Chapter 761: Of Course I Will Be Back

Seeing that they had left, Feng Jiu stood up and spoke to the two beasts: "I am going to check on the injured teachers. You two stay here and don't go anywhere."

She took out three medicinal pills and threw the two beasts one each, then gave the third pill to Little Black who sat by the cave entrance quietly.

"Master, your injuries are not fully healed, you sure you still want to go out? Do you not want to recuperate more before you go?" Old White swallowed the pill and asked her.

"Those teachers were injured fighting against the Nascent Soul cultivators in their bid to save me. If I can't get out of bed then I won't go. But now that I am able to, how can I not go to visit them?"

She took out her Rainbow Coloured Glazed Feather and threw it out, then stepped up and sat on it and flew towards the main peak where the Headmaster and Deputy Headmaster were.

The figure dressed in green robes sat on the Rainbow-coloured glazed feather, legs floated in mid-air and headed towards the main peak. Amongst the students in the academy who noticed the figure in the sky, some of them looked confused and some had doubts.

What happened a few days ago had shocked all the students in the academy. After all, they had never known the entire combative party of the academy, Golden Core and above teachers all go together to save one student.

Because of their doubts, they had tried to find out more. But other than Feng Jiu being a citizen from a ninth grade country, they were unable to find out more, not even their family were about to uncover more information.

However, all the more, because of this, they knew that Feng Jiu was not someone of simple origins.

Somewhere else in the academy, Nie Teng stood quietly as he watched from afar as Feng Jiu flew past. His eyes followed her as she flew towards the main peak, until her figure disappeared into sight.

It looked like she had recovered from her injuries.

When she arrived at the main peak, she saw that besides the Headmaster and Deputy Headmaster, Young Master Mo Chen was also present. She smiled: "Headmaster, Deputy Headmaster, Young Master Mo Chen, I have come to extend my gratitude and would like Headmaster and Deputy Headmaster to accompany me to visit the injured teachers."

"Feng Jiu? Have you recovered from your injuries? Why didn't you rest for a couple more days before getting out of bed?" The Deputy Headmaster indicated for her to sit down.

"Yes, my injuries have mostly healed."

She sat down with them at the stone table and noticed that Mo Chen had been staring at her from the moment she came in. She smiled and said: "Young Master Mo Chen, don't be too interested in me, I already belong to someone."

Mo Chen stared at her deeply, then looked away and lifted up his cup of tea to take a sip without saying a word.

Seeing this, the Headmaster and Deputy Headmaster couldn't help but look at each other, then the Headmaster smiled and said: "Feng Jiu, the teachers are being looked after by the teachers from the Pharmacy Division's Mountain Peak and the Alchemy Division. They are nearly fully recovered now. It's just that there are a few who have been injured more seriously who are still unable to get out of bed. If you wish to go and visit them, then the Deputy Headmaster will accompany you."

"Okay." She stood up and looked at the Deputy Headmaster: "Thank you."

"Hehe, it's no bother at all." The Deputy Headmaster stood up and smiled as he walked alongside her.

After they left, the Headmaster looked at Mo Chen: "Are you sure it's her? Do we need to take her back to your Master? However, with Feng Jiu's personality, it will prove difficult to take her to see your Master."

Mo Chen shook his head and replied: "No need, I will go back and inform my Master, she doesn't need to come."

"Will you come back?"

Mo Chen looked outside at the figure that had disappeared and said softly: "Of course I will be back."

Chapter 762: Feng Jiu's Thanks

Feng Jiu visited the injured teachers with the Deputy Headmaster accompanying her. She thanked them for risking their lives to save her. However, as she was about to leave, she saw Teacher Lu holding Teacher Lü as they walked over towards her.

"Feng Jiu." Teacher Lu said with embarrassment in his voice.

"Teacher Lu, are you better now?" She smiled at him. Seeing that he seemed to look quite well, he must be recovering well.

"I'm much better. When I heard that you were coming over, I asked Old Lü to help me out so that I can come and thank you. I scolded you the other day and yet you still saved me. I'm really....." He seemed a little agitated and ashamed at the same time.

"You were only ill-tempered because you were not well. That's understandable."

"No matter what, I still would like to thank you. I heard that you were injured but I have been unable to come to visit you, I'm so sorry about that."

"It's just a small injury, I'm nearly healed." She smiled and told him he needed to look after himself. They chatted for a while more before she left with the Deputy Headmaster.

When they got outside, she said goodbye to the Deputy Headmaster before she left.

She felt indebted to the teachers from the academy, she had to repay this debt in the future. She thought about the people from the Black Market. There were just the three of them, so she could send the three bottles of medicinal pills.

She would not be able to produce dozens of bottles of medicinal pills all at once. But she was able to give three bottles of medicinal pills to the people at the Black Market.

Once she got back to her cave dwelling, she pulled out three bottles of medicinal pills from space.

In the evening, Guan Xilin had come to visit her and brought a basket of fruit with him.

"Little Jiu, Little Jiu, look what I have brought for you." He smiled and placed the basket on the stone table. He threw the three beasts a piece of fruit each as he shouted into the cave dwelling.

Feng Jiu walked out and smiled: "Elder brother, I was just thinking I would send Old White to look for you, and here you are!"

"Oh? Why are you looking for me?" He looked at her questioningly and threw her a piece of fruit at the same time: " It's been washed, you can eat it!"

Feng Jiu caught it and asked: " Where did you get it from? There's nothing like that in the academy."

"I used my connections to have them brought back." He smiled and sat down at the table.

"Well, the Black Market Chief and his comrades helped me out the other day, so I want to repay them. I have a present for them and would like you to help me take it to them."

"No problem. But you will have to give me the Headmaster's token otherwise I can't leave the academy." Then he asked: "What do you want to give them?"

Feng Jiu smiled: " It's a present, so of course it is something that they need most."

She took out three bottles of medicinal pills and medicine to treat internal injuries and gave him some instructions, gave him the Headmaster's token, and told him to take them in the morning.

Guan Xilin took note of her instructions and kept the items, had a chat with her and then left.

The next morning, he left the academy using the token and headed into the city to the Black Market.

The people in the Black Market had been secretly discussing how strange it was that when the Black Market Chief, the Elder and the Golden Core cultivator had come back injured, the Ghost Doctor had not sent anyone to come and extend her gratitude. They were secretly glad they had not followed them to help and gloated about it.

"It's a good thing I didn't go that day. Look at Chief and Elder Gong. After a few days of recuperation, they still look so pale. I saw Elder Gong gripping his chest while coughing this morning!"

"Elder Gong is a Nascent Soul second rank cultivator and even he suffered such serious injuries. Saving people is a thankless task."

Chapter 763: A Little Thank You

"That's right. Chief Gong and Elder Gong aren't too bad. But poor Little Liu, he's still bedridden. I heard that his internal injuries are very serious and he is in a lot of pain. After three days of recuperation and he is still unable to get out of bed."

"He is silly to go just because Chief said to go. Didn't he see that no one else went? It's not out of the ordinary for Elder Gong to go, after all he is Chief's uncle, so he will go anyway. Little Liu is just a Golden Core foundation stage cultivator, why would he go along? He's just asking for it."

As they were talking, another Nascent Soul elder head and walked over: "What are you chatting about over here? Have you not got any work to do?"

The few people lowered their heads and walked away when they saw the Nascent Soul elder. As they were leaving, they saw the Black Market porter rush into the Chief's quarters inba rush.

"Why is the porter not at the front of the Black Market? Why has he come running back here?"

"He looked like he was in a hurry. I wonder what has happened?"

"I will go and find out." One of the cultivators said and left.

After a short while, the porter came back out and went to the front of the Black Market and came back again. This time, he had Guan Xilin with him and led him to the big hall. Chief Gong and Elder Gong both arrived at the big hall at the same time.

