actually, if they hadn't audaciously decided to refine pills
in Tian Xiu's Leisure Pavilion, I wouldn't have discovered them this quickly either.
Weeping Ghost Shore's defenses still must be strengthened."
The man said, "It's still very good that you can think like this."
Tian Dao asked hesitantly, "Boss, Young Master shouldn't be an ordinary Divine
Realm expert, right?"
"Correct. The last time I saw him, he was already a Divine seven-star expert. You
know the list of the Ten Gods? He once consecutively defeated the Ten Gods' Iron
Blood God You AnTai and Zhong Tian's Eagle Guild. Right now, he's ranked
number one on the Ten Gods Ranking." As the man spoke, he nodded his head,
satisfied.
The stronger Ling Xiao was, the higher the chance that he would rescue his father.
This was exactly what he hoped to see, so the man would endlessly tell him that he
absolutely had to keep raising his cultivation level so that he could rescue his father
ever since he was young.
Tian Dao's expressionless face was slightly moved.
If Young Master was truly a peak Divine seven-star practitioner, he would certainly
place among the top five at TianGou, so Tian Ming, Tian Hen, and the rest would
definitely suffer.
The man stood up from his seat and smiled. "Okay, let's go take a look as well."
Meanwhile, You XiaoMo hadn't expected that refining rainbow magic pills would
attract pill clouds, clearly telling TianGou's people that they were here at Weeping
Ghost Shore. However, it was already too late.
Luckily, thanks to the powerful barriers Tian Dao had placed outside of Weeping
Ghost Shore, the thunderclouds couldn't find their target at all. They wavered in the
sky for a while before finally they had no choice except to dissipate.
But Tian Xiu and the rest had already rushed to the outside of the Leisure Pavilion.
Tian Xiu's face darkened when he quickly discovered that there was a hole in the
barrier surrounding the Leisure Pavilion.
"When did a 'mouse' sneak in?" Tian Ming and the rest needlessly greeted each
other before surrounding the Leisure Pavilion on their own.
"It doesn't matter who it is, I definitely won't let him go!" Tian Xiu's face was gloomy
as he spoke fiercely. His ordinarily refined and elegant face was rearranged into
something that looked like an evil spirit that had crawled out of hell.
"Let me have a go at him first," Tian Hen said, hands itching as if the warlike spirit
inside of him was about to break out at any moment.
Tian Ming waved his fan and laughed. "Tian Hen, you should be careful. The
opponent can break into the Weeping Ghost Shore, so he shouldn't be weak. Don't
accidentally lose to him."
"You can be one hundred and twenty percent at ease." Tian Hen rubbed his hands
together, and he revealed his dagger with a flick of his hand. These past few days
he was just worrying about how he couldn't find someone to release his anger on, so
this 'outsider' would be perfect for him to practice on.
Tian Ming retreated to the side.
Tian Yuan scooted over to his side upon seeing this and whispered, "You're doing
this on purpose, right?"
In order for someone to soundlessly sneak into Weeping Ghost Shore and then hide
in Tian Xiu's Leisure Pavilion, they absolutely could not be an ordinary person. Tian
Hen was most likely at a disadvantage.
"Aiya, I only want to prove something. You should've noticed Tian Dao's and Boss'
unusual reactions." Tian Ming used his fan to half cover the calculating smile on his
face.
Tian Yuan nodded. If this outsider was an enemy, Tian Dao and Boss wouldn't have
no reaction whatsoever. It was most likely that the opponent was someone they
recognized, or in other words, they knew who this outsider was.
Tian Hen was about to move when he was suddenly stopped by Tian Xiu. He
couldn't help but be indignant. "Tian Xiu, what are you doing?"
Tian Xiu stared at him coldly. "Do you want to destroy my Leisure Pavilion?"
"No, aren't there barriers around it? I just want to make the person inside get out."
Tian Hen's scalp tingled under his stare, and he hurriedly denied it lest Tian Xiu said
he wouldn't give him magic pills anymore.
Tian Xiu looked at him one more time and didn't say anything else before removing
the barriers with a wave of his hand.
Tian Hen, "..."
At that moment, a blurry white figure suddenly dashed out from inside, followed
closely by an attack sent out by the opposing side, and waves and waves of strong
winds buffeted them as if they wanted to scrape the flesh from their bones.
Everyone was greatly alarmed and rapidly retreated backwards.
By the time they recovered, they only saw the corner of the white figure's robes as
he had left the Leisure Pavilion. It also seemed as if the white figure was carrying
someone.
Besides Tian Xiu, who ran into the Leisure Pavilion, the rest of them set off in
pursuit.
Before this, Ling Xiao had already made a circle around Weeping Ghost Shore, and
he remembered the geography perfectly. After leaving the Leisure Pavilion, he
began to skillfully lead the members of the TianGou in circles.
After chasing for a while, Tian Hen and the rest finally discovered that they were
being played. They had originally thought that the opponent would be quickly
captured since he wasn't familiar with Weeping Ghost Shore's geography, but it
turned out that the discrepancy was larger than they had expected.
"Fuck, who exactly is this person?" Tian Hen couldn't help but curse.
Now, even Tian Ming and Tian Yuan's faces darkened, though they had just been
preparing to watch the show. It was shameful enough for an outsider to sneak into
Weeping Ghost Shore without them knowing, but for the opponent to actually be
familiar with Weeping Ghost Shore's geography, what did that mean?
That meant that the opponent had strolled around right under their noses before.
For things to develop to this point, it was no longer just a problem about saving face
- it was a problem about honor!
The six of them quickly split into three small groups of two and created a three-
pronged attack. No matter how familiar he was with the geography, he was still just
like a turtle in a jar before them. Sooner or later, he would fall into their net.
You XiaoMo was thrown over Ling Xiao's shoulder, and he said happily, "Ling Xiao,
they've separated. Do we want to attack them one by one, or wait for them to come
at us altogether?"
Chapter 526: To Mount a Sneak Attack
Translated by Kollumceti of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

"Let's destroy them one by one." Ling Xiao really liked wild brawls. No matter
whether he was attacking others or others were ganging up him, he would be
fighting in an extremely invigorating and exciting style. However, this time he was
not prepared to do so.

There was a style of fighting that was even more fun than wild brawls!

※※※

Tian Hen hated the outsiders who dared to burst into the Weeping Ghost Shore so
much that his teeth itched. He would definitely ferociously stomp them into the
ground when he caught those two.

"Tian Hen, be careful. That person doesn't look like an ordinary expert." Tian Ming,
who was in the same group as him, promptly reminded him as he was afraid that
Tian Hen would be so angry that he would lose his reasoning. They were now in the
direction of the exit at the nose section and it was very possible that those two would
pass through here.

"I..." Tian Hen looked back. Just as he said an 'I', a flash of fire suddenly burst out in
a surprise attack. The rolling hot waves of flames were so hot and bright that the
entire corridor could be clearly seen as it rapidly swept forward and reached them in
the blink of an eye.

Tian Hen immediately raised the dagger in his hand to block it. A gray colored
spiritual energy burst forth from his body and radiated outwards in a split second.
Tian Hen was pushed backwards a dozen steps after the attack, and finally caught
sight of the person who attacked him when he raised his head.

It was an extraordinarily handsome and unshakable man who had a valiant and
tyrannical aura that was not outdone by Tian Ming and him. On his shoulder was a
delicate and nice-looking young man with glittering and translucent skin lying on his
stomach. The two looked at them with great interest.

"These are the two people we saw that day?" The young man patted the man's
shoulder as he excitedly asked.

The man hummed in agreement, "It should be them."

"What 'should be' ah, didn't you see them clearly at that time?" The young man
pouted in slight dissatisfaction as he mumbled.

"Who would care what they look like under those sort of circumstances, and what
does it matter whether they're the same two people? Don't tell me that you still want
to go up and say hello to them?" The man casually said.

The young man touched his nose, "I reckon that they will definitely cut off my claws if
I stretch my hand out. So it's better to let it be." He did not wish to eat a Bone
Growth Pill.

"Tian Ming, let's take them on together." Tian Hen was not in the mood to guess
when they had met and did not associate them with that day in White Bone Town
because they had only assumed that there was only one person there at that time.
Furthermore, he had never personally seen Ling Xiao before.

Tian Ming was more perceptive and his mind was already rapidly turning. Once he
heard Tian Hen's words, he did not hesitate and coordinated with Tian Hen as he
rushed forward.

The man put the young man down before his figure flashed as it dashed in between
the two. It was not even five seconds before he had exchanged no less than a
hundred moves with the two. The moves which looked simple and straightforward
appeared as if they contained flames. That strong and solid spiritual energy shook
the two so much that their hands holding onto their dagger and fan became slightly
numb.

The more moves they exchanged, the greater the apprehensiveness in Tian Ming
and Tian Hen grew.

The two had not fallen into a disadvantageous position when they felt that faint
pressure coming from that man. He seemed to be a peak seven star Divine Realm
expert.

It this was true, perhaps they may only be able to bring the fight to a standstill even
with the help of one more member.

The man's slender leg suddenly took advantage of the moment where Tian Ming
halted and abruptly kicked at him.

Tian Ming hastily used his fan to block it, yet he could only block a small portion of
the force. The remaining force heavily impacted onto his waist, causing the qi and
blood in his body to churn as his body flew out.

Tian Hen was alarmed and did not dare to be careless.

However, he began getting flustered without Tian Ming helping to pin the man down.
A white figure flashed before his eyes and the faint whistle of wind sounded beside
his ear. Tian Hen subconsciously used his hand to block it, but the other party's kick
landed on his arm and his entire body flipped over in a flash, falling beside Tian
Ming.

The whole process did not even take a minute.

When the two regained their footing, the two outsiders had already disappeared
without a trace.

Tian Hen violently punched the pillar. Disregarding the pain, he was so furious that
he had bitten his lip, "That detestable fellow! I will definitely dismember them into ten
thousand pieces!"

This was the first time he had suffered such extraordinary shame and humiliation.

Tian Ming's expression was also very ugly. The two could not even defeat one single
person. His waist had not recovered even until now and was so numb that it seemed
as if it was about to break.

"We're really fucked now!"

On another side, Tian Yuan and Tian Men had also suffered a sneak attack from the
other party. The other had openly injured them even though it was said to be a
sneak attack. The situation was nearly the same as Tian Ming and Tian Hen's.
However, the two's temperament was a little better than Tian Ming and Tian Hen so
it was not such a large blow to them.

Upon noticing that the outsiders had no intention of leaving the Weeping Ghost
Shore and may have wanted to destroy their forces one by one, the six people
grouped up together again.
Since the other party wanted to play, then we'll have fun with them. The dignity of the
TianGou was not to be tread on by anyone.

Ling Xiao did not look for them to toy with and destroy one by one again. If he really wanted
to destroy them, then they would not merely be sustaining minor injuries. Furthermore, the
appointed time was coming up.
"Xiao-er, have you played enough?" Just at this moment, a blue figure suddenly appeared at
the corner ahead. It was a man who looked approximately thirty years old. His temperament
was as gentle and soft as water and a serene and faint smile was visible on his scholarly face.

Ling Xiao stopped. There was not a single hint of astonishment in his eyes as he smiled,
"Uncle Gu."

You XiaoMo sized the man up in surprise. The first impression gave him a very gentle
feeling and he could not tell that the man was already more than then thousand years old.

Those unfamiliar with the situation may possibly assume that he was the one who was Ling
Xiao's father upon hearing his words.

Ling Xiao put You XiaoMo down.

You XiaoMo arranged his hands and feet in a well-behaved posture as he shyly looked at the
man, "Hello Uncle Gu."

Ling Xiao was unable to restrain a smile curling up the corner of his mouth. A certain person
who had always been well-known for stirring up trouble actually became law-abiding today.
It was really worthy of celebration.

"You are the Xiao Mo who Ling-er had mentioned the last time right?" The man seemed to
have seen through his cultivation level of Grade One Rainbow Level mage with a single
glance. A hint of amazement flashed through his eyes. A few months ago he had heard Ling
Xiao mention that the young man should only be a level ten mage at that time, "The one who
was refining magic pills at Tian Xiu's Leisure Pavilion was also you."

"Yes." You XiaoMo grinned, but his expression contained a trace of embarrassment.

"You're really audacious!" The man lamented. Not only was he audacious, even Ling Xiao
was the same too. To actually refine pills in other people's territory, and it was even a
rainbow pill, don't tell me that they were not afraid of failure?

"Leader!"

Tian Ming and the rest had finally found this place and saw the three people standing in one
place speaking, creating a cheerful and lively scene. Though surprised, the expression did not
appear on their faces. In actual fact, they had more or less guessed that this man who had
thoroughly toyed with them was, in fact, their Young Master.

The man serenely said, “If there’s anything, bring it up when we go to the Smile Pavilion."
Tian Ming and the five could only swallow back their words once more.

Tian Dao was already waiting for them at the Smile Pavilion. Other than him, there was also
Tian Xiu. Tian Xiu did not have any expression at all and it was like the calm before the
storm.

They all sat down one by one.

The two persons involved, Ling Xiao and You XiaoMo, sat opposite Lin Gu in separate
seats. It was originally the seats of two other members and was vacant because they were not
present.

“Let me introduce him to you. He is your Young Master, Ling Xiao. Beside him is his mate,
You XiaoMo." The man started the introductions after he took a seat, finally confirming
everyone’s conjecture.

Tian Hen sneered, “What Young Master, he’s only just a guy who mounts sneak attacks.”

The rest were all silent.

Ling Xiao indifferently glanced at him and soon after he casually rebutted, “Actually, I’m
not just a guy who can mount a sneak attack. I’m also a guy who hides the head and shows
the tail.”

Tian Hen was taken aback.

The expression of Tian Ming who was at one side changed slightly. He looked at Ling Xiao
with astonishment, “It’s you?!” When he heard the last part of that sentence, he immediately
remembered that those were the words that Tian Hen had said a few days ago. If it was really
as he had thought, then...

Tian Hen had already reacted and the shock on his face was not any lesser than Tian Ming.
He was immediately furious and surprised, “You followed us over here?”

"I'm glad you've finally realized what stupid mistakes you have made." Tian Dao
indifferently injected.

Tian Hen and Tian Ming met each other’s eyes in embarrassment.

Tian Dao continued to sprinkle salt expressionlessly, "You two are really good. It can’t be
helped if you didn’t discover the people tailing you, you even brought them into the Weeping
Ghost Shore. If the one who was brought in was not the Young Master, the Weeping Ghost
Shore would have suffered unprecedented and tremendous losses because of you two."

The two had nothing to say. This was indeed their fault.

“Tian Dao, don't blame them too much. It's understandable that they didn't discover someone
following them, as the difference in strength is too big after all.” The man smiled faintly. To
be able to think of blasting the mountain to lure the members of the TianGou out as their
guide, the others would also have been led over even if the ones present at that time were not
Tian Ming and Tian Hen.

“The difference in strength is too big?” Tian Yuan caught onto this wording.

Tian Ming was a human. His cultivation was that of a four star Divine Realm practitioner.
Tian Hen was a demon beast and his cultivation was four star Level Eleven. The two’s
strength were ranked in the middle amongst all the members of the TianGou. However, they
had always served as the team who carried out missions and had a lot of combat experience.
They could even fight a six-star Divine Realm practitioner to a standstill when they worked
with each other.

Therefore, the gap shouldn’t be too huge even if the strength of the Young Master was at
peak seven star Divine Realm. Using ‘the difference is too big’ to describe this was not the
right thing to do.

The man looked at Ling Xiao who constantly had an indifferent expression and smiled in
gratification, "Xiao-er, you seemed to be at peak seven star Divine Realm the last time I saw
you. This time, your cultivation should be higher than peak seven star, right?"

The sentence was like a drop of water that fell onto a calm lake, instantly breaking the initial
tranquility.

They all looked at the man who they had always disdained with astonishment and
amazement.

Above the peak seven stars was the Sacred Realm!

Although the TianGou was established ten thousand years ago, to this day, there were only
two Sacred Realm powerhouses. One of them was Lin Gu while the other was presently not
at the Weeping Ghost Shore. Even Tian Dao was only a peak seven stars.

All the members of TianGou had actually heard the man mention their Young Master long
before and knew that their Young Master was currently just ten thousand and one hundred
years old. But of that ten thousand and one hundred years, he had spent ten thousand of them
spent in the Middle Level Realm (中级位面).
As everyone knew, the Middle Level Realm had a slight inhibition (压制) on one’s
cultivation and it was generally extremely difficult to advance once one had reached the
Divine Realm.

Therefore, everyone did not put Ling Xiao into their eyes. How high could the cultivation of
a person that only lived in the TongTian Continent for one hundred years, and stayed in the
Middle Level Realm for ten thousand years, be?

It was not that everyone was against him. It was just that this was a world where the strong
were respected. It was impossible to make others swear allegiance to you if you did not have
the strength, let alone a wild and intractable group of strong powerhouses.

You XiaoMo kicked Ling Xiao's foot under the table.

Ling Xiao was unflinching, "Uncle Gu, I really broke through after we went separate ways
the last time."

The man nodded in satisfaction. He had always been looking forward to his breakthrough.
Ten thousand years ago he was opposed to Ling Xiao going to the Middle Level Realm,
fearing that it would affect his advancement.

"Uncle Gu, I have an important question to ask you. Is it convenient to ask it now?" Ling
Xiao stood up.

The man nodded, "It is, let's go outside and talk."

With that, the two headed outside.

You XiaoMo peered at the others a couple of times. He did not want to stay back to face the
members of TianGou. So he quietly rose, intending to follow after.

The man suddenly turned around and chuckled as soon as he reached the doorway, "XiaoMo,
wait for us at the Smile Pavilion." Then he walked off without waiting for him to respond.

You XiaoMo, “…”

Was he afraid that he would overhear their secret? What was there to be worried about? He
was already crystal clear about the matters that he should know about. As for those that he
did not know, it would be revealed just by asking Ling Xiao when he came back.

Ling Xiao did not say anything. Instead, he gave him a look telling him to patiently wait.
You XiaoMo did not insist after knowing that Ling Xiao would inform him afterwards.
When he returned to the Smile Pavilion and saw a group of powerhouses emitting cold air,
he realized in hindsight that the reason he wanted to go out was because he did not want to
face these people ne!
Chapter 527: Alleviation and Mating
Translated by Jouissance of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
The air was heavy around them. Most of the men wore expressions of
contemplation, a few looking like they had just eaten shit.
For example, that Tian Hen guy looked like he had just been scammed, knowing
that Ling Xiao left with that Uncle Gu. He suddenly harrumphed and set his feet on
the table in s displeased manner.
"I'll admit that I'm not as strong as he is, but so what if he's Sacred Level? It isn't like
TianGou has no Sacred level elites. Tian Gui is also level twelve. If he can beat Tian
Gui, then that's really something." Tian Hen suddenly took on a very sloppy
demeanor, like a street thug.
You XiaoMo couldn't help but stare. This guy gave him the same feeling the old man
did, like he had multiple personalities.
“Tian Hen, be careful of what you say," Tian Yuan suddenly said, half admonishing.
Tian Hen understood what Tian Yuan was trying to say. He glanced at You XiaoMo
and suddenly took his feet off the table, staring at him with amusement. "Brat, do
you think I'm right?"
You XiaoMo didn't expect the other would talk to him. He took a moment to process
this before saying, "Oh, what you just said would usually be right."
"What do you mean usually?" Tian Hen scowled.
You XiaoMo pouted, saying disapprovingly, "The situation you're talking about might
apply to most people, but not all. Some people are special."
Tian Hen smiled and said, "So you mean your man should be treated specially?"
Hearing him say 'your man', You XiaoMo's face flushed involuntarily. He composed
himself and said, "Of course. Not everyone is alright with being treated as ordinary
like you are."
Tian Hen's expression chilled. "Brat, what did you say?" The intensity of his
presence seemed to be about to explode with his rage,
You XiaoMo stayed unfazed. Don't forget, he was already a grade one rainbow
level, though he wasn't to the other's level yet.
"Tian Hen, stop messing around," Tian Dao said lightly.
Tian Hen huffed.
You XiaoMo smiled in triumph. If you dared to diss Ling Xiao in front of him, then
you had better prepare to be roasted. Plus, he wasn't wrong, there was nothing
amazing about a three star defeating a one star.
"The one who stole stalks of magic herbs from my room was you, right?" The silent
Tian Xiu suddenly spoke up, his deep, dark eyes calmly gazing at You XiaoMo.
When he said this, he was completely expressionless, you couldn't tell what he was
thinking at all.
"Yo, so you're a thief." Tian Hen finally found a way to turn the tides on You XiaoMo,
mocking the other mercilessly upon hearing Tian Xiu's words.
You XiaoMo glanced at him like looking at a child throwing a tantrum before looking
back at Tian Xiu and explaining, "I didn't steal them. I exchanged them with other
magic herbs. You aren't worse off at all since I exchanged high-grade magic herbs
for your mid-grade ones."
Tian Hen said with triumph, "Taking without asking is thieving."
You XiaoMo huffed, "I refuse to believe that you haven't done the same."
Tian Hen was at a loss for words. He really couldn't refute that. Tiangou's members
were all people who followed their whims. To be honest, the amount of times they
had thieved would only be high.
Tian Ming, spectating this from one side, almost burst into laughter. This was the
first time he had seen Tian Hen in such a state of speechlessness. He had been
verbally beaten twice.
"I won't pursue the act of exchanging magic herbs, but you broke my Restriction
Barrier and touched my books..." Tian Xiu didn't sympathize with Tian Hen, he only
cared about Leisure Pavilion.
You XiaoMo said, "How would I know that your Restriction Barrier would be so easily
broken? You can't blame us for this, only your own Restriction Barrier, for not being
strong enough."
"He sure knows how to twist his words," Tian Yuan said, unable to hold back
laughter.
"He wouldn't be able to make Tian Hen so speechless otherwise." Tian Ming started
laughing, unable to hold back any longer.
Tian Hen glared at him hatefully.
Tian Xiu didn't get angry, just said, emotionlessly, "If I'm not wrong, it was Golden
Winged Insects that ate through the Restriction Barrier around Leisure Pavilion,
right?"
You XiaoMo looked at him in shock. This person could guess that it was the Golden
Winged Insects just from a hole?
Seeing his expression, Tian Xiu knew that he had hit the mark. "That clearly wasn't
something a person could do. Plus, the only creature that can bite through a
Restriction Barrier without being detected is the legendary Golden Winged Insect."
Everyone looked at You XiaoMo in shock.
Golden Winged Insects were beyond rare, even in Xi Jing. This was the kind of thing
one could only see in ancient times.
You XiaoMo didn't bother hiding it now that the cat was out of the bag. The clothes
near You XiaoMo's chest moved suddenly and then two Golden Winged Insects flew
out, circling for a while before landing on You XiaoMo's head.
"You have two?" Tian Ming exclaimed in shock. He had thought there was only one,
because one was impressive enough.
You XiaoMo smirked with delight. "They're my contract beasts. The male is called
Xiao Ping and the female is called Xiao Pong." As he said his, he waved the two
down and had them land on the table.
Tian Men and Tian Yang, who were closest to You XiaoMo, stretched their necks to
take a closer look at the two Golden Winged Insects, barely larger than their thumb.
This sort of demon beast was only ever seen in books, not reality.
"Golden Winged Insects, as expected, and they're of very pure coloration." Tian Men
said.
According to what he had read about the Golden Winged Insects, they were golden
on the outside, but not all of them were pure gold. Some were tainted with other
colors. Though these kinds of Golden Winged Insects cold also produce golden
thread and eat through seals, they weren't nearly as overpowered as the ones from
the legends.
This was because those tainted with other colors had a limit to their power. For
example, their golden threat wasn't unbreakable like in the the legends, and had an
expiration date, so one had no way of knowing when it would stop working.
As for seals, they cold only eat through weaker ones.
Even so, there were still people who raised those impure Golden Winged Insects
and sold their golden threads for an exorbitant price.
Under these circumstances, it further emphasized how valuable the pure Golden
Winged Insects were.
"Have they produced silk yet?" Tian Xiu asked.
You XiaoMo raised an eyebrow. "Not yet. Is there a problem?"
Tian Hen suddenly cursed. "Fuck, that's a true treasure!"
You XiaoMo realized that everyone was staring at his Ping Pong like they were
invaluable treasures, almost like they could shoot lasers from their eyes.
Tian Xiu explained, "Most people know that just one Golden Winged Insect can
produce golden silk, but they don't know that the silk produced together by a male
and a female is ten times as durable. It's not unexpected though. Golden Winged
Insects were extremely rare even in ancient times. Nowadays, never mind a male
and a female, just getting one is extremely lucky.”
You XiaoMo's eyes shone. He really hadn't known this, but... "What does that have
to do with having produced golden silk before or not?"
The had noticed what the man called Tian Xiu had specifically asked about.
"Of course it does." Tian Hen interrupted, sounding displeased. "Only Golden
Winged Insects that have never produced golden silk before can produce golden silk
ten times as durable. And they must be a pair, one male and one female."
No wonder he had called them a treasure just now.
You XiaoMo hurriedly asked, "Then how do I let my Golden Winged Insects create
silk ten times as strong?"
"Mating," Tian Ming drawled out the word slowly.
Tian Hen glared at him, as if admonishing him for stealing his lines.
Tian Ming calmly waved his fan.
You XiaoMo was puzzled. He had only heard of animals mating to produce
offspring. He had never of them mating to produce golden silk. Was golden silk
sentient or something?
"Uh, can they really produce golden silk from mating? Where does their offspring
come from?" You XiaoMo couldn't help but ask.
Tian Hen mocked him, "You really are stupid."
Tian Ming chuckled. "You don't have the right to say that. You asked this, too."
Tian Hen slammed the desk, yelling back, "Stop pushing this to me. It was you who
egged me on to ask. If you really want to consider it, you're involved as well."
"Unusual things really do happen every year, especially this one!" Tian Yuan
suddenly laughed. "This is the first time I've seen someone so eager to admit they're
stupid."
Tian Hen and Tian Ming immediately stopped talking, looking towards Tian Yuan
with smiles that weren't quite smiles.
Tian Yuan smiled, shutting up as well.
"Golden Winged Insects don't have offspring. They're all metamorphosed from the
Hidden Dipper Stink Bugs. Once they die, their population will decrease." Tian Xiu
said expressionlessly. Though he was stoic like Tian Dao, they had different
personalities. He was used to maintaining a cold face, like he didn't care about
anything. Meanwhile, Tian Dao really was just calm and quiet, used to not giving
away his thoughts. Thus why Tian Dao was their general.
"I have a question," You XiaoMo said.
The tension that had thickened the air began to dissipate.
Tian Xiu said, "Speak."
You XiaoMo cleared his throat, saying, "I just wanted to ask. After my Golden
Winged Insects mate, can they immediately produce the golden silk or is it like
pregnancy, and we won't know when they'll be hit?"
If it's the latter, how did he tell if Xiao Pong was pregnant?
The room went silent for a few seconds.
Tian Xiu deadpanned an explanation. "It has nothing to do with pregnancy. Every
time Golden Winged Insects mate, they'll be able to spit out golden silk. However,
according to the data, they don't have any sort of mating season, so no one knows
when they'll feel like mating."
You XiaoMo raised his hand. "Last question."
Tian Xiu motioned for him to speak.
You XiaoMo rubbed his nose, saying, "Do Golden Winged Insects spit out their
golden silk from their Chrysanthemum?"
Tian Xiu stopped speaking and the others also fell silent. Two minutes later, Tian
Hen couldn't help but ask, "....What's a Chrysanthemum?"
You XiaoMo was shocked. "You guys don't know?"
Tian Hen replied, "Should we know?"
You XiaoMo blurted out, "It's your asshole!"
BANG!
!
!
What replied him was Tian Hen falling off his chair in a most ugly fashion, creating a
huge noise. Apart from Tian Xiu and Tian Dao's tense looks, everyone else looked
like they had been struck by thunder, looking at You XiaoMo in utter disbelief.
Or, it could be understood as, when You XiaoMo said this, everyone definitely
clenched their butts.
At this time, the man and Ling Xiao had finished their talk and were returning.
Seeing this upon entering, the man looked shocked while Ling Xiao looked to You
XiaoMo, having the feeling that it was was definitely his wife who had created such a
scene.
"What happened with you guys?" The man asked in surprise.
"Nothing!" Everyone replied simultaneously.
The man didn't believe it. It was clear something was wrong. He looked to You
XiaoMo, who was the only one with a normal expression. "Could you tell me what
happened?"
"Ah!" You XiaoMo nodded, agreeing, "It's like this..."
Tian Ming immediately ran out.
With someone setting an example, the others naturally wouldn't stay and be
humiliated, all finding excuses to run off.
In the end, only Tian Xiu and Tian Dao remained of the eight. The two stoics
seemed calm, but no one knew what they were thinking inside.
The more they were like this, the more the man felt that something was up. He
looked to You XiaoMo, motioning for him to continue speaking.
You XiaoMo felt that they were all making a big deal out of nothing. It was very
normal that Chrysanthemum meant asshole, and it was far more civilized to say
Chrysanthemum than asshole. He didn't realize that the point wasn't that
Chrysanthemum meant asshole, but that he had said "your asshole". With the first
word, this sounded entirely different.
However, You XiaoMo was rather impressed with Tian Xiu and Tian Dao who hadn't
fled. Seeing their tense expressions, he thought for a moment and said, smiling,
"Nothing really. I was just asking them some questions about Golden Winged
Insects."
He could almost see Tian Xiu and Tian Dao's inner sighs of relief.
Chapter 528: A Massive Change
Translated by Crystal of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Once they left the Smile Pavilion, the first thing You XiaoMo did was share with Ling
Xiao the 'chrysanthemum' incident.
As expected, Ling Xiao was amused. He had guessed the perpetrator but not the
process. Only his wife could have asked such a bizarre question.
Ling Xiao was very disappointed that he wasn't there too.
Later, the two decided to temporarily stay at the Weeping Ghost Shore. They weren't
in a rush to leave and the anything about the Psychic Black Turtle, they could ask
Tian Dao, who focused on gathering information. Most importantly, You XiaoMo
wanted to see PiQiu and the others.
Ling Xiao had already asked Lin Gu about them. PiQiu and the others were not at
the Weeping Ghost Shore.
Ever since they were told by Ling Xiao to find Lin Gu at the Weeping Ghost Shore,
they hadn't stayed there for more than five days because on the second day, they
were thrown into the Cartilage Mountain by Lin Gu for training.
The Cartilage Mountain was a special training place at Ghost Tomb Mountain
Range.
The specialty of the Cartilage Mountain was a demon beast named the Bone beast.
These kind of demon beasts were not completely demon beasts because they had
only bones and no blood or flesh. Their attack power was only mediocre at best but
they were annoying to deal with like a cockroach since their bones could regroup
even if they were scattered.
Since Lin Gu dared to throw them into Cartilage Mountain, he would be responsible
for their well being, thus they could be sure that PiQiu and the others were fine.
However, in what shape, that they did not know.
As long as You XiaoMo knew they were going to be fine, he was content.
Once back in his room, You XiaoMo told Ping Pong to play by themselves and
pulled the baby turtle out from his shirt. What was to his satisfaction was that the
whole time the baby turtle had stayed very quiet.
Just as You XiaoMo placed him onto the table, the baby turtle climbed up from his
hand towards his body. Although it was a slow process, he was very determined.
You XiaoMo picked him up and placed him back onto the table. Unwavering, the
baby turtle bit his finger in a soft and sticky way. He didn't feel anything from it, much
less pain, so thinking it was funny, he let him continue to bite on.
Too bad, if he hadn't made a promise beforehand, he would have really liked to form
a contract with the baby turtle.
The Psychic Black Turtle was not like the Green Tortoise or a Mystic Tortoise. It was
part of the four Ancient Divine Beasts. It's strength was parallel to that of the Demon
Phoenix Clan and the Dragon Clan.
You XiaoMo sighed as he looked at the baby turtle.
"Right, how did your information gathering go? Does Uncle Gu know of your Dragon
Clan's bloodline?" You XiaoMo asked casually as he saw Ling Xiao approaching.
"Uncle Gu didn't know either." Ling Xiao sat down to speak, "He didn't know of the
Dragon Clan bloodline that my father had nor that it would be inherited by me. When
I asked, he was very surprised, thus I probably have to ask my father personally to
find out the answer."
At that moment, You XiaoMo felt like the truth was still very far away.
Supposedly Ling Xiao's father was imprisoned by the Qilin Clan, and the Qilin Clan
were the head of the Four Ancient Beast Clans. If they wanted to steal his father
from their hands, Ling Xiao would have to be at least a seven star expert to stand a
chance.
"No matter the answer, the conclusion won't change." The truth was that Ling Xiao
wanted to know about his bloodline, not only to find out where his Dragon Clan
blood came from, but also, he had an intuition that Uncle Gu was hiding something
from him.
"Since even he didn't know, then after we see PiQiu, are we going to leave?" You
XiaoMo asked as he was toying with the baby turtle.
"The quicker we leave the better. I have a feeling a storm is coming to Xi Jing." Ling
Xiao didn't reject his idea. When he first saw Mo Jing he had this feeling and if they
were involved, they would probably be staying even longer at Xi Jing.
You XiaoMo didn't ask further since he had the same feeling.
The very next day, You XiaoMo went to find Tian Xiu.
Since Tian Xiu didn't question further about him trading the magic herbs on his own
accord, that must mean he was pretty happy with those high-grade magic herbs.
Therefore, he was going to take this chance to swap more with him.
You XiaoMo was able to trade one high-grade magic herb with two mid-grade magic
herbs and also some seeds. Those seeds were randomly placed there by Tian Xiu,
they didn't have much of a use.
After that, the two even talked about the path of refining pills and of advancements.
Tian Xiu was a grade three rainbow level mage, with a lot more experience than his
just-advanced-grade-one-rainbow-level. You XiaoMo was able to learn a lot from
him.
The two continued to talk for two days, until PiQiu and the others were called back.
Only then did You XiaoMo stop running over to Tian Xiu's Leisure Pavilion. The
master and five servants finally met again. Other than XiaoHei and SheQiu, both
MaoQiu and PiQiu were very emotional. After all those days training at the Cartilage
Mountain, they were finally done.
After not seeing each other for so long, all four of them had all changed in some
ways.
The one with the most change was PiQiu. He went from a small dumpling to a young
man. His features were no long immature but slowly developing towards masculinity,
his height had also surpassed You XiaoMo.
PiQiu's level had increased by a lot, when he had left, he was just three star level
nine, but now, he was at one star level ten. His power level really skyrocketed.
You XiaoMo was even worried that there was going to be side effects to such power
increase but after seeing him acting perfectly fine, he was a bit relieved.
Then it was MaoQiu, her level was even higher than PiQiu by five stars.
Maybe it was because they hadn't seen each other for a while, her features had
become more charming. Even without purposefully using her seducing skill of the
fox clan, her facial features had a natural lure to them.
XiaoHei was still the cool beauty but if there was something that changed, then that
was his temper; it got worse.
Now he was at seven star peak level ten and started to have the aura of a
powerhouse.
Lastly was SheQiu, he was looking more 'evil' by the second, with a two star level
eleven strength. Although that was least changed out of their group, because he
was also the strongest, that slow growth was expected.
Looking at them, You XiaoMo had the feeling of 'all of my children have grown up so
magnificently'. All of them matured and it looked like they ate all of his magic pills
that were given to them. Probably another reason as to why their levels increased by
so much.
You XiaoMo had thought of hugging PiQiu and reminisce but when he saw that the
white bun had turned into a black bun, he instantly lost interest.
If he had known that the 'son' he raised from a baby would become someone he
couldn't even recognize, he should have kept him beside him like CatQiu.
Although CatQiu didn't cultivate here with them, his power-level was not far behind.
Every so often You XiaoMo would feed him a magic pill and since he didn't need a
mask, he let CatQiu stay in his dimension with the Giant Roc.
"Master?" PiQiu said as he felt wronged when looking at his master's hesitating
expression. He felt deeply hurt.
You XiaoMo gave out a dry laugh, to give him some mental preparation.
After a while, he said, "Since everyone's strength increased somewhat, now you can
decide if you want to go with me or stay behind?"
"Of course I'm going with master, I can't stand it here, the Cartilage Mountain is so
scary." PiQiu even let out a few tears and even patted his chest while he was at it.
He really liked acting more and more.
You XiaoMo tried his best to not look away. Using such a masculine face to make a
'I'm wronged' expression was slaughtering his optic senses. Give me back my cute
little bun, You XiaoMo thought, depressed.
"Right, during this time, did you guys get in contact with LanQiu or the little chick?"
You XiaoMo suddenly thought of this question and asked, since LanQiu was also in
Xi Jing. He didn't think TianGou's base would also be in Xi Jing.
MaoQiu replied, "Currently there was nothing from that little chick but LanQiu sent us
a message a month ago saying that one of his brothers went missing. He and his
other brothers have been searching, so we probably won't be seeing LanQiu for a
while."
You XiaoMo nodded. He more or less had guessed that something happened to
LanQiu or else he would have found them a long time ago.
"Huh, what species is this baby turtle? It looks good." PiQiu suddenly saw the baby
turtle that was hanging onto You XiaoMo's arm as if it would be there for another
hundred years. He didn't realize it was a Psychic Black Turtle, it was SheQiu and the
others who took another look at it instead.
You XiaoMo didn't let him touch it, the baby turtle was a bit afraid of strangers and
wouldn't even acknowledge Ling Xiao. Then he said to them, "In the next two days
or so we would be leaving the Weeping Ghost Shore so you guys can start packing."
However, before they left, he and Ling Xiao went to find Tian Dao.
Although the Psychic Black Turtles lived in the Living Water River Boundary, it was
so vast that it would take them a while to find the exact residence of the Psychic
Black Turtles.
No matter how smart Tian Dao was, he wouldn't have guessed that they going to
return a baby turtle to the Living Water River Boundary. As for Ling Xiao, he
basically acknowledged his position as the young master and the Leader had told
them to not hid any information the young master needed.
After obtaining a definitive answer, they set out of Weeping Ghost Shore the very
next day.
As for some of the members of TianGou, they couldn't wait for You XiaoMo to leave.
Those kind of embarrassing stories should just be buried forever and never to see
the sun again.
The only regret You XiaoMo felt was not being able to see Tian Gui, because he
was the one who Ling Xiao told him was lacking love. Wait no, the one who was
bullied constantly and later killed everyone who bullied him, that member.
From what he had heard, he went out to kill people but accidently went too far and
still hadn't made it back yet.
Once they left the Weeping Ghost Shore, they were once again within the Demon
Beast Graveyard.
Chapter 529: Direct Descendant
Translated by Yan of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
The Demon Beast Graveyard was the same as how they left it last time. The dark
energy was dense and thick, and they could hear ghosts crying and howling.
Originally You XiaoMo wanted to just fly across like how they did before, but just
when he got close, a strange feeling suddenly rose in his heart, as if something in
the Demon Beast Graveyard was luring him in. Last time there clearly hadn't been
this kind of feeling.
You XiaoMo told Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao was also slightly surprised.
The Demon Beast Graveyard was an Ancient Battlefield. Even if there was actually
something inside, there was no way it could have anything to do with You XiaoMo,
since he had switched to this life halfway through.
"Should we go in and take a look?" Ling Xiao suggested. Although there was no lack
of powerhouses in the Demon Beast Graveyard, including those who had been even
stronger than him before their deaths, in the end they had still been dead for many
years now. No matter how powerful they were in life, there was no way they could
regain their peak condition in death. Moreover, his Sacredfire was their natural
enemy.
You XiaoMo rubbed his nose. The closer he got, the stronger the lure felt, and
although it wasn't like he had taken drugs and couldn't control himself, it felt as if
something was continuously hurrying him along. He had a kind of panicked feeling,
so after hearing Ling Xiao's suggestion, he only hesitated for two seconds before
agreeing.
"Then let's go in and take a look..."
The Demon Beast Graveyard was just like a black purgatory. Deteriorating graves
were everywhere, and even the mud was black without a single trace of weeds.
Some graves were already split open or only half of it was left, and every two steps
they could see a ghastly white skeleton.
All they could hear was the sound of ghosts wailing and howling, and You XiaoMo's
legs started to tremble.
The first time he had flown across, he had felt that it was very scary, but still not
scary enough to make his knees weak. However, it seemed that one could only
know the true terror of the Demon Beast Graveyard by experiencing it firsthand.
"What direction is the lure coming from?" Ling Xiao stopped walking.
You XiaoMo pointed in his upper-left direction. It was in the northwest.
Someone who didn't understand the Demon Beast Graveyard didn't know that the
true powerhouses were buried in the Demon Beast Graveyard's northwest sector.
They slaughtered everything during the ancient battle and were extremely famous,
so the only place that experts who came to explore the Ghost Tomb Mountain
Range avoided and feared was the area in the northwest.
Both of them were unaware of this, but Ling Xiao could sense that many big demon
beasts were buried in the northwest. There was no way he could mistake that faint
scent of danger that seemed to brush past him.
For insurance, Ling Xiao planted a fire seed inside of You XiaoMo. The fire seed
was part of the Qilin Sacredfire, and it could save someone's life in a critical
moment.
You XiaoMo suddenly stopped and looked a little hesitant at the area in front of
them, which was covered with black fog. The wind was like the sound of ghosts
screaming, and it seemed as if countless tentacles would reach out from the black
fog at any moment.
Ling Xiao lowered his head and asked, "What's wrong, are we almost there?"
"It should be right in front of us. It doesn't seem to have any malice, as if it's only
simply calling me." You XiaoMo couldn't place what exactly was calling him, and he
was a little unsure.
Ling Xiao said, "If you aren't going to go in, then let's leave right now."
The corners of You XiaoMo's lips twitched slightly. Did he want him to go in or not?
Ling Xiao actually used such a scornful tone of voice. You XiaoMo was also brave,
alright?
"Then let's go in!"
When they went through the layer of black fog that was clearly darker than the rest
of the mist, a gust of dark wind suddenly scraped past their cheeks. You XiaoMo
couldn't help but shiver.
The graves here were distinctly different from the ones outside. The biggest
difference was that they were clean. Not only were there no scattered bones, the
graves were also arranged neatly into four rows. Moreover, compared to the place
that they had just walked through, this place was indeed much quieter and didn't
have any noises like ghosts crying and howling. There was only a deathly silence.
Ling Xiao looked at the graves in front of him. There couldn't have been more than a
hundred of them, and he tilted his head to the side and asked, "Which one is it?"
"It's the white-colored one." You XiaoMo's gaze landed on the fifth grave in the third
row. This was a white-colored grave - not only the gravestone was white, but so was
the burial mound behind it.
Ling Xiao dragged his wife over, and he looked at the name carved on the
gravestone. It only had the date that the owner of the grave died on, no surname or
given name, and it seemed to be a nameless grave.
"Take a look yourself, what about it is calling you?"
You XiaoMo frowned. "It seems to be whatever is inside the grave that's calling me."
"Do you want to dig out the grave?"
"Eh... isn't that a little too disrespectful? After all, they've been asleep for so long
now, and they'll probably be really unhappy to be suddenly disturbed."
Ling Xiao said indifferently, "If you don't want to dig it out, then let's just go."
You XiaoMo stared at the white gravestone, and in the end he still looked away. He
really did want to know what was calling him, but... there were many more of the
dead, and digging up someone's grave wasn't polite. "Alright!"
He had just finished speaking when the white gravestone suddenly lit up. The
outside seemed to be enveloped in a kind of holy, white light, followed by a blurry
white figure that floated up from the gravestone.
Ling Xiao instantly retreated backwards quickly with You XiaoMo. You XiaoMo
grabbed Ling Xiao's arm, and the entire weight of his body rested on Ling Xiao.
At first glance, it seemed like a ghost, but in reality it was a handsome guy.
The handsome white-robed guy was completely see-through and didn't move after
coming out of the gravestone. Instead, he stood quietly in front of the gravestone,
looking calmly at You XiaoMo. If one looked closely, they could even see that there
was actually a trace of tenderness in his eyes.
"What's your name?" The handsome white-robed guy looked at You XiaoMo's
scared expression and smiled faintly.
You XiaoMo instinctively responded, "You XiaoMo." Only after speaking did he
react, and he hurriedly covered his own mouth.
The handsome white-robed guy laughed lightly. "You are indeed a member of the
You Family."
This You Family should be referring to the Vermillion Blood Clan. However, You
XiaoMo was a little unconvinced. Could he really confirm that You XiaoMo was a
member of You Family just based on his last name?
"The person who called me over was you?" He asked probingly.
The handsome white-robed guy nodded. "Only members of the You Family can
sense my call."
"Alright, then why did you call me over?" You XiaoMo saw the handsome white-
robed guy's cool appearance, and he suddenly felt as if he wasn't all that scary at
all. At the very least, he had never seen a ghost who looked so pleasing to the eye
and had even attracted him so strongly.
"I am very grateful." The handsome white-robed guy suddenly said something
completely different.
"What?" You XiaoMo was confused.
The handsome white-robed guy smiled but didn't speak. His gaze soon fell on Ling
Xiao, who was standing next to You XiaoMo, and there was a bit of scrutiny and
disbelief in his eyes. After a long pause, he lost his smile and said, "I never would've
thought that after so many years, I would still be able to see that ancient legend."
After finishing this sentence, which seemed as if it was spoken out loud to himself,
the handsome white-robed guy said straightforwardly to Ling Xiao, "Young one, use
your advantage well. It will allow you to stand out in TongTian Continent."
The inexplicable statement made them feel as if the handsome white-robed guy
knew their secret.
Ling Xiao's eyebrows raised, but the guarded look in his eyes didn't disappear in the
slightest. He trusted that if this man spoke this way, that meant he definitely knew
something. This was the so-called 'hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.'
"What do you know?"
The handsome white-robed guy laughed lowly. "It seems that you still do not know
the secret in you, even though I know very well."
You XiaoMo's mouth twisted.
The handsome white-robed guy continued, "I can tell you what I know, but you have
to agree to my requirement."
"What requirement?" Ling Xiao asked simply.
The handsome white-robed guy glanced at him admiringly. It was truly easier talking
with an intelligent person.
You XiaoMo felt as if he was in a completely different world from them.
"The requirement is that I want you to take care of him well. You must swear on your
life that you will never abandon him." The handsome white-robed guy looked at You
XiaoMo. Clearly, he was referring to him.
You XiaoMo instantly felt as if the handsome white-robed guy was marrying off his
son. If it weren't for the fact that he had already found his father, he probably
would've thought that the handsome white-robed guy was his real father.
Ling Xiao's answer was to pull him into his embrace. He said intimidatingly, "He is
my wife."
A bit of astonishment flashed through the handsome white-robed guy's eyes. It
seemed that he had anticipated that their relationship was unusual, but he hadn't
anticipated that they would have this kind of relationship. However, it was also
understandable. Many ancient experts would stubbornly use this method to raise
their strength. Very few used the method of getting a wife and having kids. The two
men had a very close relationship, and others would only believe that they were
deeply devoted friends.
Instead, You XiaoMo was a little embarrassed.
Although Ling Xiao hadn't sworn, the handsome white-robed guy had already
believed that he would protect You XiaoMo well.
Afterwards, he didn't know what secret the two of them talked about. Since there
were still other 'people' around, the handsome white-robed guy only told it to Ling
Xiao.
Before they left, You XiaoMo asked a question.
"Do you know of a transcendent level mage called Dan Qing?" Dan Qing was an
ancient mage. It seemed that he was very famous, so perhaps the handsome guy
knew of him.
The handsome white-robed guy looked surprised. "You know him?"
You XiaoMo didn't tell him about the red jade drive. He only said that he had
received something that Dan Qing had left behind.
"He was the most powerful mage back then, with the surname You."
That was all the handsome white-robed guy said.
"..."
After hearing the last two words, You XiaoMo found that he now understood
everything. When they left, he saw that the handsome white-robed guy was still
standing in front of his grave, watching their backs as they left, a single shadow. He
looked extremely lonely.
Although the handsome white-robed guy hadn't told them his identity, You XiaoMo
had more or less already guessed it. The handsome white-robed guy should be the
forefather of the You Family and one of the experts that had fallen during the ancient
battle.
"Ling Xiao, do you think that after they died, they've been trapped in the Demon
Beast Graveyard this entire time, unable to leave?" You XiaoMo couldn't help but
ask. He sympathized quite a bit with that forefather. He was so handsome, yet he
could only live with those ugly beasts for the rest of eternity.
"Nope!"
"What?" You XiaoMo suddenly reacted when he discovered that what Ling Xiao had
said was 'nope,' not 'yes.' Was he imagining things?
Ling Xiao didn't need to read his mind to know what he was thinking. "The Demon
Beast Graveyard is only a graveyard. It's not that they can't leave, it's only that they
don't want to leave."
"Why?" You XiaoMo was puzzled. From what he could see, the Demon Beast
Graveyard certainly didn't lack any extremely evil fellows. If there was really nothing
keeping them in the Demon Beast Graveyard, then they would've definitely long
since run out. Why would they continue to stay in here, and moreover, stay for a
trillion years?
Ling Xiao said, "The leaving I was talking about was referring to reincarnation. The
souls that are still lingering in the Demon Beast Graveyard are merely the ones who
refused to enter the reincarnation cycle. Some have not resigned themselves to their
deaths, while others still have unfulfilled wishes from their lives. For example, that
You Family forefather has an unfulfilled wish, and that's why he's stayed in the
Demon Beast Graveyard."
You XiaoMo blinked. "What unfulfilled wish?"
Ling Xiao looked at him deeply for a moment and said, "His wish has already been
completed. In a little bit, the obsession keeping him in the Demon Beast Graveyard
should disappear."
"His wish couldn't have anything to do with me, right?" You XiaoMo suddenly had a
spark of inspiration as he opened his eyes wide and pointed at himself.
At last he couldn't be considered hopeless!
Ling Xiao nodded gratefully. "I believe I know the real reason why you can inherit the
Vermillion Blood Clan's Inheritance Jewel and why people like You ZhenTian
cannot."
You XiaoMo urged, "Then hurry and say it!"
In reality, there were already traces of this that could be seen. The direct
descendants of the You Family died and were injured left and right during the
ancient battle until only the side branches were left. But only direct descendants of
the You Family could inherit the Inheritance Jewel. This was the real reason why
Vermillion Blood Clan's past clan heads couldn't inherit it.
You ZhenTian didn't know of this. In the end, too much time had passed, so even if
he captured You XiaoMo, he would be unable to get the Inheritance Jewel.
You XiaoMo still felt that something wasn't right. "You said that only direct
descendants of the You Family could inherit the Inheritance Jewel, but I'm also not a
direct descendant of the You Family!"
"Indeed, the You XiaoMo from before was not." Ling Xiao looked at him
meaningfully.
You XiaoMo blinked.
Ling Xiao said, "Whether a member of the You Family is a direct descendant is not
told by looking at bloodline, but rather by looking at the soul. As that elder said, as
long as they are the direct descendant of the You Family, the clan mark will appear
on their forehead."
In short, he was confused.
Chapter 530: The Proprietress of the Restaurant
Translated by Kollumceti of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

You XiaoMo actually had a clan mark, it was just that his mark was in a state of
concealment.

The clan mark on his forehead faintly appeared once when he was fully
acknowledged as the master of the dimension. It appeared once more after that, but
he had never discovered it because he could not see it on himself.

As for why he could inherit the Inheritance Jewel, this matter was very easy to
comprehend too.

You XiaoMo's last name was also You in his last life. Thus, it meant that the You
family was legitimately part of the You Clan since he could become a successor.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to activate the dimension when he came
over when the original owner did not get the slightest reaction after harboring it for
eighteen years.

There must be some secret hidden by the You family that he was unaware of if the
You family's circumstances were really as he had suspected. You XiaoMo felt that
he did not even discover this secret even after his death despite living there for
eighteen years.

"That man probably knew that the legitimate successors of the You Clan were dying
out in ancient times, so he stayed until now for the purpose of witnessing that
someone had inherited the Inheritance Jewel. It was likely that the You Clan had
depended on your dimension to establish their hegemony in ancient times." Ling
Xiao explained.

You XiaoMo took a deep breath. Many secrets had finally uncovered their veil at this
moment.

However, he was even more anxious to return to Earth in the Lower Level Realm
now. He wanted to know what secrets the You family had that he was unaware of.

Besides, it turned out that Dan Qing was his ancestor when everything was said and
done.

The original owner of his dimension and the red-colored Jade drive was presumably
Progenitor Dan Qing's too. He felt that everything he got were all things that
belonged to his family. It was truly the god of destiny making a fool of the people.

You XiaoMo was preoccupied with his own thoughts and forgot to ask what else the
handsome white-robed guy talked about with Ling Xiao.

The two men passed through White Bone Town again. The people in White Bone
Town were really efficient. Though they had only been away for a few days, most of
the buildings had already been rebuilt.

However, they directly left the town instead of stopping over.

The Living Waters River Boundary lay to the north of Xi Jing and it spanned over
most of Xi Jing from the Weeping Ghost Shore. Thus, You XiaoMo directly took out
a teleportation talisman after leaving the Ghost Tomb Mountain Range.

Recently, they always been running up and down outside, and it felt as if the usage
of the Dimensional talisman was becoming more intemperate the more it was used.

The northern side of Xi Jing was near a vast ocean. There were other Tortoise Clans
living there besides the Psychic Black Turtles and most were living under the
protection of the Psychic Black Turtles.

The Dimensional talisman directly transported them to the vicinity of the Living
Waters River Boundary.

Though it is said to be the vicinity, they were still quite a considerable distance from
the Living Waters River Boundary.

The capital city they were currently at was the only capital city in the north of Xi Jing
- the Ziran city. The capital city was extraordinarily large and it was also the most
peculiar city in the TongTian Continent as it enclosed a forest within its walls.

You XiaoMo let PiQiu and the rest out.

It was said that the Ziran city was not too hospitable, especially to the human race
which they loathed the most.

Despite them loathing humans, they would not refuse to let humans enter the Ziran
city. Even so, the cordiality towards humans were definitely worse than those
directed towards demon beasts and some may even make things difficult for
humans.

PiQiu and the rest were demon beasts. He directly let them out as every and very
one had the strength to protect themselves. Moreover, there was no need to stay in
the dimension and grow mold after their strength had risen.

You XiaoMo also took the Giant Roc and the rest out. He then stuffed the baby turtle
who could not transform, the Golden Winged Insect and the Metal Swallowing Beast
into his clothes.

With that, the group of people entered the city in a grandiose manner.

You XiaoMo was sandwiched in the middle of a group of demon beasts so his aura
had been concealed. Thus, the soldiers guarding the city did not find out that he was
a human.

The Ziran city was literally a city overflowing with demonic aura.

The streets were full of big and tall men. Women were rarely seen and only a few
were occasionally sighted. This was the so-called 'a thing is valued if it is rare'.
Despite how ordinary the women looked, they were very popular with men here.

Along the way, You XiaoMo saw not less than five dramas about fights for a
woman's favor, where several men got into a free-for-all fight in order to vie for a
woman. Each and every one of the onlookers had an expression which declared that
they were accustomed to this.

After crossing a street, they finally saw a block of hotels next to each other. Although
the quality was not as high as those in human city, the facade looked quite clean
and tidy, and the majority of the hotels were bustling with noise and excitement.

You XiaoMo picked a restaurant that was bustling with people.

The restaurant was packed with customers and the tables at the lobby were nearly
completely filled. Everyone was whispering to one another's ear as they periodically
looked in the direction of the second floor. It was only until the proprietress came
down that You XiaoMo and his group realized the reason for this behavior.

It turned out that the restaurant only had a proprietress and no proprietor.
Furthermore, the proprietress was a beautiful woman that was as fair as a flower
and beautiful as the moon. She was more beautiful than any of the women that You
XiaoMo had ever seen. Charming and sexy, there was not a single trace of the
vicissitudes of life on her. Unlike those women who casually flirt at others on the
street, she was akin a pure and moving goddess with a beautiful temperament.

There must be quite a few people pursuing such a beautiful proprietress.

The proprietress was wearing a pure white dress which looked simple, but upon
closer examination, the material was exceptional. One could see her pithy and
generous temperament enveloping her from head to toe, leaving a very good first
impression.

The proprietress slowly approached them slowly as she smiled gently and politely,
"Three Honored Guests, please come inside. Would you like to seat at the lobby or
in a private room?"

"A private room." You XiaoMo replied.

He glanced at the lobby and saw that there was only one empty table left, but the
location was quite poor. The stink of stale sweat would definitely be unavoidable
whilst being sandwiched in the middle of a group of hot-blooded men.

"Very well. Please follow me, three Honored Guests."

The proprietress led them to a private room on the second floor and personally got
an attendant to bring a pot of hot tea and a small jar of wine to them. She had
thought that Ling Xiao would drink wine, so she specifically put the wine in front of
him.

"Honored Guests, please enjoy. The dishes you've ordered will be up in a moment."

The proprietress’ limpid gaze fell on Ling Xiao's face before she smiled at him and
left the room. During the moment she was closing the door, she saw Ling Xiao
expressionlessly move the wine away before the tender and beautiful woman
accompanying them courteously poured a cup of tea for him.

The door closed gently.

With a smile on her lips, MaoQiu's face was full of charm, "Boss' charmingness is
still as destructive as ever. Even this alluring proprietress was attracted to you."

MaoQiu was the only one following You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao. PiQiu and the three
others had ran off.

You XiaoMo looked at Ling Xiao's face and muttered in a bad mood, "Attracting
bees and butterflies." <strong>t/n: Attracting bees and butterflies means to attract
the attention of the elegant young idlers.</strong>

They were walking about with their original appearance as only a few people knew
them in Xi Jing. As a matter of fact, You XiaoMo did not like to keep changing his
face and felt that it was the most comfortable to use his own face.

"She is neither a bee nor a butterfly, but a Cat Demon." Ling Xiao stated solemnly.

You XiaoMo stared blankly, "A Cat Demon?"

MaoQiu laughed and explained, "The Cat Demon is a type of high level demon
beast. Although their strength is nothing great, each and every beast from the Cat
Demon Clan will look like an an outstanding and exquisite beauty after transforming.
They are very popular in the demon world and some great demon beasts who are
powerful like to keep a Cat Demon as a pet."

"Then the proprietress... Weren't we told that this restaurant was without a
proprietor?" You XiaoMo asked in surprise.

"On the surface, there is none. But there must be a big backer behind her, otherwise
it would be impossible to open a restaurant in the Ziran city with her being a Cat
Demon. Master just has to carefully observe and you'll know. There was only
admiration in the eyes of those people in the lobby when looking at the Cat Demon."

Xiao Mo finally understood. To put it plainly, she was being kept.

Before long, the proprietress got the attendant to send the food up.

The table was brimming with food and the fragrance of the dishes assailed the nose.
You XiaoMo paid more attention to his desire for good food and was staring at the
food with avariciousness and insatiability. He has not eaten much these days
because Xi Jing had lesser cities and towns unlike the Southern Continent or Zhong
Tian.

MaoQiu did not hold back too. She rarely tried human food and enjoyed having it
once in a while.

Although most of the population in the Ziran city was made up of demon beasts,
meat was also their main food. Nonetheless, some hotels will instruct their chef to
make some human food in order to have more variety.

Ling Xiao had eaten a lot of human food while following You XiaoMo and his palate
had been raised very well.

A table of dishes was cleanly eaten up in less than half an hour.

You XiaoMo then called for two servings of after-meals fruit and ate till his stomach
was close to bursting.

They were not intending to stay in the Ziran city for too long and were planning to
leave after they ate. As for PiQiu and the rest, they agreed to meet outside the city
gates in an hour before they entered the city.

You XiaoMo called the attendant over and prepared to foot the bill.

After calculating for a while, the attendant politely quoted, "Honored Guest, the total
is twenty-one thousand spirit gems."

You Xiao thought that he had misheard it and could not refrain from picking his ears,
"Sorry, how much did you say it was? I didn't hear you just now. Could you repeat it
again?"

The attendant repeated the price again with the same expression that was neither
obsequious nor supercilious.

The atmosphere in the private room immediately chilled.

You Xiao sneered, "Are you taking us as idiots? We only ordered ten ordinary dishes
and two plates of after-meals fruits, yet you are asking for twenty-one thousand spirit
gems? Are you trying to defraud us?"

"This Honored Guest, this is the price in the shop." The expression of the attendant
remained unchanged, appearing as if he did not care about their indignation.

You XiaoMo would really be stupid if he believed the attendant's words.

He did not believe that there were still so many people who could afford it if one
meal was so expensive. This was because most of the demon beasts were gluttons.
Furthermore, Xi Jing was unlike the other places and most of the demon beasts
were poor. He absolutely did not believe that the price would be set so high.
Chapter 531: Amazing MaoQiu

Translated by Jouissance of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

This place was such a ripoff!

You XiaoMo definitely had spirit gems on him; as a transcendent level mage, he
wouldn't be poor. Never mind twenty-one thousand spirit gems, twenty million wasn't
even a problem for him. However, he refused to be scammed like this.

"Where's your boss!?" You XiaoMo's expression chilled, saying demandingly.

The man's expression finally shifted away from that false kindness, revealing a sliver
of mockery. "Even if I do get the boss, I'll tell you honestly, it was her who told us to
do this. It's better that you watch yourselves."

That bitch!

You XiaoMo really didn't understand. When had they ever offended this woman? It
was the first time they had ever met; it wasn't possible that they would've met before
now.

