The Ghostly Doctor;Mesmerizing Ghost Doctor

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CHAPTER 201: You’ve Thought Too Much Into It

The Hell's Lord's dark gaze fell upon her soft tender lips, looking at the moistened lips slightly parted to bloom into a devilish smile, and he could not help but feel his heart drum.

He glanced at her with her teasing expression on her face and his voice came out low and a little raspy as he said: "Feels like I can't bear to let go."

Hearing those words, Feng Jiu who had intended to make fun of him suddenly found the corners of her mouth cringing up and she then looked at that handsome face that was coming closer and closer. Her entire being struggled to break free from his hands and jumped up, retreating away from him as she eyed him warily, her face infuriated.

"Hell's Lord! I do not have male and male tendencies! Even if you seek to wreck harm, you shouldn't wreck it upon me! I'm just fifteen years old and am a flower just about to bud, I will not be able to withstand being ravaged by you."

Outside the door, Shadow One nodded his head with a tear in his eye upon hearing those words, thinking to himself in his heart: [That's right, that's right. My Lord, even if you have the Broken Sleeve habit, you shouldn't choose that kid! What's so good about that kid? Besides being queer and crafty, he's also disfigured! If you really have set your sights on him, it wouldn't be you ravaging him, but it would be him defiling you!]

And the Hell's Lord who heard Feng Jiu's words was rendered speechless instead.

[Male and male tendencies? Who said he had such tendencies? Why was this woman's mind always filled with such nonsense?]

See the expression of shock and wariness on her face, his heart that had rocked and wavered a little then gradually calmed down, his face warming up a little as he looked at the woman with an expression that so deserved to be bashed up and his voice turned cold as he said through slightly gritted teeth.

"You've thought too much into it. I do not have any such undesirable habits."

Against those words, would Feng Jiu believe them? Of course she wouldn't!

Hence, she just smiled sheepishly as she nudged her way towards outside and said: "Actually, I would also think that you wouldn't have any such undesirable habits. Shadow One has said it too. You're definitely a man who is good to look at and of great use. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gotten you two beauties right after you've just returned would he?"

Hearing that, Shadow One outside almost had tears flowing down his face. [I say, you little ancestor, can you not drag my name into everything you are saying?]

The Hell's Lord remained in his seat and did not move, his finger intermittently knocking lightly upon the table as he looked at the woman nudging herself with tiny steps till she reached outside the door, and then immediately pulling up her legs to run far out.

"It's getting late and I shall not disturb the Hell's Lord's rest anymore."

By the time those words came out, there was already no sign of the person.

"Shadow One."

Hearing his Lord call for him inside, Shadow One steeled himself and walked in. "My….. My Lord."

"You told him that I wanted you to bring two ladies here to wait on me in sleep?" The Hell's Lord asked, as his smiling yet not exactly smiling eyes fell upon Shadow One, causing Shadow One to not even dare to raise his head.

"Your subordinate….. Your subordinate bumped into the Ghost Doctor at the pavilion and he asked about it. Your subordinate then….. then….." Cold sweat beaded to the size of beans upon Shadow One's forehead, and he was suddenly unable to speak accurately.

"Might you be wanting to go stay in the Clear Wind Tower for a few days as well?"

Hearing that, Shadow One immediately paled and he fell to his knees with a crash. "My Lord appease your anger. Your subordinate….. Your subordinate will definitely not do it another time!"

"Dismiss yourself! If this happens again, you will not be forgiven!" The Hell's Lord waved his hand in dismissal, indicating for Shadow One to make himself scarce.

"Yes, my Lord." Shadow One heaved a sigh of relief inwardly, scrambling to get up as he rushed outside.

After Shadow One had retreated, thinking of the way that woman had distanced herself away from him like he was a poisonous scorpion, his brows creased up involuntarily. He rubbed at his chin and thought to himself: [Could my countenance be not good looking enough in her eyes?]

[That shouldn't be the case. He was still very confident of his own looks. But, if that was true, why did that woman not buy it?]

[Could it be that he needed to learn from those ladies earlier, to use his looks to lure and charm her?]

CHAPTER 202: Bathing Together In The Night

Having returned back to her room, Feng Jiu lay on the bed and thought about it and felt that it was time to run.

That Hell's Lord was a little abnormal and her face was about to be healed. Hence, it would be better if she looked for a good time to escape. It was not known what other kind of trouble would happen if she continued to remain here.

The next day, she brought the medicine she concocted to Old Lin, and then took quite a number of magical herbs from the Medical Tower. Just when she was just about to walk out from the Medical Tower, she saw Old Lin coming in carrying a large box and she then asked: "Old Lin, what is that you're carrying in your hands?"

"Ho ho, this here is a thousand year ginseng, a rare treasure hardly seen in a hundred years. See here, this is a highly premium treasure!"

He opened the box, his eyes brimming with excitement as he said: "With this thousand year ginseng, just one tiny slice would be able to hold the life of a person with his aura gravely weakened and many a time, it can be a life saving miracle medicine."

"It's a humongous one! It's roots intact and its vein lines clear. It is indeed a rare find of a treasure." Feng Jiu's eyes lit up, her hands reaching out wanting to feel it but Old Lin snapped the lid shut.

Old Lin looked at Feng Jiu warily and clutched the box tightly in his arms to say: "This is a treasure among treasures. You had better not get any ideas with this thousand year ginseng. This here, has to be kept and used to save lives."

"I know I know. Just wanted to see." Feng Jiu smiled disarmingly, her heart thinking that when she left, she would steal this thousand year ginseng and bring it with her.

For the entire day, she avoided the Hell's Lord, trying her best not to bump into him. Till the night sky was gradually darkening, Feng Jiu gauged the time before she went walking towards the hot spring in the mountain behind, intending to have a good soak tonight, while waiting for a few days for the Hell's Lord to go out and was not around before she would quietly leave.

Stripping off her clothes and tying a thin layer of gauze over her body, Feng Jiu carefully stepped into the hot spring. This hot spring in this mountain at the back was deeper and she could only walk along the sides of the pool, and then sitting down along the edge to sink into the water.

Leaning back against the edge she let out a sigh: "Pure bliss!" As night was gradually deepening the sky was littered with twinkling stars, a highly beautiful sight.

"Coming to soak in the hot spring, why have you not asked this Lord to come along but instead come here by yourself?"

The voice that sounded so suddenly startled Feng Jiu so much she very nearly jumped right out. But remembering that there was only a layer of thin gauze over her body, she immediately sank back down into the waters, her gaze tinged with anger as she stared at the person walking out from among the shadows.

"Why are you here?"

The Hell's Lord who came walking out with his hands behind his back was not wearing his mask, revealing his countenance that was as beautiful as the celestial gods. But at that moment, his deep penetrating gaze was staring piercingly at the figure within the water, upon the smooth rounded shoulders and having no intention of turning away, but to admire unabashedly instead.

Thinking back, this was his second time seeing her within the water like this. The last time, he had no other thoughts about her and he had naturally not paid it any mind, never paying it much attention.

But seeing that one again today, he felt that the woman in the water with the soft light of the night reflecting off the water's surface, was as beautiful as a portrait, regardless that her face had been smeared with that medicinal salve, it still did not make her look any less ravishing and pleasing in his eyes.

He held his hands behind his back, standing at the edge of the hot spring pool, to stare at the woman shrinking back and curled up in a ball within the water with an almost undetectable smile upon his handsome and highly stalwart face to say: "This place belongs to this Lord here. What is so strange about this Lord appearing here?"

As he spoke, he had already taken the boots off his feet, unbuckled the jade belt at his waist, shedded off his outer robe before removing his underrobe, to expose his sexy and muscular upper body…..

Seeing him move his hand towards the top of his pants who fully intended to take it off, Feng Jiu immediately became so nervous she started stuttering.

"What….. What….. What are you doing?"

CHAPTER 203: Is It Satisfactory?

"Taking off my clothes. Can't you see?"

His voice was low and highly magnetic and if one did not pay close attention, they wouldn't have noticed that that voice had been tinged with a trace of mirth.

Feng Jiu stared at him in frustration and said: "Of course I know that you're taking off your clothes! I am asking why are you even taking your clothes off in the first place!"

"Naturally to soak myself in the hot spring!" He answered like she was stating what was plainly obvious.

"Do you see that I am in here?" She retorted through gritted teeth.

"We're both men, what does it matter that we soak in the hot spring together?" The Hell's Lord asked with a lift of his eyebrow, a corner of his mouth curling up slightly.

Hearing those words, Feng Jiu almost wanted to jump out from the water to berate him vehemently.

What did he mean by both men? Who says it does not matter that they both bathe in the hot spring together? She was not wearing any clothes you know? She was already curled up into a ball and if he really came into the water, how atrocious would that turn out to be?

But it was at that instant that she saw him take off his long pants and was about to strip of his underwear. Seeing that, Feng Jiu's heart constricted and was raised up. Knowing full well that she should avert her eyes, but her eyes seemed to have been sucked in like a magnet, to stare right straight at him.

Seeing her unwavering gaze watching his every action without aversion, the ends of the Hell's Lord's mouth curled up slightly, and the hand placed upon his underpants paused as he said in a jolly good mood: "This Lord here heard from Grey Wolf that when you treated him before, you had merely administered acupuncture on the acupoints on his waist?"

"What else then?" She said with a roll of her eyes. However, the moment her voice fell and she recalled the questions he had asked her before with the strange expression his face had made at that time, she was immediately inadvertently startled as she asked: "You couldn't have possibly thought that I saw everything of his would you?"

Seeing that he did not say anything but consented with silence, Feng Jiu could not help but break out in laughter: "Heavens! Why would you think that? Thinking that I would be so l lecherous! ?"