The cultivator who had gone to find out what happened came running back and said: "It seems like he was sent by the Ghost Doctor to extend her gratitude. They're in the big hall now! Chief Gong and Elder Gong are both there. I heard that that man is the Ghost Doctor's sworn brother."

When they heard this, everyone's expression changed, even that Nascent Soul elder couldn't keep still and marched towards the big hall. Seeing this, everyone else followed him.

In the big hall, Chief Gong ordered tea to be served. He smiled at Guan Xilin and said: "How are the Ghost Doctor's injuries? Is she better?"

"She has recovered very well from her injuries and has been able to get out of bed the past couple of days to walk about. She has been thinking about the help the three of you provided. She felt much better today and has asked me to come to visit you. By the way, where is the third person from the other day?"

Guan Xilin looked questioningly at the two men and asked: "Are his injuries more serious?"

Chief Gong was about to speak when he saw the group of people and the Nascent Soul cultivator enter the big hall. He smiled and said to them: "This is Guan Xilin, Master Guan."

He then said to Guan Xilin with a smile: "This is the other Nascent Soul elder in the Black Market, his surname is Li."

Guan Xilin stood up and bowed to the Nascent Soul cultivator and said: "My pleasure."

"Hehe, Master Guan please sit down." The Nascent Soul elder gestured and sat down himself as he continued to look at Guan Xilin. He guessed that Guan Xilin must have brought gifts on behalf of the Ghost Doctor. But what did he bring?

Chief Gong stared deeply at Elder Li before he spoke to Guan Xiilin: "The other man's surname is Liu, we call him Little Liu. Because he is only a Golden Core cultivator, his injuries are more serious. Even though he has taken medicine, but he is still unable to get out of bed."

"I see."

He nodded and said: "It doesn't matter, my younger sister guessed that the three of you might have sustained serious internal injuries. Therefore, she sent me with medicine to treat internal injuries."

"Oh, the Ghost Doctor is so thoughtful. I think that Chief Gong, Elder Gong and Little Liu will be extremely grateful." Elder Li said with a laugh, but he was clearly gloating.

His expression seemed to say, look you risked your life and this is the little thanks that you get.

Chapter 764: This here is Your Thank You Gift

When he heard that, Guan Xilin glanced at Elder Li as he understood what he was insinuating.

Chief Gong and Elder Gong looked at Elder Li, then smiled and said to Guan Xilin: "Thank the Ghost Doctor for her concern. We are deeply moved that the Ghost Doctor thought of our welfare even though she hasn't fully recovered."

Even though those words seemed like they were spoken out of politeness, but they had meant every word from the bottom of their hearts. Firstly, they had gone to save the Ghost Doctor because she was a Black Order Level Holder and part of the Black Market. If her life was in danger, they couldn't stand by and do nothing.

Secondly, it was because they wanted to develop an even closer relationship with the Ghost Doctor. After all, such a person like her wouldn't have given them a second thought under normal circumstances. However, if they tried to save her, they would definitely make a deep impression.

Especially after they had witnessed how she single handedly defeated a Nascent Soul cultivator, they knew that their decision that day was the correct one.

Therefore, they hadn't expected to receive any gifts from the Ghost Doctor. Without expectations, there would be no disappointments. When they heard that the Ghost Doctor was worried about them and had sent Guan Xilin with medicine, they were extremely grateful and overjoyed.

The Ghost Doctor's medicine, even just a simple one, was worth a lot of money, least to say medicine to heal internal injuries. They had a lot of medicine for internal injuries in the Black Market, but none of them could compare the the Ghost Doctor's.

"Chief, could you take me to see Senior Liu?" Guan Xilin took a sip of his tea and asked with a smile.

"Of course, he is in the back courtyard." Chief Gong and Elder Gong stood up together and gestured for Guan Xilin to go with them. "Please."

Guan Xilin stood up and nodded slightly at everyone else, then left with them.

When he saw that they had left, Elder Li followed them. However, everyone else stayed behind. Their expressions full of contempt, however, they hadn't said anything and all took their leave.

When they arrived at the back courtyard, Guan Xilin saw a man lying on the bed, his face was pale as a ghost. He helped him sit up immediately and reached in the space for the medicine.

"Take this medicine that my sister has refined for internal injuries. In just half a day you will be healed by fifty percent. By tomorrow, you will be fully healed."

The elder had recognised Guan Xilin, and seeing that Chief Gong and Elder Gong nodded their heads, he took the medicine and said to Guan Xilin: " Thank you."

"I should be the one to say thank you. You knew that there were eight Golden Core cultivators and four Nascent Soul cultivators, and yet you still risked your lives to save my sister."

He smiled and stood up, then bowed at Chief Gong, Elder Gong and the three people who were sat by the bedside: "Thank you for your help."

"To be honest, we weren't of much help." Elder Gong chuckled.

Guan Xilin gave the medicine for internal injuries to the two men and said: "Please take this medicine in case of future needs. It can save your life in case of a critical situation."

"Okay, please pass our thanks to the Ghost Doctor." As the two men smiled, they couldn't help but notice his strange smile.

"The medicine for internal injuries is not the gift my younger sister is giving you. Your thank you gift is here." Guan Xilin took out three bottles of medicinal pills.

The three men looked at the bottles of pills and didn't know how to react, they just asked: "This is....."

Chapter 765: Help You Advance

"This bottle is for Chief Gong, with your level being at Golden Core peak cultivator, once you take this medicinal pill, it will help you break through to become a Nascent Soul cultivator."

After Guan Xilin had finished speaking, Chief Gong's eyes were wide with shock and his body trembled with excitement: " This, this is, this can help me advance....."

"That's right, you are the core members of the Black Market, naturally you know that people who have good relationships with my younger sister have all been gifted medicinal pills." He then put the bottle of pills into Chief Gong's palm.

"Yes, of course we know. This is a priceless treasure! It is something that would be fought over. I didn't expect...... I didn't think that my dream of advancing into the Nascent Soul stage would finally be fulfilled......."

The Chief was unable to contain his excitement. He had been stuck at the Golden Core main peak for goodness knows how long. After so many years, he was still unable to advance, so he thought that this was as far as he would go in this lifetime. Who knew, who knew...

"This bottle is for Senior Liu."

He handed the second bottle to the middle-aged man sat up in bed and said: "Senior, once your injuries have fully healed then take this medicinal pill. You are a Golden Core first stage cultivator, after you take this pill, it will help you advance to peak level."

"I, I have some too?" The middle-aged man looked gratefully at Guan Xilin and asked: "Such a precious item, is it really for me?"

Guan Xilin smiled and replied: "Of course, Senior, you went to save my younger sister's life under such circumstances, of course you would have a gift as well."

He accepted the bottle of pills, his hands shook with excitement. He was in a daze for a good while from not being able to believe this was real.

"Elder Gong, this is for you." He smiled as he handed over a bottle of medicinal pills: "My younger sister said that the pills won't be able to help you advance past Nascent Soul but it can help you attain peak level."

"Good, great, that's fantastic!"

He accepted the pills with both hands and continued speaking: "Nascent Soul peak cultivator. Even if I were to cultivate for another dozen or so years, I still wouldn't be able to reach it. Now I can reach main peak overnight with these pills, I am, I am..." He choked up with emotions at the end of his speech

Nobody could have imagined that they would receive such gifts for going to save her life.

"My younger sister is studying alchemy at the academy, so she will probably need your help in the future. Please do help her where you can." He said with a smile.

"Of course, it is our honour to be able to help the Ghost Doctor."

"I shall take my leave. He had turned around to leave but stopped in his tracks and turned back to look at the middle-aged man who was still sat up in bed in a daze, then said to Chief Gong and Elder Gong: "I hope no one in the Black Market will steal his medicinal pills."