"You dare take that tone? Your boss doesn't think that she can scam people as she
wants just because she's the boss of a tavern, does she?" The corner of MaoQiu's
lips quirked up, her alluring eyes sharpening, making her vulpine beauty even more
attractive.

The man was stunned for a moment, mind drifting before he returned to the present
and hollered, "So what if that's true? This is our territory, so what we say goes. If you
don't pay, don't even think of walking out of Ziran City."

Ling Xiao blew on the hot tea in his cup and took a sip, looking at the server coldly.
"Then try us. Let's see if we can walk out of Ziran City or not."

The server was just a mid-level demon beast. Ling Xiao released just a sliver of his
aura and the other couldn't take it anymore, legs giving out under him as he
collapsed.

"You sure are daring to speak like that!"

It was then that the door to the elegant room was opened from the outside, and a
white figure walked in. It was the boss of the tavern. Who knows how long she had
been standing there?

The boss' demeanor was no longer as clean and noble as it was before, but with a
confidence and pride like a goddess of victory, standing high up above everyone
else.

Ling Xiao looked at her coldly. His lips quirked into a curve. "No matter how daring I
am, it's nothing on your scam of a shop. Just one meal costs twenty-one thousand
spirit gems. Aren't you afraid it'll affect your business if people hear about this?"

The owner chuckled softly, her orchid fingers playing with the dark locks of hair near
her ear. She looked at Ling Xiao with a curl of interest on her lips, and her dignified
demeanor suddenly became very suggestive. Though she couldn't compare to a
natural fox like MaoQiu, the sudden charm made people unable to remove their
gaze. For example, their server had his eyes practically glued to her.

"So long as I deny it, then, gentleman, do you think they'll believe me or outsiders
like you?" The owner smiled confidently.

This was implying that she was dead set on scamming them.

No matter how dumb You XiaoMo was, he would still be able to tell what was going
on here. This tavern owner who looked pure and dignified was actually very
coquettish, and had her eyes on Ling Xiao. That was why she was making things
difficult for them. You XiaoMo couldn't help but glare at Ling Xiao. He was too
handsome for his own good!

"Tavern owner, I suggest you get rid of that repulsive expression you're wearing, or
else you'll regret it." MaoQiu said this with a smile. It was very rare that she would be
so nice to such an annoying person and issue to them such a warning. She really
was too nice.

"Regret?" The owner looked like she had heard something unbelievable, suddenly
beginning laugh uproariously, her laughter grating. Their server also began to laugh.

The owner stopped laughing abruptly, looking at MaoQiu with a chilling gaze. "That's
the first time someone has ever said something like that to me. How interesting.
That word doesn't exist in my dictionary; the people who will be regretting their
actions are you, not me."

"Just wait; you don't know who you've messed with." The sucker up server, with the
owner to back him up, often acted bigger than he was, arrogant and unafraid.
"Alright then. We'll just wait for you to make us regret. Then, I guess we don't need
to pay anymore," You XiaoMo said as he began to walk out. This was the first time
he had ever dined and dashed, and it was an unpleasant experience.

"Don't even think of leaving!"

Four brutes swarmed inside, blocking the exit.

Against these small fries, You XiaoMo could knock them all off their asses with a
single kick. Right now, he was in a bad mood, and naturally wouldn't show any
mercy.

You XiaoMo raised a foot and took aim at the first brute that charged towards them,
kicking out. The other didn't even have a chance to dodge, his body flying
backwards into the three behind him. The group was immediately bowled over,
screams resounding along with the cracking of bones. He had dealt with all four in
one kick.

The owner's expression chilled, but she didn't panic. "You can't escape. Hei Xiong is
arriving soon. He won't let you go so easily."

"Who's Hei Xiong?" You XiaoMo raised an eyebrow. Seemed like this person was
someone big.

The server who had went to cower behind the owner's back peeked his head out,
saying in a prideful tone, "Hei Xiong is the master of Ziran City. He's the strongest in
the entirety of Ziran City and he's the owner's backer. None of you will be able to
escape."

The owner straightened her back, her lips curling up slightly.

Though Hei Xiong was ugly, he was truly strong, and Hei Xiong liked her. Since she
enjoyed running taverns, Hei Xiong helped her open this one.

She didn't need to send anyone for Hei Xiong to have received the news of what just
occurred. He was almost definitely on his way now.

Ling Xiao stood after finishing his tea. His form was tall and slender, seeming to
shock the two. The owner's eyes seemed to brighten.

"Gentleman, you know that it doesn't have to come to this. So long as you agree to
my terms, I can promise, I won't let Hei Xiong harm your companions." The owner's
eyes were practically glued to Ling Xiao, her arousal clear as day in her expression.
She had never ever seen a man so handsome. Compared to him, Hei Xiong was
like cow shit on the street.

You XiaoMo realized a truth of the world.

Going from being sexual to abstinence was very difficult, but the opposite was all too
easy. You really couldn't judge a book by its cover. He regretted choosing this
tavern.

"Don't even think about it!" You XiaoMo couldn't help but yell. She already had this
Hei Xiong yet she still was trying to find other men. Even if she wasn't being sated,
she couldn't hit on his man. There were many others in Ziran city!.

The owner's expression twisted, glaring at him with almond shaped eyes. "He hasn't
even said anything, what are you cutting in for? Fuck off."

You XiaoMo was enraged. "He's my partner, why can't I cut in? You fuck off, what's
your fucking problem!?"

The owner was surprised.

She had thought that vulpine woman was the one with the man. She hadn't thought
it was the young man. As for homosexuality, it wasn't uncommon in Ziran City, so
there was nothing to be too shocked about.

"Master, please calm down!" MaoQiu comforted him, "This sort of trash that's good
at being a slut isn't worth getting angry at. Don't damage your health by getting
angry at her."

With that, the entire room went silent.

You XiaoMo stared. This was MaoQiu? His impression of MaoQiu was a very
composed beauty. Today was the first time he had heard her curse. He really was
learning something new every day.

MaoQiu didn't seem to have any thoughts about it and continued. "Master, if you're
still wound up about this, I'll teach her a lesson for you. Let's see if she still dares
covet the Boss' beauty."

You XiaoMo's jaw dropped.

MaoQiu assumed that meant he agreed, looking towards the owner with malicious
intent.
The owner had long since gotten so angry that her entire face had twisted. "You
bitch! I dare you to say that again! I'll rip up your mouth!" A feigned purity and dignity
always crumbled quickly. Where was her elegant beauty now?

However, it wasn't hard to guess how her personality had developed into this.

Demon cats had to rely on powerhouses to survive, but since they were all very
good looking, baring alluring beauty no matter male or female, there were always
plenty of elites fighting over them. Like the owner.

The owner was the number one beauty of the demon cat clan. Originally, three elites
were fighting over her, all from Ziran City. In the end, Hei Xiong was the one who
won, so everyone in Ziran City knew that a certain owner of a certain tavern was Hei
Xiong's woman. Hei Xiong really treasured this woman, and gave her everything she
asked for. Thus, no one dared get on her bad side.

With a very powerful man's backing, if the owner couldn't be so confident, then who
could?

MaoQiu's figure flashed, instantly appearing in front of the cat demon, raising her
hand and landing a harsh slap at the other's beautiful face. The sound of the slap
was very loud and clear, hard enough to send the owner's head to the side.

The owner clutched her swollen face, eyes wide as saucers and looking at MaoQiu
in disbelief. She was so enraged, her lips were shaking. "You bitch, how dare you..."

Slap!

She hadn't even finished speaking when MaoQiu slapped her across her other
cheek before slapping her over ten times in succession, left and right, until her face
was swollen like a bun.

The owner collapsed onto the ground, dizzy, clutching her swollen face with both
hands. Her eyes practically spat fire as she glared at MaoQiu, her voice sharp and
grating. "You bitch..."

MaoQiu kicked her.

The owner wasn't able to dodge it, her forehead knocking against the floor and going
red.

MaoQiu laughed lightly. "If you say the word bitch again, I'll tear off your skin. I'm
missing a set of skin, anyways."

The owner was kneeling on the ground, panting. She had never suffered such
humiliation, trembling in anger. Though she wanted to curse and let out her anger a
little, she was afraid the other would really kill her. Her beautiful eyes glared daggers
at MaoQiu.

"What are you looking at? Do you want me to pluck your eyes out, too?" MaoQiu
raised an eyebrow.

The owner didn't dare look at her again.

You XiaoMo watched on in shock. This was a true goddess!

He had really learned something new today. So MaoQiu could be so cool, too!
Against an arrogant woman like the owner, you could only face her with the same
venom.

MaoQiu returned to them, smiling softly.

The server was already dumb with fright. Usually, when people heard Hei Xiong's
name they'd be terrified. Yet these people actually dared to attack the owner. He
didn't dare speak out of turn again either.

"Let's go!" Ling Xiao got up, patting the dust off his robes. He didn't even spare the
owner a look. He might've if she actually had a brain, but she didn't.

You XiaoMo nodded. He didn't want to waste his time on this dumbass woman. It
was better if they just left Ziran City as soon as possible. He immediately had Ling
Xiao wear his silver mask in case his face attracted anymore nutcases.

That was when the door was opened once again.

A heavy-built man with a rather ugly face walked in, easily blocking the door with his
immense form. The man roared as he came in. "Who dares bully Hei Xiong's little
darling?"

"Ahhh..." Seeing her backer finally here, the owner didn't try to repress herself
anymore, beginning to wail, her swollen face twisting.

"My darling, who did this to you?" Seeing the owner on the ground, Hei Xiong's
expression twisted, immediately walking over and helping her up gently, like she
might break, heart aching.
The owner's face was terrifying, glaring poisonously at You XiaoMo and company.
No matter how enraptured she had been with Ling Xiao, by now, there would be
nothing but hate. She would never let go of this hatred.

"Hei Xiong-ge, you have to kill them for me."

Hei Xiong's cold gaze swept over You XiaoMo and company landing on the all-too-
handsome Ling Xiao. Killing intent flashed through his eyes and he said in a icy
tone, "Will you finish yourselves off, or do you want me to do it personally?"
Chapter 532: A Wise Man Acts Accordingly
Translated by Crystal of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
The reply Hei Xiong got was a piercing wind blade, aimed directly at his head. If he
got hit, his whole head would have exploded like a watermelon.
Hei Xiong finally saw who initiated the attack, it was actually the shortest young
man, who was but a grade one rainbow level mage. Someone like that dared to hit
him?
A flash of surprise appeared in Hei Xiong's eyes. He was much stronger than the
young man thus an attack like this wasn't anything, not only that, his original form
was a high leveled bear. With a tough outer skin, sometimes even taking a hit with
his body would do little to no harm to him.
T/n: Hei Xiong literally means Black Bear.
However, what was truly important was that from all those thousands of years he
had been in charge of ZiRan City, it was his first time meeting someone that dared
to attack without a word.
Hei Xiong let out a cold laugh, if that was the case than he needn't hold back.
Hei Xiong raised his arm and that already strong arm suddenly doubled in diameter
and directly went against the soul blade. As if his arms were bouncy, the blade was
reflected off of it.
That should have been the case, but just as the blade bounced off, sparks abruptly
burst from the middle and with a bang, the sparks, as if ignited, spread. In an instant,
Hei Xiong's arm caught on fire...
Instantly, Hei Xiong's expression changed. The fire was spreading fast, his sleeves
had been instantly burned to ashes and the flame climbed onto his arm, as if his skin
was about to be cooked. Crackling sounds of the flames were mixed in with Hei
Xiong's angry cries.
Hei Xiong had no idea that flames would suddenly erupt, by the time he wanted to
extinguish the fire, his arm was almost wasted.
As if the flame had intelligence, it was about to spread across his body. Hei Xiong
braced himself and cleanly cut off his right arm.
Fresh blood erupted but before it could land, it was evaporated by the flames.
After losing an arm, Hei Xiong's expression completely darkened, with waves of pain
hitting him, it was a good thing that it was still tolerable.
Seeing such a bizarre situation, Hei Xiong no longer looked down upon You XiaoMo
and the others.
For him to become the strongest and most powerful practitioner in ZiRan City, he
couldn't be a brainless idiot. As the situation stood, the two of them hadn't made a
move but he had already lost an arm.
Sensing that something was wrong, Hei Xiong grabbed the proprietress, who sat on
the floor completely dumbfounded, and made a run for it.
However, there was someone who wasn't willing to let him go.
Something intangible flashed across Ling Xiao's eyes as his figure suddenly
disappeared.
That day was bound to be an abnormal day in the boisterous ZiRan City.
On the busiest street of ZiRan City, just as everyone was passing and going, all of a
sudden, a boom was heard.
As the crowd raised their heads to look, a black figure was kicked out from the inn
and slammed straight into the opposite building. With that, a five meter wall
collapsed to the ground.
The crowd quickly retreated to safety but once they saw who was kicked out, the
street was filled with gasps and sudden intakes of air.
The most unlikely person to be sent flying in ZiRan City was actually kicked out in
front of their very eyes.
"My god, someone tell me this isn't Hei Xiong DaRen?"
"He's holding someone!"
"Ah, it's the proprietress."
In some sense Hei Xiong was still protecting the proprietress. However, she was
much weaker and with even Hei Xiong himself being kicked flying, there was no way
she was completely fine. Once the crowd got a clear view they could tell that even
she was bleeding all over.
With one hand Hei Xiong grabbed hold of the proprietress and stumbled out of the
rubble. With a sorry figure he looked up venomously.
On the second floor was now a huge hole and standing in front of it was You XiaoMo
and the others. The one who kicked Hei Xiong flying was Ling Xiao. With Hei Xiong's
power at level eleven seven stars, as long as he didn't meet a level twelve
practitioner, he was truly the strongest, but this time it could only end up badly.
Ling Xiao was trying to please his wife, thus even though they didn't have that much
of a grudge against Hei Xiong, he was still going in for the kill.
As Hei Xiong looked up, a fire ball appeared on Ling Xiao's right palm with a puff.
Seeing the fireball, Hei Xiong's expression got worse, he hadn't forgotten that it was
this flame that caused him to cut off his own arm. Although he could use a magic pill
to regenerate it, right now, it was a clear detriment to his power.
Realizing this, Hei Xiong hurriedly shouted, "Hold up!"
But, Ling Xiao wasn't a puppet, stopping when he was told to. Instead, the fireball
became smaller and smaller, turning into something that made Hei Xiong's heart
quicken.
Seeing that a huge fight was about to start and knowing the destructive force of Hei
Xiong, everyone ran away afraid of being affected.
It didn't take long before the street was cleared with only a few figures standing.
The moment Hei Xiong was sent flying, the proprietress was completely
dumbfounded. No matter what, she wouldn't have imagined that she would offend
someone even Hei Xiong couldn't win against. Her luck was truly beyond the gods.
It wasn't until Hei Xiong shouted did she realize what was going on and as if
triggered by something, she let out a piercing shriek as she waved her arm in the air
like a madman. "Ahhhhh, I don't want to die, don't kill me! Don't kill me!" She
shouted with a face of terror.
The demon cat clan were known for treasuring their lives, especially for people like
the proprietress who was known as the number one beauty. She hadn't even
enjoyed her life to the fullest, how could she die here!
"Shut up!" Finally Hei Xiong couldn't take it anymore and shouted at her with
annoyance. He also casually threw her away.
Before the proprietress could complain or shout in pain, she quickly got up and
stumbled to escape.
MaoQiu, who was on the second floor saw this and her lips curled into a devious
smile. Turning towards You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao she said, "Master, Boss, I have
something to attend to, I'll see you outside of the city."
After she finished, she chased after the proprietress.
You XiaoMo's mouth twitched, although the proprietress was getting what she
deserved, but chasing after her even in this situation, clearly MaoQiu was not
someone who let people off the hook.
It looked like he still didn't know enough about his contracted demon beasts. From
now on he was going to let them act freely, since it was not a good idea staying in
the dimension all the time. Although the amount of work he could squeeze out of
them would decrease...
Below, Hei Xiong already felt Ling Xiao's power.
He felt as if he was crushed under a mountain that was high as the sky, giving him
an unbreakable pressure. This kind of feeling he had only felt from 'that' person.
If it wasn't for 'that' person, he wouldn't have been able to take the seat of number
one in ZiRan City.
"I admit that I'm not your honor's opponent, but if your honor wants to kill me, you
should think about it a bit more. If the person behind me knew of my death, he would
definitely not let you off."
Afterall, cultivating a powerful chess piece wasn't easy.
Ling Xiao's movements hesitated and his curious gaze landed on Hei Xiong, "Then
tell me, who is this person?"
Seeing that he was interested, Hei Xiong let out a sigh of relief internally, "I don't
know who that person is, all I know is that he sends someone every month and
today was the day. He is really strong, I can feel it, it's even a bit stronger than your
honor and his followers aren't for show either. Of course, I'm not saying your honor
would lose to that person but clearly you have business to attend to, why give
yourself more trouble?"
At once Ling Xiao stopped talking.
Believing he was scrupulous, Hei Xiong added, "What happened before was my
fault, if I offended you in anyway, I'm willing to apologize and if your honor was just
passing by, then let's not go any further. What do you think?"
By looks alone one wouldn't have been able to tell that Hei Xiong was someone who
was rather adaptable.
Ling Xiao's opinion of him changed slightly, and turned to You XiaoMo to say, "Wife,
what do you think?"
"Then its fine." You XiaoMo's grievance was only towards that proprietress, although
this Hei Xiong's initial attitude was rage inducing too. However, he lowered his head
in front of all of ZiRan City and thinking they wouldn't be happy, he even buttered
them up.
Ling Xiao retracted his fireball, "Since my wife calls the shots, then its fine."
Hei Xiong let out a sigh of relief.
Of course he knew that by lowering his head today, his prestige in ZiRan City would
be affected. But if he didn't, it's very likely that he would be a corpse by now. No
matter how brave he was, he couldn't be fearless in front of death.
Thinking it this far, Hei Xiong suddenly got a magic bag and casually threw it at Ling
Xiao saying, "This is but a little show of my gratitude, if you will please accept it."
Ling Xiao took the magic bag and only handed it to You XiaoMo after going through
it once.
You XiaoMo opened the magic bag to find that it was full of spirit gems. With a rough
estimate, it was around ten million spirit gems, very generous. He didn't think a
demon beast would know to pay them off with money. At this point, all of his
resentment had disappeared and with a wide grin, the little miser was bought by a
bag of spirit gems.
Ling Xiao knew that this was going to happen and didn't say more before the two left
ZiRan City.
It didn't take long for Hei Xiong's expression to darken. By the time he found the
proprietress, she was at her last breath with her once fair features ruined with
scratches. Of course it was the work of MaoQiu.
Demon cats cared deeply about their appearances, for them to lose that was worse
than death!
The proprietress clinged painfully at Hei Xiong's lower hem but the later kicked her
away in disgust and yelled angrily, "Bitch, if you are so thirsty than I'll satisfy you by
letting you serve guys forever."
In despair, the proprietress fell to the ground.
With a cold huff, Hei Xiong was about to leave when behind him came a familiar
voice. It was the voice of the person that 'that' person sent every month for their
arrangement.
"Hei Xiong."
Chapter 533: River Town
Translated by Yan of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
"Hei Xiong, didn't Master say not to reveal his personal affairs, yet you just casually
go and reveal it to a couple strangers. Do you know your crime?"
The newcomer's voice was hoarse and low as if he had been choked. His entire
body was shrouded underneath his black cloak, leaving only a pair of gloomy eyes,
and he was staring expressionlessly at the startled Hei Xiong.
Hei Xiong finally reacted and hastily cupped his hands. He said respectfully, "So it
turned out to be Mister Emissary. If Mister Emissary could impart his judgment, Hei
Xiong does not know much, and those people also have no relation to Master."
The person in black snorted coldly. "I trust that you wouldn't dare. I've come this time
to inform you that there is a secret assignment for you."
"Please tell me, Mister Emissary."
"Xing Qi's mission failed, and ZiRan City is an unavoidable location on the way to
Living Waters River Boundary. Therefore, from now on you must strictly guard the
city gates, and you cannot let any of the people from the Tortoise Clan through,” the
person in black said darkly.
Hei Xiong hesitated for a second. "But if we allow people to know that we are
hunting the Tortoise Clan's people, won't we offend the Psychic Black Turtles?"
Although ZiRan City wasn't a part of the Psychic Black Turtle's territory, it was
situated in the north just like the Psychic Black Turtle. If they became angry because
of this, he most likely would have no way to continue lording over ZiRan City.
"I'm not telling you to hunt the Tortoise Clan's people in broad daylight. As long as
you find the people who look like Mo Jing and deal with them secretly, that will
suffice."
"Hei Xiong understands." After finishing, Hei Xiong was just preparing to walk away
when he suddenly saw that the person in black had no intention of leaving yet. He
couldn't help but pause. "Does Mister Shi Zhe have some other important matters?"
The person in black said, "Who was the man that defeated you not long ago?"
Hei Xiong was extremely surprised that he would ask about this. He answered
honestly, "Hei Xiong did not recognize him, but he should be a level twelve expert."
The person in black glanced at his missing arm. "Is your arm his doing?"
"Correct. If it weren't for the fact that I removed my arm in time, I'm afraid that right
now it wouldn't just be my arm." Thinking of this, Hei Xiong couldn't help but laugh
bitterly. The level twelve expert was indeed on another unreachable level from him,
and their levels in strength differed just as much.
"Tell me what happened at the time," the person in black said lowly. It was a little
abnormal for a level twelve expert to appear for no reason. He thought of the man
Xing Qi had talked about who had torn off his arm. They both lost a hand, so could it
be that the two of them were connected somehow?
Hei Xiong didn't understand why he was so curious about this matter, but he still
repeated exactly what had happened without leaving anything out.
"A master of fire, a level twelve expert?" A light bulb suddenly went off in the person
in black's head, and he suddenly raised his head. "Could it be that man?"
"Which one?" Hei Xiong hadn't imagined that he would actually associate him with
somebody.
The person in black also hadn't thought that he would receive such great news
today; it was truly the heavens helping him. Hearing Hei Xiong's uncertainty, he
explained, "You've probably heard of this man before. If my guess is correct, he is
most likely the number one rank on the Ten Divine Gods Ranking, Ling Mo, who
defeated You AnTai and the old Eagle. There's a lot of chaos going on outside right
now, so even if you haven't heard of him, if you ask around just a bit you'll know."
Hei Xiong was startled. Of course he'd heard of this person. "But isn't he a peak
seven-star level eleven expert? How did he change into a level twelve expert?"
"I'm not sure, but I must quickly notify Master of this. Also, think of a way to send
someone to go follow them. We have to know their whereabouts, and we'll make a
final decision after I hear back from Master."
Hei Xiong could only swallow his arguments. "Yes sir!"
After the person in black left, Hei Xiong stood in his original position with an
unreadable expression.
Telling him to send his men to go tail a level twelve expert? Wasn’t it the same as
telling him to send his men off to die? This kind of thing was nice to say, but the
problem was that there was absolutely no way to implement it.
Hei Xiong thought for half a day before finally deciding to dispatch a few relatively
weak men. If they died, then it wouldn't be too tragic.
At the same time, two hours had just passed.
You XiaoMo's contracted beasts appeared outside the city gates punctually. A big
crowd of people was still pretty eye-catching, and the guards outside of the city
gates glanced over multiple times.
MaoQiu gave a lively retelling of what happened outside of the inn, including how
she punished the proprietress and how she disfigured her.
There were some people who were disfigured who could use magic pills to recover,
but there were also some that couldn't.
Although they were both women, this time MaoQiu had delivered a killing blow.
There was no way for an ordinary magic pill to restore her looks, and this was
something MaoQiu had calculated.
Hei Xiong was an intelligent person. The proprietress had caused him to make a fool
out of himself in front of everyone, and she had also forced him to pay a large sum
of Spirit Gems. Nobody would have feelings of affection after seeing the disfigured
proprietress, so the downfall of the proprietress would most likely be extremely
tragic. She would probably have to wait a long time to get a magic pill that could
restore her looks.
Seeing MaoQiu's haughty smile, everyone shivered.
There was indeed some truth behind the saying 'I would rather offend an ordinary
man than offend a woman.'
At that moment, they didn't know that it was already becoming extremely rowdy
outside, and that You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao were actually the center of attention.
After the Vermillion Blood Clan confirmed that Ling Xiao wasn't from the Qilin Clan,
they decided to capture You XiaoMo and take him back. Therefore, they specially
sent people to the XiaoYao Institution, but they then learned that they weren't there
and that nobody knew where the two of them had gone.
Although the matter was still unfinished, it had already spread around.
In order for the Vermillion Blood Clan to justify capturing You XiaoMo, they accused
him of stealing. Furthermore, because his surname was You, this counted as the
Vermillion Blood Clan's 'family business,' so outsiders had to withdraw.
You XiaoMo didn't know about any of this, and right now, he was already rushing
towards Living Waters River Boundary.
The Living Waters River Boundary was a winding river. The river swept towards the
north part of Xi Jing, and the river water surged and raged. Although it was called a
'river,' it was as wide as the sea.
Besides the Psychic Black Turtles who lived inside the Living Waters River
Boundary all year round, there was also all sorts of aquatic demon beasts which
depended on the Psychic Black Turtles.
After You XiaoMo left ZiRan City, they traveled for an entire day before finally
arriving on the afternoon of the second day at River Town, which was also a port
town at the Living Waters River Boundary.
River Town wasn't very developed. There were ordinary humans and also small
demon beasts who basically all kept out of each other's affairs. They were separated
to the east and west; the humans lived in the east, and the small demon beasts lived
in the west. Furthermore, they were all creatures that lived in water.
In the middle of the east and west territories was Peace Street.
Peace Street was River Town's most rowdy area. No matter if it was a human or a
demon beast, they could all do business on Peace Street. They weren't allowed to
cause trouble, or else their offence would be recorded, and they could even possibly
be chased out of River Town.
The end of Peace Street just happened to be Living Waters River Boundary's port.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, a crowd of strangers suddenly appeared at the port,
attracting the attention of the port's residents. River Town was always a little wary of
outsiders, and usually they wouldn't make conversation with outsiders on their own
accord.
This crowd of strangers was You XiaoMo and the rest.
You XiaoMo looked at the ships in the port. They were all very simple and crude
small boats, and even the ones that were slightly bigger could only fit three or four
people. Furthermore, it was very likely that they would be washed away if they
encountered a big wave.
"It looks like we can't all go at once." You XiaoMo said awkwardly.
"Then just let them stay at River Town." Ling Xiao walked alongside the ships in the
port. Several dozen small boats were anchored in the port, and they were all about
the same, big or small.
You XiaoMo thought a bit before he turned around and said to PiQiu and the rest,
"Then you guys can just stay at River Town. The two of us can go find the Psychic
Black Turtles."
"Master, I want to go with you two." PiQiu pouted and looked at him eagerly.
Although his outer appearance had matured, his personality was still the same as
before.
The corner of You XiaoMo's mouth twitched. He had to get used to the adult PiQiu,
and he soon said seriously, "No, you guys also saw how the small boats can only fit
two or three people. Also, even if you guys go, you won't be much use. More people
will only be a hindrance. If you guys stay here, you can ask around River Town, and
if you hear anything about the Psychic Black Turtle you can notify us."
"PiQiu must be an obedient child!" MaoQiu walked to PiQiu's side, smiling, and she
patted his head.
PiQiu's shoulders shrunk and he looked at her, a little scared. He had just heard
about MaoQiu's savage accomplishment, and he was a little afraid of her when she
revealed a smile. "I will be obedient."
"Then you guys can head back first." You XiaoMo instantly drove them away, since
having a crowd of people follow them made it easy to attract other people's
attention. It wasn't good to be too obvious either.
MaoQiu instantly dragged the unwilling PiQiu away, and the other people followed
on their own.
River Town had an inn. It wasn't very big, but it was River Town's only inn. This was
something they had known before they arrived, since Tian Dao had told You XiaoMo
about River Town, saying that this was the place that the Psychic Black Turtle was
most likely to appear.
After they left, You XiaoMo ran to Ling Xiao's side. It was indeed better when it was
just the two of them, free and unrestrained, and the atmosphere became much
fresher.
"Which boat should we take out to sea?"
"We first have to ask someone. We still don't know if River Town's fishermen would
be willing to lend us a boat." Ling Xiao had already noticed how the port's fishermen
didn't want to have anything to do with them. It seemed that things wouldn't go as
they wished, since their main objective wasn't actually a small boat but to ask the
fishermen about the Psychic Black Turtles.
"Okay!"
Chapter 534: The Old Man and Going Out to Sea
Translated by Kollumceti of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Tian Dao had mentioned that a fishermen in River Town had contact with the
Psychic Black Turtles and even visited their territory before. But no one knew who
that fisherman was, so they had to find him by themselves.

There were several fishermen in the harbor, some of whom had just returned from
the sea and were unloading the cargo from their ship. Within the cargo were things
like fresh shrimp and fish from the sea, low-ranking demon beasts were not
included. The boat owners were young and fit men. There was only a skinny old
man around sixty years old currently anchoring a boat to the shore.

The two walked up to the old man.

You XiaoMo looked at the old man. The old man had obviously caught sight of them
but did not pay them any attention.

You XiaoMo was deliberating on how to to start a conversation when the old man
spoke.

"If you want to borrow a boat to go to sea, forget about it. The people from River
Town will not lend boats to outsiders like you." The old man indifferently stated
without raising his head.

"We don't want to borrow a boat, instead we want to charter a boat." You XiaoMo
thought that the old man were worried that they would not pay.

The old man finally looked up. With a satirical smile on his wrinkled face, he
indifferently gave them a once over, "Chartering is not possible either."

"Why is this so?" You XiaoMo asked in surprise.

The old man looked at them in clear understanding, "I'm afraid that your request to
charter a boat is just an excuse. Your purpose is to inquire about the Psychic Black
Turtles, isn't it?"

You XiaoMo asked in astonishment upon seeing his self-assured demeanor, "Why
do you say so?"

"You are not the first batch." The old man impatiently replied, "Every year there are
many outsiders who want to go out to the sea to look for the Psychic Black Turtles.
However, many who go out to sea never come back. Once in a while, one or two
would be lucky enough to return alive."

You XiaoMo had assumed the old man had seen through their purpose of looking for
the Psychic Black Turtles. He suddenly saw the light after listening to the old man
and asked, "Then did they find the Psychic Black Turtles?"

"Do you think it's so easy to find Psychic Black Turtles?" The old man answered with
a rhetorical question and his tone even had a hint of ridicule towards those people
who overestimated their capabilities. In their minds of these fishermen, the Psychic
Black Turtle was their ancestor who blessed them and was akin to a sacred and
inviolable saint.

"Then why were they looking for the Psychic Black Turtles?" Contrary to
expectations, You XiaoMo did not mind the contempt in his words as he asked in
interest.

"They were just greedy people!" The old man snort disdainfully.

You XiaoMo nodded his head as if he understood.

The old man saw that his attitude was not as rude and unreasonable as those
people he had met before, and his features eased slightly as he warned, "This
should be the first time you're going out to sea ba. The Living Waters River
Boundary is different from the other areas in the sea, and the danger in the River
Boundary is incomparable to those areas. The Tortoise Clans are not the only ones
living inside and you can lose your life if you are not careful."

You XiaoMo found that his attitude softened. His eyes roved around and he
immediately struck while the iron was hot, "Elder, in actual fact, our purpose for
heading out to sea is a little different from those people you've mentioned before. It's
like this, we have a friend who was seriously injured and he cannot move about now.
So he asked us to help him inform his clan members. He said his the people from
his clan live in the Living Waters River Boundary."

The old man looked at him in suspicion appearing as if he wanted to determine

whether he had lied or not.

You XiaoMo smiled at him.

The old man's gaze shifted to the expressionless Ling Xiao.

You XiaoMo hurriedly pulled on Ling Xiao's arm, hinting for him to show some
expression.

Ling Xiao touched his nose. "Elder, I'll tell you the truth. Our friend is a member of
the Mystic Tortoise Clan. He was being hunted down by others and asked us to find
the Psychic Black Turtles. I'm afraid that his life would be in danger if we do not tell
them of this as soon as possible."

The old man was shocked.

You XiaoMo was also shocked too. He did not expect Ling Xiao to speak of these
events.

"Is this true?" A hint of anxiety flashed across the old man's face.

Ling Xiao glanced at You XiaoMo. The latter immediately understood the glance. He
took out the card that Mo Jing gave to them and passed it to the old man,
disregarding whether the old man could understand it or not, "This is something from
the Mystic Tortoise Clan. I do not know if you recognize it or not."

The old man took the card and a glint a flash through his eyes. Five seconds later,
he returned it to them and hesitatingly declared, "I don't recognize this thing. But it
doesn't seem like you're lying, so I'll believe in you this time."

You XiaoMo rejoiced, "That's great! Can you lend the boat to us now?"

The old man shook his head, "The boats from River Town are only able to sail near
the harbor. It's impossible to go out to sea in these boats and it won't take long for
the waves to overturn them."

"So what do we do?"

"You're in luck. There are two big merchant ships are heading towards Whale Island
this evening. You can go out with them and ask someone about buying or borrowing
a boat when you reach Whale Island. The boats from Whale Island are much
stronger than those from River Town." The old man finally relented.

"Thank you very much, Elder. Then we'll come again in the evening." You XiaoMo
joyfully expressed his thanks, and with that, the two left.

The old man looked at the figures of the two leaving. It was only until he could not
see them that he got up in a hurry and anxiously walked in another direction.
After leaving the harbor, You XiaoMo who could not hide his worries and
immediately asked, "Ling Xiao, why did you tell that old man the truth? It might
cause us trouble if he leaked it out."

"That old man is not an ordinary person." Ling Xiao explained.

You XiaoMo was astonished, "How did you know?"

Ling Xiao, "I guessed."

You XiaoMo, "..." You're making fun of me.

Ling Xiao was right. It was truly a conjecture in the beginning, but after seeing the
old man's reaction, he became sure that the old man was not just an ordinary
fisherman. According to his guess, the old man was probably a scout sent by the
Psychic Black Turtles.

The reason why the old man did not reveal his identity immediately after hearing
their words was probably because he did not entirely believe what they said. It was
possible he had offered to arrange a merchant ship on his own initiative to test them.
It was better to follow his advice rather than blindly searching for it themselves
regardless of whether the old man was a scout of the Psychic Black Turtle.

In the evening, two people appeared punctually at the harbor.

There were only two rows of small fishing boats in the harbor during the day. At
night, there was an addition of two large merchant ships anchored to the shore and
they were almost several dozen times bigger than the small fishing boats.

The harbor started becoming lively as a group of people moved the cargo from place
to place.

The two men walked to the harbor. The old man they had met during the day was
there too. He was directing a group of fishermen carrying cargo and it seemed that
his status in River Town was quite high.

The old man didn't notice them until two people approached, "Please wait a minute."

You XiaoMo looked at the cargo they loaded on the boat with curiosity. They were
common items seen on land, such as spices, rouge and other daily necessities. He
was astonished. The client of these merchant ships were demon beasts. Did this
mean that demon beasts liked these things too?
Ling Xiao saw his doubts, "Demon beasts have always been living in the water or on
an island. Naturally, they rarely see these kind of things that humans use, so it's
normal that they will be interested in them."

The fishermen in River Town do not depend on fishing to make a living although
they frequently go out to sea. These two merchant ships were their true livelihood
security. The ships would go out to sea once a month at a fixed time, which could
sometimes be in the morning or at noon, depending on the situation at sea. That
was the reason why the old man said that You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao were lucky, as
they would have to wait for another month if they missed this trip today.

It was already past seven o'clock in the evening when cargo for the two merchant
ships were loaded up.

The old man wiped the sweat from his forehead before walking up to You XiaoMo
and Ling Xiao, "There's one more thing I must tell you. Maritime business is not
smooth sailing. Besides things like storms and inverse ocean currents, there are
also pirates. They often run amuck and loot merchant ships, so I hope that you two
can help to take care of one or two when they come."

"Isn't the Living Waters River Boundary the territory of the Psychic Black Turtles?
How can there be pirates?" You XiaoMo asked incredulously.

The old man replied, "That may be that case but there are always some thieves who
take chances to commit crimes. Although we are protected by the Black Turtle Clan,
it's not possible for them to protect us day and night."

That's reasonable!

"We won't sit idly by if we really encounter pirates." You XiaoMo promised.

The old man nodded in satisfaction and immediately let them aboard.

Though the merchant ships were not like those gorgeous luxury ships, it was very
sturdy and stable. The villagers from River Town had spent a lot of energy to build
these two ships and the ships were still well-maintained six years later.

In addition to sailors who loaded the cargo, the merchant ship was also carrying
several outsiders who wanted to go out to sea too. They all seemed quite strong,
and the old man had arranged for all of them to stay in the hold of the ship.

You XiaoMo finally knew why the merchant ships from the River Town would go out
to sea once every month even when they knew that there were pirates out there. It
turned out that they would choose some outsiders who wanted to go out to sea to
serve as bodyguards on the trip.

You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao were staying in one room together. The others all had a
room to themselves.

The room was small, with only one bed and nothing else. There were no tables,
cabinets, and it was also without cups for drinking water.

You XiaoMo climbed onto the bed and lay down but soon got up again. The bed was
really hard. To think that they were so miserly that they did not even provide one
quilt.

"They're really too stingy!" You XiaoMo bitterly complained.

Ling Xiao responded to him in ridicule, "Do you think everyone needs to be covered
by a quilt to sleep at night like you do? It's not like those abroad are extremely
delicate humans and this bed is not for sleeping."

The outsiders who dared to go out to sea were usually practitioners or mages. So
they did not need to sleep at night and the bed was just them to meditate on.

You XiaoMo guiltily shifted his line of sight away.

The two merchant ships began to sail out to sea once it was time. It was as if they
on flat ground in the beginning, but when the merchant ships left the area where the
fishermen usually fished in, the sea suddenly surged and the hull rocked slightly.

You XiaoMo could feel the ship rocking while in the hold. It was no wonder the old
man did not let them go to sea by boat if they could even feel the waves in a
merchant ship. The old man was afraid that the boat would disintegrate as soon as
they arrived at this area of the sea.

The old man told them of a few matters to pay attention to before they boarded the
boat.

The merchant ship would to provide them with a room to live in, but it would not
provide any food. So they could chose not to eat, to prepare food themselves, or to
pay for food. At that time, the chef would cook for them.

It usually took about ten days to get from River Town to Whale Island. They would
be able to get there in less than five days if they happened to encounter favorable
ocean currents. The people of River Town had clearly calculated the time it would
take for the journey this time.

You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao walked out from the hold of the ship. The sea was pitch
black. It was dark and extremely quiet all around except for the light shining from the
merchant ship.

The sailors had not rested and were still at their posts staring solemnly at the sea.
They only began to move when the captain gave orders. The hull began to move
slowly to the right. Ten seconds later, the speed of the boat's advance had evidently
increased a lot.

You XiaoMo only felt the boat swaying for a moment. Immediately after, the two
merchant ships rapidly shot forward as if they had been equipped with motors. He
could not help crying out in surprise.

It was not that he had never traveled by ship in his last life before. During winter and
summer holidays, You Bo liked to snatch You Lu and him to go sightseeing together.
But the oil tankers from that time were completely different from these ships which
depended entirely on manpower. He had never seen a boat that took advantage of
sea currents to sail before.

"They are sailors who have been through numerous violent storms and waves and
are very clear about the sea state in this area. We will soon reach Whale Island,
unless there are man-made factors." Ling Xiao explained.

"But it'll still take several days to get there."

You XiaoMo leaned on the railing and was overcome with boredom as he looked at
the sparkling and crystal-clear sea.

If they flew there, it would take less than five days with their speed. The only regret
was that they did not know where the Whale Island was and they still had to depend
on the old man to help them find the Psychic Black Turtle Clan. The treacherous sea
was not within their scope of consideration at all.
Chapter 535: Cooking
Translated by Jouissance of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
The two remained on the deck to admire the view for the entire night, and were also
buffeted by the cold wind the entire time. The sky was just brightening when Ling
Xiao finally dragged You XiaoMo back to the cabin. Even if he had never seen this
world's ocean at night, he still shouldn't behave so foolishly; it would pull his IQ down
further.
At noon, the sunlight became harsh.
You XiaoMo left the cabin to get some air. It was lunchtime; though he had food in
his pocket dimension, but he had gotten sick of always eating those things.
You XiaoMo found a crew member and asked after the location of the kitchen. On
his way over, he thought of what he would make, having decided to cook it himself.
Speaking of culinary ability, it was something he had taught himself from when he
was young.
Since they rarely seemed to care about him, the young You XiaoMo wanted to do
something to attract the attention of his parents. He wasn't very smart back then, so
he chose to cook, and definitely regretted it afterwards, because he didn't get his
parents' attention, but instead You Lu and You Bai. From then on, he lived a
miserable life.
Whenever he was free, You Lu and You Bai would make him cook for them. They
were especially picky eaters and forced his culinary skills to improve to more or less
the level of a five star chef.
But since he came to this world, he found that he hadn't ever cooked Ling Xiao a
meal before.
You XiaoMo thought over it and decided to cook something while he had the tools
necessary, so that he wouldn’t commit the same failure like his first time cooking
Thousand Spirit Earth Sheep.
There was only one chef in the kitchen, called Wan, and his assistant. He was in
charge of cooking meals for the sailors and captain of the merchant ship. With
twenty to thirty people, he cooked in massive pots.
By eleven o'clock, lunch had been made already. So the kitchen was empty.
However, Chef Wan and his assistant were eating at the door of the kitchen. They
always ate separately from the crew.
"Chef Wan, can I borrow the kitchen?" You XiaoMo walked in front of Chef Wan and
gave him a few spirit gems.
With the five spirit gems, Chef Wan nodded. They were normal humans, and five
spirit gems was enough to purchase everything in the kitchen. This was the first time
he had ever met a practitioner that cooked.
You XiaoMo entered the kitchen and looked around at what ingredients were
present.
The crew weren't vegetarians and their work required a lot of energy, so the
ingredients consisted of primarily meat. There were even a few live chickens and
ducks in the cages on the ground.
Rather some contemplation, You XiaoMo eventually decided to make three meat
dishes and two vegetarian dishes, as well as a soul and dessert.
Killing live chickens was something he had done before as an ordinary human, so
the first dish was spicy and sour chicken. This dish tasted fresh and salty, while the
sourness and spice melted in your mouth. It was definitely suitable for Ling Xiao who
preferred meat. The only thing was that he didn't know if his lack of practice these
few years had caused his culinary skills to regress or not.
He bustled around the kitchen, not noticing that the Chef Wan and his assistant
outside had been lured in by the aroma. Watching You XiaoMo cooking with
practiced swiftness, the two looked at each other.
Six dishes and the dessert took You XiaoMo a mere hour to finish. And he had done
this by himself. The kitchen was already filled with a mouthwatering aroma.
Chef Wan and his assistant were already drooling all over the place.
Observing the finished product, You XiaoMo sighed in relief. His skills hadn't
deteriorated; his blades had not dulled. However, it would be a little troublesome to
take all the dishes back himself.
That was when You XiaoMo noticed Chef Wan and his assistant. Seeing them
staring directly at his food, he had an idea.
"Master Wan, can you help us bring the food to the room? In return, I'll let you have
some of what I just made; how does that sound?"
"No problem!" Chef Wan's assistant wiped his drool away. He had noticed that there
were leftovers in You XiaoMo's pot. Even if the other didn't suggest it, he would've
still taken the initiative to help.
Before leaving the kitchen, the assistant hid the leftovers You XiaoMo made to
prevent others from eating everything while they were delivering the dishes. That
would be terrible.
Then, the two carried three dishes each towards the cabin at a swift pace.
You XiaoMo was a little slower, washing the grease from his hands and face before
leaving with the dessert and cutlery. Just as he arrived at the cabin, three people
walked out, heading in the opposite direction. These people were also outsiders like
him.
You XiaoMo glanced at them briefly, calmly walking past them.
Chef Wan and his assistant just happened to be coming back from the room and
greeted him in a hurry before heading back to the kitchen.
You XiaoMo pushed open the door and walked inside. Ling Xiao was looking at the
dishes on the bed strangely. They had to be put on the bed since there was no
table.
"You made this?" Ling Xiao asked.
You XiaoMo proudly lifted his chin. "Of course I made it, who else did you think it
was?"
Ling Xiao glanced up at him. "I thought it was that chef."
You XiaoMo set down the dessert and tableware, shoving a pair of chopsticks into
his hand. He said, "The food that Chef Wan cooks is nowhere near as good as mine.
I made everything. They were drooling over it. If you don't believe it, then try some."
Ling Xiao's chopsticks went towards the spicy and sour chicken without shame.
Though the ingredients were very normal, it had a mouthwatering scent, something
that was just his taste.
"How is it?" You XiaoMo stared at him with bright eyes.
Ling Xiao said, "Finally, you at least have something going for you; my hope was not
in vain."
You XiaoMo, “…”
Should I thank you for having hope for me?
Though he showed no mercy in his words, the dishes were quickly picked clean by
Ling Xiao. This time, Ling Xiao ate even more than he did, his actions providing You
XiaoMo with some comfort at last.
"In the future, dinner is on you." The stated Ling Xiao suddenly said this as You
XiaoMo was about to walk out, plates in hand.
You XiaoMo looked back at him and said, proudly, "That depends on my mood."
Then he strutted out like a peacock.
Ling Xiao gazed after him as he left, a smile curling on his lips. How vindictive!
You XiaoMo only just walked into the kitchen when he saw Chef Wan and his
assistant staring at a pot with dejection written all over their faces.
It was the pot the assistant had hidden.
"What happened with you?" You XiaoMo asked in passing.
The little assistant sighed and complained, "I deliberately hid the food. I didn't expect
it to still be eaten by others. They sure are annoying, eating what belongs to others
without their consent." Although the other party gave them a spirit gem in
compensation, but who cared about that? Those arrogant bastards.
"Alright, that's enough." Chef Wan stopped his complaints, not wanting to be
overheard by that group. They were only normal people, after all.
The assistant grimaced.
You XiaoMo didn't pursue it, setting the tableware down before leaving.
He wasn't a saint; he couldn't go and teach those guys a lesson just because they
ate someone else's food, and those people had compensated the two for it with a
spirit gem.
The assistant knew that it was impossible, too. He was just complaining.
Returning to the room, You XiaoMo originally wanted to take advantage of this time
at sea to practice making a first grade rainbow pill. A few days ago, he had traded
some magic herbs with Tian Xiu, and now he had two more ingredients for a pill. But
at the thought of what a rainbow pill's creation would bring with it, he gave up on this
idea. The sea was a dangerous place, and if he lured in a disaster, the ship might
capsize. That would be terrible.
Seeing him so conflicted, Ling Xiao said, "How about we cultivate?"
"Seems like that's all we can do." Due to his recent breakthrough, he wasn't
expecting another any time soon. But he hadn't had time to stabilize his power yet
after the breakthrough.
You XiaoMo walked to the side of the bed. Seeing how Ling Xiao had taken up two
thirds of the space, he said, "Move over a little, give me some space."
Ling Xiao suddenly pulled him into his arms, "What space. Just sit here."
With his fleshy butt against the other man's leg, You XiaoMo immediately realized
what kind of cultivation Ling Xiao was talking about. He hadn't picked up Ling Xiao's
train of thought, thinking that the other was referring to meditation.
You XiaoMo quickly stood up, but was pulled back again. He turned and smiled
foolishly at the other man, "It's the middle of the day, and we're in someone else's
bed, don't mess around. Don't you want to eat my food tonight? It'll be delayed."
Ling Xiao frowned and thought for second before saying with lament, "That's true. I
guess I have no choice... but to forgo dinner. It isn't like anything will happen if I miss
a meal, no?"
At the end, he gave You XiaoMo a smile.
You XiaoMo, "..." No, my ass!
In the end, of course, he was unable to escape. Fortunately, Ling Xiao just pulled off
his underwear and did it once. At first, he thought that Ling Xiao just wanted to
sedate his lust, but when he felt the colors in his sea of consciousness begin to spin,
he found that Ling Xiao really did want to cultivate with him ... As if. He dared to bet
that cultivation was only second to the primary motive: lust.
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Ra: Once again the wife has won over the husband through the stomach route >_>
Chapter 536: Kitchen Chaos
Translated by Crystal of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
By dinner, Chef Wan and his assistant's hope for You XiaoMo to borrow their kitchen
was crushed. It wasn't that he couldn't get out of bed, it was that after being messed
around by Ling Xiao, he was no longer in the mood of cooking.
On the second morning, he made himself a meat congee, and because he made too
much, Chef Wan and his assistant finally got what they wished for; his food.
It was lunch when You XiaoMo went, once again, to the kitchen. He was greeted
there with puppy eyes from Chef Wan and his assistant.
People of the River Town were not very picky about their food, as long as it was
filling, it was enough for them. Chef Wan was a chef from River Town and made
food for a large group of people all year round, in a huge pot nonetheless.
Therefore, his dishes couldn't be elaborate and good at the same time.
Thus, Chef Wan's cooking skill was at most what one would see on the tables of a
normal household. As for the Spicy Sour Chicken they ate yesterday, he hadn't even
heard of it before, much less tasted it.
The two volunteered to be You XiaoMo's assistants, and this time, they didn't even
ask for money, all they wanted was for You XiaoMo to save some food for them.
You XiaoMo agreed without much thought.
Cooking by himself would take quite a while, like the day before, he had to kill the
chicken and wash the vegetables while paying attention to the stuff cooking in the
pot, he almost couldn't do it. Thus, having someone help would reduce the time by
at least a third.
You XiaoMo told the two to each kill two chickens. The chicken was still used for it's
thighs to make Spicy Sour Chicken Cubes. Since Ling Xiao liked this meat dish, he
specifically asked him to make it.
The second meat dish he was making was Crispy sesame duck, in comparison, it
was more visually appealing. Not only was it crispy but also tender, the texture was
top notch.
He had ready told Chef Wan to prepare for this dish beforehand when he came in
the morning. For two hours a cleaned duck was marinated in wine, table salt, sugar,
pepper, garlic and ginger.
When You XiaoMo arrived, they just had to take it out and steam it.
This time he made a little more of everything, since after his and Ling Xiao's share,
all of it was going to Chef Wan and his little assistant.
Although there were more dishes, the time it took was a little less than yesterday,
when he was by himself.
This time, the little assistant helped You XiaoMo carry the food back to their room,
leaving Chef Wan to look after the kitchen. If something like what happened the day
before occurred again, they were really going to cry themselves to sleep.
After the little assistant brought the food to You XiaoMo's room, he hurried back,
even forgetting to close the door behind him. You XiaoMo had close up after him.
It wasn't long before the door was closed that the door beside them opened.
A man walked out, it was the one of the three guys that brushed past You XiaoMo at
noon the day before. He wiggled his nose and looked suspiciously at You XiaoMo's
room.
Right at this moment, someone walked out from another room and that someone
was the other man's comrade, Wang Hua. His nose caught the lingering scent of
food in the air and couldn't help but exclaim, "Something smells really good! If I
recall, the food we ate yesterday afternoon also had this smell."
"Right, I remember it too. I didn't think something made by a common folk would
taste so good." Yang Ding nodded in agreement. His hunger was also triggered by
such delicious smell. The portion from the day before was way too small for it to be
filling, but even then it was enough for them to remember it.
"How about we call that Chef to make us a meal?" Wang Hua suggested.
"That's a great suggestion, lets call Zhao Er too."
Zhao Er also smelled it from his room. Hearing that they were going to find the chef,
he joined in instantly. But they arrived a bit late so by the time they arrived, Chef
Wan and his assistant had already finished everything.
No one would mind more good food, only that they were too late to the party.
Chef Wan and his little assistant were almost fighting for the food. All Wang Hua and
the others did was talk a little before Chef Wan was finished eating and started to
clean up.
The kitchen still had the lingering smell of delicious food.
The few dishes that You XiaoMo made were all strong in flavor thus the smell
dissipated slower too.
"Hey, make us a full course." Yang Ding threw a spirit gem at Chef Wan with a look
of disdain. Against normal people, they were used to feeling superior and talked with
orders instead.
After taking a look, Chef Wan recognized them from the day before. He wasn't
surprised at their attitude since he had seen many practitioners like them, those who
believe that by having cultivated, they were superior to common folks. To put it
simply, they think way too highly of themselves.
Chef Wan told them to wait outside for a bit before cooking with his little assistant in
the kitchen.
Chef Wan guessed that they may like meat dishes and thus made five meat dishes
with three vegetable dishes. After having a table full of food, he then called the three
in to eat.
The three could smell the sour and spicy aroma coming from the food, similar to the
one before.
What they didn't know was that Chef Wan learned it from You XiaoMo.
By helping out You XiaoMo, Chef Wan learned about twenty percent of the dish,
thus he tried making them. The end result wasn't comparable to what You XiaoMo
made but was still satisfactory by his standards.
What he didn't expect was that, just as they left the kitchen, an angry voice came
from within. The two looked at each other quizzically.
Yang Ding threw his chopsticks onto the ground and coincidentally it landed right by
Chef Wan and his little assistant's feet. He let out a cold snort and said with
displeasure to Chef Wan, "What kind of food is this, how is it so disgusting?"
Both of his friends, Wang Hua and Zhao Er, looked dissatisfied too, since the taste
of the food was different from what they had expected. The Spicy Sour Chicken
Cubes, which Chef Wan learned from You XiaoMo where thrown on the ground and
the chicken smashed against the oven. The other dishes had been touched too, but
clearly disliked by their tasters.
Seeing their dislike towards his food, Chef Wan was angry but he couldn't show it,
since he couldn't afford to offend them. Swallowing his anger, he explained,
"Practitioners, this is the flavor of my dishes."
"I think you're just displeased with us and trying to fool us, aren't you?"
Zhao Er's expression darkened and from his body erupted a formidable force. But
raising his hand against a commoner, if the word spread, he would be looked down
upon by all practitioners.
Both Chef Wan and his little assistant fell onto the floor, weak and drenched in
sweat, as their face turned pale white.
"Mis-mister practitioners , I'm not playing any tricks on you I swear, this is what my
food tastes like." Chef Wan stuttered out in explanation.
Yang Ding squinted his eyes, he didn't think a commoner would dare lie to him and
asked, "Then you tell me, why does this food taste different from yesterday's?"
They had not suspected that the food from yesterday was made by You XiaoMo.
For one, practitioners rarely cooked, they would have never guessed that You
XiaoMo would have the appetite to make his own food. Secondly, they had seen
Chef Wan bring the food to You XiaoMo's room and the last being that Spicy Sour
Chicken Cubes.
The plate the day before was relatively small and couldn't fit everything, so they ate
the rest.
Chef Wan was dumbfounded, he finally understood. They were comparing his food
with You XiaoMo's, no wonder they would reject his, it wasn't even comparable. Now
that was just an unjust treatment.
"Mister practitioner, the food from yesterday wasn't made by me."
"If it wasn't you, then who?" Yang Ding squinted his brows as he only believed a
faction of what he said. The reason being that on this merchant ship, only he was a
chef, if it wasn't him then who?
Just as Chef Wan was about to respond, a silhouette appeared by the door.
The one who came was You XiaoMo, who carried his finished plates and chopsticks.
Coincedently he saw this scene and a look of surprise flashed across his face.
As if he saw his savior, Chef Wan pointed to him and said, "It's this young man, the
food was made by this young man."
You XiaoMo looked to the chicken cubes by the oven and the unfinished food on the
table, combining that with what Chef Wan said, the situation began to take form. By
the looks of it, these three were the ones that the little assistant was talking about
the day before?
Yang Ding looked suspiciously at You XiaoMo. Looking back, he they did see this
boy carrying a tray of pastries back to his room and the two times they smelled
something nice also came from his room. Therefore what Chef Wan said may very
well be the case.
"Hey, you, the food you ate, you made them?" Yang Ding said unwelcomingly as he
looked at You XiaoMo from head to toe. They couldn't tell You XiaoMo's level but
with the knowledge they had, they already placed You XiaoMo into the 'non-
threatening' category.
You XiaoMo only bothered to answer him after he dropped the plates in the sink, "Is
there a problem?"
Yang Ding got out two spirit gems and threw them on the table. With arrogance he
said, "Make us something good and the two spirit gems are yours."
You XiaoMo glanced at the two spirit gems on the table and felt that this person’s
actions were beyond belief. Not mentioning whether he wanted to cook for them or
not, that demanding attitude of theirs really pissed him off. Moreover, they wanted to
hire him with only two spirit gems? Keep dreaming!
"Sorry, I don't want to!" You XiaoMo rejected instantly.
Thinking he thought two spirit gems was too little, Yang Ding added three more and
said with impatience, "I'll give you five, now that should be enough."
You XiaoMo smiled without showing his teeth, "I don't think you understand, what I
said was, I don't want to. I'm unwilling, do you understand now?"
The expression on their faces changed.
With a cold laugh, Zhao Er said, "You little brat, throwing away the face we gave
you, refusing the toast only to drink the forfeit, the fact that we are letting you cook is
thinking highly of you."
"I need you guys to think highly of me? Who the hell are you?!" You XiaoMo was not
the same You XiaoMo from his previous life, his temper grew.
But this simply provoked the group of three conceited people. The first one to make
a move was Zhao Er as he his right hand slammed against the table. Before the
table broke however, he disappeared.
When he appeared, he was in front of You XiaoMo.
You XiaoMo acknowledged that these three were all formidable. Take Zhao Er for
example, he was a human practitioner at the one star Emperor level, not low by
human standards. If he was in a small place, his level was enough to be king or
ruler.
No wonder they were so arrogant, there was a reason to their madness.
However, this time they were destined to fail. As Zhao Er's sillouhette appeared, You
XiaoMo landed a kick, on his balls, without hesitation. The person didn't fly away and
instead kneeled with force in front of You XiaoMo. With so much force, he made two
indents in the floor.
With a cry of pain, Zhao Er covered his balls with a painfully twisted expression.
Fuck, they had shattered!
Yang Ding and Wang Hua were completely dumbfounded and it took them a few
seconds before they came to their senses. The two looked at each other and both
could see the anger as well as killing intent flaring. They thought that You XiaoMo
had only been able to kick Zhao Er by accident. The two came together, from right
and left, in a clear as day fashion to make a killing blow on You XiaoMo.
One three star and one two star Emperor level practitioner.
Even if there were ten more, You XiaoMo could've still handled it with ease.
Freaked out, Chef Wan and his little assistant cuddled together as worry grew in
their hearts. With alot of experts fighting on their boat, by the looks of things, they
could easily sink the ship.
However, what You XiaoMo did after told them clear as day that their worry was
unfounded. If he couldn't even beat Yang Ding and Wang Hua, Ling Xiao would
mock the hell out of him, he was definitely not giving him the chance.
You XiaoMo's punch landed squarely on Yang Ding's nose, it was so fast that Yang
Ding couldn't even capture his movements. Before he could react, due to the pain,
You XiaoMo pulled him by his shirt and instantly swapped positions. By the time
Wang Hua realized this, there was nothing he could've done and his vicious kick,
using ninety percent of his force...landed directly on Yang Ding's bottom.
"Ah!"
According to some, Yang Ding's cry could be heard from the other merchant ships.
Chapter 537: Whale Island
Translated by Yan of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
After four and a half days, the merchant ship finally arrived peacefully at Whale
Island.
They actually hadn't encountered any roaming pirates along the journey. You
XiaoMo originally wanted to see the pirates of this world, but his hopes were
dashed.
The merchant ship reached the shore, and the crew began to unload the ship.
Whale Island's port was three or four times bigger than River Town's port. There
were also more merchant ships in the port, and it was extremely lively. Indeed, it
was exactly what the old man had said: Whale Island's situation was much better
than River Town's.
You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao weren't in any hurry to get off the ship, but Yang Ding
and the rest fled rapidly off the boat as soon as it neared shore. Ever since You
XiaoMo had punished them, they didn't dare to create any more trouble, and every
time they saw You XiaoMo on the ship, they grew extremely nervous. In the end,
they simply hid in their rooms and didn't dare to come out.
A third of the cargo had just been unloaded when the captain came up and told them
to get off, saying that there was someone looking for them.
You XiaoMo turned his head and looked at Ling Xiao. He had spoken correctly
again; it seemed that the old man from River Town indeed had some connections.
Now there was no need for them to go search on their own, as he had already
arranged it for them.
After disembarking, they saw who had come to find them, and they discovered that it
was a young person whose facial features still seemed slightly childlike.
Unexpectedly, the young person's original form was that of the Tortoise Clan.
The youth took the initiative and indicated that he had come to find them, as the old
man had said.
Although the youth wasn't from the Mystic Tortoise Clan, nor was he a Psychic Black
Turtle, it seemed that his rank wasn't low in the Tortoise Clan either. Moreover, he
was very familiar with the people on Whale Island, and people continuously greeted
him along the way.
The youth wasn't a calm person, and he very quickly began to start asking them
questions.
"I heard Old Long say that you guys came to Living Waters River Boundary because
you were entrusted by the Tortoise Clan. Could I ask what the name of the person
who entrusted you is?" Old Long was the old man, and his original body was that of
a dragon turtle.
You XiaoMo had long since guessed that he would ask about this. The Psychic
Black Turtle most likely already knew of how Mo Jing had been attacked while
bringing back the baby turtle. All in all, the baby turtle was the Black Turtle Clan's
descendant, and its status and position were both not ordinary. The Black Turtle
Clan's people were probably extremely worried that it hadn't come back for so long.
But this was still too fishy, so even though they knew that You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao
most likely had something to do with Mo Jing and the baby turtle, they still didn't
dare to just rashly take them to the Black Turtle Clan.
"There's no harm in telling you." You XiaoMo asked for Ling Xiao's opinion using his
eyes before he said, "His name is Mo Jing."
After finishing, You XiaoMo caught a flash of excitement across the youth's face.
Up to this point, they could basically confirm that the old man and the youth were
actually both the Black Turtle Clan's scouts, or else they couldn't have known about
Mo Jing's situation with their status.
However, You XiaoMo didn't plan on instantly handing over the baby turtle to the
youth.
The youth deliberated for a while. "Did the man called Mo Jing only tell you guys to
deliver a few messages to the Black Turtle Clan? There was nothing else besides
this?"
"Of course. What else do you think there is?" You XiaoMo innocently blinked. He
really knew nothing at all.
"Oh, nothing, nothing. I was just asking casually." The youth nodded hastily while
releasing a breath of air at the same time. He just knew that it was impossible. The
Young Master was so important, so how could Mo Jing just hand it over to two
strangers, but Old Long had insisted on him asking about it.
"Speaking of which, don’t get offended, but I have a small pet that's the same race
as you." You XiaoMo suddenly laughed before fishing out the baby turtle from his
robe. "See, it's this baby turtle. Isn't it cute?"
The baby turtle crawled slowly across his hand, and its claws hung gently over his
fingers. Its strength was very light, so it felt as if it was tickling him. This movement
indicated that it was extremely happy.
The moment the youth heard 'baby turtle,' his eyes grew wide, but when he saw the
baby turtle on You XiaoMo's hand, he calmed down again.
Young Master was a Psychic Black Turtle, and their shells had a pattern across
them. This baby turtle didn't have any, and it seemed that it was just an ordinary
baby turtle. He glanced at it once and then lost interest.
You XiaoMo laughed secretly to himself. Now he could confirm even more that the
youth knew about the baby turtle.
As for why the pattern on the baby turtle's seal disappeared, it was actually very
simple. It was because he covered it with paint that was the same color.
Afterwards, You XiaoMo boldly let the baby turtle stand on his shoulder.
The youth didn't even notice anymore, but You XiaoMo could imagine how upset he
would be once he learned of the truth.
The youth was also from the Dragon Turtle Clan. He was called Hai Chu, and
though he looked shy, he was actually a very talkative person. He had a somewhat
good opinion of You XiaoMo, so he willingly explained Whale Island's situation to
him along the way.
Whale Island was a middle tier island in Living Waters River Boundary. It served as
a transfer point among the various islands. For example, there were some islands
that would bring the goods that they were selling to Whale Island before transferring
them to other islands that needed it via Whale Island. That was why it was so lively.
Hai Chu brought them to an inn to stay at.
Sea beasts didn't really put much emphasis on living spaces, so the buildings were
as simple and crude as they were in River Town. But with one glance they could tell
that the buildings were very sturdy and practical.
"Please feel free to stay here at the inn. I've already sent a message informing the
others that you are seeking the Black Turtle Clan, and before long someone should
come to clear up the situation with you two." Hai Chu sent them to their room.
You XiaoMo nodded and said, "Okay, but don't take too long. We can't stay here for
very long." He still didn't know what had happened outside, so he wanted to hurry
and go back.
"I understand, Young Master can be at ease."
Hai Chu left after finishing speaking.
When You XiaoMo walked in the room and saw the big bed, he couldn't resist
sighing. It was a wooden platform bed again. It seemed that he would have to start
preparing some cotton-padded quilts from now on, or else when he was being done
by Ling Xiao on the bed, it would take off several layers of skin. It was so hard that it
was truly uncomfortable.
You XiaoMo placed the baby turtle on the table. The Metal Swallowing Beast and
the Golden Winged Insect also both ran out. CatQiu was taken away by PiQiu and
the rest, so there were only a few small demon beasts at his side who couldn't or
didn't know how to change shapes.
The Golden Winged Insect liked to stand on the baby turtle's shell quite a bit, and
sometimes it would even flap its wings as if it were driving the baby turtle.
The Metal Swallowing Beast was the worst. Since the baby turtle moved extremely
slowly, the Metal Swallowing Beast would often push the baby turtle back to its
original position after it had crawled a small distance and force it to crawl all over
again, and it took great pleasure in this. Afterwards, the baby turtle would get angry
and turn around in search of You XiaoMo for comfort.
Every time You XiaoMo would scold them, but then they would just do it again.
The baby turtle crawled slowly back to You XiaoMo's hand and started to crawl up
along his fingers with an 'I won't play with you' attitude.
Since the Metal Swallowing Beast and the Golden Winged Insect had just been
scolded, they had no choice but to play by themselves.
"So next we should just wait for the Black Turtle Clan's people to come find us?" You
XiaoMo poured a cup of hot tea for Ling Xiao. The tea was provided by the inn, and
the room had been prepared well in advance by Hai Chu. It was clear that this was
planned beforehand.
"Mm." Ling Xiao replied sparingly.
You XiaoMo couldn't help but pet the baby turtle. "At that time, we'll have to return
the baby turtle to them." Although the baby turtle looked a little endearingly silly, it
was still much more trouble than the Metal Swallowing Beast or the Golden Winged
Insect.
Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows. "You like it?"
You XiaoMo knew that if he replied that he did, Ling Xiao's next statement would be
something like 'then just let it stay by your side' or 'I'll catch you a new one'.
Their relationship with the QiLin Clan wasn't that good in the first place, and if they
added on the Psychic Black Turtle, then that wouldn't be very fun.
You XiaoMo thought a bit. "Nah, never mind. I don't want to be a nanny."
The baby turtle was born not too long ago, and You XiaoMo didn't know how the
Black Turtle Clan took care of its younglings. During this entire time, he had been
feeding it spirit fruit, and if he had ruined the baby turtle, then he was screwed.
"Up to you," Ling Xiao said.
After that they settled down in the inn. Hai Chu came to see them once and said that
he had finally gotten in touch with the Black Turtle Clan. He told them that they
would get there in three days before asking them to wait patiently.
You XiaoMo was so bored that he took his adorkable crew and Ling Xiao out to shop
around Whale Island. Along the way he bought quite a bit of Whale Island’s and the
surrounding islands' special goods, including both practical and impractical items.
Several were also the adorkable crew's toys.
After strolling through two streets, You XiaoMo pulled Ling Xiao into a teahouse.
The shopkeeper of the teahouse happily served them a pot of hot tea. You XiaoMo
poured a cup of tea before picking it up and walking to the door. He handed it to a
young man who was pretending to look around, and he said with a smile, "It must've
been hard to follow us this whole time. I invite you to drink a cup of tea!"
There was a dumbfounded look on the young man's face, and after he recovered, he
instantly ran off awkwardly.
He was the person that Hai Chu had sent to keep an eye on them. First, it was
because he was still a little suspicious of their motives, and second, he was afraid
that they would just leave like this.
The young man had even believed that his tailing skill was pretty good.
But what he didn't know was that You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao had already discovered
his existence since the moment they walked out of the inn. It was only that they paid
no attention to him and pretended as if he wasn't there at all.
You XiaoMo drank the tea in one gulp before returning to Ling Xiao. He chuckled.
"That fellow's mental fortitude really sucks. All I did was invite him to drink a cup of
tea, it wasn't like I was going to eat him."
"You couldn't eat him anyway." Ling Xiao splashed cold water on him.
You XiaoMo pouted and ignored him. He lifted the cup and fed the baby turtle some
tea, and the Metal Swallowing Beast also came over to join the fun.
Chapter 538: The Black Turtle Clan Arrives
Translated by Kollumceti of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Hai Chu had said that the people from the Black Turtle Clan would arrive in three days, but
they took less than three days.

