Chapter 291 – This Group Of Animals!
Everyone roared with laughter and jeered in unison, “After Eldest Brother finishes having fun with her it’ll be our turn!”
The girl struggled with all her might to escape from the man’s large hands, simultaneously letting out a heart-rending screech, “You’re all animals! Animals! If you dare touch me, my Master and Daddy will never let you go! Kill me if you have the ability!”
The masked man yelled as he groped her chest, laughing with a lecherous expression, “Kill you? Such a beautiful girl; how could we be willing to kill you!?”
The force of his grip increased and a tearing sound could be heard as the girl’s clothes were instantly torn to shreds, revealing her soft skin and red undergarments.
“Indeed this is an item of the highest quality!” Saliva pooled in the men’s mouths and their eyes gleamed with fiery lust. “Eldest Brother, what are you waiting for, quickly f*ck this girl! With the fog being so thick and heavy, it’s a natural barrier from prying eyes!”
The masked leader’s eyes were also shining as he turned to his brother behind him, and said, “Shou Hou, hold this girl’s feet for me, don’t let her move.”
After his words, he immediately pinned the girl to the ground as if she was an animal.
The girl’s miserable and desperate shrieks echoed incessantly throughout the thick fog, however, her resounding scream was unanswered. Furthermore, even if someone did hear it, what could they do? Everyone in this thick fog was rendered powerless so who could come and save her?
In the blink of an eye, the masked man had completely stripped off the girl’s clothes. Shou Hou couldn’t help but loudly swallow his saliva as he held the girl down, an impatient expression on his face.
All of a sudden, Shou Hou felt something cold touch his neck that caused a sharp twinge.
He couldn’t help but reach out his hand to touch his neck, yet unexpectedly, his line of sight abruptly changed and flipped completely upside down.
Shou Hou opened his eyes wide with shock and stared helplessly at his now headless body. He then watched as it incessantly spewed forth a tremendous amount of blood that splashed across the girl’s body, as well as the Boss’s.
“ARGHH–!!” Amongst the robust men standing around in a circle and watching, the cowardly ones uttered screams of terror.
The masked leader who was soaked in blood finally returned to his senses and suddenly jumped up, gripping his large axe as he shouted, “Who are you that you dared to launch a sneak attack on us?! Quickly reveal yourself!”
As his words fell, he saw a vague silhouette slowly moving within the white fog.
It was a youngster who looked to be about sixteen to seventeen years old. He had snow-white skin, striking features, and bright red lips that were slightly pursed; like a red plum flower that had softly fallen onto the snow in winter.
As he gradually appeared the dense fog swept across his face, slicking back the jet black strands of his satin-like hair and causing it to gently stick to his slender and fair neck. Following the gorgeous arc of his neck, it gracefully extended downwards to an exquisite collarbone; prompting wild and fanciful thoughts.
The masked leader gulped. He could clearly see that the person before his eyes was a man, yet he still couldn’t help but feel his throat tighten, his breathing deepen, and the stirring in his genitals that had vanished due to the blood just a moment ago, was now back and throbbing more vigorously than before.
Oh shit! This was apparently a young man, however, to think that he was actually more seductive than the young lady from the Red Cloud sect!
“Stinky brat, you must have guts if you want to be a hero and rescue a beauty. Or do you want to replace that young lady and have fun with us brothers instead?”
The youngster ignored him and laughed, a corner of his mouth lifting into a stunning curve before he suddenly waved his right hand.
A purple shadow flew like a lightning bolt towards the man who spoke. Before he could react, that purple shadow abruptly wrapped around his neck and dragged him forwards like a dead fish.
Chapter 292 – Helping Others
When everyone could finally see what it was, they saw that the purple shadow was actually a vine. Moreover, it was emitting a frightening amount of spiritual pressure.
“Who did you want to have fun with?” The youngster’s voice echoed in their ears. It was a clear and melodious voice which was pleasant to listen to, but when it reached their ears, it was like hearing an evil spirit from the underworld.
The man hanging from the vine opened his eyes wide and wanted to beg for mercy, but before he could utter a word, a crack resounded in his ears as his neck was instantly snapped and he lost his life.
A corner of the youngster’s mouth curled up into a cruel smile. “As for the rest of you, who else wants to have fun with me?”
The very youngster before them now was Hexi.
Not long after she’d entered the white fog, she was separated from Nangong Yu and the others.
As for the reason of their separation, Hexi had noticed that the purple vine in her hand was restless.
After entering the white fog, Hexi discovered that the white fog did more than merely injure a martial artist than just absorbing their spiritual power.
