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CHAPTER 41: Chubby Little Sacred Beast

After the egg shell split open, what was revealed wasn't a tiny baby phoenix but was a tiny child who stuck all four of his limbs out straight, sprawled flat on the ground, with his naked little bottom sticking up.

A faint golden glow imbued with dense spirit power aura swirled around his body, which gradually faded. He seemed like he had just woke up as he slightly raised his head and opened his eyes that were clear as water, bewildered and dazed as he stared at the equally naked Feng Jiu.

It was only moments later that he gave a reaction. The pair of jet black eyes stared and a pair of red glowing flames burned within them. He jumped up suddenly and stuck one hand against his pudgy waist and pointed out with his other stubby hand at Feng Jiu on the ground, his childlike voice filled with impudent rage that one was unable to take seriously.

"You! Woman! I am the the Ancient Sacred Phoenix! You..... You... You had the audacity to visualize my godly image into a little bumbling human toddler!"

[Although he will be able to morph into human form after he matures, but, he had never for one moment thought that he will turn straight into a human toddler right after breaking out of his shell! He is the little Fire Phoenix! Little Fire Phoenix!]

Due to the contract, the contracted owner's imagination of his image would directly impact whether he would be born in the form of a beast or human. But, if he was born in human form, he would have to wait till he fully matures before he could morph into his original Fire Phoenix form.

[Heavens know how long it will be before he matures! ? And before he grows up, he will have to parade around in this little snot nosed human form throughout it all?]

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got, and the more depressed he became. He wanted to cry, but he did not want to let the woman see that, so he could only stare intensely at the culprit behind all of this.

Feng Jiu was shocked into speechless amazement. [Did a child really just hatched out of that egg! ?]

[Come on! She had only just imagined it once when she picked up that egg, on what the Phoenix would look like what it hatched out of the egg! She had just unconsciously thought of an adorable plump little kid then a brief moment!

Seeing the little bumbling toddler standing there with a hand stuck upon his fleshy hip, the other pointing angrily at her, fully exposing his naked little body and the little elephant's trunk waving before her. In a moment of itch in her hands, she coiled up her finger and thumb in one hand and flicked the tiny elephant's trunk.

"Argh! You..... What are you doing!"

A certain proud little Fire Phoenix was finally aware of his own nakedness and when he was suddenly teased down below, the shock made him feel both humiliated and angry, whereby he quickly back peddled a few steps quickly and covered himself with his stubby hands.

"You..... You shameless woman!"

He shouted out angrily in humiliation, his face blushing a deep red, his childlike voice not really giving his rage the impact that was intended.

At that moment, he seemed to only realise then of the woman's bare body and he quickly released one of the two hands protecting his modesty below to cover over his eyes and turning his body away.

"You are not wearing any clothes!" This time, even his ears were turning as red as his face.

Feng Jiu glanced at the small little boy who was showing such exaggerated reactions and she continued to tease mercilessly: "I can see you rounded little buttocks behind."

"Argh! You are truly a shameless woman! Shameless! Shameless!"

He was feeling completely helpless but he did not know any other words to curse, so all he could do was to keep repeating the word shameless.

Feng Jiu was feeling tickled and she could not help it but to laugh aloud. At the same time, she looked down at herself and suddenly realised that the wounds that was all over her body had completely healed?

Her deep eyes glinted with a trace of query and her gaze turned slightly, to look thoughtfully at the little Fire Phoenix who had changed the position of his hands to cover over his tiny buttocks.

[Was it because of this little fellow?]

She took out some strips of cloth from the Cosmos Sack to tie them securely around her chest and then pulled out a suit of men's clothes to slip onto herself. After putting on the belt, she reached a hand out in a cradle and carried up the stark naked little fellow.

"Argh! What..... what is this woman thinking of doing! ?"

Finding himself suddenly being carried up, he cried out in shock, both his hands covering up below and he stared warily at the woman.

CHAPTER 42: Secret Underwater Palace

Who would have known, but Feng retrieved from the Cosmos Sack a set of clothes and with her dagger, she altered it slightly and slipped it over the little fellow's tiny body.

"Make do with it, when we get out, we'll then get you a little red bib as undergarments."She said through narrowed eyes, and she gave him a little smack on his fleshy buttocks.

"It's done." She turned him around and looked at the fuming and indignant face, finding it rather amusing.

"A revered individual like me would never wear something like that." He said with a pout, feeling rather annoyed with the woman who was taking shameless liberties with his body.

"I had thought that after the egg hatched, a phoenix would appear, and not a little bumbling kid. Sigh, would you then be able to transform into your original phoenix form?" She then asked curiously.

If only she had not brought it up! At the mention of it, the proud little Fire Phoenix flew into a proper rage.

"You still have the cheek to bring that up! As a highly revered Ancient Sacred Beast, the fact that I have been born in the form of a human is fully and entirely your fault!"

Feng Jiu rubbed at her nose consciously: "How would I know that a moment's wild imagination would come true just like this?"

"Humph!" He gave a big snort and crossed his pudgy arms before his chest and turned his face away from her in an angry tantrum.

Feng Jiu laughed aloud, unconcerned. She then stood up and surveyed their surroundings with a glance around: "Who would have thought that beneath that deep pool, such a place would actually exist." When she recalled the force of that tremendous vortex that had sucked her into here, her brows creased up together.

"I really do not know how a woman like you could become my contract owner. You're ugly, lacking in power, and like to touch people's buttocks. You're just one lustful woman."

The little phoenix had the egg shells in his arms at that moment and he was chomping on them crunchily as he grumbled, occasionally throwing Feng Jiu a begrudging glance.

Feng Jiu was laughing at his incessant grumbles and she reached out her hand to flick at him on the forehead saying: "Little fella, doesn't matter if you are willing, but you already belong to me. So you just stick by me from now on."

As she spoke, her eyes looked at him in puzzlement: "One more thing. Are you really that hungry? Are those eggshells even edible?"

The little Fire Phoenix rolled his eyes at her and turned his head away proudly completely ignoring her.

[His eggshells were great stuff and eating them will not only increase his powers, they will also provide great nutrition for his body. That woman does not know anything and is just a fool.]

"Alright, let us go! Let's go see what kind of amazing things this place hides that could give out such a tremendous force to suck us in here." Feng Jiu said as she lifted her foot to make her way forward.

It could be seen that it was a hidden palace abandoned for many years and who knew why such a secret palace would end up being submerged under such a deep pool?

The little Fire Phoenix cradled his egg shells and continued to chomp on them as he followed behind Feng Jiu, throwing occasionally glances at the figure's back in front of him, thinking that the woman was rather strange. She possessed weak powers, but she was still somehow still neither afraid nor panicking when caught in a strange place such as this.

"I waited for so many years, and after such a long wait, a human has finally come. The Heavens have not given up on me, not given up, ha ha ha ha....."

Suddenly, from within the secret palace, a deep timbred voice sounding wildly arrogant boomed out, and carried here together with that voice was a powerful oppressive aura that swirled in the air accompanying the booming voice.

What was strange though, even when those waves of powerful oppressive aura that were even visible to the naked eye swirled in the air before her, she did not feel the slightest discomfort coming from it.

[Was it because she was contracted with an Ancient Sacred Beast, the Fire Phoenix?]

When that thought came into her mind, she could not help but turned back and glanced at the little fellow crunching on the eggshells behind her.

And thought to herself: [The little pipsqueak didn't look at all like he would be so useful!]

CHAPTER 43: Body of a Mystical Spirit

"Why are you staring at my divine self again! ?" The little fellow asked staring at her.

Feng Jiu smiled and suddenly turned to reach out her hand to pinch the tiny figure's pink and fleshy cheeks saying: "I am growing to like you more and more, what am I to do?"

Hearing those words, the little Fire Phoenix's eyes widened in surprise, his face with its exquisite features turning a bright red. He tried hard to put on an angry front, but his eyes were somewhat coy, the expression on his face a mix of shyness and awkwardness.

"You..... You don't think just by saying these things, my divine self will look at you in a different light. You are just a fool! My divine self will never like you, and one more thing, do not keep being so touchy feely, it's so indecent and not bit like what a woman should be doing!"

After finishing what he wanted to say, he turned his eyes away proudly, refusing to look at her.

Feng Jiu smiled at him, feeling that the shy and coy little toddler was just too adorable.

"Little lass, come, come here and let me take a good look at you."

The booming and arrogant voice resounded once again and this time, when the voice reached them, it was accompanied by a suction force that sucked in Feng Jiu's entire body further inside.

"Foolish woman!"

Having just finished the eggshells and he was just wiping his hands off when he saw Feng Jiu being sucked in by a force whereby he gave out a worried scream and hurried to follow her inside.

Feng Jiu felt herself immobilised and she could not even scream, seemingly like it had just been a blink before she had been sucked inside, to come before a set of skeleton.

The next moment, a stream of power invaded into her meridians and under the invading power, she felt as if she was fully exposed, in pure nakedness under the sun's rays, unable to hide any secrets at all.

And when the little Fire Phoenix caught up, he banged into a boundary barrier, isolated and kept out, unable to get near to Feng Jiu on the inside.

Seeing her standing completely motionless and unmoving before the skeleton, the little Fire Phoenix panicked and shouted loudly: "Foolish woman! Foolish woman! How are you feeling! ?"

"A Mystical Spirit body? It's actually a Mystical Spirit body! ? Ha ha ha ha! Such an extremely rare Mystical Spirit body that is seldom seen once every millennium and it has fallen right before me, Chu Ba Tian! ? Ha ha ha! Heaven has truly not given up on me! Not given up on me! Ha ha ha ha....."

Feng Jiu could only hear that excited and agitated voice laughing out maniacally, the power that restrained her suddenly retracted. Feng Jiu fell to the ground sitting weakly, all her strength drained out of her, looking directly at the skeleton before her.

As she had not detected any killing intent, nor any maliciousness from the entity, but just that agitated excitement from his voice, Feng Jiu wasn't really feeling too worried and she turned to the little Fire Phoenix outside the boundary barrier to say: "I'm fine, don't worry."