Seeing him looking at her with a indiscernible smile, she then laughed a little sheepishly: "Alright alright, although I am a little lecherous, I am very picky and I set me sights very high alright? With someone like Grey Wolf, I wouldn't even be interested to look even if he strips himself naked."

"Oh? Then what about someone like this Lord here?"

Hearing that, a corner of her mouth twitched and she said: "Hell's Lord, I remember you having told me that you do not have any undesirable habits?"

[Just as expected, the words of men are not to be believed. This scoundrel here was obviously just oozing all over with amorous intent! Could it be spring is coming already? That even the Hell's Lord's fancies were turning to thoughts of love?]

"That's right. The orientation of this Lord here is perfectly normal."

He was staring right at her and the corner of her mouth curled up into a devilish smile, and the hand on his underpants pulled down his underpants without any warning, his entire person standing stark naked at the side of the hot spring as he stared at the woman whose face changed drastically in shade, and his heart rose with a kind of unfathomable delight.

"Damn! What a big bird!"

Feng Jiu exclaimed in surprise, shouting out through instinct. But those words had just been spouted when she laughed sheepishly again, especially when she saw that the man was striding over to step into the hot spring, and her entire being tensed up nervously.

A hand clasping at the light gauze shielding her curled up body, the other hand feeling up over the edge, probing for her own clothes. She intended to slip away from the back but the low voice that sounded right after made the hand she had stretched out freeze, and then helplessly retract it back.

"If you intend to play hide and seek within the water with this Lord here, this Lord will be happy to oblige."

The low voice sounded lazy as it reached her ears, but it drove Feng Jiu to grit her teeth in anger as she stared at the man immersed into the water and sitting with his arms stretched out wide at the sides, thinking that if she could, she really wanted to throw one good punch at him to give him a good thrashing.

Seeing her curled up tightly about three meters away and looking so filled with anger but not daring to say it, the Hell's Lord's eyebrow lifted slightly, that handsome and stalwart countenance smudged with that devilish smile as his deep voice sounded out tinged with mirth.

"Do you find this Lord's body to be satisfactory?"

CHAPTER 204: Very Impressive!

Feng Jiu glanced at that self immersed gleeful look in the Hell's Lord's eyes and sneered: "It's not all that great."

"Oh? Is that right? Maybe if this Lord should come a little closer so you can see it more clearly." He said through narrowed eyes, his body leaning slightly forward, ready to advance.

Feng Jiu's face changed when she saw that and she quickly raised up her hands to shout: "Stop stop stop! No need to come over, no need to come over. Your body's just fantastic! Solid and very impressive! Will that do?"

[What kind of a person was that! ? Even a thug needn't be that thuggish right? Does he even care about saving face at all?]

The Hell's Lord did not go over as from what he saw, she would definitely end up as his woman, and hence, he did not want to rush it in order to not frighten her which would not gain him anything.

"Come scrub this Lord's back." The Hell's Lord said as he lay upon the pool's edge, exposing his back to her.

Seeing that, Feng Jiu's eyes flashed slightly as she gave it a thought before she said: "I can go over and scrub your back if you want me to, but you have to remain in that position and not move, nor can you turn your head around."

"Mm."

The Hell's Lord replied lazily, the corners of his mouth curling up. [This woman, is still not aware that her gender as a woman has been exposed to him.]

After hearing him agree to it, Feng Jiu then slidled over to his side of the pool and when she reached behind his back, her eyes glinted with a trace of confusion.

She was just a concocter of medicine he had captured and brought back, but here he was showing his back to her completely unguarded. She really didn't know where that trust he had in her was coming from as it must be known if it was anyone who harboured sinister intent and he exposed his back to people like that, he could very well lose his life to those people.

"Where's the towel? Did you bring one?" Feng Jiu asked and she saw him reaching out to hand her a white towel.

Receiving the towel from him, she then intermittently and half heartedly began scrubbing at his back, while thinking it incredulous in her mind that she would be soaking in hot spring with a man stark naked, and even scrubbing his back for him! ? It was something that she could never have dared imagined in the past.

"A bit harder."

His voice sounded slightly raspy, for no other reason than that she was scrubbing too lightly, which felt like she was tickling him, that drove a sinister fire to rise within him.

Feng Jiu had naturally been able to detect that his voice had been slightly deepened and tinged with a bit of raspiness. She threw a glance at him while she cursed inwardly, putting in a bit more strength into it. She had initially thought to use the hairpin she hid within her hair to prick him unconscious before she escaped but when she thought about the complete trust he was showing her, she could not bear to make herself do it.

After awhile, her hands were getting tired but some guy there was just sprawled there so comfortably that he was not moving an inch that she stopped and then said: "I'll say Hell's Lord. You should have enjoyed enough of it right? My hands are already about to fall off and my skin is wrinkling up from soaking in here for too long."

"Mm, you can go back first." He said lazily, still not moving from his position.

Hearing that and seeing him lying there with his eyes closed in comfort, she then retreated back a little to where her clothes were, and then pulling the clothes in to put them on underwater.

The Hell's Lord looked at her wearing her clothes with her back to him before she emerged from the water's surface, dressed in clothes that were dripping wet and getting up fully intent on leaving. His brows then creased up involuntarily and he said: "You are going to walk back in those wet clothes?"

As the clothes were soaked through, they clung on tightly to her body which outlined her curvy figure completely. Although she was hugging a cluster thin gauze before her body, that faintly discernible suggestive sensuality drove a heat to rise up inside.

[Moreover, on the way back, just how many guards both visible and invisible were there? Wouldn't she then be fully exposed for all to see?]

"What does it matter if I wear wet clothes back? I will change out of them once I get back."

She said it without giving it much thought as her steps carried her towards outside without pause. But in the next moment, her body suddenly stiffened and froze.

CHAPTER 205: Blissfully Amorous

"Drape this Lord's outer robe on yourself to go back."

The deep voice tinged with an imperceptible raspiness sounded out from behind her as a warm breath of air blew over her ear, making her ear tingle, feeling slightly ticklish. She lowered her head slightly to see a manly arm circling around her from behind, that strong arm wrapping her within it as a outer robe was draped on her body. From the front to back, her entire body was completely wrapped up.

She did not turn her head back, her body slightly frozen. Not just because he had suddenly reached his arm around her to drape the outer robe on her, but more due to the fact that the body plastered against her….. was not wearing any clothes at all you know?

"Erm, thanks."

She quickly muttered, before walking out with hurried steps. This was the first time that someone had been so thuggish to her and she had to thank that person for it. How humiliating!

Seeing her running away with highly flustered steps like she was running for her life, the corners of the Hell's Lord's mouth arced up, to smile delightedly.

And when Shadow One who was standing guard outside the hot spring saw the figure walking hurriedly out from inside the hot spring, he could not help but blustered in wide eyed flabbergasted shock: "Why….. Why would you come out from inside there?"

Feng Jiu merely glanced at him and without saying a word. She pulled the outer robe around her tight and then walked on towards her little courtyard.

"My….. My Heavens! Am I seeing this correctly? Does he really have the Lord's outer robe draped around him?" Shadow One exclaimed in shock, as he stared after the figure disappearing into the darkness of night, almost wanting to dash into the hot spring to see what the situation was inside the hot spring. But, a barrier had been set up over the hot spring and he was not able to go in!

Not long after, when he saw the Lord walking out wearing only his inner robe, Shadow One rushed forward in greeting, stuttering as he asked: "My….. My Lord, why had your subordinate seen….. seen the Ghost Doctor come….. come out from inside?"

[Those two guys, couldn't possibly have been sharing a lovers' bath in there would they?]

The Lord who was as good looking as a exiled deity, as formidable as a celestial being, would really share a lovers' bath with that frail weakling of a Ghost Doctor with a disfigured face? Just the image of that scene in his mind was causing a corner of his mouth to twitch, and he was unable to carry on with that thought any further.

"Coincidentally, he was also inside soaking in the hot spring." The Hell's Lord said with a smile at the corners of his mouth, as he opened his stride to walk towards his courtyard.

Shadow One looked up into the sky speechlessly. [Coincidental? Was it really a coincidence? The Lord had never come to bathe in the hot spring at such a time before…..]

And seeing the Lord's face looking so amorous and blissful, he did not think that the Lord was completely without motive…..

Upon returning back to the main courtyard, the Hell's Lord went into his room while Shadow One stood guard in the yard outside. But, his heart would not calm down and he was rather distracted as he stood guard, not even noticing it when Grey Wolf came up to stand right beside him.

"Ay, why are you looking so out of sorts these past couple of days?" Grey Wolf asked a little puzzledly as he patted Shadow One on the shoulder.

Shadow One glanced at him and initially did not want to tell it to him. But after thinking about a moment and casting his gaze upon the tightly shut door, he then suppressed his voice down into a whisper to ask: "Grey Wolf, in those few days when you stayed in the Clear Wind Tower, did you really see men go seek pleasure from the gigolos?"

"I did!" Grey Wolf exclaimed as he nodded his head. Recalling that his abdominal muscles had even been stroked, goose bumps just popped up all over him.

"Then how does a man and man….. do that?"

"Why are you curious about that? Heh, why not you go talk to the Lord about it, to let you go widen your horizons at the Clear Wind Tower?" Grey Wolf said maliciously.

Shadow One ignored the mockery and just said in distress: "I am very worried about the Lord now."

"What do you mean?" Grey Wolf asked startled, not fully understanding.

"Haven't you noticed that the Lord treats the Ghost Doctor very differently? Just earlier this night, they had even soaked themselves in the hot spring together in the mountain at the back. You didn't see it, but when the Lord came out from there, his face had blissful love written all over it! Haiz, I'm really afraid that something might happen if it continues on like this!"

