Xiao Chen rushed into the room and found no signs of damage on the door and windows. The sound alarmed the servant downstairs and he ran upstairs. "Esteemed guest, did something happen?"
"Where is the lady in my room? Where did she go?"
"Lady? I didn't see her..."
Suddenly, Zhiluan flew into the room through the window with a roasted fish in his mouth. Xiao Chen immediately reached out and grabbed him. "Where is she?! I told you to keep an eye on her! Where did she go?"
Zhiluan flailed in fear. He pointed to the bed and said, "Isn't she there...? Meow! Meow! Where did she go?"
The tavern servant was so frightened at the sight of a cat that could not only fly but also speak human language that his hands trembled. Xiao Chen threw a silver ingot at him before picking up Zhiluan and leaping out of the window.
Even though the small town wasn't comparable to large cities in the Middle Continent, it was sti
The carriage driver wiped the sweat on his forehead and smiled. "That's good. Well, yesterday a young man ordered me to send this person here..." He carefully put down Mo Hengyu as he spoke. "Now that I've brought him here, I'll be excusing myself..." The driver saluted the two men in black robes before turning around and walking down the mountain. He hadn't taken more than ten steps down the stairs when a jeering sound echoed in his ears. His head became severed from his shoulders. Blood spilled everywhere. The man, along with his head, rolled down the mountain. Mo Hengyu trembled in fright and whined noiselessly. The two men in black robes exchanged glances. One of them tapped on Mo Hengyu's body, releasing the seal that Xiao Chen placed. "I'll speak! I'll tell you everything! Please don't kill me! It's a man in Heavenly Water City. He previously pretended to be my Junior Brother Wang Luo. His cultivation is high and he has a cat and a pre
Freeing himself from the five enemies surrounding him, Xiao Chen unfurled his Phoenix wings and chased after the pair running away from him. With a ferocious downcut stroke from his saber, he sent a magic blow that shaped like a ten-feet-long scythe that streaked after the escaping pair. Realizing the incoming blow, one of them turned, hoping to deflect the blow. But before he could do anything, he crumbled to the ground, being mortally struck down by a flying Xiao Chen who had caught up with his Phoenix's Wings. The remaining man tossed his sleeves and sent six shiny throwing-knives that shot straight at Xiao Chen. The emerald-green daggers barely missed him by inches as Xiao Chen ducked. But this brief distraction was enough for the five enemies behind to catch up. They rained another brutal onslaught of attacks on Xiao Chen, apparently trying to murder him for good measure. Xiao Chen was forced to land; the attacks were too much for him a
The voice took him aback. It was Su Xiaomei's voice, coming from within the Frigid Jade Pendant hanging on his chest. He reached out to her with a whiff of his Divine Sense into the Pendant. "Senior. Do you know what place is this?" "I don't know. But I DO KNOW that this place is far perilous than you can imagine! Just get out of here! And be quick!" Xiao Chen took a breath and calmed himself. Being an entity who had survived more than a thousand years, Su Xiaomei possessed great powers that dwarfed even that of his own. Yet, she was visibly afraid of this place and that was enough for him. He began to steer his sword out of the infernal vale and flew clear for 50 kilometers until the intense suffocation they felt finally subsided and everything around them, the sky and the sceneries looked more clear and bright at last. "What a fright! Here I was, thinking that you were about to deliver yourself to certain death once again..."
Xiao Chen rushed to the scholar and parried away the spears pointed at the man sitting on the ground. He yanked off the scarf wrapped around the neck of the weak man and saw a grotesque mark on his neck. The skin around the mark was badly raw that one could feel goosebumps just by looking at it; he must have scratched at his skin so many times that it had become so chafed. The Three Friends came nearer. The sentries saw them and immediately greeted them with respect, "My Lords!" "Young Xiao! Do not touch that wound!" Elder Plum warned quickly, although he did not dare to go any nearer. But Xiao Chen did not move; he was looking hard at the mark. During the way to the city, he had spoken to the Three Friends about the blight of the infernal aura. Unlike infections of Devil Qi, which could be expelled by one's True Energy, this infernal aura taints also the minds of anyone who was afflicted. Not even one as powerful as the Nascent Soul Realm c
"Err... I..." Hesitantly, Xiao Chen's eyes wandered to Ye Lingfeng, remembering the Governor's falter just moments ago. This must be the matter that he had been tentative to broach. The silent awkwardness was broken by the sound of a deep breath from Ye Lingfeng. He spoke sullenly, "It's our daughter, Mulian. She was also infected just over a month ago..." "Over a month ago?" Xiao Chen frowned, dreading the worst. The scholar he had just rescued outside the city looked bad enough and he had only contracted the infection just a few days ago. Xiao Chen remembered Gui Xian suddenly and longed for his help, especially if the girl wanted to survive. "Please, Master Xiao," Lady Jiang (Ye Lingfeng's wife) wailed woefully, "Please save my daughter!" Ye Lingfeng looked equally anguished himself. As father to his daughter, it took every shred of fiber within him to hold himself back from plea for Xiao Chen's help to cure his daughter, bu
Cradling the packages of herbs, Xiao Chen retreated to a small cabin where he instructed a pair of maids to help him prepare a furnace. He busied himself in his work and returned four hours later, coming back to Ye Mulian's room with a bowl of medicine. Just as he walked in, the smell from the medicine filled the room with a pungent but naturally sweet-smelling aroma. Everyone gaped with silence, especially Gongsun Tai who eyed him with disbelief. "I can't believe that brewing medicine would take you so long," Zhiluan grumbled disdainfully, "What a shame." Xiao Chen merely smiled. He walked to the bed and placed the bowl down. "Come on, Leopard Cat Spirit," he said suddenly, "This bowl of medicine still needs something." "Ah? What else do you still lack..." Zhiluan muttered at first, before he noticed the knowing stare from Xiao Chen and a wicked smile curling on the edges of his lips. A sense of dread dawned upon him when he f
Huangfu Xin'er stood at the gate outside the yard, looking in her best since she got injured. Xiao Chen got up and brushed the soot off his hands. He walked over to her and said, "It's cold out here. You should be resting indoors." "I'm leaving." Her voice sent a chill down all that heard her as if her voice, like a glacier that never melts, was colder than the harsh frost around them, that the two young men were stunned beyond words. Xiao Chen's forehead curdled into a frown as he placed his hands on her shoulders. "It's not easy to return to Tianyuan City from here, Xin'er. How about resting for a few more days until you feel back, hmmm?" Huangfu Xin'er let out a cold and cynical smirk. Her eyes drifted to the herbs strewn across the cobbled ground of the yard before they shifted to the pestle lying idly on the ground and the mortal still containing half-grounded herbs. Derisively, she mocked, "The Young Lady must be a gorgeo
The seven dark-cloaked assassins had been waiting for them! The students of Elder Plum were startled to see themselves ambushed, "YOU! Who are..." Two magic bolts flayed at them before they could finish, but Xiao Chen reappeared out of nowhere to parry the magic bolts. He looked coldly at the seven assassins pursuing them. "You've come for me. Spare the others." He sent a jolt of True Energy into the Flying-cloud Stone, giving it a nosedive down to earth. With a deafening crash, it landed on the ground. "We'll be able to get to Tianyuan City from here. Leave everything else to me and go back!" With that, Xiao Chen lunged at the seven men. Elder Plum's students immediately steered their stone conveyance up into the sky and bolted back in the direction from whence they came. Huangfu Xin'er threw herself into the fray to assist Xiao Chen. With most of her powers returned, she turned into a deep scarlet mist that enveloped the seve