The two of them were afterall contracted through their souls and after the little Fire Phoenix calmed down, he was able to feel through the link that she was perfectly fine and he immediately humphed and retorted awkwardly: "Who is worried about you?" But his eyes were still involuntarily glancing in through the barrier inside, to check on her condition.

Knowing that the little Fire Phoenix did not mean what he was saying, Feng Jiu was not concerned about him but was focusing her attention on the skeleton before her, testing the waters by saying: "Senior?"

At that same moment, the skeleton projected an image out from him. It showed a middle aged man dressed in black robes as the image appeared in the air, his sharp and oppression filled gaze looking down at Feng Jiu below him.

"To possess a mystical spirit body, little girl, you're no simpleton!"

Not only did she possess the so rarely encountered mystical spirit body, she was also the contracted owner of a divine Sacred Beast, the Fire Phoenix! In what way would a girl like this be possibly ordinary?

The Heavens were being kind, at the moment just before the last of his blood's essence was about to completely be dispersed, they had sent such an incredibly prodigious cultivator, that would allow him to bequeath his wishes and carry it on.....

CHAPTER 44: He Who Once Reigned Supreme!

"Mystical spirit body?" Feng Jiu asked quizzically of the ghostly image, and continued to ask another question. "Mystical spirit bodies are rarely seen?"

Forgiving her for having not come to this world for long, and for having a great lack in knowledge towards cultivation, the term "mystical spirit body" was something that she had never heard of.

"A mystical spirit body is the epitome of the most prodigious cultivators. Not only can they cultivate mystical powers, they are also able to cultivate spirit powers as well, and the speed that they can progress at is ten times that of others."

The middle aged man saw her show a smile on her face and he went on to say: "In other words, for others who will need a whole decade to become a mystical power martial pugilist, for you, it might only take you merely a year to achieve the same rank. Such speed that can be achieved in your cultivation, can be termed as prodigiously talented."

Hearing those words, Feng Jiu considered it a moment and said: "That doesn't sound right. I have tried to cultivate by drawing the energies into my body, but I had not felt any significant difference to my body, and definitely nothing like what Senior is saying about the speedy progress I can achieve in cultivation in my experience."

She had used quite a long period of time to draw in the Qi into her body and the amount of mystical powers in her body after cultivation was really nothing to speak of at all.

"That is because the mystical and spirit Qi meridians within you are not opened."

His gaze burned into Feng Jiu as he stared: "I wish for you to pay obeisance to me as your Master. In that instance, I will help you open up your mystical and spirit meridians to aid you with your cultivation."

If it was anyone else, upon hearing such a powerful entity offering to accept one as a disciple, it would be thought that it would be accepted without hesitation. But when Feng Jiu heard those words, her brows instead creased up together in a frown and her eyes showed she was deep in thought as she stared at the middle aged man without saying a single word.

"You are unwilling?"

Seeing Feng Jiu not showing any signs of joy or delight, the man frowned and he pushed his oppressive aura to flare out more strongly and then noticed that his aura had not much of an effect on the person who had been contracted with an Ancient Sacred Beast. He then immediately gave up on that and gave out a long sigh instead.

"You do not have to worry that I have any ulterior motives. I only wish for you to help me complete three tasks after accepting to become my pupil."

Hearing that, Feng Jiu thought on it another moment before she finally said: "Why don't Senior tell me about it first and if it is within my powers, and does not go against my style of doing things, I might just be able to agree to it."

The middle aged man laughed out heartily when he heard that and said: "Great! I can see that you are one that does things as you please and it is rather similar to my own temperament."

Feng Jiu smiled at him but did not reply.

"Girl, I was originally the ruler of the Heavenly Dynasty Palace, Chu Ba Tian. At the peak of my glory, no one dared go against me. I lived my life by the sword and wilfully dominated the world under the Heavens! As long as I deemed something to be right, I will definitely carry it out to the end. That year....."

He told Feng Jiu of his past life in detail. Feng Jiu listened attentively and from his words, it was gathered that he was a wilful man that followed whatever his heart told him. But as he was too uninhibited and unpredictable, he was viewed as unorthodox and evil by the conventional sects of Immortality.

He had a mighty sword that cut through metals like mud called the Blue Edge. An Immortal from an orthodox sect coveted his Blue Edge Sword and wrongly accused him of having massacred a mortals' village which caused him to be persecuted by powerful pugilist from all sides. With his attainment as a Venerable Martial Emperor, he did not fear all those cultivators of Immortality whose powers were inferior to his.

However, they had captured his own people as hostages to threaten him, resulting in him sustaining grave injuries to escape to this place, to finally succumb and die here. For so many long years, he had waited here patiently, for the destined one to come, and take on his mantle, to reinstate the Heavenly Dynasty Palace, and fulfill his last wishes.

"The first wish is to reinstate the Heavenly Dynasty Palace, so what are the second and third wished?"

"The second wish is to break into the Thousand Sword's tomb to retrieve the Blue Edge. As for the third....."

His voice hesitated a while and he gave a sigh: "I had been too wilful and reckless in those years and I brought calamity upon my family. It was especially so for my wife who was coincidentally in labour at that time. So many years have passed and I wonder how they are doing? I would like you to go seek them out and see whether they are living on fine."

CHAPTER 45: Mysterious Ring

After hearing the demands out and not finding them overboard, Feng Jiu nodded her head and asked with a wide smile: "Since I am to acknowledge you as my Master, is Senior just merely going to open up the mystical and spirit channels in my meridians?"

[If there were no tangible benefits, acknowledging a Master just like this would be too disadvantageous to her!]

"Ha ha ha, of course that's not all." The middle aged man laughed out loud in a booming voice, the gaze fixed on Feng Jiu seemingly growing in admiration for the girl.

After hearing that, Feng Jiu did not say much more but just knelt down, and bowed in acknowledgement of her Master, saying: "My revered Master, please accept your disciple, Feng Jiu's offer of be obeisance!" Upon finishing those words, she respectfully kowtowed, lowering her forehead to the ground with a thud.

"Good, good, good. I, Chu Ba Tian, finally has a disciple to inherit me! Ha ha ha ha....." He laughed out loud excitedly and said: "Girl, remove the third brick on the left of my skeleton remains. Behind it, you will find something your Master would like to gift to you."

"Sure!" Feng Jiu agreed and she went and knocked her knocked on the third brick as she was told. Finding that it sounded rather hollow, she pulled out her dagger to pry the brick out, and found a little wooden box behind which she quickly retrieved.

"Master, why can't I open it?" The little wooden box didn't seem to be locked but she just could not open it.

"That had been sealed by your Master, me, and ordinary people cannot open it." Chu Ba Tian said with a laugh and with a wave of his hand, a ray of light ran over the box. "Alright, take that thing out of the box now."

Feng Jiu tried to open the box once more half in doubt but the box opened easily this time. Inside, was just an inconspicuous ring, and it was even quite badly tarnished.

Feng Jiu was speechless for a short moment before she said: "Master, this is the treasure you are talking about?" She picked it up and lay a scrutinizing eye on it, but she still did not find anything extraordinary about it.

"Ha ha, I really don't know from which hole you had crawled out from that you haven't even heard of a Spatial Ring?"

Chu Ba Tian shook his head as he laughed helplessly: "Do not underestimate this ring, it is not an ordinary Spatial Ring. Besides being able to store things, it is a world by itself within and even living things can be placed inside. Moreover, when you place food in there, time stands still for it and they will not turn bad."

"It's that incredible? How did Master manage to get your hands on such an amazing treasure? This should be more priceless than the Blue Edge Sword wouldn't it?" With an item like this, why would people still covet after that Blue Edge Sword?

"I got this Spatial Ring entirely by chance and your Master had treated it just like an ordinary item without knowing it was a Spatial Ring. Afterall, it was impossible to see a Spatial Ring in a place like this and it was after I was gravely injured and come to this place, and it was completely by chance that your Master's blood dripped into the ring before I discovered that it was a Spatial Ring."

When he spoke about this, his voice paused for a while before he continued: "As your Master's life expired, the ring's sacred contract with my soul was broken as well. You will only need to drip a drop of your blood on it for it to recognize you as its owner, which will allow you to gain entry into it. Inside it, I have left all my life's treasures and skill manuals that I have amassed, and they will be my gift to you."

"I can go inside this ring myself?" Her eyes were sparkling brightly, filled with surprise and amazement as she thought to herself: [If that is true, in future whenever I am pursued and have nowhere else to run, couldn't I then just hide inside there?]

Chu Ba Tian didn't know what she was thinking. If he knew, he would surely die once again in rage at seeing such a highly prized treasure to be used in such a manner just to escape pursuit, that was just too cowardly and undignified.

"The owner of the space can go into it, but there seems to be another separating boundary barrier within. When I went into the space previously, I was already nearing my end and I had not been able to inspect it clearly but only found out that I could store even living things in there. As for any other uses it might have, you can slowly find them out for yourself in future."

As he spoke, he turned to Feng Jiu and said: "Your Master's last remaining bit of blood's essence is nearing its end. Come forward my pupil, and let Your Master open the channels to your meridians for you."

CHAPTER 46: To the Swords' Tomb

Hearing those words, Feng Jiu raised her eyes to look at him. Seeing that the ghostly image was gradually fading, she walked up to him.

She knew that the ghostly image hovering in mid air before her eyes was the last vestiges of consciousness left within the blood's essence and once the essence ran out, the consciousness and the man would forever disappear from the world.....

"Stabilise your consciousness, calm your heart and quiet your Qi. The process will be a little painful but you have to bear with it."

Chu Ba Tian said in a deep voice and finally conveyed the last of his blood's essence to envelop over Feng Jiu. A ray of light visible to the eye surge over Feng Jiu's body, entering the channels of her meridians, opening them.....

[Pain!]

[Agonizing and excruciating pain!]

All the channels in her meridians were being forcibly expanded by a robust surge of Qi flowing through them, from thin to large, stretching them to the extent they felt like they were almost going to explode. The agonizing pain caused her entire body to be bathed in cold sweat, more intolerable than having someone cutting your flesh with a knife.

But she bit down hard on her teeth, refusing to utter a single sound, her hands clenched tightly into fists, blood dripping out from wounds on her palms where her nails had dug deep into.