Shadow One then turned to face Grey Wolf and he saw Grey Wolf winking and blinking his eyes at him. Shadow One could not help but ask in bewilderment: "What's wrong with your eyes?"

CHAPTER 206: A Secret Runaway!

"Blissful love written all over?"

From behind, when the deep and magnetic voice reached his ears, Shadow One's entire body froze when he saw Grey Wolf lower his head to stand there respectfully. He could not help but cursed inwardly with vehemence: [Where's the code of brotherhood! ? You don't even tell me that the Lord came!]

Quickly turning himself around and seeing the Lord's face magnified right before his eyes, the corner of his mouth tugged stiffly as he addressed in greeting: "My…..My Lord."

"Blissful love is written all over this Lord's face lately?" The Hell's Lord asked with frosty eyes, that piercingly sharp and chilling gaze falling upon Shadow One, driving a indescribable chill into his failing heart.

"No, not at all." Grey Wolf's head lowered, a sorry sight.

"This Lord seemed to have overheard that you are rather curious about men? Since that is the case, Grey Wolf. Throw Shadow One into the Clear Wind Tower to let him observe closely for three days." Upon saying that, the Hell's Lord turned around to go back into his room.

"My Lord….."

Shadow One's face was mournful as he cried out against the Hell's Lord's departing back: "Your subordinate is not interested in men at all and neither am I curious about them. Your subordinate doesn't want to go to the Clear Wind Tower….."

"Heh heh heh, you can very well stop pleading already. The Lord never goes back on his word. Come come come, in the name of brotherhood, I will personally see you off. Ha ha ha!" Grey Wolf laughed out loud evilly at Shadow One's misfortune, patting him on the shoulder as he pulled Shadow One outside.

Shadow One glared fiercely at Grey Wolf and said in rage: "Grey Wolf! You did that on purpose didn't you?"

"I winked so hard so many times at you and you did not catch it! Who can you blame! ? Come on already, the Lord is already showing you lot more mercy. When I was thrown into the Clear Wind Tower before, I wasn't just made to observe. It's different for you this time as you just have to observe them closely so you won't ask questions like this anymore."

And just like that, with Grey Wolf having returned only barely two days, Shadow One was sent to the Clear Wind Tower…..

And all of this, had nothing to do with Feng Jiu in her courtyard whose mind was filled only with thoughts preparing her to run away.

At noon the next day, Grey Wolf came to Feng Jiu's courtyard and went up to the door to knock: "Ghost Doctor."

Inside the room, Feng Jiu opened the door and walked out. Seeing it was Grey Wolf, she asked a little puzzledly: "Something's the matter?" [This Grey Wolf actually still dares to come see her again? Isn't he afraid that she will administer her needles on him again?]

"The Lord wants you to go share a meal with him." Grey Wolf said as he looked at the face smeared with that black and green glop, unable to understand why his Lord would want to ask this kid to go eat with him?

Hearing that, Feng Jiu laughed sheepishly and said: "No need no need….. You just tell him that I have already eaten." The moment her voice fell, she immediately retreated back into the room and shut the door tight.

Seeing that, Grey Wolf's brows creased up but did not dare to forcibly drag the person back, and hence he went back to report it to the Lord.

In the main courtyard, after hearing Grey Wolf's report, the Hell's Lord's face darkened slightly as he thought: [This woman, was avoiding him!]

Seeing that the colour of his Lord's face wasn't looking too pretty, Grey Wolf did not dare to say anything but just stood prim and proper at the side in guard.

At that moment, a black robed cultivator then came in with hurried steps to bow in greeting on one knee before he said: "Your subordinate greets the Lord!"

The Hell's Lord looked at him and asked: "Why have you returned?"

"My Lord, your subordinate has managed to capture the person. He awaits for my Lord's interrogation."

Hearing his words, the Hell's Lord deep eyes narrowed and he immediately stood up to say: "Lead the way!"

And Feng Jiu who heard the news that the Lord was leaving the palace waited till it was evening after Old Lin finished taking stock of the herbs before she slipped the thousand year old ginseng into the space where thereafter, she then strutted herself right out, passing through the barrier array to leave the Medical Tower…..

That night when the Hell's Lord came back, Old Lin came in in a hurry to report in a fluster: "My Lord! Disaster! Ghostly stole the thousand year old ginseng and has run away!"

CHAPTER 207: Out in Escape

Hearing those words, the Hell's Lord's face immediately turned dark, a highly dangerous aura emanating from his entire being chillingly. His piercing gaze narrowed to shoot right into Old Lin: "Run away?"

Feeling the air suddenly turned frosty, the bodies of Old Lin and Grey Wolf who was standing right behind the Hell's Lord immediately froze stiff.

"Yes….. Yes….. Your subordinate just went to the Medical Tower and saw that the Thousand Year Ginseng was not there, so I went to find Ghostly, but found him gone as well. I then asked the guards who said they last saw him wandering about when it was evening. And then without anyone noticing, he….. he….."

The Hell's Lord eyes were narrowed when he looked up into the dark night sky, his eyes then flashed a dark glint as his deep voice boomed through tightly stiffened lips: "Grey Wolf! Bring men out to search right this instant!"

"Yes, My Lord!" Grey Wolf acknowledged his orders, and was about to stride outside when the Hell's Lord's voice sounded once again.

"If you find him, do not use force, so as he does not come to any harm."

Hearing those words, the corners of Grey Wolf's mouth twisted up and he lowered his head in a hurry to answer: "Yes, my Lord!" Before he quickly took his leave.

The Hell's Lord then strode on to walk, not back to the main courtyard, but to the little courtyard that Feng Jiu stayed in. When Old Lin following behind saw that, he opened his mouth a moment, but then decided to retreat without a word.

Pushing the doors open and looking at the highly empty room, the Hell's Lord's eyes turned gloomy. The air was seemingly still filled with the scent of herbs that had not dissipated. His strides took him one round inside the room and when he came to the edge of the bedchambers in the inner room, he spotted a corner of a parchment paper sticking out from under the pillow. He immediately stepped inside to retrieve it.

As his gaze fell upon the parchment, the corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily, his handsome and stalwart countenance then showed a rare moment of gentleness.

"A lecherous woman who has no guts to act on her desires."

Upon the paper, was a drawing of two people. She was dressed up in men's clothes, her index finger gently lifting up his chin who was depicted not wearing any clothes, her other hand resting upon his chest, but his gaze was looking outwards upon the parchment, looking highly provocative.

His gaze then fell upon several words that had arrows pointing to them from above the heads of the two small figures she had drawn, where he could not help but read out in a whisper: "Hell's Lord the "passive" one? Ghost Doctor the "assertive" one?"

"This woman, is just itching to be smacked."

He admonished with a laugh, his voice low and deep as his heart yearned to see her, an emotion known as longing, rising up uncontrollably deep inside, his mind inexorably dragged down into upheaval…..

However, another emotion then rose up in his heart. He suddenly felt that with her running away now, the people he sent out would not be able to catch up with her. Afterall, that woman was sly as a fox while also eccentric and crafty. Having letting her manage to escape, the pursuit would definitely not be all that easy.

And it was only at that moment that he remembered besides knowing that she was known as the Ghost Doctor, he didn't even know what her name was. If Grey Wolf and his men were not able to bring her back, then finding her again in future would be tough…..

As what the Hell's Lord had thought, when dawn broke, Grey Wolf returned leading his men, steeling himself as he reported: "My Lord, your subordinate searched the entire night but was unable to locate the Ghost Doctor. I'm afraid he….. has escaped."

The Hell's Lord gaze deepened slightly. The answer was what he had expected.

"Have everyone in the Hell's Palace pay attention to the ongoings out there. If they hear any news about the Ghost Doctor, come back and report immediately."

"Yes, my Lord!" Grey Wolf answered respectfully, and went on to relay the Lord's orders.

The Hell's Lord stood within the yard with his hands behind his back, staring faraway into the sky, his voice a low whisper as he said: "We will definitely meet once again."

Meanwhile, Feng Jiu who had caused men from the Hell's Palace to search for her the entire night, was at that moment climbing up a hill slope covered in dirt and mud, her eyes looking at the forest before her as she walked, to laugh loudly excitedly and say: "Hahaha! I've finally crawled myself out from there!"

"AIYEE!"

Her laughter ended abruptly as she suddenly missed her footing, her entire person falling to roll down.

CHAPTER 208: I’m Just Asking For Directions!

"Oof!"

From the top of the slope she rolled down to the bottom and she only stopped when she crashed into a tree. The pain made her grunt and she laid upon the ground for awhile, unable to even get up.

It was only after moments passed that she blew out a breath as she laid there on the ground to look up into the sky, thinking that it had not been easy for her to escape from that place, the Hell's Palace.

It was only when she managed to escape from the Hell's Palace's barrier array that she realized that the place was surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only one side provided an exit. But since she was running away from the place, it was only natural that she could not take that route and hence, she had climbed the mountain which took her the entire night where she passed through more than ten barrier arrays and a enchanted boundary before she got here.

Fortunately, her mystical powers that had been sealed had been broken and released with her using her spirit powers or she could very well have been recaptured.

After resting for a while, she got up and looked around at the surroundings, following her instinct as she seeked a direction to walk towards, thinking to first contact Leng Shuang after she gets out from this place, so that she could stop worrying after having received no news from her for so long.

But, what she had not considered was that she didn't even know where she was at all, and the fact that every scene that greeted her after that was so horrifying that it stunned her quite a bit…..

If she was to be raised straight up into the skies at that moment, she would then see that the spot she was at was fully surrounded by dense forests stretching for miles and miles. Thinking of walking out from them? Heh, without spending seven to eight days at least, one needn't even think about it.