Within the white fog, there was a hard to detect aura of ice cold spiritual power. It entered a martial artist’s meridians little by little, gradually slowing their movements.
If they had a spiritual power supplement, it wouldn’t really matter, but because spiritual power couldn’t be used within the white fog, they could only purely rely on physical strength to resist the cold. Since everyone’s physical strength decreased extremely fast, in just a short period their complexions had all become somewhat pale.
Only Nangong Yu and Hexi didn’t seem to be affected by the white fog.
It was at this time that Hexi was surprised to discover that Nangong Yu had a dual soul cultivation base. Although he still couldn’t use spiritual power, the cold air within the dense fog was nothing to him.
While Hexi, on the other hand, wasn’t affected because of the plant spirit pet that she’d just taken in...
Though Hexi would never have guessed that the draining effect the white fog had towards spiritual power would be utterly ineffective towards the Purple Abyss Vine!
Not long after entering the white fog the Purple Abyss Vine had quietly left her space to explore, full of happiness and joy as it occasionally absorbed the spiritual power within the white fog. This caused Hexi to feel comfortably warm without a trace of coldness.
However, what Hexi didn’t expect was that after the Purple Abyss Vine had absorbed an enormous amount of spiritual power from the white fog, it unexpectedly had a small advancement.
This transformation affected the white fog and unfortunately caused a whirlpool to form inside the fog. But because the Purple Abyss Vine was her spirit pet, she was directly involved and was drawn into the whirlpool too! As soon as she awoke, she found herself alone.
When Hexi recalled being swept up into the whirlpool, she remembered Nangong Yu’s frightened and sorrowful expression, as well as his trembling shouts. Her heart couldn’t help but slightly tighten. That guy...he was really worried about her?
Hexi returned from her train of thought about Nangong Yu and swept her icy gaze over the masked men, before ultimately settling them on the undressed girl.
The clothes on the girl’s body had long been torn to reveal her delicate skin, but sadly, it also showed the ghastly bruises and cuts that covered her.
The girl’s expression had been blank as if she’d reached an extreme level of fear and desperation. It wasn’t until her gaze had locked with Hexi’s that she’d finally realised that she was saved, and it was then that she’d broken down into loud sobs.
At that moment, she’d really thought that she was ruined! Even if she hadn’t died today, her life would’ve still been the same as a dead person’s.
However, at such a critical moment, this god-like youngster had appeared like a hero with a bright cloud beneath his feet, rescuing her from hell.
Hexi’s eyes widened, and her cold gaze travelled back towards the few masked who were still panicking. “Originally, I wasn’t interested in meddling in other people’s business, but who told you all to commit such a disgusting act! You’re all worse than pigs! You’re fortunate for running into me today since this Young Master occasionally likes to help others. After all, what harm is there in helping others once in a while?”
Chapter 293 – Blood Refining Body Cultivator
“Damn bastard, who do you think you are?! How dare you meddle in our business?!”
At that moment, the masked leader finally returned to his senses. When he took a closer look at Hexi’s frail figure, exquisite face, pure white skin, and body without any spiritual power fluctuations, he immediately sneered without the fear that he’d had a moment ago.
“You’re only relying on a spiritual weapon that doesn’t require spiritual power, yet you want to take advantage of us? Dream on!”
“Haven’t I told you yet? I’m a blood refining body cultivator, not an ordinary spiritual cultivation martial artist. Even if you use a magical weapon, don’t think that you can survive under my hands!”
Upon saying that, the bodies of the masked men suddenly exploded with a severe amount of pressure that rivalled Mount Tai, and their entire bodies began to be enveloped in orange light.
Upon saying that, the bodies of the masked men suddenly exploded with a severe amount of pressure that rivalled Mount Tai, and their entire bodies began to be enveloped in orange light.
In this world, most martial artists chose the road of spiritual cultivation. However, there were also a few who had poor qualifications and eventually decided to refine their bodies instead.
Refining the body was a hundred times more painful than spiritual cultivation, and the majority didn’t survive the training. In the end, they could only die like an ordinary person. Therefore, exceptions such as Nangong Yu’s were abnormal; being able to achieve a dual soul cultivation base was near impossible.
The ranks of refining the body were divided into a total of; honing the tendons, refining the blood, cleansing bone marrow, tempering the bones, casting off a mortal body and being reborn, and becoming an immortal. Don’t think that a blood refining body cultivator was weak because if they wanted to advance, they didn’t have to train hard for decades. Once they broke through the first rank, a blood refining body cultivator would be on an equal level regarding the strength of a high-rank Foundation Establishment stage martial artist.