Outside the boundary barrier, the little Fire Phoenix saw the face that had turned completely white and he began pacing worriedly. He wanted to shout out but was afraid that he might distract her and so he could do nothing but watch Feng Jiu suffer under the excruciating pain of expanding the meridian channels.

It was almost an hour past before the aura that enveloped her body faded away as she fell weakly onto the ground, gasping heavily for air.

Seeing that, the little Fire Phoenix was suddenly hopping in nervous anxiety, shouting out: "Foolish woman? Are you alright?"

Feng Jiu struggled against the weakness she was feeling in her body as she looked at the ghostly image to ask: "Master, how are you feeling?"

"Your Master is already person that has been dead for a long while, holding out my consciousness with my blood's essence in waiting all this time to finally gain you as my disciple to carry on my will, I have no more regrets."

Chu Ba Tian looked at her and reminded: "Girl, before you become strong enough to protect yourself, remember to be subtle in your deeds and not let anyone know you possess a mystical spirit body or you might just invite unnecessary persecution to yourself. The world for cultivators of Immortality is merciless and cruel and even as the most prodigious cultivator among them, remember that you must first be able to grow and progress."

"Yes, Master. I hear you." Feng Jiu nodded, a warmth suddenly passing through her heart.

"Your Master will not be able to guide you much in your cultivation. When you go back, diligently read up on the cultivation techniques I have left behind in the Spatial Ring and get a great Master in future to guide you further along. But do not forget, you must never drop your guard against anybody. Be always vigilant. The exceptional trait you possess in your body must never be revealed to another person."

"Yes." Feng Jiu said with a smile. At that moment, she was finally acknowledging him as her Master.

"Being at the bottom of this deep underground pool, both of you will not be able to get out of here. The last thing I can do for you is to send you to the Thousand Swords tomb. After you find the Blue Edge Sword, do not expose it in front of people carelessly, or the Blue Edge Sword might drawn to you unnecessary trouble as well." He reminded once more.

"Master, after getting to the Thousand Swords tomb, what do I need to do to find the Blue Edge Sword?"

"The Thousand Swords tomb is the place people bury swords. But, every person who goes into the Thousand Swords tomb might not necessarily find a sword suitable for themselves. Swords possess their own spirit consciousness and they will pick their owners, just like the Blue Edge Sword would as well."

His voice paused a moment at that point before he continued: "As you would have a tinge of my blood's essence on you, that essence will guide you to the Blue Edge Sword's location. But, whether you can gain the Blue Edge Sword's acknowledgment will depend on yourself. If you are unable to bring back the Blue Edge Sword this time round, you must make sure that you will bring it out from the Thousand Swords tomb in the future."

"I will."

Feng Jiu promised as she saw him dispel the boundary barrier with a wave of his hand, and little Fire Phoenix came running in on his short legs.

And the next moment, she saw a spiral looking thing appear in his hand and with a final shout of: "Go forth!" The two figures found themselves sucked into the spiral.....

CHAPTER 47: Seeking the Blue Edge Sword

When Feng Jiu regained her consciousness, she and the little Fire Phoenix were already in the Swords' Tomb. As far as the eye can see, swords were everywhere, and in the air, the sharp aura of the swords could be felt distinctly.

She lowered her head and glanced once at the little guy tugging at the corner of her clothes before she opened her hand to reveal the inconspicuous ring she had held in her grip. She bit hard on her finger and dripped her blood onto it and she saw the badly tarnished ring give a bright flash and it suddenly became as good as new, but it however, remained as inconspicuous as it had before the renewal.

She put the finger onto her finger and it automatically conformed itself to her. She poured her consciousness inside the ring and just as her Master had said, there was a space inside that contained quite a heap of skill manuals and treasures. She probed deeper into the space and she found herself suddenly bounced right out of the space.

She gathered back her consciousness and did not go back inside the ring, but to stare at the mountain of swords before her and sighed: "I need to find the Blue Edge Sword from out of so many swords here? Looks like it is not going to be an easy task at all!"

"Even if you are unable to find the Blue Edge Sword, you can still find others. There are quite a number of good swords in the Swords' Tomb." The little Fire Phoenix replied to her statement by reflex and once he said those words, he suddenly seemed to have remembered something and he stared at her proudly to say: "Don't think too much into it. My esteemed self isn't really concerned with your affairs."

"I know, I know."

Feng Jiu said with a laugh, and held the little fleshy hand in hers before walking deeper into the place: "Let's go! Since we are already here, let's roam around a little. Six hours is the time we have. If we do not find a suitable sword within that time, we will be transported out of this place. We need to make full use of the time we have."

With his hand held in hers, the little Fire Phoenix was a little shy as he went: "Humph!". However, he did not let go of her hand and allowed himself to be led inside.

The swords surrounding them were emitting with their sharp aura, every single one of them lodged in the ground. Some of the sword's edge were already rusty and after walking for quite awhile, they still had not managed to sense the Blue Edge Sword's location, and Feng Jiu wanted to put her Master's words to the test. Do the swords really choose their owners?

She grabbed out at a sword nearby and tried to pull it out. However, the sword remained deeply lodged in the ground and would not budge even an inch. When she wanted to exert more strength to attempt another time, she suddenly felt a chilling aura bursting forth from the sword itself and she quickly retracted her hand.

"Heh heh, that's quite amazing." Feng Jiu said in astonishment, her eyes sparkling with eager interest.

"What is so amazing about it? The swords in the Swords' Tomb have always done that." The little Fire Phoenix said in disdain, lifting his tiny head to stare at the foolish woman who was acting just like commoner and continued on with a frown on his face: "Are you really going to search through all of them?"

Hearing that, Feng Jiu was taken aback a moment and she asked: "If not, then?"

The little Fire Phoenix's expression was one that said he expected as much and his eyes were filled with contempt as he looked at her saying: "You are really dumb."

Having been properly and completely despised, Feng Jiu was however really helpless. Who asked her to not know about any of this! ?

"Didn't that man leave a you a slight trace of his blood essence? Close your eyes and try to release your senses and see if you can detect and trace of the Blue Edge Sword's aura around!"

"That can work?"

The little fellow lifted his chin and he tried his best to sound wise by lowering his voice: "The Blue Edge Sword is no ordinary sword and moreover, you have a tinge of its previous owner's blood essence. Of course you will be able to sense its whereabouts."

"I'll give it a try."

And she attempted it immediately. Feng Jiu closed her eyes and removed all other distracting thoughts from her head but just to quietly feel the different auras within the Swords' Tomb. It was roughly half a burning incense stick's time later that she suddenly opened her eyes, surprise and delight sparkling in them.

"I found it! Over there!" Having really sensed the aura of the Blue Edge Sword, she was highly elated in her heart.

CHAPTER 48: Blue Edge Sword Picks Its Owner

She led the little Fire Phoenix to the place location where she had felt the Blue Edge Sword's aura being emitted from. It was a little hill top and it was filled with all kinds of swords stuck into the earth, with the Blue Edge Sword at the topmost point. At that moment, the sword itself was emitting a razor sharp and cutting aura, its low hum from the cry of the sword reaching her consciousness, shocking her mind.

"That is the Blue Edge Sword?"

Her burning gaze stared at the sharp sword throwing out a cold glow at the top of the little hill and she suddenly felt like the blood in her blood was surging into a boil. That kind of a feeling was rather intriguing.

'Wenng!'

The sword's cry resounded in her ears. Standing at the bottom of the hill, she could see the Blue Edge Sword vibrating at the peak, its cries coming out from the sword itself, seemingly humming in excitement. The sword's aura emanating out from the sword was getting stronger and more intense until finally, the Blue Edge Sword pulled itself out from the ground with a whoosh, and started speeding down the hill straight towards her.

The little Fire Phoenix was rather surprised when he saw that happen. Although he knew Spirit Swords were able to pick their own owners, but under circumstances like this where Feng Jiu did not even need to go to it and pull the sword out was very rarely seen to happen.

His gaze was strange as he scrutinised Feng Jiu. The little Fire Phoenix still could not see what was so special about her.

'Whoosh!'

The long sword landed, its point stuck right into the ground, coming to rest right beside Feng Jiu's right hand.

Feng Jiu reached out her hand and gripped the Blue Edge Sword. She felt a strong vibration coming out from the sword accompanied by a cry, driven straight into the core of her heart. She exerted her strength slightly and pulled out the sword. With a swoosh, the sword started to glow with a chilling light and the badly tarnished sword had in the next instant shone with a smooth gleam, looking brand new like it had just come out from the forge.

Seeing the entire blade glowing with a faint blue light, and the three Chinese characters carved into it shining with a chilly light, she could not help herself but to exclaim out loud: "It's really a very good sword!" She twisted the sword in her hand and executed a dazzling set of swordplay. She could see the bitingly chilly aura covering the blade slice through the air, its edge exceptionally sharp.

"Master wouldn't have expected this. That the Blue Edge Sword would choose me to be its owner." She said with a light laugh, and she put the Blue Edge Sword into the Spatial Ring. It was then that she realised that the six hours were still not up and they wouldn't be able to leave yet.

"We will not be able to leave this place for awhile anyway, so why don't we find a place to sit down first? I will be able to use the time to see what kind of manuals there are in the Spatial Ring." She said while holding the little Fire Phoenix's hand in hers as they looked for a place where the swords' aura was not as intense to sit down.

Just as she had just pulled out a book about hiding your presence and was flipping through it that she suddenly felt the little fellow's gaze was fixed intently upon her face. She looked up and turned to face him to ask with a smile: "What's wrong?"

Having been caught while secretly staring, he hurriedly shifted his gaze and looked slightly embarrassed as his eyes looked this way and that but refused to look at her.

However, he was unable to overcome the curiosity in his heart and after hesitating for a while, he finally still opened his mouth to ask: "Why are there so many scars on your face?"

With the question as a reminder, she suddenly remembered that after having been submerged into that pool, her face had been washed clean of the herbal juice she had on, and her badly scarred face was clearly revealed at that moment.

She reached her hand up and felt her own face before saying: "A evil woman held a knife and cut up my face slit by slit." Her tone might have sounded somewhat indifferent but suppressed deep within her eyes, was an unnoticed icy chill.