On the afternoon of the second day, there was a note left on the table of the room.

Written on the paper was a message stating that they should meet at an tiny unknown port on
Whale Island to be on the safe side. A map of the port was attached for fear that they did not
know where the port was.

You XiaoMo took one look at it before rolling the note into a ball and putting it into his
clothes. He then turned to Ling Xiao, "The note said that just the two of us should meet them
at a tiny port in the evening. Should we wait for that Hai Chu person?"

"No." Ling Xiao rejected it without even a second thought. A hint of a strange smile flashed
through his eyes, "Since the person who left the note asked only the both of us to go, then
let's just do as 'he' wishes."

You XiaoMo felt that his expression was Ling Xiao's signature move before he committed a
misdeed.

However, he could only head for the small port together with him when evening approached,
carrying a bellyful of doubts as he could not guess what Ling Xiao was thinking.

The location of the tiny port was slightly remote. There were fewer and fewer people as they
walked along the road until they could not even see a single person. The so-called tiny port
was actually an abandoned port. Since the development of Whale Island, the tiny port had
been abandoned for a long time because it was facing the wrong way and it could not meet
the requirements of the fishermen.

You XiaoMo could see two figures standing at the small harbor from far away.

The people who asked to meet them seemed to be an old and a young man. Both were
wearing cyan robes and their hair was tied up and adorned with a green hair pin.

Though he had never seen the people from the Black Turtle Clan before, the image they
presented did seem like those from the Black Turtle Clan.

"This one is surnamed Xuan, and named Sheng. Are you two the ones who wish to find
someone from my Black Turtle Clan?" Hearing footsteps, the old man in the green robe
turned to reveal a benevolent and aged face. With a grizzled beard akin to a goat and a
bountiful smile, he did not provoke one's dislike.

You XiaoMo gave them a once over upon hearing the old man claim to be from the Psychic
Black Turtle Clan. It was true that they were from the Black Turtle Clan based on their auras.
He then looked up at Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao did not express anything and there was constantly a smile that was yet not a smile
on his face, "Correct, that's us."

A trace of dark joy was revealed in Xuan Sheng's eyes, "This old man heard from Old Long
that it was Mo Jing from the Mystic Tortoise Clan who asked you to come. He said that there
was something you had to convey to us. May I know what the matter is?"

"He said that he had something important to tell you, but he was ambushed in the middle of
his journey and was seriously injured. So he was unable to come in person and wanted to
look for people from the Black Turtle Clan to pick him up." Ling Xiao indifferently stated.

You XiaoMo looked at him in surprise.

Didn't he say to pass the baby turtle to them? Why was his excuse the same as the one he
used before? Don't tell me that.. Ling Xiao was really going listen to his words and leave the
baby turtle to him?

You XiaoMo's face was like '囧囧' as he thought about it, but it was true that Ling Xiao
could do this kind of thing.

Yet, Xuan Sheng did not seem too satisfied with this answer. His two white eyebrows
furrowed and quickly smoothed out again. Xuan Sheng spoke after several seconds of
deliberation, "Sir, are you certain that Mo Jing only asked you to convey this message? Did
he pass anything to you?"

You XiaoMo stared at the old man in the green daopao with wide eyes.

Generally speaking, shouldn't this person first ask about Mo Jing's whereabouts? Although
Mo Jing was from the Mystic Tortoise Clan, they were both from Tortoise Clans. When their
clan members were in trouble, would the people from the Black Turtle Clan not even ask a
question of concern?

He thought that he might know why Ling Xiao did not tell them about the baby turtle.

Ling Xiao's expression suddenly chilled, "What does Your Excellency mean by saying this?"
"It is a misunderstanding, Sir. This old man did not mean that. Since there's nothing, then it
was this old man who had wrongly assumed." Xuan Sheng knew that he had misunderstood
upon hearing that and hurriedly clarified.

"Uncle, why are you speaking so much rubbish with them? They should count their fortunes
for them to be able to see us in their lifetime. There is no need to speak so politely to them."
The young man beside Xuan Sheng was immediately displeased as he declared.

In his view, for these two to be able to see them who were from the Black Turtle Clan was
the glory of the human race.

A peculiar glint flashed through Xuan Sheng's eyes and he seemed to be swayed by the
young man's words. However, it was only for a moment. Then his tone chilled as he warned,
"Ah Ze, have you forgotten the rules of our Black Turtle Clan? How can you say such words
to the benefactor who helped us?!"

Though Xuan Ze did not utter a single word, his expression showed even more disdain.

"It is said that those from the Black Turtle Clan treat people modestly. Apparently this is not
so." You XiaoMo compared this man named Ah Ze with the representative of the Black
Turtle Clan he met in the Amaranthine Mountains. Both were of completely different grades.

Although Xuan Ming was like a slow doctor, he had a hidden shrewdness and was definitely
not a person who would look down on others. No wonder one could be a representative of
the Black Turtle Clan whilst the other was obscure and unknown. It seemed that their
characters were poles apart even if they were from the same clan.
T/n: 急惊风撞着慢郎中 = infantile convulsion met a slow doctor, it means that one is so
sluggish, even urgent matter can’t rush them.

"That man named Mo Jing is healing in the ChuYun Mountain Range." You XiaoMo
simply gave them the answer before he pulled Ling Xiao and prepared to leave. To
ask him to give the baby turtle to this kind of people, sorry, it was not possible.
Maybe he ought to think about the possibility of taking the baby turtle as his own.

"Wait a minute!" Xuan Sheng hurriedly called out to them. Not only did he do that, he
also ran to them and blocked their path.

You XiaoMo frowned. He was becoming more and more disgusted with this old man
and unhappily retorted, "We've already told you his location. What else do you
want?"
Xuan Sheng stroked his grizzled beard and put on an insincere smile, "This old man
just wanted to ask, is Sir certain that Mo Jing is at the ChuYun Mountain Range?"

It was not surprising that he was suspicious because the ChuYun Mountain Range
was where You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao had met Mo Jing, who was being hunted
down by Xing Qi and his companions. It was also the place where Mo Jing had
nearly been killed.

You XiaoMo could not refrain from narrowing his eyes upon hearing what he said.
Sure enough, there was a problem with this old man. How could a person who was
unfamiliar with the situation casually question others' words and look so
unconvinced unless he already knew that Mo Jing had met with danger in the
ChuYun Mountain Range?

It was impossible for Mo Jing to remain at such a dangerous place like the ChuYun
Mountain Range even if he was seriously injured. Who knew whether Xing Qi and
the rest would come looking for him again? Staying there was just like courting
death.

Xuan Sheng obviously knew this too, but his words made You XiaoMo suspect that
maybe Xing Qi and them were in cahoots.

"You have constantly been questioning our words. It seems that you know what
happened better than us." Ling Xiao raised any eyebrow and a piercing glint
suddenly flashed through his black eyes as his tone contained an unquestionable
affirmation.

Even though Xuan Sheng's expression was obscure, he did not immediately refute
Ling Xiao's words. This hesitation confirmed the truth of Ling Xiao's words.

"Uncle, we should not hide it anymore since they've seen through us." Xuan Ze had
long wanted to shed all pretense of cordiality. The Black Turtle Clan really did treat
people modestly as per the rumors from the outside world, but this did not include
them. What he detested the most were humans and those inferior demon beasts.

Since matters had reached this stage, Xuan Sheng also knew that the two would not
believe him even if whether he explained again. Thus, he simply tore off his
hypocritical smile. The benevolent expression was instantaneously replaced by
arrogance and contempt.

"That's right, we definitely know what happened to Mo Jing. You might have
deceived us if we didn't. But you seem to have long recognized us, right?"
"Your words were riddled with inconsistencies. It'll be difficult even if we wanted to
be ignorant." You XiaoMo said in disdain.

"You -" Xuan Sheng's expression became ruthless.

"You what you, did I say it wrongly? If you want to pretend, you also have to be on
point. I really suspect that your IQ is lower than mine for you to have been seen
through so easily." When You XiaoMo said this word 'IQ', he was particularly bold
and confident. He, this old fellow, had been imperceptibly influenced by Ling Xiao
and he was now admitting that his IQ was low.

To help him save a little of his face, Ling Xiao refuted, "You are wrong. Theirs is in
the negative three digits. Your's is negative two digits. There is no comparison
between them."

You XiaoMo was taken aback and he subconsciously replied, "You are right!"

Then his expression cracked, pei pei pei! Who is in negative double digits! He was
not in the double digits, he was clearly a single digit! <strong>t/n: pei means to spit
(in contempt).</strong>

"Have you said enough? You'd better tell us the truth about Mo Jing's situation, or I'll
completely destroy you." Xuan Ze's aura was full of evil tendencies and a tinge of
bloodthirsty killing intent was hovering between his eyebrows. His eyes were reddish
and there were obvious signs that he was falling into the devil's path.

You XiaoMo stared blankly when he saw that appearance. This was his first time
seeing a devil-path cultivator.

The so-called devil-path cultivator was one who was unable to guard their mind
when they advanced and was taken advantage of by heart devils. These kind of
people generally had two endings. One was for their body to die and their cultivation
to vanish.

The other was to successfully advance, but they would be hounded by heart devils
from then on. The person would become like they had been plagued by a devil and
their temper would become more and more volatile. When they got angry, their eyes
would become red and then their whole mind would be preoccupied with killing
people. When his eyes become completely red, it signaled that he had completely
become a devil.

Under these circumstances, it would be very dangerous for the practitioner when
they advanced again. It seemed that the resentment of this man called Xuan Ze was
pretty strong for him to not have died even until now.

"Ah Ze, calm down!" Xuan Sheng's expression could not help darkening when he
saw Xuan Ze's appearance. Although the fighting strength of devil-path cultivators
would double, he knew the consequences very well.

"Uncle, what are you worried about?" Xuan Ze did not understand why he was
hesitating, "No one knows we called them out. Even if Hai Chu finds it suspicious
later, he wouldn't be able to find any evidence after we have dealt with them. I have
ways to get them to tell us of Mo Jing's whereabouts as long as they fall into our
hands."

Although Xuan Sheng knew that Mo Jing had met with danger, he did not know that
the people who rescued Mo Jing were Ling Xiao and You XiaoMo.

In reality, even Xing Qi and Gao Yin did not know their identities, and only knew that
two strangers who they had never met before had saved Mo Jing. The only one that
knew this was Mo Jing.

Xuan Sheng was convinced. They could not be away for too long, otherwise their
clan members would become suspicious, so this matter must be resolved quickly.
Xuan Ze's fighting strength was not any lower than Xuan Ming's. When he defeated
that young man, he could go over to help him.

Ling Xiao did not want to let people know his true cultivation level, so he would
deliberately suppress his own cultivation before others unless their strength was
higher than his. Otherwise, others could only see his suppressed cultivation level.

"Let's take one each." You XiaoMo animatedly told Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure?"

"Of course." You XiaoMo nodded in affirmation. Xuan Ze's strength was at the one
star Level Eleven. This progress was really remarkable at his age. Ordinary people
may not have this achievement even after ten thousand years of cultivating. There
was a basis to his arrogance, but the more arrogant he was, the more he wanted to
beat Xuan Ze into the ground.

"All right then."

One versus one. It looked very fair.

Xuan Ze also wanted this outcome. He was more worried than You XiaoMo that Ling
Xiao would interfere.

"Come with me if you have the guts!" Once Xuan Ze spat this sentence out, he
turned to fly out to sea.

You XiaoMo especially wanted to leave him hanging out at sea. His expression at
that time would definitely be entertaining. However, he followed after pausing for two
seconds since he proposed the battle this time.

Ling Xiao and Xuan Sheng were the only ones left at the tiny port.

"May this old man offer Your Excellency a bit of advice. A wise man submits to
circumstances. You'll come to no good end by setting yourself against the Black
Turtle Clan." Xuan Sheng arrogantly eyed Ling Xiao. He did not want to battle with
him if it was possible because too much of a commotion would attract other people's
attention. It would be troublesome if he was discovered by Hai Chu.

Ling Xiao looked at him with a smile that was yet not a smile, "Can a traitor of the
Black Turtle Clan speak as a representative of the Black Turtle Clan?"

Xuan Sheng's expression darkened as he sinisterly admitted, "It seems that I cannot
let you go no matter what happens. You both know too much. I'll only feel at ease if
you're dead."

With that, a vigorous soul power erupted from his body and the pressure of a mighty
powerhouse rushed towards Ling Xiao like a sharp awl, as if he was attempting to
overwhelm Ling Xiao by depending solely on his aura.

Ling Xiao's calm and still figure disappeared in an instant just as the razor-sharp awl
was about to crash into him.

Xuan Sheng's vigor went up in smoke then and there.

Chapter 539: Jumping into the Fire
Translated by Jouissance of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Looking at the empty space, XuanWei was shocked, but he soon reacted. However,
no matter how fast he reacted, he wouldn't be able to beat Ling Xiao.
"Old man, where are you looking?" Ling Xiao's voice suddenly came from behind,
sounding frail like a ghost, yet sinister in tone. Even in broad daylight, it was rather
atmospheric.
XuanWei's hair stood up on end from shock. He wasn't afraid of ghosts, but the fact
that Ling Xiao could appear silently behind him, how could he not be shocked?
Perhaps he had miscalculated the other's strength.
That thought flashed through XuanWei's head, yet at the same time, he struck
without hesitation, not even thinking as he sent an attack behind him. However, it
missed.
A hand suddenly appeared on his shoulder and that sinister voice once again spoke
into his ear. "Heh, are you attacking the air?"
Fear clung to XuanWei's heart, and he suddenly roared with rage, the soul power
inside him gushing out like a flood, attacking the area all around him, not missing a
single angle.
That was when an intruding power appeared inside of him.
Just as his face twisted into shock, the hand on his shoulder suddenly forced him
down. Just as he fell lower, XuanWei saw the man send a palm strike down at him.
His eyes widened. He wanted to use the power inside him, but it did not react.
"You can't kill me!" XuanWei yelled in fear. He had never thought he would die here.
Ling Xiao didn't care if he could or couldn't kill the other, his palm impacting the
other's chest directly. Unexpectedly, this attack didn't blast XuanWei into pieces.
Though he was still alive, XuanWei could feel the muscular system within his body
breaking down bit by bit, and, in the blink of an eye, it was almost completely
destroyed.
With his muscular system entirely destroyed, even if he did live, he'd live as a
crippled person, unless he could obtain a legendary Seventh grade rainbow pill.
However, that all depended on if Ling Xiao would give him that chance at all.
XuanWei spat out blood, his expression sinking into complete despair.
He felt like even death would be better, but so long as a glimmer of hope remained,
he didn't want to give up; he didn't want to die just like this.
A shimmer of desire for survival erupted in Xuan Wei's gaze.
"You can't kill me. I am a second generation elder of the Black Turtle Clan. Killing
me would be equal to making an enemy of our entire clan. No matter how strong you
are you're still nothing compared to the clan leader!” XuanWei wanted to scare Ling
Xiao using the Black Turtle Clan.
Even though he was traitor to the clan, only the clan could deal with him. Plus, he
would rather fall into the hands of the Black Turtle Clan than die at Ling Xiao's
hands. At the very least, he wouldn't be killed. The Black Turtle Clan was very
lenient towards their fellow clanmates.
Ling Xiao stepped on his chest and began to laugh in delight at hearing his words.
"Who would find out if we killed you?"
XuanWei's pupils shrank. Originally, they had been ever so careful in coming over
here, afraid that the elders of the clan would find out. They even put in a lot of effort
to cover themselves. Who would've thought that they were working to cover up their
own death?
"I originally intended to swap the little turtle for a drop of Black Turtle life blood. Yet
you save us that trouble, sending yourself right to my door." Ling Xiao calmly spoke
of his intentions. At first he hadn't thought of doing this, but that was mainly because
he didn't realize that he was of the Black Turtle bloodline. After finding out, he had
thought of this idea.
However, the blood essence of Psychic Black Turtles wasn't so easy to get.
If he wanted to activate those hidden bloodlines, then he needed very high grade
blood. That sort of blood would be purer, and he'd benefit more from activating these
bloodlines. He hadn't realized this before and had used silver dragon blood to
activate his dragon clan bloodline. It was just fortunate that it had succeeded in the
end.
As for the blood essence of the Black Turtles, only three drops of blood could be
condensed from a dead black turtle. That was a minuscule amount, and it was of
great use to the Black Turtle Clan as well, thus, they wouldn't give it out so easily.
Ling Xiao didn't have a hundred percent certainty that he could condense even a
single drop of blood from a black turtle. Now that two had come willingly with no one
knowing of their journey, there was no reason to show mercy.
XuanWei's eyes widened. "So you really had that baby turtle?"
What was more inconceivable to him was that Mo Jing really did hand over the
descendant of the Black Turtle Clan to two strangers. Wasn't he afraid that these
two strangers would swallow the baby turtle alive?
Also, hearing the man's words, it sounded like he really wanted to get his hands on
Black Turtle life blood.
Thinking of this, Xuan Wei suddenly remembered how the other had said something
about "sending yourself right to my door" and stared at the other in shock. Did the
other intend to refine him?
Seeing the fear in his eyes, Ling Xiao's smile grew with eager malice. Bloodlust,
cruelty and killing intent was clear in his gaze, his voice a sinister drawl, "If you
understand, then it seems that you've accepted that death is your fate. Then, die!"
"No!!!" XuanWei's eyes went as wide as they could go, and the last thing he saw
was the man raising his hand, a purple flame appearing from the center of his palm
and landing on his head without hesitation.
Boom--
His head exploded like a watermelon, having been crushed by Ling Xiao's hand. The
red brain matter that splashed against Ling Xiao was immediately evaporated from
the flames.
XuanWei's body twitched before going still, his life seeping away.
Before XuanWei's body could return to its true form, Ling Xiao shoved him into the
pocket dimension.
Inside the dimension, You JunQi was sighing as he sat by the lake. During this
period of time, he had been troubled over how he was to get his son to accept him,
since it seemed like his son didn't like him, always treating him like air.
You JunQi knew that he had done wrong in the past. Even if he had his problems,
he shouldn't have abandoned his wife and son like that. He was a bastard, and it
was quite reasonable that his son was unwilling to forgive him.
"Ay..." You JunQi's sigh was only half out when his gaze suddenly sharpened and
he backed away several steps not a moment too late. With a plop, a heavy object
landed right where he had just been sitting.
It was only after he took a closer look that he realized it was a headless corpse, but
before he could react, the corpse returned to its original form. If it wasn't for the fact
that he had retreated quickly, he might've been crushed under it.
You JunQi stared at the original form of the headless corpse and couldn't help but
suck in a breath. "They really are far too bold..."
At the same time.
Ling Xiao, having swiftly dealt with XuanWei and erased the traces of their presence
from the alleyway, went to find You XiaoMo.
You XiaoMo's strength truly was slightly above XuanZe, but the shells of Black
Turtles were the hardest material in all of TongTian Continent. In a real fight, he
wouldn't be able to get rid of XuanZe that quickly.
Though Psychic Black Turtles lived on land, the seas were their forte as well. They
could perform equally as well in the sea as they could on land. However it was
different for humans. At sea, it was always a bit more troublesome.
You XiaoMo had never fought in the sea before. He had gone into the water once,
but Ling Xiao had been there with him. Going down now wasn't something he felt all
that comfortable with.
He didn't have a water-parting bead, so he had to use his soul power to part the
water and create a bubble of air about half a meter in diameter.
After Xuan Ze took on his original form, his size grew to immense proportions and
the sea level rose by a sudden two or three meters. The small port was probably
flooded by now. As for other ports, they were at a higher sea level, so it probably
wasn't as bad for them.
Plus, Xuan Ze didn't want to be discovered by Hai Chu, so he had gone several
thousand meters away from Whale Island.
You XiaoMo was also very satisfied by the sight of nothing but sea stretching out for
miles.
Though he wasn't familiar with the sea around here, it would be a waste not to use
the fact that the other had assumed his immense true form.
Using the seawater as cover, You XiaoMo approached Xuan Ze's true form. The
shell was massive like a mountain and it took him quite a while to find the edge of
the head of the shell. The shell was too hard to deal with, so he decided to aim for
the head.
It really had to be said that You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao were connected.
Both were very 'interested' in the heads of Black Turtles. The difference was that
Ling Xiao had already crushed Xuan Wei's head.
It didn't take You XiaoMo long to crawl onto Xuan Ze's head.
Xuan Ze immediately noticed and started thrashing his head about, wanting to throw
the other off. The sea also started to churn violently.
You XiaoMo was unable to stay steady on his feet, and retreated to the edge of the
shell.
Xuan Ze immediately stopped thrashing his head and quickly swam forth, thrashing
about in the vast ocean space.
You XiaoMo hurriedly grabbed onto the edge of the shell, stabilizing himself with one
hand and bringing out his golden winged insects with the other. Golden Winged
Insects were said to be able to devour anything. Though this might be a bit of an
exaggeration, it was true that they could chew through any seal.
The Golden Winged Insects flew onto the shell and began to peck at it like
woodpeckers.
Five seconds later, they flew back, teary-eyed...
Chapter 540: The Contributors
Translated by Crystal of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Please comfort me master!
Even without checking, he knew their mouths would be swollen.
You XiaoMo felt three black lines going down the side of his face. He was hoping
they would take a bite out of the Psychic Black Turtle's head and not its hard shell.
Even if they could bite through the shell, it wasn't going to do any critical damage to
it.
You XiaoMo hid them back in his shirt and after he gave some thought to the
problem, he decided to call out the Metal Swallowing Beast.
This was the true 'metal-eating' professional, no matter the hardness of the metal,
he could eat it like tofu. There was no way he couldn't even bite through turtle skin,
right?
The Metal Swallowing Beast gave the 'leave it up to me' expression, as eating
through turtle skin was a piece of cake for him. Although it was going to taste bad,
but as long as master gave him some reward then that was fine. Perhaps with
something like that, a few cups would be just perfect.
He sure planned it nicely.
You XiaoMo confirmed that as long as he got the job done, the reward was going to
be plenty.
However--
With his chest held high, the Metal Swallowing Beast left You XiaoMo's air-tight hug.
Soon his quacking noise was heard as the rapid currents flowed against him.
Exerting all of his strength, his claws clinged to the edge of the turtle shell. If You
XiaoMo hadn't scooped him up on time, he would've already been flushed away with
the current.
Badly shaken, the Metal Swallowing Beast cuddled in his master arms.
You XiaoMo sincerely thought that he shouldn't have placed his bets on the beast,
that was a really stupid move. By the looks of things, he still had to rely on himself.
After that series of mishaps, You XiaoMo didn't know how far the Psychic Black
Turtle had swam, maybe tens of thousands of meters already. It's speed hadn't
dropped at all, since Xuan Ze used everything in his power to shake them off. Even
though he could've turned back to human form, he wasn't taking any chances.
That was because his human form wasn't as strong as his original form. He could
tell that You XiaoMo was stronger than him, thus his only option was to use his
original form and win with stamina.
Due to the Psychic Black Turtle's large movements, it took all You XiaoMo had to
stabilize himself and not only that, all of demon beasts he brought along were
useless. If this kept up, Xuan Ze could very well bring him to where his comrades
were.
In the depth of the sea, through the darkness only a few rays of light could be seen.
Sometimes a wacky looking deep-sea creature would swim pass, but it would
quickly be swept by the current, even groups of fishes.
Mid-way through, he had coincidently seen a group of sea-creatures that looked
very much like crocodiles swimming past, seemingly in migration.However, due to
the passing of the Psychic Black Turtle, the group was scattered and some were
swept very far away.
Just as You XiaoMo was feeling troubled, the baby turtle, who was quietly nestled in
his shirt, suddenly crawled out of his collar.
Fearing that he would be washed away by the current, You XiaoMo freaked out as
he hurriedly dragged the little guy back. The little guy had no fighting power in him at
all and with the vastness of the ocean, if he was swept away, there was no way he
was going to find him again. What was he going to then?
The baby turtle didn't struggle at all, actually, acting cute, it's tiny head even rubbed
against his palm.
You XiaoMo didn't have time to play with it, but just as he was about to stuff it back
into his shirt, the Psychic Black Turtle beneath him suddenly shook violently and
started slowing down.
You XiaoMo was astonished.
However, Xuan Ze was more surprised than him.
"A Psychic Black Turtle? How? How could there be another Psychic Black Turtle?"
Xuan Ze said, unbelievably shocked.
You XiaoMo quickly realized that he probably discovered the existence of the baby
turtle, mostly likely by scent. Demon beasts were highly sensitive to the scents of
their species and since the baby turtle was young, it hadn't learned how to conceal
it's presence yet. It goes without saying that Xuan Ze would discover it.
As for why he only discovered it now, he didn't know.
But it wasn't just by scent. Since You XiaoMo didn't know much about the Black
Turtle Clan, he didn't realize that the baby turtle actually made a sound before. It
was a small sound frequency that only those of the Black Turtle Clan could hear.
Xuan Ze was so disturbed that he hadn't realized that by slowing down, he was
creating an opening for You XiaoMo.
Finally, You XiaoMo had gotten away from the miserable suffering of being pushed
and swayed by the current. As Xuan Ze was talking, he took the chance to jump on
his head and without another word, brought his fist down.
"Ah!" Xuan Ze let out an angry cry of pain.
This punch held seventy to eighty percent of You XiaoMo's power. Although it didn't
smash through like Ling Xiao, on a fragile body part like the head, it was painful
enough for Xuan Ze.
All Xuan Ze was felt was a dull pain coming from his head, stopping him from
thinking and finally, the continuously moving body of his stopped at unknown waters.
You XiaoMo did not stop because of that and swung his fist down a few times. Xuan
Ze howled in pain as he violently tried to shake You XiaoMo off of his head.
As for the Golden Winged Insects and the Metal Swallowing Beast, who were in his
shirt, they immediately jumped out to regain their lost face and pride. Each insect
took a merciless bite out of Xuan Ze's eyes and when he closed his eyes, they flew
away.
The Metal Swallowing Beast didn't back down either, he landed straight on the neck
that was below the shell and proceed to bite the hell out of it. As expected, his teeth
were very sharp, see, he got through the skin...
Just as You XiaoMo was about to land the critical blow, the latter finally couldn't take
it anymore. As if a heart beating, the massive body of his shook and instantly he
returned to his human form.
Startled by the sudden lack of footing, You XiaoMo quickly fished back the Metal
Swallowing Beast and the Golden Winged Insects.
Right below them Xuan Ze was slowly sinking as he was on the verge of death. The
brain was an extremely fragile part of the human body and You XiaoMo had
aggressively knocked it four to five times. The fact that his head hadn't shattered
was already impressive enough, there was no way nothing happened.
Maybe Xuan Ze should be glad that he wasn't in his human form, because if he was,
You XiaoMo's punch would have definitely knocked his brain out of his head.
One wouldn't know until they saw it, but when You XiaoMo flew over to Xuan Ze, he
was completely taken back.
Xuan Ze looked tragic. His whole face was bleeding, his eyes couldn't open due to
the handiwork of the Golden Winged Insects and the wound on his neck, bitten by
the Metal Swallowing Beast, was gushing out blood. All the blood attracted many
demon beasts to gather but they only dared to watch from afar.
You XiaoMo was afraid that they would be seen and grabbed Xuan Ze, ready to run.
However, he was still a step too slow. A vigorous force suddenly appeared from
behind, wrecking havoc along the way, as if a rampaging tsunami. It's force scared
away all of the surrounding demon beasts.
This scent wasn't Ling Xiao's but it's power was the same, definitely a Level Twelve
expert. Just like that he met one?
How unlucky was he!
What You XiaoMo didn't know was that this was Xuan Ze's intention all along.
The Psychic Black Turtle clan wasn't the only force to be reckoned with in the Living
Waters River Boundary. There was many ancient demon beasts that had resided
there from tens of thousands of years ago. The lord of this sea area, the Red
Thunder Flood Dragon, was just one of them.
If there wasn't the Black Turtle Clan above him, the Red Thunder Flood Dragon
would've been the overlord at the Living Waters River Boundary.
What You XiaoMo didn't know was that the region he was in right now, was the true
Living Waters River Boundary. The part of sea that surrounded the Whale Island
and He Town was just normal waters. However, where he was now, all the demon
beasts that resides here, although not all, many were extremely tough.
The Red Thunder Flood Dragon was a three star level twelve practitioner, a true
powerhouse. Even the younger members of the Psychic Black Turtle clan would
have to pay him respect. However, if the Psychic Black Turtles were in trouble, he
wouldn't just watch on the sidelines.
The fight between You XiaoMo and Xuan Ze alerted the Red Thunder Flood Dragon.
He came over to make sure that the Psychic Black Turtles wouldn't have a mishap in
his territory.
You XiaoMo took a deep breath. He had heard Tian Dao talk about the Red Thunder
Flood Dragon. By the looks of things, he could only let go of Xuan Ze, but just as the
thought crossed his mind, a hand suddenly pressed against his shoulder, scaring
him.
Once he regained his senses, he was already in Ling Xiao's dimension and below
him was the 'corpse' of Xuan Ze.
"Looks like you have a trouble-attracting constitution." From his ear appeared the
unwavering tone of Ling Xiao's voice.
You XiaoMo felt the corner of his mouth twitch violently.
That he definitely did not agree with. He wasn't the one who summoned the Red
Thunder Flood Dragon, it was Xuan Ze, at most he was just a tiny part of the cause.
Quickly switching the topic, You XiaoMo asked, "What are we going to do about the
medicine now?"
There was a Flood Dragon outside who was about the same strength as Ling Xiao.
Even if they went out, things wouldn't look favorably, but if they didn't, they wouldn't
be able to return to the Whale Island.
If Hai Chu noticed their disappearance, connecting that with Xuan Ze and Xuan
Sheng's disappearance, he might guess that there was some connection. Although,
Xuan Ze and Xuan Sheng was traitors of the Black Turtle Clan, no one would thank
them for killing their clan members.
"You think I can't beat the Red Thunder Flood Dragon?" Ling Xiao stared at him with
his black eyes that shone an odd lustre.
Letting out a dry laugh, You XiaoMo replied, "Definitely not."
Ling Xiao didn't question him further as his dimension was different from You
XiaoMo's, it couldn't move. Their only choice was to wait for the Flood Dragon to
leave or go out and fight.
Ling Xiao didn't have a choice thus he dragged Xuan Ze to where the dead Xuan
Sheng lay.
You XiaoMo made a face as if he still wanted to say something, before he was
interrupted by You JunQi as he suddenly ran over with a face of excitement, "Son,
you finally came to see your daddy, daddy's missed you very much!"
As he finished shouting, he pounced on You XiaoMo.
Dodging instantly, You XiaoMo questioned why this tens of thousand year old man
would try to act cute like a child.
Even though You JunQi hadn't hit the mark, he wasn't disappointed but instead
looked at him with innocent eyes.
"Sonny~"
"Stop! What do you actually want?" You XiaoMo said as he felt goosebumps all
over.
"I missed you, can you please forgive your daddy?" With expecting eyes, You JunQi
looked at him.
You XiaoMo just couldn't understand why missing him had anything to do with
forgiving him? Was he trying to just brush over his past mistakes?
Don't even think about it!
"No way!" You XiaoMo thought that his mother for this life really got the wrong end
of the stick. Such a young flower got plucked by a ten thousand or so year old cow.
You JunQi looked at him, hurt.
Ignoring him, You XiaoMo walked over to Ling Xiao, who had taken the last
remaining life force of Xuan Ze. To prevent his body from returning to its original
form and not fitting in the dimension, Ling Xiao was currently cremating his body.
For such an arrogant person, one that bragged about killing them, he was now left
with nothing, not even a corpse.
It was the first time that they had actually killed one of the Four Divine Emperor
Beast clan.
All You XiaoMo hoped was that the Psychic Black Turtles would never find out it was
them who did it. He still held a favorable impression of them, not only that, he still
had the moe baby turtle.
At the same time, the moment Ling Xiao and You XiaoMo entered the dimension,
the Red Thunder Flood Dragon arrived. He did sense the presence of a Psychic
Black Turtle, but he had no obligation to take care of a junior of their clan, thus after
fifteen minutes he left.
It didn't take long for Ling Xiao to extract three drop of Life Blood from Xuan Ze. The
Four Divine Emperor Beasts differed from normal demon beasts because they had
no dantian. Otherwise, You XiaoMo would have a level eleven dantian.
Ling Xiao wasn't in a hurry to stimulate the Psychic Black Turtle bloodline within him,
instead he placed the Life Blood into a bottle and brought You XiaoMo out of the
dimension. They left the whining You JunQi alone to face the massive, headless,
Black Turtle. He finally realized that he wasn't able to see his sonny often in the
dimension!
Once they left the dimension, the two left for Whale Island without a pause.
The fact that Xuan Ze appeared in his original form didn't affect the Whale Island
residents very much, they just thought it was a rising tide or something. Also,
because You XiaoMo had not fought with Xuan Ze near the island, Hai Chu hadn't
discovered them.
But, he did find out that they weren't in their rooms.
Just as Hai Chu was about to sent a search party, You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao
arrived at Whale Island.
The two parties met at the doorway of the inn.
Chapter 541: Identity Revealed
Translated by Yan of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Hai Chu didn't ask where they were going. There wasn't much point in trusting or not
trusting them over this kind of thing, and as long as they didn't leave Whale Island it
was fine.
You XiaoMo indicated that he was a bit tired after shopping for several hours, but he
was clearly trying to chase him away.
Hai Chu didn't really say anything else either and only told them that the Black Turtle
Clan's people would be coming tomorrow morning, so it would be best if they could
try to stay at the inn as much as possible. Even if there was something important,
they should try their best to notify him first.
You XiaoMo agreed.
However, their pal Hai Chu was truly awfully slow.
You XiaoMo had a sort of deep concern over the future of his baby turtle. The
Psychic Black Turtle didn't seem to be a very peaceful clan either, and indeed,
power struggles could be found everywhere. If things continued like this, could his
baby turtle still grow up peacefully?
At night, You XiaoMo took out the baby turtle and teased his little head with his
fingers. The baby turtle's little head swayed back and forth before he finally lost the
last of his patience and used his newly grown teeth to bite You XiaoMo's finger.
You XiaoMo raised his hand, and the baby turtle refused to loosen his jaws. After
You XiaoMo laughed, he couldn't help but sigh. "Baby turtle, ah, baby turtle. Tonight
is probably the last time we'll meet. Starting from tomorrow, you'll return to the Black
Turtle Clan. When that time comes, you must be obedient and do your best to
become strong, so you can chase out all of the bad guys in the clan."
"What are you saying to him? When he returns to the Black Turtle Clan, he'll forget
you before long." Ling Xiao said dismissively after he heard what You XiaoMo was
saying.
"That's why I'm saying this now." Of course You XiaoMo knew this. After the baby
turtle returned, his master would most likely brainwash him and wipe away all of the
memories they had shared.
"Ah!"
You XiaoMo was deep in thought until a pain came from his finger. Only then did he
discover that the baby turtle had actually bitten through the skin of his finger.
Ling Xiao instantly walked over. "What's wrong?"
You XiaoMo hurriedly withdrew his finger from the baby turtle's mouth. There was
indeed a wound from the baby turtle's bite, but there wasn't much blood flowing from
the wound, and it seemed that the baby turtle had sucked it up thinking that it was
something tasty.
Ling Xiao picked up his hand and took a look. The wound wasn't very deep.
Most likely because he knew he was in trouble, the baby turtle pulled his head and
limbs into his shell.
You XiaoMo picked up the shell and shook it a little. It seemed that this little fellow
was actually pretty clever.
On the second day, the people from the Black Turtle Clan indeed arrived. They
came directly after finding the inn, and there was a total of three people. One of
these people was someone You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao knew, for better or worse:
Xuan Ming.
Xuan Ming still felt like a slowpoke to You XiaoMo, even though he hadn't come at
the last second, most likely because he was with his companions. He didn't seem to
recognize them.
Once they entered, the only elder of the group instantly looked around the inside of
the room with an eager gaze. When they heard that there was a possibility that two
strangers had escorted the baby turtle back home this time, the Black Turtle Clan
was basically scared out of their wits.
"May I ask if the two of you are the ones who escorted my great-grandson back?
Where is he?"
The old man's name was Xuan Zong, and he was the second elder of the Black
Turtle Clan. His position was very high, and the baby turtle was his great-grandson.
Before, when he had heard that Mo Jing encountered trouble and his whereabouts
were unknown, he had almost worried off all of his white hair.
A bit of astonishment flashed across You XiaoMo's eyes.
This old man was actually the baby turtle's great-grandfather, that was truly
unexpected!
But if he knew that the baby turtle was with them, then it seemed that it was very
likely that Mo Jing had contacted them. You XiaoMo pulled out the baby turtle from
his clothes and grudgingly handed him over. "This is your great-grandson."
Xuan Zong trembled as he received him, but when he saw what the baby turtle
looked like, his expression froze involuntarily. Was this actually his great-grandson?
You XiaoMo blinked.
Ling Xiao whispered in his ear, "You forgot to wipe off the paint."
You XiaoMo, “…”
Xuan Ming smiled tightly. Actually, he could tell with one glance whether the baby
turtle was part of the Black Turtle Clan or not. Clan members of the same bloodline
had an instinctive response; it was just that he hadn't expected that they would
actually paint over the baby turtle. However, this way was indeed safer.
Except he was suddenly very curious as to what exactly they had done that would
allow Mo Jing to entrust the baby turtle to them. There was no way Mo Jing didn't
know the importance of the baby turtle to the Black Turtle Clan.
"What's wrong with him?" Xuan Zong said doubtfully. He had already wiped off the
paint on the baby turtle's shell, but the baby turtle still hadn't moved, and his head
and limbs were still pulled inside his shell. Xuan Zong had originally believed that the
baby turtle refused to come out because of the paint on his shell.
You XiaoMo said awkwardly, "Uh, he's been like that since last night."
After he had bitten his finger last night, the baby turtle had refused to come out. At
first You XiaoMo had thought that it was because the baby turtle was afraid of being
scolded and so he had ignored the baby turtle, but it was only this morning when
You XiaoMo discovered that the baby turtle was still like this that he found out there
was a problem. It seemed very much as if he was throwing a temper tantrum.
You XiaoMo explained the gist of the situation, and he also emphasized that he
absolutely had not hit or scolded him.
Xuan Zong wasn't willing to admit that his great-grandson was exhibiting this strange
behavior because he didn't want to leave this human, so he hastily urged, "Little Le,
I'm your great-grandfather. Hurry and come out to see your great-grandfather..."
Xuan Ming looked at You XiaoMo and explained, "The baby turtle's name is Xuan
Le."
You XiaoMo nodded. This name wasn't anything much, and it wasn't even as good
as the name he had given the baby turtle.
Ling Xiao didn't even need to guess to know what he was thinking.
Over there, Xuan Zong coaxed him for quite a while, but the baby turtle didn't
respond as if he had made up his mind to not come out. It was worrying Xuan Zong
to death. The Black Turtle Clan's people were all extremely obstinate, and it was
clear that the baby turtle had also inherited this bit.
"Second elder, it might be best if you let this fellow You give it a try." Xuan Ming
suggested.
You XiaoMo abruptly raised his head and looked at Xuan Ming. He actually knew
that his surname was You?
Unless Mo Jing had already contacted them, since they had only told their names to
Mo Jing before.
"No need to look anymore, he's known for a long time now." Ling Xiao said absently.
When they had divulged their names before, he had guessed that such a day would
come.
Xuan Ming laughed a bit and didn't deny it. Actually, even without the information
that Mo Jing had sent over by chance three days before, he would still have
guessed that they were You XiaoHa and Ling Mo, but they might better be called
You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao instead. Since there were rumors currently flying wildly
around outside right now, and the only two parties involved were coincidentally
absent, their images fit too well if someone looked at the two of them.
Xuan Zong gave it his all but was still unable to persuade his great-grandson, and
he could only do as Xuan Ming said and hand over the baby turtle. There was a
clearly unwilling struggle in his eyes. He actually had to depend on an outsider to
coax out his great-grandson, and it left a very bad taste just thinking about it.
You XiaoMo held the baby turtle in his palm and stared at the hole in the shell.
"Baby turtle, be good and go back with your great-grandfather obediently. We'll have
a chance to meet again someday."
After three seconds, the baby turtle's little head slowly stretched out, and his eyes,
which looked as if they were emeralds inlaid in his head, gazed tearfully at You
XiaoMo.
His spiritual Intelligence wasn't actually as incomplete as You XiaoMo had thought.
Except his Intelligence right now was equal to that of a three or four year old toddler.
But even a toddler could recognize people, much less an Emperor Beast.
When he heard that You XiaoMo was going to give him away, the baby turtle was
unhappy and withdrew into his shell as protest. But since You XiaoMo thought that
he was afraid of being scolded, he had ignored him for the entire night, and the baby
turtle was even more hurt.
You XiaoMo gently patted his little head. "A real man can't cry. Only good will come
out of going home with your great-grandfather, nothing bad. If you want to see me,
then you should grow up quick and become strong fast. Then you can come find
me."
The baby turtle bumped his head against the palm of You XiaoMo's hand.
You XiaoMo took it as an agreement, and he gave him to the second elder, who was
so sour that he could only froth at the mouth.
Xuan Zong's expression was extremely complicated. His great-grandson refused to
be intimate with him, his great-grandfather, but he was intimate with an outsider
instead. Plus, he was persuaded with just two sentences, and the old man's heart
was greatly unsettled. He only said one more thing before leaving the inn with his
great-grandson, leaving everything else to Xuan Ming to take care of.
Very quickly, only the three of them were left in the room.
Xuan Ming said seriously, "This time we are much obliged to the two of you. If you
ever encounter any difficulties, may the two of you feel free to come find us. The
Black Turtle Clan fully welcomes you both."
He spoke as if the two of them were going to encounter great difficulties.
The reason You XiaoMo wanted the Black Turtle Clan's repayment was definitely
not so he could resolve some difficulties.
"Did something happen outside?" Ling Xiao's indifferent black eyes swept over Xuan
Ming, who wore the clear expression of someone who had something to say. It
seemed that Ling Xiao already had a guess in mind.
"It seems the two of you are unaware about that matter." Xuan Ming said clearly.
"What matter?"
Xuan Ming didn't talk in a roundabout way and got straight to the point. "Your
identities have already been exposed by the Vermillion Blood Clan. Right now, the
Vermillion Blood Clan is using the title of 'traitor' in order to drag fellow You back.
They've even found the XiaoYao Institution, and as of now the power level of all
parties involved is still unclear."
"How did the Vermillion Blood Clan know?" You XiaoMo cried out in alarm.
Xuan Ming shook his head. The Black Turtle Clan had never really cared about the
outside world's affairs, so he was also unfamiliar with the specifics of the situation.
There wasn't a trace of surprise on Ling Xiao's face. Rather, he revealed a strange
smile. "They should be spreading information about me outside as well, right?"
Xuan Ming hesitated for a moment before nodding.
Ling Xiao's identity was the true explosive point.
Basically nobody had thought that the Ling Mo who had defeated You AnTai and the
Eagle Guild was actually the descendant of the Qilin Clan and the Demon Phoenix
Clan. Moreover, he was a descendant that had been cast out.
Ten thousand years ago, this matter had once created a huge sensation in the
TongTian Continent.
If only it wasn't because it had happened so long ago, this matter would've long
since been unearthed by someone.
Both the Qilin Clan and the Demon Phoenix Clan refused to acknowledge Ling Xiao
as a member of their clans, which they had already expressed ten thousand years
ago. After this piece of information had leaked out, the Vermillion Blood Clan called
him out shamelessly. Now, there was a great deal of people who were waiting for
them to appear so they could watch a good show.
Even though the Vermillion Blood Clan was saying that You XiaoMo was a traitor,
there were still 'kind-hearted souls' who dug up the truth of the Vermillion Blood
Clan's connection to them.
His multiple crimes included killing You AnTai, killing You Ming, killing one of the
four Battle Gods You XiangDong, barging into his own clan's forbidden zone and
releasing numerous ferocious prisoners, and destroying Yu Xian City. Each act
endlessly shocked people, and not even a day had passed before it swept across
TongTian Continent like a tornado.
"You two most likely cannot go back to Zhong Tian. You ZhenTian is giving the
Mage Guild and the Beast Transfiguration Guild some face because he doesn't dare
to go to the XiaoYao Institution to make a move on you, but as long as you two
make an appearance, he won't let you two go. Right now only Xi Jing can still be
considered safe."
Xuan Ming's suggestion was that the Vermillion Blood Clan most likely wouldn't be
able to extend its reach into Xi Jing. But he didn't believe that the two of them would
hide in Xi Jing. Since they had dared to provoke the Vermillion Blood Clan so many
times already, they definitely wouldn't cower just because they might be discovered
by You ZhenTian.
But to tell the truth, he still admired You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao. After doing all of
those things, they actually still dared to walk boldly in front of You ZhenTian. They
had more courage than most.
You XiaoMo thought of the magic herbs that he had requested Wu Cheng to find. No
matter what, he still had to go back one more time.
Moreover, he had just reached the ninetieth floor, and he hadn't even gotten the
chance to live there once yet. In the end his relationship with XiaoYao Institution was
even more shallow than his relationship with the Dao Xing Academy. He had finally
taken care of everything after much difficulty, and now he couldn't even go back.
Finally You XiaoMo knew why Xuan Ming told them to find the Black Turtle Clan if
they ever encountered trouble.
You ZhenTian was a Sacred high-star level expert, and there were only a few
people who could stand on the same level as him in all of TongTian Continent. Even
though Ling Xiao had the bloodlines of the Qilin Clan and the Demon Phoenix Clan,
in the end he was still considered part of the younger generation. Although he was
also a Sacred Realm expert, there was still a few stars' worth of difference.
Before leaving, Xuan Ming also passed on Mo Jing's message for them.
As of right now, there wasn't much hindering Mo Jing. He had already gathered
some of the magic herbs that they were looking for, but because he had been
pressed for time, there weren't very many.
You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao spent the night at Whale Island before leaving the next
day.
Their goal was ZiRan City, which they had passed before, since Mo Jing was there
right now. But when they arrived, for whatever reason, ZiRan City only allowed
people to enter and not leave the city. Many people were stuck outside, because not
being able to leave the city meant having no freedom.
Chapter 542: 'Thief'
Translated by Kollumceti of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

The immense city gates were defended by twenty guards who were carrying out
strict checks on those who wished to enter the city. Each had a cultivation between
the Imperial Realm and the Emperor Realm.

Although entry was allowed and exit was forbidden, it was impossible for ZiRan City
to remain in this state forever.

If one person could think of this, others could think of it too. Therefore, there were
still many people who chose to enter the the city because of this. Apart from a large
number of people crowding outside the city walls and taking the wait-and-see
approach, the rest were lining up in an orderly manner.

You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao were also amongst those who were taking the wait-and-
see approach.

He thought that he probably knew why Mo Jing wanted to meet them in ZiRan City.

It turned out that Mo Jing was trapped inside so he had to find someone to help him
pass a message. That was why he had not appeared even when it was clear that he
had already arrived.

"Shall we enter?"

The person who said this sentence was not You XiaoMo but Ling Xiao.

The current situation indicated that some troublesome matter was happening inside
ZiRan City and what they needed the most now was to avoid trouble. Therefore,
Ling Xiao passed the right to choose whether to attract trouble by getting Mo Jing's
magic herbs or leave right away to You XiaoMo.

Xiao Mo hesitated for two seconds before he nodded.

They already had more than enough trouble on hand, adding another one would
make no difference.

Moreover, they had just exited ZiRan City not long ago. The strongest cultivator in
the city was Hei Xiong, who had been defeated by Ling Xiao, so leaving would be an
easy matter.
"Then let's enter."

Ling Xiao did not have any objections. He understood You XiaoMo's way of thinking
quite well. If they missed this opportunity, they did not know when the next
opportunity to contact Mo Jing would come.

The two walked to the end of the queue to line up.

Although the checks were very strict, they were completed very quickly. It did not
even take thirty minutes before it was their turn. The guards gave You XiaoMo a
once over before letting him in. It was that simple.

"What's your name?"

You XiaoMo heard the voice of the guard when he had just walked in. Ling Xiao was
behind him. When he looked back, he saw that the guard was indeed questioning
Ling Xiao. There was obviously no such procedure just a moment ago.

"Ling Si." Ling Xiao answered with straight face.

You XiaoMo's mouth twisted.

Seeing that they were currently famous and were enjoying great popularity, they
decided not to reveal their names. So they would just give a random name if anyone
asked.

The guard was sizing him up in suspicion, "Where did you come from? What do you
want to do in the city?"

Ling Xiao replied, "I'm from the Living Waters River Boundary and have come to the
city to look for my friend."

You XiaoMo felt that the guard was living the good life. It was very rare for Ling Xiao
to answer his questions so honestly. He was really so envious!

The guard asked a few more questions and Ling Xiao gave perfunctory answers.
Probably because he could not find anything suspicious, the guard finally let Ling
Xiao in.

Mo Jing had only told them that he was at ZiRan City, and he had not told them
basic information like the time and place to meet. He just let Xuan Ming tell them
that he would come to them immediately after they entered the city.
The two then proceeded to find a bustling restaurant.

Many people were gathered in the lobby of the restaurant and each table had at
least two or more people were sitting around it. They were chattering continuously
about the closure of the city for these two days. No one seemed to know why the
city was sealed and many were trying to guess the reason.

The order to seal the city was issued by Hei Xiong.

Some said that Hei Xiong was trying to find the person who beat him that day,
others said it was for catching thieves, as it seemed that Hei Xiong had lost
something important.

In conclusion, there were many different opinions, yet every opinion had someone
opposing it.

"It should not be possible for him to have sealed the city in order find us. Could it
really have been due to a thief?" You XiaoMo poured a cup of hot tea for Ling Xiao
while speculating enthusiastically. One person came to mind while speaking of
thieves.

They had first met Dao Yun at the spatial passageway, and he declared that he was
the disciple of the Thief God from the Ten Divine Gods Ranking. They had not seen
him again after leaving Bei Dong. Furthermore, there had been no news regarding
the Thief God. You XiaoMo did not know if Dao Yun had found his Shifu and
whether he had passed his Shifu's test.

Ling Xiao drank a mouthful of tea, "The rumor of something being stolen is false. It
should be because he's looking for someone."

You XiaoMo was just about to blurt out the sentence 'He can't really be looking for
us right?', when he suddenly felt that this sentence was honestly quite stupid and
quickly covered his mouth.

"Then who do you think they are looking for?"

"I don't know!"

You XiaoMo was suddenly choked by Ling Xiao's blunt statement. He was just
expecting Ling Xiao to prophesy with supernatural accuracy and it seemed that he
had been waiting for nothing. After thinking about it, he unwillingly asked, "How are
you so sure that they are looking for someone?"
"They would not need to only allow entry yet restrict exit if they weren't looking for
someone. Furthermore, the checks to enter the city were so strict. It was obvious
that they were looking for more than one person. They were probably worried that
someone would come to the rescue of that person.

"You're really smart!" You XiaoMo praised with sparkling eyes.

"No, you are just too stupid."

"..."

The sun soon set after staying in the lobby of the restaurant for more than an hour.
The sky and clouds was dyed red by the setting sun and the light reflecting off
painted the people's faces in a red hue.

You XiaoMo looked at the color of the sky and felt they would probably be staying
for a night, so he went to ask the shopkeeper for a room.

He was actually very doubtful that Mo Jing could find them. After all, there were still
too many people in ZiRan City and there were still large crowds walking in the
streets even though the sun had set, especially after the exit restrictions were put
into place.

Night fell and it was pitch dark.

This was the moment where thieves were the most active.

Hence, You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao's room was patronized by a thief.

"Stop, I'm not a thief." The 'thief''s voice that had been painfully suppressed came
from below You XiaoMo's body. He had been kicked over by an alert You XiaoMo
just as he had entered from the window.

You XiaoMo was stunned, why did he feel that this voice was a little familiar?

The dimly lit room was illuminated by a faint beam of moonlight. Ling Xiao let out a
low laugh while sitting on the bed with a hand supporting his chin, "He is Mo Jing."

You XiaoMo immediately released his hands and feet. Looking carefully, it was
really Mo Jing. You XiaoMo awkwardly helped him up and dusted his clothes as he
embarrassedly laughed, "Are you okay?"
Mo Jing rubbed his old waist which had been kicked and grimaced, "You can try
being kicked suddenly. I'm sure it'll be memorable enough for a lifetime."

You XiaoMo felt even more embarrassed, but he could not help refuting, "Who
asked you to enter by flipping over the window instead of entering from the door. I
thought you were a person harboring malicious intentions."

"I might have been arrested if I didn't enter through the window." Mo Jing did not
want to enter in this manner too, but he was currently wanted by the whole city. He
also could not exit the city gates and he definitely would not be able to wait for them
to arrive if he was not careful.

"How could you become wanted by the city guards?"

You XiaoMo immediately knew that Mo Jing was the person that ZiRan City was
looking for upon hearing his words. He was quite surprised. Mo Jing shouldered
heavy responsibilities, how could it be possible for him to provoke trouble without
any reason?

Mo Jing waved his hand and walked over to the table to sit, "Xing Qi and Gao Yin
have been chasing after me. They seem to have some friendly relations with Hei
Xiong from ZiRan City. Hei Xiong ordered the city gates to be sealed up just as I
was about to leave the city, so I've already been trapped here for almost seven
days."

"You're so pitiful!" You XiaoMo sympathized.

Mo Jing fully agreed and was about to give an appropriate follow-up when he heard
You XiaoMo's second sentence.

"Then what about my magic herbs?"

"..."

Mo Jing coughed. Then he took out a storage bag from his sleeve and threw it to
him, "There are not many magic herbs inside. These are all that I have collected at
present. As per your instructions, there are seeds, seedlings and mature ones, but
the mature ones number the least."