Walking all alone within the forest, she looked to her left and peered at her right, thinking that the place felt a little strange. She found that there would be a colourful little flag placed intermittently at various places and there would be a barrier array after every stretch of road, some of them even with danger set up within, with some being merely mystifying maze arrays.

"Strange, what kind of a place is this?"

She mumbled to herself as she walked when suddenly, she saw in front of her two youths holding each other up as they sat panting heavily under a tree. Her eyes immediately lit up and she took quick steps forward to say: "These two Young Masters, may I ask….."

Before she could even finish her sentence, the two people had immediately upon hearing her voice jumped right up and went running away from her without even casting a single glance her way.

She was startled for a moment. She had already been walking for a good half of the day before she came finally across these two people. No matter what, she must not allow them to escape. Hence, she went after them in chase as she shouted: "Ay! Young Master! There's no need to run! I am merely asking for directions!"

However, it might not be so bad had she not shouted. Upon hearing her shout, the two people ran even faster!

"Whew! What's going on! ?" She blew out a breath as her brows creased up, staring at the two figures. She did not pursue them that closely, but merely just followed behind them without rushing herself, as she thought: [Just following them would finally lead her out of this place wouldn't it?]

But, though she was not anxious, she had driven the two young men to almost suffer a mental breakdown.

"Which sect is that person from! ? Why is he still following us after chasing us for so long! ? What could he possibly want! ?"

One of them was completely bathed in sweat from running, his face contorted in panic. When he turned his head back and saw that red figure approximately thirty meters away nonchalantly following behind them, he could not help but cry out mournfully.

"Huff puff! I can't run anymore! Even if I have to die!" The other slightly plumper youth screamed out, plopping himself right onto the ground as he glared at Feng Jiu behind him and then went on to shout: "Which sect are you from! ? Isn't it enough that you've followed us for so long already! ?"

Seeing that they were not running anymore, Feng Jiu quickened her steps to go over to them, her mouth splitting into a grin as she looked at the two highly wary young men and said: "I am just someone trying to ask for directions. What are the two of you running away for?"

"Wh….. What? Ask….. Asking for directions?"

The two men were stunned and they stared at Feng Jiu in flabbergasted surprise before they asked her: "Asking for what directions! ? Don't you know where this place is! ?"

CHAPTER 209: Stumbled Into Rigorous Training Grounds

"What is this place?"

Feng Jiu looked at them quizzically: "I only saw that there were colourful little flags in this forest and that I am still unable to get out of here after having walked a good half of the day. What kind of a cursed place is this?"

Hearing those words, the two people finally believed that he was really just wanted to ask for directions. The slightly plumper young man then stared at him and his voice was tinged with displeasure as he said: "I'll say Brother, you really have been too much. You chased us for half a day just to ask for directions? And you scared us both half to death!"

"Oh….. So, what is this place exactly? Why did you just pick up your legs to run immediately upon seeing me?" Feng Jiu asked, in incomprehension.

"This is a place where highly rigorous training is carried out. Within this forest, there are three different sects, together with the notorious felons and unorthodox cultivators the Starry Cloud Academy have captured throughout the years. We are cultivators from one of the sects and just like the other sects and cultivators from the Starry Cloud Academy, we are here to undergo rigorous training."

"Then what were you running for?" Feng Jiu asked, lifting up an eyebrow. [This is a place for rigorous training? No wonder she had encountered so many barrier arrays earlier, and that protective boundary array.]

If she did not have her Space Ring with her, she might not have been able to get past that boundary array.

"It's all because of those damned cultivators from that Elegant Splendour Sect! They have given in to looting and murder!"

The rotund one said angrily, his face contorted in rage. "Several fellow disciples from our sect were originally travelling together with them and we managed to kill quite a number of demonic beasts and devilish felons along the way, receiving quite a haul from our share after splitting the loot. But those scoundrels had actually become overcome with greed and they violated the agreement between the sects and the academy, saying that no one will ever know once we're silenced. Those damned scoundrels! When I get out of here, I will definitely report it to our Reverend Master to seek justice for us!"

"Wow!" Feng Jiu nodded her head, indicating that she understood before she went on to ask: "And you guys still have not told me how to get out of this place?"

"It's not that easy to get out from here." The two young men said dejectedly: "This place has a boundary array set up and it is impossible for outsiders to come in, nor to get out from inside….."

The moment their voices fell, the two of them seemingly seemed to realize it as they looked at Feng Jiu in shock. "How did you come in here? You are not from the sects and neither are you from the academy. You're not an cultivator of devilry nor a felon as well, so how did you come in?"

Feng Jiu rubbed at her chin and thought about it before she glanced at the two people and said: "I'll tell you guys the truth! I am actually a student of the Starry Cloud Academy but because I accidentally offended someone, I was ambushed and knocked unconscious before being thrown into this place. That is why I do not even know where I am at all."

"You are a student of the Starry Cloud Academy?" The slightly thinner young man asked with his face creased up with suspicion. "Then why are you not wearing the Starry Cloud Academy's uniform?"

Feng Jiu rolled her eyes and then said in a highly helpless tone: "I already told you I was knocked out and dumped in here. How could I possibly be wearing my uniform?"

The two young men were also not exactly clear about how things within the Starry Cloud Academy was really like, but after hearing him say that, they considered the fact that the boundary array set over this place was not something that outsiders could possibly barge through, they started to believe that the situation must have been as what the youth had said, that he had offended someone and ended up being thrown in here. Hence, the two young men then exchanged a glance with each other, deciding not to probe any further.

The fatty looked at Feng Jiu and then said: "To get out of here, we need to accumulate one thousand experience points. Seeing the state you are in, I am guessing that you do not even have your experience jade badge."

Feng Jiu was groping completely blindly here as she really did not know a thing about these sects or academies and whatnots. Hence, upon hearing the fatty say that, she could not help but ask curiously: "How do I accumulate points? And what does it have to do with the experience jade badge?"

Upon hearing Feng Jiu ask that, the corners of the two young men's mouth twitched as they looked at the youth. "I'll say Brother, you don't even know about this. Could you possibly be a member of the Starry Cloud's lowest grade Green Shirts?"

CHAPTER 210: A Newbie

Feng Jiu laughed sheepishly and said: "Will the two big brothers please tell me about it?"

"The experience jade badge is personally imbued with divine cognition by Immortal Reverend Chi Mu, the Headmaster of the Starry Cloud Academy. We only need to drip our blood into the jade badge and any demonic beasts or devilry cultivators and felons we kill in here will all be recorded in our experience jade badge on its own. After a thousand experience points is filled up, it will then be the end of our rigorous training or we will have to remain in here, unable to get out."

Speaking about that, the plumb young man paused a moment and then said: "But killing a first and second level demonic only yields ten experience points while a level three and level four would give thirty experience points. But the battle powers of demonic beasts at levels three and four are already almost equivalent to the powers of a level six or level seven human martial master. Based on that, how many would you say we'll have to kill before we can accumulate one thousand experience points?"

Feng Jiu listened intently, looking a moment startled, and another moment surprised before she then asked: "Then aren't there any demonic beasts with higher experience points?"

"Ho, look here! We have a live newbie here!" The plump young man exclaimed as he nudged his companions with his elbow, and the faces of the two of them split into wide grins.

[Newbie?] Feng Jiu arched up an eyebrow, thinking to herself: [She was indeed a newbie having just set foot here. All these things about the Green Gallop Country's sects and academies. It seems that she would have to find out more about them when she gets back.]

"Let me tell you this brother, you'd better pray that you do not meet demonic beasts level five and above or devilry cultivators of the Grand Spirit Master level, or else all that you find will only be death and there will be no need to even talk about experience points. And there's more. Experience points cannot be taken away by force. The things that can be snatched away are the valuables on demonic beasts after they have been killed."

Hearing that, Feng Jiu then asked: "The demonic beasts above level five and devilry cultivators of the Grand Spirit Masters grade would give you how many experience points?"

"A hundred experience points. But let me tell you now, the moment you meet them, you better hurry and run! Don't meet them head on. Look at us, even two Spirit Masters at the peak level have been forced into such dire straits and you know that this place is no mere child's play." The plump young man said, as he pulled out a white jade badge to give to Feng Jiu.

"You can have this! This is a piece that I begged our Reverend Master for so long before I was able to keep it with me in case I lose mine."

Receiving the white jade badge, Feng Jiu revealed a smile and said: "Thanks! I haven't asked how should I address my two big brothers here?"

"Ha ha, we've been chatting so long and we haven't introduced ourselves. I'm Cai Yong, nicknamed Fatty. You can just call me Fatty." Fatty said with a smile that made his eyes squint up.

"My surname is Chen, named Xue Hai, fellow disciples with Fatty in the same sect." The slightly thinner young man then said.

"As for me, heh heh." Her eyes narrowed as she smiled, her gaze fixed upon the two young men where she then said: "I'm called Feng Jiu, and you can just call me Little Nine."

"Ha ha, I wouldn't have thought that you guys would be idling around here like this! All of you are just chatting so leisurely are we?"

A sinister voice reached their ears, frightening Fatty and Chen Xue Hai to jump up in the air. "Damn you Lee! It's you again!" Besides rage upon the faces of those two, there was also a tinge of wariness.

Feng Jiu turned around to look, and saw that there were four males and one female, all of them uniformly dressed in specially made white robes. The male leader among them seemed to be about twenty years old and his powers had reached the level of a Grand Spirit Master's second stage cultivator. As for the other three people behind him, their powers were also at the Spirit Master's peak level.

The disparity between their powers and Fatty's and Chen Xue Hai's was clear to see. Little wonder the two of them would be so flustered upon seeing this group of people.