The little Fire Phoenix frowned slightly when he heard that and asked: "Why didn't you fight back?"

"I was too weak against her." She said through narrowed eyes, thinking to herself in her mind: [She wasn't the owner of this body then. If she had been there, things wouldn't have fallen to such a sorry state.]

"And you don't believe me when I said you were weak. But's it's alright! As long as my revered self is powerful, it's good enough. My revered self will protect you in future."

The little fellow straightened his back and put on a stern expression on his tiny face to say: "You just tell me who was the one who cut up your face! My revered self will avenge you!"

CHAPTER 49: Three Times must be Destiny!

Upon hearing what the little Fire Phoenix said, Feng Jiu's eyes filled up with joy and reached out to pinch his pink little cheek and said: "Aren't you always the one saying how much you detest me?"

"My revered self still detests you, but you belong to me afterall. If it is my revered self bullying you, that will be fine. But I will not allow any other person to do that." The little fellow was highly indignant as he spoke, but a pity for that squeaky childlike voice as it could not deliver much of the impact intended.

"With this miniaturized body?" She raised up an eyebrow and laughed lightly: "I think you will fall over with a slight push."

Sensing that his power was being questioned, he stood up immediately and proclaimed loudly: "My revered self is the Ancient Sacred Beast, the Fire Phoenix! Although I am still in my infancy now, but I have afterall inherited the power of the Ancients and possess great power!"

"Alright alright alright, then tell me. What is it that you know?" She said with a laugh, asking nonchalantly.

He was after all just a kid that looked to be about three years old. So how strong could he be?

"Don't judge my revered self based on my outlook of being just a small child. My power is more powerful than that of a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage. If not for that man's consciousness binding me back at the hidden palace previously, that boundary barrier would not have been able to stop my revered self."

The short tiny figure stood there with his chin lifted, trying to portray a "I'm so powerful" look to Feng Jiu, which caused her to be unable to suppress the corners of her mouth from lifting up, and she played along by looking at him with an adoring gaze.

"You're actually so powerful! ?"

"Of course!" He was looking mighty proud of himself, his eyes showing his high spirits.

"But no matter how powerful, you are still my contracted beast and I am still your owner!"

She said that with smiling eyes, which would remind the little fellow of the fact that he deliberately wanted so much to forget. As expected, she saw his entire body slump, deflated as he looked at her with sad and forlorn eyes.

"Oh right! Do you want to go inside the Spatial Ring? If not, if a small tiny kid like you were to suddenly appear in the Nine Entrapment Woods, you will undoubtedly draw lots of attention to yourself. If those cultivators of Immortality are to find out that you are the little Fire Phoenix, then we will be in big trouble."

Her Master had told her when he was about to send them over here, that when they came out of the Swords' Tomb, they would appear back within the Nine Entrapment Woods, as they had been deep below the ground of the Nine Entrapment Woods. He was able to bring them out of the deep underground, but not out of the Nine Entrapment Woods.

The little Fire Phoenix had initially wanted to refuse, but when he heard those words she said at the end, he finally nodded his head albeit very reluctantly. As she was really too weak, and although he was strong, drawing attention to them when they went out there would still be rather troublesome for them.

"Such a dear."

After seeing him nod, Feng Jiu carried him up and gave him a kiss, where she saw his face immediately turned a bright red, and his shy and embarrassed reactions made her can't help herself but to laugh out loud.

Feng Jiu reached into her consciousness and the little Fire Phoenix immediately went into the space within the ring.

And after the six hours passed, a vortex appeared appeared above the Swords' Tomb, and with a swoosh, she was sucked into it.....

"Huh? Where is this?"

She looked around at the place she had just appeared in, seemingly still within the Nine Entrapment Woods. But there wasn't a single soul around, not even a beast could be seen. It was so quiet it was rather creepy.

And, it was already night.

"Brrr! So cold." She rubbed at her arms. She thought to herself as she walked in the woods: [Wonder if that big oaf Guan Xi Lin is still waiting for me there?]

After walking quite a distance, she suddenly heard the sounds of battle.

[A battle?]

Her eyes were puzzled and she immediately hid her aura as she walked towards the noise.

When she reached, she hid behind a huge tree and peeked her head out slightly to see in front. When her eyes caught sight of the familiar figure, she froze involuntarily and blinked her eyes.

[ That uncle? It's really him again?]

Including the last two times, meeting him again this time, made a grand total of the lucky three! They were indeed destined to meet. In just a few short days, they had managed to meet three times.

But, why does it look like something is not right with him?

CHAPTER 50: Thousand Year Frost Poison

She peeked out from behind the trees, surprised that the uncle was holding a long sword that spanned a three finger width. The sword's sharp aura was flaring, his entire being emanating an energy that was visible to the naked eye. That was not mystical energy, but spirit energy.

Without the slightest doubt, he was a cultivator of Immortality!

But, something was visibly wrong with him at that moment. Although he was trying very hard to tolerate whatever was affecting him, the layer upon layer of fine white crystals forming over his beard and eyebrows could be nothing else but icy frost freezing up upon them!

[Frost? Why is frost forming on his body?]

"Argh!"

With a heavy groan, the last dark robed killer found his chest pierced by the long sword that was emitting a cold chilling energy. The dark robed man fell kneeling onto the ground, blood spewing out from his mouth. His eyes stared fixedly at Ling Mo Han and he opened his blood filled mouth as if trying to say something but failed. In the end, he gasped his last breath and fell into a motionless heap.

At that moment, Ling Mo Han's body did not move for a moment, seemingly frozen. He stood there quietly like an ice sculpture, the icy frost spewing out from his body as freezing cold as a thousand year wintry icicle, so cold that even Feng Jiu who was hiding more than ten meters away from him was able to even feel the chill.

'Bam!'

His whole stiffened body fell to the ground, trembling violently as he curled up into a ball. Not just that, but the frost upon his face seemed to be growing thicker and thicker as well.

Seeing that the situation didn't look right, she ran over to him quickly.

"Uncle? Uncle! How are you feeling?" She asked as she came to squat down beside him. She was just about to lift him up a little when the slightest touch on him drove a biting chill into her hands.

"Ouch! So cold!"

She pulled her hand back reflexively, startled as she looked at the pair of eyes staring back at her. [Why is his body so cold? If left alone, wouldn't he freeze to death?]

It was just a glance and he closed his eyes once again, his lips gradually turning purple.

Seeing that the situation was critical, she clenched her jaw hard and forced herself to bear with the biting chill as she placed her fingers on his wrist to take his pulse. The conclusion she got shocked her.

"It is..... Thousand Year Frost Poison?" Her eyes widened up in alarm, finding it unbelievable.

His pulse showed that there was a chilling energy surging within him and it was that extremely cold chill flowing throughout his body that was causing him to fall into this state. That extremely cold and chilly energy was obviously Frost Poison, and it wasn't any ordinary Frost Poison, but the Thousand Year Frost Poison!

Suddenly, she heard sounds of muffled alarm reaching her ears through the dark night and felt the murderous aura approaching them. Judging from the amount of activity she could hear, there were no less than twenty of thirty pursuers.

Her eyes constricted as she calculated quickly in her heart. Seeing that there were no hiding spots in the surroundings, she immediately poured her mystical power into her finger and pointed it onto Ling Mo Han's consciousness accupoint. In the very next instant, she pushed her mind into the ring and brought Ling Mo Han into the ring's space together with her.

Just as the two of them vanished from their spot, thirty dark robed men carrying swords in their hands surrounded the area the next moment. The leader of the men saw more than ten dead bodies of the slain dark robed men lying on the ground and his face immediately creased up in a frown. His voice was low, tinged with repressed rage.

"His energy was detected at this spot just a moment ago. He wouldn't have gotten far with the Frost Poison in him! Find him!"

"Yes!" The dark robed men answered in unison, splitting themselves into several groups to search the surroundings.

At the same moment within the ring's space, the little Fire Phoenix was glaring angrily at Feng Jiu, never expecting that she would bring in a man emitting such a biting chill from his body in here.

Feng Jiu did not have the time to bother with the boy at that moment as she was busy using her mystical powers to shield Ling Mo Han's Heart Meridian. If even the Heart Meridian got frozen, he would not be far from certain death.

The little Fire Phoenix had his arms crossed over his chest as he looked through narrowed eyes at the stranger who had intruded into his territory, his childlike voice cold and filled with jealousy as he said: "That is Frost Poison, the coldest energy under the Heavens. The insignificant bit of mystical power you possess will not be enough to protect his Heart Meridian. This man, is as good as dead."

CHAPTER 51: Part Ways Here

At that moment, Feng Jiu's face was not showing the usual laziness she always did as her hand remained pressed over his left chest. Her eyes were serious and her voice determined as she said: " He helped me before. I cannot let him die just like that."

The little Fire Phoenix was pulled in by the steely resolve on her face and asked in a small voice: "How do you want to save him? Against the Thousand Year Frost Poison, even my revered self am powerless against it and unable to help you with it."

"No, you are able to help." Feng Jiu said, suddenly revealing a highly deep smile.

Hearing that, the little Fire Phoenix blinked his eyes blankly, feeling rather curious. He was just about to ask her what she meant when he saw Feng Jiu undoing the man's shirt front, to reveal his chest covered with a layer of frost. Feng Jiu gathered her mystical power into her hand and pressed it against an acupoint on his body.

"Come here." She suddenly stopped and looked over at the little Fire Phoenix.

"Har? What for?" Although not understanding what was going on, the little Fire Phoenix still stood up and went over to stand beside her.

Feng Jiu flashed him a smile that was so unbelievably gentle that it raised the goosebumps all over his body. And in the very next moment, he suddenly cried out pitifully in pain.

"Argh! My revered hand! Blood is flowing out of my revered hand..... You..... You woman! What are you doing! ?"

He was staring angrily at Feng Jiu, his heart feeling highly aggrieved.

"I need to borrow just a bit of your blood to use and it's only just a teeny weeny wound. I won't take too much." She pulled his stubby little hand and put it near Ling Mo Han's lips, dripping the blood flowing out from the tiny finger into Ling Mo Han's mouth.