You XiaoMo took a look. Magic herbs were really abundant in Xi Jing. He had never
seen most of the herbs that Mo Jing had collected. Seeds were the most plentiful,
but there were also many seedlings. As long as he paid more attention to nurturing
them, it wouldn't take long for the seedlings to mature.
He had not expected Mo Jing to collect so much in such a short time. He had finally
ushered in a nice surprise after experiencing a succession of bombshells.

"Comrade, it's been hard on you." You XiaoMo resolutely accepted the magic bag
and held Mo Jing's hand as he emotionally thanked him. His gaze when looking at
Mo Jing was as if he was looking at a gold mine.

Mo Jing was embarrassed by his thanks, actually it also was not too much trouble.

It just so happened that he was carrying mature magic herbs with him. The seeds
and seedlings were purchased along the way and these were much less valuable
than mature magic herbs. Although the marketplace was small, he was still able to
purchase them. Previously, he was even worried that You XiaoMo would be
dissatisfied.

"These are only just a small portion. After settling down, I will help you find more."

"Then I'll be counting on you." You XiaoMo patted him on the shoulder excitedly, "By
the way, your little master has been successfully picked up by his great-grandfather.
You don't have to worry about it."

Mo Jing nodded. He had guessed as such when he saw them appear in ZiRan City
and at the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief. His task was finally completed.

"We are going to leave ZiRan City after this. What about you?"

This sentence from You XiaoMo was exactly what Mo Jing has been looking forward
to. It sounded just like heavenly music to him.

Why would he be have been trapped in ZiRan City? It was because of his lack of
strength. With the addition of Hei Xiong to the team of Xing Qi and Gao Yan, he was
certain that the group of three would be able to capture him as long as he dared to
break through the city gates.

Therefore, he had been waiting for the arrival of Ling Xiao.

Chapter 543: Brute Force

Translated by Jouissance of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

A heavy atmosphere had fallen over Hei Xiong's mansion ever since the order to
close the city was issued.

Since the city had been closed, the citizens were all rather irritated, especially those
who had pressing business outside the city walls. The primary target of their irritation
was Hei Xiong, who had given the order.

Hei Xiong wasn't happy either. This thing clearly had nothing to do with him, yet he
had to face the consequences. He was also getting more and more dissatisfied with
Xing Qi and Gao Yin.

"If you can't find them by tomorrow, I'll give the order to open up the city in the
evening."

Hei Xiong had his underlings call for Xing Qi and Gao Yin, greeting them with this
order. After being defeated by that man in front of so many people that time, his
reputation had been ruined. Then with the added oil of the order to close the city, he
might not be able to keep his position if the fire continued to burn.

Plus, ZiRan City was already overcrowded and he received daily reports of fights
breaking out in different areas of the city.

"Hei Xiong, don't forget that these orders came from above."

Xing Qi, one arm gone, immediately narrowed his eyes. He was unsurprised at Hei
Xiong growing temper.

Hei Xiong's gaze landed on the remains of Xing Qi's arm, sneering, "If it wasn't for
that one's order then I wouldn't have even cooperated with you in the first place. The
city has already been closed for seven days and I've done my part. It's your own
faults that you can't find them. Face the consequences yourself. I'm not humoring
you any longer."

Hei Xiong and Xing Qi were different.

He had cut his own arm off back then, so after ingesting a Bone Growth Pill, he grew
back a new one, but Xing Qi's arm couldn't grow back, not unless he got a
prosthetic.
After knowing that Xing Qi's arm had been burned off, Hei Xiong's first thought was
Ling Xiao, but he didn't say anything about it because he knew that even if he spoke
out, the three of them combined wouldn't even be able to take that guy on.

After managing to escape relatively unscathed last time, he didn't want to get on
Ling Xiao's bad side again.

"Hei Xiong!" Xing Qi suddenly stood, rage burning in his eyes as he glared at Hei
Xiong.

Hei Xiong wasn't afraid of the two of them. They all worked for the same agenda; it
wasn't like they would kill him. Plus, this had nothing to do with him anyways.

"If you have the time to argue with me, why don't you try and figure out how to find
your man before tomorrow evening instead?" Hei Xiong left Xing Qi's room, throwing
those words behind him.

"Fuck!" Xing Qi slammed his palm again the table, shattering it.

Gao Yin scowled. "It seems like Hei Xiong is being serious, but I feel like he's hiding
something from us. It seems like he's afraid that Mo Jing's comrades will come."

Xing Qi's expression chilled. "Could it be that Mo Jing leaked the news?"

"It's possible."

"Then what do we do now? Just us two can't find a hidden Mo Jing. Will we really
have to stand and watch the city gates open again?"

"I'm afraid that's probably so." Xing Qi wore a dark, icy expression.

The next day, the news of the city being opened once more spread like wildfire. The
dark atmosphere that had clouded over the city finally began to disperse and people
stopped endlessly complaining. Those who had urgent business outside of the city
quickly packed, prepared to leave the city as soon as possible.

People didn't care if the news was true or not and many people were restless,
gathering at the city gates. It became so crowded in the nearby streets that it was
impossible to move.

You XiaoMo could see an endless flow of people heading towards the gates from his
open window. If this continued, that area would become overcrowded.
"Should we wait until the gates are open to leave or should we just brute force our
way through?"

Mo Jing said contemplatively, "If we wait for the gates to open, then Xing Qi and the
other two will definitely go to guard the gates personally and act if they see anyone
suspicious. Though with Fellow Ling's strength there's no need for worry, we can't
be certain that they won't have other helpers. That would be very troublesome if it's
the case."

"There are actually a few good point about brute forcing our way through. The
guards in the city aren't all that strong and we'll be out of ZiRan City by the time Xing
Qi and the others arrive."

You XiaoMo rubbed his chin, nodding. What a smart idea!

However, this was the first time he had heard of someone who refused to walk the
easy path and chose to brute force their way through instead.

Ling Xiao rose, slowly walking towards the door and stopping in front of it. His
handsome face twisted to reveal a malicious smile before he said in a mild tone,
"Well, there's no time like the present to brute force our way through!"

In this time, where everyone was anxious to get through the city gates.

A time where people were crowded in anticipation. A time where no one would
expect someone to brute force their way out rather than wait for a gate that was
about to open.

You XiaoMo truly felt that their actions would definitely cause a huge impact and
send everything into absolute turmoil. The gates would probably be squeezed open.

The burning sun rose to the middle of the sky. The blinding sunlight was like
embers, raining down on the people crowded at the city gates, adding oil to the fires
that burned in their hearts.

This was a place even more noisy than a market.

You XiaoMo finally realized that, though he had thought that marketplaces were the
most dangerous weapon, there were worse things out there. One might not be able
to imagine it, but that didn't mean it wasn't impossible.

ZiRan City had two gates, one in the south and one in the north.
Though the South gate was the city entrance, there were plenty of people who
wanted to leave through the South gate, too, and, naturally, the North gate wouldn't
have any less traffic, only more.

To assure the order and peace in the city, both gates had many guards, to keep
watch. However, Xing Qi and company all thought that Mo Jing would want to leave
through the North gate because it led to Living Waters River Boundary. Thus, there
were more guards there.

This was convenient for them.

The guards had made a buffer with railings with a ten meter diameter around the
South gate. In the buffer zone, if anyone entered apart from the guards, then, they'd
immediately be arrested.

A few people hadn't believed this and purposefully walked inside. They ended up
getting taken away by the guards and after that no one dared try again.

Just as everyone thought this, a white robed young man walked steadily into the
buffer zone under everyone's gazes.

Gazes converged on him like lasers, and the hottest ones came from the fifteen
guards, their gazes baring a hint of killing intent, fixed on the young man.

"Stop right there! Come closer and don't blame me for what I do!" The head of the
guards walked forwards, his spear raised and pointed at the young man
emotionlessly as he gave his warning.

The young man seemed to not have heard, his footsteps not stopping.

Seeing this, the guard didn't bother wasting his breath and swung his spear,
prepared to send an attack with a shout.

That was when the young man moved.

He suddenly dashed right in front of the guard as an aura more intense than the
guards' erupted from him. The guard's face went pale at once.

Though he was the captain, he was only an five star Emperor level, strill far from
Divine level.

It wasn't just him who was shocked. Those who were prepared to watch the young
man get taken away by the guards were also shocked. This weak-looking young
man was actually this strong? That was too unfair...

The guard didn't dare face the young man alone, hurriedly calling out, "Everyone,
together... ah..."

He didn't even finish his sentence when the young man's figure flashed in front of
him and kicked him to the side. The other guards didn't even have the time to react.

By the time they did, a sliver of terrifying killing intent shot over from afar.

When the crowd looked over, they were immediately bathed in red light. An arrow
with a red flame shining like the sun shot forwards with withering speed. It was in
front of them in the blink of an eye and hit the gates in the next moment.

With a huge explosion, the arrow destroyed the gates entirely and those who were
close were caught up in the blast. Some people were hit by the debris, jumping.

The young man that had kicked the guard had long since disappeared.

By the time the smoke cleared, the closed gates had become a huge hole about
eleven or twelve meters wide. Even the city walls had been hit. The guards had the
most injured and dead, lying amongst the rubble and moaning in pain.

The entire area seemed to go silent for a while.

Then, like a tightly wound string breaking, a thunderous roar rose from the crowd
and they charged like crazy out of the city.

They all fought to get out of there first like swarming ants.

Some people even trampled over the bodies of the guards. The entire situation was
even more chaotic than a marketplace, screaming, cursing, and wild laughter.

Though the gates were said to be opened in the evening, no one knew if it was true
or not. If they could leave now, why wait?

Everyone seemed to have lost their minds, until a furious roar sounded from the
skies, "Mo Jing you bastard! Get out here!"
Chapter 544: Leaving the City
Translated by Crystal of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
The one who came was Xing Qi, but Gao Yin wasn't with him.
Both Xing Qi and Gao Yin had realized that Hei Xiong only heavily guarded the
North side and the more they thought about it, the weirder it seemed. Who said that
Mo Jing must leave for the Living Waters River Boundary, he could leave from the
South and not go to the Boundary.
Therefore, Xing Qi and Gao Yin decided to split up.
Xing Qi was going to guard the South, whereas Gao Yin and Hei Xiong were going
to guard the North.
The plan seemed good in their heads, but as Xing Qi was on his way, the West side
exploded into chaos. Someone had bombed the gates open, creating a riot. Xing
Qi's intuition said that this must have something to do with Mo Jing.
Xing Qi landed on the city wall and stared piercingly at the crowd who was running
out of the city gates. One by one, like a radar, he attempted to find Mo Jing who had
blended in amongst them.
He wanted to stop everyone, but not only would that anger the masses, he couldn’t
clone himself to do it.
"Heh, Xing Qi, I really can't shake you off." It was at this moment that a slightly deep
voice rose behind him without warning.
In surprise, Xing Qi slapped his palm backwards without thinking. His expression
was venomous but this attack was simply to sound him out.
Mo Jing blocked with ease.
The two quickly separated.
Mo Jing didn't actually want to fight Xing Qi, since his internal wounds were not yet
healed. Although, Xing Qi had lost his arm, if Gao Yin and Hei Xiong caught up, he
would be a rat in a hole.
Without stopping, Mo Jing's silhouette swifty flew towards the gate.
Before, he hadn't thought that Xing Qi would've caught up so quickly, because just
as he was about to follow the crowd out, he heard Xing Qi's roar. With just a slight
delay in movement, he had caught up.
Seeing that he was making a break for it, Xing Qi was about to follow when suddenly
he caught a glimpse of a familiar white silhouette going through the gate.
The white silhouette belonged to a young man around eighteen or so. Like a fox, the
young man was looking left and right like a thief. Once he determined a direction, he
made a dash towards it.
Xing Qi squinted his eyes. He realized that the direction the young man ran towards
was the same as Mo Jing.
Something flashed across his mind and the blurry figure became clearer, but Xing Qi
didn't have time to organize his thoughts as he followed the man subconsciously.
It didn't take long before Hei Xiong and Gao Yin arrived hurriedly as they heard the
news.
Hei Xiong quickly got hold of the situation, only to find out that the one behind it all
was a young man, who looked plain but was at the Divine Realm.
"Xing Qi went that way, we should hurry." Seeing that Xing Qi had already left the
city, Gao Yin said in haste. Due to his anxiousness, he didn't see the odd expression
on Hei Xiong's face.
Suddenly, Hei Xiong said, "You go first, with you and Xing Qi's strength, Mo Jing
shouldn't pose a threat. I'll deal with the stuff here first and then catch up with you
guys."
Gao Yin didn't think too much about it, he was more worried that Xing Qi would take
a beating against Mo Jing. With Xing Qi's lost arm, if he used his original form, his
power level would drop by a grade.
Not only that, what Hei Xiong said wasn't unreasonable either. Mo Jing's wounds
hadn't completely healed yet and they had two people on their side, so they needn't
fear just Mo Jing.
Once he thought it through, Gao Yin chased after Xing Qi in haste.
Looking at his disappearing figure, Hei Xiong sneered, "I'm not going to die with you
guys."
Young man and flames.
Although it wasn't much to go by, it was better to be safe than sorry.
It was because of this cautious attitude that Hei Xiong could rule ZiRan City for
thousands of years.
On the other hand, the young man who was being tailed, had ran a few thousand
meters in the blink of an eye. His route was almost the same as Mo Jing, making his
suspicion grow deeper and deeper. Judging by the figure, he was sure he had seen
him before.
Fifteen minutes later, the young man suddenly slowed down until he reached a full
stop at a gigantic tree.
Just as he was confused, the young man turned around with his big black eyes
staring straight towards him, meeting his eyes.
The young man gave him a sweet smile.
As if a light bulb was suddenly lit, a similar smiling face appeared in Xing Qi's mind.
Although there were differences, the feeling of familiarity was unshakable.
His expression changed drastically, if it was as he thought, then that man, the man
who broke his arm was definitely around, he had been tricked!
"Correct, you fell into our trap!" The voice that was ingrained into his body appeared
behind him with a delighted laugh and heaviness. As if he had been waiting forever,
like a blood-thirsty and yet clever hunter, waiting for his prey.
As the man was talking, his hand was already on Xing Qi's head, in delight he said,
"Thus, I'll be taking your Life Crystal. You're welcome."
The last thing Xing Qi saw was blood.
He had never thought that he would have died so easily and cleanly, but it was too
late. With his Life Crystal being stolen, there was no way he could survive.
When Gao Yin arrived, he happened to see the exact moment Xing Qi's Life Crystal
fell into the man's hands. It was a dark red and within it held all of Xing Qi's power, it
was almost equivalent to a second grade rainbow pill. Many from the TongTian
Continent would've stared at it with blood-shot eyes.
Gao Yin's eyes were red, but not from greed, rather, anger.
He had been partners with Xing Qi for twenty thousand years, they had always been
together, doing evil deeds. He had never once thought that Xing Qi would die before
him.
His anger revealed his killing intent.
With one kick, the man kicked away Xing Qi's body and looked towards his direction.
That dark-as-abyss eyes contained a sliver of interest as the unreserved killing
intent sent a shiver down Gao Yin's spine, instantly cold sweat drenched his shirt.
How could he have forgotten, his strength was below Xing Qi, Gao Yin thought with
a deathly pale face.
Even Xing Qi died. How could he stand up against the man and he even dared to
think about revenge, he really overestimated himself!
That man was probably thinking of the same thing.
As Gao Yin stared at Xing Qi's corpse, his body backed away and in the next
second, he ran.
In the end, twenty thousand years of brotherhood was not enough, he didn't want to
face the same end as Xing Qi.
The man stared at his figure and sneered, but didn't give chase.
Mo Jing jumped down from the tree, confidently he landed beside You XiaoMo. He
saw with his own two eyes, how Ling Xiao killed Xing Qi and took out his Life
Crystal. His heart was in turmoil, maybe he should be happy that he wasn't Xing Qi
and had a relation with the Black Turtle Clan, otherwise, the one who got their Life
Crystal stolened would likely have been him.
At first, they hadn't planned on killing Xing Qi, but with the man's 'his Life Crystal
should be pretty good', Xing Qi's life was determined. Thus, the scene occured from
before.
But, Xing Qi was also unlucky to have actually came by himself to guard the South
gate. It gave Mo Jing a feeling of inevitability, regarding his death at least.
Leaving behind his contact information, Mo Jing parted with them at the outskirts.
Since the little master was already sent back to the Black Turtle Clan, he didn't need
to go to the Living Waters River Boundary anymore.
You XiaoMo stared with puppy-dog eyes at the Life Crystal in Ling Xiao's hands.
Although it was a bit disgusting, coming directly from someone's brain, the immense
power that it emitted was way too tempting.
"You want it?" Ling Xiao held out the Life Crystal in front of You XiaoMo.
You XiaoMo reached out to steal it, "Of course I want it."
Instantly, Ling Xiao pulled his hand away, causing You XiaoMo to slip. "You just
leveled up recently, so you can't even use this Life Crystal right now. There is no
point in giving it to you."
You XiaoMo stood where he was and scrunched up his nose, as if he was giving up,
but then suddenly, without a warning, he pounced onto Ling Xiao, aiming for the Life
Crystal.
With nine out of ten people, he would have been successful, but Ling Xiao wasn't a
normal person.
Ling Xiao retracted his hand and took two steps back. Not only did You XiaoMo not
get the Life Crystal, he fell onto Ling Xiao's lap.
You XiaoMo's face became distorted, his knees hurt.
Ling Xiao looked at his enduring expression and couldn’t help himself from laughing
out loud. He once again put the Life Crystal in front of him, "Since you even kneeled
to beg me, then I'll very reluctantly give you this Life Crystal."
A man should have his dignity and not kneel!
In his heart, You XiaoMo screamed out, he didn't kneel to beg him, but right after
that, he aggressively took the Life Crystal.
To be honest, there was a good reason as to why he so badly wanted this Life
Crystal.
Ling Xiao was advancing even faster than him. Others were jealous of him, but he
was even more jealous of Ling Xiao, who didn't have to cultivate to advance.
Although he wasn't completely sure why he had to refine Xuan Ze's corpse, he felt
he caught onto something though.
So as to not be thrown too far behind, he must grab onto the Life Crystal and if need
be, use them to advance.
As for the three level ten Life Crystals he bought earlier, he had given them to PiQiu,
XiaoHei and MaoQiu, all three of which were level ten practitioners. They were in
need of it and as for MaoQiu, she would compensate him later.
Once he thought of that, You XiaoMo quickly got Ling Xiao to pull PiQiu and the
others out of his dimension. At first he was going to let them have their free time, but
suddenly some unforeseeable events happened and they wouldn't be able to take
them to Zhong Tian. With more people, the target was bigger too.
Other than LanQiu and Xiao Ji, everyone was present.
You XiaoMo glanced over only to see that a person had sneaked his way into his
contracted demon beast group. Staring at him wide eyed, You XiaoMo pointed to
him as he said, "You, you, you, who are you?"
With an expression of being wronged, You JunQi walked out with his hands covering
his chest, heart-broken, "Sonny, you forgot about me? I'm your..."
"Mom!" You XiaoMo suddenly shouted.
You JunQi felt the blood swell up in his throat.
Those with less composure, like the new member, the Giant Roc, he also felt it in his
throat.
As for the others, they were used to it. Often their master would do something crazy,
one would get used to it.
The reason why You XiaoMo told Ling Xiao to have the contracted demon beasts in
his dimension was actually because of You JunQi. Even though he was in the
wrong, leaving him alone there just seemed too pitiful. So, he thought of having his
demon beasts there to accompany him to see how nice he was.
The result was that when Ling Xiao pulled all the demon beasts out, CatQiu and
PiQiu were talking to him, thus he was brought along too.
You JunQi placed both of his hands onto You XiaoMo's shoulders and said
solemnly, "Son, you have to remember, I'm your father, not your mother. What you
have, I have, what you don't have, I also have...cough, I said it wrong, what you
don't have, I also don't have."
You XiaoMo's mouth twitched violently.
Even his contracted demon beasts were looking at him unbearably, like father like
son.
Ling Xiao was laughing so much that his shoulders wouldn't stop shaking.
"Son, you have to believe me, I'm really your father." You JunQi said with a serious
face.
How are you going to make me believe that I have such a stupid father. If Ling Xiao
knew math, he would definitely say that two times negative two makes a negative.
My positive energy would be stupefied by you.

t/n: 二( two) is a modern slang for stupid. Remember how Ling Xiao said Momo only have
IQ of two? His positive IQ of two multiply with his dad’s stupidity(negative two) equals
negative XD
On the outside, You XiaoMo was expressionless, as if he wasn't moved at all, but on
the inside, he called bullshit.
"Sonny~"
"Stop, let us talk business."
"Okay!"
You XiaoMo turned to Ling Xiao with anticipation, and blinked his eyes.
Taking the baton, Ling Xiao gave a summary of the situation at Zhong Tian and the
Southern Continent. As for the final conclusion, they would still have to stay at Xi
Jing, but this time, they were given a mission. That mission was to find LanQiu and
also to get some info on the little chick.
As for You XiaoMo, he promised that by the time they met again, he would give
them each a rainbow pill.
"Just one?" Just as the demon beasts were bustling with excitement, the cool-
beauty XiaoHei raised an eyebrow and casually asked.
Instantly, everyone fell silent.
You XiaoMo felt the corner of his eyes twitch, "Too little?"
Everyone stayed silent, silently approving.
Then with full seriousness, You XiaoMo said, "Okay then, once you get back, I'll give
everyone three level ten pills. Now then, that settled nicely."
Everyone, "......"
Chapter 545: Ingesting Life Blood
Translated by Yan of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
The situation at Zhong Tian wasn't actually as grim as You XiaoMo was imagining.
Although the Vermillion Blood Clan threatened to drag the 'traitor' You XiaoMo back
home, the protagonist was still absent. No matter how high one leaped, there was
still nobody there to applaud them.
The incident finally calmed down slightly after almost ten days of chaos.
Even though it was like this, You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao still didn't plan on returning
to Zhong Tian immediately.
Besides the brazen and unreasonable You JunQi who stayed behind, PiQiu and the
rest had already left, including CatQiu, who needed practical experience. Before
they had left, You XiaoMo had very reluctantly distributed three teleportation
talismans and several wound-treating magic pills to each of them, in case they didn't
have medicine if they got hurt.
Although it was a little unlucky, it was still the so-called 'repairing the house before it
rains.'
Ling Xiao told them to split into two groups when leaving. Since there were six
people, they split perfectly into two groups of three. The team with the Giant Roc
was more powerful, so they were told to go find LanQiu. Although LanQiu had set
out with several other fellows to go search for a missing friend, there was something
a little odd about the disappearance of that friend.
This was something that Tian Dao had roughly mentioned before.
But then they heard that there was a mysterious force in Xi Jing recruiting many
powerful demon beasts. Before, it had at least attempted to conceal itself, but
recently it was acting too frequently, and Tian Dao suspected that they were doing
something big.
MaoQiu was in charge of the other team, and it included the eternal troublemaker
PiQiu and CatQiu.
They returned to Weeping Ghost Shore. Tian Dao's intelligence network was pretty
expansive, so they could find out more from there. Moreover, Ling Xiao had also
given them a special task.
In Xing Luo City's Forest of Death, Ling Xiao had once accepted Hua Gu and her
two little brothers. Back then, he had told them to go ahead to Weeping Ghost Shore
by themselves, but they hadn't seen them the last time they were in Weeping Ghost
Shore, so clearly they still hadn't found it yet.
The task that Ling Xiao gave them was that if they found Hua Gu and her little
brothers, they should hand them over to Tian Dao. Hua Gu was a good child, careful
and considerate, and her little brothers were good assistants. The most direct
method of training them would be to let them follow Tian Dao and learn from him, so
if there was ever a time Ling Xiao needed them in the future, he could just use them
right away. So this task was also called the 'Advantageous Training Method', or in
other words, ‘the more fit one is, the more they should do.’
You XiaoMo assessed this task. Its most impressive point was how it could anger
Tian Dao to death, who would be taken advantage of.
As for whether or not Tian Dao would accept Hua Gu and the rest, that wasn't
something they had to consider. As long as one continued to wear it down, there
would always be a point when an iron bar would be worn down to a needle.
"Sonny, where should we go next?" You JunQi was very happy that his son finally
was no longer putting him back in the dimension. Even though he could still be with
his son despite going into the dimension, he lost quite a few opportunities to get
close to him.
It wasn't that You XiaoMo did not want to put him back, but he had been pestered
too much. "Of course, we're going back to Zhong Tian."
He then looked pleadingly at Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao murmured, "Let's first find a place without people, and then we can talk."
You XiaoMo instantly nodded.
You JunQi opened his eyes wide. He found out that not only was his son being the
one pushed down, but he also listened to everything this man said. Could it be... that
he actually had a daughter?
You XiaoMo very much wanted to ignore his clingy dad's gaze, but instead,
goosebumps erupted all over him because of it. He couldn't bear it any longer, nor
was there any need to. "What are you looking at?"
You JunQi walked over and looked him up and down. He asked carefully, "Sonny,
tell your dad the truth. What dad has, you actually don't have, isn't that right?"
What 'you have, I don't have.'
You XiaoMo understood very well what he was saying, but Ling Xiao just happened
to call for him, so he ignored his dad and ran over to Ling Xiao.
You JunQi's face was full of tears. He indeed had a daughter.
They were going to the ravine in Xi Jing where Ling Xiao had risen in rank last time.
Originally it was a large ravine, rich and green, but after Ling Xiao had turned into a
patch of scorched earth. The demon beasts that used to live in the ravine either died
or ran away, but even after all this there were still people who came to try and figure
out what had happened.
When one rose to the Sacred Realm rank, there was a period of time when their
energy fluctuated. Moreover, the unusual change in weather were more noticeable
than thunderclouds, so at the time it had alarmed many experts. But by the time they
had rushed over, Ling Xiao had already left.
You XiaoMo and the rest stood at the edge of the scorched valley, and all they could
see was an extremely devastated ravine. Something had smashed into the middle,
creating another deep hole, as if it was a small ravine within the big ravine. Next to it
were unsteady trees, half-burnt and half-withered, without a single trace of life left.
"Why did we come here?"
Ling Xiao took out the bottle with the Black Turtle Life Blood. There were only three
droplets inside, since Xuan Wei's hadn't yet been refined. But he only needed one
drop, so he withdrew one drop before handing the rest to You XiaoMo.
"The Black Turtle Clan's Life Blood is full of the cultivation base from their original
bodies. You can try absorbing its essence; it'll be useful for your cultivation base.
However, do not use it to refine your constitution, since it will be discovered by the
Black Turtle Clan."
You XiaoMo knew what he was going to do when he saw him take out the Life
Blood, and he nodded seriously after receiving the bottle.
Many months had already passed since the last time Ling Xiao had risen in rank.
There hadn't been people for a long time now around the scorched valley, so they
didn't have to worry about someone suddenly barging in here. Plus, they had a free
guardian.
You JunQi sighed again. The two of them had actually killed two Black Turtles
because of the Black Turtle Clan's Life Blood. This wasn't something that could be
kept a secret forever, and in the future they would have a horde of extremely strong
enemies.
He didn't know the truth and could only silently keep the secret for his son. In his
eyes, even if his son did something wrong, it would still have to be right.
However, there was something that You JunQi didn't really understand.
With Ling Xiao's level of power and the bloodlines of the Demon Phoenix Clan and
the Qilin Clan, the Black Turtle Clan's Life Blood was already of no use to him. Even
if it was, it would be just a drop in the ocean.
Then why did he still want to ingest the Black Turtle Life Blood?
You JunQi finally knew the answer a little while later.
You XiaoMo had already witnessed Ling Xiao stimulate the Dragon Clan bloodline
before. He was the most envious of this 'jump two levels at once' kind of thing. There
was truly no way to compete with natural superiority.
You XiaoMo sighed heavily before swallowing the two drops of Life Blood and
concentrating on absorbing the Life Blood's essence. Xuan Ze's strength wasn't very
high, so two drops of Life Blood shouldn't be enough to help him break through, but
it was still better than nothing.
Not far in front of him, You JunQi had long since opened his mouth in surprise.
He had actually detected the presence of the Black Turtle Clan's bloodline in Ling
Xiao before. Although it wasn't very rich, it was still impossible for him to ignore it. In
addition, as more time had passed, that thread of a bloodline seemed to be fully
awakening, and he could faintly sense that it was as if this bloodline possessed a
kind of power that didn't belong to the Black Turtle Clan of today.
A Black Turtle twice as big as the baby turtle crouched on Ling Xiao's shoulder. The
eyes of the Black Turtle were half open, and its eyelids looked lazy, yet the wisdom
that leaked through its gaze seemed as if it had been accumulating for hundreds of
millions of years.
You JunQi suddenly thought of a distant legend, and a monstrous wave instantly
rose in his mind.
Legend had it that that the Black Turtle Clan's first ancestor was TongTian
Continent's first sage. His mind was vast, embracing all under the sky with
boundless wisdom.
Could Ling Xiao be a descendant of the Black Turtle Clan's first ancestor?
You JunQi subconsciously rejected it.
But as for this boundless wisdom, he hadn't seen it at all in Ling Xiao during the past
two times.
When You XiaoMo opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was his clingy old man
frowning, nodding once in a while before shaking his head again. He was a perfectly
fine man who looked like a madman.
"Sonny, let daddy ask you a question." You JunQi saw that he woke up and instantly
walked over to look at him with eager eyes.
He didn't know why, but You XiaoMo suddenly had an intriguing feeling. It felt almost
as if he was looking at his own clone. Why did he think it felt so annoying?
"How does he have the Black Turtle Clan bloodline?"
You XiaoMo stood up and dusted off his butt before he answered dully, "This is a
great question. The truth can be explained in five words."
You JunQi asked impatiently, "What five words?"
You XiaoMo, "I do not know either!"
You JunQi, "..."
Son, if you have an issue with your dad, then just say it!
Too many issues!
This time when Ling Xiao stimulated the Black Turtle Clan bloodline, a pillar of
golden light didn't shoot up into the sky. Instead, huge patterns of waves rippled out
from his body like the tide, spreading in all directions. A vast aura was included with
it, and even demon beasts far away could sense it. Those that were weaker
immediately kneeled down.
You XiaoMo suddenly had the impulse to kneel down.
You JunQi hastily supported his son. "In ancient history's ancient history, the Black
Turtle Clan's first ancestor was greatly loved by all of the demon beasts, and he was
the only sage that tens of thousands of demon beasts followed. So, no matter if it
was a human or a demon beast, everyone would be affected a bit by his bloodline."
"Ancient history's ancient history?" The corners of You XiaoMo's mouth twitched.
How long ago would that have to be?
You JunQi coughed dryly. "No need to consider the time. In any case, it's from an
era that was too long ago to remember."
You XiaoMo looked at Ling Xiao, whose power level was steadily climbing. Who
knew how high his power level would rise this time; the first ancestor of the Black
Turtle Clan seemed very extraordinary.
About two minutes had passed before Ling Xiao suppressed the aura that was
leaking out. Everything was calm and peaceful again, as if that shocking scene just
now was merely a mirage.
When Ling Xiao opened his eyes, You XiaoMo clearly felt that he wasn't the same
as before. There was a saying that he hated so much it made his teeth itch that went
like this: Ling Xiao was full of wisdom.
Chapter 546: The Black Spider
Translated by Kollumceti of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
God, what kind of joke are you playing?

You didn't give it to the one that was lacking IQ, yet you deliberately gild the lily of
the one who was not lacking in IQ. In actual fact, Ling Xiao is your real son right!

As soon as Ling Xiao opened his eyes, he felt a stab of malice from his wife that was
full of indescribable jealousy and envy. As a result, he calmly accepted it.

His cultivation had risen from three stars to five stars. This time, there was no
difference in the rise of his cultivation from taking the Life Blood and stimulating the
bloodline of the Dragon Clan. Although this increase was not enough to contend
against You ZhenTian, it did not mean that the outcome of the battle would be
certain.

"How do you feel?" Ling Xiao asked upon seeing You XiaoMo staring blankly at
himself.

"A little bit." You XiaoMo subconsciously returned. Only after his brain made a full
circle did he realize that it was the opposite. He should be the one asking this
sentence. "How are you?"

Ling Xiao stretched and laid down as he smiled cheerfully, "I feel wonderful."

Both replies had three words, but the result each expressed was poles apart.

You XiaoMo was deeply envious.

They were preparing to return to Zhong Tian next. Before they left, You XiaoMo
thought to himself, since it was his cheap dad who wanted to stick to him of his own
will, wouldn't it be letting himself down if he did not make the best use of his dad?

Thus, he courteously invited You JunQi into his dimension to help him plant magic
herbs. His dimension was originally given to him by You JunQi, so he was indifferent
as to whether the secret inside would be revealed to him.

Although Mo Jing gave him many transcendent level magic herb seeds and
seedlings, these also needed time to mature and the time needed for them to
mature was relatively long. Therefore, it was necessary to seize the moment and
plant it now so as to avoid being out of stock when it was needed.
You XiaoMo had also grabbed Ling Xiao and pulled him into the dimension to be a
worker.

Planting magic herbs took a lot of time and it would be even faster with three people
doing it together.

Before You JunQi could even appreciate the scenery in the dimension, his son used
a leg to kick him into the magic herb field to remove weeds.

You XiaoMo no longer needed those low and mid level magic herbs as his
cultivation base rose. He also had a large of stock of some high level magic herbs.
Since he was only growing a few magic herbs at present, the large area he had
cleared for the magic herb field was now full of weeds.

Of course, You XiaoMo could have used his control over the dimension to plant the
magic herbs, but he would quickly become mentally exhausted and he had to be
inside the dimension for him to do this. He was only able to take objects in and out
from outside the dimension. Furthermore, if he did not enslave Ling Xiao from time
to time, his mind would feel out-off-balance.

You JunQi was pulling weeds, You XiaoMo was planting magic herbs and Ling Xiao
was in charge of watering at the end.

The one who had it the most miserable was You JunQi. He always felt that his work
was the most laborious. Sure enough, this sentence of 'a father is not needed if
there's a husband' was right.

"Son, how about we make a deal? You let me switch jobs with your man and water
the plants for a change?" You JunQi threw away the weeds that he had just plucked
out, walked over to his son and squatted down with an expression of currying favor.

You XiaoMo lifted his eyelids and looked at him. "Do you know how to water them?
Do you know how much water a stalk of magic herb needs? Do you know that
different kinds of magic herbs need to be watered with different amounts of water? I
will agree to let you switch if you can answer any question."

Not far away, Ling Xiao was content with his lot and watering the magic herbs.

He reminisced of the things in the beginning. He had also lacked the slightest
knowledge about magic herbs. You XiaoMo would always be harping about these
matters beside his ear when he dragged Ling Xiao into his dimension afterwards. As
time went on, Ling Xiao had to understand it even if he did not want to in the
beginning.

His current job was actually an accumulation of his many experiences.

"Then forget it." You JunQi embarrassedly rubbed his nose and walked away after
hearing this. He could not even answer one of them. He now thought that his son
still treated him the best. It turned out that pulling out weeds was such a relaxed job.

You XiaoMo rolled his eyes. He was not the least bit surprised by his answer. In
actual fact, he had specially wrote down all these things in a small book which had
been prepared for his Qiu team members. When they left for the Weeping Ghost
Shore, he put the book away and only showed it to Ling Xiao once.

The work proceeded extremely smoothly after a superficial little episode.

One hour later, You XiaoMo looked at the seedlings and seeds planted in his magic
herb field and smiled in satisfaction.

It was really different with three people doing things together. The speed of the work
which usually took two or three hours to complete had increased by one to two
times.

They set out for Zhong Tian after leaving the dimension.

They no longer needed to change their faces as their identities has been exposed
and they had nothing to hide. On the contrary, others may not recognize them with
them walking about openly.

Zhong Tian was just as lively as it used to be. Even a remote little town was still
talking about Ling Xiao and You XiaoMo's matters.

Using a low-level Dimensional talisman, You XiaoMo and the two were transported
to a little town at the fringes of Zhong Tian called Ebony Plum Town. Ebony Plum
Town was small, but it was along the only road towards Central City. Moreover,
Ebony Plum Town also had a small scale Dimensional transport circle which would
directly transport users to Central City.

It was because of this that there was an extremely large flow of people everyday
despite Ebony Plum Town being a small town.

Since it was too extravagant to use teleportation talismans to travel from Ebony
Plum Town to the Central City and the accuracy of the landing was low, the three
decided to take a small scale Dimensional Transportation portal to the Central City
after inquiring about the situation in Ebony Plum Town. The fees for the portal was
low and it cost two thousand spirit gems per person.

You XiaoMo handed over six thousand spirit gems, then the three waited at the inn
till it was time to depart.

One would usually need to wait for around two hours for their turn after registering
as there were too many people taking the dimensional transportation portal
everyday.

"It's been so long since I've been to such a bustling place. I've nearly forgotten how
to interact with others." You JunQi suddenly sighed in sorrow as he looked at the
throng of people before his eyes.

"You're delusional." You XiaoMo said.

You JunQi was startled. He turned his head to look at You XiaoMo, "Son, what did
you just say?"

You XiaoMo pondered, then he suddenly put on a stern expression, "I didn't say
anything and I didn't talk to you. You misheard it just now."

"Impossible." You JunQi denied it with all his strength and solemnly stated, "Daddy
just heard you say 'you're delusional'. It's impossible for daddy to have misheard."

The corners of You XiaoMo's mouth twitched and he decided not to speak to him
again.Ling Xiao stroked his head to console him, but somehow he felt that the smile
on Ling Xiao's face was offensive to his eyes.

Just at this moment, a few whispers of conversation suddenly caught their attention.

"I've heard that the Vermillion Blood Clan has not found their so-called traitors. It's
already been ten days, could those two have hidden away?"

"It's normal even if they hid, their opponent is the Vermillion Blood Clan. Who would
dare to touch the brows of the Vermillion Blood Clan? If it was me, I would hide
away and simply refuse to come out."

"That's true."

"I say, this news is already so outdated. Why are you still talking about it?!"

"Hasn't it just been ten days? Could it be that there's some other exciting news
again?"

"Of course! This is definitely an exclusive news." The speaker's face was triumphant,
as if he knew something important and the three words 'quickly ask me' were written
on his face.

The people around him did not disappoint and there were people immediately
questioning him.

The man suddenly mysteriously whispered, "Do you know of the Black Spider?"

"The Black Spider? You mean the new faction that emerged a thousand years ago?
It is said that there's a Sacred Realm powerhouse overseeing them. They specialize
in buying and selling all kinds of treasures obtained by improper means and they
even dare to accept many unseemly things, but I've heard that the price of the items
is half of the market value."

You XiaoMo immediately understood the nature of this Black Spider upon hearing
this. Putting it plainly, it was nearly the same as a black market, something that was
unavoidable in any era.

The Black Spider was established a thousand years ago. The reason why their
reputation was so notorious was because there was once a clan's family heirloom
that fell into the hands of the Black Spider. They publicly auctioned that heirloom
and this resulted in the family head of that clan bringing a group of experts over to
look for them. In the end, that group was beaten and injured and even the clan was
nearly exterminated.

“At that time, the person from the Black Spider that stepped in was a seven star
Divine Realm expert. However, he only seemed to be nothing more than a
subordinate. The person behind the scenes of the Black Spider definitely was a
Sacred Realm practitioner for such a strong expert to be perfectly happy to obey
someone's order."

"Based off your tone, don't tell me that the Black Spider is going to make a big move
in the near future?"

"This is the exclusive news. I heard that the Black Spider stole a lot of earth-shaking
treasures some time ago. It is rumored that they will organize an auction to invite
many factions and experts in the TongTian Continent with strong financial
resources, such as the Vermillion Blood Clan, the Mage Guild, the Cang Alliance
and so on."
"The things that the Black Spider usually auction are treasures, but I've never heard
of them daring to invite these forces so brazenly. Aren't they afraid that included
among these items are some treasures that these factions have lost?"

"They wouldn't have publicized it if they were afraid. But this is secondary, I've heard
that the Black Spider is going to invite the experts from the Ten Divine Gods
Ranking. That Ling Xiao is also included and he would certainly encounter the
Vermillion Blood Clan if he goes. There would be a good show to watch when that
happens."

"Hey, there wouldn't be a good show if he doesn't go."

"That's also true!"

One could tell that the Black Spider was not an ordinary faction just by its name. The
name of their behind-the-scenes backer definitely couldn't be mentioned, seeing that
they dared to brazenly and wantonly invite all the major forces with their status as a
black market.

However, there was a point that You XiaoMo was quite curious about.

The powerhouses on the Ten Divine Gods Ranking were all people whose
whereabouts were indeterminate. How would the Black Spider deliver the invitations
to them?

Just as he was thinking about it, his cheap old man suddenly opened his mouth,
"I've heard of this faction called the Black Spider. I had contact with the people from
the Black Spider before I was locked up by You ZhenTian. They are a group of
powerhouses that put the 'law of the jungle' into practice. It's best not to have too
much contact with these type of people who have no morality to speak of."

"Tell me more details." You XiaoMo urged.

You JunQi organized his thoughts, "Let's put it this way, the majority of the 'rare
treasures' that they auction are ones that they've stolen."

Ling Xiao raised an eyebrow. Like You XiaoMo, he had also never heard of this
faction which had been established a thousand years ago so he was a little curious,
"Therefore, when the owner of the lost property comes knocking, they can use the
excuse that someone sold it to them to cleanly shirk all responsibility?"

You JunQi nodded, "If the owner of the lost property does not believe that excuse,
they will start a fight and usually leave them either dead or heavily wounded. So
even though many factions know that their treasures drifted into the Black Spider's
auction, they can only do all they can and use their wealth to buy it back. In some
cases, they may not necessarily be able to buy it out if they encounter a contender.”

"It is indeed unreasonable." You XiaoMo shook his head. This sort of behavior was
clearly that of a robber.

Ling Xiao lightly injected, "Might is right!”

You JunQi feared that his son would not be able to distinguish between good and
bad people, so he lectured, "Son, there's one point you should bear in mind. One
should always be on guard. There's no one you can unconditionally trust. Whether
they are good or bad people, they are often devils that put on masks and may betray
you at the pivotal moment."

"You are right." You XiaoMo truly agreed with what he said, "Even though you are
my father I feel that I can't trust you unconditionally."

The smile on You JunQi's face stiffened before it was about to disappear.

Was this called lifting a stone to smash your own feet?

The answer was yes.

You Jun quickly remedied, "Son, you definitely can have unconditional trust in
daddy, but you may not do so for others."

"Does 'others' include him?" You XiaoMo pointed at Ling Xiao.

You JunQi immediately weighed in his mind. Was his daddy more important or his
man important in his son's heart? He finally reached a conclusion that made him a
little unhappy, yet he had to choice but to admit it. His son seemed to trust his man
more than his own father, so his son would probably refuse to acknowledge him if he
dared to say that 'others' included Ling Xiao.

You JunQi was defeated, "You can also trust in him unconditionally."

You XiaoMo nodded in satisfaction. He suddenly felt that his cheap dad was actually
quite sensible.

As the only normal person among the three, Ling Xiao looked quite detached from
the world as he calmly drank his tea. To put it bluntly, he was drawing a clear
dividing line.
A black crow suddenly flew into the inn just as everyone was enthusiastically
chatting. The black crow steadily landed on You XiaoMo's table.
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Ra: Daddy vs Husband - Round 1: Daddy utterly defeated.
Tsk tsk, a married out daughter is like spilt water.
Addis: Poor momo has no balls according to his dad. Lol. I believe I said that before.
Chapter 547: The Wealthiest
Translated by Jouissance of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

When the crow appeared, the entire inn fell silent.

Anyone who knew of the Black Spider knew that they had two symbols. One was of
a black eight-legged spider, something that was tattooed on each and every one of
their members. The other was their messenger Black Crow. Apart from that, the
crow also represented the coming of death. If a Black Crow wasn't there to give a
message, then it meant someone was about to die.

Thus, most people would feel a chill descend over them.

"Oh god, did they do something to offend the Black Spider?" Those who had been
discussing the Black Spider before yelled in shock, subconsciously thinking that the
crow was an omen of death upon seeing it in such an out of the way area like Ebony
Plum Town.

The Black Crow had landed on You XiaoMo's table. That meant it was targeting one
of the three, or maybe all of them.

The Black Crow startled You XiaoMo and, hearing what was said, he was even
more shocked. They had only just returned to Zhong Tian; how could Black Spider
know of their movements? And have a crow come and find them, too?

"No, this is a messenger Black Crow. There's something on its right leg." The middle
aged man that had first brought up the Black Spider disagreed after observing for a
few moments.

Messenger Black Crows would have things tied to their leg, but since these Black
Crows were three to four times larger than normal crows, their feathers would
sometimes accidentally conceal these items.

You XiaoMo lifted the feathers on the right side and, as expected, there was a note
about the size of his palm on its foot. The color was as black as the feathers of the
Black Crow, so it was no wonder no one noticed at first.

You XiaoMo had only just untied the note when the Black Crow flapped its wings
and took off. It wasn't slow either, like it had something urgent to get back to.

In reality, his cheap dad had been eyeing the Black Crow with an expression that
made it clear he thought it would make a good meal. Black Crows were sentient,
and, sensing You JunQi's thoughts, it would naturally run at the earliest opportunity.

You XiaoMo opened the note and looked over it before handing it out casually.

You JunQi had thought his son was handing the note over to him since he was
opposite his son, but then his son's hand had swerved in midair, giving the note to
Ling Xiao. His outstretched hand hovered awkwardly.

Resentment couldn't even begin to describe what he felt then.

Seeing this, You XiaoMo rubbed his nose. "I'll tell you what it says. It's an invite from
the Black Spider; they want us to attend their auction."

In reality, it was only Ling Xiao who had been invited.

When he said that, the entire inn had fallen into silence once more. As that middle
aged man had said, only people of great power would be invited. Apart from that,
individuals that were invited had to be experts of Divine level or higher and this was
just one of many requirements.

"When will the auction start?" You JunQi asked.

"In a month," You XiaoMo replied.

You JunQi said consideringly, "It's not too soon, but not a very long wait either. If the
Vermillion Blood Clan wants to come and cause trouble, there's no need for them to
wait a month."

You XiaoMo nodded, turning to look at Ling Xiao. "Should we attend?"

Ling Xiao said in a low tone. "Theoretically we should, but..."

"But what?"

"Do you have several hundred million spirit gems on you?"

"..."

The invite wasn't just a normal invite, there were several requirements for
attendance written on it, too. For example, there was no trading items, they only
dealt in spirit gems, so if you wanted to attend, you would need to bring an
appropriate amount of spirit gems.
You XiaoMo only had twenty million spirit gems on him. In reality, this was already a
huge fortune, but it was nowhere near enough if you wanted to actually buy
anything. You needed hundreds of millions, even billions of spirit gems. There was
no way they could earn that much in a month.

"Then we aren't going?" You XiaoMo was a little disappointed.

"Not necessarily," Ling Xiao said. "We can always get more spirit gems if we don't
have enough, and even if we can't get enough, we can go and have a look around.”

“But the Vermillion Blood Clan might also go, right? If we go, then there's no way
You ZhenTian wouldn't take this chance to capture me!" You XiaoMo scratched his
head in vexation. He wanted to go and see what it was like, but he didn't want to get
caught by You ZhenTian.

Ling Xiao suddenly reached out and flicked him in the head. "Idiot, do you think the
Vermillion Blood Clan will be the only ones invited?"

The place where he was hit went red. You XiaoMo didn't care about the pain though,
because the words caused a person to pop up in his mind. His depressed
expression immediately turned into one of delight. "You mean Fu CangQiong?"

The Cang Alliance and Vermillion Blood Clan were at the top of the Southern
Continent. After fighting behind the scenes for all those years, neither had managed
to subdue the other. If Fu CangQiong stood on their side, You ZhenTian would have
to go through Fu CangQiong to get to them. They had to use this shield well!

"You mean the Head of the Cang Alliance?"

“What reason does he have to help us?" You JunQi didn't know the promise they
had made with Fu CangQiong. Hearing what they said, he could only think of how
hard it would be to get Fu CangQiong on their side.

You XiaoMo waggled his finger in delight. "You don't know this, but we've made a
deal with Fu CangQiong. So long as we can deliver, then he'll definitely stand by us,
and his favored disciple, Wei Bai, is my second shixiong."

You JunQi had heard of the name Wei Bai before.

After all, he had only been locked up by You ZhenTian for twenty years. He was still
kept up with the times in the TongTian Continent. Two hundred years ago, he had
heard that Fu CangQiong really spoiled this young man called Wei Bai.
"What thing are you expected to deliver?" You JunQi was very interested.

You XiaoMo smiled at him, drawing out his words as he replied, "It's a secret."

You JunQi's excitement wasn't crushed by this. After thinking for a while, his face
broke out into a smile.

You XiaoMo looked at his smile weirdly. "What are you smiling at?"

"Sonny~" You JunQi called him in that unique and cutesy way of his, causing
goosebumps to rise on You XiaoMo's skin. "Tell me what it is and I'll give you a
surprise that is definitely of equal value, how does that sound?"

You XiaoMo stared at him suspiciously.

Ling Xiao suddenly said, "Do it."

You XiaoMo turned his head, "Why?"

Ling Xiao said, "Because I want to know what this surprise of equal value is. If you
aren't satisfied, you can just ignore him in the future."

You JunQi, "..."

You XiaoMo hesitated just slightly. "Alright."

In reality, it was just a Samsara pill recipe. However, this recipe was definitely
something Fu CangQiong would be willing to splurge on. Grade six rainbow pills
were nothing to scoff at, and the number of grade six rainbow pill recipes that had
ever been discovered could be counted on one hand. In addition, it concerned Wei
Bai’s wellbeing.

“Sonny, are you really giving it to Fu CangQiong? It’s a real treasure.” You JunQI
hadn’t thought it was something so valuable. He knew that the Mage’s Guild and the
Beast Transfiguration guild only had three in total, and they were practically
guarding the three with their lives.

“It’s just a recipe. There’s no problem.” You XiaoMo waved his hand, saying
heroically.
If those people who were guarding those recipes with their life heard this, they would
definitely cough blood. Without the recipe, you couldn’t refine the pill even if you had
the magic herbs.

That’s why Fu CangQuiong focused on finding the recipe these few years.

You XiaoMo rushed the other. “I’ve already spoken, hurry and tell me what your
surprise of equal value is.

You JunQi didn’t speak. He raised his right hand, which had a ring on it. There was
nothing in the palm of his hand, but he moved his fingers and the first ring appeared
in his hand.

“This is a pocket dimension ring. You’ll understand when you look inside.”

You XiaoMo had only just peeked inside before he immediately raised his head to
look at his cheap dad. “How come you have so much?”

You JunQi smiled triumphantly. “In the past I went to a mid level plane. That plane
was still in it’s uncivilized stages. I found a leyline there. That leyline had been there
for hundreds of thousands of years and no one had discovered it. I thought it would
be a waste to just leave it, so I dug out all the spirit gems. I haven’t used much of it
these years.”

After You ZhenTian stole the position of family head, You JunQi had left the
Vermillion Clan and had spent thousands of years wandering around. He had gone
to many planes, and wild planes were amongst them.

Uncivilized planes were a special sort of plane. In a hundred million planes, there’d
only be one, because that meant the resources on that plane were still untouched.
So, if there really was such a plane, the entire Tong Tian Continent would be in an
uproar over it.

So, the wealthiest man on the entire Tong Tian Continent was his cheap dad, who
didn’t have anything to his name.

You XiaoMo looked at his cheap dad, conflicted. This was truly an amazing surprise.
He had always thought his dad was completely broke.
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Ra: Daddy vs Husband - Round 2: Daddy won through his money. Money always
win.
Addis: like father like son. Both are money grubbers.
Chapter 548: You’re Overthinking it
Translated by Crystal of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
For being an evil force, there weren't many that knew of the Black Spider's
headquarters. The three of them investigated the whole way there, but although
many knew of the biggest black market auction held by the Black Spiders, nothing
more was known.
They didn't need to hide or be sneaky since not many knew of their true faces. Not
only that, most wouldn't expect them to add an extra person in their party at such a
critical time.
Once they arrived at the Central City, they first and foremost went to the information
hub of the Cang Alliance.
The one in charge was Fu CangQiong's fourth disciple Ye Nong. He knew of their
deal with his Shifu and last time it was him who greeted them too, but even so, he
was still surprised at their arrival.
Following Ling Xiao's order, You XiaoMo put everything they wanted to say in a jade
drive, which contained information on the Samsara Pill and their conditions. He then
handed it to Ye Nong, telling him to send it off quickly to the hands of Fu
CangQiong.
He accepted solemnly and told them to come back in three days to pick up the jade
drive, as they will give a reply within three days.
After that, they hurried over to the ShuangYu Hotel.
The situation on the streets was the same as before, completely unfazed by the stuff
that had happened recently, maybe just a few more things to gossip about.
You XiaoMo hadn't given a hundred percent of his trust to Wu Cheng yet, thus he
never hinted at his return to him. Once he arrived to say he was You XiaoMo, Wu
Cheng was utterly dumbfounded.
After the shock wore off, he quickly told two elders to guard the entrance and not let
anyone in, except for his dad, Wu Zheng.
Although the situation in Zhong Tian looked peaceful, the Vermillion Blood Clan
hadn't given up yet. You ZhenTian planted many people everywhere so that if any
trace of them was found, they would immediately be hunted down by all of the
experts of the Vermillion Blood Clan.
"Fellow You, you changed your appearance again?" Taking a good look at You
XiaoMo, Wu Cheng could say that the him now was completely different from
before.
His face from before was very plain, the kind that if one threw it into a crowd, one
would only be able to find it because of the charisma. Now, it looked much nicer and
didn't feel strange. As for Ling Xiao, he only dared to take a peek as it was so
blinding he didn't dare look at him straight up.
"No, these are our real faces." You XiaoMo had decided that from now on, he was
going to use his real face, thus he generously admitted it out loud.
Nodding, Wu Cheng took out a magic bag and pulled out all of the magic herbs he
had collected. As the time frame was relatively short, he wasn't able to collect much.
Every stalk was placed in a jade box, with more mature herbs than saplings.
Although there was only mid and low grade herbs, it was already pretty good.
He spent a lot of spirit gems to buy these magic herbs and he did regret it a bit
afterwards because the news about the Black Spider's auction was only revealed
afterwards, including the fact that they only took spirit gems. The ShuangYu Hotel
was also given a invitation.
Fortunately, he didn't buy it all as some were traded.
You XiaoMo didn't have high hopes in the beginning, so didn't think Wu Cheng
would give him such a pleasant surprise. What he needed the most now was high
tier mature magic herbs.
From the twenty odd herbs, a third were mature whereas the rest were saplings, and
not many seeds. The market for seeds and saplings was even worse in Zhong Tian
than Xi Jing, so these took a while for Wu Cheng to find.
You XiaoMo did some mental calculation and figured that the price of these herbs
probably wasn't cheap, but his stock of magic pills was running low. He had
completely forgotten about this beforehand.
"Umm...do you guys take spirit gems? I don't have much pills on me right now so
there isn't much valuable ones I can give you." You XiaoMo said hesitantly.
Wu Cheng was dumbfounded.
Hearing no reply, You XiaoMo assumed that he wasn't going to take spirit gems and
compromised, "Then how about this, you hold onto them for now..."
"No no no...no need, spirit gems are fine." Wu Cheng quickly regained his senses
and hurriedly cut him off. Although the ShuangYu Hotel was operating as a casino,
their fortune wasn't comparable to the Vermillion Blood Clan or the Cang Alliance.
Their total fortune combined was just around six hundred million, that wasn't
enough.
From their special information source, they knew what items were going to be
auctioned and their head wanted one of those things, so now he and his dad were
trying to gather enough spirit gems for it.
To be honest, some of these herbs he bought using the ShuangYu Hotel's name.
Not only could he get the discounts, the quality sold was better than normal.
You XiaoMo got the vibe that it had something to do with the Black Spider's auction
and wasn't surprised, "Okay, then calculate the total and tell me how much is it
going to cost."
Wu Cheng had already calculated that beforehand. Since, even in a bartering
system, one would still weigh the exchange by spirit gems.
"The total comes to 131.5 (one hundred thirty-one million, five hundred thousand)
million spirit gems. Rounding it out, I'll just take one hundred thirty million."
This was his biggest transaction ever, although Wu Cheng questioned if You
XiaoMo had this many spirit gems to offer, especially before the auction. After all,
the Top Ten Divine Gods were invited too.
Before You XiaoMo knew that his cheap dad was the richest man on the TongTian
Continent, he wouldn't be able to afford this, but after knowing that, and taking all of
his fortune in his own pocket, he would say that one hundred thirty million was
nothing.
It took You XiaoMo two magic bags before he was able to reach one hundred thirty
million spirit gems. By using his soul power, he was able to count it out in a few
seconds.
Handing it off to Wu Cheng, he said, "Here, make sure the number is right."
As if he was dreaming, Wu Cheng counted out the spirit gems. To think everything
was paid upfront...By the time he looked at You XiaoMo again, all he saw was a
chicken that laid golden eggs.
"Is there anything else you want me to look out for you?"
After thinking about it, You XiaoMo nodded. However, he didn't tell Wu Cheng to buy
every transcendent level magic herbs, instead, he recalled the ones used in rainbow
pills and wrote a list of herbs by memory. Handing it over he said, "Then please be
on a look out of the magic herbs on this list, I'll buy it at the market price."
Given the earlier price, You XiaoMo figured that he bought those herbs at a lower
rate than market price so, he was basically giving the difference as commission. As
for how much discount he could buy them at, that was up to him.
Wu Cheng also knew what he was getting at and promised that he would find these
herbs.
At that moment, Wu Cheng hadn't realized that many magic herbs You XiaoMo
listed were very hard to find, since most of them were very high grade magic herbs.
Bidding farewell, Wu Cheng instantly ran to find his dad.
On the other hand, You XiaoMo decided to return to the XiaoYao Institution to take
another look at this 'fated to be here and faraway' institution. He wasn't even sure
himself if he could continue to stay at the institution.
"Sonny, when you return to the XiaoYao Institution, You ZhenTian would know
immediately." In truth, You JunQi knew more about the XiaoYao Institution than
even Ling Xiao. He understood, deeply, the true nature of the institution.
On the surface it seemed to be growing talents, but in reality, they were to service
the Tong Tian Palace. Every hundred years, the Tong Tian Palace would take a
batch of talented students to the Tong Tian Temple but no one knew what they were
doing there. It was also quite dangerous so he didn't want his son to get involved.
"Well, he was going to know sooner or later, right?" You XiaoMo said while looking
at Ling Xiao. He didn't quite believe that You ZhenTian would come find him
immediately after knowing he was in the institution.
Ling Xiao thought about it said, "On the surface, the Vermillion Blood Clan only has
one Sacred Realm practitioner and that is You ZhenTian, the head. He can't come
personally for just a member of the clan, otherwise people would suspect that there
was ulterior motives, so we're safe for now."
You JunQi knew that his son listened to Ling Xiao, so no matter what he said, he
wasn't going to change his son's mind. Although he was a bit unhappy, what Ling
Xiao said wasn't wrong.
After they decided to return to the XiaoYao Institution, they left immediately.
You JunQi's identity was a bit special and not many people had seen him before so
You XiaoMo made him wait in the hotel, after all, an unfamiliar face had it's uses too.
The familiar structure was right in front of them.
You XiaoMo suddenly came to a halt.
Walking over, Ling Xiao asked with a brow raised, "Scared after being away for so
long?”
You XiaoMo replied, "......The XiaoYao Institution was barely even a harbor for
resting, how is it a 'home'!"
"Then why aren't you moving?"
"I'm bracing myself! Think about it, seeing how famous I am now, when I go in, a lot
of them would be looking at me in idolization. I'm afraid the pressure would get to me
so I'm preparing."
"You're overthinking it."
"Leave me alone."
So, Ling Xiao stopped talking. Once they went in, they gave their names and just as
You XiaoMo predicted, everyone who walked past had a look of idolization.
However, they weren't looking at You XiaoMo but Ling Xiao, only occasionally would
one give You XiaoMo a look of sympathy.
"See, I told you you were overthinking it." Just as they were about to walk into the
Giganticus, Ling Xiao suddenly turned to rub salt on You XiaoMo's wounds.
With a critical hit, You XiaoMo died vomiting blood (was K.O'ed) .
The winner: Ling Xiao.
Experience: +100.
An easy victory.
Before they entered the Giganticus, suddenly out came a few people and they were,
of course, Qiao WuShuang and the others. It wasn't even ten hours since Ling Xiao
and You XiaoMo entered the XiaoYao Institution. For them to have heard the news,
that was some speed.
"Where, where are they, didn't you say they've returned?" Tian Xin said as she
pushed the crowd away and took at look of the ones standing by the gate. She
couldn't find You XiaoMo's figure anywhere.
You XiaoMo rubbed his face.
Suddenly, Tian Xin turned to look at him, then retracted her gaze to continue her
search, "Where are they?"
Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, Qiao WuShuang turned her head around to
where she was looking at before. Not far from her stood You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao
with barely anyone around them. It was very obvious.
"Fellow You, you're finally back." With delight, Yan Hui walked towards them, "So
many things happened but with the Vermillion Blood Clan hunting you down, why
aren't you guys hiding? If they knew about your whereabouts, they're sure to come
catch you."
The uncle also walked over and greeted them with a warm smile, "Welcome back!"
Tian Xin was displeased that the 'first' was taken by Yan Hui so she ran over,
pushed Yan Hui aside and said in rapid fire mode, "You XiaoHa, ah no, I should call
you You XiaoMo, you really surprised me, to think that you are a member of the
Vermillion Blood Clan, you and Ling Xiao's plentiful glorious records was also super
thrilling, I want to go too, how about I just follow you guys from now on..."
Before she could continue, Qiao WuShuang covered her mouth and said with
resignation, "Sorry, her brain is a bit problematic these days. Just ignore everything
she says."
You XiaoMo immediately nodded. He could tell that Tian Xin had probably hit her
head on something.
Soundlessly, Tian Xin rolled her eyes. You're the ones who hit their heads!
Qiao WuShuang took them to a secluded area and only asked when no one was
around, "What are you guys planning to do from here on out?"
With a smile You XiaoMo answered, "If we can stay at the XiaoYao Institution, of
course we would be willing to, but if that's not possible, then it can't be helped."
"Rest assured, my Shifu said that the XiaoYao Institution is a place to study. No
forces, big or small, can act wantonly here. You guys are safe for now." Qiao
WuShuang answered.
It was almost the same thing Ling Xiao had said.
In his heart, You XiaoMo reaffirmed his decision to follow Ling Xiao and stand firmly
on the position of 'listen to Ling Xiao on important things, and listen to himself on
unimportant things'. Never changing for century.
After he confirmed the position of the XiaoYao Institution, You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao
returned to their hotel. They weren't planning to stay in the institution yet, as who
knew if someone of the Vermillion Blood Clan was in the Giganticus.
Chapter 549: Private Exchange Quarter

Translated by Yan of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

The news of You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao returning to Zhong Tian spread very quickly.