The leader's long and slanted eyes were narrowed with viciousness as he peered at the three of them. His gaze passed fleetingly over the red clothed Feng Jiu, and seeing that he looked dirty and messy, with that black and green salve smeared over his face, he was rather puzzled which sect this youth could be from. But as he did not seemed to be all that powerful, he decided to not pay the youth any mind.

CHAPTER 211: Turned Around to Become Enemies

"I had not thought that we would meet again so soon!"

The man said with his arms crossed over his chest, his gaze staring at Fatty and Chen Xue Hai gaugingly. Seeing that their faces had turned slightly pale and the terror in their eyes undisguised, he could not help but reveal a highly sinister smile.

"Looks like you've realized that you are not able to escape this time. It's true anyway, with just the powers of the two of you at the peak level of a Spirit Master, how can hope to be a match for us! ?"

"If you let us go here, we can give you everything we have on us, and we guarantee that we will not say a word of this to anyone." Chen Xue Hai said with forced calm.

"Hahaha!"

The few of them threw their heads back in laughter and the one girl with a voluptuous figure among them glanced at the two of young men to say: "After we've killed you, everything upon your bodies would still be ours and moreover, only dead men carry no tales."

"Mm, that's true, that's true." The leader then stretched his hand out, to wrap the woman into his embrace as he stared at the two men whose faces had turned an ugly shade. His eyes then flash with a dark glint before he said: "But, I could still offer you guys a way out."

His voice paused a moment, as he saw the two young men look at him with hopeful gazes. He then smiled evilly as he said: "If one of you kill the other, then, I can allow the surviving one to leave, and would not pursue him any longer. What do you think of that?"

When Feng Jiu at the side heard that, her eyebrow lifted slightly as her gaze swept fleetingly over the malicious figure before turning to look at Fatty and Chen Xue Hai. She herself was curious to know how those two would choose under such circumstances.

"Do not even think of driving a wedge between us! We will not let you have it your way!" Fatty roared angrily, his tightly clenched fists surging with spirit energy from within his body. Regardless that he clearly knew he would not win, he would still put up a fight!

However, the malicious man's words had stirred a ripple in Chen Xue Hai's heart. Maybe he knew that he was doomed to die, so he slid his hand up to his hip as he struggled with himself deep in his heart. He looked over at the man named Lee and his eyes met with Lee's encouraging eyes. He then clenched his jaws and through tightly gritted teeth he shouted.

"Fatty! I've let you down!"

At the same moment that the voice sounded, he pulled out the dagger at his hip and thrust it viciously straight towards the back of Fatty who had turned around to say something to Feng Jiu.

"ARRH!"

A cry of surprise came out from Fatty's mouth. He was pulled away by Feng Jiu and his entire body lost balance as he went falling forward, to crash onto the ground.

That scene, had not only shocked Fatty into stunned speechlessness, even Chen Xue Hai who had thrust out his dagger was stunned. He stared in startled astonishment at the red clothed Feng Jiu before him and his lips stiffened. He gritted his teeth and with a wave of his dagger, he leapt forward once more towards to stab at Fatty who had fallen to the ground.

Seeing that, Feng Jiu lifted an eyebrow and a corner of her mouth curled up as she said: "Even if you killed Fatty, they will not let you off."

Fatty had regained his senses by then. Seeing his fellow comrade holding a dagger and thrusting it towards him, his face was one of sorrow and disappointment. "Ah Hai! How can you do this! ?" Although angry and seated upon the ground, he raised up a foot in a kick. The leg of that kick was imbued with spirit power which threw Chen Xue Hai back a few steps.

Having consecutively failed twice to kill Fatty, Chen Xue Hai's humiliation turned to rage as he turned to glare at Feng Jiu. Seemingly having lost his senses, he roared loudly as he leapt straight towards Feng Jiu who was standing there with his arms folded across his chest like none of this concerned him.

"It's all your fault! I'll kill you!"

CHAPTER 212: Turns Out An Old Hand

The expressions of the several people on the other side were ones waiting to watch a great show and when Fatty saw Chen Xue Hai lunging, he was greatly startled as he quickly climbed to his feet to shout: "Ah Hai! Stop it!"

[That little Feng Jiu is a newbie just starting out. How could he possibly be a match for a peak level Spirit Master like Ah Hai?]

Thinking about that, he was just thinking to jump forward to stop him when the scene that unfolded next shocked him so badly his jaw almost fell to the ground.

Feng Jiu arched up an eyebrow as she glanced with a indiscernible smile at Chen Xue Hai who had gone from humiliation to rage. Seeing the dagger shrouded with spirit power being thrust straight towards her, she did not dodge nor avoided it at all but just stood there. Just as the dagger was plunging viciously down, she was seen to merely just raise a hand lightly, to grasp upon the opponent's arm and pull it downwards.

'Crack!'

"ARRRGH!"

A gasp followed by a cry of agony sounded out, tearing through the air and reaching the ears of the people there. That sharp crack of bone breaking and seeing Chen Xue Hai standing up on tiptoes with his body leaning to one side with an expression of agony on his face caused everyone to turn to stare at the red clothed youth in shock and amazement.

When their eyes met that highly nonchalant gaze filled with such underlying chilling murder, terror leapt into all their hearts as heart piercing ice shot up from the bottom of their feet to their hearts, causing a shiver to run through their bodies.

"Why would you want to kill me?"

Feng Jiu's nonchalant tone and words were tinged with cold as her half narrowed clear gaze fell upon the face of the young man that had contorted up in pain. "Although I am a newbie who is just starting out, but, wanting to kill me will still not be such an easy task you know?"

[Newbie?]

The lips of the people standing on the side stiffened as they stepped backwards slowly, their eyes watching the red clothed youth warily while thinking to themselves: [The newbie is able to hold down a peak level Spirit Master with just one hand? You've got to be kidding, if that was a newbie, they'll sooner slit their own necks.]

"Oww! Ooh….."

Chen Xue Hai was wallowing under the excruciating pain. He wanted to struggle free but found that he was unable to escape from the grip the youth had on his hand, to the extent that the moment he moved, the bone in his arm would further become dislodged, causing him to break out further in cold sweat.

At that moment, he suddenly came to realize something that they had overlooked all this time.

[The youth had been able to keep up with them unwaveringly chasing them for such a long time, how could he possibly be a newbie? It could very well be that his powers were far above theirs!]

[That's right! That must be the case! Otherwise, why were they unable to see through his level of cultivation?]

At that moment, he deeply regretted his actions. Maybe, if he had not done this, the youth might just extend help to them at the most critical juncture. But now…..

"Little Jiu, I've realized my mistake! Can you let me off this time! ? I was muddle headed and it was just a momentary lapse of judgement, can you forgive me?"

He endured the piercing pain in his arm as he quickly begged, and then turning to the equally shocked Fatty: "Fatty! Fatty! I really didn't mean it! I was just confused earlier! Fatty! Help me plead for mercy will you?"

Fatty took a deep breath to calm himself down and he was just about to speak when he heard Feng Jiu's cold voice sounding out.

"Against people who seek to have me killed, I do not show any mercy."

The moment that voice fell, the chests of everyone there suddenly constricted when they saw the figure in red clasp his hand with a strange technique over Chen Xue Hai's throat, and a crisp and sharp crack then sounded, crushing the life out of him…..

Seeing Chen Xue Hai falling to the ground without even being able to scream out at all, Fatty gulped heavily, his face fearful.

[Heavens!]

[This….. This is the person he said was a newbie? He is obviously an old hand at this!]

CHAPTER 213: Overwhelmed With Fright

The several people who witnessed that scene were just thinking of oiling their feet to slip away when they heard the red clothed youth's lazy sounding voice wafting over to them, tinged with danger.

"Thinking of leaving?"

The steps of the group wavered, the expressions on their faces froze. Maybe the resolute viciousness of the red clothed youth had frightened them or it could be because of his deep indiscernible powers that had shook them, but it made all of them unwilling to make an enemy out of the guy.

Because their instincts were telling them, if they became an enemy of the red clothed youth, they would definitely die horribly!

Fatty was still rather dazed, unable to react to this sudden and highly abrupt change in scenario.

[This….. Weren't they supposed to quickly think of a way to run for their lives? How did it turn out that the other party were thinking to escape instead? It must be known that besides the several peak level Spirit Masters among them, there was also a Grand Spirit Master cultivator!]

His mind was still in a whirl, but his gaze remained fixed upon Feng Jiu, seeking to see through his cultivation. But he discovered that he could not see through his cultivation level at all and all that they all knew was only what the youth had revealed, which was merely what he had been willing to let them see.

At that moment, seeing that sinister and dangerous aura upon Feng Jiu's body, he then belatedly discovered that this youth was truly the most terrifying one!

"What do you want?" The cultivator named Lee had at that moment devoid of any maliciousness, his face showing only wariness.

Hearing that, Feng Jiu narrowed her eyes and then laughed sinisterly: "To rob you of course! Hurry up and hand over everything that is of value or this Young Master wouldn't mind killing you first before looting. Afterall, after a person dies, their things would then be without a owner."

The corners of their mouths stiffened upon hearing that. They had said these very words earlier and they are now hearing it coming out from the mouth of this youth. This sudden reversal in the wheel of fortune had come around too fast hadn't it?

"Senior Lee, is there no certainty of us winning if we all go up against him at the same time?" One of the cultivators feeling highly aggrieved asked in a whisper, his gaze staring straight at the youth whose face that made people want to beat him up before him.

"The opponent's powers is just too deep to fathom and based on just the speed that he grasped Chen Xue Hai's throat with, and using only one hand, it is obvious that neither you nor I will be able to compete with that. If we clash with him, we might very well just lose our lives."

The man named Lee furrowed his brows as he stared at Feng Jiu to say in a low voice: "My brother, I am willing to gift all the treasures we have acquired throughout our journey to you, but I hope that you will keep your word and no longer persecute us after you have received our things."