The moment the Fire Phoenix's blood went into his mouth, the icy chill in his body gradually began to disperse, seemingly like it was being suppressed. An burst of heat surged throughout his body and the heat warmed up his frozen body. The body that had been curled up into a ball had also gradually straightened.

"The blood from my revered self is that useful?" The little Fire Phoenix had only just realised this was what her words earlier had meant.

Seeing that Ling Mo Han's body was finally warming up, Feng Jiu heaved out a small sigh of relief before she went on to explain: "You are the Ancient Fire Phoenix, and the blood of the Fire Phoenix is known to be the most scorching, hence it would naturally be able to suppress the Frost Poison in his body."

As she spoke, she rubbed his tiny head and said with a laugh: "Thank you very much. You helped me return a favour I had owed him."

"Humph!" The little Fire Phoenix turned his face away sulkily, but in his heart, he was really happy to hear those words from Feng Jiu.

"How long do you intend to leave him here? What are you going to do when he wakes up?"

"There are people outside who are after his life and after those people have gone far away in a little while more, I will bring him out. The icy chill within him has been suppressed and he should be regaining consciousness soon. And with his abilities, he will be fine once he wakes up."

With those words, the little Fire Phoenix did not say anything else.

And Feng Jiu did as she said she would where she brought Ling Mo Han out of the space and left him on the grass after about an hour later.

"Uncle, this might count as having me saved your life this time. I have something else I need to do and we will part ways here." She saw the lashes on his eyes move slightly and knew that he was coming awake and she immediately used her strange steps to swiftly move deeper into the woods.....

Shortly after she left, Ling Mo Han regained his consciousness. In his head, he could still hear the voice of the little beggar reverberating within.

He was feeling highly puzzled as he looked at his body that had recovered to its original state. He was shocked when he felt that the icy chill within him had been suppressed, and he swept his eyes to look around but he did not find any sign of the little beggar.....

As for Feng Jiu, she was worried that the big oaf, Guan Xi Lin would still be at the same place waiting for her and she rushed through the night to make her way towards the place. When light broke over the horizon, she finally reached the bottom of that same tree and saw no sign of the big oaf being around where she sighed out in relief.

"Seems like he left. That's good, that would save me from having to get so worried that he would still be stupidly waiting here for me."

However, just as her words had barely fallen, she suddenly heard a familiar voice shouting out from a distance away, and the furious roar of a ferocious beast.....

CHAPTER 52: Protecting Each Other with Their Lives

When she heard those sounds, her face immediately changed and in a flash, her body was already moving in that direction. However, when she reached the place and saw the scene before her eyes, she was stunned for a moment on the spot.

She only saw the man covered entirely in blood, fighting barehanded with a ferocious tiger, the clothes on his body torn by the tiger's sharp claws, the deep gashes on him ghastly to see.....

And surrounding them, were carcasses of grey wolves numbering more than ten of them.

Just as she was still astounded with the fact that he was killed more than ten grey wolves with his own strength and was still grappling with a ferocious tiger, she suddenly saw him twist his fist and mystical power coalesced around his fist. With a loud bam, it struck the tiger which was at least several hundred catties in weight and sent it flying through the air.

'Howl!'

The ferocious tiger howled pitifully and fell heavily onto the ground, spinning a few rounds from the force. She had even heard the crack from the breaking of bones from the tiger.

"Little kid!"

Guan Xi Lin turned around and called out in delighted surprise, lifting a hand to swipe off the blood from his face and wiping it hastily upon his clothes before running over to Feng Jiu to say: "Little kid, I had thought something happened to you..... Watch out!"

Before he could finish what he wanted to say, Guan Xi Lin had shouted out and leapt at her at the same time, reaching out with both his hands to push Feng Jiu out of the way.

The speed that everything had happened at made Feng Jiu who had detected danger approaching from behind and turned back to be unable to dodge Guan Xi Lin in time and had been pushed to the ground by him.

"Roar!"

"Argh!"

An angry roar from the ferocious tiger, followed by a gasp and a cry from Guan Xi Lin rang out before he said: "Little kid, quick, run away....."

The sudden unexpected change of events had stunned Feng Jiu as she stared at the bloodied Guan Xi Lin who had half his shoulder within the ferocious tiger's jaws. Her eyes turned red and she immediately drew her dagger and rushed forward.

"You damned beast!"

She leapt and grabbed at a fistful of fur, the dagger in her hand viciously stabbing into the beast's neck.

'Howl!'

The tiger howled out in pain, but the man it held clamped within its jaws was dragged along with it, refusing to let go of its prey, until Feng Jiu's vicious dagger dug in deeply once again into its neck where it fell to the ground with a crash, gasping and twitching on its last breaths.

"Guan Xi Lin? Guan Xi Lin, are you alright?" She was slightly panicked as she pried the tiger's jaws open and dragged him out, staring at the shoulder that had blood flowing out freely, and the right arm hanging down limply. Her heart, suddenly trembled a brief moment.

[An injury like this..... His hand.....]

"Little..... kid..... Are you..... hurt.....?" He asked with concern, his voice sounding rather weak.

Hearing what he said, Feng Jiu's heart wrenched up tightly, and her mind was swept over in grief. Her eyes reddened, she took out the medicine and sprinkled it over the wound to staunch the bleeding as she scolded: "Are you tired of living? Who asked you to save me? I could have dodged that! Why did you come push me away?"

[No one had ever rushed to stand in front of her so selflessly in the face of danger like this before. But he, this goofy big oaf here had done exactly that.]

[How dumb! He couldn't get any dumber than this.]

But this time, her frosty and chilled heart had been moved in a small corner of it. A foreign and unfamiliar emotion made her feel grief pour over her in waves and her eyes were feeling hot like a mist had formed before them, causing her to be unable to see his face clearly.

"Sor..... Sorry..... I..... I panicked and..... and forgot."

He pulled out an honest and earnest smile. But as the wounds on him were very severe, his face turned deathly pale, and with that blood soaked clothes he was wearing, Guan Xi Lin looked like there was a possibility that he would die any moment then.

"Little..... Little kid, I..... I'm fine..... I'm..... just a little tired..... and will sleep for a while....."

His voice grew gradually weaker, and he completely lost consciousness as he fell into a dead faint.....

MESMERIZING GHOST DOCTOR
C53 Leaving the Nine Entrapment Woods
The warm sun rays fell over the woods and shone upon Guan Xi Lin's face. His brows creased up a little and the fingers on his left hand moved slightly as well. After a while, he slowly opened his eyes and stared a little dazed, at the specks of sunlight peeking down through the thick canopy of leaves above his head.

"Awake already?"

The soft and warm sounding voice reached his ears which startled Guan Xi Lin. "Little kid?" He wanted to sit up but it tugged at his wound which was so painful he gasped and fell back.

"Your wounds have not closed properly. Don't move around too much."

Feng Jiu held him down, her eyes a mix of emotions as she looked at him before she asked: "You do not even know by what name I am called, so why would you risk your life so recklessly to protect me?"

"Lit..... Little kid, you..... you're angry?" He was looking at the little beggar kid nervously.

"Answer me."

Seeing that those eyes were sternly serious, he said: "I am older than you, and you are like a kid brother to me. When there is danger, of course I have to protect you."

Feng Jiu was surprised, never expecting the reason to be such a simple and honest one.

"Little kid....."

"My name is Feng Jiu." She opened her mouth to say suddenly, her eyes looking at that face stunned into silence. "Moreover, I am a girl."

"Hah? G..... Gir..... Girl?"

This time the shock was real and he began to stutter incoherently. Because no matter which way you looked at her, where would you ever find a girl that was able to take on a pack of wolves alone?

Moreover, he had always seen him as a him and never for a moment thought that he would turn out to be a she.

Seeing him utterly flabbergasted, her eyes flickered and she said: "Your right shoulder's tendon snapped from that beast's bite."

"Oh." He glanced at her and answered.

"What I mean is. Your right arm is crippled."

This time, he hesitated a moment and lowered his eyes. "Mmm."

"Regret it now?"

Hearing that, Guan Xi Lin looked in her direction and shook his head to say: "I do not regret it. If I had not gone forward to block, it might have bitten you and you might not have lived through it. I am a man, and am much bigger in size. I only crippled an arm. I'm fine. If I cannot hold a sword in my right hand, I will train up my left."

Hearing those words, Feng Jiu was overcome with shock for a long while and when she finally recovered, a smile came onto her face and she said: "As dumb as I thought."

Little kid, no no no, Little Jiu. I am not dumb. I am just too honest." He drew back the sides of his mouth and laughed aloud, seemingly not having fallen into depression with his right arm crippled.

"Would someone who is honest tell people he is honest?" She raised up her brow in askance, deciding secretly in her heart that she must definitely heal his right arm.

"Little Jiu, did you meet with danger when you went to pick the herb? Why were you gone such a long time?"

When he thought back to the fact that he had waited there for a day and a night but still had not seen her come back, he had thought that she had met with a ferocious beast and he had run out intending to find her. Unexpectedly, he had been attacked by the wolves and the tiger.

"Some unexpected things happened and I was chased all over the woods by two bears. Are you hungry? I'll go hunt some wild meat and roast it for us to eat."

She jumped through it without much of an explanation. In regards to the experiences she had gone through in the past one day and night, she did not intend to speak much about it.

"Hungry, but don't go too far." He said in a slightly worried tone.

"I know." She smiled and got up to walk around to survey the surroundings.

A few days later in the Nine Entrapment Woods

The few days of interaction had drawn the two of them closer to each other and knowing that Feng Jiu was alone without anyone else, Guan Xi Lin said he wanted to acknowledge her as his sister.

Unable to convince him otherwise, Feng Jiu felt that it wasn't that bad a idea to have him as an elder brother and hence, the two of them had conducted a very simple ceremony for them to swear to the Heavens, to acknowledge the pair as sworn siblings.

"Little Jiu, let's go to the Rock Forest Town!" As the blood clot in his brain dispersed, he had regained his memory, but he did not feel like going home.

CHAPTER 54: Ravishingly Dressed in Ladies' Wear

"Mmm, sure. Anyway, let's get out of here first and see." In the present situation, wherever she went was the same to her.

Hence, they went on their way immediately, making their way towards the Rock Forest Town.