Upon hearing this, the cultivator who had been in a daze came to his senses and looked over at Guan Xilin, then Chief Gong and Elder Gong stunned.

Chief Gong and Elder Gong knew that Little Liu was afraid that his medicinal pills would be stolen by someone else, so said seriously: "Master Guan, please be reassured that no such thing will happen under our watch."

"What's the matter?"

A voice suddenly could be heard. The few of them looked over and saw Elder Li walk in.

Chapter 766: Forgotten Person

"It's Elder Li." Chief Gong smiled and said: "Why are you here?"

At this time, Elder Li's gaze landed on the bottle of medicinal pills that Senior Li held in his hand: "I thought I would come and see how Little Liu's injuries are when I heard you discussing something."

Maybe it was because of Guan Xilin's reminder, but that cultivator's heart lurched, and he couldn't help but hold on to the bottle of pills tighter.

"Oh, Master Guan brought Little Liu some medicine for internal injuries and instructed him to keep them carefully." Chief Gong said with a smile and reminded him: "Little Liu, why don't you keep your medicine?"

"Yes." The middle-aged man replied and looked down with relief, then placed his medicine into space.

Elder Li smirked, it was just a bottle of medicine for injuries, what was so precious about it?

He said: "I just came to visit, seeing that Little Liu looks quite well, I'm sure that he will be able to get out of bed in just a few days. I'm glad." He nodded his head and said to Guan Xilin: "Master Guan, the next time you come to the Black Market, do let me be the host."

Guan Xilin smiled and replied: "Sure." He bowed and took his leave.

"I will see Master Guan out." Chief Gong nodded to his uncle and walked out with Guan Xilin.

When Guan Xilin returned to the academy, he went to see Feng Jiu to let her know that he had done everything she had asked. He returned the token to her and then went back to his own quarters.

Following the recovery of Feng Jiu's injuries, her spirit level had reached the Foundation peak level. She was not in a hurry to advance, hence, she focused her energy on alchemy. She had banned people from leaving and entering her alchemy peak.

Once in a while Guan Xilin and Ye Jing went over to visit. However, when they saw her inside the cave dwelling refining pills, they didn't disturb her and went to cultivate their own skills instead.

With the passing of days, some of the pills that she refined were a success, and some became poison, there were also some that became strange pills that she had no idea what they were for. The one thing she could be sure of was that through her failures, she learnt and her skills in pill refining had improved. Towards the end, there were no more poison pills, maybe just one or two strange pills.

Because Feng Jiu was always in her cave dwelling and seldom walked around the academy, the problems she had caused when she first entered the academy were soon forgotten. It was as if she had been forgotten, no one ever mentioned her.

Other than Nie Teng, Xiao Yihan, Guan Xilin and Ye Jing, it was as if everyone else had forgotten about her. She had faded out of everyone's sights, and even her beasts had been guarding her cave dwelling obediently.

Until one day, in the midst of pill refining, she walked out and muttered in a low voice: "It's gone, all finished. There's no more medicinal herbs, I have to bring contribution items to exchange, and I don't have that much contribution items left!"

"Oh, I have to go and earn it again."

She shook her head and sighed as she walked in circles in her cave dwelling. She walked out of her cave dwelling and walked around in circles again. Finally she went back inside and took a bath, then put on a fresh set of green robes. She sat on her flying feather and set off towards the mission point to see if there was any missions that were easy and yet could earn her lots of contribution points.

Chapter 767: Black Market Purchase Medicine

"Oh, Feng Jiu, we haven't seen you recently." A student at the mission point saw Feng Jiu and greeted her.

"I've been rather busy lately, so I haven't been out." Feng Jiu replied with a smile. When she arrived at the mission point, she took a look at the task board, but there were none that came with a lot of contribution points.

"Feng Jiu, have you come to earn contribution points? The tasks recently aren't that good. And the contribution points are rubbish too." That student's eyes shined when he saw the feather on Feng Jiu's waistband.

"Yes, it's not good and the contributions points aren't good either." She nodded and as there was nothing suitable, she left.

Such little contribution points, it was better if she went outside of the academy to buy what she needed instead. After all, it was just spirit herbs, not something that required contribution points to obtain.

After she made up her mind, instead of returning to the cave dwelling, she took out the token from space and left the academy to go into the city.

As she left the academy, someone had gone to inform the Headmaster and Deputy Headmaster of her departure. Upon hearing the news, they didn't speak and only told the informer to retreat.

"Last time she went out she caught the attention of those people. This time surely nothing will happen?" The Deputy Headmaster asked with worry.

"It should be fine. All those people are now dead, so I assume the news about her had not been reported back. It has been calm for a couple of months now, things should be fine." The Headmaster replied quietly, he paused and continued: "But why has she gone out? Hasn't she been practising refining pills recently?"

"Her supply of spirit medicine herbs must have been used up. A teacher told me that he had seen her at the mission point. However, she didn't take up and tasks and left."

The Headmaster didn't say anything. It was a rule that the students of the academy had to earn their own contributions points. Even if he was the Headmaster, it was no exception. Besides, if he broke the rule just for her, then everyone would have something to say about it.

About two hours later, Feng Jiu arrived in the city. She had a meal first before she went to the Black Market. She had planned to ask the people in the Black Market how much spirit herbs they would be able to source for her before she decided what she would do.

She had been to the Black Market with Xiao Yihan, hence, she didn't need to ask for directions and she knew her way there. She got to the main entrance and went inside to look for the porter.

"I am looking for the Chief, please can you pass the message along?"

The porter was busy and hadn't bothered to look up. He replied: "Not just anyone can meet out Chief. Just tell me what you want."

When she heard this, Feng Jiu knocked her fingers on the table and said: "I'm afraid you have no authority."

"What do you mean I have no authority?"

The porter looked up to shout when he saw the young boy's handsome face, and his legs trembled. He smiled and said: "Oh it's Young Master Feng. Young Master Feng is looking for Chief Gong? Please come inside with me. He is right inside."

He led the way inside half bent at his waist as he walked ahead. Chief Gong and Elder Gong have instructed that they were not to offend this young master and treat like a royal guest. When he thought back to the tone in his voice earlier, his heart trembled and he wiped away the cold sweat with his sleeve.

"Who is that being brought inside?" Elder Li glanced at Feng Jiu as he asked the porter.

"Elder Li." The porter bowed with respect before he replied: " This is Young Master Feng, here to see the Chief."

When he heard this, Elder Li appeared startled, and seemed to have thought of something. His attitude changed one hundred and sixty degrees.

Chapter 768: Envy And Regret

"Oh so it's Young Master Feng. Young Master Feng, I am one of the elders here, surname is Li." He smiled, his attitude charming and continued: "When your elder brother visited last time, I was his host."

Feng Jiu smiled and nodded: "Oh so it's Elder Li, my pleasure."

Elder Li gestured to the steward with a wave of his hand and said: "You go back to the front. I will take Young Master Feng to see the Chief."

"Yes." The steward replied and left. As he walked away, he wondered why Elder Li's attitude had suddenly changed.

"Young Master Feng, please come inside." Elder Li gestured for her to go inside and he led the way.

Feng Jiu followed him.

"Young Master Feng, please sit down. I shall ask someone to call for Chief." He then instructed a guard to go and fetch the Chief and went inside to entertain her himself.

Only heaven knows his regret. After Guan Xilin had brought the thank you gifts, in just a month, Chief had broke through his Golden Core peak level and advanced to Nascent Soul stage. That uncle of his had advanced to Nascent Soul peak level, and Little Liu went from the early stage of Golden Core to the Golden Core peak level.

If he couldn't guess the reason behind these advancements, then he wouldn't be an elder in the Black Market.

He thought of the Chief's advancement, his strength was now comparable to his. His uncle's strength was actually lower than his by one rank, and now he was above his by two ranks, a Nascent Soul peak cultivator.