Nobody knew who was at the center of it all adding fuel to the fire, but the news
spread extremely fast, and even the inn they were staying at was leaked out.

The consequence of not living in XiaoYao Institution was that every once in a while
they would have someone come and find them, waving knives and guns.

Zhong Tian indeed had the Vermillion Blood Clan's scouts, and every night these
scouts would come running to the inn searching for information. The result was that
every one of them would go directly to see the King of Hell, and they would even
enjoy it.

This was the first time You XiaoMo had seen people who were so eager for death.

They stayed at the inn for two days.

You XiaoMo counted on his fingers several times and discovered that every night
they threw about seven or eight waves, or ninety percent, of people into the inn's
backyard to be fertilizer for the flowers and plants.

The second day, the mountain-like pile of corpses in the backyard almost scared the
inn's manager to death, and it only finally stopped on the third night.

Most likely because he realized that his behavior was just like seeking his own self-
destruction, he finally stopped sending scouts over at night.

You XiaoMo had a wonderful night's sleep, lying in Ling Xiao's embrace. This time
he slept until he naturally woke up early in the morning. Instead of sending people to
come notify them, Ye Nong came over himself.

Since Fu CangQiong had warned Ye Nong over and over that he was to personally
hand the item over to them.

You XiaoMo swept over the information in the jade drive once before handing it to
Ling Xiao as usual, completely unaware that his clingy dad was currently standing to
the side, looking at him with hidden bitterness.

Fu CangQiong was very happy that they had found the pill recipe for the Samsara
Pill. Even though he still couldn't find a transcendent level mage that could refine a
grade six rainbow pill, he had already accomplished half of what he needed. At the
same time, he consented to their request, and after learning that they were
preparing to participate in Black Spider's auction, he even gave them a list of items
for free.

When You XiaoMo saw the items on the list, he couldn't look away again.

No wonder Black Spider dared to invite TongTian Continent's major powers. If any
one of these items were leaked out, it would be enough to make people fight until
death.

As for a major power such as the Cang Alliance, Black Spider hadn't taken pains to
try and hide the goods that they were auctioning.

If they didn't let them know what treasures they had, it would mean that these major
powers wouldn't have a motive to prepare spirit gems. When the time came to
auction off the items, the prices would drop, and the one to lose would be Black
Spider.

You XiaoMo roughly glanced over it and his gaze landed on the last couple items on
the list. He frowned as he looked at one of the items. There were no specific details
about this item, and all it said was that it was an ancient item. They didn't even know
what type of ancient item it was, yet it was actually listed among the last items to be
auctioned off.

After sending Ye Nong off, they closed the door and studied the jade drive.

Finally, they reached the conclusion that they had to go, no matter what.

He didn't know what Ling Xiao was thinking about. Ling Xiao continued to stroke the
jade drive without saying anything, expression indifferent, as if he was considering
something else in his mind.

The next day, You XiaoMo returned to XiaoYao Institution.

Speaking of Giganticus' challenge match, You XiaoMo had calculated and

discovered that it was actually at the same time as Black Spider's auction. They
were both one month later.
They had the Dimensional talismans so the time they had to spend on the road was
shortened by quite a bit. The entire journey to and from Xi Jing had only taken half a
month, and it was even faster than what You XiaoMo had imagined.

Besides the time he had first entered Giganticus, this would now already be the
second time he missed the challenge match.

You XiaoMo's goal wasn't the challenge match, but if he didn't participate in the
challenge match then he wouldn't have any points, and without points he couldn't
get into the Beast Transfiguration Room or the Meditation Room.

He had already decided to attend the auction, so he could only miss the competition.
But this time he had no points to cancel his name, and most likely there wouldn't be
anyone who would let him borrow some of their points.

You XiaoMo scratched his head gloomily.

"You Xiao... Mo?" An uncertain voice suddenly spoke next to him. Maybe because
they weren't used to his name, so they paused in the middle.

You XiaoMo unconsciously looked over and discovered that the person calling him
was Jiu Ye. He couldn't help but be surprised. "It's you? Why are you here?"

"That should be what I'm asking you." Jiu Ye's handsome and straight brows raised
slightly. "This is the 95th floor, your floor should be the 90th floor."

You XiaoMo turned his head and saw that there was a large 'Ninety-Five' on the
pillar next to the circular staircase. A drop of cold sweat slid down his face. He was
too deep in his thoughts, and he just walked and walked till he reached this floor.
"Apologies, apologies, I walked past my floor."

"There seems to be something on your mind." Jiu Ye seldom broached a topic of his
own volition.

You XiaoMo was surprised for a moment, but then he thought about it a little. Jiu Ye
should know quite a lot, so he could ask him, and he said, "I do have something on
my mind. You must've heard about the Black Spider too, right? I decided to go with
Ling Xiao, but the competition and the auction times conflict..."

Jiu Ye more or less understood his situation, and he nodded. "You want to earn
some points?"

You XiaoMo laughed and nodded. It was great talking with someone smart. "Is there
any way to earn some points without participating in the challenge match?"

Jiu Ye hesitated for a while. "There is, and presumably you can also guess what it is.
There's only one competition every three months, and the most points you can earn
each time is six points. For most people, six points is nowhere near enough.
XiaoYao Institution also thought of a solution for this."

You XiaoMo asked, "What solutions are there?"

Jiu Ye said, "There's a private Exchange Quarter in Giganticus, and only students
who are on the 70th floor and above can participate. The currency that the
Exchange Quarter uses is points."

"Are you talking about the trading that goes on between students?" You XiaoMo still
felt that this method couldn't resolve the demand that the students had for points,
since everyone only had a few points, so who would just take them out and trade
them.

Jiu Ye denied it. "No, I'm talking about the trade between the students and
Giganticus' teachers and elders. They're not the same as us, since they can earn a
certain amount of points every month. Although the teachers and elders also have
different levels, they don't need points as frequently as students do. Those points
just accumulate, and they're exactly what we need. Of course, students can trade
among themselves, but this happens very rarely."

Jiu Ye just happened to have nothing to do, so he personally brought You XiaoMo to
the private Exchange Quarter.

The private Exchange Quarter was on the 85th floor, right in the middle.

As the floors went higher and higher, the population on each floor dropped. For
example, the total population of the 90th floor that You XiaoMo was on didn't even
reach twenty. The total population of the 85th floor was also under fifty people, so
there was quite a lot of empty space.

This empty space was utilized by XiaoYao Institution, and they were built into all
sorts of different places. The private Exchange Quarter was one such place, and its
area exceeded a thousand square feet.

Five minutes later, the two of them arrived outside of the private Exchange Quarter.

Right now was currently when the private Exchange Quarter was at its liveliest.
Since everyone had some points during the last two months, they used them all in
the Beast Transfiguration Room and the Meditation Room. Now that it was the third
month, they had finally used up all of the points they had.

After the points were used, naturally they wanted to come up with a way to earn
more points. Therefore, everyone ran towards the private Exchange Quarter, and
the large Exchange Quarter became lively.

You XiaoMo walked in together with Jiu Ye. The moment he saw the situation inside,
he started to laugh.

This Exchange Quarter was just like a marketplace, but most of the time, the shops
in a marketplace were for sellers. However, here they were for buyers, and there
was a quartz sign in front of every shop. On the quartz sign, the teachers and the
elders indicated the items they needed.

If the students had these items on them, they could immediately go up and start
negotiations, and the prices were naturally easy to settle.

For teachers and elders, points came for free, so the amount of points they gave out
usually weren't too low and people didn't have to worry about being ripped off.

As the two of them walked, Jiu Ye gave him an introduction.

The Exchange Quarter was split into three blocks. Block One was for teachers of the
70th to 79th floor, and their requirements were usually pretty low, so they also gave
fewer points. But this was also directly related to the amount of points they were
given every month.

Block Two was from the 80th to the 89th floor, and Block Three was from the 90th to
the 100th floor.

Block Three’s teachers and elders gave the most points. But their requests were
also very high, and most of the students were unwilling to fulfill them, so the
students who shopped in Block Three were few.

Jiu Ye suggested that You XiaoMo first go to Block One to take a look. Although
they didn't give many points, the items that the teachers and elders needed were
usually things that people were willing to exchange.

You XiaoMo didn't really care. As long as he could exchange for some points, going
to Block One would be the same thing.

Since Block One had more teachers and elders than Block Two and Block Three,
they also had the most space. There were approximately forty to fifty shops, and
most of the shops had either one teacher or elder sitting inside.

"The price of Block One is between one to two points. Some seniors aren't mages,
so what they mostly need are magic pills. But a student can only exchange one type
of pill, if there's more they won't exchange with you." Jiu Ye said.

You XiaoMo nodded and glanced over all of them. The things that the teachers and
elders needed were multifarious and varied, and there seemed to be no pattern to
them. Some needed magic herbs, some needed soul training or skill training, some
actually needed spirit gems. How poor would that teacher have to be in order to
have to resort to trading points for spirit gems in the Exchange Quarter?

You XiaoMo hesitated for a bit before walking over to that teacher.
Chapter 550: Have No Eyes

Translated by Kollumceti of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

It was uncommon to convert to crystals in the Exchange Quarter.

The one who asked for an exchange of spirit gems was a teacher surnamed Yang
from the seventieth floor. He was considered to be the first person in the Exchange
Quarter to engage such a pioneering work. He came regularly at set intervals and
there would occasionally be some rich and imposing people who will exchange spirit
gems with him, but there were not many.

His behavior had always been weird and strange and was very novel for everyone.
However, it did not go without a hitch every time, because three days had passed
since he opened the shop this month and nobody had made a transaction with him.

As everyone knew, though spirit gems were the currency in circulation in the
TongTian Continent, its value was also very high. This was because it could be used
as a trading currency and could also be used to raise one's cultivation base by
absorbing the energy from the spirit gems during cultivation.

This Teacher Yang was a practitioner who liked to absorb the energy in the spirit
gems to increase his cultivation. He thought of this method as he consumed the
gems in an extravagant manner, resulting in him having few spirit gems.

He would come by regularly at set intervals after becoming aware of the benefits.

Jiu Ye had heard of this teacher's deeds before.

The students XiaoYao Institution were all mages. Besides being able to make
money easily, mages also spent money very quickly. Most people do not have much
spirit gems in their pockets apart from those who truly had some capability and
family resources. Besides, this teacher's price was quite high.

Due to this, no one came to his shop despite him being open for three days.

You XiaoMo walked straight to the shop. Jiu Ye was not the only one surprised.
Those who saw this scene all expressed astonishment one after another. They
probably did not expect that someone would voluntarily offer themselves to be
ripped off.
"Teacher, how many spirit gems can be exchanged for one point?"

Teacher Yang raised his eyelids and stared blankly for a split second when he saw
You XiaoMo. He had been sitting here for three days and was somewhat used to the
situation with no one patronizing his shop. He really could not react when someone
suddenly came over to ask.

You XiaoMo could understand his reaction, so he asked again.

Teacher Yang finally responded and he smiled sincerely, "I only have two points at
the moment. I can give you a cheaper rate if you want both. One point for two
hundred thousand spirit gems."

This price was high and most people may not even have ten thousand crystals in
their pockets.

Jiu Ye who was standing beside You XiaoMo frostily raised his eyebrows. He heard
that the price was not two hundred thousand, but one hundred thousand instead.
This time it actually doubled and it reminded him of the rumors he had heard.

"Teacher, isn't this price too high?" You XiaoMo asked with an unchanging
expression. He did have a lot of spirit gems now, but it did not mean that he was
indifferent to others ripping him off. It was not like his head had been kicked by a
donkey.

Teacher Yang leisurely replied, "Then what do you think is more important? The
points or spirit gems?" The implication of this was that Teacher Yang was out to get
him.

You XiaoMo nonchalantly stated, "Points are more important to me now, but I have a
lot of choices, don't I? I can buy two to three stalks of level nine magic herbs with
two hundred thousand spirit gems and then exchange it with the other teachers and
I'll be able to get two or three points in this manner. Doesn't Teacher think so?"

Teacher Yang almost could not show his face after being refuted by You XiaoMo,
"Then how much do you say it should be?"

He did view You XiaoMo as a fat sheep so that gave rise to the idea to rip him off.
Those rich people generally did not care about this small amount of spirit gems.
Furthermore, he was also a teacher from XiaoYao Institution. They should give him
some face to say the least, isn't that so?

Perhaps because he had ripped people off excessively, he became known for
marking up his prices, so no one came to his shop despite him being open for three
days this month. Now that he had finally managed to catch a fat sheep, he
repeatedly worried that he might not be so lucky next time and could not resist
demanding an exorbitant price. How could he have expected that the other party
would be one who refused to suffer losses and not even give him a little face?

"One point for fifty thousand spirit gems." You XiaoMo did not restrain himself after
hearing his words.

"What did you say?!" Teacher Yang suddenly raised his voice and his face was full
of astonishment, as if he had misheard. His voice is a little loud causing people
around all to look over.

You XiaoMo repeated patiently, "One point for fifty thousand."

Seeing his calm expression, Jiu Ye knew You XiaoMo didn't need his help.

Teacher Yang suddenly sneered, "My opening price is two hundred thousand spirit
gems, but you say you want it for fifty thousand, do you think that points fall from the
sky?!"

"Then does teacher think that spirit gems fall from the sky too?" You XiaoMo spread
out his hands. He was one hundred percent certain that this teacher definitely saw
him as a fat sheep after looking at his face. The exorbitant price of two hundred
thousand spirit gems was absolutely too much.

Teacher Yang was choked by his reply and his eyes roved around as he argued,
"One hundred and eighty thousand is the lowest. I know you are student above the
eightieth floor. For you, the significance of one point is definitely more than these
spirit gems. Either exchange it for one hundred and eighty thousand, it'll benefit the
both of us."

You XiaoMo looked at him. Was he threatening him with that last sentence?

Just like what Teacher Yang had said, the points held more significance to the
students as the floor the students were on became higher. Some teachers took a
fancy to this, so they would ask for different prices according to the floors the
students were on.

Other students just thought of the benefits that the points would bring them, so they
were mostly willing to be ripped off. Many had long become inured to the unusual
and the other party was an Elder Teacher. Disputing with him and not giving him any
face would only offend him.
This was the reason why Teacher Yang dared to ask for an exorbitant price.
Unfortunately he was destined to run out of luck today.

Although You XiaoMo entered XiaoYao Institution on the same day as Jiu Ye and
the rest, he spent most of his time out of the Giganticus. Jiu Ye even had to tell him
about the Exchange Quarter.

It was impossible for Teacher Yang to take advantage of such a student that did not
understand the 'rules'.

Jiu Ye knew about this, but he did not tell You XiaoMo about them.

This was because very few knew that You XiaoMo was a student on the ninetieth
floor. If the teachers and elders could not determine which student was from what
floor, they would not normally ask for an exorbitant price.

That was what he thought, yet a teacher that did not have eyes appeared in the end.

"Fifty thousand at the most. If you don't want it, I'll just find another shop. You're not
the only shop in the Exchange Quarter." You XiaoMo did not take any notice of his
threats. This sort of person was the type that would ask for a mile after being given
an inch.

Teacher Yang sneered, "Boy, you have guts. We'll wait and see!"

You XiaoMo knew his choice after hearing this sentence, so he turned around and
left. It just so happened that he too did not wish to engage in this transaction
anymore. Interacting with this sort of person would only disgust himself.

Jiu Ye only followed after he saw the mocking sneer on Teacher Yang's face.

After visiting three more shops and being rejected by two, You XiaoMo finally knew
what the phrase of 'wait and see' meant. It turned out that all the teachers in Block
One were in cahoots.

He had intended to exchange with the last shop he picked, yet the other had an
expression of 'you offended Teacher Yang, I don't want to exchange with you'. When
he went back to see that Teacher Yang, the other party gave him a provocative
stare.

Childish!
You XiaoMo could not help cursing in his mind.

In actual fact, it was mainly because his luck was bad as he chose the people that
had friendly relations with Teacher Yang. Teacher Yang could be considered as a
popular person in Block One, but not all teachers followed his conduct.

When the people around saw this, some could not help looking at him
sympathetically.

"Let's go to Block Two. Block Two's price is between three to five points. Making one
transaction would be enough for to you to cope with the next month." Jiu Ye calmly
said.

You XiaoMo shook his head, "Then wouldn't Block Three's price be between six to
nine points?"

Jiu Ye answered, "No, the price is above six points, but there's no limit on the
maximum."

"Well, let's go to Block Three and take a look." You XiaoMo immediately made a
decision. He was quite curious about what the teachers and elders in Block Three
would ask for. It would not be a big problem if they wanted magic herbs.

The two people left Block One at once.

However, the people around them could not help looking at each other after hearing
their conversation.

What kind of place was Block Three? That was where the students on the ninetieth
floor would go. These students were the most promising in XiaoYao Institution.
Sometimes even the teachers had to yield to them a little.

Even though Teacher Yang had guessed that You XiaoMo was above the eightieth
floor, he never thought You XiaoMo's placement would be higher than ninety floors.
At this moment, his heart could not help thumping loudly as he continuously
comforted himself, he should not be so unlucky. Moreover, not everything was set in
stone. Some of the students from the lower floors would also go to Block Three for a
stroll.

At this moment, the elder next to him let out a light laugh.

Teacher Yang happened to hear it and could not refrain from asking, "Elder Gong,
what are you laughing about?"
"Teacher Yang, sometimes you shouldn't behave too arrogantly. Though most of the
students here have no powerful connections, there are some you can't afford to
offend." Elder Gong looked at him in contempt. His status was higher than Teacher
Yang so he naturally did not need to give Teacher Yang any face.

"Elder Gong, what do you mean by this? Don't tell me that young man has powerful
connections?" Teacher Yang was resentful but he did not dare to show it.

Elder Gong knew that he did not believe him, "I don't know if he has any powerful
connections, but you can't afford to offend the person following him even if you have
a hundred lives. Do you know what his name is?"

You XiaoMo had changed to a new face and few people recognized him. This Elder
Gong had never seen You XiaoMo, but he knew of Jiu Ye's name and the Mage
Association behind him.

Jiu Ye had only been walking about in Block Two and Block Three despite having
been the the Exchange Quarter a couple of times, so Teacher Yang had never seen
him before.

"What is he called?" Teacher Yang could not help the silver of anxiety rising in his
heart.

Each and everyone of the people around them pricked up their ears, especially
those who had just helped Teacher Yang. When they heard the words of the Elder
Gong, their hearts could not help thumping loudly.

Elder Gong deliberately whet their appetite. After a while, he lifted the corner of his
mouth and revealed, "He is called Jiu Ye."

Teacher Yang felt as if his brain had exploded.

The name Jiu Ye was just like thunder piercing the ear, because everyone knew that
the disciple Old Lei of the Mage Guild was most pleased with was called Jiu Ye. His
name was quite special and most would not forget it after hearing it once.
Furthermore, there were rumors that he would inherit the Mage Guild in the future.

Although the person they had offended was not Jiu Ye himself, how could a person
who was able to make friends with this kind of specially privileged person like Jiu Ye
actually be an ordinary person?

Sure enough, one cannot be too greedy!

The two people who helped Teacher Yang regretted it so much that they wanted to
die.

On the other hand, You XiaoMo who was heading to Block Three did not know that
someone indirectly helped to avenge him and that Teacher Yang would probably be
feeling apprehensive for quite some time.

Block Three only half the size of Block One, with dozens of shops randomly strewn
about. The owners of the shops were all elders from the ninetieth floor and above.
They would only open for the first five days of the month and leave at noon. One
would have to wait till the next day or next month to find them.

Several lines of sight swept across their figures as soon as two people walked in.

The elderly man nearest to them suddenly opened his partially-closed eyes and
smiled unperturbed, "So it's Jiu Ye. Do you have something good thing to 'give' to us
old fellows again this time?"

Jiu Ye did indeed have a lot of good things with him and had already made three
transactions after coming to Block Three. Jiu Ye and Qiao WuXing, these two
specially privileged people were the ones most welcomed by these elders.

"Jiu Ye greets Elder Gan. I came over this time not for me, but because I brought a
friend over." Jiu Ye cupped his hands and respectfully explained.

Elder Gan's gaze immediately moved to You XiaoMo. He could not help letting out a
voice of doubt, "A Grade One Rainbow Level, and one that is on the verge of
breaking through to Grade Two. What is your friend's name, why does it seem that
we have not seen him before?"

Elder Gan revealed You XiaoMo's cultivation with one sentence.

A trace of surprise could be seen in Jiu Ye's eyes. His current cultivation was at
high-grade peak level ten, and he was half a foot into breaking through the next
level. You XiaoMo actually broke through the Rainbow Level already?

"Greetings Elder Gan, I am You XiaoMo." Seeing Jiu Ye being so respectful, You
XiaoMo guessed that his identify was sure to be remarkable.

Elder Gan who always looked absent-minded suddenly straightened his back as
soon as the words were uttered, and his and the inquiring eyes of the other elders
swept over him again.
They had heard the name You XiaoMo many times recently and they had long
wanted to meet him after having heard news that Old Lei and Geezer Shen were
very interested in him.
Chapter 551: Pill Recipe Trade
Translated by Jouissance of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

After trading a few polite courtesies with Elder Gan, You XiaoMo looked around for a
target.

Since Elder Gan and the others were in very high positions, the amount of points
they could gain every month was comparatively higher.

However, since the things they wanted were usually rather hard to find, most of the
time no one succeeded, thus they had quite a lot of points in storage.

Jiu Ye told You XiaoMo, so long as they could deliver something they asked for, the
elders wouldn't be stingy. It was very different from Block one and two.

You XiaoMo glanced at the requirements each elder had. As Jiu Ye had said, their
demands were tough to reach.

Some wanted the Life Crystal of a level eleven demon beast. Some wanted
transcendent level magic herbs, and some even wanted transcendent level pills.
Those who wanted the pills probably didn't have the ability or maybe the materials to
refine the pills themselves.

Unfortunately, You XiaoMo didn't have most of the magic herbs they were looking
for.

Even the ones he had he only had immature ones, or a stock of only one stalk. In
such a circumstance, You XiaoMo could only sigh.

"How was it?" The two took a look around and Jiu Ye asked.

You XiaoMo was a little disappointed, about to shake his head when he noticed a
rather out of the way stand and the words on the plate hanging underneath and
paused.

Jiu Ye followed his gaze and looked over, immediately realizing what You XiaoMo
was thinking. "That Elder Lu is the one responsible for the ninety-sixth floor. He has
a rather strange temper, and comes two or three times every month at random
times. Since very few people are able to deliver what he asks for, very few people
try."
"He wants recipes, right?" You XiaoMo had noticed the word ‘pill recipes’ scrawled
on the plate.

Jiu Ye nodded. "That's right, and no ordinary recipes. Elder Lu only wants rainbow
pill recipes. He's a second grade rainbow mage."

You XiaoMo had a sudden idea. Never mind rainbow pill recipes, most people
couldn't even get their hands on nine or tenth grade recipes. This Elder Lu really did
have high demands.

You XiaoMo thought for a while before walking over.

A flash of confusion passed through Jiu Ye's eyes, but he didn't stop the other.

The two arrived in front of the stand. The so-called Elder Lu was curled up in the
stand, napping, not even opening his eyes at their approach.

You XiaoMo glanced over the words on the plate. It said that he wasn't accepting
anything but grade one and two rainbow pill recipes. It was clear this guy was a
stubborn old man from the words.

Jiu Ye asked him with a strange expression, "You want to trade with him?"

Just now, they had gone to several stands, none of which appealed to him. Elder
Lu's was the only one he was willing to consider so far.

You XiaoMo didn't give a direct reply, "I'll see if it's appropriate, if it is, then sure."

Jiu Ye didn't reply. The napping Elder Lu opened his eyes, looking half asleep, but
his shrewd gaze immediately shot over, analyzing them. After realizing You XiaoMo
had a transcendent level first grade cultivation base, surprise flashed through his
eyes.

"Hey kid, are you for real?"

You XiaoMo had guessed that the guy was feigning sleep and grinned. "Of course.
Elder Lu definitely knows that rainbow pill recipes aren't something people take out
for fun."

"Alright, if you can give me one first grade rainbow level pill recipe, I definitely will
make it worth your while." Elder Lu's tone was excited. He know that he was a very
stubborn person, asking for things that seemed impossible, but he wanted to give it
a try. He didn't expect that someone was really willing to trade. If this kid had such
an intention, then he definitely wouldn't let the other go.

The other elders, hearing their conversation, all looked over in surprise.

Elder Lu's luck had turned this time, finally meeting someone who was willing to part
with a rainbow level pill recipe. In that moment, everyone felt a sense of
indescribable jealousy.

The one thing You XiaoMo didn't lack was pill recipes. However, if it wasn't for the
fact that he couldn't deliver anything else the elders were asking for, he wouldn't be
willing to give away the pill recipe he had.

His pill recipes were not normal pill recipes after all. Ancient pill recipes were
something that generally didn't exist anymore in this time, and the effects of the pills
were better, too.

You XiaoMo took out a jade drive with a first grade rainbow level recipe inside.

This pill recipe was a relatively simple one amongst the first grade rainbow level pill
recipes he had. Even if others saw it, they wouldn't suspect it was an ancient pill
recipe.

"My pill recipe is for a first grade rainbow pill called the Red Blaze Pill. After
ingestion, it can increase one's cultivation base by one or two stars in combat for
about four hours." You XiaoMo didn't hand the jade drive over, simply describing the
Red Blaze Pill.

Elder Lu's gaze burned on the jade drive in his hand, his eyes practically shining
with excitement. Thought this pill's effects were temporary, the amount of time it
could last was shocking.

Usually, a pill like this that increased cultivation base wouldn't be able to last over
two hours. He trusted that You XiaoMo didn't dare trick him. But the most shocking
thing to him was the value of this pill recipe.

A pill that could help one survive was far more valuable than a pill that merely
increased cultivation base.

Elder Lu took a deep breath. "I'll give you thirty points, along with a Heart
Fortification Pill and a mid-grade level twelve magic herb. How does that sound?"

Thirty points was all but five of what he had earned in this past year. However, he
knew that thirty points was nowhere near what the Red Blaze Pill was worth, so he
added two extras.

Before You XiaoMo could express his opinion, the other elders burst into discussion.

Elder Lu had really given it all to get this pill recipe. Everyone knew that this Heart
Fortification pill was his only successful one after breaking through to a grade two
mage.

However, no one thought that he wouldn't benefit from the transaction.

You XiaoMo was stunned. He hadn't been expecting Elder Lu to offer so many
points at once, even adding two additional offerings. However, it made sense,
considering how much they valued pill recipes.

Speaking of, Elder Lu's Heart Fortification Pill was just what he needed.

The Heart Fortification Pill was a second grade rainbow pill, primarily focused on
reducing the negative effects of a cultivation base that grew too quickly. It was
exactly what You XiaoMo needed right now. Before, he had been considering
refining a Heart Fortification Pill, but he couldn't do so with his current cultivation
base. Plus, even if his cultivation base was there, he didn't have the necessary
materials.

You XiaoMo looked at Elder Lu's slightly anxious expression and grinned. "Ok!"

He didn't say any more than that.

Elder Lu's expression immediately relaxed. This kid really was the kind of person he
enjoyed dealing with. He didn't stall or twist his words. The elder took out both the
magic herb and the Heart Fortification Pill, transferring thirty points to the other
through their cards.

You XiaoMo was delighted, seeing what magic herb was in the jade container.

This magic herb was called Luoguo Herb, small red fruits blooming between the
leaves. It was coincidentally one of the herbs he did not possess.

This transaction was absolutely perfect.

Accepting the magic pill and magic herb, You XiaoMo handed the jade drive to Elder
Lu.

Elder Lu accepted the jade drive and took a look, finding the expected Red Blaze
Pill. He nodded in satisfaction and tucked the jade drive away, saying with a smile,
"Kid, I like you. If you have more pill recipes, don't hesitate to come and find me,
haha."

You XiaoMo was feeling very content, too. "Elder Lu thinks too highly of me. I don't
have that many pill recipes." He couldn't let his guard down so easily, he understood
that.

Then, the two left the area.

The entirety of Block three was in a buzz. Elder Lu was finally happy, too.

Since he had too high requirements, no students ever visited his stand and some of
the elders liked to taunt him.

Elder Lu had often been met with such vexing situations that made him glare and
huff.

You XiaoMo bid Jiu Ye farewell at level ninety, entering his room and then his
dimension. He watered his fields and got rid of the newly sprouted weeds before
leaving.

After preparing everything he needed, You XiaoMo headed towards the Meditation
Room and Beast Transfiguration room. In the next twenty something days, he was
unlikely to leave the two rooms. He had informed Ling Xiao beforehand.

You XiaoMo went into the Beast Transfiguration Room first, choosing a few practical
Beast Transfiguration techniques before heading to the Meditation Room next door.
He was preparing to stay for a while, so he paid the points after confirming the
number of days.

The Meditation Room was different from the Beast Transfiguration Room. The Beast
Transfiguration Room was a single square room while the Meditation Room was
divided into multiple small stone rooms. Each room could only fit a single person.

The Meditation Room was made up of a stone called the Deep-Mind Stone. This
stone helped facilitate people's entry into a cultivating state, making their cultivation
go twice or thrice as fast. In addition, rumor had it that there was an array working
underneath to prevent the spiritual energy from leaking, filling the air inside with
twice as much spiritual energy as usual.

However, this was just a portion of the Meditation Room.

When he first came inside, the mentor on guard had told him that the three rooms in
the very back were special. They had better effects than normal stone chambers,
but required a point per day to use.

Normal stone chambers were a point every three days.

You XiaoMo didn't choose the special stone chambers. What he needed to do right
now was consolidate his cultivation base, not rapidly improve his strength.
Otherwise, it would become a huge problem to his future development.

You XiaoMo looked around. As expected, there was only one stone bed.

You XiaoMo took the Metal Swallowing Beast and Golden Winged Insects out from
his clothes. Ever since they returned to Zhong Tian, he had restricted their actions.
They were probably dying of boredom.

As soon as they gained freedom, the three began jumping up and down.

"Don't disturb me when I'm cultivating, and, you can only stay in the stone chamber.
If you go out, there will be very harsh consequences!"

After warning his contracted demon beasts, You XiaoMo crossed his legs and sat,
ingesting the Heart Fortification Pill before closing his eyes and beginning to
cultivate.

The spiritual energy inside the room slowly began to move, being absorbed into his
skin bit by bit. The absorption rate wasn't fast, perfect for his current state. The Heart
Fortification Pill slowly began to work its magic inside him, its effects spreading
through his limbs and even making his very soul feel refreshed.

Having been warned by their master, the Metal Swallowing Beast and Golden
Winged Insects calmed after jumping around for a while. They settled themselves in
the empty space on the bed left of You XiaoMo, three pairs of innocent eyes quietly
gazing at their master.

The process of consolidation went much more smoothly than advancement; there
were no obstacles at all. However, to fully absorb the effects of the Heart
Fortification Pill, You XiaoMo spent ten whole days there. Everything was going as
planned, but right when he was about to stop, he abruptly achieved a breakthrough.

The spiritual energy in the stone chamber began to swirl wildly, flying into his body.
The rainbow ball in his sea of consciousness also began to spin.
When You XiaoMo opened his eyes, the spiritual energy had calmed.

After ten days of consolidation, he could feel that his soul seemed much more
durable than before. The Heart Fortification Pill really was great. Since he had
advanced too quickly before, You XiaoMo always felt that when he used his soul
force, there was a slight friction. He didn't dare refine pills like that. If he failed, it'd
cost a set of materials.

You XiaoMo jumped off the bed in excitement, grabbing the Metal Swallowing Beast
and Golden Winged Insects and running out.

He had half a day left in the stone chamber and paying for another three days was a
waste since he could refine pills elsewhere, too. He needed to tell Ling Xiao the
good news though.

As for his cheap dad, he didn't even surface in You XiaoMo's mind.

Ling Xiao and his dad were settled in a tavern nearby the XiaoYao Institution.

In less than twenty minutes, You XiaoMo was on the street. The street was as busy
as usual, but he soon realized that something wasn't right.

The crowd was coming from all directions, but all running in the same direction.
Chapter 552: Nothing More Than a Delusion
Translated by Crystal of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
You XiaoMo patted the Metal Swallowing Beast, who was wiggling in his hold, as he
ran, following the crowd. When he got closer and closer to the target, he realized
that it was to the direction of the hotel.
The hotel was at the center of multiple streets and was accessible from all sides.
However, it was now being blocked off by the massive crowd, which looked very
much liked an ant army.
For some unknown reason, it seemed that the luxurious hotel was slanted to one
side.
If they were at the ShuangYu Hotel, he naturally wouldn't be worried, but since the
hotel wasn't close to the XiaoYao Institution, he choose this one out of convenience.
This hotel's background wasn't as strong as the ShuangYu Hotel, thus, no one came
forward when trouble brewed.
You XiaoMo wanted to squeeze in and see what happened, but the crowd had
surrounded the building in multiple layers. He couldn't squeeze past them.
Just as he was troubled over whether to use brute force or not, a conversation
around him grabbed his attention. He couldn't help but perk his ears up in
attentiveness.
"Ah, who would have thought, who would have thought. I thought that the one to
come would be the Vermillion Blood Clan, and I even considered the Qilin Clan, but
to think it was the Demon Phoenix Clan instead."
"I don't understand, what does this have to do with the Demon Phoenix Clan?"
"You see, when you were in secluded cultivation, a lot of shocking things happened
on the TongTian Continent. This man called Ling Xiao, he has the bloodline of both
the Qilin Clan and the Demon Phoenix Clan, but neither is willing to accept him."
"Oh, but what does it have to do with this case?"
"Of course it does. It's not like you don't know that the Demon Phoenix Clan
absolutely hates the Qilin Clan. Although it wasn't as exaggerated as fighting upon
every meeting, but secretly stabbing them in the back was normal. Therefore, the
Demon Phoenix Clan was taking Ling Xiao's tainted bloodline as an excuse, saying
that it tarnished their pure bloodline. But in reality, it's because he is half Qilin that
they want to kill him."
"I thought this kind of behavior was called 'venting one's anger on someone else'?"
Suddenly that person revealed a devious smile, "What anger, I say this is just
depraved desire."
"What do you mean?" His companion asked, with furrowed brows and a questioning
expression.
"Heh, cause, the Demon Phoenix Clan couldn't kill the Qilin Clan, so they're using
Ling Xiao as a substitute. They're pretending that they killed a member of the Qilin
Clan, isn't that what you call nothing more than a delusion? Haha!"
You XiaoMo felt black lines coming down his face.
His man became the subject of other people's delusions?
Even though this delusion was not that depraved, but even though your uncle can
tolerate it, your aunt can't! He would definitely not let them off the hook.
You XiaoMo had an expression so full of killing intent that even the two talking had
looked over, as if sensing something. What they saw was him staring at the hotel as
if his life depended on it and also as if he wanted to take that hotel apart piece by
piece. All they could do was stare at each other wordlessly.
They were not the only ones that sensed the killing intent, the ones in front of him
also felt a shiver down their spine. One by one they looked over and everyone that
saw You XiaoMo's expression subconsciously moved away.
Without hesitation, You XiaoMo charged towards the door, but he rashly went in
unprepared.
The hotel was normally busy all year round, but right now, the guests that were
usually in the lobby were all hiding upstairs or in the corner. Within the empty lobby
stood only six people.
Five of them were standing close to the door, and unluckily for You XiaoMo, he
knew four of them.
Three of the four were none other than the ones who You XiaoMo had met at the
Zhong Ting Trade Fair. It was Ji YunLang, with the other two being his underlings, Ji
Wen and Ji Wu.
The last one was Ji Feng, whom he had meant once on Wei Bai’s birthday.
Compared with the other three’s arrogant expressions, he stood at the back, calm
and collected. His eyes were smiling, as if waiting for a good show to unfold.
As for the fifth, although he didn’t know her, You XiaoMo could feel an immense
power radiating from her. This person was stronger, much stronger than he was.
As for who they were all facing, it was Ling Xiao.
Compared with the other five’s upright posture, Ling Xiao appeared very lax.
The table in front of him had turned to shreds and within a three meter radius of him,
other than his chair, everything had turned to dust.
Ling Xiao had one of his long legs on the chair, in a lethargic posture, but still
somehow emitting a feeling of valiant heroism. Top that with his dazzling face, he
was literally the enemy of mankind.
Even in such a tense situation, there were still females in the crowd who shyly
looked at him, slightly covering their eyes, as if they would faint with even a look.
Even now you’re still trying to look cool?!
You XiaoMo was feeling sour, as he jealously complained.
“Ling Xiao, be good and come back with us to the Demon Phoenix Clan. If I’m
happy, maybe I’ll even say a word in your favour to the Head Elder, so that he can
spare your stupid life!”*
The silence was broken by Ji YunLang‘s arrogant expression. Just like their first
meeting, because he had the Demon Phoenix Clan as backup, Ji YunLang always
talked without restraint.
It wasn’t just You XiaoMo who frowned at that.
The girls, with Ling Xiao at the center, also expressed their disgust.
For those who don’t know how to be proper, even if his status was high, there
wouldn’t be many who truly respected them.
“Sorry I didn’t hear that, can you repeat yourself?” Playing the role, Ling Xiao also
picked at his ear. His perfectly handsome face showed no hint of distress but
instead one of teasing a puppy and without a doubt, Ji YunLang was that puppy.
Ji YunLang didn't notice the mockery and opened his mouth to repeat before being
stopped by Ji Wen. In a whisper, he said, "Young master, you can't, he is toying with
you."
Ji YunLang paused for a moment before his expression turned to rage.
With all the new and old grudges, his level of anger towards Ling Xiao was almost
as high as Ji NingYu, who was quickly replacing his position in the clan. Of course,
that was You XiaoMo's Xiao Ji.
"Young master, lets leave this to Elder Rui, we can't have her have a bad impression
of you."
Ji YunLang glanced over at Ji Rui, who had eyes that spoke of ancient history yet
she had a glamorous appearance. Feeling his heart tighten, he agreed.
Ji Rui was a Level Twelve practitioner and one of the few females in the Demon
Phoenix Clan. Her position was truly second to none. Having her here was to
guarantee the success of the mission, and the mission was to bring Ling Xiao back.
If he was being too difficult then, he would be dealt with on the spot.
Ji Rui glanced over at Ji YunLang but didn't comment on his actions. Then she
shifted back to Ling Xiao. Although she had the air of a powerhouse, deep within,
her eyes spoke of the same arrogance and disdain as Ji YunLang. Then she spoke,
"You're not bad, but still not a match for me."
Basically implying that he should be good and surrender.
As for You XiaoMo, who was peeking out behind the door, he scrunched his nose
and snickered.
Ji Rui was strong. At this point in time, every Sacred Realm practitioner was the best
of the best of the TongTian Continent. One could say that they could do whatever
they wanted but even then, there was a difference in level between Sacred Realm
and Divine Realm.
Although he wasn't sure what star she was at, he was certain that this women called
Ji Rui was not as strong as Ling Xiao.
The reason for Ji Rui's misconception was that she was not only weaker than Ling
Xiao but also that Ling Xiao habitually held back. Thus, his level appeared to be at
Level Twelve one star.
Ling Xiao didn't response immediately but instead his gaze suddenly swept over
towards the door, coincidentally meeting You XiaoMo's prying eyes. The latter
instinctively retreated back behind the door.
Good thing he did too, because there was slight 'laugher' that escaped Ling Xiao's
eyes which was discovered by Ji Rui. Instantly she looked over to the door in alarm
but all she saw was a bunch of bystanders.
It was a messy crowd and with You XiaoMo intentionally being stealthy, Ji Rui didn't
discover him immediately.
Seeing no response, Ji Rui's eyes darkened slightly, "If you don't want your comrade
to be injured then come with us right now. I can promise that he won't be harmed.”
However, if You XiaoMo lost Ling Xiao, his safety helmet, he definitely wouldn't be
safe anymore.
Many believed that You XiaoMo was only able to get this far because of Ling Xiao.
Theoretically their thought process was right, but only by fifty percent.
"Old hag, you're really annoying. If you want to fight then just do it." Suddenly, Ling
Xiao lost his patience and his looked at Ji Rui with killing intent.
As if Ji Rui's face had been brushed over with charcoal, her eyes turned cold.
Although her age was high, she was still the prettiest women in the Demon Phoenix
Clan and her taboo subject was others calling her an 'old hag'. Ling Xiao had
successfully enraged her.
"If you want to die, then i'll grant your wish."
With that, almost in the same second, she appeared beside Ling Xiao. It didn't even
take a second before a burning red flame erupted by Ling Xiao's face.
Similarly to the flame that Ling Xiao often used, when it appeared, it was followed
with a beautiful tail. As it tossed and turn in a scorching hot wave, everyone's face
was tinted red.
Just as the flame was about to touch Ling Xiao, in that small crack, a fiercer red
flame exploded. All the crowd heard was a 'titter' before it pounced on Ji Rui's flame
like a beast...
Chapter 553: Engulfing Godfire
Translated by Yan of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
This was also the Demon Phoenix Sacredfire, but very few people knew that even
though they were of the same rank, there would still be a Demon Phoenix Godfire
that was stronger or weaker.
Ji Rui knew this, so she thought that even though their cultivation was of the same
rank, her Godfire would still be stronger than Ling Xiao's. It had nothing to do with
their cultivation bases, but rather their bloodlines; one was a pureblood, while the
other was a hybrid. Who was stronger and who was weaker should be clear at first
glance.
But when she saw her own Godfire being engulfed by Ling Xiao's Godfire, she was
completely stunned. Her Godfire wasn't scattered, but rather it was actually
swallowed?
Only truly powerful Godfires that had the ability to engulf could swallow other
Godfires. However, this kind of thing had never occurred before in the Demon
Phoenix Clan. Their Godfire didn't have the ability to engulf, they were only
separated into 'stronger' and 'weaker' categories.
A mouthful of blood suddenly welled up from Ji Rui's throat, and the coppery taste
spread all throughout her mouth.
Having her Godfire engulfed hurt her vitality more than merely having it be defeated.
Although the internal injuries weren't that great, she didn't dare to keep facing Ling
Xiao after knowing that the opposing side had Godfire with the ability to engulf
others.
She had to deliver this piece of information to the elders of the Demon Phoenix
Clan.
Clan members that had the engulfing Godfire were a treasure for the Demon
Phoenix Clan, but if this treasure bore a grudge towards them, that was absolutely a
huge catastrophe.
"We're leaving!" Ji Rui swallowed the blood in her mouth.
Just when Ji YunLang thought that Ji Rui was about to continue fighting, she gave
the command to retreat instead. Her voice was also extremely panicked, and Ji
YunLang froze for a moment. What situation was this?
Ji Wen and Ji Wu weren't stupid. They could see that Elder Rui had received an
internal injury.
There was no advantage for them to continue fighting in a situation like this.
Ji Wu didn't need to be told twice before grabbing Ji YunLang and running after Ji
Rui, Ji Wen following close behind. The only one who didn't move was Ji Feng, his
gaze following after them as if he had nothing to do with them.
A cold smile appeared on Ling Xiao's face.
He had no intentions whatsoever of just let them go like that. What was the point of
letting go of cannon fodder that had sent themselves straight to his door? Moreover,
since they were the opponents of that chicken, he would just have to take on the
difficult task of helping him wipe out a few of them.
Clear killing intent locked onto them in an instant, and with a slight flick of his fingers,
flames seemed to shoot out.
The four people's expressions froze before Ji Rui quickly reacted. A Dimensional
talisman appeared instantly in her right hand. This was a medium grade
Dimensional talisman, and not only was the distance longer than a low grade
Dimensional talisman, it could also transport more people. The most important part
was that it was fairly safe and stable.
The force of the teleportation immediately spread outwards from the Dimensional
talisman that she shattered into pieces, and it seemed that the force was about to
surround them, excluding Ji Feng, who Ji Rui had forgotten completely.
But in the next second, a few flickers of flame suddenly burst upwards from their
feet, and in a split second, the flames were tangled around their legs. It was followed
by the smell of burning flesh and Ji YunLang's screaming.
Among the four of them, there was only Ji YunLang who had no ability to resist at all
and was wrapped unwaveringly by the flame. Actually, it wasn't that he couldn't react
in time. It was that nobody had noticed You XiaoMo, who was behind them sniping
them. He and Ling Xiao had the same line of thought.
None of Little Chicken's enemies could just easily go like that.
Therefore, when Ji YunLang was about to resist Ling Xiao's fire, You XiaoMo had
quietly attacked him. Ji YunLang's movements had only paused for a second before
he was caught by the flames.
It was as if the fire had its own consciousness. Just like the burned arm of XingQi, Ji
YunLang's legs were melted right away, and they could foresee that he would turn
into a legless cripple.
But that didn't mean that the others weren't having trouble.
Ji Wen and Ji Wu had seen how Ji Rui's Godfire was engulfed by Ling Xiao's
Godfire. Although they were afraid, they could only use their own Godfire to ward his
off in order to save their lives. But in the end they were engulfed as well, and both of
them received internal injuries too.
This scene only persisted for a few seconds before the force of teleportation warped
them away.
Silence reigned in the inn from both the people inside the inn and outside watching.
The men looked at Ling Xiao with wonder, while the women looked at him with
adoration. In this world, who didn't like experts? Powerful people would always be
greatly welcomed.
Ling Xiao didn't look at Ji Feng. He looked towards the doorway instead and said
calmly, "You still haven't come here."
The people watching from the door couldn't help but look at each other helplessly.
He couldn't be calling for them, right? Absolute nonsense!
At that moment, a person suddenly slipped out from the corner at the right of the
door, telling them the answer. It was a youth wearing all white, pale and clean. After
he ran into the inn, he threw himself at Ling Xiao, hugging his waist, revealing a
dumb smile on his face.
"How was it, aren't I smart?"
Ling Xiao flicked his forehead once. "You took advantage of the opportunity very
well, but you still can't quite be called 'smart' yet."
You XiaoMo didn't approve of this. Nevertheless, he already believed that he was
smart enough.
"Sonny~" When You JunQi, who had excitedly watched the entire thing unfold from
the second floor, saw his son come over, he instantly ran down. He threw himself at
You XiaoMo with a naive expression on his face just like how he'd seen You XiaoMo
throw himself at Ling Xiao.
The instant You XiaoMo heard that familiar word, which were familiar to the point
that his ears were almost bleeding, his first response was to hide unhesitatingly
behind Ling Xiao.
You JunQi had already almost thrown himself at Ling Xiao's feet before he hastily
backpedaled.
There was no way that kind of 'father kowtows to the son-in-law' thing could happen
to him, not even by accident.
You XiaoMo looked disappointed.
You JunQi pretended that he couldn't see the disappointment on his son's face, and
he didn't try to understand why his son was disappointed either. In order to change
the subject, he pointed directly at Ji Feng, who was still standing by the door,
completely unworried about how he would escape. "Sonny, this person is also from
the Demon Phoenix Clan, how do you want to deal with him?"
You XiaoMo's impression of Ji Feng was still pretty good, and furthermore, he hadn't
participated at all just then. In the end he had even been thrown aside by Ji Rui, this
was too pitiful!
Ji Feng knew that it was his turn to come on stage now, and when he saw them all
look over, he smiled leisurely. "Brother Ling, Fellow You, could I borrow you two and
have a chat?"
"Okay!"
He directly told You XiaoMo that what he wanted to discuss wasn't simple, but the
one to answer him was Ling Xiao. They should at least consider it for a moment, yet
Ling Xiao just answered before he could.
However, why was he only Fellow You, but Ling Xiao was Brother Ling?
The most unlucky one of them all was the innkeeper. Ninety percent of the chairs
and tables in the lobby had been destroyed, and even the counter hadn't escaped
misfortune. But seeing their expressions, he decided that it was better not to bring
up his hidden bitterness.
You XiaoMo thought a bit before still giving him a few spirit gems. It could be
considered Ling Xiao's portion for destroying the inn, as well as their other
expenses, before leaving to find the Demon Phoenix Clan.
Two minutes later, the four of them gathered in Ling Xiao's room.
Three pairs of eyes locked onto Ji Feng.
Ji Feng unhurriedly took out a flaming red feather. "This is a token of trust!"
The three of them, "..."
Ling Xiao was the first to recover. He raised his eyebrows and said, "That chicken?"
"Yes." Ji Feng coughed. When that rascal Ji NingYu told him that Ling Xiao liked to
call him 'that chicken,' he hadn't believed him. Now that he personally heard it with
his own ears, he finally believed him.
"How did you know that Little Chicken is connected to us?" When You XiaoMo heard
Ling Xiao acknowledge it, he didn't bother denying it anymore. He believed that Ji
Feng had come prepared.
Ji Feng said, "I once saw that he wanted to send you guys some information. He
only told me afterwards that you guys rescued him, and without you, he wouldn't be
there."
The last phrase was a little strange when he heard it, as if they were Ji NingYu's
second parents. But after Ji Feng knew about Ji NingYu's experience, he couldn't
help but be grateful towards them as well. With his circumstances, if the two of them
hadn't come to save him, Ji NingYu would have died sooner or later.
"Therefore?" You XiaoMo hadn't thought that the chicken would actually be so
careless. Not only was his secret discovered, he had also told the secret to Ji Feng
voluntarily. Eh, should he kill him to silence him?
Ji Feng was completely unaware, and he shot a deep look at You XiaoMo before
saying hesitantly, "He wanted me to tell you guys a few things. What he wanted to
say is -- I'm currently doing very well at the Demon Phoenix Clan. Even though
some careless fellow will come over every day to provoke me, he's very stupid, even
more stupid than so-and-so. As long as I go and complain tearfully to the elders,
he's ruined, so you don't have to worry about me. Wait until I grow up and I'll go find
you guys."
You XiaoMo flew into a rage after hearing this. "What does he mean, 'even more
stupid than so-and-so'? Who is this 'so-and-so'?"
Why did he feel like it was alluding to him?
Ji Feng shook his head. "I don't know who it is either. When I asked, he wouldn't tell
me who it was, he only said that you would know after you heard."
You're still a bastard! Since you purposefully went out of your way to call me stupid,
just wait till you're back. You're dead for sure.
"Besides that, did he said anything else?" You XiaoMo asked viciously.
"Nothing else." Why did Ji Feng feel like his current mood was very bad? It couldn't
be that... for the sake of his life, it would be rude to keep thinking about it.
You XiaoMo seemed to be thinking, and he said, not admitting defeat, "Then you
can go back and tell him to wash his butt clean and wait for me to smack him."
Ji Feng, "..."
You XiaoMo didn't know whether or not Ji NingYu delivered this message to Ji Feng,
but it didn't change his desire to smack Ji NingYu.
After that brat left them, he actually changed to become like this. He was truly
lacking in discipline, so no wonder Ling Xiao gave him the name 'Douche Ball', he
was indeed a bastard!
As for Ji Feng's bearing, Ji Feng's status in the Demon Phoenix Clan wasn't actually
all that low, but he had no right of succession, since he was of the fourth elder's
bloodline.
Generations of the fourth elder's bloodline were all people who supported the
Demon Phoenix Clan's clan head. If they earned the clan head's trust, it was the
same as earning an uncommon position in the Demon Phoenix Clan. But by the time
it was Ji Feng's generation, the fourth elder's bloodline had continuously been
repressed, so they needed an opportunity. Ji NingYu's appearance just happened to
be their opportunity.
Ji NingYu was actually someone who could become an heir for the Demon Phoenix
Clan's clan head, and this was exactly the opportunity Ji Feng needed to earn the
future clan head's trust. That was why he voluntarily chose to help Ji NingYu deliver
information.
The events at the inn happened before a big crowd, and news of it basically swept
threw half of TongTian Continent in an instant. Ling Xiao was the current hero of the
day. The Demon Phoenix Clan was one of the Four Ancient Beast Clans, and
sparks would definitely fly when two great powers collided.
Who would've thought that although sparks did indeed fly, the entire course of
events took place during a short five minutes. The Level Twelve expert of the
Demon Phoenix Clan, Ji Rui, fled in defeat extremely straightforwardly, just like a
heavyweight bomb in still water.
The Vermillion Blood Clan's scouts had originally thought that Ling Xiao and the
Demon Phoenix Clan would fight until death, before they would swoop in afterwards.
But even the Demon Phoenix Clan's Ji Rui was defeated. This was something that
had to be relayed back to the head of the family.
The news spread very quickly back to You ZhenTian.
You ZhenTian was experienced and knowledgeable, and when he heard what
happened, he instantly connected it to the engulfing Godfire. This was the only
reason that could explain why Ji Rui would be defeated.
"My wife, there's been a turn of events." You ZhenTian paced back and forth.
Lady Yin said calmly, "My husband, do not fret. Even if that person has the engulfing
Godfire, the Demon Phoenix Godfire will not let him go either. As long as we fan the
flames a little higher, there is no need to worry that nobody can face him."
You ZhenTian knew that what she was saying was reasonable. "Then based on your
judgment, how should we proceed?"
"I will personally take care of this myself." Lady Yin's eyes were no longer indifferent.
Instead it seemed as if they were deliberating over a storm of conspiracies.
But her plans hadn't even begun to be implemented yet when a sudden piece of
news mercilessly smashed her plotting apart.
Two days after Ling Xiao and the Demon Phoenix Clan collided, the Cang Alliance
released a statement directed largely at the Vermillion Blood Clan. The statement
said that Ling Xiao and You XiaoMo were the Cang Alliance's friends, and anyone
who was their enemy was also the Cang Alliance's enemy.
The Cang Alliance had always been a neutral party.
Before, even if two large powers started fighting, the Cang Alliance had never
declared that it was supporting one side, and it had seemed as if they would always
keep their 'keep out of other people's business' attitude.
This time, their magnificent feat truly gave everyone a scare.
There was nobody who believed that the Cang Alliance made this decision for no
reason whatsoever. There was definitely some kind of trade that had occured
between the two parties that outsiders didn't know about, this was the only
explanation. Some people even suspected that it most likely had something to do
with Fu CangQiong's little disciple. Back then, on his birthday banquet, didn't the two
of them stay behind on their own?
Chapter 554: Kite Flying
Translated by Kollumceti of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Time flew by and half a month passed quickly.

The auction that everyone had been waiting for finally arrived. Since the venue was
hidden, the Black Spider intentionally released black crows to guide the way to
ensure that the invitees could find it.

The black crow was the offspring of a black eagle and a crow and it inherited the
black eagle's vigorous physique and speed. It was a high level demon beast with
exceptionally high Intelligence because it was a special type of aberrant.

The black crow which was leading the way for You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao had
alighted on their roof just as dawn arrived. A piece of paper was tucked under the
feathers of the black crow and written on it was the time the auction would begin.

You XiaoMo took one look at the paper before he threw it away and went back to
bed.

He was dog-tired for the past half a month.

He had accumulated a lot of mature transcendent level magic herbs due to Mo

Jing's and Wu Cheng's help, and what he had just managed to make up several sets
of materials. In order to familiarize himself with the complex steps in the process of
refining a Rainbow pill because he had just advanced to the Second Grade, he took
those materials out to practice refining.

To avoid causing a commotion, You XiaoMo did not refine pills in the hotel or the
Giganticus.

Originally, the best choice was to refine pills in the Giganticus because it was
rumored that the Giganticus was protected by restriction barriers. If Tribulation Pill
Lightning came, the restriction barriers could be used to ward it off, but it would
cause too much attention if it happened too frequently.

So they ran to an uninhabited mountain and he let Ling Xiao be his guardian.

He had never experienced Tribulation Lightning before and did not know the terror of
it. It was only after he had experienced it that he realized that its momentum truly
caused the earth to tremble, the mountain to sway, and the Heavens to rend
asunder. He would have been so nervous and confused if he did not have Ling
Xiao's help.

However, he did not escape unscathed as a bolt of lightning struck due to an

operational error resulting from nervousness. Not only did it cause his hands and
feet to feel numb, his hair also stood upright and he was ridiculed by Ling Xiao.

He finally got used to the lightning after much practice.

The restriction array of his Heavenly Cauldron was unable to give a hundred percent
guarantee that a Rainbow Level magic pill would not fly away. Therefore, every time
You XiaoMo formed a pill he would have to split some of his attention to monitor it.

He did not know about it in the beginning and it was Ling Xiao who reminded him.

At that time, his full attention was on the thunderclouds in the sky and he had not
noticed that the magic pill in the cauldron had struck the restriction barrier until such
a thin layer remained that it almost seemed to be on the verge of crumbling.

From then on, he did not dare to neglect it any more.

This was the first time that You XiaoMo discovered that refining magic pills was such
a hectic affair. His spirit was weary and strength was exhausted during the half
month as he did not have any mental preparations. He also suffered a severe
psychological blow from wasting a pair of magic herbs due to a mistake. So when
the auction came, he was still in a state of having only a breath of life left.
"Sonny~ Quickly get up, we're setting off soon. " You JunQi walked over to find his
darling son still sleeping in bed. You XiaoMo's sleeping posture was barely
passable, looking soft and floppy.

You XiaoMo turned over and faced his butt towards You JunQi.

"Sonny~" You Jun continued to vary his pitch as he tiptoed to the bed. He looked
through the curtain at his son's sleeping face and almost drooled. This was the first
time he saw his son's sleeping face and it was indeed as lovely as he had imagined.

Ling Xiao caught a glimpse of the idiot father and son duo when he came in. He then
opened his mouth and shouted at a certain someone who was pretending to be
dead on the bed, "You idiot, if you don't get up, I'll go by myself!"

You XiaoMo who was pretending to be dead immediately opened his eyes and
jumped up from the bed. He hurriedly exclaimed, "No, don't! I'm up, you can't
abandon me here."

You JunQi was saddened. His son once again neglected his father.

You XiaoMo was not in the mood to look after the delicate mental state of his cheap
dad and spent five minutes to immediately tidy himself up.

The opening time of the auction was not set too early, but many people would
choose to go earlier to avoid missing the opening since all the items sold in the
auction were all quality goods.

After the sun had fully risen, the three people were led by the black crow to the
auction venue.

The speed of the black crow was extremely fast, as if it was deliberately trying to
make people lose their trail. One may not be able to keep up if they were not a
genuine powerhouse. It went without saying that the Black Spider did not want their
location exposed to too many people.

Ling Xiao suddenly stopped after following the black crow for a thousand kilometers.

You XiaoMo also stopped. He turned his head to ask in surprise, "What's the
matter? "

You JunQi was also puzzled.

"I once saw a kind of activity called kite flying in the world of mortals at a Middle
Level Realm." Ling Xiao said suddenly without rhyme or reason.

You XiaoMo stared blankly for a moment. The next second his entire expression
brightened. His eyes particularly seemed to be like a night pearl radiating brilliant
rays of light as his mouth split open in a grin.

His reaction was always exceptionally fast towards such bad hobbies.

You JunQi was not able to connect to their brainwaves. He was completely baffled
upon hearing this sentence, but he soon understood.

......

It was generally assumed that the Black Spider would host an auction in a place like
a mountain off the beaten track as only in this manner would they not be
prematurely exposed.
However, everyone who reached the auction venue knew that their idea was wrong.
Moreover, it was so excessively wrong because the auction was not in the
mountains, but in a small town in Zhong Tian. That small town was the Ebony Plum
Town.

The Ebony Plum Town was an unremarkable and small town, but the flow of people
there was two or three times more than another small town of the same level.
Although one reasons was that Ebony Plum Town had a miniature Dimensional
Teleportation portal, how many people could actually afford to use the Dimensional
Teleportation portal?

Therefore, the real reason for the Ebony Plum Town's prosperity was actually due to
the auction of the Black Spider, which was located underground beneath Ebony
Plum Town.

You XiaoMo could finally understand why the Black Spider understood their
whereabouts so thoroughly after knowing this. It turned out that they had been in
other people's territory.

Ebony Plum Town was as lively as ever.

Unknown to the people of Ebony Plum Town and those who passed through, hidden
beneath the prosperity was a grand auction that was about to be held.

Many fractions in the Tong Tian Continent would gather beneath their feet at noon.