Two days later. Rock Forest Town

Guan Xi Lin's torn and tattered clothes were still covered in blood, his considerably good looking face was heavily smudged with dirt and filth. Added to the fact that his arms were huge and muscular, he looked every inch just like a savage.

As for Feng Jiu, the white shirt she was wearing had turned to grey and her face was covered with the herbal juice. She was covered in filth and dirt, looking no different from a dirty beggar.

These two people walked into the Rock Forest Town and they had naturally elicited quite a number of stares filled with disdain where even the people who passed them would try their best to avoid them, afraid to come into any contact.

"The atmosphere within a town is so different!" Feng Jiu exclaimed as she drew in a deep breath, which only made her smell all the fragrant scents of the different kinds of food that fully permeated the air.

"Little Jiu, we will need to go have a change of clothes first. Or no matter the inns or any other places would never allow us in." Guan Xi Lin said, tugging at the tattered clothes hanging from his body.

"Mmm. Let's see if there are any shops selling ready made clothes nearby." She said as she looked around them. Her eyes fell onto a spot a distance away and she immediately pulled Guan Xi Lin to walk towards it. "Over there. There is one there."

"Wait wait wait wait." He dragged her to a stop in a hurry before asking softly: "Little Jiu, do we have money? Without money, how are we going to buy clothes?"

Hearing that, she rolled her eyes and said: "Why would I have no money? Don't worry, I have it." After saying that, she jiggled the little bag hanging at her hip and said: "Come on! Not to mention one suit, even ten suits would be no problem."

Hearing that she had money, Guan Xi Lin's mouth split into a smile and the two of them walked together to go into the clothing shop.

"Big Brother, you wear this one! This one suits you." She picked up a black long robe of a rather good quality and gave it to him to try it on.

"It'll do. That will be the one."

He had no objection to it and took the clothes to walk further in to try. After a short while, he came back out after changing and saw Feng Jiu picking out men clothes for herself which made him say: "Little Jiu, why are you choosing men's clothes? We are back in town and you don't need to dress as a man anymore. Wear a dress. Women should wear dresses that make them look prettier."

Because, back home with his family, all the ladies loved to wear dresses and every time they made a purchase, it was always more than ten of them. That made him think his younger sister should also wear a dress and not always make herself look just like a little beggar.

"Men's clothes are convenient."

As she answered, she was just about to hand the several suits she had picked out to the shopkeeper when she found herself being dragged over to the ladies department where he called out to the shopkeeper: "Come here. Get me this one, this one, and that one and give them to my little sister."

Watching him, Feng Jiu was torn between laughter and tears. But thinking on it a moment more, she gave in. They were now in a town and she doesn't need to be dressed in beggar clothes, so what's the harm in changing back to ladies' wear?

"Bring me those suits over there in red!" She suddenly said to the shopkeeper who was standing at the side.

"Of course, of course." The shopkeeper had not noticed that the little beggar was actually a girl but he still quickly brought over the red suits.

"Do you have face veils? Give me a few face veils in red." As she instructed the shopkeeper, she picked out a few more pieces for Guan Xi Lin before bringing out her silver and said: "Bill."

"Little Jiu, you are not going to change?"

She smiled and said: "You change into the new clothes. The clothes I have on are neither torn nor tattered but just filthy. We'll go find an inn later and I have a bath first before changing into them. Otherwise, I'll just feel uncomfortable with the new clothes on."

"That's true as well." Guan Xi Lin nodded and they set off looking for an inn.

"Little Jiu, you go ahead and take a bath. Your Big Brother will help you guard the door." Outside the rooms, Guan Xi Lin planted himself in front of her room's door, intending to stand as a door deity to guard for her.

Seeing the firm stance he had taken planting himself in front of her door, Feng Jiu could not help herself but laugh. "No need. This is an inn. I will just need to shut the door and there is no need for you to guard it. You go take a bath as well! I am already ravenous! We'll go get something to eat right after."

As she spoke those words, she pushed Guan Xi Lin into the room next door.

Hearing Feng Jiu mention that she was hungry, Guan Xi Lin had no choice but to concede. "Alright, remember to shut the door and I will wait for you out here after I have finished my bath."

"Mmm." She agreed readily before she turned and went into her room, shut the door tight, before she stepped into the adjoining area where bath water had been prepared for her.

Maybe it was because it was his first time being someone's elder brother, Guan Xi Lin was highly protective of Feng Jiu. Especially after knowing that she was a girl, it became even more so. Hurrying through his bath and dressing up in a rush, he immediately stepped outside to stand guard outside the door of the room next to his, which drew quite a number of curious stares from other guests walking past.

The time Feng Jiu took to finish her bath was not that short a period, taking almost an hour before the room door opened from inside.

Guan Xi Lin heard the door open behind him, and when he turned to look inside, his eyes involuntarily opened up very wide, the shock in his eyes and the incredulity showing completely on his face.

"Lit..... Little Jiu?"

"Mmm." Feng Jiu replied, the corners of the lips under the red face veil slightly lifted as a smile bloomed on those lips.

Although her countenance had been destroyed, her body was still highly attractive. Her long and slender curves filling out the eye grabbing red dress extremely well, like the brilliant setting sun, so beautiful you cannot look straight into it.

The red veil that shrouded her face added an element of mystery that enabled her entire person to give out a mysterious feel, which made people yearn to steal a glance of the beauty hidden beneath, but was not able to see through the veil.

Decked out in a full suit of red, she was enchanting and mesmerizing, and at the same time wild and eye grabbing. Especially when her person was exuding the cold arrogance like a red peach blossom within the snow, unlike the coy and gentle demeanor of refined ladies, but with the air of noble honour, that a conqueror would be born with.

See the beauty in red before his eyes, Guan Xi Lin was speechless for a long while, only thinking the little sister he had was unbelievably beautiful.....

But seeing her soft luxurious hair draped on her back behind her, just loosely tied up with a red silk ribbon, with wisps hanging loosely down the sides of her face, which just added to the alluring and enchanting sight. The eyes that were showing above the veil were at that moment slightly narrowed smilingly, the brows exuding confidence and bluster.....

What he was seeing really made him find it impossible to link her up to the dirty and filthy little beggar he was used to seeing.

"Little Jiu. You are really beautiful. Even fairies are not as beautiful as you. Hee hee....."

His mouth split into a goofy grin and when the thought that such a beautiful girl was his sister, his heart suddenly filled up with pride.

"Let's go!" She said with a light laugh. Dressed in feminine clothes put her in a rather good mood as she moved to go downstairs.

"Oh, alright."

He hurried to keep up and seemingly having thought of something, he turned his head to look around. As expected, he saw all the men downstairs all staring in shock and surprise at his little sister.

Seeing that, besides feeling the pride in his heart, he silently vowed in his heart that he would definitely find a way to get rid of those scars on Little Jiu's face.

It was until the two of them left the inn that the men inside suddenly regained their senses.

"So beautiful..... Who is that lady? When did such a mesmerizing beauty come to our town?"

Meanwhile, in a restaurant opposite the inn, standing by the window, Murong Yi Xuan saw the figure in red pass and his eyes suddenly became puzzled.

Why, did the back view of that person feel so familiar.....

CHAPTER 55: Who is the True Love

Because of the doubt in his heart, he went down the stairs to search out the red figure he saw.....

On the other side, Feng Jiu and Guan Xi Lin found themselves a good restaurant and booked a private room ordering more than ten dishes and two jars of wine, closing the door tight before they sat down to eat.

Setting the face veil down at the side, Feng Jiu poured out the wine as she said: "Big Brother, let's just stay here for a period! Let's go find a quiet little place with a nice yard out for rent. It will be a lot more convenient than staying at an inn."

"Alright, we'll go look for one right after this." In regards to that, Guan Xi Lin completely had no objections.

"Little Jiu, don't just keep drinking wine. Have some double boiled soup first." He filled a bowl up with the soup and used a scoop to ladle out a piece of meat fried with egg: "Try it, see if it's good."

"You eat! I'll do it myself."

As she said that, she noticed that he wasn't really used to having to use his left land and couldn't even hold his chopsticks properly, hence she picked out a bit of every dish and piled it up into his bowl and she said: "After a period when I am able to raise up my cultivation, I will go find all the herbs that is needed to heal your right hand."

Hearing those words startled him a little and he asked: "It can still be cured?"

"Mmm, only that the things needed are not easy to find." She drank up the bowl of soup and her chopsticks picked up a few mouthfuls of the dishes as she said: "But there will be no problem, I have complete confidence that I can restore your arm to the way it was before."

With her skills in Medicine, as long as she was able to find all the necessary herbs, there was no ailment that she would not be able to treat.

Not mention that it was just the tendon around the shoulder that had snapped from the bite, even if the arm was completely torn off, she would be able to rejoin the limb back.

Although he did not rue the fact that his arm was crippled, but hearing her say that it was still possible to be treated had nevertheless made him feel very glad. "Little Jiu, if my arm can really be cured, then I will work extremely hard at my cultivation and protect you."

"Sure."

She nodded and smiled. She knew that he held considerable power. Having been able to defeat a pack of wolves and a ferocious tiger with just his own strength, it could be imagined how explosive his power must have been when pushed into a corner.

She also believed that he would grow even stronger in the future!

Downstairs, Murong Yi Xuan was drinking at a table on the first level, his collected eyes looking deep in thought.

He did not know what made him follow the figure all the way here and he did not understand why his mind was thinking that the figure is red was Qing Ge. But with that one glance from upstairs earlier, the back view had really been very much alike.

But after following them all the way here, he was no longer that sure at that moment, because the disposition of the two people were not the same.

Qing Ge was gentle and soft spoken, while the lady in red was wild and alluring. The suit of red clothes on her were highly attention grabbing and also his Qing Ge was outstanding as well, but, different from this person. Moreover, she never wore red.

Why would he suspect that the Qing Ge who was already on her way back was an imposter? Those mannerisms, each scowl and each smile was just as familiar and it was obvious it should be her!

However, a voice in his heart was still questioning it, that gave him no choice but to be suspicious.