At their current level, they could ask to be transferred to an even higher level Black Market to take up a position there. Yet they have not left, it was obviously because of the Ghost Doctor.

Although he had long heard that the Ghost Doctor's medicine was like rare treasure, however, if he hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes and saw the three men's advancement, he would not have such regret and envy.

If he had known that there would be such a good benefit, he would have gone along with them that day. Who knew that staying behind would have no benefits.

"Hehehe, Young Master Feng, what can we do to help you today? Go ahead and let me know, I will do everything I can to help you." Elder Li said with a smile.

Feng Jiu smiled but hadn't said anything.

When Chief Gong and Elder Gong heard the news from the guard that the Ghost Doctor had arrived, they were elated. They had gone straight to the big hall and heard Elder Li's words before they entered. They looked at each other and then walked inside.

"We didn't know Young Master Feng was here, apologies for the late greetings."

Chief Gong bowed with a smile and went over to sit down. He looked at Feng Jiu with gratitude and said: "I've been looking for an opportunity to thank you Young Master Feng but it is hard to see you. I finally have the opportunity today."

Feng Jiu took a sip of her tea and smiled: "No need for thanks. I have come today to buy some spirit herbs and I wondered if Chief Gong would be able to find some for me."

"What kind of spirit herbs is Young Master Feng after?"

After Chief Gong asked the question, Feng Jiu took out a piece of paper from her sleeve and handed it to him. He looked at the names of the spirit herbs on the piece of paper and smiled as he replied: "I can get them, the herbs are not rare. However, the quantities are quite large, so I might need a bit more time. However Young Master Feng, don't worry, it will get done by sunset."

Chapter 769: Spirit rhinoceros horn

Feng Jiu nodded. She also inquired about those three's injuries and conditions.

"Thanks to Young Master Feng, we have advanced in our strengths and we are fully recovered. Little Liu is away on assignment. If he knows that you are here, how excited he would be!" The chief said with a smile.

Elder Gong also exchanged pleasantries with Feng Jiu with smiles wreathed on his face. Elder Li couldn't edge in any words. He sat there awkwardly.

"Alright, I'll come back in the evening!" She got up, planning to take a stroll around the city.

"Good, we're seeing Young Master Feng off." The chief and Elder Gong saw her off together.

She went around the city and bought a lot of things. When she was planning to go to the Black Market, she saw a treasure pavilion not far ahead and went there.

"Young Master, what's your order?" The shopkeeper asked with a smile, his eyes skimmed over Feng Jiu's azure robe. His sight fell on the feathers on his waist.

Feng Jiu noticed the shopkeeper's line of sight, but she didn't care. After a turn, an object in a cabinet that looked like a sales counter caught her attention. She rapped the counter. "Show this to me."

The shopkeeper took a look at the stuff inside the counter. "Alright, Young Master, please wait a moment." He took out the object from inside the cabinet and put it in a piece of cloth. "This is the spirit rhinoceros horn. There is just one left. Have a look, Young Master."

Feng Jiu picked it up and nodded. "I want it."

The shopkeepers' eyes beamed. "Our building has all kinds of things, especially on the 2nd floor. Treasures such as magic weapons are exhibited there. Young Master can go up and take a look if you're interested."

She nodded and climbed up to the second floor. When she arrived, she saw an unfurled white robe. When she saw it, she inexplicably thought of Mo Chen's heavenly silkworm garment that she damaged while washing.

After thinking about it, she pointed to the white robe. "I'd like that too."

"Young Master, this is the heavenly silkworm garment. It's warm in the winter and cool in the summer. It's as light as feathers. This is the only one in our building." The shopkeeper explained and ordered his staff to take the robe and fold it downstairs.

After another turn, she didn't see any more things that caught her eye. So, she asked the shopkeeper to settle the bills. After finished paying the bills, Feng Jiu also received some trinkets as gifts with the hope that she would come again next time.

However, when she came downstairs, she saw two men and a woman talking, surrounding a young attendant. When the young attendant saw the shopkeeper coming down, he hurriedly walked up to him. "Shopkeeper, this girl said that she had seen this heavenly silkworm garment first and she would not let me wrap it."

The shopkeeper looked at those three people but he didn't recognize the men on the back. He knew the woman, so he greeted her with a smile, "It turned out to be Miss He."

"Shopkeeper, I've taken a fancy to that heavenly silkworm garment before. I didn't bring enough money so I returned home to get it. How can you turn around and sell it to others?" The woman stared angrily at the shopkeeper.

"Haha, Miss He, please quell your anger. Miss He didn't tell me to reserve it nor pay the deposit. Naturally, I don't know that Miss He wanted it. It just happened that this Young Master was also interested in it."

"Then, has he paid for it?"

"He has paid." The shopkeeper answered with a smile. He walked up, personally wrapped the clothes, and handed them to Feng Jiu together with the spirit rhinoceros horn.

Feng Jiu smiled. When she was about to pick the goods, the woman put her hands on her.

When Feng Jiu saw the woman's hand on the back of her hand, she smiled, "Miss, men and women should not act too familiar with each other."

Chapter 770: He's not a man to be trifled with

Being reprimanded in this way, the woman just seemed to notice that her hand was on the young man's hand and immediately pulled back. Looking at Feng Jiu, she asked, "Sell this to me! I already had my eyes on it since this morning. "

"I'm sorry. I'm going to give it as a present, not for sale." She smiled and put the things away.

At the same time, the two men who had not opened their mouths from the beginning sized Feng Jiu up in silence. When they saw her wearing the Nebula academy's uniform and the rainbow-coloured glazed feather on her waist, their eyes jerked slightly. When the woman wanted to speak, one of the men stopped her.

"Little sister, since it's the young man who bought it, we need not make a fuss about a piece of clothing."

Feng Jiu glanced at that man, smiled, and stepped out to leave. However, he was called in again.

"Young Master, please stay here." The man stepped forward and cupped his fists in greeting. "May I venture to ask, are you Feng Jiu from the Alchemy division?"

"It seems that I'm not acquainted with you, Sir." Feng Jiu answered after taking a look at him.

"Haha, Young Master doesn't know me, but I've heard of your distinguished name. As a new student, not only you are the influential figure among all the new students but you have also surpassed the academy's top ten most powerful students. I've always wanted to make friends with you but never had the chance. Can I invite you for a drink in the restaurant in front?"

After, he seemed to recall something. "I forgot to introduce myself. My surname is He, the son of He Clan, one of the eight great families in Nebula City."

"I can't, I have other things to do, so I can't stay any longer." She waved her hand while responding to his invitation. As she took a step away, the woman blocked her angrily.

"Why don't you know what's good for you? My brother wants to invite you as a show of respect. You... " She glared at him, but when she looked at the young man's deep and serene, bottomless eyes, she couldn't scold her anymore.

"Miss, please give way." Feng Jiu's voice, even though gentle was indifferent. Her lips formed a smile. However, the smile didn't reach the bottom of her eyes.

The man pulled the woman aside. "Little sister, don't be rude."

He reprimanded her in a low voice. When he was about to say something, he saw that Feng Jiu had strode away. In a moment, she disappeared into the crowd.

"Big Brother, why are you so polite? That man really failed to appreciate your kindness. Besides, he bought my heavenly silkworm garment. " She stamped her feet in resentment.

The man on the other side was also the son of the eight influential clans. At this time, he stepped forward and told the woman, "This man is not simple. Even if we don't have a good relationship with him, he's not a man to be trifled with."

"I didn't see how he's not simple." The woman remarked with her lips curled in a sneer.

"Two months ago, Nebula academy' headmaster and teachers went to rescue this man, Feng Jiu, riding on their flying swords. From the investigation, only his family background, from a ninth-grade country, was found out. However, other trails were cut off. In a word, it's better not to offend this person." The man took the lead in walking out.