The entrance to the auction was not at the entrance to Ebony Plum Town, but in the
dense and thick mountainous area one kilometer to the right of Ebony Plum Town.
With a chain of continuous mountain ranges between the entrance and the forest, as
long as one did not go rummaging there, almost no one would find it.

At this moment, between the stretch of long and unbroken hills, was a continuous
stream of people arriving behind the mountains. Each of them were well-known
figures. After casting a sweeping glance around their surroundings, they then
headed down toward an entrance guarded by two powerhouses wearing black
robes.

Only until the sun was reaching its zenith did a black crow that should not be appear
fly over.

The black crow leading the way generally lead the guests invited by the Black Spider
to the foot of the huge mountain outside Ebony Plum Town before leaving. Since the
morning, there had never been the phenomenon of a black crow flying inside.

Thus, the abrupt appearance of the black crow succeeded in attracting everyone's
attention, including two black-robed men guarding the entrance.

The black crow was flying askew, and upon looking closely one could see a thin
thread tied to its claws. It was extremely long and how far it stretched was unknown.

When the black crow attempted to fly to the two men in black robes, the thread was
suddenly pulled and the black crow went 'ga ga' as it cried out and dropped like a
stone while fluttering its wings. When it fell on the hill, the thread once again moved
and pulled it backwards.

The crowd followed the thin thread to the top of the hill. Ten seconds later, three
figures appeared. The thin thread was the hands of the young man in the middle.
Before long, the black crow was left dangling from the hands of the young man.

Different people would have different understandings about of this idea of using the
black crow to guide the way. However, people with brains would all think of the
same thing: Being led around by a domesticated animal and running behind it with
its speed always varying really made people feel uncomfortable. There was a feeling
of being toyed around by it, so many people would feel like they had lost face even if
it was a guide. This was the first reason. The second was that it would be even more
humiliating if they were not able to keep pace with it.

How could one be toyed with by a domesticated animal?

So all the people who arrived here actually caught their black crows, but they
released them outside the mountain.

People like them who tied their black crow as if they were flying a kite were really
unique.

"Fuck, this is too freaking awesome. Who are they?" A man who was shocked by
their action could not help swearing.

However, they were soon recognized. They had changed back to the original
appearance so very few people recognized them, but with the affair with Ji Rui from
the Demon Phoenix Clan made many people know what they looked like.

"It's You XiaoMo who is wanted by the Vermillion Blood Clan and that Ling Xiao. I
didn't think they'd dare to appear. I remember the Vermillion Blood Clan seems to
have entered already, but they would surely meet once they go in. "
"Interesting, we've got a good show to watch now."

You XiaoMo untied the thin thread and the black crow immediately flew away as if it
was running for its life.

The journey from Central City to Ebony Plum Town filled it to the brim with grief.
Perhaps it ought to rejoice that it had traveled most of the way by a Dimensional
Teleportation portal or it would have been tormented to death while halfway through
the journey.

Not many people witnessed this scene as it was almost time for the auction to begin
and many people had already gone in.

The three then entered the auction venue after releasing the black crow.
Chapter 555: Familiar Faces and More Familiar Faces
Translated by Jouissance of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Though the Black Spider's auctions weren't the number one in TongTian Continent,
they were very renowned. Since this was a black market, many people who had
certain needs would swarm in, and because of the unknown yet powerful faction
behind them, they had quite a high position in the TongTian Continent.

No one knew when Ebony Plum Town's underground auction had been created, but
the buildings seemed to have quite a few years to them, and it seemed like it was
just a sub-faction.

You XiaoMo and company entered through the entrance of the auction, a tunnel
crafted entirely from white luminous fragments. This was an extremely tough but
beautiful ore. It looked very luxurious, and the end of the tunnel made one's eyes
light up further.

Though they were underground, the place was magnificent and gave people a
feeling of awe.

The underground area had been scooped out, and the massive auction house was
visible to the naked eye, like the Roman Colosseum. There was a large dais in the
very middle and countless seats surrounding it. There were no special VIP box seats
or anything. Everyone sat together.

The ceiling of the auction house was covered in a layer of white luminous fragments,
which prevented the possibility of a cave-in.

They had arrived rather late and the auction was a bustle of action already.

People flowed in from different entrances, trying to find a seat. The empty seats
soon filled, and many people didn't know each other. Some even hid their faces.

You XiaoMo was surprised by this since many of these people weren't all that
powerful.

It wasn't until later that he was told that most of these people were old customers or
regulars to the auction, and some were people who often brought obscure items to
be sold at the auction.

Since they had been registered before, they didn't need invitations to attend.
However, most people were just there to watch. Of course, if they could become one
of the Black Spider's regulars, then they must be talented.

That was when a female attendant walked towards them, smiling softly. "Do you
three gentleman have an invitation?"

You XiaoMo handed over their invite.

The female attendant accepted it and glanced over it to confirm their identities. Her
smile became exceedingly bright. "Guests with black invites sit in the first row. If you
could head all the way down."

You XiaoMo took back the invite. No wonder the people at the very bottom seemed
so familiar, and the area was more empty. The others all seemed to be avoiding that
area.

The first row was almost full. Walking down, he could see those familiar faces he
had seen in the Cang Alliance.

"I won't go down with you guys," You JunQi suddenly said, halfway down.

You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao simultaneously turned their heads to look at him, the
latter looking conflicted.

"Alright, then you can go and find a place to wait." You XiaoMo didn't ask why,
agreeing instantly.

You JunQi's expression became teary. "Sonny, aren't you going to ask daddy why?"

You XiaoMo shrugged. "Do I even need to ask? It as to be because you don't want
any of the Vermillion Blood Clan to see you, so you're avoiding them, right?"

You JunQi's face immediately broke out into a smile, hugging him and saying in
excitement, "Sonny, you really understand your daddy!"

The corner of You XiaoMo's lips twitched. He'd rather not understand.

"You XiaoHa!"

He suddenly heard someone calling his name... the name he had abandoned. Right
now, many people already knew he wasn't called You XiaoHa, so who would call
him that?
You XiaoMo turned and saw a young man on the second row waving at him. The
young man seemed familiar.

"He's Dao Yun, and the person in front of him is his master, the elusive Thief God,"
Ling Xiao whispered into is ear.

You XiaoMo suddenly remembered. Seems like this kid finally found his master, and
they were truly master and disciple now.

Just as the thought passed through his mind, he suddenly felt a chill at his back.

There was a blinding gaze on him that he couldn't ignore.

You XiaoMo looked in the direction of the gaze and met You ZhenTian's eyes. His
gaze was determined yet greedy, as if he was trying to dissect You XiaoMo. In that
moment, he felt as if his entire soul was being penetrated. It was a terrible feeling.

Ling Xiao suddenly stepped in front of him and the feeling disappeared. "Let's go
down."

You XiaoMo nodded and suddenly remembered his cheap dad. He looked around.
You JunQi had already disappeared who knows when.

There were still a few seats in the first row. Ling Xiao pulled You XiaoMo over and
took two.

Though the first row was given to the powerful Factions, the ones who actually were
allowed to sit there were You ZhenTian and the other Sacred Level powerhouses,
as well as the ones on the Ten God rankings. As for their clansmen, they took up the
seats behind these people. It was the same for the other factions.

You XiaoMo, sitting with a bunch of people whose strength far exceeded his own,
expressed that he felt no pressure at all.

Dao Yun and his master were four seats away from them, making talking rather
inconvenient, so You XiaoMo simply nodded towards them and turned away.

Since Dao Yun had yelled You XiaoHa, over half of the people in the auction house
were looking at them. After all, the main character of all those rumors very rarely
appeared in public. They had to take this chance to get a good look at the two and
their true appearances.

Of course, there were some who looked at them like they wanted to kill them.
For example, sitting diagonally opposite them was Ji Rui, who they had fought a
mere half month ago. With her constitution as a member of the Demon Phoenix
Clan, her internal injuries had long since healed, but her broken reputation wasn't
something she could easily get back.

Apart from her, there was also the second Elder of the Demon Phoenix Clan. The
second elder wasn't looking at them without malice. He was Ji YunLang's
grandfather, Ji He. It was expected that he wanted to kill them.

Then there was the Qilin Clan. Coincidentally, there were also familiar faces.

While that young master called Lin HaoWu didn't look at them with a gaze that said
he wanted to rip their skin off, his eyes were full of disgust and hatred.

After counting, he found that he and Ling Xiao were practically hated by the Demon
Phoenix Clan, the Vermillion Blood Clan and the Qilin Clan; three powerful factions.
A normal person would probably be trying to get drunk off their ass in regret at
having bad blood with even one of the three.

You XiaoMo retracted his gaze and looked towards his left. Wei Bai's pale face was
the first thing he saw. Seeing that his attention was finally on this side of the room,
Wei Bai's cold expression revealed a hint of a smile.

"Xiao Shidi, thank you."

You XiaoMo wasn't sure how to react at first.

Wei Bai continued in a low tone, "I've heard from my teacher. I thank you for the pill
recipe."

"You don't need to thank me. I'm not giving it to you for free. I'll be asking for
payment soon enough." You XiaoMo scratched his head. He wasn't so generous.

Wei Bai smiled. "The pill recipe my teacher had failed to find for two-hundred years
was found by you. You deserve this thanks, otherwise I would've died." His life had
been sustained by medicine, and he had long since become tired of it. Now, he had
something to hope for.

"Don't say that, second shixiong, you'll get better."

"Thank you for your blessings."

You XiaoMo didn't realize this, but in a place he couldn't see, there was a person
cursing him with murderous intent. Though his eyes could no longer see, his heart
was filled with a terrible hatred. This person was Jiang Liu.

His beautiful future had been once again ruined when the two had reappeared. Ever
since he became blind, all the consequences of his rapid advancement began to
occur.

Using soul force weakened him, and when he tried to refine pills, it would congest or
freeze, reducing his success rate to lower than ten percent. If it wasn't for what little
value he still held, the Vermillion Blood Clan would've disposed of him already.

Jiang Liu hated them, and wanted nothing more than to rip off their skin and drain
their blood.

However, he had no power, so he could only pray, pray that they died soon, pray
that You ZhenTian killed them soon.

Jiang Liu knew he had become twisted. He had no way out, so he could only twist
himself further. If he had not been blinded, then he would kill You XiaoMo no matter
what he had to give up to do it.

The gong sounded timely, signaling the beginning of the auction.

The lively auction house slowly quietened, and a man appeared on the center stage.
He seemed around thirty and was the only member of the Black Spider that showed
his true face.

He was the auctioneer of the auction today, a Seven star Divine Level.

In an auction house where powerhouses were a dime a dozen, his power was only
second to those sitting in the first row - sans You XiaoMo and Wei Bai.

"Welcome, everyone, to the Black Spider's auction. Before the auction begins
officially, can everyone please turn their attention to the crystal tablet in front of
them. In the following auctions, you can enter the price you're offering through the
crystal tablet."

It was only then that You XiaoMo noticed the items. They were the same as the
ones in the Giganticus.
Chapter 556: The Sommelier and Spirit Wine
Translated by Crystal of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
The Crystal Tablet was directly connected with the floor and then extended towards
the auction block.
Seeing through a tablet did in fact reduce the noise of a typical auction. You XiaoMo
had always thought that this stuff was even more high tech then the high tech stuff in
the modern world. However, he also heard that these kind of crystal tablets were not
common in the TongTian Continent, not because it was rejected but because the
limited quantity of these crystal stones.
According to what he heard, there was only one place that had these crystal stones,
and it was an extremely dangerous place. Only those who were truly strong had a
way to mine them.
After the auctioneer finished his introductions, he announced the start of the auction.
Every item rose from below the auction stand, which reduced labor cost and showed
off it's convenience.
Normally an auction would start off with some lesser valuable stuff, but since the
auction items of the Black Spiders were known as quality goods, the opening was
designed to not be too bad either.
The first item was a cauldron known as the Red Eagle Cauldron. It was shaped like
a red eagle taking flight, hence the name. Although it was only ranked ninety-nine,
towards the bottom, there were still a lot of people fighting over it.
If it could get into the top one hundred, then it was guaranteed to be something
good.
With the effective and persuasive introduction of the auctioneer, the crowd became
excited too. There were a portion of mages amongst the attendees and thus there
were a fair amount of people aiming for the Red Eagle Cauldron.
Under the competitive bidding of the crowd, the Red Eagle Cauldron was finally sold
at two million fifty-five thousand spirit gems.
The price shook You XiaoMo.
Back then, he bid eleven million spirit gems to get the Heavenly Cauldron. The
difference between the two prices wasn't much.
However, the Heavenly Cauldron was ranked seventh on the rankings, it's value
wasn't even comparable to the Red Eagle Cauldron. Seeing the situation now, he
realized that he really got it for cheap.
If it was his Heavenly Cauldron being auctioned instead, the highest bid would
definitely go over tens of millions.
After that, a few more items were sold and none were below a million spirit gems.
The fifth item was a bit surprising as it was a bottle of wine.
You XiaoMo widened his eyes and looked curiously at the wine on the auction table.
Why would there be wine at an auction like this?
One could really learn something new everyday.
"This is spirit wine brewed by a sommelier." Ling Xiao's voice appeared lightly
beside his ear.
You XiaoMo turned towards him to ask, "Sommelier?"
Ling Xiao explained dryly, "There's actually another occupation in the TongTian
Continent and that is sommeliers. Their spirit wine can help in the recovery of soul
power, but it's not a popular occupation and most sommeliers are also drunkards. A
proportion of their wine would be sold but most of it would be left for themselves.”
You XiaoMo nodded in understanding.
Basically, the use of a sommelier was straightforward, to speed the recovery of soul
power. But, if it was just that, then most people would probably prefer to eat magic
pills instead.
You XiaoMo suddenly thought of another question, "But if it's like you said, then
these kinds of spirit wine can't be considered a unique item. Why would it appear in
the auction?"
"Even spirit wines have differences in quality." Ling Xiao said bored, but continued,
"This wine is probably a high quality one. Normally, the higher the quality, the faster
the recovery speed, but since there aren't many sommeliers to begin with, one of a
kind spirit wines are rare."
As they were talking, the auctioneer had already opened the spirit wine.
You XiaoMo took a sniff and without much surprise, he could smell a delightful
fragrance of wine in the air that made him shiver.
Although he rarely drank wine, most men wouldn't reject the notion of drinking.
Especially for drunkards, this spirit wine was just as attractive as a transcendent
level soul training manual.
"Then, do you know what ingredients are used in the brewing?" You XiaoMo asked
with interest. If possible, being a sommelier was a pretty good option and he could
gift the wine too.
Ling Xiao glanced over and without thinking, he knew exactly what was going on in
that head of his, "You do meet the requirements, if you want to be a sommelier.
Supposedly, all of these wines are brewed from magic herbs, but that's not enough,
you need recipes too."
You XiaoMo was a little disappointed at that, he didn't have an recipes. But just as
he was pondering over it, he heard something very attractive coming out from the
auctioneer's mouth.
“As you can probably smell, this is a top quality spirit wine and with one sip, one can
quickly regain soul power. I believe that many wine lovers seated here today would
be highly interested, so I'll tell everyone another surprise. The owner of the spirit
wine has decided to gift it's recipe to the bidder." As his words fell, many were
pleasantly surprised.
Some weren't interested in the wine itself, but if they could have the recipe, then that
would mean they could brew it regularly.
Who doesn't like a recovery item?
However, for those who really liked to compare while shopping, they often believed
that spirit wines weren't as good as magic pills. It was also more expensive, thus
comparatively, they were less interested.
You XiaoMo was also pleasantly surprised and he rubbed his hands together in
anticipation. After all, others would have to consider the cost of brewing wine but he
didn't.
The base line price was two hundred thousand spirit gems.
One could buy a lot of recovery magic pills with two hundred thousand spirit gems,
but the competition was different now with the recipe included. The amount of
bidders increased ten folds.
"Little-shidi, you also want this spirit wine?"
Wei Bai, who sat beside them, asked as he saw You XiaoMo looking at the spirit
wine bright eyed. His body wasn't suited for alcohol so he wasn't interested.
You XiaoMo laughed at that and said, "I'm more interested in the recipe."
Wei Bai thought about it and said, "If you want to bid for the last few items, then it's
better if you don't spent so much on other things."
That was the reason those forces in the front row hadn't made a move yet. It was to
ensure that they were going to get what they really wanted and not waste spirit
gems. After all, if they lost a bid because of that then they were really going to cough
up blood.
"Don't worry, second-shixiong, I know." You XiaoMo replied with confidence, he
hadn't told him yet that he had a whole leyline worth of spirit gems.
Ling Xiao told him that the thing that happened on the wild plane must be kept a
secret. If it was to get out, then those looking for them would expand from the
Vermillion Blood Clan to all of the TongTian Continent.
It had always been the case that, with the discovery at the wild plane, bloodshed
ensued.
After some bidding, ninety percent had given up and all that was left were fairly
competent competitions. The price of the spirit wine had also gone from two hundred
thousand to eight million, that was forty-fold.
If there wasn't a recipe then the price of the spirit wine itself wouldn't have gone
beyond one million spirit gems. It was a surprising result for many people.
Seeing that the time was right, You XiaoMo typed his bid on the crystal stone tablet.
A second later, the auctioneer announced his bid, "Number fifteen offers ten million
spirit gems, will anyone go higher?"
Number fifteen was You XiaoMo's seat.
Every chair had a noticeable number in front of it. Once one participated in the bid,
the seat number and bid amount would be reflected on the auctioneer's tablet.
It was the first time that a front row powerhouse participated in a bid.
With that, everyone's gaze couldn't help but be drawn over. Once they found out that
it was You XiaoMo, they couldn't but criticize internally. To spend ten million spirit
gems just for a wine recipe, idiotic
As the thought crossed their mind, some already eliminated them as competitors for
the final goods.
Since they were always alone, their identity had been found out and combined with
their grudge against the Vermillion Blood Clan, no one expected them to be rich. At
most they probably had around a hundred million.
After the auctioneer called out a few more times with no response, he was about to
finalize the deal when suddenly, a line of text appeared on his tablet.
The auctioneer paused before reading, "Number thirty-one offers fifteen million spirit
gems."
You XiaoMo was astonished, who was this generous with money that they just
added five million?
Once he looked over towards number thirty-one, what appeared was an annoying
face, Lin HaoWu from the Qilin Clan.
At first he thought that Lin HaoWu was also interested in the recipe until they looked
over with a provoking gaze. Then he knew it was intentional.
The Qilin Clan was different from the Vermillion Blood Clan and the Demon Phoenix
Clan.
They had never made enemies with the Qilin Clan, although judging from their
attitude towards Ling Xiao, it was never going to be good. Now, however, was
simply Lin HaoWu being disagreeable.
Was he trying to pick on them or something?
You XiaoMo took a look at his complacent expression and held back his desire to
punch the shit out of him.
Lin HaoWu, good for you, I didn't even mess with you but you, on the other hand,
decided to mess with me. From now on, you better not bid on anything else cause
I'm going to make you cry like a baby.
You XiaoMo added five million more spirit gems as he grinded his teeth. This
number was a lot less to make Lin HaoWu think he was at his limit and thus not
randomly add anymore more.
Understandably, Lin HaoWu was pleased with his reaction, thinking that he had
made You XiaoMo bleed a little, his whole expression lightened up. Also he stopped
his price pushing.
This kind of thing was very common in auctions, especially the non-official ones like
the Black Spider auction. There was nothing preventing them from increasing the
price, thus if there was a grudge, or if one just did not see eye to eye with someone,
they could do it. However, if someone got the item and couldn't pay, then they must
be prepared to face the wrath of the Black Spider.
In the end, both the recipe and the wine fell into You XiaoMo's hands.
The auction continued on and many quality items appeared. The major forces also
started bidding and whenever that happened, everyone else would stop competing.
After all, this amount of face should be given. Also, it was not like they could win in a
financial battle either.
As the sun started to set outside, the inside was still bright as daylight. With
everyone's attention on the continuous stream of treasures, almost no one realized
the actual time. Above them, the white sparkling minerals shone brightly.
It wasn't the first time that You XiaoMo had attended one of these extended
auctions. His focus was also on the treasures on the auction stand. As things
progressed further, the auction was nearing the end with about one-fifth of the items
left. Even if the items were not for the finale, they were all treasures amongst
treasures.
"Do you want that?" Ling Xiao said beside his ear.
Currently on the table was a batch of magic herbs. This wasn't a common
occurrence and more importantly, two-thirds were transcendent level magic herbs.
Not only that, as a gift, there was also a batch of high quality transcendent level
magic seeds.
You XiaoMo hesitated before saying, "I want it but also don't."
Over the past half a month he had used up quite a lot of transcendent level magic
herbs, so he no longer had many in stock. The rest were still growing in his magic
herb field. If he knew beforehand, he would have stocked up transcendent level
magic herbs earlier.
Based on that, he should bid on these magic herbs but it just didn't feel right, and he
couldn't explain why either, just a gut feeling.
"So do you want it or not?"
"...I want it."
Ling Xiao looked at him and started to input the price in tablet.
You XiaoMo didn't even have time to stop him. This bastard couldn't have
announced a sky high price, right?
He knew very well what Ling Xiao was like when bidding.
It wasn't long before the auctioneer announced the price, "Number seventeen offers
one hundred and twenty million, is there a higher bid?"
Normally, if there was a lot of competition, the auctioneer would announce the
highest bid. If he didn't announce the others, then that meant their bid was lower.
You XiaoMo looked at Ling Xiao as he had seen a ghost.
He genetically mutated?
Chapter 557: The Wolf of Greed’s Life Crystal
Translated by Yan of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Ling Xiao saw his stunned expression from
the corner of his eyes, but his own expression was very calm and collected, as if he
didn't understand what You XiaoMo was thinking.
You XiaoMo rubbed away the expression on his face. "What price did you just
offer?"
Ling Xiao curled his lips. "One hundred and ten million spirit gems."
You XiaoMo was surprised again. The lowest price was one hundred million, so he
actually only added another ten million spirit gems?
Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows. "Is there a problem?"
"No..." You XiaoMo still felt that the current Ling Xiao was very hard to believe. His
character had really changed.
There were even more magic herbs in the auction than the amount that Wu Cheng
had helped him find, and their prices definitely wouldn't be lower than one hundred
and thirty million spirit gems. Yet Ling Xiao had only offered a price of one hundred
and ten million, and even said that this was just testing the waters?
Transcendent level magic herbs were very attractive to all powerful people, so there
were quite a few people competing for them. However, in order to ensure that they
would have adequate funds for later, there weren't very many people who were
bidding, and they were all people with some assets.
By the time the two of them finished their discussion, the price had already gone up
by thirty million, overtaking the initial price that You XiaoMo had offered. But it hadn't
reached the limit yet, so there were still people who were raising the price.
You XiaoMo looked at Ling Xiao. Now that Ling Xiao's character had changed, then
he could pay.
After the one hundred and ten million spirit gems sank into the sea, Ling Xiao didn't
immediately act this time. When he saw the price continuing to rise endlessly, his
eyebrows didn't even move, remaining unperturbed as if he wasn't going to bid
again.
The competition very quickly reached the tail-end of its stage, and only two major
powers had persisted until the very end. They were separated into Dong Zhou's two
strongest powers, the Guma Tribe and the True Dragon Clan.
The Guma Tribe lacked magic herbs and mages. The True Dragon Clan didn't lack
magic herbs, but just because they didn't lack magic herbs, that didn't mean that
they had all kinds of them. They had only entered the competition because there
was a magic herb among the ones being sold that they had been searching for.
But if the price continued to rise, the True Dragon Clan would have to withdraw from
the competition.
The Guma Tribe had no faith in the finale items brought out at the end, so they could
only do all they could to bid for the rest of the items. At least that way they wouldn't
return empty-handed.
When the auctioneer shouted out 'two hundred and fifteen million,' the auction house
had already quieted down.
This price had already exceeded the magic herbs' total value, and furthermore, it
was the first time that something had gone over two hundred million since the
auction house opened.
The auctioneer glanced in the True Dragon Clan's direction. The latter's eyebrows
were knitted tightly together, and finally, he shook his head and his hand left the
spirit gem board.
But at the same time, the auctioneer's spirit gem board changed its information.
When he saw the price, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment before he
instantly announced loudly, "Number fourteen offers a price of two hundred and fifty
million spirit gems, will anyone go even higher?"
Who was number fourteen?
Number fifteen's neighbor!
Everyone looked with strange expressions at Ling Xiao. They had all thought that
they didn't have a lot of spirit gems, it seemed that they couldn't judge someone's
wealth by the number of people they had.
When Lin HaoWu heard this statement from across them, he was already so mad
that his face was ashen. So the one being played was him, yet there he was still
feeling pleased with himself.
"HaoWu, from now on, you shouldn't try to be too clever." The old man sitting in front
of Lin HaoWu suddenly said indifferently. He wasn't Lin Hang, but he was one of the
Qilin Clan's elders. If Lin Gu had told Ling Xiao, he would have known that this old
man was his mother's father, Lin Tian.
The reason Lin Tian appeared here was half because of the auction and half
because of Ling Xiao. He had only seen Ling Xiao once when he was born, so he
wanted to see how Ling Xiao, who was abandoned by the Qilin Clan, had grown up.
But it made him feel disappointed. He had just returned to TongTian Continent for
not very long and he had already caused so much ruckus. Indeed, he was just like
his father, not likable at all.
Lin HaoWu was given a scare, and he didn't dare to act on his own accord again.
The Guma Tribe and the True Dragon Clan didn't continue to raise the price. This
price had already surpassed their bottom line. No matter how much they wanted
those magic herbs, they also weren't willing to waste too much money. Moreover,
the True Dragon Clan just wanted one of the magic herbs from the bunch.
Therefore, the magic herbs fell into master plotter Ling Xiao's hands.
After watching the whole thing, You XiaoMo felt that he had trusted Ling Xiao too
early. This fellow had always been someone who wouldn't rest unless he shocked
other people; one definitely couldn't look down on him.
What You XiaoMo didn't know was that You ZhenTian was currently watching them
with shining eyes, and several calculating flashes of light seemed to glint across his
eyes.
These herbs were only the appetizer before the apex.
The auctioneer knew that they had all been anticipating the upcoming items for a
long time now, so he didn't waste time and told them to directly bring out the first of
the finale auction items.
Everyone immediately craned their necks.
A small pocket-size jade bottle appeared on the auction stage. In order for it to be a
Life Crystal that could serve as one of the finale items, its level most likely had to
exceed Level Twelve.
Everyone's breathing grew heavy at once. The amount of energy that could fill a
Level Twelve Life Crystal was incomparably enormous. Rumor had it that the Life
Crystal of a level twelve demon beast could possibly allow someone to break
through the barrier of the Sacred Realm and the Divine Realm. Although it wasn't as
effective as a rainbow pill, the opportunity was still hard to come by; moreover, once
one absorbed the Life Crystal's energy, they could also advance.
Some people had come just for the level twelve Life Crystal.
You XiaoMo was a little interested, but he wasn't preparing to bid. He still had a
Divine three-star level Life Crystal that he hadn't used yet, so even if he got another
one he couldn't use it.
Furthermore, even if they were the richest person on TongTian Continent, they
couldn't just spend money like this.
The auctioneer started to introduce the Life Crystal's background. "As everyone can
see, this is a level twelve one-star demon beast's Life Crystal. I won't speak much
about its effects, as I trust everyone already knows. The bidding starts at two
hundred and fifty million. Everyone can begin the bidding."
"Wait a moment." Just then, a man who was wrapped entirely in a black robe stood
up from the auction box. When the auctioneer looked over, he said, "I want to know
which demon beast this Life Crystal is from, as well as its history."
When he said this, all of the people who had just begun to move withdrew their
hands again.
The background of a Life Crystal of a level twelve demon beast should be clarified
beforehand, or the clan members that it attracted would lose more than they gained.
In reality, even if the black-robed man hadn't asked, the people who were interested
in it would have also asked.
The auctioneer narrowed his eyes.
His appearance at that moment finally made people believe that he was also part of
the Black Spider.
Several seconds later, the auctioneer relaxed his expression and explained, "It is the
Wolf of Greed's Life Crystal."
Everyone couldn't help but suck in a breath of air.
The Wolf of Greed was also greedy, and it was one of the famous Seven Sins
Beasts. There had only ever been one of its kind, and if it was truly the Wolf of
Greed's Life Crystal, then that meant that that Wolf of Greed had already died. In the
future, a new Wolf of Greed might appear again, but nobody knew how many years
later it would be.
The Seven Sins Beasts were seven ferocious beasts that were renowned since
ancient times. Although their reputation wasn't as amazing as the Four Divine
Emperor Beasts', their 'ferocious' reputation was still very impressive and famous.
The Seven Sins Beasts were seven brothers, and they were extremely close to each
other. If the other six knew that the Wolf of Greed had already died, there was no
way they would just let it go at that.
Thinking of this, many people couldn't help but hesitate.
You XiaoMo was also stunned. This Wolf of Greed couldn't be LanQiu's brother that
went missing, right? He grabbed Ling Xiao's sleeve and said quietly, "Ling Xiao..."
"Yes!"
"..." You XiaoMo choked for a moment because of him and stayed silent for two
seconds before he couldn't resist asking, "Do you know what I'm about to say?"
Ling Xiao said, not quickly or slowly, "It doesn't matter what you're about to say, my
answer will always the same."
You XiaoMo, “…”
Besides LanQiu, who was relatively weak and didn't have much of a reputation, all of
the other Seven Sins Beasts were powerful. Asides from the Wolf of Greed, there
was still two level twelve demon beasts among the seven brothers. If someone was
targeted by them, no matter if they were from a clan or an individual, they would
have to be prepared to be entangled with them forever.
There were many people participating in the auction, so it was impossible if they
didn't want things to leak out. Now all there was left to see was who would dare to
take on the big trouble of the Seven Sins Beasts. The only ones who could, besides
the TongTian Palace, were the eight major powers of the TongTian Continent.
Of course there were others, like the ShuangYu Hotel's Divine Realm expert, who
had also planned to bid for this Life Crystal, but because it was the Seven Sins
Beasts' Wolf of Greed's Life Crystal, those plans died prematurely.
Originally he wanted to depend on this Life Crystal to break into the Divine Realm
and become a true Sacred Realm expert, but there was no way the current
ShuangYu Hotel could afford to provoke the Seven Sins Beasts.
For a moment, nobody dared to name a price.
None of the four Qilin Clans offered a price. Since ancient times, the elders of the
clan had been friendly with the Seven Sins Beasts. Moreover, only demon beasts
could understand demon beasts' madness.
The Seven Sins Beasts also had a nickname during the ancient times. It was -- the
Seven Mad Dogs.
Every generation of Seven Sins Beasts was like this.
Seeing the situation, the auctioneer's face became gloomy, and a hidden hint of ill
will flashed across his eyes as he looked at the black-robed person who had just
spoke. Not a single member of the Black Spider was a good person, including him.
At that moment, a row of words appeared on the spirit gem board.
The auctioneer shot a glance at the man sitting in the number one seat. He had
thought that he wouldn't be the first to act, but in the end he had exceeded his
expectations. The auctioneer said in a loud and clear voice, "Number one bids three
hundred million spirit gems, is there anyone who will bid higher?"
Everyone burst into an uproar.
Wasn't the number one spot the Vermillion Blood Clan's You ZhenTian? He had
quite some guts, if he truly dared to bring the Wolf of Greed's Life Crystal back
home. However, it wasn't hard to understand either. The Vermillion Blood Clan truly
did need to cultivate another Sacred Realm expert.
The crowd looked meaningfully at Ling Xiao and You XiaoMo.
Chapter 558: Artificially Inflating the Price
Translated by Kollumceti of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Three hundred million for a Level Twelve Life Crystal was still a great buy.

Thus, the auctioneer thought that it would be fine as long as the sale of the items did
not fail while he was the auctioneer. In any case, he was not the one who took this
Life Crystal out for auction so it did not matter what the price was.

You XiaoMo felt that he did not want to let others take it away since he knew this
Life Crystal was LanQiu's brother. This was especially so when his competitor for
the Life Crystal was You ZhenTian. Anyway, they were already embroiled in an
unceasing conflict with the Vermillion Blood Clan and offending them again made no
difference, not like he could kill them right here right now.

You XiaoMo looked at Ling Xiao resolutely and started speaking, "I..."

Ling Xiao directly threw two words to him, "Bid."

You XiaoMo, “…”

Here we go again. It was very annoying to for Ling Xiao to have some sort of
telepathic connection in his heart to him. At least let him finish speaking.

You XiaoMo entered the price under his own name. This action was a rare shot at
heroism for him. He could admit that he wanted to see what the expression would be
like on You ZhenTian's face, after all they were still nephew and uncle by blood.

When the auctioneer saw the price put forth by You XiaoMo, he finally smiled with
satisfaction, "Number Fifteen's bid is four hundred million." Then he looked at You
ZhenTian.

You ZhenTian's expression did not change, yet his gaze was extremely dark.

Everyone was astonished when they heard this familiar Number Fifteen again, but
soon after, they showed an expression conveying understanding. They had seen the
light.

This was maliciously bidding up the price to make the Vermillion Blood Clan bleed
money!
You ZhenTian expressionlessly increased his bid. The bid price of four hundred
million then became four hundred and fifty million.

This had developed to the point where no other forces wanted to join in this fight. It
seemed that You ZhenTian determined to win this Life Crystal based on his attitude,
but they did not have to worry that You ZhenTian would be able to easily win this
Life Crystal.

As a matter of fact, his foe was currently maliciously raising the price.

You XiaoMo ignored You ZhenTian's dark gaze and put his hand on the crystal slab
again. He thought about it for a moment before adding a heavy bombshell.

The auctioneer's eyes grew brighter and brighter as he cried out, "Number Fifteen's
bid is six hundred million. Are there any higher bids?"

You ZhenTian's face turned black.

The entire auction hall fell silent.

They had profoundly experienced You XiaoMo's maliciousness. It seemed that he

hated the Vermillion Blood Clan a lot. Although most people did not really
understand the resentment between him and the Vermillion Blood Clan, they knew
that the real facts would definitely not be the same as what the Vermillion Blood
Clan had disclosed.

"They are seeking for death ah!"

"This You XiaoMo is too bold! Is he not afraid that You ZhenTian would suddenly
give the item up and entrap him instead?

"I think he's certain that You ZhenTian will not give up."

"That's not necessarily true. If You ZhenTian is pushed too far, it is possible that he
may give it up."

"Now let's see who will give up first."

"When You ZhenTian backs off, You XiaoMo will definitely be skinned and flayed to
the bone by the Black Spider." A brother with a standard gloating expression stated.
The majority had the same notion as him and did not believe that You XiaoMo would
still have spirit gems on him.
You ZhenTian's face was livid as he entered his bid for the third time on the crystal
slab. The price of six hundred million was too excessive. He could not limitlessly
raise the price again and just entered a conservative price. Following which, he then
glared viciously at You XiaoMo as if he was saying 'increase your bid again if you
have the guts'.

You XiaoMo moved closer to Ling Xiao to share a portion of pressure before he
continued to raise the price without the slightest hesitation from six hundred and
twenty million to six hundred and fifty million.

When the auctioneer shouted this amount out, You ZhenTian stood up as he let out
a sound expressing surprise. The aura of a high star Sacred Realm expert bypassed
the auctioneer in the middle and surged towards You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao with the
intent to attack from mid-air. Its momentum was colossal and relentless.

In the Black Spider's auction, using one's aura to oppress others was permissible as
long as one did not physically come to blows, so they would not step in to stop it.

Without waiting for Ling Xiao's reaction, another aura which did not lose out to You
ZhenTian burst out from beside them, intercepting the aura attack of You ZhenTian
in mid-air. The pressure from two auras made the people at the auction feel an
uncomfortable sense of oppression.

The one who stepped in was Fu CangQiong.

Everyone was stunned, then they immediately thought of the words that the Cang
Alliance had released half a month ago. Sure enough, it was more than just hot air.
It seemed that the Cang Alliance would defend You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao.

"You ZhenTian, you are an elder. Yet you actually made a move on two juniors
because you were shamed into anger. This is not the demeanor befitting an expert.
Don't tell me that you are a sore loser?" Fu CangQiong laughed brightly, yet he
spared no effort to denunciate him.

You ZhenTian was enraged, "Fu CangQiong, the Vermillion Blood Clan will take you
as an enemy if you are determined to protect them. Are you sure you want to incite a
war between the Vermillion Blood Clan and the Cang Alliance for the sake of both of
them?"

"You ZhenTian, I'll declare my stance here today. I will definitely protect them even if
this means becoming enemies with the Vermillion Blood Clan. You'll have to get
through me if you want to touch them." Fu CangQiong's voice was so calm that it did
not seem like a declaration of sides, and was as if he was merely chatting.

You ZhenTian's expression was sinister as he lividly shouted 'good' three times in
succession, "Fu CangQiong, I, You ZhenTian, will remember your words today!"

With that, he then withdrew the pressure he released.

Fu CangQiong did not take his words to heart. He had foreseen this scene long
before he had agreed to You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao's request. Although the struggle
between the Cang Alliance and the Vermillion Blood Clan was brought forward much
earlier than he had expected, he was willing to do so for the sake of his little
apprentice!

Everyone immediately felt relieved once the two pressures dispersed.

The strength of a high star Sacred Realm expert was really frightening and they
were nearly unable to bear that oppression.

Soon after, You ZhenTian threw out a sky-high price of seven hundred million as if
he was throwing his life away. Everyone could that that this was probably You
ZhenTian's final bid.

Each and every one then turned to You XiaoMo. Would he pull the tiger's fur or quit
at this point?

You XiaoMo did not keep everyone in suspense. He tactlessly added another twenty
million spirit gems on top of the last bid of seven hundred million. Although every
increase in the bid price must not be less than five million, he added twenty million
as he did not want others to think he was maliciously raising the price.

Then he had his wish fulfilled as he provoked You ZhenTian and the auctioneer.

Neither the auctioneer nor the others thought that You XiaoMo still had seven
hundred and twenty million spirit gems in his pocket. Not only did action of his make
the Black Spider lose out on the sum of seven hundred million spirit gems, the sale
of the Life Crystal of the Wolf of Greed could be considered as failed. Furthermore,
they would inevitably come to cause trouble when news of the Life Crystal being
sold spread to the ears of the Seven Sins Beasts.

The Black Spider still could not reveal their strength at this moment.

You XiaoMo's face fell upon seeing that he had managed to win the bid for the Life
Crystal. His expression was obscure and it was hard to tell what he was thinking
about. Everyone thought that he had regretted his actions.

After that, the auctioneer sold off several pieces of treasures, including transcendent
level soul and skill training manuals and Rainbow Level magic pills and pill recipes.
Practically every major force had a life-or-death struggle over the first two. The Four
Divine Emperor Beasts mainly bidded for the latter items.

Some were happy and some were worried.

After all, there were only a limited number of items. It was impossible for all forces to
be satisfied.

You XiaoMo did not fan the flames again when You ZhenTian participated in the
bidding for the items coming after. Many people assumed that he was afraid now.

The tense moments came one after another, yet everybody did not slack off
because it was finally time to bid for the last item. This was also the ancient object
that You XiaoMo saw on the invitation, but the specific details on the item was not
explained.

"Next is the last treasure..." In the wake of the auctioneer speaking, a tray covered
with red cloth rose from the auction platform. It looked flat and seemed to be empty.

The auctioneer removed the red cloth, revealing a brown parchment placed on the
tray. It looked like a pill recipe or such. Could this pill recipe that was intentionally
placed as the last item be a high-grade Rainbow Level pill recipe?

Everyone swallowed their saliva. If that was so, it was worth placing it at the end.

The auctioneer explained, "I know that everyone is thinking that it's a pill recipe.
However, I'm sorry to say that though it's not a pill recipe, I believe that everyone
here would find this trip worthwhile when you know what it really is."

You XiaoMo already could not hear what he was saying. He could not possibly
mistake what this item was when he had three identical pieces of the parchment. He
was ninety percent certain that it was the last piece that he was missing to complete
it and was determined to get this thing.

You XiaoMo thought quietly, 'You cheap dad, you're really my lucky star. I will
definitely treat you better after I manage to bid for this parchment.'

Once he thought of this, he nervously tugged at Ling Xiao's sleeve.

Ling Xiao pulled his sleeve back, "I know."

You XiaoMo raised his head, "You know what I want to say?" He did not believe that
Ling Xiao would be able to guess what he wanted to say this time when he had not
even uttered a single word.

Ling Xiao fell silent.

You XiaoMo said, "I actually wanted to say, you should stay calm and not be too
impulsive later. Leave it to me."

Ling Xiao, "..."

In the end, it turned out that the impulsive one was You XiaoMo himself.

On the auction platform, the auctioneer had already began an unceasing torrent of
word to introduce the true value of he parchment. In fact, it was also just a sentence:
This is a treasure map handed down from ancient times, generally ancient items are
either exceptional treasures or a legendary abode and such.

After an appraisal by the Black Spider, they could only uncover that the map drawn
on this parchment was of a region in the southeast of Dong Zhou. The exact location
could not be determined as they lacked the three other maps, so this could not be
confirmed. However, one could roughly determine what the treasure map was
possibly hiding based on the region being the southeast of Dong Zhou.

In ancient times, the situation in Dong Zhou was different from today.

At that time, the great war between the humans and demon beasts had not occurred
and many powerhouses had not yet fallen. Moreover, Dong Zhou was a region in
the TongTian Continent which was relatively rich in spiritual energy. It was said that
a huge mountain range isolated Dong Zhou from the outside, so Dong Zhou was
also the birthplace of many of the top powerhouses.

After the great war, Dong Zhou lost its advantage. The spiritual energy energy also
became sparser than the outside for some unknown reason. Not only that, the
number of mages were also getting lesser and lesser.

Nevertheless, this could not change the fact that Dong Zhou was once a world of
strong experts. Therefore, if the treasure map was really marking out Dong Zhou,
then there was a ninety percent chance that it was something good. Maybe it was a
legendary adobe left behind by an strong predecessor in ancient times.
Once they thought of this, everyone could not help their emotions surging.

Treasure hunting had always been one of the most popular entertainment activities.

Seeing that the atmosphere was finally starting to buzz, the auctioneer sighed in
relief before he announced, "The starting price is two hundred million. Everyone can
start bidding now."

Although the parchment was the last item, its starting price was lower than the
previous items because its value was unable to be estimated. This also made the
major forces feel that the price was reasonable.

Just as everyone was roll up their sleeves for battle, someone had already raised
the price at the speed of lightning to a height that many people could only look up to.

"Number Fifteen has put in a bid for five hundred million. Are there any bids higher
than his?"

The auctioneer burst into an excited cry, yet a trace of the sound of gnashing teeth
abruptly sounded during his cry.

The entire hall fell silent once more.

It's Number Fifteen again!

Everyone looked at You XiaoMo who had a none-of-my-business attitude, as if he

was saying, 'I'm just going to help you raise the price a little bit first. Anyway, it'll go
up sooner or later. There's no need to thank me!'

Flames were already shooting out of the eyes of several groups of people.

The Qilin Clan and the Demon Phoenix Clan did not find any good treasures in the
beginning portion of the auction. Now they were very interested in this map, yet the
price was raised to five hundred million by You XiaoMo before they could even start
bidding.

"This brat must have deliberately done it." Ji Rui gnashed her teeth as she hissed.
She had just been preparing to throw in her bid when her attempt was prematurely
aborted.

Many others had the same experience as her.

The atmosphere remained silent for a few seconds before it began to heat up again.
However, nobody tried to bid for it immediately from beginning to end. There was
definitely no one who was that generous to spend more than five hundred million to
buy a map with unknown contents.

For a moment, there was actually no one participating in the auction other than You
XiaoMo's bid which had artificially inflated the price.
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Ra: Daddy is Momo’s god of fortune, while Husband is Momo’s god of poverty.
Chapter 559: Procedures
Translated by Jouissance of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
"Calm down, don't be so reckless!" As the auction house fell into silence, Ling Xiao's
calm voice rang out.
You XiaoMo buried his face into his arms. He hadn't done it on purpose. His hand
had been hovering over the crystal tablet as he considered what price he should
enter. Then he got a little over excited and this happened. He had intended to wait
for the end to stick his foot in, making others think that he was raising the price for
fun again.
Yet now, it seemed like the effect it had was out of his expectations.
"Don't let your hand slip next time." Ling Xiao didn't seem to feel the burning gazes
on them, picking up the hand You XiaoMo had used to bid and pinching it.
You XiaoMo scratched his head. "I didn't do it on purpose."
Hand... hand slipped?
The people sitting around them all wore stunned expressions. They couldn't believe
that they had bid the sky high price of five hundred million because his hand had
slipped. However, amongst those angry at this occurrence, there was the
auctioneer. If this map failed to sell, then it'd be blamed on him.
"Number Fifteen has put in a bid for five hundred million. Are there any bids higher
than his?" The auctioneer repeated himself. In reality, he already knew it wasn't very
possible. For a power like the ShuangYu Hotel, five hundred million was almost the
entirety of their assets. Greater powers like the Vermillion Blood Clan probably had a
total of just over a billion in assets. It would be impossible to ask them to throw away
five hundred million just for a quarter of a map.
The auctioneer repeated himself twice again, and when he prepared to lower the
hammer on the third time, the crystal tablet updated.
The auctioneer froze for a moment before exclaiming in excitement, "Number 210
bids five hundred and ten million." After he yelled this, he looked towards the one
who had bid, and realized it was the black-cloaked figure.
Everyone was shocked.
Before they could formulate any sort of response, another shocking occurrence had
their jaws dropping.
"Number one has bid five hundred and twenty million."
Though there was only a twenty million increase, the point was that You ZhenTian
actually bid. Could it be that he wanted this map or that he wanted to help You
XiaoMo get out of this snit?
The latter idea was absolutely absurd.
Soon enough, the Demon Phoenix Clan's actions had them in deep contemplation.
“Number 3 has bid five hundred and thirty million," the auctioneer announced.
It wasn't Ji Rui who had acted, but Ji YunLang's grandfather, Ji He. From the
beginning, he had been very calm and composed, allowing Ji Rui to make all the
decisions. Yet, when the auction was coming to a close, he had acted.
The crowd couldn't help but wonder if there was some sort of priceless secret to this
map that caused both You ZhenTian and Ji He to bid for it one after the other.
If that was true...
The way the crowd looked at the map changed, from looking at rags to looking at a
feast with an alluring smell.
You XiaoMo was imagining killing those three interlopers in his head. He had
thought the last map scrap would easily fall into his hands, yet, perhaps if he hadn't
acted he might've gotten it easily, yet now that he had, three others were bidding for
it, too. This was bad.
If he continued to compete with them, the others would realize that he wanted the
map. Thinking back to when he had raised the prices on purpose to mess around
with people, even if the things he bid for were what he actually wanted, others might
not think the same way. You XiaoMo regretted it.
Ling Xiao suddenly grabbed his hand, saying in a low tone, "Don't panic."
You XiaoMo nodded, calming himself.
Since You ZhenTian and the others had joined in, the price of the map went past six
hundred million. Each increase was only ten to twenty million.
As the price grew, the cloaked man finally gave up. With him backing out, there was
only You ZhenTian and Ji He left. Neither of the two were willing to give in to the
other and the price broke seven hundred million. Finally, the price began to stabilize,
stopping at You ZhenTian's seven hundred and twenty million. Ji He fell silent.
You XiaoMo, seeing how the auctioneer was prepared to end the bidding, he
reached for his crystal tablet. Just as he did, he was suddenly grabbed by Ling Xiao
and saw the other shaking his head. He wanted to ask why, but then he saw the
other type several numbers into the crystal tablet.
"..."
Did he want to show off?
You XiaoMo shook his head. That wasn't the point. The point was how much Ling
Xiao had bid, in such a situation, it could only be that number.
When the auctioneer saw the number on the crystal tablet, his smile froze for a
moment. Though it wasn't number fifteen, fourteen and fifteen were together. Were
these two here to make a mess or did they actually want to buy these things?
The auctioneer hesitated for two seconds and could only announce, "Number
fourteen bids eight hundred million."
Ling Xiao and You XiaoMo might've been together, but they were still different. He
had only bid once throughout the entire auction, so no one knew what he was
thinking.
Some people were observing You XiaoMo's expression. He looked shocked and
they guessed that even he didn't know that his companion would bid.
They didn't know that You XiaoMo had objections to Ling Xiao’s bid, but didn't voice
them.
With the price at eight hundred million, even You ZhenTian was hesitating. It wasn't
that the Vermillion Blood Clan couldn't afford it, but it was if this was truly worth it or
not.
Under such a situation, no one dared to artificially raise the price, not even You
ZhenTian. Unless they were like You XiaoMo, who didn't have the burden of
representing a clan and didn't care about the consequences, others thought he was
messing around.
Lin HaoWu and Ji Rui viewed Ling Xiao as an enemy and wanted to mess with Ling
Xiao and inflate the price, but what if they failed and their opponent didn't fall for it?
They couldn't deal with such consequences.
You ZhenTian considered it again and, in the end, decided against bidding.
The map was taken by Ling Xiao at the absurd price of eight hundred million.
The entire auction finally came to an end, yet when the auctioneer announced so,
very few people left. Many people were sitting in their seats, seemingly waiting for
something, and even the great powers didn't leave.
You XiaoMo realized that people kept glancing at him, like they were expecting a
show. Some looked over with burning gazes. He didn't know how to react for
moment, confused.
Ling Xiao was calm.
After a few minutes, the auctioneer personally brought them their spirit wine and
recipe, the transcendent level magic herbs and seeds, the life crystal of the Wolf of
Greed and the map. Wow, they really had bought a lot.
Were they prepared to go through the procedures right here right now?
You XiaoMo was confused. Wasn't it usually done backstage?
“Little shidi, do you not know the procedures here?" Wei Bai's low voice sounded,
tone a little shocked and a little worried.
You XiaoMo asked in confusion, "What procedures?"
Wei Bai frowned. This wasn't good. He explained, "You didn't check the flow of the
auction before attending? Usually, if someone is suspected of artificially raising the
price, they won’t be allowed to go through the procedures backstage, only right after
the auction. If you can’t provide the spirit gems, then you’ll receive strict punishment
from the Black Spider and the items you successfully bid for will be re-auctioned at
half price. The final price cannot exceed the final price of the first bidding.”
Now You XiaoMo knew why so many people had looked at him weirdly like that.
They probably all thought he couldn’t provide the necessary spirit gems and were
waiting for him to be humiliated and his items to be re auctioned.
However, the total price of the items he had bid for weren’t cheap, so this wasn’t
unexpected.
“If it’s so troublesome, why doesn’t the auction just ban people from artificially
inflating the price?” You XiaoMo felt that this could totally be just banned and
prevented.
Wei Bai smiled, shaking his head with a hint of amusement. “It isn’t as if there’s only
a bad side to this. In reality, the Black Spider can benefit from this quite a bit. It’s not
like everyone is like you and doesn’t care about the costs.”
You XiaoMo grinned.
The auctioneer had people bring them their items, and set the items in front of them.
Apart from the magic herbs, which were put into magic bags, the others were placed
in clear view.
The auctioneer handed the magic bags to You XiaoMo. “Please take a look and see
if everything is in order.”
You XiaoMo quickly took a count, making sure everything was there before nodding.
The auctioneer said with a smile, “That’ll be one billion, seven hundred million, eight
thousand, five hundred and fifty spirit gems.”
Here it comes!
Everyone thought to themselves. That was almost one billion eight hundred million,
something the Vermillion Blood Clan and Cang Alliance would only be able to afford
if they used all their assets.
You XiaoMo took out the dimensional ring his cheap dad had given him. An entire
leyline’s spirit gems would total at around two billion. When he had bought his magic
herbs, he had spent around one hundred million, and his cheap dad had also used
some. There was still one billion eight hundred million left.
No more, no less, so if You ZhenTian had decided to throw nine hundred million into
that map, he could only pass on it and then steal it back when he and Ling Xiao
were stronger than You ZhenTian.
Chapter 560: In Opposition
Translated by Crystal of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
They couldn't help but turn their gaze towards the dimension ring on his finger.
The dimension ring and pocket dimension were on the same level of rarity, the
difference was that the ring could only store non-living things, whereas the pocket
could hold anything. It could hold living things, it had spiritual energy and one could
plant stuff there.
Everyone looked on with curiosity.
However, strangely, when You ZhenTian saw the ring, he furrowed his brows. The
ring reminded him of his little brother, the one he framed. When he was chosen to
become the next successor of the Vermillion Blood Clan, the elders gave him a ring,
the one in You XiaoMo's hands.
It wasn't one of the authenticating objects for being the head. All he knew was that it
was a token of encouragement from those old farts, supposedly it had a lot spirit
gems.
You ZhenTian didn't know how many spirit gems were in that ring, but it probably
wasn't much, most likely just those old farts' private collection. You XiaoMo then
proceeded to count out the rest of the fourteen million spirit gems out from the ring
and then handed over his pre-prepared magic bags, which contained one point eight
billion, to the auctioneer with a wide grin, showing off his bright white teeth.
"All the spirit gems are here, not even missing one. As for the three magic bags,
consider it a gift."
The auctioneer took a long pause before reacting.
As for those waiting for a good show, they were completely dumbfounded. Why was
this proceeding in such an unexpected direction, could it be that he could actually
afford it?
The auctioneer quickly grabbed the magic bags and opened them only to find it full
of pure white spirit gems, it almost blinded him. He could swear that he had never
seen so many spirit gems before!
Finally, the auctioneer, who kept an unpleasant expression, smiled.
The auction house was instantly filled with noise.
At the seating area of the Vermillion Blood Clan, Jiang Liu, who couldn't see, quickly
pinched the arm of the one beside him and ask in distress, "What happened?"
That person licked his dry lips then answered, "He paid, almost one point eight
billion, so many spirit gems, I don't know how he managed to get so many."
Jiang Liu let go of his hand and he bit his lip so hard that it started to bleed.
There was quite a few who shared a similar feeling with him, they all wished for Ling
Xiao and You XiaoMo's dismay.
At this point, the auction, which had gone on for a day and a night, was finally over.
No matter how reluctant they were, everyone had to leave.
As You XiaoMo packed everything and rose to leave with Ling Xiao, Ling Xiao
suddenly grabbed his hand. Just as he was about to inquire, he saw the True
Dragon Clan coming towards them from straight ahead.
The one who attended the auction as the True Dragon Clan's representative was
Long TaiBai and his great uncle, Long Ao. As You XiaoMo remembered, they had
nothing to do with the True Dragon Clan.
Long Ao made his introduction and then went straight to the point, "You fellow, I
want to ask you a favor, I hope you can agree."
You XiaoMo scratched his head, embarrassed. It was the first time he had met such
a respectful and sincere old man. So, maybe the Four Ancient Beast Clans were not
as prideful and disrespectful as the people of the TongTian Continent believed.
"What's the request?" The one who replied was Ling Xiao.
Long Ao said, "Within that batch of magic herbs you bid for, was coincidently one we
were looking for. I know it's unreasonable, but that magic herb is very important to
us, I hope you would be willing to part with it. We will buy it at doubled the market
price. "
Ling Xiao didn't respond, since he didn't know much about magic herbs.
You XiaoMo didn't agree instantly either, "Which stalk are you looking for?"
If he had more than two, giving one away to the True Dragon Clan was fine too.
Long Ao immediately replied with a name.
You XiaoMo recalled that he did see it at the auction, it was a matured mid-grade
magic herb, pretty good quality too.
Unfortunately, that herb he only had the one he just got from the auction. Of course,
it's not that he didn't have it in his dimension, it's just that it was still in the fields.
Seeing that he started to furrowed his brows, Long Ao knew it wasn't likely to
happen and couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.
"Alright then." But just when he thought that, You XiaoMo suddenly agreed. He
could always find magic herbs but one couldn't find a favor from the True Dragon
Clan everywhere.
Immediately Long Ao beamed with joy, as he was already a frank person, he said
happily, "You fellow, thank you very much."
You XiaoMo shook his hand and smiled, "No need to thank me. Also, you don't need
to pay double the market price either, just the normal price is fine."
Although it was a simple exchange, he knew that the True Dragon Clan would
remember this favor. It was a deal with no downsides.
Long Ao agreed after a few words of symbolic refusal.
They left the auction house after their transaction. The exit was the same as the
entrance.
They went out with Fu CangQiong and Wei Bai. The Cang Alliance didn't bid for
much here, but that wasn't surprising since they also held auctions. In terms of
strength, the Black Spider wasn't as good as the Cang Alliance. But, Fu CangQiong
did take one of the final items and that was a pill recipe. No one would reject more of
those.
Just as they walked out of the underground auction, everyone keenly realized that
the atmosphere outside was strange.
The ones who should have already left were all at the entrance, like You ZhenTian,
the Qilin Clan and the Demon Phoenix Clan. Even though they weren't standing
together, one could tell it wasn't for something good.
You XiaoMo leaned towards Ling Xiao and whispered, "What's this about?"
Ling Xiao replied calmly, "About catching you."
You XiaoMo returned, "Then it's also about catching you."
Wei Bai didn't know whether to laugh or cry at their conversation. It was clear that
the Vermillion Blood Clan was after them, but they still had the time to bicker? He
didn't know what to say, but at least he finally knew why Shifu wanted him as a
disciple. This kind of personality was right up his alley.
"You ZhenTian, what are you trying to do here? Could it be that you're embarrassed
about not getting what you wanted and that turned to anger, so you are here to steal
it?" Fu CangQiong said with a fake smile as he pulled his little disciple behind him.
You ZhenTian pretty much blocked the whole exit.
You ZhenTian had his hands behind his back and kept an extremely serious, as well
as stern, expression. He only took at look at Fu CangQiong when he talked, "Fu
CangQiong, this is the Vermillion Blood Clan's 'family matters'. It has nothing to do
with you, so you better not intervene."
You XiaoMo was shaken. There wasn't even a procedure to accept his origins, when
did he become family to You ZhenTian? Don't say something so terrifying!
To comfort him, Ling Xiao patted his shoulder and said, "Don't be so surprised,
some people are just so thick skinned. You'll get used to it."
You XiaoMo, “…”
Actually, it had nothing to do with face, he was mostly thinking about the issue of
seniority.
In the ancient times, the You Family had a distinction between the main family and
the side family. Although the side family had a bit of the You Family's bloodline in
them, strictly speaking, they were more servants of the main family.
You XiaoMo felt that even though his body was from the side family, he was still
considered to be from the main family, otherwise he couldn't have inherited the
dimension. With that in mind, then all of the Vermillion Blood Clan were his servants.
Haha, this couldn't be more beautiful!
The more he thought of it, the more excited he was, to the point that he couldn't help
but start laughing stupidly.
Then he was hit by Ling Xiao on the head.
You XiaoMo lifted his head to accuse him, but he suddenly realized that the
atmosphere was somewhat strange. Why was everyone looking at him like a
weirdo?
"Why were you laughing like an idiot?" Ling Xiao asked.
You XiaoMo opened his mouth but he felt that it wasn't the time to say it and thus,
shook his head, "I'll tell you later."
Ling Xiao didn't ask further.
On the other hand, You ZhenTian couldn't have had a darker expression. As he was
talking about something serious, the other party was laughing along as if he didn't
exist. Clearly, they were looking down on him.
It was then when a mocking voice appeared before You ZhenTian was about to blow
up in anger.
"You ZhenTian, do you still want face? How's your mouth so stinky, even from this
far I could smell your breath. Could it be you just drank sewage water?"
You ZhenTian paused for a moment as he heard such a familiar voice, but in the
next he was fuming with anger. With an aggravated expression, he stared at the
direction where the voice was coming from, as he shouted, gritting his teeth, "You
JunQi! You dare appear!"
You JunQi stopped hiding, he wasn't going to let anyone slander his son. He was
also a Sacred Realm expert like You ZhenTian, he just didn't want to see him
before, it wasn't that he was scared.
All the crowd saw was a man wearing white, slowly and methodically walking
towards them. It was another member of the Vermillion Blood Clan but not many
knew of You JunQi.
You JunQi was very lazy in his youth, then when he was fleeing, he went to other
planes. It wasn't long after he returned that he was locked in the Forbidden zone,
therefore, there was only a handful of people who knew that there was another
Sacred Realm practitioner in the Vermillion Blood Clan.
However, You JunQi wasn't as strong as before.
Once You ZhenTian locked him in the Forbidden zone, his cultivation base was
tampered with, so that it began dropping every year. Even though it was much better
now, he could never return to his peak state.
"You ZhenTian, I don't know where you got your confidence from to say such a
thing. I didn't even fuss about you stealing away my position as the head before, but
now you're coveting my son's stuff? I feel ashamed for you, being a head like this.
Can you feel some embarrassment?" You JunQi sighed.
He always knew that You ZhenTian was an asshole. In his eyes, brotherly feelings
were just a facade, thus he could unabashedly hurt his little brother and nephew.
But, he didn't think he was this amazing, turning the facts upside down, calling the
black white without missing a beat. His expression was that of one where the child
didn't live up to one's expectations.
However, the crowd didn't have time ponder over such things. They were all
shocked by his statement about the position as the head. Only a few knew the truth
of how You ZhenTian got his position. For many, hearing that it was stolen was
quick a shock. They became even more interested in their relationship.
You ZhenTian let out cold snort, "Don't blame someone else for your failures. I'm
saying this now, your son must come with me."
"If you want to take my son, then you better pass me first." You JunQi's eyes turned
cold and the whole atmosphere around him turned swift and fierce. Drastically
different from his usual laid backness.
"With you?" You ZhenTian said with disdain. Maybe others didn't know of You
JunQi's condition but he did. Maybe the old You JunQi could hold his own against
him, but now? He could kill him with a finger.
Fu CangQiong walked forward, and was about to open his mouth when, on the other
side, Ji He suddenly opened his eyes.
With a fierce expression, he said, “Alliance head, since it's their 'family matters', I
think it's better if you weren't involved. If you must, then I wouldn't mind have having
a chat with you."
Although Ji YunLang didn't say anything before, Ji He always held a grudge about Ji
YunLang's legs being ruined. Of course he wasn't going to let Fu CangQiong help
them.
It was precisely because he and You ZhenTian came to an agreement that they
dared to stop them here. If they let You XiaoMo get away this time, then it would be
hard to find them again.
"Ji He, when did you start butting into other people's business?" Xuan Zheng
suddenly walked forward, he and the baby turtle's great-grandfather were of the
same bloodline. He had already heard about You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao saving the
baby turtle's life. The baby turtle's great-grandfather had told him to help them out
when needed.
Ji He furrowed his brows, "Xuan Zheng, this has nothing to do with you."
Xuan Zheng smiled, "They are benefactors of the Black Turtle Clan. If our
benefactor's in trouble, we, the Black Turtle Clan cannot stand by and watch."
It looked as if You XiaoMo's side's got the upper hand, but there was still the Qilin
Clan eyeing with hostility.
Chapter 561: Challenging a Higher Level
Translated by Yan of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
The major powers of TongTian Continent all gathered in Ebony Plum Town. It would
definitely cause a stir if they were seen by others, since these were all influencers
who could make TongTian Continent shake with one stomp of their foot.
You XiaoMo also hadn't imagined that so many influencers would be dragged out
because of their business. If things truly did come to blows, they would definitely get
out of hand.
"What should we do next?"
You XiaoMo tugged on Ling Xiao's clothes and whispered quietly to him.
"A fight is unavoidable." Ling Xiao's voice slipped into his mind.
You XiaoMo didn't understand. "Why?"
They had Fu CangQiong and the Black Turtle Clan on their side, as well as his
clingy dad. Although he wasn't as strong as before, for better or worse he was still a
Sacred Realm expert. Altogether, they had four Sacred Realm experts; meanwhile,
You ZhenTian's side only had the Demon Phoenix Clan, since the Qilin Clan still
hadn't made their position clear yet. Even if they did, it would be about even.
Ling Xiao said, "Even though Ebony Plum Town is on the edge of Zhong Tian, it is
still considered part of the Mage Guild and the Beast Transfiguration Guild's territory.
Moreover, there's still the TongTian Palace above them, so the two large
associations won't let them start fighting. The amount of damage that many Sacred
Realm experts can create is something that you absolutely can't imagine."
"Didn't you just say a fight is unavoidable?" You XiaoMo was confused by what he
said. It sounded like they wouldn't need to fight, but what he said before didn't match
what he said after.
"I meant that we'll be the ones fighting, not Fu CangQiong and the rest." Ling Xiao
said patiently. He had never had too high expectations for You XiaoMo's IQ.
While they were talking, the Qilin Clan had also picked a side.
Ling Xiao's grandfather Lin Tian announced that the Black Turtle Clan and Fu
CangQiong shouldn't have gotten involved in someone else's personal grievances,
or else they wouldn't have the demeanor of an expert.
But the Mage Guild and the Beast Transfiguration Guild also announced that they
wouldn't let them make a move in this place.
It was exactly like how Ling Xiao had said. They were worried that if the others acted
out, they would create enormous and unfixable damages to Zhong Tian. Plus, there
were still a lot of people in Ebony Plum Town.
You JunQi quietly whispered to You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao, "In a bit I'll stall You
ZhenTian first, you two can seize the chance to escape."
You XiaoMo was dumbfounded. "Then what about you?"
"Sonny, daddy knows you care a lot about me. Daddy is truly very happy, but for
now, you two don't need to be concerned about daddy. You ZhenTian won't kill me."
You JunQi winked at him.
You XiaoMo didn't go along with him this time, and he revealed a displeased
expression. "No! I can't leave you here by yourself. Even if he won't kill you, it's hard
to ensure that he won't do something else to you."
You JunQi stared blankly at him before a somewhat bashful expression suddenly
appeared on his face. "Sonny, how could you be so, so..."
The corners of You XiaoMo's lips twitched fiercely, and goosebumps appeared all
over him in an instant. He said, exasperated, "What are you thinking? I meant that
he would probably cripple your cultivation base or something like that, what did you
think I said?"
(Ra: daddy must have taken a liking on inc-*cough*-est)
You JunQi instantly withdrew the expression on his face and said seriously, "It's
nothing, nothing. That’s actually what I meant too."
Liar!
You XiaoMo didn't even want to expose him anymore.
"Have you guys chatted enough yet?" Ling Xiao probably couldn't bear listening any
longer, and so he finally spoke up in order to break off their dialogue. There was a
hint of helplessness in his voice.
You XiaoMo said, "Dad said that he'll shield us so we can escape first."
"It doesn't need to be that complicated." Ling Xiao quickly said, "Even if your dad
shields us, he can't fend them off for very long. He'll only land himself in danger. If
you're worried about him, then you should tell him to follow Fu CangQiong, since
You ZhenTian won't make a move against Fu CangQiong. Even if he wants to, the
associations won't permit him to."
You XiaoMo nodded and suddenly reacted. "Then what about us?"
Ling Xiao didn't answer him. His lips moved very slightly, as if he had sent a
message to someone. In the next second, You XiaoMo's eyes blurred, and the
scenery seemed to be rapidly falling backwards, but all he saw was shining white,
followed by a furious roar that sounded like thunder in his ears.
What he heard was You ZhenTian's voice.
Ling Xiao was too fast, and You XiaoMo finally managed to see clearly. Ebony Plum
Town was already no longer visible, replaced by a wrathful figure. At first it was just
a small black dot, but then it started getting closer and closer; even though he still
couldn't tell who it was, he was certain that that person was You ZhenTian. He could
confirm for sure now that his clingy dad was safe.
You XiaoMo finally understood why Ling Xiao was so positive that nothing would
happen to his dad. The weight of his clingy dad compared to them was clearly not
enough in You ZhenTian's heart.
"Can you warn me beforehand next time?"
You XiaoMo was thrown over Ling Xiao's shoulder, and he asked him pleadingly as
he watched You ZhenTian get closer and closer.
"Okay!" Ling Xiao replied extremely simply.
You XiaoMo looked at You ZhenTian, and the distance between them was only a
couple thousand meters now. No matter what he did, he couldn't feel happy in his
mind. This was just a desperate race, he didn't like it at all.
"He's about to catch up to us."
"I know, do you want to go in my dimension?" Ling Xiao didn't even turn his head as
he spoke.
You XiaoMo hesitated for a beat. "Can I not?"
"Yeah!"
You XiaoMo was immediately unable to say what he was about to say next. He
discovered that Ling Xiao always treated words like gold during key moments, and
he wasn't even willing to give him an explanation. "Then I won't bother you as you
run for your life anymore."
"I'm very happy that you understand this point. However, I have to correct you on
something. The people running for their lives right now are you and me, and finally,
we don't need to run anymore." After finishing the last sentence, Ling Xiao stopped.
You XiaoMo lifted his head, and he couldn't see You ZhenTian anymore. Could Ling
Xiao have thrown You ZhenTian off while they were chatting?
Ling Xiao set him down and turned his head so he looked to the front. "Because he
already caught up to us."
You XiaoMo's mouth, which had fallen open, closed again.
You ZhenTian clasped his hands behind his back, expression extremely dark, but
several flickers of flame seemed to be leaping in his eyes. His gaze shined as he
stared at You XiaoMo, and Ling Xiao was directly ignored by him. To You ZhenTian,
the two of them were already essentially trapped. All he wanted to know now was
whether or not You XiaoMo had opened that item.
"If you leave him here, I'll spare your life!" You ZhenTian's gaze only moved to Ling
Xiao when he saw You XiaoMo hide behind him. His confidence from being a
Sacred high-star expert made him completely underestimate Ling Xiao's combat
strength.
Ling Xiao ignored him. This was his first time challenging a Sacred Realm expert.
Although the pressure was indeed present, there was more of an eager happiness
than anything else. He was prepared to use this chance to test the power of four
different bloodlines. The reason he had run to this place was just because he didn't
want too many people to witness it.
"Step back. No matter what happens, don't come closer!"
You XiaoMo was pushed several steps back by him. "Be careful."
You ZhenTian saw through his intentions and sneered coldly. "Over-confident! Since
you want to die, this old man will help you out." After that, he struck out right away.
He didn't want to give Ling Xiao any time to react, and his impatient moves made it
seem as if he wanted to fight the battle to end it quickly.
You ZhenTian didn't have any famous weapons, but his fists and feet were even
more powerful than a weapon. One of his fists alone contained the ability to shake
the heavens and the earth, and wherever his fist went, the space around it became
distorted.
This fist was just a test, but it also equaled seventy percent of You ZhenTian's
strength.
Ling Xiao didn't defend. Instead, two different-colored flames burst from his fist, and
when their fists collided together, a huge wall of flame surged up immediately. The
wall of flame swept up before slicing downwards towards You ZhenTian's fist like a
scythe.
This time, it didn't break through or push aside the opponent's attack like it had
before. The two attacks came to an endless deadlock, and the energy also
continuously depleted. They managed to maintain it for about two minutes before
the energy finally dispersed and a deep crater appeared in the ground.
You ZhenTian raised his thick eyebrows. "Indeed, you have a few tricks up your
sleeve."
However, he believed that in order for Ling Xiao to receive this fist of his, he must
have used up at least ninety to one hundred percent of his strength. He wouldn't be
so fortunate after this.
"If I only had a few tricks, I wouldn't be able to defeat you." Ling Xiao answered.
You ZhenTian took it as him stubbornly refusing to admit defeat, and he said with a
dark and ruthless expression, "Since you have both the Demon Phoenix Clan's and
Qilin Clan's bloodlines, I'll show mercy and leave you as an intact corpse. I'll let you
experience my true strength!"
You ZhenTian also wanted to take You XiaoMo away before Fu CangQiong and the
rest caught up to avoid raising unexpected difficulties. If the news about the
Inheritance Jewel was leaked out, he wouldn't just have to face Fu CangQiong and
Xuan Zheng, but also the Demon Phoenix Clan's, Qilin Clan's, and the rest of the
major power's experts.
He had just finished speaking when a shocking amount of spiritual energy suddenly
exploded from You ZhenTian's body, causing everything to shake as if a volcano
had just erupted. This was the strength of a Sacred high-star expert. His spiritual
energy was red, and it seemed as if there was a ferocious tiger roaring behind him in
an extremely imposing and domineering manner.
Ling Xiao's expression became focused. He had heard of You ZhenTian ten
thousand years ago, and he had a famous unique skill which just happened to be
related to the ferocious tiger. Rumor had it that it had the ability to swallow the
heavens and destroy the earth, and many experts had fallen before it.
He used this famous unique skill as soon as they started, and Ling Xiao had also
guessed that he wanted to quickly end the battle. Since it was like this, he could only
use that attack.
Chapter 562: The Sluggish Ball of Light
Translated by Kollumceti of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Neither side were willing to yield to the other!