After a long period of time had passed, when the doors of the private room upstairs were opened, the figure in red appeared before him once again. The shocked and mesmerized eyes of the diners both upstairs and downstairs could not help themselves but follow her figure helplessly. The face veil that swayed slightly as she walked made all of them wish fervently for a strong gust of wind to blow at that moment, that would blow that darned face veil off and reveal what's underneath.

Murong Yi Xuan lifted his eyes to look and he saw the lady in red with her attention grabbing disposition slowly walk down. Every single step she took was confident was filled with grace, her red clothes like fire, bright as the setting sun. But from her being, a cold unapproachable air emanated, making one who neared her quickly feel, the presence of the noble and revered air of a conqueror, emitting out from her body naturally.

Detecting that a pair of eyes was probing her out, Fei Jiu reflexively turned to look in the direction. When their eyes met, no one understood the light the glinted in their eyes.....

CHAPTER 56: Glancing Back with a Smile

When she saw Murong Yi Xuan, Feng Jiu was a little surprised. Surprised that she would see him here.

Actually, she had noticed that someone was following behind them earlier. But as she did not feel any sinister intentions coming from the person, she had not bothered herself with it. Thinking back now, that person on their tail must have been him.

But, wasn't he accompanying Feng Qing Ge? Why was he appearing here?

And that probing look in his eyes, what did that mean?

Under the veil, a playful smile came onto her lips. Her eyes indifferent as she turned away, she continued walking on her way out. However, she had only taken a few steps when the man who had been sitting down was suddenly standing right in front of her.

She did not say anything but merely lifted her eyes to look at him.

Murong Yi Xuan did not say a word as well. He merely stood there before Feng Jiu and silently looked into her eyes, seemingly trying to detect the slightest tinge of familiarity from within those eyes, but he was disappointed.

Although that pair of eyes looked almost exactly identical to hers, but the wild and uninhibited look those eyes gave out did not belong to her.

The eyes before him were really beautiful, just like the pair the person in his memory had. But the eyes of the Feng Qing Ge he remembered were warm and gentle, while the ones before him were hiding its sharp and penetrating gaze, the two completely different feel he got confused him a little and he didn't know how to differentiate between them.

"Kid, what are you doing?"

Seeing that something did not seem right, Guan Xi Lin immediately stepped forward and his muscular body was suddenly standing in between the two of them, blocking the gaze the two people had been sharing.

Murong Yi Xuan snapped back to attention and turned to look at the towering man before him. He gave him a refined smile and said: "My brother, I saw that the lady looked very much like a friend of mine and I just wanted to greet her."

It might be the refined and cultured air coming out from his mannerisms that convinced Guan Xi Lin that he was not a villain, hence he hesitated a moment while he turned his head back to look at the person right behind him.

"Young lady, peach blossoms in the Peach Blossom Monastery blooms in March."

He looked at her quietly, his eyes so gentle they almost oozed out from them. And that seemingly senseless statement he made confused Guan Xi Lin, where he could make head or tail of it.

Only Feng Jiu's heart skipped. From within her memory, there was a very warming scene.....

"Big Brother Murong, I heard that the peach blossoms in the Peach Blossom Monastery are the most beautiful, their red and white contrast complements each other perfectly and they cover the entire mountain in an endless stretch. Is that really true?" Under a peach tree, an exquisitely beautiful girl asked with her head slightly lifted, the deep adoration in her eyes obvious as she looked at the white robed man beside her.

The white robed man's eyes were indulgently gentle as he reached out his hand to hold the beautiful girl beside him, and say in a highly gentle voice: "Yes, the peach blossoms at the Peach Blossom Monastery stretches further than the eye can see, and when the wind blows, the red petals fills the air like a rain of flowers. Wait for March this year when the peach blossoms bloom, I will bring you there to see."

Wait for March this year when the peach blossoms bloom, I will bring you there to see them.....

Her slightly lowered eyes suddenly flashed in a brief moment of surprise and her heart winced slightly with pain. She knew, that was the deep affection and longing the body's original owner had for Murong Yi Xuan.

The person was right here, the words feeling like it was just said yesterday. But the woman of his heart was already gone from this realm.....

Murong Yi Xuan's heart tightened, his deep gaze staring at the slightly lowered pair of eyes, trying to look for any subtle change in her expression.

"When the peach blossoms at the Peach Blossom Monastery blooms in March, I will bring my little sister to go see them. I don't need you to remind us."

Oblivious to what those words meant, Guan Xi Lin said brusquely, holding Feng Jiu in his, he strode out of the place with big and wide steps, grumbling as he went: "Sis, let's not bother with that little pretty boy. One look at him and I can tell that he is a womaniser. What nonsense with peach blossoms blooming in March, I'll bet he wishes for all the blossoming girls to bloom around him."

"Pfft!"

Hearing Guan Xi Lin words, Feng Jiu could not help herself but laughed aloud. She turned around with a backward glance, and her eyes were smiling brightly.....

CHAPTER 57: Spatial Spirit Palace

Murong Yi Xuan and Feng Qing Ge were people linked through the heart, while Feng Jiu, was just a stranger.....

Things that she wanted to do, she would only depend on herself. Regardless that this man was someone that Feng Qing Ge highly trusted, she still wouldn't tell him the real situation before her now.

It was always better to rely on oneself, than to beg for help from others.

And Murong Yi Xuan was at a loss for words as he saw the two figures depart.

[Younger sister?]

[That man had said she was his younger sister? Then that was not Qing Ge?]

His heart, suddenly felt endlessly empty. He was suddenly disappointed, yet at the same time, rather glad. Maybe, it had all just been his imagination going wild.....

[Afterall, his suspicions was just too inconceivable. If his suspicions were true, wouldn't that mean that the Qing Ge who was currently on her way back home an imposter? Even if his heart was suspecting that she was not real, but how could it be possible that even her father and grandfather would not recognise it if that was so?]

[Maybe, he had just been thinking too much.]

On the other side, Guan Xi Lin and Feng Jiu went around to take a look at several houses with a yard, and they finally found one that was tranquil and quiet which they liked. Although the location was rather remote and out of the way, but the quiet peace attracted them and the surrounding environment was rather nice.

That same day, the two of them went out to purchase some daily necessities and they moved into the place right away.

After explaining it a little to Guan Xi Lin, she went on to carry out a closed door cultivation of seclusion.....

For three successive days, the tightly shut door had not opened a single time.

While in the yard, Guan Xi Lin stood guard throughout the three days while he practised using the sword with his left hand.

He was blessed with rather outstanding gift and he possessed explosive power. From being completely awkward initially till currently showing some adequacy, though not as adept as wielding it with his right hand, he was however growing in strength at it.

Inside the room, sitting in a lotus position on the bed, Feng Jiu's hands were laid atop her knees on each side, a red mystical energy visible to the eye swirling around her body. The mystical energy was swirling at an immensely high speed, it could almost be said that the mystical energy was surging into her sea of Qi between her brows, to gather up into a mass.

As an amateur cultivator, to advance into the Warrior stage, would require several years before a cultivator would be able to enter the initial mystical levels of a Warrior.

Take for example the original Feng Qing Ge, her cultivation powers had only been at the second level of the Warrior stage, while currently, Feng Jiu had merely used three days' time and she had had had some small accomplishment with her Qi sea, and she had already entered the initial level of the mystical stage, which had greatly increased her powers.

It must be known that a Warrior in the mystical stage was already considered to be rather accomplished and they held a significant amount of power. Like the middle aged man in the Warrior stage that she had previously encountered in the Nine Entrapment Woods, that kind of power could already be considered to be one of the pillars of strength in a family clan.

Moreover, that opponent had only been in the mid levels of the mystical Warrior stage.

In that encounter, the mid leveled mystical Warrior had not even been a match for her and it was needless to compare with the current Feng Jiu after she had managed to successfully cultivate her Qi sea, and managed to enter the second level of the mystical Warrior stage.

When she blew her breath out lightly and opened her eyes, from within her mind, came the little Fire Phoenix voice filled with excited surprise.

"Foolish woman, the boundary barrier within the space here had been broken by revered me! Come in quick to take a look!"

A tinge of surprise showed within her eyes and she immediately went into her consciousness and flashed into the Spatial Ring. The moment she got in there, she could not help herself but be startled.

"This is....."

"What do you say? I told you my revered self is really powerful didn't I? The boundary barrier that that old man had not been able to overcome had been broken down by me!"

The little Fire Phoenix looked at Feng Jiu proudly and continued to say: "I don't know what kind of Heaven defying luck you are blessed with, but you have even been able to gain such a rarely encountered spatial dimension like this. Cultivating in here for a day would be equivalent to cultivating outside for three days."

Upon hearing that, Feng Jiu also found it highly unbelievable as the moment she entered the space, she had immediately felt that after the boundary barrier had been broken down, the spirit energy in here had gotten very thick and dense.

CHAPTER 58: Seven Star Scabbard

She strolled slowly inside, seeing the clear blue sky with its fluffy white clouds, another tiny world within by itself. Before the boundary barrier was broken, although she had been able to see it, but had not been able to cross over, and it now looked a world of difference.

As she looked around in the Spatial Spirit Palace, her mood soared involuntarily, thinking what an amazing find the Spatial Ring really was.

"Look, there is even an Ever Spirit Spring, I have taken a look at it. The Spirit Spring's water had been so well nourished by the high density of spirit energy in the air here that even the water's source is filled with spirit energy."

The little Fire Phoenix was exhilarated as well. When the boundary barrier had been broken earlier, he had enjoyed himself for quite awhile here. In regards to the place he had discovered here, he liked it a lot from the bottom of his heart or he wouldn't have stayed within the space here without complaining, wanting to get out. He knew that if he remained within here to cultivate, then his power would surely swell up at a extremely fast rate.

She laughed aloud, rubbing the little Fire Phoenix on his tiny head and saying: "Then you just be good and stay in here to cultivate. I'll have to go out first. I'll come in to do my cultivation next time and I believe the rate I will progress at will be amazing."

"Alright." The little Fire Phoenix pouted and went over to the Spirit Spring to play with water.

Feng Jiu smiled at the sight and delved into her consciousness once more to bring herself outside.

Immediately upon opening the room door, she saw Guan Xi Lin practising with his sword in the yard. Seeing that he was still rather stiff wielding the sword with his left hand, not entirely nimble with it as yet, her heart cringed slightly and she called out: "Big Brother."