"Did you hear me? If you meet him afterwards, stay away from him. " The man surnamed He instructed her and then followed the man in front to depart from there.

"Humph!" The woman stomped her feet again and snorted. She glared back at the shopkeeper standing by and dashed to follow the men ahead of her.

After they left, the shopkeeper smiled and took a glimpse in the direction of Feng Jiu's departure. Then he returned to bustle about.

Chapter 771: Like the sun in broad daylight

When she arrived at the Black Market, the Chief and Elder Gong were already waiting there. Elder Li was also together with them. When she saw Elder Li, Feng Jiu wanted to laugh.

Although she knew that her potion was the treasure that cultivators striving for, she did not expect that Elder Li, who had lived for a large number of years, also clung to it.

She had the potion, but she wouldn't give it to others casually. It was impossible for him to crave for her things.

"Young Master Feng, everything you asked for is ready. It's all in here." "The Chief handed her an interspatial ring.

Feng Jiu raised her eyebrows. This is a space magic artifact."

"Haha, this small thing is for Young Master Feng to play with." Compared to her helping them advance, this interspatial ring was really not worth mentioning.

Feng Jiu nodded. "Alright, then I will take it. Let's settle the account!"

Then, the Chief took her to check-out at the back. Since these were the things she asked for, the spirit herbs' price was much lower than the price outside. It was given as some kind of reimbursement for her.

If he could give this kind of small favour, he would give it easily.

"Young Master Feng, I've prepared a feast for you. I'd like to invite you to have a meal."

"I can't, it's getting late. I have to go back before dark. Next time! Even if you don't treat me next time, I'll be the one inviting you for a meal. " She smiled, gathered up her things and left.

Seeing this, the Chief and Elder Gong didn't urge her to stay. They just nodded in response and saw her off at the Black Market's gate. Elder Li wanted to speak several times, but he was embarrassed to speak because of the Chief and Elder Gong's presence. Finally, he could only watch her leave.

After returning to the academy, Feng Jiu was immersed in pill refining. When she encountered something that she didn't understand, she asked the two alchemists for guidance. With the results of her own research, her progress in Alchemy could be described as a thousand miles a day.

After another month passed, her alchemy room finally quietened down. After a bath, she came out of the cave-dwelling feeling refreshed. After several months of intensive research, her Alchemy knowledge was nearing completion. There were many pills that she had been refining recently, but those were never been tried or sold. Now it's time for her to rest.

However, when she was riding her flying feather to chat with Ye Jing and her brother, she met the deputy headmaster on the way.

"Feng Jiu? Just in time, I was on my way to see you!"

"What can I do for you?" She was surprised at his solemn expression.

"Mm, come with me." He went to the main peak with Feng Jiu followed behind.

Arriving at the main peak, she saw the headmaster was there. She gave a salute, "I have seen the headmaster."

"Sit down." The headmaster motioned to her. Since there was only the three of them, he told her directly, "I'm looking for you because I have something to tell you."

She sat down at the table and said, "Please speak, headmaster."

"Since you are holding the Qingfeng sword, naturally, you have heard of Tianyuan palace. I think Chu Batian, the master of the Heavenly Dynasty palace, has some connections with you?"

When she heard that, her eyes moved in surprise and she nodded. "Mm. He's my master."

Although he had never taught her anything, he had left a lot of good things for her. Some of the things in her space were collected by her master all his life while some were inside the space originally.

"He was a powerful swordsman that transversed numerous countries. At that time, under his leadership, the Heavenly Dynasty Palace was very influential, like the sun in broad daylight. However, it only happened during those years."

Chapter 772: A terrible mess

Feng Jiu listened without speaking. She just listened quietly. The headmaster wouldn't talk about it for no reason. It was one thing that she had the Qingfeng sword. They all had seen it that day, but none talked about it nor leaked any information. Now, when this matter was raised again a few months later, it must have been something she didn't know.

"All the people gathered in Heavenly Dynasty Palace were those evil disciples who treated human life like grass and those cultivators who were rejected by the upright path. However, after those years, Chu Batian's whereabouts were unknown. All the Heavenly Dynasty Palace's people scattered due to the fact that they were without a leader."

"About a month ago, there was a faint rumour that people gathered in the Heavenly Dynasty Palace from all over the country. Because of the two factions were vying for the position of master of the palace, it led to some battles over territory. We received the news half a month ago, but everywhere, there were more such people than we've heard."

He paused. "Chu Batian was a man who did whatever he wanted. When he was in charge of the Heavenly Dynasty Palace, he restrained the people under his command very well. Now the palace is in need of a leader. You are the master of Qingfeng sword. I want to ask you, do you have any plans?"

"Headmaster expects me to deal with this mess?" She smiled and looked at him.

"Haha, that's not the case. The Heavenly Dynasty Palace is a big power. Each one of its cultivators won't lose to our academy's teachers in their fighting power. It's truly a mess, yet also a big piece of fat meat. I'm afraid that for a long time, this meat will be stared at by some forces and taken as his own. Then it will cause irremediable trouble."

"I promised my master to reorganize the Heavenly Dynasty Palace. However, I knew little about the palace and I didn't expect that it would be divided into two factions to fight in secret." She smiled. "I will definitely take it over when the time comes, but I need to ask the Headmaster for a person."

"A person? Who? " The headmaster was slightly shocked, as well as deputy headmaster nearby.

"Xiang Hua, the Law Protector." She said these words with her eyes moving.

"Xiang Hua, the Law Protector?" The two men were stunned. "We don't know him. How could you ask us?"

Feng Jiu's lips curved. "It doesn't matter. It's okay as long as I know that person." She smiled and stood up. "I'm leaving first. I'll go back and prepare well." She stepped out, then suddenly stop and walked back in.

"Headmaster, I haven't seen Mo Chen lately, the one who looked like an immortal!"

They were stunned. "He returned to take care of some stuff and will come back later."

"Oh, I see. Well, then! I have something here. I'll trouble Headmaster to give it to him. Please tell him that it's my compensation for his loss. " She took out the wrapped heavenly silkworm garment from the space and put it on the table.

"Alright." The headmaster nodded while wondering inwardly. Did the two get acquainted a long time before?

The following morning, Feng Jiu, awoken naturally, packed up and left Old White and Cloud Devouring Beast at the Alchemy Peak. He left the academy and planned to go to the place where all the junior students in the academy practiced. She would get Xiang Hua out first.

Almost no one was alerted about her departure. Even Nie Teng, who had always paid attention of her whereabouts, knew only a few days after she left that she was no longer in the academy.

A few days later, at a certain area in the woods outside the city, Feng Jiu, in red garb, was resting on the tree. A faint, small voice came into her ears...

Chapter 773: Meeting Bai Xiao again

"Brother, if you have something, let's talk properly. How could you do such a degrading thing? Brother, at most, I will not demand your family's Miss for a reward, but you can't do this, this... "

"Bah! Reward? Youngster, go down to the bottom of the earth, and ask the reward from Yama, the King of Hell!"

"We're giving you a favour by leaving your corpse intact, hmph! If it were the Young Master today, your blood would have been shed on the spot. "

"Then, there will be no problem if I don't demand the reward, right? Let me leave, okay? Treat it as your good deed!"

"Let you go? Don't worry, we'll let you go down."

Not far away, Feng Jiu leapt lightly up a tree to watch. She saw two sturdy men were digging a hole in the forest. One of them jumped in and checked the depth. Finally, he came out and put a young man in blue in the hole and began to pour the soil in.

Burying a person alive? She lifted her eyebrows, feeling that the young man in dire straits was familiar to her.

"Brother, let's talk it over. Don't shovel the soil first..."

"Brother, can you stop putting soil on my head?"