You XiaoMo looked at Ling Xiao's back worriedly. He did not know if Ling Xiao would
be able face up to You ZhenTian. He would like to believe in Ling Xiao, but You
ZhenTian was different from the previous opponents they had faced before. His
strength was higher than Ling Xiao's by more than two stars and he was by far their
most powerful opponent.

Ling Xiao's aura was clearly inferior to You ZhenTian's on the surface, especially
when You ZhenTian's fierce tiger appeared, his aura and spiritual power seemed to
climb step by step, before it suddenly went off the charts.

As for Ling Xiao.

You XiaoMo stared at his figure that was steadfastly standing his ground and nearly
wanted to ask the Gods, the Buddha and every type of deity and immortal to protect
Ling Xiao and ensure that he was safe and sound.

A sudden movement came from the front just as he was thinking about this.

You XiaoMo looked past Ling Xiao and saw that You ZhenTian's fierce tiger was
currently converging into a shape. You ZhenTian's entire person was particularly like
an immense and invincible wall. It seemed that there was still a little time before the
fierce tiger would completely form, but he himself did not seem worried that others
would interrupt his technique while it was in the midst of forming.

His gaze shifted back to Ling Xiao and he was suddenly stunned.

At this time, the faintly discernible figure of a Qilin overlay-ed Ling Xiao's body. This
was the first time he was seeing Ling Xiao's original form. But in a blink of an eye,
the figure of a Qilin suddenly became the figure of a Demon Phoenix, then it became
a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and then a Psychic Black Turtle.

These figures appeared very quickly. He would not have noticed it if he did not
happen to be paying attention to Ling Xiao.

You XiaoMo's heart suddenly thumped. He felt as if Ling Xiao was about to release
a powerful technique. The terrifying fluctuations were actually more shocking than
the feeling that You ZhenTian's fierce tiger gave him.

After You ZhenTian saw very strange-looking demon beasts flashing in the ball of
light, his eyelid violently twitched. He actually felt his heart palpitate from within his
chest. How was this possible?

Ling Xiao no longer held back his strength.

You ZhenTian clearly felt a strength that was much higher than one star. Although
he was shocked, neither did he panic nor did he have time to panic. Ling Xiao was
not his opponent even if he was at five stars.

You ZhenTian was already bent on killing Ling Xiao at this time. His growth was too
fast and Ling Xiao was likely to cultivate to a level equal to him in the future if given
some more time. When that happened, before speaking of whether he could kill Ling
Xiao or not, he himself would be in danger instead.

He wanted to kill potential threats in the cradle.

Once he thought of this, You ZhenTian turned his right hand over. A small dark
green snake appeared on his hand. This snake was exactly alike to You Ming's
contracted demon beast, the Jade Devil Snake, yet it differed to some extent.

This Jade Devil Snake had two heads. The eyes of one head was red, while the
eyes of the other was green. A sense of alarm seeped out from a glance at the
snake. It was the king amongst the Jade Devil Snakes and only one would appear
from every tens of millions. Few knew that its venom was the most powerful poison
in the TongTian Continent and even the Qilin Godfire would be unable to neutralize
the venom for a while.

You ZhenTian immediately instructed the Jade Devil Snake to fly towards Ling Xiao.

You XiaoMo just happened to see this scene. Although Ling Xiao had told him not to
rush out no matter what happened, his body acted before he could process it.

You XiaoMo quickly placed himself in front of Ling Xiao and mobilized his soul
power to as a defense at the same time. He believed that his current strength should
be enough to ward off the Jade Devil Snake but the it easily tore through his defense
and pounced on him with bared fangs and brandished claws.

During his time of imminent peril, the Metal Swallowing Beast and Golden Winged
Insects which had felt the danger their Master was in rapidly jumped out from his
chest pocket and immediately fought with the Jade Devil Snake.
They fought to a standstill despite it being three to one.

This was the result of usually being gluttonous and lazy. You XiaoMo had some
admiration for himself for even being able to think of these at this moment.

However, the Jade Devil Snake was soon at a disadvantage.

The venom of the Jade Devil Snake may be effective against humans and other
demon beasts, but the Golden Winged Insects and the Metal Swallowing Beast were
not ordinary demon beasts. For good or ill, they were still legendary beasts from
ancient times.

The venom of the Jade Devil Snake did not have much of an effect on them. The
Metal Swallowing Beast and the Golden Winged Insects only felt a little numbness
which soon disappeared.

Taking advantage of when the Golden Winged Insects had drawn most of the Jade
Devil Snake's attention, the Metal Swallowing Beast ferociously threw itself onto the
Jade Devil Snake's body. The seven inches of body that had copper scales and iron
bones was grabbed by the Metal Swallowing Beast's sharp claws. Despite its
formidable appearance, it was still scratched by him and the green blood flowed out,
carrying with it a strong corrosiveness.

The Jade Devil Snake let out a miserable shriek.

The Metal Swallowing Beast and the Golden Winged Insects seized the opportunity
to take turns making a move.

The Jade Devil Snake was soon at the point where it was at its last gasp and it
dropped from the sky.

You ZhenTian was close to seeing red upon seeing this scene. The Jade Devil
Snake that he had managed to get after much difficulty had been defeated. How can
he not be shocked? However, he looked like he had just eaten shit when he saw the
Metal Swallowing Beast and the Golden Winged Insects.

You ZhenTian looked down at the place where the Jade Devil Snake had fallen. He
did not have the time to see if it was dead now. His anger towards You XiaoMo was
currently not any lesser than his anger towards Ling Xiao.

"You XiaoMo, you'd better not fall into my hands." You ZhenTian gnashed his teeth
as he snarled. Then he immediately put on a burst of speed, preparing to make a
preemptive move before Ling Xiao could strike.

You XiaoMo took back the Metal Swallowing Beast and the Golden Winged Insects.
He had already speedily evacuated from the battlefield.

The finishing blow of two powerhouses were definitely enough to destroy the
heavens and the earth. He would just be waiting for them to bombard him if he stood
in the middle. Furthermore, he could feel that You ZhenTian was really itching to kill
him now.

Ling Xiao was also done just as You ZhenTian's fierce tiger was about to take
shape.

The size of the fierce tiger was akin to a mountain. It was tall and ferocious as if it
would rush over at any time. You XiaoMo looked at Ling Xiao and when he took two
steps back, he saw the light ball in front of Ling Xiao had four forces intertwined with
each other. Maybe because the forces were mutually rejecting each other, the
impact when they collided was extremely violent.

You ZhenTian suddenly howled, "Roar, Fierce Tiger!"

The Fierce Tiger Secret Art was a transcendent level skill training technique that
You ZhenTian cultivated. It was a continuous attack technique and could be applied
whether one wanted a blitzkrieg strategy or a drawn-out battle. Its attack power was
very strong so it became the technique he was known for.

Since he used this technique on the first move, it was clear that he really wanted to
send Ling Xiao off to the netherworld.

As his howl came to an end, the fierce tiger let out a tremendous roar as if it had
gone mad. The roar shook the heaven and earth and in the next second, it shot
towards Ling Xiao like an arrow that had left the string of a bow.

You XiaoMo's heart was pounding non-stop as he watched. His eyes closely
followed Ling Xiao. They would all be doomed if Ling Xiao could not withstand this
move.

Ling Xiao held the completed ball of light in one hand. The four different colors of
energy that seemed to be mutually rejecting each other could be vaguely seen in the
light ball, but were forced into equilibrium by some unknown power.

It seemed powerful, but could backlash on oneself if one was not careful.
The four energies represented the Four Ancient Beast Clans. The bloodline of every
Emperor Beast was mutually repulsed each other. Their energies could never be
fused together unless through force, but doing this could bring about great harm.

Ling Xiao immediately sent out the ball of light in his hand when the fierce tiger was
halfway through its charge.

It traveled slowly as there were four different energies colliding with each other in the
light ball. There was only a third of the distance between it and the tiger.

You XiaoMo could not help face-palming as he saw the sluggish ball of light.

When the small, exquisite and sluggish ball of light arrived in front of the fierce tiger,
the latter opened its big scarlet mouth and swallowed it in. At the same time, Ling
Xiao dashed towards You XiaoMo in a flash, lifted him by the waist and carried You
XiaoMo on his shoulder as he immediately ran away.

You ZhenTian wanted to chase after them upon seeing this, but as soon as he took
a step forward, a sudden palpitation in his heart caused him to withdraw his foot.
Instead, his shrewd eyes stared at the fierce tiger in shock.

The fierce tiger let out a wrathful and mournful roar the next second after it
swallowed the light ball. Its illusory body warped, appearing as if it would crumble at
any moment.

You ZhenTian was alarmed and he rapidly retreated backwards, but it was too late.

The sluggish light ball demonstrated its power inside the fierce tiger's body. Not only
did it explode the fierce tiger's body, it also absorbed some of its energy. Then it flew
towards You ZhenTian as swiftly as a sudden clap of thunder.

An almighty boom suddenly rang out.

You XiaoMo looked back and saw an immense mushroom cloud appear where You
ZhenTian was standing. The power of the explosion unceasingly spread out as the
mushroom cloud rapidly expanded. It was obvious they were retreating, yet he could
see the mushroom cloud growing bigger. It was evident how powerful the explosion
was.

That's not right!

You XiaoMo finally found what was wrong. Ling Xiao's speed was so fast. How could
he be slower than the speed the mushroom cloud was expanding at?
You XiaoMo turned back and before he could see how Ling Xiao looked, he
discovered a few glaring drops of blood on the spotlessly white clothes. It frightened
so much that his voice was shaking, "You-you-you, you let me down."

Ling Xiao did not retort. Instead, he obediently let You XiaoMo down, then he wiped
off the bloodstain at the corner of his mouth in passing. He had suffered an internal
injury in order to control the equilibrium of the four forces.

"How are you doing?" You XiaoMo nervously asked upon seeing the bloodstain on
his hand.

Ling Xiao shook his head expressionlessly, "It's nothing serious for the time being.
But we must find a place for me to recover after this."

You XiaoMo looked back in the direction of the mushroom cloud. You ZhenTian
could catch up to them at any time. He immediately took out a teleportation talisman
once he thought of this, "We'll use this to leave."

Ling Xiao did not have any objection, he was thinking the same too. They did not
use this as they had no way of stalling You ZhenTian earlier. Rashly using the
Dimensional talisman would allow him to disturb the space and interfere with their
escape. Now that You ZhenTian was currently being stalled by the ball of light, it
was time.

Thus, when the battered and exhausted You ZhenTian, who had half his arm blown
off by the explosion, appeared again, the two had already fled without a trace. You
ZhenTian's roar of rage could be heard from thousands of miles away.

On this day, people from thousands of miles away could feel the shock that quaked
the earth and shook the mountains. The ones that felt it the most distinctly were the
people of Ebony Plum Town.
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Ra: The moment has come, Ling Xiao is no longer the strongest man that can do a
one hit one kill anm. The damn old monster of Momo’s clan is too strong.
Chapter 563: Xenophobic Dong Zhou

Translated by Jouissance of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

The sky was overcast, and the terrain was mountainous, covered in green. Even if
the weather wasn't great, it was clear that the scenery was beautiful. Not far off, two
bull-horned demon beasts glowed with green light, glaring at each other predatorily,
mooing threateningly. It seemed like they would snap at any moment.

Then, lightning arced across the sky.

Just as the two bull-horned demon beast tensed in preparation to lunge, the air
around them began to distort. A pitch black gap tore open the air and spatial energy
seeped out.

Two figures appeared under the tear silently.

The two bull-horned demon beasts immediately stopped attacking each other and
turned to glare at the two that had suddenly appeared, baring their teeth like they
were about to pounce.

The clean-shaven and comely young man hurriedly helped his heavily injured
companion to rest under a large tree, not having the effort to spare to check their
surroundings. They probably wouldn't be struck by the lightning that was flashing
across the sky.

The two bull-horned demon beasts tracked the young man's movements, kicking at
the ground even more harshly with their hooves. Their calls grew more threatening,
especially when they saw the young man turn his back to them. The two demon
beasts suddenly roared, leaping up, their hooves thudding against the ground as
they charged at the young man.

Just as they were three meters away from their target, the young man suddenly
turned his head, eyes clearly filled with annoyance. He waved a hand at the two,
and a massive wave of soul force poured out, raging towards the demon beasts.

The two demon beasts' eyes bulged in fear, hurriedly trying to break their
momentum and wanting to turn and flee, but it was too late. They crashed into the
wave of powerful soul force, instantly being thrown flying. Then fell somewhere into
the forest, gone in the blink of an eye.

Another flash of lightning arced through the sky.

The young man thought for a moment before deciding to move his companion out
from under the tree. It would be terrible if he had survived, only to get struck dead by
lightning.

Seeing how it was about to rain, the young man suddenly had an idea and said to
the man using his shoulder for support, "How about I carry you to see if there are
any villages or towns nearby?"

The man glanced at him silently. The young man smiled guiltily.

The man huffed lightly. "I'm not injured to the point where I can't even walk on my
own." Then he took his arm away and started walking on his own.

The young man pouted, hurrying after him. It was just a joke!

Dong Zhou was the most backwater area in the TongTian Continent. Outsiders very
rarely went there because, not only did the mountains separate the place from the
rest of the TongTian Continent, the spiritual energy here was weak and Dong Zhou's
tribes didn't welcome outsiders.

Since most of those who lived in Dong Zhou were the most primitive races, they
weren't open to experience, causing the development to fall behind. For example,
the practitioners in Dong Zhou segregated themselves strictly from normal people. It
was very rare that practitioners and normal people would be found in the same town.
Of course, there were some exceptions.

In ancient times, the practitioners of the TongTian Continent thought themselves

blessed, they competed amongst themselves and looked down on the frail mortals.
The practitioners of Dong Zhou continued with this belief, so practitioners rarely ever
set foot in the towns of normal people. The hierarchy amongst practitioners was very
strict as well.

JiJiu Town was a second grade town of Dong Zhou. The level of the town was only
marginally stronger than the world of normal people. Practitioners lived here, though
their strength was relatively low.

In the early morning, two people appeared at the entrance of the town.

Those who were preparing to enter and leave JiJiu Town all avoided them like the
plague upon seeing them, pointing and whispering as they watched the two.

You XiaoMo didn't realize that the people of Dong Zhou were xenophobic, puzzled
at their behavior.

However, he had pretty good hearing, and he could hear the whispers clear as day.
He got the gist of it: 'they're dressed so well, they must be outsiders', 'how come
there've been so many outsiders recently', 'they're coming one after the other' and
whatnot.

You XiaoMo glanced at them strangely, realizing that their clothes were all very
simple, made from coarse gunny cloth. There were few if any brightly colored
clothing.

They had heard Cheng XiangRong say before that Dong Zhou was very behind, but
they hadn't thought that they were so behind that they couldn't even afford a good
set of clothing. Of course, this was all just speculation on You XiaoMo's part.

Dong Zhou was behind, but not to the point where the people couldn't afford
clothing. After all, how much could a set of clothing cost? The reason why they wore
coarse gunny cloth was because they preferred it, and it was simple way to
recognize outsiders.

Just as they were about to enter the town, a man stepped in front of them.

You XiaoMo stopped in his tracks, scrutinizing the other. Were they not allowed to
enter or something?

The man spoke, "JiJiu Town has rules that outsiders must pay an entry fee,
otherwise they will not be allowed in. This is the law of Dong Zhou."

He probably added that last thought because he was afraid they would make a fuss.
Though Dong Zhou was behind, they had a fair few powerhouses. If the tribes came
together, even the Mage Guild would have to be careful.

"How much is the fee?" You XiaoMo wasn't displeased or anything. He knew that
each place had their own rules, and many of the cities would demand an entry fee,
too. In his eyes, this was pretty normal.

The man didn't think he'd be so open about it. He raised a hand and said, "Ten spirit
gems per person."

That was even more expensive than a city's entry fee, but You XiaoMo still took out
twenty spirit gems and handed it over. "We can enter now, right?"

The man took the easily gotten spirit gems and stepped aside, letting them in.
You XiaoMo helped Ling Xiao into the town.

Watching their retreating figures, a young man who had been watching ran over the
man's side, whispering, "Zhang-dage, you sure it's fine to just let them in like that?"

A smirk appeared on the man's face. "Don't worry, they'll be someone there to
'welcome' them."

Further ahead, You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao had barely walked for a hundred meters
when a young man suddenly came over, all smiley.

"You two gentlemen, it's your first time in JiJiu Town, am I right?"

You XiaoMo looked him up and down. "Do you want anything?"

"I'm called A Chuan, a citizen of JiJiu Town. I saw what happened at the entrance.
It's normal for people who come here for the first time to not know our rules. If
there's anything you two gentlemen want to know, just ask me." A Chuan chuckled,
his gaze darting to Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao suddenly gave a cough, pretending to be ill.

You XiaoMo had a basic understanding of this man's job now, and they needed
someone familiar with JiJiu Town. Usually, they could take it slow and explore, but
now that Ling Xiao was hurt, they didn't have such a luxury.

"Then, I'll have to trouble you to lead us to the nearest inn."

"Alright, then please come with me," A Chuan immediately replied.

As A Chuan led them through the town, he told them a little about JiJiu Town. Since
many of the towns in Dong Zhou didn't like outsiders, it was better for them to stay in
their room and not wander about too much, lest some less accepting people try to
cause them trouble.

The inn A Chuan brought them to was called HaoLai Inn. The decor was simple and
the interior was clean.

"Gentlemen, this inn might not be the best in JiJiu Town, but they provide
comprehensive service."

You XiaoMo nodded in satisfaction, casually handing over two spirit gems. "Here's a
thank you gift. That'll be all we need for now."

A Chuan took the spirit gems, nodding rapidly. "Thank you, sirs, I'll take my leave
now."

The owner of the inn led them to the second floor and gave them the best room. The
price was very expensive, ten spirit gems a night. Apparently, this was an outsider's
price. For Dong Zhou people, it was one spirit gem per night.

You XiaoMo didn't bother arguing with them, paying for one night first before telling
the owner that they weren't to be disturbed.

The owner agreed hurriedly.

You XiaoMo closed the door, wanting to help Ling Xiao to the bed, only to find that
the other had already walked over, his steps light. He didn't seem ill or weakened at
all.

"How do you feel now?" You XiaoMo didn't think that Ling Xiao was healed. Without
proper rest and recovery, internal injuries were very hard to recover from.

Ling Xiao took a deep breath and shook his head.

The Qilin Clan and Demon Phoenix Clan bloodlines had been awakened in him from
birth. Each bloodline made up half of his power, maintaining a sort of balance, but
then he had awakened his True Dragon Clan bloodline and Black Turtle Clan
bloodline, and the two bloodlines were now fighting with the other two for territory
inside him. If he couldn't calm them, then his internal injuries would only worsen.

"What do we do now?" You XiaoMo asked desperately.

Ling Xiao replied, "I can only try and calm them down now and think of something
later."

You XiaoMo rubbed his hands together. "Alright then, you go and rest, I'll cover for
you." Then brought a chair over, sitting on it and watching the other.

Night soon fell.

Chapter 564: Shady Inn
Translated by Crystal of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Normally, the people of the JiJiu Town didn't come out during the night, thus there
was no such thing as a 'night market' either. Once it was dark, the streets became
pitch black, with only a few buildings that would emit light from their windows. The
HaoLai Inn was one of those buildings. From afar, one could see a few of the rooms
on the second floor were still lit.
The HaoLai Inn sign shook violently under the night's cold and violent winds.
In the lobby of the inn, the innkeeper came out of the corner with an oil lamp in
hand. Within the darkness, lit only by a dim oil lamp, the innkeeper looked very scary
and frightening.
The innkeeper carried the lamp up the stairs and, as he walked, a creaking noise
could be heard. In the silence of the night, it was amplified a by hundred fold.
Once up, the innkeeper walked over to the rooms with their lights on. His wrinkly
face made an eerie smile.
In the room, You XiaoMo was concentrated on staring at Ling Xiao when there was
a sudden knock on the door.
Who would knock at such a hour?
You XiaoMo felt confused but still went to open the door. He was greeted with the
innkeeper standing outside, holding an oil lamp beneath his chin, scaring him
instantly. He felt as if he'd seen a ghost.
The innkeeper made a smile that was meant to please as he put down his lamp on
the floor. He then held out his other hand that had a tray and said, "Customer, this is
a free midnight snack from my shop to you."
You XiaoMo said, "No thanks, I'm not hungry, you can take it back."
He wasn't in the mood for food, even if someone gave him ten free bowls, he still
wouldn't eat it.
After that, he prepared to close to door.
Quickly, the innkeeper held out his hand to stop him. With a modest smile he said,
"Customer, even if you aren't hungry right now, you can have it when you are.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be anyone to eat it, and it would be such a waste."
You XiaoMo furrowed his brows but still took the tray. Instantly, the innkeeper smiled
as if blooming a flower and left with the lamp.
Once he was back in his room, You XiaoMo finally realized the abnormality in the
innkeeper's actions. The people of the JiJiu Town were very excluding to outsiders,
why would one suddenly give him free snacks?
His brain was a mess and he didn't have the time to think about other complicated
stuff, so he just left the tray on the table, for it to feel the loneliness.
On the first floor lobby.
The two shop assistants were both male, whereas the chef was a middle aged
women. After they saw the innkeeper come down, they instantly surrounded him. but
before they asked anything, they saw his gloomy expression.
"Innkeeper, what's wrong?" Hurriedly, the chef asked.
With a darkened expression, he replied, "We may have to cancel our plan."
"Why?" Everyone asked, confused. They had even come prepared.
The innkeeper said, "One of the customers wasn't interested in the snack. Even
though I still sent it, it's most likely that they won't eat it. If we can't drug them, they
could pose a hindrance to our plan."
"Then are we just going to leave them be? From what I heard from A Chuan, they
are big fishes!" The chef said venomously as her kitchen knife let out a cold shine.
"Of course not." The innkeeper replied, "From what I see, those two won't be leaving
JiJiu Town anytime soon. One of them seemed injured. It's likely that they will stay
until his wounds are healed. As long as they are still in the inn, we have plenty of
chances.'
One the assistants then asked, "Then what about the other two?"
Recently a lot of outsiders came to JiJiu Town. With the help of A Chuan, there were
four outsiders currently staying there. Two of them may leave the next day.
"They have probably already eaten the snack I sent them. We have to get rid of
them today, otherwise they will find out that something was in it by tomorrow." The
innkeeper thought about it and continued, "Okay, so I'll go and distract the two that
didn't eat the snack while you guys go tie up the other two. Make sure to keep it
quiet, we don't want to be discovered."
"Okay!"
The four split up and got to work. The HaoLai Inn was one of those 'shady' shops.
A Chuan was truly from the JiJiu Town but he also had another identity and that was
to introduce foreigners to HaoLai Inn. They then drugged them, tied them up and
stole all of their belongings. Of course, killing and such were also included, since
they were just a bunch of outsiders.
Thus, it wasn't even thirty minutes when the innkeeper knocked on You XiaoMo's
door again.
With impatience You XiaoMo opened the door, "What do you want this time?"
With a smile to placate, the innkeeper said, "Customer, I thought that you may be
feeling worried over your friend there, so I made two side dishes for you and a small
bottle of wine. If you feel bored, you can have the wine with something to snack on."
You XiaoMo suddenly felt that this innkeeper was a bit interesting. After seeing the
stuff on his hand, he said, "If I remember correctly, the people of the JiJiu Town
were very excluding, shouldn't you guys be the same? Why are you being so nice
and giving me free food?"
"What you say is correct, the JiJiu Town is very excluding to outsiders, but there is a
small section that isn't, like me. Although we still charged you such an expensive
rate, it was out of necessity. If we were to stand out, then we would be targeted by
the people of the town, wouldn't you agree?" With no rush, the innkeeper answered
calmly.
"Okay then, you can leave the stuff." You XiaoMo thought that there was some truth
to what he said. What he didn't know was that it was on purpose.
With his consent, the innkeeper walked in with his head lowered. However,
seamlessly, he also took a peak and saw that blurry figure behind the screen.
Once he put the stuff down, the innkeeper took the previous stuff and said,
"Customer, these snack's have gone cold so I'll take it down stairs with me."
Neither the wine nor the dishes were drugged. So as to make sure he didn't discover
the drug, he came with the purpose to also retrieve the evidence.
You XiaoMo waved his hand to shoo him away. The innkeeper figured that it was
probably enough time and left the room.
Once he arrived at the kitchen, he emptied the two snacks into a bucket and hurried
to the firewood storage. Expectedly, his people were already there with the two
outsiders tied up.
Although they were practitioners, the drugs they used weren't normal. The normal
stuff would only work on normal people after all.
The four striped them of all their riches but there were only two magic bags.
It was too bad that they were just normal practitioners. Their combined spirit gems
didn't even reach a hundred. Although it was still a decent amount, that was enough
to satisfy them. By the looks of things, they couldn't let the big fishes off the hook.
They must have a lot on them.
Turning to the chef, the innkeeper said, "Then I'm leaving the rest to you."
Slapping her chest, the chef affirmed with an eerie expression, "Don't worry
innkeeper, just leave the rest to me." Then she brought out her trusty kitchen knife.
On the second floor, You XiaoMo was wholly unaware that the other two outsiders
were already gone.
The two dishes that the innkeeper had bought were peanuts and sugar lotus slices.
He hadn't eaten these in a long time, that it really got his appetite up.
If the innkeeper knew that this was all that was needed to lure You XiaoMo, he
wouldn't have been so regretful of his decision to not drug it. It was a waste of a
perfectly good opportunity, although, with only You XiaoMo eating it, it was destined
to fail anyways.
On the morning of the second day, Ling Xiao was still recuperating on the bed.
You XiaoMo made a lazy stretch. It was very uncomfortable, sleeping on the table.
He felt sore all over. If he wasn't afraid of disturbing Ling Xiao by sleeping on the
bed, there was no way he would have given it up.
Seeing that Ling Xiao's condition wasn't bad, You XiaoMo walked out of the room,
yawning. At the staircase, he met with the shopkeeper.
"Customer, you're up early."
You XiaoMo thought that this was the perfect opportunity, since didn't need to get
down. You XiaoMo said, "The sugar lotus slices from last night were delicious, give
me another, also some other stuff. No need for wine, just tea."
The innkeeper affirmed and went down to get it prepared.
You XiaoMo guessed that it was probably pre-prepared since it wasn't even five
minutes after that the innkeeper returned with everything. There were the lotus
slices he ordered, a steamy meat bun and two bowls of congee. All in good serving.
This time, You XiaoMo didn't let him in but shooed him off after he took the stuff.
Once he placed the stuff down, he walked over to the screen to check on Ling Xiao.
Seeing that his eyes were still unopened, he didn't call in fear of disturbing him.
You XiaoMo looked at the lotus slices that got his appetite up but his gaze was
drawn to the steamy bun beside it. It was a pure white, very big and made one's
mouth water just by looking at it.
You XiaoMo couldn't help but take one and pull it apart. He had a weird habit of
eating buns, he always split it in half, that way, according to him, it tasted better.
But just as he was preparing to take a bite, he found something odd about the filling.
There was something sharp in the meat?
You XiaoMo took the stuff out and upon a closer inspection, realized that it was a
piece of a nail. There was a human nail in the bun?
You XiaoMo's hands shook and with that the bun fell onto the floor.
What amazing luck he had, he just found a human meat bun!
Ra: Human meat bun D:
Addis: Shit just turned all hannibal lecter on us. And here I was, all happy about
there being a female chef. :/
Chapter 565: The Tailor Shop’s Proprietress

Translated by Yan of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

In You XiaoMo's previous life, he had only seen steamed buns made out of human
flesh on television. Furthermore, that was only a movie, and its name was 'Human
Meat Buns.'

He was sort of a coward, and after You Bo found out, he often forced You XiaoMo to
watch horror movies together with him. This was one of those movies. After he
watched it, he didn't dare to eat steamed buns for half a month, and it left a deep
impression. But, all in all, it was still only a movie. Yet now he had come across the
real thing.

You XiaoMo was so disgusted that he didn't even dare to continue eating the
sugared lotus root chips.

He was extremely thankful that, fortunately, the snacks that the innkeeper sent him
the day before only included peanuts and sugared lotus root chips, or else he was
ready to throw up all of the food that he ate the day before.

By the time it was completely cleared away, You XiaoMo didn't have any desire to
eat anymore.

Thinking back on it now, the innkeeper's actions the night before were actually very
suspicious.

You XiaoMo carefully thought back to the innkeeper's expression at the time. Even
though he had already refused, the innkeeper still forced him to accept the two free
bowls of snacks, and then he had even sent him side dishes. There was no way that
the innkeeper was such a warm and hospitable person.

With a hint of an idea in his mind, You XiaoMo glanced at Ling Xiao's situation again
before leaving.

He remembered that there were still two outsiders who checked into the inn at the
same time they did. Since the quality of their clothing was very high, You XiaoMo
was certain that they were the same as him and Ling Xiao.

Considering JiJiu Town's circumstances, there was no way the innkeeper would
dare to chop up the people from JiJiu Town and turn them into stuffing. So, if his
guess was correct, it was very likely that those two foreigners had been murdered.

The inn was built around a small inner courtyard, and one could see what was
happening in every room if they opened the window or door. There were four
corridors on the second floor, and the two foreigners' room was on the corridor to the
left of You XiaoMo's room, very close together.

You XiaoMo walked over.

"Sir!" Suddenly, the innkeeper's voice came from behind him.

You XiaoMo jumped in fright and almost shouted out loud, but luckily, he steadied
himself in time and turned to look at the innkeeper, who had sent him the human
meat buns. That disgusted feeling rose again.

The smile on the innkeeper's face was as pure as a chrysanthemum. "Sir, where are
you trying to go?"
Since the inn was built around a courtyard, he could see what was happening on the
second floor from the first floor. The innkeeper's counter was also built in a very
clever place, and he could see everything as long as he looked up.

You XiaoMo's expression instantly hardened. "Do I need to tell you where I'm
going?"

When he thought of how this person actually killed someone and turned them into
stuffing for a meat bun, he wished he could just smash his face to pieces.

No wonder outsiders described Dong Zhou's people as being from an uncivilized

race. If they could even do this kind of thing, then it was simply inhuman! He knew
that he couldn't just place all of Dong Zhou's people into one basket. After all, the
uncle wasn't that kind of person, and his personality was actually very shy. But the
moment he thought of the human meat buns, he grew angry again.
t/n: the uncle here is the uncle that always follows them around XiaoYao
Institution.
"Sir, you've misunderstood. I only wanted to ask if the breakfast was to your liking, I
didn't mean anything else." When he saw You XiaoMo get angry, he hastily
apologized.

You XiaoMo sneered coldly before flicking his sleeves and returning to his room. It
wasn't worthwhile to be respectful to someone like him. Moreover, since You
XiaoMo had been discovered, it wouldn't be good for him to just swagger over and
check things out, or else the concierge would suspect that he knew something.
It wasn't as if You XiaoMo was afraid of them. The day before when they entered the
town, he discovered that the people of JiJiu Town all generally had low cultivation
bases. Their cultivation bases were mostly in the Sun Realm or Moon Realm area,
and he could occasionally see a few Moon Realm or Star Realm practitioners. If he
wanted to slaughter them all, it would be as easy as turning over his hand.

But JiJiu Town's people were extremely xenophobic, so if he didn't come up with a
comprehensive strategy, the entire JiJiu Town would most likely send a witch hunt
after him and Ling Xiao once they learned that he killed the innkeeper.

You XiaoMo didn't want people to disturb Ling Xiao. Plus, he was still preparing to
find some medicine to treat his wounds.

Dong Zhou's land was relatively infertile, and the population wasn't very high either.
If they wanted to find a city or town with people, they would have to spend quite a bit
of time searching without a map.

The innkeeper watched the door close, and his smiling face instantly darkened
again.

He glanced again in the direction that You XiaoMo was about to walk in. He couldn't
have been discovered, right? He shouldn't have been. If he was discovered, he
would've been found out the night before. There was no reason to wait until now.

After a moment, the innkeeper used the excuse of retrieving the empty plates to
enter the room, and along the way he glanced around to see if there was anything
unusual happening.

He believed that You XiaoMo and his companion ate everything.

Inside the room, You XiaoMo considered it over and over before deciding to go
outside again.

He discovered that Dong Zhou's people used the quality of the clothes to determine
whether or not someone was an outsider. Since it was like this, as long as he and
Ling Xiao changed into the same clothing as them, they wouldn't be found out for a
while.

Before leaving, You XiaoMo had taken into consideration that the people who came
to HaoLai Inn had problems, so he left the Metal Swallowing Beast behind to keep
watch. As soon as the innkeeper did something unusual and didn't return, then You
XiaoMo wouldn't have to be polite to them anymore.
Downstairs, the innkeeper learned that he was leaving, and he said, "Sir, this is your
first time at JiJiu Town, so you aren't very familiar with the situation here. Perhaps it
might be better to ask an assistant to show you around?"

"No need." You XiaoMo resolutely rejected him. Even though he wasn't leaving, he
still had no interest in being followed by these disgusting fellows.

When the innkeeper saw that he refused, he couldn't just force him either, in order to
avoid being disliked.

Once he left, only then did the assistant walk over. "Innkeeper, it can't be that he
wants to run away, right?"

The innkeeper knocked him on the head. "This big dumb head of yours. His
companion is still in the inn, do you think he'll just leave behind his companion and
go off by himself?"

"You never know," the assistant muttered.

"What are you muttering about, shouldn't you go and do work!" The innkeeper's
eyebrows furrowed downwards.

The assistant instantly ran away.

It took quite a bit of effort before You XiaoMo found JiJiu Town's tailor shop.
Originally, he wanted to ask for directions so he could maybe find it faster, but
before he could even get close, the people on the street would quickly flash away as
if he carried the plague. Thus, his opinion of JiJiu Town's people worsened even
more, and he kept feeling as if this was a cannibalistic town.

The owner of the tailor shop was a proprietress, middle-aged but still attractive.

You XiaoMo went through several streets before finding this shop. It seemed that
there was only this one tailor shop in all of JiJiu Town.

There were five or six guests in the store, and the proprietress and her assistants
were all busy tending to the customers. At first, he thought that nobody would pay
attention to him, but the proprietress suddenly abandoned her guest and walked
towards him, swaying her large hips.

"Oh my, this Young Master is very unfamiliar. This must be your first time coming to
my tailor shop, is that right? What kind of pattern would you like? I have anything
you want here, and plus, my tailor shop is the only one of its kind in all of JiJiu Town.
If it doesn't suit your tastes, there won't be another shop."

The proprietress liked these outsiders the most, because it meant that she could
extort a large sum of money from them. This was already a tacit assumption in JiJiu
Town.

You XiaoMo glanced around him and discovered that although the quality of the
clothes was no good, there were all sorts of patterns available. He saw that the
customers in the store were all picking the good patterns. It seemed that it was
natural for everyone to like things that looked good.

You XiaoMo raised his own requirements approximately.

The proprietress instantly pulled out several ready-made outfits. Even though the
patterns were nice, the craftsmanship was a little crude, and you could still tell that it
was a low-quality good.

You XiaoMo selected a blue set of clothing that was passably acceptable. The white
set was for Ling Xiao to wear, and then he asked the proprietress to ring up the bill.

"Sir, the two sets of clothing that you chose are the two finest ones in my shop,
regarding both their quality and pattern, so I'll go a little lower on the price for these
two sets just for you. Five hundred spirit gems per set will be enough." The
proprietress' smile was brilliant, and she spoke as if it was the truth, but everyone
knew that she was just swindling him.

When the other customers in the shop heard this, they all looked over with eyes that
carried a hint of pleasure at You XiaoMo's misfortune. In reality, the actual price of
one set of clothing wasn't even ten spirit gems, and that price could still be
considered high. The main reason for this was because the pattern looked nice.

Every outsider who came to the proprietress' tailor shop to buy clothes was screwed
over by the proprietress, without exception. But there were some who lost more
spirit gems than others, and this was because the proprietress was someone who
was very good at reading people. She could tell if you were poor or rich with one
glance at the quality of your clothing.

Of course, there was nothing to be said about the quality of You XiaoMo's clothing,
so the sharp-eyed proprietress could tell with one glance that he was a spendthrift
with a lot of money.

If one didn't rip off a spendthrift, then they were an idiot!

So the moment he asked about the price, the proprietress instantly started running
her mouth like a train. Moreover, she seemed to be very adept at spewing
nonsense.

You XiaoMo wasn't stupid. He knew from the beginning that the proprietress would
rip him off, but he hadn't imagined that it would be this much. Just now, he
happened to see a customer paying the bill. One set of clothing was only five or six
spirit gems; this was ripping him off almost one hundred times the original price, and
he burned with anger.

You XiaoMo didn't release his anger. Instead, he looked at the proprietress and
smiled. "Proprietress, do you mind saying that one more time?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful aura instantly exploded out from within
him.

The small proprietress was immediately caught full force by this blast and was
attacked directly by this aura until both of her knees went soft. If it weren't for the fact
that she happened to be standing next to the counter, she would have directly
kneeled down.

Everyone else's expressions changed as well.

You XiaoMo had calculated the strength of the people of JiJiu Town, and he didn't
release the full pressure of a rainbow level mage. He suppressed his cultivation
base to be just around the Star Realm level, but it was already enough to shock
them based just on this.

You XiaoMo took a step forward and spoke again. "Proprietress, exactly how many
spirit gems do two sets of clothing cost? I'm still in a hurry to go back!"
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Ra: I miss the time when Momo’s old clothes were cheap-looking and everyone was
like, “Who is this poor kiddo?”. Now he is a wealthy-dressed young man with lots n
lots of daddy’s monah XD
Addis: Rara is spewing about money and I'm over here still disgusted by the meat
bun. XD
Ra: Contact Ra for lesson how to make human meat bun :D
Chapter 566: The Reincarnation Pill
Translated by Kollumceti of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

The reason why the people of JiJiu Town dared to defraud outsiders was not that
they had strength of their own, but that the outsiders who were strong would
generally avoid such a remote town. Besides, Jijiu Town had a history of thousands
of years and nothing unfortunate had ever happening in JiJiu Town ever since the
people became xenophobic.

As time passed, this phenomenon gradually branded a deep world-view in the

hearts of the people of JiJiu Town. So what even if we defraud you? Do you dare to
become enemies with all the residents of JiJiu Town?

Everyone harbored such a foolish-to-the-extreme belief. It could also be said that

they had never seen the outside world.

In actual fact, any ordinary practitioners would not dare to resist them. Everyone
maintained the notion of 'it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble'. After all, this was
the territory of others, and the real experts were not interested in arguing with a
group of nobodies and would not normally stay in such a remote area. This was why
the present situation was brought about.

Therefore, everyone was struck dumb when they suddenly met a rebellious person.

The people in the tailor shop were frightened by You XiaoMo's aura and each and
every one of them did not react. The people on the streets discovered the
abnormality inside and crowded at the doorway to watch.

The proprietress stared at You XiaoMo in shock. She should normally compromise
when under such an aura, yet she did not and bellowed while pointing at You
XiaoMo with her forefinger instead. "You're just an outsider! Yet you dare to act
wildly in this old woman's territory! Do you think that just because you have some
strength, you can make a move in JiJiu Town? Let this old woman tell you, this old
woman's husband is the strongest person in JiJiu Town. If you dare to start a fight
with me, my husband will never let you off."

The proprietress was not lying. Her husband did have some strength. Otherwise,
how could she own the only tailor shop in JiJiu Town when it was so big?

This was the advantage of strength. Others were afraid to offend the husband of the
proprietress, so they did not dare to open a tailor shop. Moreover, the proprietress
was a very petty person. She did not allow others to open a tailor shop to compete
for business with her. The only silver lining was that the prices of the clothes she
sold were not too expensive.

You XiaoMo rolled his eyes, "I would like to know how your husband would never let
me off."

The proprietress was so furious that her face was ashen. A tall and study man
suddenly walked through the doorway.
"What high-sounding sentiments! Laozi has moved about unhindered in JiJiu Town
for several decades. This is the first time I've ever met someone who dares to
provoke Laozi. You have a lot of nerve!"
T/n: Laozi = an arrogant way to prefer to oneself.
The proprietress's eyes lit up. She immediately threw herself into the man's arms
and put on a coquettish act, "Husband, he bullied me. You must help me get
revenge."

The man was the husband of the proprietress. He came here today just to see how
his wife's business was going since he had nothing to do. As a result, he happened
to come across this scene.

You XiaoMo nearly got goose bumps with how quickly the proprietress's tone
changed. Just a moment ago, she was like a fierce old hen, but now she became a
vixen that was like a willow branch trembling in the wind. Her expression changed
extremely fast, and her acting skill was enough to make her a movie queen.

You XiaoMo took out twenty spirit gems and put them on the counter before he said,
"I've paid the spirit gems. I believe that you two should have no objections. Then
may we never meet again."

The man saw that he wanted to walk away and snorted in contempt, "You dare to
bully my wife? And you want to leave just like this? You'd better leave your life
behind!"

With that, he quickly pulled out the broadsword on his back and fired off a sharp
sword light. The sword light quickly streaked through mid-air towards You XiaoMo,
as if to split him in two.

However, just before the sword light was about to split You XiaoMo's back into two,
a milky white radiance suddenly blocked it. The sword light seemed to have sunk
into a sponge as paused for a second before it suddenly rebounded back. The man
did not expect this and it was too late for him to evade so he could only hastily block
it with his broadsword. The impact caused the man to retreat a few steps backward.
The proprietress who was leaning on him was caught unprepared and fell onto the
floor with a screech.

You XiaoMo turned back and sent a fist smashing at the man. Although it was
beneath him to argue with a weak man, such people must be taught a lesson.
Otherwise, they would only go from bad to worse. The strongest man in JiJiu Town,
right? It just so happened that he could now kill the chicken to warn the monkey.

As a result, the man and his wife were the first to become the products of tragedy
under You XiaoMo's fist.

Within a single movement, he had overthrown the strongest man in JiJiu Town.
Moreover, the other party did not have the slightest resistance. What did this mean?
It meant that he was much stronger than the man.

The crowd of onlookers on the street ran away in a flash.

"Don't kill me! I won't dare to do it again, don't kill me!" The proprietress crawled on
the ground with her head in her arms as she trembled. She was really scared. Her
man was behind her and could hardly get up after being smashed by You XiaoMo's
fist once.

The man, like his wife, bullied the weak and feared the strong. When he saw You
XiaoMo's fist was stronger than his, he immediately begged for mercy. Where was
the demeanor of the strongest expert in JiJiu Town? It had been thrown into the
cesspit.

"Not every outsider can be bullied so easily. Some people don't resist because they
don't want to argue with weak people like you. Don't be too arrogant. If you provoke
someone with a worse temper than mine one day, it will only bring disaster to JiJiu
Town." After saying these words, You XiaoMo walked out of the tailor store.

As he did not want anyone to know that he stayed in the inn, he walked around the
town a few times and threw off some tails before silently returning to the inn.

The news of an outsider causing a disturbance in the tailor store spread quickly. By
the time he came back, the innkeeper and his assistants had heard about it. They
suspected that it might be You XiaoMo. The innkeeper came up to sound him out
not long after he returned to his room.

"Honored Guest, I've heard that something big had happened in the tailor store at
Five Flowers Street. There was an outsider who stirred up trouble there, but I'm not
sure what happened. Do you know of it?" The innkeeper heard that it was a young
man who caused the incident and he was somewhat apprehensive.

You XiaoMo raised his eyebrows in astonishment, "I seem to have heard of it, but I
haven't been to Five Flowers Street so I'm not very sure. After this happened, the
people on the street were eying outsiders with hostile glares so I came back."

Hearing this, the innkeeper slightly relaxed.

It's good if it's not him, otherwise they could only cancel their plan.

"Honored Guest has not eaten anything after coming back. Do you want this servant
to ask the chef to make something for Honored Guest to eat?" The innkeeper quickly
changed the topic.

You XiaoMo, "Not for the time being. There's still another hour before it's time for
dinner. I'll call you then."

"Then this servant will not disturb the Honored Guest any longer."

When the innkeeper left, You XiaoMo closed the door and let out a light laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Ling Xiao's voice suddenly came from behind the
screen. His voice contained a rare trace of hoarseness and deepness as if he had
not spoken for a long time. It seemed particularly dignified and mature.

You XiaoMo ran in delightedly. Sure enough, Ling Xiao's eyes were open, "How do
you feel? Is your internal injury much better now?"

"It's better, but to recover completely, I need magic pills to supplement it." Ling Xiao
covered his chest with his hand, it was very difficult for him to suppress the four
rioting bloodlines once more. Unless he could harmonize the four bloodlines
together, the bloodlines would riot if he used his killing move again in the future.
However, he was unable to harmonize the four bloodlines at present.

Pill refining was his special skill.

You XiaoMo immediately asked, "What magic pill?"

Ling Xiao replied, "A Grade Four Rainbow magic pill."

You XiaoMo, “…”

You didn't even say the name of the magic pill and just said the grade. Hey big bro,
can we make a deal to lower your requirement? This one's cultivation is currently
only at Grade Two ah! !

Ling Xiao gave his head a knock, "No!"

You XiaoMo pouted, so stingy, "What's the magic pill that you want called?"

Ling Xiao replied, "The Reincarnation Pill. This pill should be among the pill recipes
your ancestor left to you."

You DanQing was indeed the ancestor of You XiaoMo, but with the word 'left' was
somewhat thick-skinned. He had obtained it purely by a coincidental chance. If not
for Duan QiTian, You XiaoMo would ever have come into possession of the pill
recipes his ancestor had 'left' behind for him in this lifetime.

You XiaoMo took out the jade drive he had copied before and sure enough, he
found the Reincarnation Pill inside.

The Reincarnation Pill was a Grade Four Rainbow Level magic pill. If it's quality was
high, the effects would really be in defiance of the natural order. It was rumored that
as long as a person with broken meridians took this pill, they could change from a
waste back to their original state. If their luck was good, it was even possible for
them to widen their meridians. They would be able to get twice the result with half
the effort during cultivation. It was extremely rare and was tantamount to life taking a
favorable turn, thus it was called the Reincarnation Pill.

However, You XiaoMo shittyly found that although the main magic herbs needed for
the Reincarnation Pill were not as rare as the Samsara Pill, they were still hard to
come by. He did have them in his dimension, but there was not enough to refine one
pill. There were also some that were still growing in the magic herb field and he was
also missing two stalks of magic herbs which he needed.

It couldn't be helped if his cultivation was too low, but even the magic herbs were
bullying him!

You XiaoMo's expression turned bitter. What year and what day would he be able to
help Ling Xiao refine the Reincarnation Pill?

"Why don't we find someone to help you refine it?"

"No!" Ling Xiao bluntly rejected.

You XiaoMo was puzzled, "Why?"
It would take who knows how long if they waited for him to become a Grade Four
mage. This was the only method that would not delay the treatment of Ling Xiao's
internal injury.

Ling Xiao answered with a straight face, "There is only one Grade Five Rainbow
Level mage in Dong Zhou. That person is a member of the Guma Tribe. It's almost
impossible to ask him to lend us a hand. On the contrary, it will reveal our
whereabouts instead. You must know that the Guma Tribe and the Vermillion Blood
Clan have business dealings with each other. Furthermore, asking him to help would
mean letting him see the pill recipe for the Reincarnation Pill. Would you be willing to
do that? Lastly, I don't like to eat magic pills refined by other people."

You XiaoMo's mouth twitched. Having said so much, the last sentence was the main
point right?
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Ra: Others capture their men through the stomach, Momo capture his husband
through the magic pills :D Well technically the pill is also orally consumed, so it’s the
same.
Addis: there are lots of other things LX takes in orally. *eyebrow waggle*
Chapter 567: Dealt With
Translated by Jouissance of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

In the end, You XiaoMo wasn't able to win the argument.

Getting another mage to refine pills truly was quite a risk. There was too much to
consider, risks and exposure and whatnot. They might as well do it themselves.

"Tell me what you were laughing about just now." After discussing the pills, Ling
Xiao brought up an old topic. He had a much clearer head than You XiaoMo, able to
push the topic back on track after they had gone on a tangent.

You XiaoMo gave him a basic summary of what had happened in these two days,
including how the owner killed outsiders and cooked them into steamed buns,
almost making him eat one.

"Have you been to Dong Zhou before? I think the people of JiJiu Town are all pretty
disgusting."

Ling Xiao replied, "I've been here once before, but didn't stay long, and that was
tens of thousands of years ago. Dong Zhou has changed from what it is in my
memories, but their xenophobia has always rang true, especially the practitioner
towns: most of them aren't tribesmen."

"I don't think the townspeople will let this be. Do you want to stay in my dimension
for now?" You XiaoMo suggested. He, at least, really wanted to throw Ling Xiao in
there to make things simpler.

Yet Ling Xiao didn't hesitate to reject his offer. "No need. I'm not so injured that I
can't even protect myself. They're nothing but ants; what's there to worry about. If
they really try to attack, then we'll just kill them. Plus, your intelligence is so lacking,
I'd be worried!"

That's easy for you to say!

You XiaoMo glared at him. If it was just a few people, then that wouldn't be a
problem. However, JiJiu Town had thousands. It wouldn't be possible to silence
them all for certain. He didn't want to be hunted down by everyone upon arrival to
Dong Zhou.

Now he had the Reincarnation Pill added to his troubles. If he messed up and made
more grudges, then he could banish all thought of going anywhere with many Dong
Zhou people again, and then where would he go to find the two magic herbs he was
missing?
Lastly...

You're the one who's lacking intelligence! Your entire family is lacking intelligence!

"Let's do this step by step. We'll talk about this after dealing with the owner and
employees of the inn tonight. So that's decided then. You keep resting." You XiaoMo
decided by himself. As a man, he had to be able to take command of the family.

Ling Xiao cuffed him over the head. "Decided your ass."

You XiaoMo clutched his head. Being in control was too hard, and too often met with
domestic violence. He was going to complain to the Women's Federation.
t/n: Women’s Federation is a women’s rights organization of China. Protecting
women from domestic violence is one of their task.
(Ra: so you are a woman now, Momo?)

Though he had caused quite a commotion earlier today, no one had dared to come
and mess with them yet. Even the strongest man of JiJiu Town had cowered, even if
they did cause trouble, they'd only be looking for a beating.

However, this had hindered the other outsiders, because the locals started
ostracizing them even more. Now, even if they had spirit gems, no one would be
willing to sell anything. Some couldn't bare this kind of atmosphere and left directly.