"Little Jiu, you're finally out? You're really something. Why are you practising your cultivation like no tomorrow? You have closed yourself in for three whole days at a stretch."

He kept his sword and walked towards her, saying with a serious face: "Little Jiu, cultivation is not a one time thing. It is impossible to yearn for results in a short period. You have to take it step by step."

Hearing those words, Feng Jiu could not help herself but smile and replied: "Yes yes yes."

Although she had reached the early levels of the mystical Warrior stage, she suppressed her powers to just the second level of a Warrior. The average person would not be able to see what kind of cultivation she had really attained.

Being able to achieve such speed in her advancement within such a short period of time, it was naturally because of her rare mystical spirit body. Moreover, the channels of her mystical spirit meridians had been opened and enlarged by her Master, where the channels were originally just a tiny thin stream, and they were now like a wide torrential and raging river, which made the speed that her cultivation progressed at a completely different level from before.

"Oh right, Big Brother. I need to go purchase a set of silver needles. Accompany me will you?"

"Sure. Let's go right now." He splashed some water on his face to clean it quickly before slinging his sword behind his back and he immediately followed Feng Jiu outside.

When they walked into Precious Treasure Pavilion, Feng Jiu immediately detected that someone had their eye on them.

"Shopkeeper, do you have a full set of silver needles available here?"

"Sure! But what kind of quality would our young Miss like to have? We have three models at this current moment, differentiated by high, medium and low grade. The prices are of course different and the grade and quality are vastly different." The shopkeeper introduced with a smile, bringing out three sets of silver needles and putting them all right before Feng Jiu.

"This one then." She picked the most expensive set as the needles with the different lengths were more complete and they were rather well made.

Her gaze then fell onto a scabbard hanging high up on the wall. Her eyes lit up and she asked: "Is that sword scabbard for sale?"

The shopkeeper followed her gaze and turned to look. With a smile he said: "Our young Miss really has a keen eye. That is a completely unique, one of a kind sword scabbard that our Precious Treasure Pavilion has. You can almost look throughout the entire Sun Glory Country and you will not be able to find one that is similar to it."

The shopkeeper brought the sword scabbard down and continued to say: "The seven different coloured main precious stones are all rare treasures and the hand carved designs on it are exquisitely done, the matching of colours gorgeous and regal. Instead of calling it a sword scabbard, we might as well say this piece is a heartwarming accessory which is highly pleasing to the eye."

CHAPTER 59: A Dark and Windy Night

She picked up the sword scabbard to take a look at it and said: "Bill it."

Hearing her say that, the shopkeeper was all smiles as he led Feng Jiu to the cashier counter and said with a laugh: "Miss, the Seven Star sword scabbard is one million and two hundred and the silver needle set is thirty five thousand. I'll make it one million, two hundred and thirty thousand just for you. The remaining five thousand I'll give the young Miss a discount hoping you will come back here again."

Feng Jiu paid up, quickly slipping the scabbard and the silver needles into the Cosmos Sack before leaving the place together with Guan Xi Lin.

Seeing her use a Cosmos Sack, the shopkeeper eyes flashed with astonishment. [A Cosmos Sack? Looks like the young Miss' is from quite a family background! It's got to be, or why would she purchase the Seven Star scabbard that cost more a million without even bargaining so readily! ?]

The two of them purchased quite a lot of things outside and they shopped throughout the entire day before they went back. The person who had been tailing them followed them all the way until he saw them enter a little house with a yard in a out of the way part of town before he went back to report his findings.

In one of the inns, a middle aged man was practicing his cultivation with his legs crossed as he sat. When he heard a low voice call out from outside, he said: "Come in."

A man walked in quickly and greeted respectfully before he said: "Second Old Master. Your subordinate has followed the two of them for a whole day and I saw them finally enter a little house in a out of the way part of town. I asked around in the surrounding area and found out that they had just moved in three days ago and they claimed themselves to be siblings. And in the Precious Treasures Pavilion today, the lady in red took out a Cosmos Sack that had belonged to the Young Master."

The middle aged man filled up with a murderous rage as he said in a deep voice: "A pair of siblings? Describe to me in detail their outward appearances."

"Yes." He described the characteristics of their bodies and appearances of the two people and he said at the end: "But the girl dressed in red had a veil over her face and I had not been able to see her face clearly."

The middle aged man's eyes darkened as one of his arms hung down at his side. The other arm tensed up tightly as his hand clenched into a fist till the veins showed visibly, his knuckles crackling.

"Have a portrait of the girl in red drawn up and send it to the black market mercenaries' mission bulletin board. Reveal to the people in the black market of their address and tell them I want to see the girl's head by tomorrow morning!"

"Yes!" The man answered in reverence and quickly retreated out of the room.

It was already night and the skies were exceptionally dark, like one big mass of dark clouds had completely blocked out the sky, where not a single star could be seen.

Dressed in full red, Feng Jiu was lying atop the roof, a hand beneath her head, the other hand holding up the Cosmos Sack as she stared at it and said to herself: "So it's because you had been marked with a spirit marker. No wonder even after I have changed into such feminine clothes from the torn and tattered beggar clothes, I could still be recognized."

Keeping the Cosmos Sack away, she stared at the pitch black night sky and said with a satisfied sigh: "This feels..... really just so great tonight! Such a dark and windy night, what a perfect night to kill!"

That voice filled with indifference was tinged with a slight languid tone, and also an almost undetectable sense that was almost like..... anticipation.

The night grew deep and Feng Jiu yawned as she waited on the roof, almost groggy with sleepiness.

Until, the second half of the night, when the pale moon barely peeked out from behind the dark clouds like a shy maiden, to throw its pale light to shine upon the land brightly.....

Four black figures holding long swords approached quickly as they ran, chilling murder emanating from them. They came speedily to the doors outside the yard and they summoned their Qi as they leapt up. Just as they were landing inside the yard, they were shocked to hear a voice.

"I have been waiting here the whole night for all of you."

The languid voice was tinged with sleepiness as it reached their ears and all four of the black robed men instinctively looked in the direction of the source of the voice.

They saw atop the roof, a girl in red flipping herself up to sit up there lazily, her red clothes billowing in the wind, her long black hair fanned out behind, bathed within the pale moonlight, wild and flamboyant, devilishly alluring and highly indolent.....

CHAPTER 60: Night of Slaughter

With just one brief moment of shock, the four black market mercenaries suddenly revealed a look of sleazy lust in their eyes.

"She's the one. I hadn't thought that she would look so much more alluring in the flesh than in the portrait."

"That's true, killing her just like this will be such a waste. Why don't we....."

Another one among them rubbed his chin and sniggered loudly, his cruel eyes impudently roving over the enchanting red figure before him.

Although they found the red figure standing under the soft moonlight highly alluring, and the other two men's hearts began to itch with lust, they had however still retained a sense of caution. Especially when they saw that their target wasn't showing the tiniest bit of panic, but was highly composed as she stood there with a graceful air, which they thought was rather strange.

One of the mercenaries with a hideous scar on his face reminded his companions in a deep voice: "The girl seems a little strange and we cannot let down our guard. It will be better if we kill the target and get the mission over and done with."

"It's just a little girl. Third Brother, you are giving her too much credit." One of the mercenaries said his voice filled with contempt, acting highly indifferent.

He looked at the figure in red, her clothes and hair billowing out behind her. He laughed out in derision and said: "It's just one girl, I alone will be able to deal with her."

He stepped on the tiles on top of the roof, and summoning his powers, he leapt over to the opposite side.

"Killing you will be such a waste, why don't you have some fun with me first?" He said with a sinister laugh, he pounced forward and stretched his hand out in a grasp, reaching towards the front of Feng Jiu's clothes before her chest as she laid upon the roof tiles lazily.

At that same moment, Feng Jiu eyes flashed with an icy chill and her hand closed around the hand her opponent had reached out, suddenly twisting it downwards with a hard snap.

'Crack!"

"Argh!"

The sound of bones breaking was accompanied by a mournful howl that tore through the silence of the night, breaking through the peaceful tranquility.....

At almost the same moment, Feng Jiu who had been sitting down, used the force from her downward tug to quickly stand up, her foot immediately raising up in a heavy kick, the mystical power imbued into the tip of her foot kicked into her opponent with pinpoint precision right in between her opponent's legs.

"Ungh!"

Unable to utter another sound, he could only groan and whimper as he fought to breathe, the electrifying pain shooting through his entire body was so unbearable that he curled up into a ball, his trembling legs giving way as he fell with a loud thud a kneel.

"You only have this little bit of power?" Feng Jiu snorted with contempt, releasing her grip clasped over his arm and moving it up close over his throat. Another loud crack tore through the cold air as she broke his neck, and Feng Jiu nonchalantly threw him out towards the yard.

"Second Brother!"

Several voices called out in alarm. The three men stared angrily at Feng Jiu, shocked at the merciless viciousness of those hands, and the speed that they moved at. That speed had not even given them any time to react and they had been made to watch helplessly as their Second Brother was killed right before their very eyes!

"Kill her!"

The man who was slightly older among them shouted out angrily, his voice filled with undisguised malice. The moment his voice fell, he summoned his Qi and he leapt over to the opposite roof, the long sword in his hand imbued with his mystical powers, flaring out with a threatening energy.

A Mystical Warrior in the middle levels?" Her eyebrow lifted up slightly, looking upon the man's powers with contemptuous disdain.

Her hands moved and the razor sharp dagger gleamed with a menacingly thirst for blood. She charged forward with her body lowered, suddenly spinning around to the side when she was three inches away from the sword's point, and her dagger flashed upwards. A low moan sounded and at Feng Jiu's side, the mercenary soldier's eyes bulged and his body stiffened, before it fell over stiffly onto the yard below.

[She killed our Boss in one move?]

The faces of the two remaining men grew burdened as shocked registered on them.

The oppressive air of slaughter emanating from the girl was much more intense than them as hired mercenaries from the black market, driving a terrifying chill deep into their hearts.....

"Run!"

A person like this, was not someone they were able to take on. If they did not run immediately, their precious little lives would be forfeited right there and then.....