Seeing that scene, Feng Jiu unconsciously smiled. She remembered who the young man was. The man was called Bai Xiao, the former master of Old White. Unexpectedly, she met him again after such a long time.

She plucked two leaves at random and shot them off using the spirit energy breath on her fingers. The leaves stroke the wrists of those two sturdy men, making them screaming with pain. They clutched their wrists, looked around and shouted loudly.

"Who? Who is it? Come out!"

"You're burying my friend."

Feng Jiu, with her hands folded across her chest, leaned on the branch and looked at Bai Xiao, who was half-buried in the ground. She smiled at him. "Bai Xiao, long time no see. You've made a terrible mess of yourself."

"Youngster! How dare you use concealed weapons to hurt us!" One of them, seeing a young man, snapped out. "You don't want to live."

Feng Jiu picked two more leaves. "Are you sure you don't want to leave? My leaves are not aimed at your wrists this time."

The other man looked down and saw that the thing that hurt them was really a leaf. He was shocked and hurriedly pulled the person next to him to leave, but he was called by Feng Jiu again.

"Wait a minute."

"You - didn't you say to let us leave earlier? We, we were just obeying orders. It's not that we want to bury, bury your friend... "They were frightened. Their legs trembled slightly and their faces turned pale.

How high one's cultivation level to be able to use leaves as concealed weapons? In any case, the two of them couldn't use leaves as concealed weapons. They were not the young man's match.

"Pull him up before you go." She raised her chin to show what she meant.

"Oh, yes, yes."

They answered in a hurry and pulled up Bai Xiao, who had his body buried in soil, with their uninjured hands. Then they started to run as if some vipers and ferocious beasts were after them.

"You are...Feng Jiu?" Bai Xiao hesitated, calling out Feng Jiu's name.

"Mm, it seems you remember me." She nodded and smiled with her eyes narrowed into half-moons. "Bai Xiao, what's the matter with you? How did you get yourself into such a mess?" As she spoke, she untied the rope from his body.

"Sigh, it's a long story."

After shaking the rope away, he patted the sand between his hair, shook his blue robe, and asked: "Feng Jiu, what about Old White? Why is he not with you? Is it obedient? Did you get into any trouble? "

Chapter 774: I come from a noble beast tamer family

"Ah, Old White! It's a long story. " She smiled and shook her head. Looking at the dirt all over his body, she said, "There is a stream not far ahead. Would you like to take a bath and change your clothes? "

"All right, let me get cleaned up first and then we'll talk. I'm improper right now ." He spoke with some embarrassment. According to Feng Jiu's direction, he found the stream, quickly took off his clothes and jumped down to bathe.

Feng Jiu didn't follow him. While he was taking a bath, she caught a pheasant and roasted it.

"What a delicious aroma! Feng Jiu, I've been hungry all day. They didn't provide me with food. " With fresh clothes and hair still dripping with water, he came beside Feng Jiu and sat down, staring at the pheasant on the roasting fire.

"Come, have a drink first." She took a small jar of wine from the space and poured him a small bowl.

"That's enough." He said, holding the bowl in both hands. "I can't drink too much wine."

"If you can't drink much, then don't drink on an empty stomach! Wait a minute. The pheasant is almost ready. " She smiled and began to add some seasoning. "How come you are always wandering around every time I see you? Where are you going? "

"I didn't want to go anywhere. My family drove me away, they told me to gain some experience outside. However, I ran into a brick wall everywhere." While holding the wine in both hands and keeping his eyes fixed on the roasted pheasant, he told her all the things he had met these past several days.

"Oh? Are you from a noble beast tamer family? " She was slightly surprised at first, but then got a flash of insight. If he was not from that kind of family, it wouldn't be possible to get such an odd horse as Old White.

"Mm, but it's useless. I don't have martial power. I can only control beasts, but sometimes there would be some mishaps, such as Old White, the odd horse that I can't control. Also, those two men just now. Their Miss' pet beast jumped out and scratched frantically for unknown reasons. It tore its owner's new clothes and scratched the back of her hand to bleed."

Feng Jiu cut a pheasant leg with a knife and gave it to him. "That is to say, you have no place to go now?"

"Mm, my family won't let me go back. They say that I should temper myself through hardships outside and got some achievements. However, it's too hard. I'm afraid I'll lose my life."

He gulped, then took the pheasant leg. Because it was very hot, he used tree leaves as insulation from the heat and then took a bite. The rich meat aroma filled his mouth and made the rim of his eyes red.

"Feng Jiu, you treat me so well. You don't know. That family asked me to tame beasts, but they gave me some vegetables and steamed bread every day. I'm so hungry that I've lost a lot of weight. I didn't get any food yesterday, and I was caught and got buried alive today. It's too much."

"Can you really tame animals?" She was also very suspicious. After all, when she saw him at that time, Old White threw him down from its back.

"Of course I can. I only occasionally had some mishaps, but I can tame animals, really." He repeated as if afraid she would not believe him.

"Since you have no place to go, do you want to follow me?" She was like a big-tailed wolf with an innocent, harmless smile. "There are many beasts in the place I'm going to. It's just perfect for you to gain some experience. What do you think, do you want to go? "

He didn't answer immediately, but looked at her with a straight face, "If you see that I am chased by fierce animals with nowhere to escape, will you save me?"

Feng Jiu was stunned and then burst into uproarious laughter...

Chapter 775: Returning to the forest to gain experience

In this way, the journey that was originally had only one person now consisted of two people.

Feng Jiu took him on the flying feather to the forest where she had been cultivating. On the way, she told him about Old White...

One day later, early in the morning, they arrived outside the forest's boundary. Looking at the forest, she couldn't help thinking of her previous escape to this place.

Escaping from Hell's Palace, it was unknown how long she had to walk and how many mountains she had to climb before entering this place. She couldn't help shaking her head at the thought that she was caught by Uncle later.

Everything was fate.

As long as there was fate, no matter if she had escaped or avoided, she would meet him by accident, run into him, and end up going together.

"Feng Jiu, there's a boundary here. We can't get in. Otherwise, we'd better go somewhere else! This place looks creepy. "

Bai Xiao looked at the stone tablet over there that read: A strategic place to learn from experience, the boundary acts as a guard, utterly evil villains and fierce beasts are everywhere.

Seeing those words, he couldn't help giving up. What if he entered and couldn't get out of such a dangerous place?

"What we're here for is the inside. Besides, it's not the place where you can get in and out at will."

She smiled and raised two pieces of white jade cards in her hand. "In addition to the fierce beasts, there are also some villains caught by Three Clan and Nebula Academy. However, they can't get out without this thing. They are trapped inside and become part of Three Clan's disciples and Nebula Academy's students to experience danger."

"The man you said you were looking for was in there? You said only villains were trapped here..."

"Haha, there are exceptions to everything. Alright, stop talking and let's go in!" She put her hand on his shoulder and pushed him in without hesitation.

Their bodies seemed to pass through a layer of airflow. The atmosphere was slightly warped and they were squeezed inside. She was a bit baffled about this boundary. After all, the last time she did not have a jade card and entered directly.

"Feng Jiu, it's eerie inside. It gave people a very dangerous feeling." With almost no power to protect himself, he held on Feng Jiu's clothes nervously.

No wonder he was timid. Even if he came from a noble family of beast tamers, there were people protecting him when he was taming beasts. Even in the forest of dangerous beasts, he was not afraid, because he knew that people around him would protect him from any harm.

But it's not the same here. Although he was familiar with Feng Jiu, he had only met her twice. Who knew whether she would run if they met with danger?

Feng Jiu wasn't aware that he thought of her like this in his heart. If she did, she would have given him a kick first.

Seeing that his face was white with fear, Feng Jiu couldn't help chuckling and patting him on the shoulder. "You have to train your courage. Just in time, I'll find someone here to train your courage."