That night, HaoLai Inn's innkeeper had learned from the blunder last time. Afraid that
they wouldn't eat the midnight snacks, he drugged their dinner directly.

The innkeeper had the cook make a table of food and then he delivered it directly to
their room. More importantly, he had to make sure that both of them ate. Otherwise,
if only the young man ate then their plan would fail and they'd be found out.

When the innkeeper entered, he saw the young man's companion sitting beside the
desk and was delighted. It seemed that the heavens were helping him. He didn't
need to risk being found out and find a way to get the other over.

"Sirs, here is the food you ordered!" The innkeeper set the dishes on the table
energetically, his expression cheerful. Then, he placed a pot of tea on the table, too,
bidding them a good meal before leaving with a skip in his step.
Staring at the feast set out on the table, You XiaoMo felt disgusted, especially by the
meat dishes. Who knew if they were made from human meat or not. The very
thought made him want to puke.

Ling Xiao sifted through the plates of meat, saying emotionlessly, "Judging by the
smell, it's probably human meat."

You XiaoMo retched.

Ling Xiao poured a cup of tea and took a sniff. It had been drugged, too.

A whole table of food, no matter vegetarian or meat dishes, it was all drugged. They
were dead set on drugging them.

If it wasn't made from human flesh, You XiaoMo would still eat it even if it were
drugged. It wasn't like the drugs would have much of an effect. But now he had no
appetite at all.

On the first floor, the innkeeper felt that it was about time and took some people
upstairs.

To ensure that they would be able to get their prey today, they had knocked all the
other customers unconscious to prevent anyone from messing up their plan.

The cook held a kitchen knife. No matter cooking or killing, she only used this knife.
The two employees each held a large swords.

The four crept towards their target's room. The owner had the highest cultivation
base and sensed no movement from the room. She knocked on the door, and there
was no answer. They must've fallen for it.

After pushing open the door and entering, they saw You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao
collapsed on the table as expected, half of the food eaten. The teapot had been
knocked over, and the tea had spilled onto the floor, forming a large damp spot.

"Innkeeper, they fell for it." The first employee excitedly walked over, sword in hand,
and realized that they really weren't moving at all.

The second employee was a mute, and simply swung his sword in the air to express
his excitement.

The cook sheathed the knife at her side and took out the rope they had prepared
and asked, "Innkeeper, should we tie them up now?"

"No need," the innkeeper said. "The other customers have already been knocked
out. No one will notice for a while. Let's find their magic bags first."

The innkeeper then went to You XiaoMo and lifted his robes, looking around his belt.
Yet there was so sign of any magic bags. He couldn't help but feel confused. "Weird,
where is it?"

Originally it had been this young man that had paid. He had personally seen the
other take out spirit gems, so that's why he searched the young man first.

The innkeeper then walked to Ling Xiao's side and didn't find a magic bag after
searching him either. He then had an idea and pulled out their hands, but there was
still nothing.

"Boss, what's going on?" The cook asked hurriedly.

The innkeeper shook his head. "It's really weird. There's no magic bags, nor any
dimension rings. Then where did they put their spirit gems?"

"In a pocket dimension of course!"

The four nodded in wide-eyed realization.

The innkeeper paled, looking down and seeing the young man lying on the table, his
eyes black and bright, watching them with a smile. The man next to him had also
woken up, supporting his chin with one hand and watching them in boredom. His
expressionless face was terrifying.

"Run!" The owner roared, and turned to flee.

What was a pocket dimension? Something that only the powerful would have!

You XiaoMo was much faster than them. In the blink of an eye, he had appeared at
the entrance to the room. The innkeeper was shocked and skidded to a halt, but the
two employees weren't able to stop in time and crashed into him, falling onto him.

The cook was rather large, and not as fast, seeing You XiaoMo blocking the way,
she immediately slashed at him viciously.

You XiaoMo kicked the knife out of her hand, sending it flying into the door frame.
The cook bellowed in fury, lunging for him in a body slam!
You XiaoMo felt most disgusted about this cook because she was the one who
made dishes out of human flesh. Who knew what the peanuts and sweet lotus roots
he had eaten on the first night had been contaminated with. At this thought, he
shuddered in disgust and didn't show any mercy as he kicked out.

The cook screamed as she was sent flying. Her momentum seemed to be about to
send her crashing out onto the pavement. However, just as she reached the closed
windows, her body slammed into a transparent barrier.

The shopkeeper and two employees had just gotten up off the floor, but upon seeing
this, they decided to silently lie back down.

You XiaoMo walked over and kicked them. "Get up. Don't play dead or I'll send you
to see Yama right now."

Who was Yama? The three didn't know, but it definitely wasn't someone good. They
hurriedly got up and cowered in the corner.
t/n: Yama, or the King of Hell, is a Hindu god and a part of Buddhism. They didn’t
know about this god mainly because buddhism doesn’t exist here, as well as gods.

"My good sirs, we were wrong, please let us go! We only rob people because we're
forced to. We promise to never do this again!" The innkeeper was scared witless by
his viciousness. He dared to bet that You XiaoMo was the young man that had
caused that commotion at the tailor shop earlier today.

If it wasn't for the fact that he knew they had killed people and cooked them to serve
in dishes, You XiaoMo might've been somewhat moved. Robbery and killing was
something many people did, but there was still a difference.

You XiaoMo kicked the man harshly. "Yeah, you can promise to not lure people in
and rob them. Then what about killing them and cooking their flesh? You take me for
a fool?! Forced my ass. You think I can't tell that you've been doing this for a fair few
years?"

That A Chuan clearly was an accomplice, and it wasn't the first time he had done
this. It was obvious from the exterior that HaoLai Inn had been here for at least ten
years. They were swift and practiced at killing. Even the drugs were the kind that
could knock a practitioner unconscious.
Forced? Bullshit. Only twisted people could do something like this.

"How should we deal with them?" You XiaoMo kicked them a few times to vent his
frustrations before returning to Ling Xiao, still enraged.

Ling Xiao said lightly, "How else? Kill them!"

You XiaoMo scratched his head. "Alright."

This was the first time he unhesitatingly agreed with Ling Xiao's murderous
suggestions! Amazing!

On the following morning, the neighbors woke up to find that HaoLai Inn had been
burned to the ground and none of them had noticed. Apart from the missing
innkeeper and employees, the customers at HaoLai Inn had all been thrown onto the
streets unharmed.

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Ra: Sometimes I think Addis has this urge to chop me into human meat bun like this
female chef, I wonder why.
Addis: ….Just give me your IP address then I can find out where you live. Ne~
Chapter 568: The Town's Magic Herb Hall
Translated by Crystal of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Dong Zhou was organized in tribes, with three main tribes.
Two of them were what Cheng XiangRong had mentioned beforehand, the Guma
Tribe and ShuiXi Tribe. The third was the GuanZhou Tribe and amongst them, the
Guma Tribe was the strongest, with the most territory.
The biggest town in Dong Zhou, WuShan Town, was part of the Guma Tribe.
To find the last two magic herbs for the Reincarnation Pill, by the logic of going to
the closest place first, they arrived at WuShan Town. It was many small tribes that
combined into one town, which followed the path of the continuous mountain range,
thus it didn't look as flat and tidy as a normal city.
The WuShan Town was the headquarters of the Guma Tribe, there were many
powerhouses guarding the town, so they couldn't make a big splash like they did at
JiJiu Town. Due to the connection between the Guma Tribe and the Vermillion Blood
Clan, they couldn't just swagger out into the open either.
At the town's outskirts, You XiaoMo looked towards the town's direction, it was truly
bustling with energy.
"Ling Xiao, how about you wait for me here and I'll go in alone to see if there is the
two type of herbs. That way, the chances of us being caught would be lowered, how
about it?" You XiaoMo asked as he turned around to look at Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao glanced at him, "You want me to say yes, don't you?"
Guilty of that, You XiaoMo rubbed his nose.
"To bad for you, you're going to be disappointed!" Ling Xiao continued, "With your
troublemaking skills, I'm afraid you'll come out with every powerhouse of the Guma
Tribe."
You XiaoMo, “…”
Rendered speechless, You XiaoMo could only go into WuShan Town with him. But,
to prevent them from being recognized, You XiaoMo pulled out the two outfits he
bought from JiJiu Town out of his dimension. One, he gave to Ling Xiao, the other,
he kept for himself so that no one could tell, with one look at least, that they were
outsiders.
After they changed, You XiaoMo pulled out the silver mask Ling Xiao wore before for
him to wear again. Although it was a bit striking, it was better than being recognized.
As for him, he reluctantly wore another ugly mask. If CatQiu was around, he wouldn't
have to suffer from being ugly.
So the two became one beauty and one ugly. (So they turned into the Beauty and
the Beast)
By the time they arrived at the entrance, they'd already caught half of their attention.
The TongTian Continent weren't void of people who covered their appearances with
masks, even in the WuShan Town it was common. However, it was so extremely
rare.
By the looks of things, they were even more eye-catching than before. You XiaoMo
felt especially guilty, it looked like they attracted more attention.
Ling Xiao walked passed him and said, "Idiot!"
The entrance fee of the natives was really cheap, only one spirit gem. It was
probably because the clothes they were wearing was native that the guards mistook
them for people of Dong Zhou.
You XiaoMo felt rejoice from his foresight.
The two followed the crowd into the busiest street. You XiaoMo was transfixed by
the local culture present, it was vastly different from the outside.
"It feels a bit like an aboriginal village." You XiaoMo mumbled. Of course he wasn't
talking about their clothing but how the town felt. It wasn't comparable to the
prosperous towns outside, but there really was a colorful assortment of beautiful
goods on display.
Puzzled, You XiaoMo stopped and asked, "Where's the place that sells magic
herbs? How did we not find one after searching for so long? Could it be that the
WuShan Town doesn't have a magic herb shop?"
"That's probably not it." Ling Xiao said, "There is only a small portion of mages in
Dong Zhou, thus the market for magic herbs isn't as good as magic pills. Due to that,
the shops for magic herbs are far and few between."
"What are we going to do then, unless we're returning to Zhong Tian?" After hearing
that, You XiaoMo instantly became spiritless. If he knew beforehand that Ling Xiao
needed the Reincarnation Pill, no matter what he would have collected the magic
herbs before.
Ling Xiao continued walking and said, unconcerned, "What's the hurry? Sure there
was only a few of those shops, but they can't not have one. After all, WuShan Town
is the headquarters of the Guma Tribe, they must have a place that sells magic
herbs."
You XiaoMo hurried to catch up. By the looks of things, they could only ask around.
Due to their special identity, it was better if they didn't reveal themselves too early.
After picking around for a few minutes, You XiaoMo finally found his target - a seven
to eight year old that was sitting by a corner, eating a candied fruit.
Just as he was about to walk over, Ling Xiao stretched out his long arm and grabbed
him by the collar as he said derisively, "Idiot, at least pick someone who would
know."
You XiaoMo shrunk his neck.
Ling Xiao put him down and walked towards the old man that was selling candied
fruits. Then he stretched out his hand in front of You XiaoMo, "Give me two spirit
gems."
You XiaoMo paused for a moment before pulling out two spirit gems. As he handed
it over, he muttered, “How old are you, wanting candied fruits? Aren’t those for
kids?” But he was surprised that the practitioner world would have such a thing in
the first place.
Ling Xiao ignored him and handed two spirit gems to the old man. "Give me a few
sticks of those candied fruits."
The old man smiled and immediately took five sticks of candied apples off the rack
and handed over. He also mentioned, "Sir, five sticks doesn't cost so much."
Ling Xiao just stuffed the two spirit gems over and asked, "I'm just going to ask you
a question, where do they sell magic herbs in the WuShan Town?"
The old man paused for a moment before understanding what he meant. He took
the spirit gems and answered his question.
After that, Ling Xiao passed the five sticks over to You XiaoMo and turned around to
leave. All You XiaoMo could do was hurry over while holding the sticks.
Following his principal of not leaving anything to waste, You XiaoMo started to eat
as he walked. He definitely wouldn't admit that when he saw the kid eating it, he was
already drooling over it.
At first he thought it was the same as the ones he ate before with haw apples, but
when he bit into it, he realized it was something similar but three times larger, with
more juice and sweeter.
Hearing the chewing sound, Ling Xiao suddenly turned his head around. You
XiaoMo quickly stopped in his tracks and blinked at him.
Ling Xiao said in all seriousness, "Aren’t those for kids? How old are you!"
You XiaoMo, "..."
He actually used his words against him.
The two continued walking as You XiaoMo stared at his half eaten candied fruit and
suddenly lost all appetite, but he didn't want to throw it away either.
Just then, the Metal Swallowing Beast and the Golden Winged Insect, who had been
lying in wait in his arms, suddenly peaked out their heads. With eyes green with
greed, the Metal Swallowing Beast quickly stretched out his neck to take a bite,
when You XiaoMo wasn't looking. Then he went back to share it with the Golden
Winged Insects.
That startled You XiaoMo and he quickly took a look around to see if anyone saw.
When he realized no one did, did he breathe a sigh of relief. Afraid that they would it
do it again, he threw out the rest when he had a chance. Of course he didn't notice
the look of disappointment on his beasts.
It didn't take long before they reached their destination.
The shop that sell magic herb in Wushan Town was under a general collective term,
Magic Herb Hall, with the Guma Tribe as their patron.
There was only one magic herb shop in the WuShan Town and it took up a huge
space. It had almost every kind of magic herb and the prices were fair.
In the ancient times, many mages would cultivate their magic herb fields in Dong
Zhou. Although it wasn't as popular as before, the Guma Tribe still had massive
lands for magic herbs, it was one of their main sources of income.
With a goal in mind, Ling Xiao and You XiaoMo walked inside.
One couldn't tell from the outside, but inside it was a huge market place, full of stalls
that sold magic herbs. And the further one went in, the higher quality the magic
herbs.
The two walked straight ahead.
The vendors who were about to call out, found their words stuck in their throats, as
they saw them walking straight towards the end.
There was four sections in the marketplace, low, middle, high, and pinnacle
sections. It corresponded to the level of herbs sold and by the high section, and
there was guards.
The two walked in but the guards didn't stop them.
You XiaoMo turned around to take a look, he thought that they would need to prove
their identity or something, but it looks like they were just for show.
Ling Xiao didn't even look at the high section magic herbs and instead walked
straight ahead to the transcendent level.
You XiaoMo thought that Ling Xiao felt even more like a mage then him, and a
vigorous one at that. His walking speed was almost the same as him running.
It was then when they were finally stopped.
"Who are you guys? This isn't a place you can just wander into." One of the guards
said with severity.
You XiaoMo instantly let out a sliver of his soul force, "I'm a mage and I want to go in
to see some transcendent level herbs, that's okay, right?"
This sliver of soul force gave the guards quite a bit of pressure. Even though they
were really strong, they weren't at You XiaoMo's level, so they were shocked after
finding out his level as transcendent.
"We're deeply sorry, you may go in now."
In Dong Zhou, a transcendent level mage earned more respect than a Divine Realm
practitioner, even some Sacred Realm practitioners too. Their status was much
higher too. If one let someone from Dong Zhou chose between a Sacred Realm and
a transcendent level mage, eighty percent of them would pick the latter.
Chapter 569: Expensive Purchase
Translated by Yan of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
After receiving permission, You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao walked in together.
All of the transcendent level magic herbs in the pinnacle section were being sold by
the Magic Herb Hall. It wasn't the same as the other three districts, where outsiders
rented the Magic Herb Hall's stalls to buy and sell magic herbs here.
The transcendent section depended solely on the Magic Herb Hall purchasing other
people's magic herbs and standardizing the sales.
When the two of them entered the transcendent section, everyone inside looked
over.
It wasn't as if only transcendent level mages went to the transcendent section, but
everyone who came to this place was definitely an expert. It would be weird if they
didn't get attention, especially since one had an ugly mask and the other a beautiful
mask.
When they didn't see anything much happen, everyone looked away again and
continued searching for their own objectives in order to avoid them being stolen
away by someone else first.
You XiaoMo glanced around and discovered that the prices of the transcendent level
magic herbs were all fixed, or in other words, 'he who strikes first prevails, he who
strikes late fails.' If two people saw the same magic herb simultaneously, then they
would have to do PK or something similar.
t/n: PK (Player Kill), meaning fighting on a one on one battle.
"Gentlemen, I'm Manager Li. Please feel free to ask me if you have any requests." A
middle-aged man suddenly walked over to them. He already saw them when they
walked in, and at first, he wanted to see how strong they were, but he wasn't able to
tell, so he didn't dare neglect them.
You XiaoMo just happened to be looking for someone to ask things to. "Do you guys
have the Heart Flower Herb or the Black Lotus Herb?"
Manager Li paused for a few seconds before suddenly hesitating.
You XiaoMo asked, "What's the problem?"
Manager Li answered helplessly, "Young master's luck can be considered both good
and bad. We indeed do not have the Black Lotus Herb here, but we just received
one Heart Flower Herb. The only thing is that it was reserved by someone."
They finally found one of the herbs, but it was already reserved?
"Isn't your Magic Herb Hall first come first serve? How did this reservation happen?"
If it was possible, You XiaoMo didn't want to give up on this Heart Flower Herb,
because the higher the level, the harder it was to find the magic herbs. The
Reincarnation Pill was one of the four rainbow magic pills, and moreover, this place
was different from Zhong Tian, since the marketplace wasn't as big.
So if they let the Heart Flower Herb go here, they wouldn't get so lucky next time.
Manager Li explained, "Young master, the situation is like this. Several days ago,
someone came to look for the Heart Flower Herb just like you two. However, the
Magic Herb Hall didn't yet have the Heart Flower Herb, so he asked us to keep an
eye out. If we found one, then we should notify him. This magic herb was just
shipped over this morning, and I was just preparing to send someone over to go
notify him."
You XiaoMo originally thought it was hopeless, but when he heard that last
sentence, he suddenly felt hopeful again.
Since Manager Li had no intention of selling them the Heart Flower Herb, there
would be no need to tell them that last sentence. Since he said it, did that mean he
still had a chance?
"Manager Li, what price did that person offer? I'll add on an additional ten million
spirit gems, how's that?" You XiaoMo calculated for a moment. Money was only a
worldly possession, even though he had already squandered almost all of his spirit
gems and was currently on the path towards complete poverty. But if they passed
this town, there wouldn't be another shop, so if he didn't have to save, then he
wouldn't.
(Ra: you mean, “daddy’s” money >_>?)
"That..." Manager Li hesitated. Ten million spirit gems was already a large sum of
money for the Guma Tribe, since all of their assets added together wasn't over a
couple hundred million.
Never mind the fact that Guma Tribe was Dong Zhou's number one tribe. Some
years, they didn't even earn enough money to cover their costs, because they still
had to take care of a lot of people.
You XiaoMo roughly guessed what his misgivings were. "How about this, lastly I'll
add another five million spirit gems." He purposefully emphasized the 'lastly.'
Manager Li pretended to be troubled for a second before finally nodding in
agreement.
Even though he had promised to inform that person the moment they received the
Heart Flower Herb, only a few people in the Magic Herb Hall knew. As long as they
didn't tell him and waited until the next magic herb was shipped over before notifying
him, there shouldn't be a problem.
In order to avoid new issues cropping up, the two sides soon began the transaction.
You XiaoMo held the Flower Heart Herb that he had spent thirty million spirit gems
to buy in his arms. This was the most expensive magic herb that he had ever
purchased, and he had used up almost all of the spirit gems he had on him. Now he
only had five or six million spirit gems left, and there was no way it was enough to
buy the Black Lotus Herb.
Before leaving, You XiaoMo still requested Manager Li to help him keep an eye out
for the Black Lotus Herb.
Not long after they left, the original person who claimed the Heart Flower Herb
unexpectedly showed up. It turned out that an assistant in the Magic Herb Hall
accidentally let it slip, and before Manager Li could tell his subordinates not to say
anything, the news that the Heart Flower Herb had already arrived reached that
person's ears.
When he saw the youth show up, Manager Li shot a vicious look at the assistant
who let it slip. He was seriously a chattering idiot.
"Manager Li, I heard that the Heart Flower Herb already arrived. Is this true?" The
youth wore a blue-green robe, and his appearance was delicate and pretty. He
seemed quite intelligent, and he looked expectantly at Manager Li.
Manager Li put on a forced smile, and when he heard him speak he hurried to say
humbly, "Young master, I have truly been unfair to you. This assistant of mine is
new, and I told him to look out for the magic herbs that have been coming in, but he
accidentally thought another magic herb was the Heart Flower Herb."
The youth made an 'oh' noise, and his suspicious gaze jumped between the two of
them.
The assistant knew that he was in trouble, so he didn't dare to say a single word.
Manager Li hastily put on a smile. He had already been the manager of the Magic
Herb Hall for many years now, and he had seen countless adverse situations. He
could control the expression on his face extremely well by now, but it was not
necessarily the same for the assistant.
Remembering this, Manager Li hurriedly shouted at him, "Useless assistant! Why
aren't you leaving already, are you trying your best to make a fool out of yourself? If
you make this kind of mistake next time, then you can scram!"
"Yes sir, I won't do it again next time." The assistant trembled with fear and
withdrew.
The youth couldn't spot their weak point, and he could only say, "Since it was an
accident, then we can forget about it. However, I hope that next time Manager Li will
notify me at the earliest possible moment. Spirit gems are not a problem."
Manager Li patted his chest and promised that he would notify him at the first
moment, before he suddenly sent him out of the Magic Herb Hall with all smiles.
After leaving the Magic Herb Hall, the youth turned and walked towards the crowd,
the expression on his face suddenly extremely gloomy. He didn't notice the manager
rejoicing in the doorway of Magic Herb Hall for having bypassed a disaster at all.
When he returned to his residence, the youth picked up the cup and teapot on the
table before smashing it on the ground. Some of the broken pieces even flew
outside, but even though the entire room was in chaos, it was still unable to put an
end to the anger in his heart.
"Shidi, what's wrong with you? Who made you so angry?" The person who heard the
noise and walked over to check it out just happened to see this scene. On the
outside, his age looked to be about the same as the youth's, but what was different
was that the man had a more mature aura around him.
When he saw him, Su Lang's thick brows raised. "Da-shixiong? Didn't shifu give you
a task to do? Why are you still here?"
The man stepped all over the broken pieces as he walked inside. "The target of that
task isn't there, so there's not much point for me to stay there. Even shifu himself
said so, so he told me to come back first and said there's another task."
"Shifu is so good towards you. He gives you all kinds of responsibilities." Su Lang
said with a strangely dark tone that carried a hint of unexplainable jealousy. He also
helped shifu out, but every time shifu had a task he would always consider da-
shixiong first. He would only come to find Su Lang if there weren't enough people,
and it made him very jealous.
The man didn't take his words to heart, and he continued the previous topic. "You
still haven't said what's wrong, did someone make you mad?"
Speaking of this, Su Lang was full of pent-up anger. "I've been searching for the
Heart Flower Herb for these past few months, and I even specially told the Magic
Herb Hall to notify me the instant that received the magic herb. Yet they actually hid
the truth from me and sold the magic herb to another person, thinking that I wouldn't
know, even trying to trick me."
"Do you know who?" The man asked, very interested.
Su Lang shook his head. "That Manager Li wouldn't even dare to tell me. But I'm
guessing that in order to make Manager Li nod his head and agree, that person
must have invested some capital. There's only a few people in WuShan Town who
can buy such an expensive magic herb, so I'm guessing that he most likely isn't from
here."
The man stood up before walking outside. He stopped at the doorway and turned
around. "Since there are so many weak points, we just have to investigate a little
and we'll know who it is."
Su Lang was disgruntled. Even without da-shixiong saying so, he would've gone to
check for sure.
Furthermore, after You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao left, they didn't continue shopping.
Rather, they directly left WuShan Town and had no idea what troubles were ahead.
Originally they wanted to find an inn to stay at temporarily in WuShan Town, but You
XiaoMo was struggling again with how to earn spirit gems. He only had five or six
million spirit gems left on him, which definitely wasn't enough, since a transcendent
level magic herb was at least ten million.
He thought about it over and over before finally deciding that there was only the
option to refine pills. So they left the town and went directly to find a place deep in
the mountain without people.
You XiaoMo had considered refining pills in the dimension, but refining transcendent
level magic pills would attract thunderclouds. If the dimension was revealed because
of this, then the loss wouldn't be worth the gains, so he never once dared to try it.
Dong Zhou had many mountains, and it didn't have a lot of flat land.
The two of them set out, doing their best to go as far as possible from WuShan
Town. Finally, they found a relatively hidden place before sunset.
Chapter 570: Setting up Home in a Cave
Translated by Kollumceti of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

The mountain belt was full of peaks and mountain ranges. With such a natural and
favorable geographical position, a person may not be able to discover them
immediately even if they passed by. You XiaoMo was lucky enough to find a man-
made cave in the area.

The cave had existed for many years and it seemed to be the dwelling of some
predecessors from the ancient times based on the traces left behind. Unfortunately,
the entire cave had been emptied, with only some old stone chairs and beds left
behind.

You XiaoMo did a quick and simple clean and wiped the dust off the stone chairs.
Then he took the quilt out from his dimension and laid it on the stone bed. A good
and soft bed was a must-have though he was not sure how long they would stay
here.

Ling Xiao leaned against the entrance of the cave and watched his wife virtuously
doing 'housework'. He would occasionally point out areas where the dust had not
been cleaned up and so on in an annoying tone.

You XiaoMo restrained himself with much hardship. He would not argue with Ling
Xiao about this small matter seeing that he had just recovered.

The sun had already set by the time he was finished with everything.

You XiaoMo wiped the sweat from his forehead and took out the illuminating Night
Pearl from his dimension. As it was nighttime, the entire cave was so dark that one
could not even see their fingers right in front of their face.

But once the Night Pearl was taken out, the cave was lit up so brightly as if it was
daytime.

You XiaoMo had always felt that this world's Night Pearl was really marvelous. It
was not that he had never seen a Night Pearl in his past life, but that the Night Pearl
there could not be used as lighting. It could only emit a dim but beautiful halo even in
the darkest place.

"Don't you think that this feels like our home?" You XiaoMo looked at the cave which
had become a little cozier after he had cleaned it. He suddenly felt that the close to
an hour of hard work was worth it. He eagerly ran to Ling Xiao and asked, like he
was trying to take credit for someone's achievements.

"You have such a measly aspirations!" Ling Xiao shot him a glance.

"I'm happy with this." You XiaoMo pouted. It was easy to realize low aspirations.
Grand dreams were easy to speak of and nice to hear about, but few could realize
such tall aspirations.

Ling Xiao walked to the stone bed where You XiaoMo had laid the quilt on and
touched the soft and silky-smooth quilt. His lips suddenly lifted in a faint smile, "But
you've done a pretty good job."

You XiaoMo was immediately healed.

You XiaoMo went out hunting for a rabbit beast and bought it back as dinner
because Ling Xiao wanted to experience his culinary skills. He had never cooked
again since they came back from the Living Waters River Boundary.

The rabbit beast looked just like a rabbit, but its size was different from normal
rabbits. The rabbit beast here was more than one meter tall and was a type of low-
level demon beast without intelligence. However, many practitioners liked to hunt
rabbit beasts for their meat when camping rough as its meat was very delicious.

You XiaoMo took out various condiments from his dimension.

He bought these condiments a long time ago in order to cook the Thousand Spirit
Earth Sheep meat. But his idea ground to a halt before it could take root as the meat
of the Thousand Spirit Earth Sheep required a special type of fire to cook. Now, he
was finally able to put it to good use.

You XiaoMo had also gathered some firewood in passing while he was hunting for
the rabbit beast. He piled up the firewood he had gathered and arranged the stand.
His actions were quite practiced. This was also a skill he was forced to train in by
You Bo. When he finished, he immediately dashed to Ling Xiao who was in the cave
and shouted, "I'm ready, come out and help me."

Ling Xiao leisurely walked out, "Help you to do what?"

You XiaoMo pointed to the firewood pile, "Help me light it on fire." This was the
method to make the best use of everything.
Ling Xiao, "..."

The fire was soon ready. You XiaoMo cut the entire rabbit into four pieces, skewered
them and placed them all around the fire. The remaining rabbit meat could be stored
in his dimension even if they couldn't finish the more than one meter tall rabbit beast.
His dimension had the function to retain freshness and the meat was also delicious
when turned into jerky.

In order to roast the meat properly, You XiaoMo was so busy he was running around
in circles. One moment he needed to run to this side, another moment he needed to
run to the other side, for fear of burning the meat.

Ling Xiao stood at the entrance of the cave and watched this scene. Finally, he
could not bear to watch it anymore and took the initiative to walk over to say that he
wanted to help, but he was pushed away by You XiaoMo.

"What are you doing?" Ling Xiao raised an eyebrow.

You XiaoMo pushed him away from the fire, "You had better just stand here and
watch. I'll do it by myself."

Ling Xiao looked at his face which had been roasted red by the heat of the flames
and sternly demanded, "Speak the truth."

You XiaoMo hesitated for a moment, “Well, I'm afraid that you'll burn it and waste my
meat." He personally felt that some truths were better left unsaid.

Ling Xiao gave him a profound stare before he turned and walked away.

Xiao Xiao breathed a sigh of relief before went back to his struggle. Fortunately, Ling
Xiao's fire was very strong and the rabbit beast meat was not as particular as the
meat of the Thousand Spirit Earth Sheep. In less than fifteen minutes, the strong
smell of roast meat was drifting out. The scent was definitely able to make people
salivate from gluttony.

You XiaoMo surveyed the situation. Then he poured the condiments out of the bottle
and began to season the rabbit beast meat. The technique for seasoning and
roasting were equally important. The deliciousness of the meat would be greatly
reduced if the flavor was amiss. After he finished seasoning, he then roasted it over
a small fire once more for a while to finish it.

You XiaoMo took off a section of the rabbit meat and cut it into bite-sized pieces. He
plated it onto a small pot and eagerly delivered it to Ling Xiao as he excitedly
bubbled, "Try my meat roasting skills."

Ling Xiao thought his family's wife would often surprise him. As a carnivore, he
thought that the freshly cooked roast meat smelled more appetizing than food he
had eaten on the ship at that time. His saliva was already flowing. No matter how
voracious he was, his expression was as calm as if there were only a few steamed
white buns in front of him.

The Metal Swallowing Beast and the two Golden Winged Insect had long been
tempted by the fragrance until they could not bear it any longer. They emerged from
You XiaoMo’s clothes and were about to throw themselves at the roast meat in the
pot after eying it, but a hand quickly and nimbly moved the roasted meat away.

They had thought that it was their Master who was playing dirty tricks and not letting
them eat. However, they soon discovered that the roast meat was in the hands of
Boss Ling Xiao after looking up. The three could only silently turn their heads and
look at their Master while selling meng (cuteness) as they begged for a bite.
t/n: Meng = Moe ( same kanji)

Naturally, You XiaoMo did not forget about them. He had already prepared two
plates, cut off two pieces of meat that were larger than them and put the meat in
front of them.

See how competent their Master was. He totally waited upon them like they were
children whose hands needed to be held while shitting and peeing. Where could one
find such a good Master as him? The only one was in this family and there was no
other !

You XiaoMo was not in a hurry to eat. He cut the other rabbit meat into pieces and
put it into his dimension while it was hot. When he returned to the cave intending to
share the large pot of meat with Ling Xiao, the meat had been completely eaten him
until there were only scarce crumbs remaining.

"You ate all of it?" You XiaoMo was astonished.

Ling Xiao cast a sidelong glance at him, "Don't you still have more?"

You XiaoMo rebutted, "You don't normally eat so much ah!" That was why he was
shocked. A quarter of the rabbit was quite a large portion. Although the rabbit over a
meter tall was not very big, it was really fat.
"Who told you that?" Ling Xiao kept a straight face.

You XiaoMo's expression was a little complicated. It was only now that he realized
that Ling Xiao was actually a glutton. This was really a big discovery. In the end, he
could only take out the meat that he had just stored away. It turned out that Ling
Xiao still had not had his fill and he had even snatched half of his food.

The moonlight spilled into the entrance of the cave as the Night Pearl illuminated the
two people lying on the stone bed.

You XiaoMo pillowed his head on Ling Xiao's shoulder. He had eaten until his
stomach was rounder than Ling Xiao's and was so full that he found it a little
uncomfortable to sleep. He could hear the sound akin to the beating of a drum when
he lightly bumped his stomach.

Ling Xiao stroked his bared stomach as he softly laughed, "Wife, how many months
are you pregnant?"

You XiaoMo slapped his hand off with a face full of black lines. "You are the one
that's pregnant."

Ling Xiao jokingly laughed, "If the wife says so, then your husband can only comply.
But as the party who is on the receiving end, don't you think that you are more likely
to be pregnant, my dear wife?"

You XiaoMo cursed a word of 'scram' in rage. The day he believed that men could
have children was the day when there would be snow in June.

"If your husband scrams, who will help you sow seeds?" Ling Xiao buried his head in
You XiaoMo's neck and took a deep whiff of the smell on his body. The smell of
roast meat filled his nose.

You XiaoMo immediately flew into a rage out of humiliation upon hearing him sprout
off outrageous things the more he talked. He turned over then threw himself onto
Ling Xiao, "LaoZi will sow it himself. What of it? Bah! That's wrong. I'm a man, no
matter how much you try to sow, it's impossible to take root."

Ling Xiao laughed till his shoulders were shaking.

You XiaoMo grabbed Ling Xiao by the neck in humiliation and anger.

Ling Xiao suddenly grabbed hold of his waist as he ordered, "Don't move!""
You XiaoMo stared blankly for a moment. Just as he wanted to ask what happened,
he found that the thing his butt was sitting on was getting harder and harder, and
hotter and hotter. It pressed straight into the crack between his buns.

Ling Xiao flashed a grin at him, "Wife, let's satiate our minds and lust."

You XiaoMo restrained himself till his entire face was red.

At this time, the two did not expect that Su Lang had bribed the shop assistant in the
Magic Herb Hall and easily fished the incident where Manager Li had actually sold
the Heart Flower Herb to them out of the assistant's mouth. He also had got a hold
of the fact that they asked Manager Li to look for the Black Lotus Herb. Finally, the
assistant had also told him of their greatest distinguishing characteristics - one ugly
and one beautiful mask. Now, Su Lang's subordinates were already lying in wait for
them at WuShan Town.

Su Lang, who firmly believed that You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao would reappear, blindly
waited there for nearly a month. Yet, there was not a single shadow of either target.
Su Lang then realized that they might have left WuShan Town.

Su Lang smashed more than a dozen tea sets in his residence and finally decided to
pull a snake from its hole, that is, to help them find the Black Lotus Herb and then
ask Steward Lee to inform them.
Chapter 571: Come Looking
Translated by Jouissance of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

You XiaoMo spent the following period of time either refining pills or cultivating.

He had only refined five rainbow pills, and he used the rest of his time primarily on
cultivating. Otherwise, by the time he found the Black Lotus Herb, he would only be
able to look at it since his cultivation base wasn't strong enough.

Apart from that, You XiaoMo also began to practice the skill technique he had
obtained before, Azure Palm.

He only had a short two months of time. If only each day was forty-eight hours
long...

Apart from helping him out with the lightning from refining pills, Ling Xiao spent most
of his time resting. The clash between the four bloodlines had resulted in
consequences more dire than expected. He had to find a way to integrate them.

Two months later, You XiaoMo stretched, walking out of the cave.

He focused on the power inside him. Though it had only been two short months, he
had ingested several pills, and his cultivation base was only a little away from
breaking through grade two pinnacle.

You XiaoMo knew that there were risks to advancing too fast, but he didn't care
about that right now.

Ling Xiao walked out from the cave behind him.

You XiaoMo turned his head, saying, "It's been two weeks since we've been to
WuShan Town. I want to visit. Manager Li of the Magic Herb Hall might've already
found the Black Lotus Herb and is freaking out about not being able to find us."

Originally, they didn't have a set address, so You XiaoMo didn't tell Manager Li
where to find them, just letting the other hold onto it temporarily. They'd go down to
check every now and then. Though this was troublesome, it was safer, too.

Thus, the two left after finishing the last of the meat.

In these two months, You XiaoMo had hunted quite a few low level demon beasts,
and they had eaten so much roast meat that it was starting to become tasteless. He
had used up most of his seasoning, too.

Apart from checking up on the Black Lotus Herb, he also wanted to buy some
seasonings. The two maintained the look of one beautiful and one ugly.

However, two months was enough to use up Su Lang's rather lacking patience.
Thus, he didn't send anyone to check on their movements this time, so he didn't get
the news of their arrival in WuShan Town immediately.

You XiaoMo first went to the general store to buy some necessities before finding a
large magic pill store that seemed to have some background, exchanging a few
grade ten pills for a chunk of spirit gems.

He did this because he wasn't sure if the Magic Herb Hall would be willing to take
magic pills as payment. They might be like the Black Spider, refusing to trade goods
and only accepting spirit gems. Afterwards, he headed to the Magic Herb Hall.

Manager Li of the Magic Herb Hall was already waiting for them since half a month
ago, having found the Black Lotus Herb, thanks to Su Lang.

In order to lure out You XiaoMo and his companion, Su Lang had gone and helped
Manager Li with this immense task, but didn't tell the other anything. He just had the
Magic Herb Hall take the herb and sat to the side, waiting for the fish to bite.

"Shidi, it's already been half a month. Are you sure they'll come?" Su Lang's
shixiong sat by the window. From this corner, they could easily see the entrance of
the Magic Herb Hall and everyone who entered and exited.

To wait for their prey, they had wasted a lot of time here. The man was a little
regretful. If he had known it would be so boring, he wouldn't have gotten involved,
but now he couldn't just up and leave.

"Of course," Su Lang said with absolute certainty. "They were willing to spend tens
of millions of spirit gems to obtain the Heart Flower Herb. They definitely wouldn't let
any chance of obtaining the Black Lotus Herb slip by. Plus, the manager said that
they didn't leave any contact information, so we can only wait for them to return."

The man casually glanced out of the window and stared in surprise. "Look, down
there."

Su Lang looked out of the window. Weren't those two walking over slowly from the
right the exact same people they had been looking for? They had just been talking
about them, too.

"Very good. My two months of waiting haven't been wasted." A cold smile appeared
on Su Lang’s face. His patience had long since run out. Now, it was time for
payback.

Su Lang stood immediately.

The man suddenly reached out and held him in place, frowning as he asked, “Are
you going down to meet them now?”

Su Lang turned his head, replying with impatience, “Can’t I?”

The man said, “You’re still as rash as ever. This is why our master never gives you
any missions. Remember, recklessly meeting the enemy without confirming their
strength will just end in an uglier death for you.”

Plus, the two seemed somewhat familiar, like he had seen them before somewhere.
Before they figured things out, it wouldn’t be a good idea to act rashly.

He had struck Su Lang where it hurt, and the other immediately jumped up in rage.
“Yes, yes, yes, you’re composed, you’re powerful. Well if you’re afraid of them then
just leave! I don’t need your help!”

Then he slapped his hand away and charged downstairs.

The man couldn’t stop him. He didn’t like this Shidi of his, so weak and yet his
master treated the other like a son. He knew Su Lang was jealous of him, yet the
other didn’t know how jealous he was of Su Lang. Who wanted to do such
dangerous missions after all?

In Magic Herb Hall.

You XiaoMo originally went to simply check, not actually expecting that the manager
would have the Black Lotus Herb for him, but the other did, much to his delight. Now
all he had to do was work on his cultivation base.

The Black Lotus Herb was a low-grade magic herb, not of very good quality, but he
could improve it by soaking it in spiritual water. Since the quality wasn’t nearly as
good as the Heart Flower Herb, the price was much cheaper.

You XiaoMo left the Magic Herb Hall with Ling Xiao after paying nine million spirit
gems.
After this experience, he decided that this couldn’t go on. High level magic herbs
were far too expensive. It’d be much cheaper to just plant them himself. It seemed
like they would have to contact Mo Jing sooner rather than later and obtain the
remaining magic herbs.

Not long after they left the Magic Herb Hall, Ling Xiao suddenly grabbed his hand.

You XiaoMo was about to ask him what was wrong when he suddenly felt malicious
gazes on him from all around. There were around four people hiding in the shadows,
watching them.

“What the hell? We only came to WuShan Town twice. We didn’t offend anyone, did
we?” You XiaoMo felt depressed.

“Who said?” Ling Xiao replied, “Don’t forget, you snatched the Heart flower Herb
from the hands of another. Though you spent spirit gems on it, that doesn’t mean
that person would relent. However, it seems like that person won’t come after us
here. Let’s leave the town first.”

They increased their pace, and Su Lang could guess that they had noticed,
immediately telling the others to follow, only blocking their way after they had left
WuShan Town.

Su Lang arrived not far in front of them, his gaze going back and forth between the
two. He truly couldn’t determine their cultivation level, but that didn’t mean that they
were stronger than him. However, some people enjoyed hiding their cultivation level;
it wasn’t anything new.

“Hand over the Heart Flower Herb and I’ll let you go.” Su Lang didn’t waste words on
them. He just wanted the Heart Flower Herb. If they were willing to hand it over, then
he wouldn’t press them.

You XiaoMo was now certain that this young man was the one who had the
misfortune of having the Heart Flower Herb taken from him. However, there was no
way he was handing over the Heart Flower Herb. He had spent thirty million spirit
gems on it. Who did he think he was? Plus, the it was the Magic Herb Hall that sold
it willingly.

“Take your men and get out of my sight, and I’ll let you go.” You XiaoMo looked at
him coldly, emotionlessly, acting cool like an oscar-winning actor. He just didn’t
know how long he could keep this act up.
“Then don’t blame me for what I do. Everyone, get him!” Seeing that he refused to
take the easy way out, Su Lang didn’t bother chatting with him. Luckily, he wasn’t so
dumb as to place himself in danger. His four minions unsheathed their swords and
charged at You XiaoMo, bellowing.

Seeing that their cultivation level wasn’t anything special, You XiaoMo didn’t bother
doing anything special. He simply waved his hand and sent out a wave of soul
power, harshly slamming it into the four. The four were unable to take the impact
and were sent flying, coughing up blood and eventually landing heavily at Su Lang’s
feet.

Su Lang’s face darkened, remembering what his Da Shi Xiong had said. As
expected, these two were no ordinary people. He didn’t have a good chance of
winning one to two.

You XiaoMo didn’t care what he was thinking. Since he had come, then You XiaoMo
wouldn’t let him leave so easily. It was a perfect time to test out his newly learned
Azure Palm. Azure Palm was a high grade skill. It wasn’t peak level, but it wasn’t
weak.

You XiaoMo quickly formed ten or so hand seals and his palm began to change. The
surface of his palm took on an emerald green sheen, a beautiful light radiating from
it, and he pushed his palm out towards Su Lang.

Su Lang had never predicted that he’d attack so abruptly, and floundered. Just as he
was about to counterattack, a dark shadow appeared in front of him, grabbed his
arm and fled with him. It was his Da Shi Xiong.

Without a target, the Pure Azure Palm hit a tree not far off, decimating everything in
a ten meter radius, leaving only a massive hand behind.

You XiaoMo wasn’t surprised at the power of the Azure Palm, yet he still wore an
expression of shock. Though he only got a glance, he very clearly saw that the one
who had rescued Su Lang was a familiar face.
Chapter 572: Inquiry
Translated by Crystal of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
The two, once again, hurried back to the cave before sunset.
They had stayed in the cave for about two months. You XiaoMo felt that it was
almost their second home, as he made sure it was cleaned from inside out.
That night, he didn't feel like cooking.
It was good that they didn't need to eat everyday so that without any objection from
Ling Xiao, he just didn't do anything.
During the night, You XiaoMo laid on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
He couldn't cultivate either, as he was so restless. His mind was preoccupied by the
man in black who saved Su Lang in the afternoon.
They were wearing masks, so the man in black probably didn't know who they were.
That was probably why he didn't cover up his identity when he took away Su Lang.
Even though it was for a split second, You XiaoMo knew he saw it correctly.
With one leg on Ling Xiao's body, You XiaoMo shifted half of his weight onto him,
"Ling Xiao, are you asleep? If you aren't, talk to me."
"I'm asleep." Ling Xiao replied, eyes closed, after two seconds of silence.
With one arm hooking his neck, You XiaoMo said with anger, "Liar, how are you
answering me if you're asleep?"
Ling Xiao, "I'm sleep talking."
You XiaoMo flipped around so that his whole body was on top of him and reached
out devilishly, lifting his right eyelid. Finding it incredibly humorous, he started
laughing hysterically, "Are you still going to sleep talk?"
Ling Xiao slapped his hand away, "Quit it."
"Then talk to me~ I held everything back, if I don't talk now, I'm going to suffocate."
You XiaoMo said as he rubbed his arm, even though it wasn't slapped away with
much force, it still turned a bit red.
Ling Xiao give him the cold-shoulder, "What is there is to say, isn't it just that?"
You XiaoMo continued on angrily, "Although he said he was from the Guma Tribe
before, I still felt weird. The one I saw today was different from how he was. He used
to fool around a lot, was careless of the things he said, and was just like a frivolous
teen. But now, if they didn't have the same face, I would've thought that they were
completely different people!"
Even though it was just a quick glance, the feeling he got was very clear.
"The answer is obvious, he was pretending before." Ling Xiao answered, completely
bored and uninterested. He didn't believe that it was something worth discussing,
since the answer was obvious.
"Then why did he pretend?" You XiaoMo asked.
If he truly was from the Guma Tribe, then what he said before wasn't wrong. Then
why the disguise? Was it to defend against the evil of human nature?
But the two didn't appear to have a direct correlation.
"How I'm I supposed to know!" Ling Xiao said.
You XiaoMo laid on his chest and continued, "I just feel like he has some
unspeakable secret or something. Also, he should be still at the XiaoYao Institution.
He didn't have a reason to be at Dong Zhou and now that two months had passed, it
was soon to be another round of the challenge matches.If he didn't go back soon,
he's not going to make it.
"Maybe his objective wasn't the XiaoYao Institution in the first place." He drove away
all sleepiness from Ling Xiao, so that all he could do was hold a serious
conversation.
Seeing that he was finally coming on board, You XiaoMo got even more excited,
"Then what do you think his true intention is?"
It was not that he wanted to suspect them, it was just that with their current
predicament, all problematic people must be treated with caution.
"Then let's think about it. He told you before that he was all alone right?" Ling Xiao
flipped around to look at him deep into the eyes.
You XiaoMo nodded, "He did say that and if I recall, he didn't state that he was from
the Guma Tribe in the beginning. It was only after the uncle asked him, did he
confirm it. Thinking back, his answer was a bit ambiguous."
Ling Xiao said, "If he made a move then that must mean that person's closely
related to him. Thinking back on the young man he saved, it was someone who
could wait in WuShan Town for us and knew that we bought his magic herb. It's
likely that he is from the WuShan Town, if he was not from the town, then the
chances of him buying for others, is low. It's also unlikely for him to stay in the same
place for such a long time."
"Right, right, right." You XiaoMo kept nodding, they finally came to an
understanding. "Not only that, it felt like he purposefully waiting for us to leave before
making a move."
Ling Xiao wrapped his arms around You XiaoMo's waist, with his head in in the
other's neck and said unconcerned, "He is probably like us, not wanting to make a
scene in town. He probably needs to keep his identity a secret, if you're truly curious,
we can find a time to investigate."
You XiaoMo blinked, "No time like the present, should we go tomorrow?"
Ling Xiao lifted his head to show the laziness in his eyes, "Can I say no?"
"Nope."
"Then get rid of your question mark at the end."
"Haha....." You XiaoMo started laughing, it was the first time he felt true resignation
from Ling Xiao. It was very pleasant, after all, what comes around, goes around.
Ling Xiao smiled eerily towards him, "You're happy?"
The light in the cave had changed to a dim one from the Night pearl. With the help of
the background lighting, Ling Xiao's eerie smile worked wonders. You XiaoMo
instantly shut up and shook his head like no tomorrow.
"No, I was just happy for tomorrow."
"Tomorrow hasn't happened yet, what is there to be happy about? Since you can't
sleep and I was woken up because of you, then let's do something to waste the
night away. I'll give you a second to consider it. Okay, looks like you agreed too.
Then, what position do you like?" Ling Xiao said without stopping, making someone
completely dumbfounded.
It wasn't until Ling Xiao had striped him down half way, posed him in a difficult
position, did he make a weak reply, "Actually, I prefer to be the rider!"
"Too late, I'd already given you a chance. You didn't respond so the choice's mine."
Ling Xiao said as he grabbed hold of You XiaoMo’s delicate part.
You XiaoMo took a deep breath and said, with a trembling voice, "This is too hard, I
won't be able to get up tomorrow."
Ling Xiao's delighted voice rose beside his ear, along with it, the heat of his breath,
"I permit you to drink the spiritual water tomorrow."
You drink it! You XiaoMo was bright red from anger.
He never let him drink it before, but now to satisfy his lust, he was actually allowing
it! Such a pain!
The next day, the sun rose and the light from the luminous pearl was covered. The
morning light lit up every corner of the cave. In sourness and pain, You XiaoMo
opened his eyes. Gaining consciousness, his first thought was to grab the spiritual
water and drink it without an ounce of hesitation.
After resting for a few minutes, the pain and sourness of his body finally dulled.
You XiaoMo instantly jumped out of the bed. Crisp, clean, and handsome.
"......" As Ling Xiao watched the whole process, he went into deep reflection. He
really shouldn't have agreed in letting him drink the spiritual water.
After that, they headed out for Wushan Town. Since they didn't chase after them the
day before, they didn't know where the other two lived. After some deliberation, they
decided to check the Magic Herb Hall out.
Due to the attention-grabbing-nature of the masks, when You XiaoMo entered the
city, he bought two black cloaks. With just the hood, half of their face was covered.
Manager Li, from the transcendent level section didn't know much about Su Lang
but knew that manager Zhang, from the high level section knew a bit more. Su Lang
was a repeat customer of the high level section.
Last time was his first time buying magic herbs from the transcendent level section.
Manager Zhang was very caring of Su Lang and they were well antiquated since he
even asked manager Li for a favor, giving Su Lang a twenty to thirty percent
discount.
That left a sour taste in manager Li's mouth.
The reason being that managers had to take care of more than the stuff in their
section, so they were also given a cut of the transactions in their section as a
reward. With the transcendent level magic herbs being sold at such a high price,
every cut was a fortune.
Asking for a twenty to thirty percent discount was at least cutting three to four million
spirit gem off of every purchase. That wasn't cheap and it was tied to his
performance as well. He wasn't even close to Su Lang, why should he give a
discount?
But manager Zhang was at least a manager of the high level section, he needed to
give some face, but this thing had been bothering him. The moment You XiaoMo
arrived, he figured it wasn't for anything good, so he just revealed everything.
Afraid of alerting the other by acting rashly, You XiaoMo gave the manger two
hundred thousand spirit gems, asking him to find out more. If he came across
anything, he would add an extra two hundred.
Four hundred thousand was a lot, and manager Li only hesitated for a bit before
agreeing. He promised that he would find out in a day, so this time You XiaoMo
gave his contact information, as they were planning to stay in WuShan Town.
You XiaoMo didn't leave right after the transaction. He thought it through, he wasn't
going to collect magic herb seeds in secret anymore.
He was going to openly search for transcendent level magic herb seeds. The first
stop was this Magic Herb Hall. Manager Li just got a deal, so he was even more
courteous with You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao. Thus, he took care of the seed problem.
There were a lot of seeds collected over the years as no one bought them, so
manager Li kept them stored. There were many for each kind, with a good variety
too.
You XiaoMo took it all and amongst them was the seed of both the Heart Flower
Magic herb and Black Lotus herb. It made him want to cry but no tears came out. He
felt ripped-off.
Chapter 573: Shixiong
Translated by Yan of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
After the two of them settled in, You XiaoMo tugged Ling Xiao into the dimension.
The spiritual energy of the dimension was fairly rich, and it was better to recover in
here than outside. You XiaoMo wanted to go work on the magic herb field, so there
was nothing Ling Xiao could say to that.
The transcendent level magic herb seed that they had just received couldn't be left
there like low or mid-grade magic herbs, nor could it be reaped any faster if it was
planted earlier, especially the Heart Flower Herb. Just scraping together some
fertilizer to cover it wasn't enough. It wasn't that he had no confidence in himself, but
it was more so that he could take precautions.
On the other side, Manager Li found Manager Zhang very quickly.
Coincidentally, Manager Zhang had also been searching for Manager Li the entire
time to discuss Su Lang.
After all, he was the one who introduced Su Lang to the pinnacle section, but then
Manager Li went and sold the magic herb that Su Lang had preordered to someone
else for a higher price. Wasn't that just slapping his face?
Moreover, Manager Zhang had already heard about how Manager Li sold that magic
herb for an exorbitant thirty million spirit gems. Just from the commission alone,
Manager Li would earn almost a million spirit gems, never mind the reward from the
Magic Herb Hall.
Since Manager Li earned almost twenty million spirit gems for the Magic Herb Hall,
the higher ups decided to reward him with a million spirit gems. This was an amount
that Manager Zhang couldn't even earn by working an entire year, so it was
impossible for him not to be jealous. Seeing that Manager Li himself came to find
him, he just happened to also have something to ask him.
Manager Li had long since guessed that Manager Zhang wouldn't tell him so easily,
and that he would bring up the matter about the Heart Flower Herb. Therefore, he
pretended to be 'touched by emotion' and 'willing to act reasonably,' before bringing
up the Magic Herb Hall again as a shield. Finally, he expressed that he would
personally go and clear things up with Su Lang before fishing Su Lang's address out
from him.
How would Manager Zhang know his true motives? Furthermore, he also wouldn't
dare to actually offend Manager Li.
In the Magic Herb Hall, there were different tiers of managers too. The higher the
tier, the more important the magic herbs that they were responsible for were. Even if
they really did start arguing, the higher ups would favor Manager Li, whose status
was higher than his. Plus, he had provided a generous contribution to the Magic
Herb Hall not too long ago, so Manager Zhang could only suffer this loss.
Afterwards, Manager Li personally went to the inn that You XiaoMo was staying in.
Not even a minute later, Manager Li left the inn, completely satisfied.
The middle of the night, when nobody was whispering anymore, was the perfect
time for spies to eavesdrop.
A manor located halfway up the mountain next to the town was currently brightly lit.
A wide expanse of magic herbs grew around the manor, with one particular high
level magic herb serving as the majority. Restriction seals covered the area around
the manor, preventing people from casually entering and stealing things.
You XiaoMo called out his two Golden Winged Insects and told them to gnaw a hole
in the restriction seal. Afterwards, he secretly slipped inside with Ling Xiao.
Inside the manor's courtyard.
Ever since Da Shixiong rescued Su Lang the day before, Su Lang was strictly
prohibited from entering and leaving the manor on his own. He wasn't afraid that Su
Lang would go find those two people to get revenge, but he was afraid that You
XiaoMo was still in WuShan Town.
Su Lang was someone who liked to have fun, and so he couldn't bear it anymore
after just one night, arguing from morning to night with his Da Shixiong. Since there
were restriction seals, his passage token was taken away by his Da Shixiong.
"Yan Hui, tell me truthfully. What can I do to get you to return the token to me?" Su
Lang barged into Yan Hui's room after kicking down his door.
Yan Hui was Su Lang's Da Shixiong. Back then, he acted under orders and
participated in XiaoYao Institution's new student orientation because of Ling Xiao.
You XiaoMo could be considered an additional part of it, but at the beginning he
hadn't known that Ling Xiao was his target. It was only when shifu sent over more
information that he found out, telling him to keep an eye on them both.
Unfortunately, You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao often weren't in XiaoYao Institution. Every
time, they came back for a little bit before leaving again, and he basically had no
way of encountering the two of them for a long time, so he had never been able to
complete the task that shifu had assigned him.
Recently, because You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao had a falling out with the Vermillion
Blood Clan, the likelihood that the two of them would return to XiaoYao Institution
wasn't very high. Moreover, the situation right now was a little tense, and it was
essentially impossible for him to pry the information he needed out of You XiaoMo
and Ling Xiao's mouths.
Since things had already come to this point, shifu finally let him return and wait for
further orders. Right now, a lot of people were looking for the two of them, and his
shifu wasn't an exception. But because they had used the teleportation talisman
when nobody was there, nobody knew where exactly they had been transported to.
In the room, Yan Hui glanced at the two door panels that had been kicked down,
and he rubbed his temples. "Su Lang, you've already kicked down my door twice
from yesterday till today."
"As long as you return the token to me, I promise I won't come to bother you again."
Su Lang said without a single trace of shame. How much could two broken fan
doors be worth?
"Impossible!" Yan Hui refused without even thinking about it. "Before shifu sends the
information over, you can only stay in the manor. When the time comes, I'll relay the
matter back to shifu and ask him to make the final decision."
"Bah!" Su Lang spat and said, annoyed, "In the end, you just think I'm an eyesore.
Yan Hui, let me tell you, if you still don't return the token to me, I'll make you pay for
it, and then we can see if shifu will trust you or if he'll trust me."
Yan Hui was a little surprised by how certain he sounded, and he said, astonished,
"Why do you think shifu side with you?" He knew that shifu was fond of Su Lang, but
he was also someone who made a clear distinction between his public and private
life.
At this, Su Lang's expression suddenly became pleased. "Do you know why I
wanted to buy that Heart Flower Herb?"
"Why?" Yan Hui responded.
Su Lang placed his hands on his waist. "Because I'm preparing to give it to shifu."
Yan Hui didn't believe him. "With shifu's skill, how hard is it to find a Heart Flower
Herb? Plus, shifu isn't a mage, what use is there in giving this magic herb to shifu!"
"Indeed, shifu isn't a mage, but there are quite a few people at his side who know
how to refine pills. I heard that Lady Zuma has been collecting level twelve magic
herbs recently, one of which includes the Heart Flower Herb. Lady Zuma is one of
shifu's trusted subordinates, so I can offer the magic herb to shifu and let him give it
to Lady Zuma." Su Lang was very proud of his own plan. If it weren't for the fact that
the magic herb had been stolen away by someone else, he would've already gotten
it by now.
Zuma was the holy maiden from the previous generation of the Guma Tribe. Her
cultivation base was even higher than the current Guma Tribe's holy maiden’s, but
ever since she had been relieved of her position, very few people saw her.
A sly look flashed across Yan Hui's eyes when he heard this, and he laughed lightly.
"Xiao shidi indeed has a good plan. Relying on shifu's power so that shifu will know
how talented you are, while simultaneously allowing Lady Zuma to have a good
impression of you. Amazing!"
"Of course, or else do you think I'm an idiot? If I only depend on shifu's doting,
sooner or later I'll destroy myself. Since shifu won't give me any responsibilities, then
I'll come up with a way to make shifu notice me." Su Lang was indeed an impulsive
person, but it also wasn't as if he had no brain.
After finishing speaking, Su Lang walked over to Yan Hui and smiled cheerfully.
"Say, Da Shixiong, if shifu knew that you stopped me from going to recover the
Heart Flower Herb, and was deceived by someone to the point that I didn't even
dare to go out and regain some face, what would shifu think? Would he punish you,
or punish me?"
Yan Hui's eyelids lowered, and the ice cold look in his eyes was covered slightly.
After a while, he said, "Shidi, even if you want to regain your face, you have to have
the ability to do so. Or else, if you lose face, I'm afraid shifu will be even more angry.
I trust that you also know shifu's temper, he hates useless and worthless people."
Su Lang's momentum was derailed by him, and he was very unhappy. He slapped
the table. "If it weren't for you suddenly forcibly dragging me back, it's still uncertain
who would've won or lost."
"You're overestimating yourself!" Yan Hui sneered coldly. "His level of strength is
clearly above ours. If I didn't drag you away in time, there's no way you would be
standing here now."
"Impossible, I'm only twenty-five years old this year, and I'm already a Grade One
Rainbow Level mage. Back then, shifu once said that I was TongTian Continent's
number one genius, how can a genius lose to a nameless nobody?" Su Lang said
arrogantly. Even though he had only just broken through not long ago, he had
always been very proud of himself.
"Then why don't you tell me why he wanted to buy the Heart Flower Herb? Level
twelve magic herbs are only needed when refining pills. If he wasn't going to refine
pills, what's the point of buying the magic herb?" Yan Hui responded unhurriedly.
Su Lang was unable to answer.
Yan Hui said, "The Heart Flower Herb's level is even higher than what you would
usually buy. That person's strength must be above Grade Two. If you actually
started fighting him, there's no way you would have been able to defeat him.
Moreover, that person didn't seem to be very old, so your 'TongTian's number one
genius' probably has to give up its seat."
"Yan Hui!" The more he listened, the angrier Su Lang got, and he broke the table in
his fury.
Yan Hui laughed, and the slightly stiff muscles in his face suddenly relaxed. He
smiled and placated him, "Shidi, what's the use of being so angry. I'm only making a
conjecture, there really aren't that many people who are more gifted than you."
He said that there weren't that many, but that didn't mean that there weren't any.
This was especially since he knew someone who had become a Grade One
Rainbow Level mage before Su Lang. He heard that he was already Grade Two
now.
Su Lang didn't take the bait. "From what I see, you're just jealous and envious of my
natural talent, because when you advanced to the Grade One Rainbow Level, you
were already almost seventy years old. Now you're nearly one hundred years old,
and yet you're only Grade Two Rainbow Level. I'll catch up to you before long, so
you're afraid now. Aren't I correct?"
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