The moment Hexi noticed their bodies emitting an orange light, she was momentarily curious yet amazed.
Of course, she wasn’t afraid of their strength. Instead, she was thinking about the differences between the methods of training for refining the body, and the methods of training she gave to Xi Jia and the others.
Although Xi Jia and the others were now rapidly improving, there was still no better way for them to advance. If she could combine her training methods with the blood refining body cultivation method, wouldn’t it help them to reach a new whole level?
Seeing the surprise on Hexi’s face, the masked leader couldn’t help but be supremely proud of himself. So lifting up his large axe, he rushed forth as he shouted, “I’ll let you have a taste of my big axe!”
With a loud boom, the white fog surged forth and completely enveloped the two people fighting, blocking them from view.
However, while the remaining few strong men had full confidence in their Boss, they couldn’t help but loudly tease, “Boss, remember to keep that little rabbit alive! We don’t mind playing with him, even if he is a little boy!”
“Boss, even if you chop off his hands and feet, spare that beautiful face of his! Adding it to our loot collection would be good too. Hahaha...”
The men’s cruel and rough laughter made the girl on the ground curl up into a ball and tremble violently, tears of desperation streaming down her cheeks.
If that youngster died, her...her fate would be incredibly miserable. What’s more, that youngster, to save her would...would...
Suddenly, the girl blankly stared ahead with wide eyes.
She’d noticed that the initially thick fog was now slowly dispersing, allowing a rhythmic thumping to be heard before that too ultimately stopped when the fog cleared.
The next moment, she saw a youngster dressed in pure white robes unhurriedly walking towards them. Twisted around his right hand; there was a purple coloured vine, while in his left hand; he was carrying a human head. Although the human head was dripping blood, the youngster’s clothes weren’t stained at all; as if he was a spotless white fairy untainted by the dirt of the world. At the same time, he seemed like an aloof god that looked down on everyone.
Chapter 294 – The Eye Of The Array? The Core Of The Array?
The girl suddenly covered her mouth and uttered a muffled sound of joy, while tears continuously rolled down her cheeks like a strand of pearls with its string snapped.
While the group of strong men who had previously been excited and were jeering nonstop, simultaneously showed horrified expressions.
Staggering back several steps, they were unwilling to believe that their powerful Boss had been slaughtered.
However, once they squinted to scrutinise the head, they recognised the familiar face. His facial features were twisted grotesquely, his eyes were wide open, and the black cloth covering his face had disappeared; revealing an expression of utter horror and despair.
“Spare...spare our lives!” Some of the men dropped to their knees, kowtowing to beg for mercy.
While others screamed and tensed to flee into the thick fog.
The purple vine in Hexi’s hand flashed as it suddenly sprang forward. In the next second, it was like a sword as it pierced the backs of those who wanted to run away.
Blood trickled down the leaves of the vine to drip unseen to the ground layered with white fog, and in a heartbeat, the air was permeated with the thick stench of blood.
Although, when Hexi retrieved the vine, the purple leaves were already clean and fresh; you couldn’t even see a trace of the blood. The Purple Abyss Vine swayed in delight, expressing its happiness and desire to continue consuming blood.
Hexi immediately rejected the Purple Abyss Vine’s wish to kill and eat in the white fog, and put the unwilling vine back into her space. She then slowly walked towards the only strong man who remained alive.
The strong man currently had a blank look in his eyes as he trembled and stared at the corpses of his companions. Due to the trembling his teeth were chattering together, and in the next moment, there was an overwhelming stench of urine as a wet patch spread between his legs.
“Please have mercy, Young Master, spare my life! I beg of you; please spare my life, I won’t dare do anything! I wouldn’t dare!”
Hexi’s towering figure looked down at him as she coldly asked, “Tell me, how long have you been in this white fog and how many martial artists have you robbed?”
How could that man dare to conceal the truth? He quickly kowtowed and said, “Answering Young Master, we...we were the first ones to enter this white fog; it’s been six days. In the beginning, we didn’t know that this white fog could completely absorb a martial artist’s spiritual power, we just wanted to profit from the medicinal field.”
“But, later, when we discovered that those spiritual cultivation martial artists who usually think so highly of themselves would become useless and helpless in the white fog, we came up with the plan of robbing them.”
The man raised his head and looked at Hexi, only to find her eyes focusing on him. “Continue, say what you know.”