"There's no need, right? I'm just a beast tamer, not a warrior. I really don't need to." He repeatedly made a gesture of disapproval. However, even though he refused, he was not a match of Feng Jiu's persistence.

In the end, Feng Jiu took him to gain outside experience. As they went deeper inside the forest, they ran across some beasts possessing less powerful attack to let him get some practice. It also let her see his method of taming animals. It was really extraordinary. When they met some fierce animals with obviously higher level, he was still failed.

Chapter 776: I'm the flower thief Jade Fox

In the evening, Bai Xiao dragged an injured boar under the tree and shouted, "Feng Jiu, take a look. This is the one-horned rhino that you caught for me. It's so big, enough to last a few days if roasted."

"Deal with it! I'll have a rest. " Feng Jiu, atop the tree, said lazily. After a day of wandering around here, except for meeting fierce animals, they hadn't seen any villains.

The forest was so big that she wouldn't finish exploring it for two or three days even if she sat on the flying feather. How could she find Xiang Hua in this forest? It's a little nerve-racking.

"Well, then, rest! I'll call you when I've finished roasting the meat." He didn't look up while handling the wild boar. When he was ready to light the fire, but found that there were not enough branches. He decided to go to the vicinity to pick up some.

"I'll pick up some branches for firewood and come back later." He told Feng Jiu and went ahead.

Feng Jiu didn't mind. They had passed by this area before. It's not dangerous. However, when she glanced at his back and closed her eyes again, she heard a frightened scream.

She immediately opened her eyes, lifted her vital energy and swept away toward the sound. When she came to Bai Xiao's place, she saw some tall and sturdy men drew swords around his neck. Her eyes couldn't help jolted in surprise.

"What are you guys doing?" She leaned against the tree and asked with a voice as light as a feather. She didn't come close but looked at them with her hands folded across her chest.

"Youngster, are you two new-comer here?" Asked a big man in a rough voice.

She nodded, her eyes flickered. "Well, we just came in today."

"Which road? How did you get in? " The big man was still asking. He seemed to guess Feng Jiu's reliability.

"Which way? Are there different routes to get in? " She looked at those few big men with a slight surprise and saw that some of them had a strong smell of blood. It could be assumed that they had killed a lot of people.

"Of course, put out your name and the means you get in. Speak! "

Feng Jiu's lips curved up. With one hand playing with her drooping strand of hair, she spoke, "Listen well. I'm the handsome, elegant, suave and uncommon man known as the ruthless hand ravaging and gathering flowers with skills unequalled in the world, the flower thief Jade Fox."

Hearing that series of long names, those fierce-looking men were stunned. With an odd expression, they sized Feng Jiu up and then they curled their lips. "To put it bluntly, you're just a low-class rapist? But what about this youngster? " He patted Bai Xiao's face.

"Mm, that's good enough. But I have a name, Jade Fox. That youngster is my little brother." She smiled with her eyes squinted.

"Whether you are a flower thief or Jade Fox, if you enter this place, you will either die or be obedient. Which one do you choose?" The big man clapped Bai Xiao on the shoulder with his dagger and made a thumping sound, making his face white with fear.

"This...doesn't this mean surrendering and paying allegiance to you? " She stroked her chin and looked at them.

"Ah, you're new here, so you don't know! There are rules and regulations in this place. If you follow the Boss, you can eat meat. Even if you are trapped here, you will be able to go out and kill them all one day"

"Oh, so that's it. Then, of course, we are going to surrender and pay allegiance to you! Who doesn't hug the powerful guy's thigh? Correct? " She said with a smile. Her eyes fell on the swords on Bai Xiao's shoulder.

"Big brothers, can you remove the swords now?"

Chapter 777: Forces in the forest

Hearing this, the sturdy man removed his sword. "Let's go!" While talking, several people surrounded Feng Jiu and Bai Xiao to prevent them from escaping.

"Wait!" Feng Jiu shouted.

"Don't tell me that you want to back out?" That big man glared at him ferociously.

"Of course not. I'm just thinking that when I'm paying a visit for the first time, what kind of gift to bring to the big brother?" She smiled and pointed to a place not far away. "There is a wild boar that we previously caught. Let's carry it together!"

"Tch, I didn't expect you'd be good." One of them sneered and strode to the other side. Soon, he came with the wild boar that Bai Xiao had handled.

Those several people then followed them all the way to the deep forest. On the way, Bai Xiao pulled Feng Jiu's sleeves and winked, asking what to do next.

Feng Jiu smiled with disapproval. She whispered in his ears, "See the opportunity and act, don't be afraid."

"What are you two talking about?" Someone was yelling in the back.

"My little brother is timid. I'm telling him not to be afraid. There are people protecting us here." Feng Jiu turned around and smiled. Her dazzling smile made the big man muttered in a low voice.

As expected, she is a flower thief. Her face is more attractive than that of a woman.

With them leading at the front, those people went to the deepest part of the forest and walked along the array. Her eyes flickered. Actually, this place contained a large number of talents. The array here was cleverly arranged, which was totally out of her expectations.

"Who made this array? So clever?"

"Hey, I didn't expect you to have quite a good taste. You can see the exquisiteness of this array at once?"

The big man behind grinned. "This is the Boss' work. It's because of this array that our activities in this area have become more and more comfortable. Moreover, those fierce beasts couldn't catch us."

"Oh? So that's why! The Boss is the most powerful person in this area? " She asked.

"Here, people generally have the strength of the Great Spirit Master approximately. There are also those at the peak level Great Spirit Master. It seems that the boss is at that peak level. However, I heard that Xiang Hua is also here. His cultivation strength is not only above the Great Spirit Master, but also it is said that this man is vicious. The boss is trying to rope this man in."

"Shut up! What are you trying to do, telling him that much?" A big man in front turned his head and yelled. He glared at the big man behind him.

"It's all our own people. What's the harm in talking?" Feng Jiu smiled in disapproval and followed them until an hour later, she passed the last array and finally saw burly men standing or sitting on both sides.

When those people saw two new faces, each one of them sized those two young men up, but most of their sights were fixed on the handsome young man in red.

Seeing that the young man was more beautiful than a woman, several big men's eyes were jolting. They didn't conceal their interests and just stared at Feng Jiu.

"Da Shan, what's up with these youngsters? Where did you get them back from? " A big man raised his chin and asked.

"We met them on the road, then caught and brought them back. The youngster in red said that he's a flower thief." The man leading the way in front answered, then asked, "Where's the boss?"

Chapter 778: No offence

"You want to get these two youngsters to meet the boss? They look like weak chickens. Da Shan, why did you bring anyone to this place? "

The burly man, who just spoke, stood up and his eyes roved over Feng Jiu and Bai Xiao. His eyes flitted with interest from Bai Xiao then to the red-garbed and dazzling Feng Jiu.

"Youngster, so you're the flower thief. With this kind of body, you're taking others? Or are you taken by others? Hahahahaha... "

Hearing this, all the people around laughed loudly and their gazes fell on Feng Jiu's body.

"You, you guys shouldn't bully people too much!" Bai Xiao yelled in anger and glared at them with his fists clenched. But then he shrank cowardly beside Feng Jiu.

"So what if we're bullying you? Don't you know that all the newcomers have to be bullied? " The big man looked sideways at the two men and suddenly reached out his hand to lift Feng Jiu's chin. "Don't tell me about picking flowers. You see, even this face is more beautiful than the ladies...Hiss, ah! "

Before he finished teasing her, he suddenly gasped and screamed loudly. All the people around him stood up in succession.

They saw Feng Jiu was playing with the dagger in her hand. With slow and deliberate motion, she wiped the blood off the dagger. She stepped on a finger dripping with blood at her feet.

"If you talk, just talk. Don't point your dirty fingers at me. Look, you've lost your finger by a mistake." She said casually with her eyebrows raised slightly, looking at the burly man.