"That depends on how sincere the things you bring out are."

Hearing that, the man named Lee gritted his teeth and then said to the people beside him: "Take out all your things!" As he spoke, he took the initiative to take out all the skins and furs of the demon beasts he had hunted on this journey together with some useful beast horns and antlers, to lay them upon the ground.

When the people behind him saw that, although unwilling, they knew they had no choice but to surrender everything, putting them upon the ground one by one.

Fatty who stood on one side eyed the things laid out on the ground and after awhile, he shouted: "Lee still has not surrendered the Beast Crystal! That's what is truly precious!"

When Lee heard that, his face immediately darkened and his eyes were malicious when he glared at Fatty. In the end, under Feng Jiu's gaze that was tinged with faint indiscernible mirth, Lee's heart almost broke as he pulled out the two Beast Crystals and placed them on the ground.

"Everything's here."

Seeing that everything was in order, Feng Jiu nodded her head and said: "Mm, you can all go now!"

The few of them looked longingly at the pile of things on the ground and then forced themselves to tear their eyes away to depart from the place at light speed.

Till they have all left, Fatty then glanced at the treasures on the ground, his face oozing with excitement as he looked towards Feng Jiu and said: "Little Jiu, you're ri….." His words had just barely come out from his mouth and he was immediately interrupted.

"Whew! I was almost scared to death."

Feng Jiu's legs went limp and she fell back to sit upon the ground as she patted herself on her chest, looking like she was overwhelmed with fright.

CHAPTER 214: Protector Xiang Hua

Looking at that scene, a corner of Fatty's mouth tugged in a twitch and he asked: "You couldn't possibly have only been scaring them or could you?"

Maybe deep in his heart, he still didn't really believe that the cultivation of this youth could really be stronger than that Lee guy as afterall, that guy was a Grand Spirit Master grade cultivator. Even if he could not see through the kid's cultivation, but stretching it to the limit and the kid could only be a Spirit Master at the peak levels that was a little higher than him!

Moreover, if he was really that powerful, then he wouldn't be frightened so badly to have the strength drain out from his legs to fall on his behind to the ground right?

"SHH!"

Feng Jiu made a shushing gesture and turned her head to look all around her before she picked up the two Spirit Crystals to take a look. "This is a truly great treasure. Not every demon beast has it in their bodies." She toyed with the two Beast Crystals and then kept them into the space. She then turned to look at the pile of things on the ground and with a big sweep of her hand, she swept them all into the space as well.

Watching it all, Fatty looked at the kid a little strangely, thinking that he really could not understand him.

Say that his powers were weak? But he took down Chen Xue Hai in a split second. Say that his powers were strong then! But why was there no trace of the kind of arrogance and complacency powerful entities had? He was instead acting rather strange and eccentric.

"You can have everything on his body." Feng Jiu gestured, looking at Chen Xue Hai's body.

"Thank you." Fatty cupped a hand over his fist in thanks and then plucked the bag from the body hip to keep it away. Looking at the dead person lying there, his heart was feeling rather conflicted.

Never had he expected that as a brother in arms, he would come to such an end.

"Let's go, let's go." Feng Jiu said as she patted Fatty on the shoulder.

Fatty answered with a grunt and in the end, he gathered a ball of fire in his palm and incinerated the body to ashes so that demon beasts would not be able to tear it to shreds.

Feng Jiu in front turned back to take a look, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly and her eyes flashed with a glint. [This Fatty is rather righteous and honourable.]

The two people walked on along and under Feng Jiu's lead, Fatty was surprised to discover that they did not come across a single barrier array which made him unable to help himself but feel more and more curious about Feng Jiu's identity.

"Little Jiu, are you really a student from a branch of the Starry Cloud?"

"Do I not look like it?" Feng Jiu glanced at him, to ask with a smile.

Fatty shook his head. "Nope. Your powers should be above mine, and not inferior to a Grand Spirit Master!" His voice then paused a moment before he continued to say: "Although I have never been to Starry Cloud, but I do know that with such a level of powers, one would definitely have been one of their top students at Starry Cloud."

"Heh heh!" Her mouth split into a grin, but she did not say anything.

Seeing that, Fatty knew the answer deep down inside, knowing that the kid did not want to talk about it, and he did not probe any further.

Until, a powerful aura suddenly surged towards them from the front and the two of them quickly retreated back before stopping in their tracks.

"Whoa! What a powerful ripple of spirit power!" Seeing the ripples of spirit power and sword's Qi in the air, Fatty cried out and then gave it a deep thought before he went on to say: "The disciples and students that came in here to undergo the rigorous training could not possibly possess such a level of power. I am guessing it should be a felon or a devilry cultivator."

Feng Jiu stared at the aura in the air, her eyes slightly narrowed as she said: "You wait here for me. I'll go in front and have a look." Upon saying that, the red clothed figure leapt himself forward, so quickly that Fatty did not even have time to stop him.

"Hahaha! Those people from the sects and Starry Cloud must all be blind! They had actually mistaken the Supreme Heaven Palace's most highly renowned Left Protector, Xiang Hua, as a felon whose powers was only at the Spirit Master level and sent him in here."

About seven or eight devilry cultivators were crowded around a middle aged man with a highly dishevelled beard and were guffawing evilly. "But they're right as well. The Xiang Hua of today, is already no different from a cripple, or otherwise, we would not possibly have been able to meet you here! Hahahaha!"

Within the shadows, upon hearing the devilry cultivator's words, a glint shone in Feng Jiu's eyes.

[Supreme Heaven Palace? Left Protector?]

CHAPTER 215: Three Silver Needles

Her gaze then turned to fall upon the figure of the middle aged man. Seeing that his clothes were torn and tattered, his hair in a tangled mess, and his beard so dirty and matted that it was no different from a vagrant, she then probed his powers, to discover that his cultivation was indeed only at the Spirit Master level.

But having heard the words of the devilry cultivators, it seemed that his powers were originally not just that?

Supreme Heaven Palace? Really hadn't expected that one would be able to encounter someone from the Supreme Heaven Palace in a place like this.

Among the seven or eight devilry cultivators, three of them were already at the second level of the Grand Spirit Master. Feng Jiu was rather curious whether that Xiang Hua would be able to survive this.

And just at that moment, the leader of the devilry cultivators shouted sharply and the other people immediately leapt to strike at Xiang Hua in the middle, the sharp sword points in their hands shooting out robust spirit power aura, filling the surrounding air. The Qi of the Sword streaked past in swooshes, leaving slash marks cut deep into the ground.

Feng Jiu straddled a tree at the back to watch, discovering that Xiang Hua's skill was firm and solid. Although his cultivation was only that of a Spirit Master, but he was the least bit incompetent dealing with those devilry cultivators.

His strikes were vicious and highly precise, seeming to be able to take the life of a devilry cultivator of the same level as him within three strokes. It was only at the end when he was attacked by the three second level Grand Spirit Masters devilry cultivators at the same time that he gradually lost the advantage.

"Ugh!"

His arm was slashed open by the opponent's sword and blood flowed out to soak up his sleeve. He did not have a sword in hand and he was unable to fend off a Grand Spirit Spirit Master devilry cultivator's attacks but to be pushed back step by step till he managed to pick up a sword from the ground before he could just manage to hold them back.

But, the fact was the level of his powers was clear to see, and it was one against three. A drawn out battle would only mean certain defeat.

Seeing Xiang Hua take a stab on his left one moment and a slash on his right the next, Feng Jiu's eyes flashed as she fell deep in thought. Because she was not familiar with people from the Supreme Heaven Palace, she did not know what kind of people they were. Were they truly contemptible villains who would commit every conceivable evil?

However, her mind then recalled the words her Master had told her before and she sighed lightly to herself in her heart. Upon seeing the three devilry cultivators striking straight at Xiang Hua in the middle, Feng Jiu's fingers flickered and three silver needles imbued with internal strength shot out from between her fingers with a swish.

"Ook!"

The three men grunted and their bodies immediately stiffened, unable to slash down the swords they held lifted high. They could feel a numb and sore feeling spreading through their bodies, making them unable to exert any strength, where the swords they held in their hands then fell to the ground the next moment.

And seeing that scene before him, Xiang Hua's eyes narrowed, his eyes flashing a dark glint as the sword clasped in his hand swept in a blurry arc across the three men's throats. Red blood sprayed, their lives taken with one single cut!

After killing the devil cultivators, Xiang Hua turned to look at the red clothed figure straddling the tree and raised up his hands to cup a hand over his fist as he bowed: "Thanks!" The moment his voice fell, he turned himself around and walked away.

Feng Jiu's eyebrow lifted upon seeing that. "Hold it."

Xiang Hua's brows creased up, his gaze sharp as he looked in the direction of Feng Jiu, silently questioning.

"You are the Left Protector of the Supreme Heaven Palace?"

"That's right!"

"You are a felon?"

Hearing that, he said with a sneering laugh: "Felon? And how many among the orthodox sects have not killed people? Some of them are guilty of even bigger felonies than any of us!"

Feng Jiu nodded in agreement and asked: "How did you come in here?" She was just rather curious.

Xiang Hua's fists clenched up tightly. "What's that got to do with you! ?"

"At the very least, I saved your life." Feng Jiu said lazily with her arms crossed over her chest.

Xiang Hua was silent for a while before he replied: "For just one Foundation Building Elixir, and I was betrayed."

"Heh heh, I wouldn't have thought that you're worth quite a bit looking at you!"

The Foundation Building Elixir, was in fact a miracle elixir that was hard to acquire with a mountain of gold. For a Grand Spirit Master to advance into a Foundation Cultivator, a Foundation Building Elixir was necessary.