“Yes! Yes! This small one absolutely wouldn’t dare conceal anything!” The man was so frightened that his trembling grew more violent before he quickly continued, “Normally us body refining cultivators are bullied and humiliated by spiritual cultivators, yet now we had an opportunity to take revenge. Moreover, this white fog is very strange. After we explored deeper we couldn’t find the way out, also...we couldn’t find a way to enter the medicinal field. Therefore, we all figured that we might as well wait around here and focus on robbing the martial artists’ whose spiritual powers were drained.”
Hexi furrowed her brows. “There’s no way to enter the medicinal field?”
“We didn’t find it, however...however, we met a group of extremely powerful martial artists. Although they didn’t have any spiritual power, the imposing aura being emitted from their bodies was immense. We didn’t dare approach them and instead, we quietly ran away.”
“But, I remember hearing them talking about wanting to enter the medicinal field and that to do so, they had to find the eye of the array...or the core of the array...or something...”
The eye of the array? The core of the array? The wrinkle between Hexi’s beautiful eyebrows deepened. As she’d expected, this white fog was a natural array.
Chapter 295 – Major Cloud Array
Since she’d read the ancient records left by Old Man Xumi, she had some understanding about arrays, but at most, it could only be regarded as minimal. So if she wanted to break the array, it was simply impossible.
The strong man noticed that Hexi was lost in thought and completely unguarded.
His hands that were by his sides slowly moved towards his chest pocket. He knew that this youngster before him would never let him go, so this being the case, he might as well strike first and try to gain an advantage.
He abruptly took out a tube which stored poisonous needles and fiercely aimed one at the youngster’s heart.
With a quiet swoosh, a needle flickering with green light flew directly towards Hexi’s chest.
A vicious light gleamed within the man’s eyes, and he couldn’t help but shout as he stood up, “Bastard, go die!!”
Yet before he could finish his curse, his eyes opened wide in horror.
What he saw was that the needle surrounded by flickering green light was unexpectedly caught between Hexi’s slender and fair fingers. Then, before he could react, the needle suddenly flew back towards him; straight towards his left eye.
“AHHH–!” The man uttered a pained scream as he covered his left eye and tumbled to the ground.
He wanted to howl in anguish and beg for mercy, but before he could say a word, his eye that had been pierced by the needle began to rot while a white foamed mixed with blood filled his mouth. There was so much that it started to overflow and he had to keep spitting it out.
After a moment, he stopped breathing.
Hexi was too lazy to even glance at him and turned to leave.
The young girl who’d initially been curled up on her side with a frightened look on her face suddenly returned to her senses and shouted, “Young Master, Young Master! Please stop!”
Hexi stopped and somewhat impatiently looked at her.
The girl had a delicate and pretty face, a petite figure, a well-proportioned build, and she appeared to be about seventeen to eighteen years old. Unfortunately, she couldn’t stop trembling as she tried to cover herself with the pile of rags that she clutched; she looked absolutely pitiful.
The girl shivered under Hexi’s cold gaze, but nonetheless, she held back the fear and shame bubbling within her heart to lower her head and quietly say, “Young Master, many thanks for your kindness! Can you please tell me your name, I will certainly repay you in the future!”
“No need!” Hexi indifferently replied. “I didn’t mean to save you. They were just unpleasant to look at, nothing more!”
A trace of disappointment flashed within the girl’s eyes, but it was quickly replaced with even more gratitude. “No matter how it happened, if you hadn’t saved me, I...I really don’t know...My name is Shen Qingchuo, and I’m a disciple of the Red Cloud sect. Young Master, if you have anything that requires my help in the future, please don’t hesitate to find me at the Red Cloud sect. I’ll certainly go to any length to repay Young Master’s favour.”
The girl had initially wanted to use a jade tablet or talisman for help, but in this white fog, she couldn’t open her storage ring. This made her heart feel upset and ashamed.
Hexi nodded her head to indicate that she understood, then turned around to leave once more.
Seeing his back as he turned around, Shen Qingchuo bit her lower lip and suddenly said, “Young Master, do you want to enter the medicinal field? I...I know the way to enter it.”
Hexi stopped in her tracks, her gaze not as cold as it was before as she looked back at the girl.
Shen Qingchuo’s cheeks reddened, and she slightly lowered her eyelashes. Then, she softly said, “I...I heard my Sect Elder say that Zijin Master’s medicinal field is known as the Hundred Herb Mist, and that the array inside is the powerful Major Cloud array. There are a total of two sections to the array; the core, and the sixty-four part eye. Only one of them is in this white fog though; if you want to break the Major Cloud array, you need to find the array eye and cut off its energy supply. With that, the array core will shortly appear as a portal door. That portal door is the gateway to the medicinal field.”