"Youngster, you're looking for death!"

The big man shouted angrily. He endured the pain of his sliced off finger and clenched his other fist to attack Feng Jiu. His speed was so fierce, carrying the sound of the wind whirling. He had formidable strength.

Feng Jiu pushed Bai Xiao back, lifted her foot and kicked out. Her red figure flashed, leaving only a flit of cold light seen. The robust man fell to the ground in an instant.

Blood was seeping out of his neck and his body twitched on the ground. His eyes fixed on Feng Jiu. He wanted to talk, but nothing came out from his mouth. At last, he couldn't breathe and his body turned stiff and completely dead.

Seeing that the young man attacked and killed a robust man at the Great Spirit Master level, those who wanted to go forward were hesitant. Their eyes were staring at her with vigilance.

All the people around who were laughing at her also calmed down and their eyes were fixed on him. Those gazes were filled with both astonishment and understanding.

Those big men who came with Feng Jiu were stunned. They came back to their senses after a long time. They recoiled and put some distance between them and Feng Jiu.

"Don't be afraid. I won't attack as long others don't attack me first."

She wiped the dagger with an innocuous smile. "I truly don't like killing people, but sometimes no one listens to me. I can only hit directly. No offence."

There was silence around. No one responded to her. They just stared at the young man in red as if they were watching a monster. They were all evil people and they had killed a lot of people.

At that moment, they knew very well that the horror of a man who took another's life with a smile was far greater than that of any of them present.

When the crowd was silent and the atmosphere in the air became solemn and oppressive, the wooden door in the treehouse creaked open.

Hearing the sound of the wooden door opening, Feng Jiu raised her eyes and looked at the treehouse. When she saw the figure walked out, surprise flashed in her eyes.

Chapter 779: It's easier to invite god than to send him away

Feng Jiu previously thought that the one who could be called Boss by these robust men should have been a tall and sturdy man or a nefarious and bloodthirsty villain. However, the one who came out was far beyond her expectations.

It's a young man in his early twenties. He was dressed in a uniform - it was unknown from which Spirit division student at the Nebula Academy. His temperament seemed to be so gentle and harmless. His smiling eyes also gave off the same feeling. However, in Feng Jiu's eyes, he felt like a smiling tiger, a man with a big smile and evil intentions.

Those at the peak level Great Spirit Master seemed harmless but deadly. No wonder that this man could become these people's boss at a young age. Obviously, he couldn't sway these vicious people without some means.

"How should I call this distinguished guest?" The man stood on the treehouse and looked down arrogantly at the red-robed Feng Jiu.

Before Feng Jiu said anything, the man who led the way said in a hurry. "Boss, this kid said that he is some Flower Thief Jade Fox."

"Mm, that's correct. I'm a flower thief called Jade Fox." Feng Jiu nodded and smiled with her eyes narrowed to a crescent.

The man's eyes were gleaming with a smile. "This distinguished guest has no immoral or obscene breath, how can you be a flower thief? Please speak! Why did you look for us? "

Feng Jiu smiled when she heard this question. "That's incorrect. It's obvious that you're the one who took me here. How could you say that I'm looking for you?" As she spoke, she took a glance at those people who were leading the way here.

"Boss, we caught and brought them here after we met. If Boss finds them pleasing, we will drive them out." Those strong men spoke, worried that the boss atop the treehouse was angry. After all, his means still made people tremble.

"It's easier to invite god than to send him away. Now that he's here, do you think he'll leave easily?" The man cast a glance at the men with a smile, but his expression was murderous.

Feng Jiu couldn't help chuckling. "Don't worry, I don't want to trouble you, but I want your help finding a person."

She stopped speaking, turned around and saw the wild boar. "Look, I've even brought you a thank-you gift."

Everyone's mouth was twitching. A wild boar for a thank-you gift? This person was really rude.

Hearing this, the man on the treehouse smiled and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

"Xiang Hua." She looked back at the man.

"Xiang Hua, the Left Protector of the Law of Heavenly Dynasty Palace?" The man's eyes jolted. "How did you know he's here?"

"Of course, because I've met him before."

"May I ask, what do you want to do with Xiang Hua?"

"I'm lacking a supporting cast, why? Are you interested? " She looked at the young man jokingly. She was curious. How could this young man be caught and trapped here?

The man smiled. "You want Xiang Hua to support you? This distinguished guest is talking big. "

He walked down the treehouse with a smile. "We've been looking for Xiang Hua for a while and we know where he is in the forest. However, it's not so easy to catch him. If you are interested, you can go with us to meet him tomorrow."

"Of course." She nodded. Then she told the two big man beside him, "Roast that wild boar."

"Tch! Why should we listen...listen to you?"

Chapter 780: Losing one's life for you

Before the big man finished speaking, he saw a sharp dagger was put on his neck. He saw a cold light from the corner of his eyes, making his entire body stiff. He stared at the young man in red with shock.

"I understand that here you use strength to speak. If you don't mind, can we exchange blows? Hmm?" Her indifferent voice seemed languid and harmless. However, people around her frowned and their eyes were filled with gravity.

They were all villains with hundreds of lives in their hands. Some of them took more than hundreds of lives. They were not afraid of death. However, no one would be willing to fall by the hand of a young man whose background was unknown.

The strong man obviously understood this. After being stiff for a moment, he took the wild boar and roasted it expressionlessly.

"What are you staring at me for?"

She raised her eyebrows and her eyes swept the crowd. After a glance, they either turned away or withdrew their gazes.

That man's eyes caught sight of the waist ornament half covered by the boy's red coat. After seeing the rainbow-coloured glazed feather, he asked, "Are you Nebula Academy's student? You must not be a mediocre person, seeing that you obtained one of the Sky Building's Three Treasures - the rainbow-coloured glazed feather."

"Recognizing my waist ornament at a glance, your eyes are not bad!" Feng Jiu chuckled and sat down at the stake beside the four-legged wooden table made from a tree stump. He took out the wine and two cups from the space.

"What about a drink?"

The man came to the table and sat down and Bai Xiao stood behind Feng Jiu. Those around the big man see the youngster took things out leisurely, looking confident and unafraid of being stared at. Each one of them seemed lost in thought.

"You are still young, how did you get here?" She poured a glass of wine and handed it over, asking casually.

"I was caught by some old people in the same faction." He picked up his cup and inhaled the fragrance. "I've been here for more than 2 years. This is the first time to smell this kind of wine fragrance."

Feng Jiu smiled. After a light sip, she spoke, "Perhaps you can consider it. If you follow me in the future, it's not a problem to live well."

"You've got a way to get me out of here?" His eyes flickered and he stared at the young man in front of him.

"Of course."

"So, do you have the academy's jade card?"

"That's correct."

She smiled, feeling that the big men who were originally sitting had stood up one by one, staring at her like a fierce tiger or a hungry wolf. She was no stranger to these savage plundering gaze.

That man sipped his wine and lowered his eyes. "You are very confident. I have no idea, do you really have confidence in your ability?"

Feng Jiu played with the wine cup and her lips curved in a smile. A wanton and evil look flashed in her eyes. "Perhaps you can try, just, there is no free trial here."

"If I lose, I'll be yours." As soon as the voice rang, the wine cup in the man's hand was shot to attack. At the same time, he flipped his palm over and a dagger materialized in his hand to attack Feng Jiu fiercely.

Feng Jiu tossed the wine cup up into the air. Spirt energy flew out between her raised hands and the breath of the invisible spirit moved like ripples of water, flinging the wine cup in the air. She reached out and clasped the dagger's grip, turned back, and dissolve the attack coming from his other hand. She lifted her foot and kicked out. The opponent's calf was aching and knelt on his knee.

Just when he was still trying to make a move, a weapon's ice-cold sensation was pressed against his neck...