CHAPTER 216: Lord Jiu, Run! Quick!

Xiang Hua's face was dark as he gave Feng Jiu a glance, before striding away to leave.

And this time, Feng Jiu did not call out to stop him, but just watched him stride off, where after awhile, he disappeared into the forest…..

"Little Jiu?"

As he had waited for quite a long while over there, and he could no longer hear any commotion, Fatty then decided to come in to have a look. When he saw the dead bodies of the devilry cultivators lying on the ground, he was rather startled as he asked: "You killed them?"

"Nope. The person who killed them has left." Feng Jiu said with a shrug of her shoulders. Seeing that the robe of one of the devilry cultivators looked rather bloated, she could not help but went up to take a look. She discovered that the thing hidden within his robe was not anything else, but an egg that was slightly bigger than a fist.

"What kind of an egg is this? There's even runes on it?" She peered closely at it, but was not able to understand anything about them.

Fatty took it from her to have a look and then said: "This is a demon beast egg. Actually, why would there be a demon beast egg?"

And at that moment, a rustling sound was heard. The two people turned to look around them and when their gazes met with the sight of that enormous large python that was almost six meters long, even Feng Jiu's face was stunned and wary.

"Argh! That is a seventh grade Enormous Python! Quick! Run!"

The moment her voice fell, she picked her legs up and ran. But she had run over twenty meters away when she saw Fatty still standing there while carrying the egg and she shouted: "Fatty! Quick! Hurry up and run!"

"I….. I….. I can't move!"

Hearing his voice tinged with sobs, Feng Jiu then noticed that he was trembling all over, his legs shaking so badly like anything, with him just standing there to see the enormous serpent slithering forward.

"Damn it!"

Feng Jiu cursed in a low voice. She had thought that that fella had guts! Who knew that he would be so overwhelmed with terror to just tremble uncontrollably upon seeing a seventh grade Enormous Python, unable to even run away from it.

Seeing the python extending its jaws and lunging towards him, Feng Jiu gritted her teeth and summoned the mystical powers within to leap forward and drag him with her as she ran.

'Hiss! Hisssss!'

However, that was a seventh grade Enormous Python afterall and its speed was on par with that of a cultivator in the Golden Core stage. If it was only Feng Jiu alone, it would be fine, but she had to be dragging a Fatty behind her, which greatly slowed her down.

"Hoo….. It….. It's catching up….."

Fatty began to scream out in terror. Everytime that python coiled itself up to leap forward, its large gaping jaws would come lunging straight at him, missing him by just a little bit every single lunge, frightening him so badly that his body was falling limp, cold sweat spilling out from him.

If not for Feng Jiu grabbing him by his collar and dragging him along as she ran, he could very well have already become the enormous python's snack.

'Crash! Bam bam!'

'Hiss! Hissss!'

The snake's body struck against the ground, making loud crashing noises and causing the ground to shake and tremble. The seventh grade demon beast's oppressive aura was fully released, and the lower grade demon beasts nearby were running away in a scatter. The colour on the faces of some disciples from the different sects and students of the Starry Cloud's immediately changed when they heard the loud commotion.

"With such a big commotion, could it be that seventh grade demon beast, the Imperial Saint Python?"

"Damn it! Who could have gone and provoked that seventh grade Imperial Saint Python? That's a seventh grade demon beast with powers equivalent to a Golden Core cultivator! Aren't they courting death?"

The people who heard the commotion all tried to stay away, afraid that they would meet with the seventh grade Imperial Saint Python.

And on the other side, Feng Jiu and Fatty who were being pursued by the Imperial Saint Python were in a rather bad situation…..

'Hiss!'

The sound of clothes tearing was heard and the cloth on his arm was torn out by a huge piece, to reveal the fair flesh underneath, terrifying his heart to constrict and jump up as his gulped and screamed: "Little Jiu, Big Brother Jiu, Lord Jiu, faster, run faster!"

Just a bit slower, and his jiggly behind would have burst in bloom…..

CHAPTER 217: Battling the Enormous Python

Feng Jiu was becoming doggedly tired from dragging Fatty behind her as she ran. As she ran, she shouted: "Fatty, hurry up and throw that egg to return it to that python! Quickly!" With the python chasing them all this way for so long, one did not need to even think to know that the problem lay with that egg clasped in Fatty's arms.

"Oh oh! Alright!" Fatty replied frantically, as he quickly threw the egg he held in his hands towards the enormous serpent hot on their heels behind them, shouting out: "Take it back!"

But in the very next moment, his entire being was stunned speechless.

Feng Jiu only heard a cracking sound and she turned her head back in flabbergasted astonishment to see the egg smashed into pieces upon the ground, the snake's egg that had not even formed up turned into a white and yellow gooey mess…..

"Fatty you idiot!"

They saw the enormous serpent's body freeze in that instant, its head lowering down to sniff at the smashed egg a little. It then suddenly raised its head, its vicious and savage eyes turning blood red, and with a swoosh, it went straight in pursuit of the two of them, its speed several times faster than earlier.

"AHHH! I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT!"

Fatty was suddenly feeling highly unwell. The snake opened its jaws and snapped, and his body stiffened, afraid that he would be bitten and swallowed right into its belly.

Realizing that continuing to run like this would not solve anything, Feng Jiu gritted her teeth and used the forward momentum to fling Fatty further forward as she shouted: "Quick! Run!"

Fatty could feel a force of wind pushing him forward, moving him more than ten meters further in an instant. He did not allow himself to stop when he landed, picking his legs up to run as fast as he could, shouting without even turning his head: "Little Jiu, quick! Run!"

Feng Jiu's gaze fell upon a huge tree in front. Without Fatty, her speed was a lot faster. Hence, she summoned her Qi and shot forward speedily, to then leap off the ground to step off a tree branch as she flipped herself back in a somersault, to fly straight towards the enormous python that was in hot pursuit of Fatty.

She fell from high up in the air to land upon the slippery body of the enormous python, and pulling out her dagger, she stabbed viciously downwards!

'Hiss! Hissss!'

The enormous snake's blood red eyes flashed with a savage glint, and it flicked its long serpentine body, twisting its bulk to surge straight towards Feng Jiu. Feng Jiu saw the tail of the snake sweeping towards her and she was about to leap away when the snake's body she was on suddenly lurched, that caused her to slip, and her body to become caught, the snake's thick body wound tightly around her.

"Argh!"

A six meter long huge python, the kind of strength the snake's body possessed was truly terrifyingly powerful. With the slightest tightening of the snake's body coiled around her, Feng Jiu immediately lost all her power to move, the bones in her entire body compressed, like they were almost about to be crushed. That highly suffocating feeling, and that helplessness so filled with the scent of death, made her clearly aware once again, that she was still too weak.

"Little Jiu!"

Fatty who had managed to get away came running back, his hands gathered with flames as he attacked the enormous python. When the enormous python saw him, it was like it had just seen the killer that murdered its father, its blood red eyes shining with savagery, it opened its jaws wide to lunge straight at him.

Feng Jiu was already slightly dazed from suffocation and she could feel cold sweat spilling out from her body. However, when she heard Fatty's voice, and saw that he was leaping left and right to try to attract the enormous python's attention, she forced herself to come to her senses. Her hands and legs were bound and she could not move them, so she opened her mouth and chomped her teeth right onto the snake's body, with every ounce of strength she could summon. She felt a warmth and the thick stench of snake's blood fill her mouth and she swallowed it straight down, not wanting to release her bite.

'Hiss!'

The enormous python hissed out in pain, tightening the coils around her and seeking to crush her to death. However, the pain and blood upon its body surged and it could not help but hiss in rage as it flicked its tail to fling Feng Jiu away.

Feng Jiu picked herself up while still in the air, gathering herself with a flip of her body. She lifted the dagger that shone with a cold glint in her hand, and aiming it at the "seven inch" vital, together with the momentum as she fell in descent, she plunged the dagger viciously down…..

CHAPTER 218: Killer Strike

The snake's head lifted to hiss in pain due to the dagger plunged into its body and it twitched several times before it lay unmoving upon the ground, the snake's blood spilling out to spread into a pool on the ground.

"Whew"

Feng Jiu blew out a breath in relief, feeling the strength in her draining out as she fell down, to sit upon the snake's body.

The enormous python was a seventh grade demon beast and its skin was tough and hard. As she sought to kill it with that one single strike, the strike with her dagger had needed her to expend almost every single bit of her mystical powers in order to pierce through the snake's skin and reach its critical seven inch vital point.

Through this battle, it made her clearly aware of the terrifying power of a Golden Core cultivator. That she had been able to kill this seventh grade enormous serpent was in the end only due to luck and by pure fluke. If this had been a battle with a Golden Core pugilist, she would have problems even surviving through it.

"It's….. It's dead?"

Fatty had been sprayed by the gush of blood from the snake and he had fallen to the ground. He was staring at the dead enormous python and he could not help but pat his chest in fright to say: "Oh, my grandmother's! I had never thought I could be so brave! It's a seventh grade demon beast! And I actually ran back here!"

And at that moment, Feng Jiu who after resting for a while had already dug out a Beast Crystal from the enormous python's belly. She held the Beast Crystal up to look at it and saw that it was a Beast Crystal with wind attributes before she kept it away.

Different demon beasts possess different beast qualities and their Beast Crystals could provide cultivators of immortality with different attributes while raising their powers and hence, they were highly precious.

"Little Jiu, do you know how many experience points this seventh grade demon beast gives you?" Fatty said with a loud gulp as he stared at the six meter long enormous python.

"How many?" Feng Jiu asked.

"One thousand! One whole thousand! This is a seventh grade demon beast that is equivalent to a Golden Core cultivator, and it is said that there is only this lone enormous python in here. My Master had even reminded us specifically, that if we meet it, we are to immediately run away. I would never have thought that it would be killed by you." While saying that, Fatty's eyes were shining with admiration as he looked at Feng Jiu.

Feng Jiu shook hero her head and replied: "It was just a fluke. I was very nearly crushed to death by it!"

"Let's bring this enormous python out! This is the flesh of a seventh grade demon beast and it's highly nourishing for cultivators. Moreover, the python skin would fetch a good price when we sell it as it is said that it can be used in the forging of artifacts."

"Mm."

Feng Jiu nodded her head slightly. The enormous python had kicked up such a big commotion earlier and it is thought that all the cultivators nearby must have been aware of its presence. The best thing to do now would be to hide the enormous python away and quickly leave the place, or if they were to attract those people's attention and they became greedy, she would then have to engage in another vicious battle.

Hence, after Feng Jiu kept the enormous python away in the space, she looked down at her blood stained red clothes and her brows furrowed up.

"I know of a water source nearby here. Come, I'll bring you to where you can take a bath!"

With a scoop of his big hand, he went on to place his hand around Feng Jiu's shoulder in a great show of brotherly camaraderie, but when he saw the gaze from Feng Jiu that was staring straight at his hand, Fatty then sheepishly retracted it back.

"Then, I'll lead the way in front. Heh heh." He said with a sheepish smile, walking up to go in front to take the lead.

And when Feng Jiu saw the pant leg torn by the enormous python that exposed the fair and fatty flesh underneath, she immediately averted her eyes and a corner of her mouth twitched while she thought to herself: [Absolutely no sense of any aesthetics to speak of.]

In her mind, she suddenly thought about the Hell's Lord's tight and expansively broad shoulders, coupled with his hot and sexy sculpted body. Just thinking about it already made her ears start to burn as she cursed inwardly: [Why am I even thinking about him?]

And at that time, she did not know that ever since she had secretly slipped away, the Hell's Lord had been acting like he was afflicted with lovesickness, his mind frequently highly distracted, at times when hearing out his subordinates' reports, his mind would wander off and suddenly break out strangely in smiles, which just worried Shadow One and Grey Wolf endlessly…..

CHAPTER 219: Face Restored!

In the Rigorous Training Forest, Fatty led Feng Jiu to the place with the water source, which in fact, was just a small stream hidden behind a clump of shrubbery.

"Little Jiu, here it is. We can just take a quickly bathe ourselves here and change out of our clothes." Fatty said as he went on to begin to take his clothes off.

Seeing that, Feng Jiu turned her eyes away and said: "Then you should just bathe yourself here! I'm going upstream." Immediately upon saying that, she went walking upstream.

Fatty was stunned a moment before he then complained: "You're going upstream? Wouldn't that mean that I'll be washing myself with water you've bathed in?"

"I'm not bathing, but just washing my face and changing my clothes." Feng Jiu replied, and then turning her head back once more with a glance to continue to say: "And you are not to follow me."

"Eh….. Alright!"

Although puzzled, he did not follow, but went back to the little stream to quickly wash himself. Afterall, it was not safe in such a place.

Feng Jiu probed for any auras in the surrounding area and seeing that there was no one, she then stripped off the blood stained red clothes and changed into a clean set before she came back to the stream to scoop up water to wash her face, cleaning off the salve upon it, to reveal her original contenance.

Using the surface of the water that was so clear one could see the stream bed as a mirror, she could see the reflection of that countenance of peerless beauty, the snow white skin crystal clear and glowing with an enchanting sheen. The scars that had been on that face had completely disappeared without a single trace left, leading to the emergence of such a flawless countenance so breathtakingly and peerlessly beautiful.

The person in the reflection then curled her mouth up in a faint smile, a smile that was three parts devilishly charming and seven parts wilful, complimenting the clear dark glint of the eyes perfectly, which made the entire person look to possess an extraordinary and uniquely noble air.

Although Su Ruo Yun had carried Feng Qing Ge's countenance in the past, but she was afterall not the real deal. Even when their looks had been the same, the demeanor and the air they carried were not the same.

And it was different for Feng Jiu. Carrying that face did not give people the feeling of any disharmony or discordance in the slightest, because in her past life, this had been her original countenance, a face that she could not be any more familiar with.

Having changed into a set of clean red clothes and her face washed, she felt entirely refreshed anew, and her mood lightened up to become more cheerful as well.

She took out a waterskin from the space and was filling it up when she heard Fatty's voice sounding out from behind her.

"Little Jiu, are you done yet?"

"I'm done."

She answered, as she put the water skin back into the space before standing up to turn around to look at Fatty and say: "Let's go!"

At that moment when Fatty say her, he could not help but widen his eyes, his face frozen in shock. "You….. You are Little Jiu?" [Why was it with just a change of clothes and washing out his face, he had seemed to become an entirely different person?]

"Have you been shocked by me? Hahaha!" Feng Jiu guffawed as she looked at Fatty, and then said to poke fun at him: "This is how handsome and suave I am. There is no need to envy as envy won't help you at all."

Hearing that, Fatty instead heaved a sigh of relief and patted his chest as he exclaimed: "You nearly scared me out of my life! I had thought that you're a girl!"

Feng Jiu smiled slyly, and felt her own face slightly narcissistically before she said: "Mm, quite a number of people have said that when they saw this face of mine."

The moment her voice fell, she turned to look at Fatty and thought deeply a moment before she asked: "I have enough experience points now and I can get out of here once I crushed the jade badge. What about you? What do you intend to do?"

"You….. You are going to leave this place?"

"Mm. I still have business to take care of and cannot stay here for too long." Feng Jiu replied with a nod of her head.

Hearing that, Fatty thought about it a moment before he said with a very serious face: "Then you should leave first! I still do not have enough experience points and although this place is filled with dangers, I cannot avoid them forever or else it will surely grow to become my inner demon on my journey in the cultivation of Immortality. I must overcome it here and accumulate enough experience points before I leave."

CHAPTER 220: Unusual Change

Hearing that, Feng Jiu patted him on the shoulder and said: "Then you take care, and may we meet again."

"Mm, you too." Fatty split into a grin and then said: "Little Jiu, it was great I met you."

"Hold this. You might be able to use it." She smiled at Fatty, and tossed a bottle of medicine to him.

"What is this?"

Fatty asked in surprise and at the moment he opened it to look inside, Feng Jiu had already crushed the white jade badge and a light shone out from the jade badge to coil around her entire person as it brought her out.

Leaving Fatty alone behind to grasp the medicine bottle in excitement, his eyes wide with incredulity. "Wow! It's third grade medicine!"

And Feng Jiu at that moment, as the light faded away, found herself appearing upon a clear expanse of land. Once she found herself standing firmly, she saw several elderly people coming over to crowd around her from the surrounding area, who stared at her as they measured her up.

"Which sect are you a disciple of?"

The four elderly people were from the three sects and the Starry Cloud Academy respectively and when they saw that a disciple who held a jade badge suddenly gaining a thousand experience points at one go, they knew that that person must have encountered the seventh grade enormous python.

But, among the disciples sent in there for the rigorous training, their powers were completely inadequate to take on that seventh grade enormous python. So, they had wondered who could have killed that enormous python?

Harbouring suspicion in their hearts, they had gathered here to wait. Finally, when that person crushed the jade badge and was sent out here, they saw the completely unfamiliar youth appearing at the spot.

Seeing the youth for the first time, all the elderly ones could not help but inwardly heap praise upon the youth in their hearts, thinking to themselves: [What an outstanding young lad!]

With a wilful and extravagant aura, seemingly possessing an innate regal demeanor, and that slightly devilish tint in his countenance, so highly handsome. A character like that, would be very rarely seen, even in sects and academies like theirs.

Seeing the four elderly ones staring and gauging her, Feng Jiu smiled and her gaze changed slightly as she said: "I….. just accidentally stumbled in there."

With teachers from the three sects and the Starry Cloud Academy here together, she could naturally no longer impersonate herself as one of their people.

"Stumbled in?"

The brows of the four elderly ones creased up, and then said in no uncertain terms: "That is not possible!" Not only was the perimeter of the rigorous training grounds set with barriers, there were also boundary barriers! Seeing that the lad was merely a Spirit Master level cultivator, how could he possibly have stumbled into the place accidentally?

"Why is it impossible? Didn't I just come out from there?" Feng Jiu said, and then opened up her stride wanting to leave. However, she had just taken two steps when the colour on her face changed slightly, and she immediately broke out in cold sweat.

The elderly ones had actually wanted to block him off but they suddenly saw that the lad was reacting strangely. The four of them exchanged a glance among themselves where finally, it was the elderly one from the Starry Cloud Academy who asked: "Are you alright?"

The intense aura surging up within her body was causing her face to become paler and paler. The aura that charged so recklessly within her meridians made her feel like cursing out aloud.

[Damn it! It must be that seventh grade enormous python that was up to no good!]

Immediately, she could not afford to care about anything else but quickly sat down in a half lotus position to regulate the maniacally surging aura inside her body.

The four elderly ones could see that an intense aura had risen to surge within the lad's body, his face turning from white to red intermittently. The elderly one from the Starry Cloud Academy stroked at his beard and then seemingly realizing something, he said: "The aura emanating from his body is mingled with the enormous python's Blood Qi, and his aura within his body is raging. He must have swallowed the enormous python's blood."

"What? Swallowed the seventh grade enormous python's blood? Could that be possible? Even a Foundation cultivator would die by his body exploding if one drank the blood of that seventh grade enormous python! The lad here is just a Spirit Master cultivator in the initial levels, if he had really swallowed the blood of that seventh grade demon beast, his body would already have exploded and he would not live!"

The other three elderly ones did not believe it as such a situation had never occurred before.